Three More Ways To Spiritual Renewal

Three More Ways To Spiritual Renewal In the last two posts we explored the following pathways to spiritual renewal: worship; engaging in creation; serving; and engaging people.  This post will focus on three more ways to spiritual renewal…

Renewing Spiritual Energy

Renewing Spiritual Energy Through Worship and Serving In the last post we considered how to renew your spiritual energy through being with people and through creation.  In this post we will explore how to go about renewing spiritual energy…

Seven Ways To Renew Your Spiritual Energy

Renewing Spiritual Energy Through Seven Pathways In the last several posts we have been considering how to recover when drained as a result of preaching and ministry.  In this post we start a continuation of that series, talking about seven…

People Who Fill Your Energy Bank

People Who Fill Your Energy Bank In the last post we identified some people who drain you, and make it difficult for you to recover after preaching and ministry.  In this post we will take one more look at this subject, focusing on people…

People Who Drain Your Bank In Ministry

People Who Fill Your Bank In Ministry We have been looking at how to recover from preaching and ministry.  The last two posts were about finding those people who help that process.  In this post we'll consider those people who drain your…

Finding People To Walk With You In Ministry

Finding People To Walk With You In Ministry In the previous posts we have been considering how to recover from the strain of preaching and the drain of ministry.  In today's post I want to continue the theme of finding people to walk with…

Finding People To Journey With in Recovering From Preaching

Finding People To Journey With How do you recover from the strain of preaching?  That has been the theme of the last few posts.  In this post we will consider how to go about finding people to journey with in recovering from preaching strain. Encouragement…

Preachers Shouldn't Go It Alone

Preachers Shouldn't Go It Alone We are considering how to recover from the act of preaching.  In the last post we considered the need for a pattern of rest and recovery in our lives.  In today's post we're going to look at the reality that…

Creating A Pattern of Rest and Recovery

Creating A Pattern of Rest and Recovery   Peter Wagner was one of my professors while I worked on a doctorate at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA.  He made an indelible impact on my life as I learned about how to form…

Recovery Is Necessary After Preaching

Recovery Is Necessary After Preaching We turn now from the idea of using humor in your preaching, to something that isn't funny at all. Recovery after preaching is necessary after preaching a sermon or sermons. Charles Spurgeon, the famous…