There's a ticking time bomb in your ministry. Is it you?
The pressures of pastoring are endless, leading many to burnout and depression, sexual misconduct, or substance abuse. But moral failures can be averted and shipwrecked ministries can be repaired. Counselor Michael Mac Kenzie, a longtime expert in helping pastors at risk, deals with the issues beneath the issues, such as shame, fear, and pain. If we don't address our own weakness and brokenness, we will hurt ourselves and those around us.
With vivid pictures of both self-destructive patterns and reconstructive grace, Mac Kenzie shows how to lay the groundwork for restored identity and service. God can use those exact areas of vulnerability as a catalyst to you becoming the pastor and person he intends you to be.
Defuse the bomb before it goes off. Find hope for healing and recovery.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Foreword by Marshall Shelley
Introduction: The Powers and the Dangers in the Lives of Pastors
Part One: Dangerous Occupation
1. How One Pastor Blew Up
2. Going It Alone
3. Shot by the Silver Bullet
Part Two: Problems in Ministry
4. The Fuse Is Lit
5. Megapastors: The Fallout from a Megaton Bomb
6. The Issues Beneath the Issues
7. The Bulletproof Vest: Protection from the Silver Bullet
8. Confession
9. Falling Apart or Coming Together?
10. Depression and Suicide
Part Three: Defused: Known and Loved
11. Identity and Adequacy in Christ
12. Knowing Ourselves and Being Known
13. Being Loved and Loving
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Notes
Über den Autor
Michael Mac Kenzie is a licensed professional counselor, ordained pastor, and hospital chaplain. He has served for ten years as the clinical director of Marble Retreat, a Colorado retreat center that specializes in ministering to pastors and ministry leaders in crisis. He studied marriage and family counseling at Denver Seminary and has a DMin in pastor care from Lincoln Christian University. Michael and his wife, Kari, have two sons and live in Florida.
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