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Reframing Your Ministry: Balancing Professional Responsibilities & Personal Needs
How does a pastor stay afloat amid the multiple demands of ministry? Dr. Headley says too many ministers experience lives that resemble firefighters in a California wildfire. In his fresh, interesting style, he contends that our definition of ministry needs to be revamped--in his words, reframed. Drawing from the lives of Moses and Jesus, Headley presents a ministry model that helps the minister minimize stress, avoid burnout, and eliminate imbalance. Practical resource for starting well and finishing strong in ministry.
205 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 2007
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September 19, 2012
It's not often that you can refer to a book as one that shifts paradigms but that is precisely what this book did for me. Anthony Headley addresses the misconceptions of what it means to be in ministry head on. I enjoyed how he illustrates how our driven, results oriented society perpetuates how people view ministry and those who engage in ministry.
I have read books about lay ministry and the priesthood of the believer but this book takes this concepts and show a minister how to do them. The paradigm that many of us struggle with is the fact that many believe only vocation ministers can minister. The result is an expectation for professional ministers to do everything. Our seminaries and even the ministers themselves perpetuate this broken and fallacious paradigm.
If I took one thing out of this book it was that ministry towards others begins with ministry towards oneself. For too long I had looked as the concept of self as something that was a bad thing and this book changed that view for me. It's OK to engage in self care and set boundaries. As he expanded self-care with his explorations into showing what a balanced spiritual life and ministry would look like, I particularly liked his emphasis that ministry starts with retreat and self care, then we as ministers need to engage community and then we minister. Having the pattern of withdrawal and then engaging was very enlightening for me.
Exceptional read and well written too.
I have read books about lay ministry and the priesthood of the believer but this book takes this concepts and show a minister how to do them. The paradigm that many of us struggle with is the fact that many believe only vocation ministers can minister. The result is an expectation for professional ministers to do everything. Our seminaries and even the ministers themselves perpetuate this broken and fallacious paradigm.
If I took one thing out of this book it was that ministry towards others begins with ministry towards oneself. For too long I had looked as the concept of self as something that was a bad thing and this book changed that view for me. It's OK to engage in self care and set boundaries. As he expanded self-care with his explorations into showing what a balanced spiritual life and ministry would look like, I particularly liked his emphasis that ministry starts with retreat and self care, then we as ministers need to engage community and then we minister. Having the pattern of withdrawal and then engaging was very enlightening for me.
Exceptional read and well written too.
September 10, 2013
Headley's book is about reframing ministry as not doing ministry, but being somebody for God. Self-care is included in this framing to avoid burn out. Excellent book.
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