The Work of Real Self-Care: Holding Pain and Hope Together
“The work of real self-care is to hold pain and hope together.” -Pooja Lakshmin Back in December at a pastors’ gathering, my local denominational body used a polling app to […]
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Beatitudes for Clergy for a New Year
Blessed are you who are showered with gifts and cards and gratitude this holy season, for your worth is known far and wide. Blessed are you whose people greet Pastoral […]
How Are You– Really?
The other night in Bible study I posed the question: Is anyone happy? People are not OK right now. Whether it is ongoing pandemic fatigue, financial stress, job dissatisfaction, or […]
A Spirituality of Exhaustion
by Lara Blackwood Pickrel This summer has been no different than any of the other summers experienced in the decade I’ve spent as a youth minister: campfire smoke, bug spray, […]
