Did you know that 90% of pastors feel inadequately trained to cope with ministry demands? And that 30% of pastors are at risk of burnout? As a point of contrast: while 1 in 3 pastors is at risk of burnout, only 1 in 5 business leaders is at risk. Church leadership has never been more
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Lately I’ve been on a 23andMe kick. For the unacquainted, 23andMe is a comprehensive DNA testing kit that informs its customers of their ancestral heritage. The idea of purchasing a kit for myself has always felt superfluous. Being born in South Korea, to Korean parents, does much to kill any curiosity concerning my own results.
Listen and Subscribe on: Apple | Spotify | Amazon Music (Audible) In this final episode of our Clergy Burnout series, co-hosts Kate Rae Davis, MDiv, and Rose Madrid Swetman, DMin, revisit the many rich conversations they’ve had with our guests this season. In these conversations, we heard new perspectives, learned new things, and confirmed so much of the research that’s
Listen and Subscribe on: Apple | Spotify | Amazon Music (Audible) In this episode of our Clergy Burnout series, we’re joined by Lisa Sharon Harper, founder and president of Freedom Road, which helps organizations in multiple sectors do justice. She’s a speaker, writer, and most recently the author of Fortune: How Race Broke My Family and the World. She
If you cross the river from Georgetown in Seattle and find yourself in need of a cup of coffee, you’d probably find your way to Resistencia Coffee, a little shop I have the joy of co-owning with my wife and a few neighbors. If you get a cup of coffee and decide you’d like some
Listen and Subscribe on: Apple | Spotify | Amazon Music (Audible) In this episode of our Clergy Burnout series, we’re joined by a panel of three individuals who have recently left the pastorate. Karlene Clark, Trevor Grindle, and Martha Wood vulnerably share their experience with burnout and the pressures that ultimately led to them choosing to walk away from
In this episode of our Clergy Burnout series, we’re joined by writer and journalist Anne Helen Petersen, to take a look at clergy burnout through a systemic and cultural lens. As the author of Can’t Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation and contributor to the Clergy Burnout Report from the Center for Transforming Engagement, Anne
Listen and Subscribe on: Apple | Spotify | Amazon Music (Audible) In this episode of our Clergy Burnout series hosted by Kate Rae Davis, MDiv, and Rose Madrid Swetman, DMin, we’re joined by a panel of three clergy members to discuss the challenges they are facing in their current contexts and what keeps them going. You’ll hear different vantage points
One of the ways we can cultivate resilience as we engage with one another is to notice how we show up in our communities. Dr. Ron Ruthruff, Associate Professor of Theology and Culture at The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology, shares his thoughts in a collection of three stories. Joel Aguilar is
Listen and Subscribe on: Apple | Spotify | Amazon Music (Audible) In this episode of our Clergy Burnout series, we’re joined by Mandy Smith, pastor and author. Mandy talks about the importance of limitations in ministry. Co-hosted by Kate Rae Davis, MDiv, and Rose Madrid Swetman, DMin, this discussion provides special insight into the ways that female church leaders in
Listen and Subscribe on: Apple | Spotify | Amazon Music (Audible) In this episode of our Clergy Burnout series, we’re joined by Dr. Jessica Young Brown, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, author, and consultant to churches and community organizations on mental health, trauma, race and racism, and organizational dynamics. Co-hosted by Kate Rae Davis, MDiv, and Rose Madrid Swetman, DMin, this discussion