The Outlets of a Pooped Pastor – Pete Alwinson
One of the reasons pastors are pooped is that there is very little room for joy in their schedules. Driven by guilt and duty, many pastors crash and burn without healthy outlets. Use the audio player...
View ArticleThe Honesty of a Pooped Pastor – Tom Wood
As a pastor, the prospect of getting honest with the leadership in your church and your congregation probably scares the spit out of you. Use the player options below to hear Tom Wood talk about the...
View ArticleThe Psychology of a Pooped Pastor – Dan Allender
Pastors are expected to play the roll of prophet, priest and king. Attempting to embody these three contradictory callings is enough to drive the best of us nuts. Use the player options below to hear...
View ArticleThe Mistakes of a Pooped Pastor – Steve Childers
Many think pastors only work one or two days a week, get lots of vacation time and enjoy the peace and contentment of constant intimacy with God. How is it possible to mess up a cush job like that? If...
View ArticleThe Confessions of a Pooped Pastor – Steve Brown
It’s hard to be a pastor. The really hard part about being a pastor is that very few know how hard it is. Steve Brown is one of the few…the pooped…a pastor of pastors. Use the audio player options...
View ArticleLeading with a Limp – Dan Allender
As a leader in the Church, you simply have to listen to this interview with Dan Allender. Here’s something he said to whet your appetite… “What [posturing] leads to is this dual life. Who I am before...
View ArticleThe Great Emergence – Phyllis Tickle on SBE
Borrowing an image from Bishop Mark Dyer, Phyllis Tickle often says that every 500 years, the Church cleans out its attic and has a giant rummage sale. Join Phyllis Tickle on this edition of Steve...
View ArticleJim & Casper Go to Church – Jim Henderson on SBE
Jim Henderson bought an atheist’s soul on eBay, then he took him to church. That’s show-worthy enough, but Jim wasn’t trying to convert this guy. He wanted to see church through the eyes of an...
View ArticleEmotionally Healthy Spirituality – Pete Scazzero on SBE
From the outside, it looked like Pastor Pete Scazzero was on top of the world. The church he planted in New York was filling up with people (many of them new Christians) and the atmosphere was...
View ArticleRestoring the Soul – Michael Cusick on SBE
If you’re a pastor and you struggle with sexual addiction, you know how hard it can be to come clean about your problems to those closest to you. You may want to get help, but you have a good chance of...
View ArticleA New Kind of Christianity – Brian McLaren on SBE
If you know anything about Brian McLaren, you won’t be surprised to hear that his new book has many Christians’ undies in a bunch. Is McLaren a heretic or herald of God’s movement to get the church to...
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