“Depression, Burnout & Ministry: Anne Jackson Interview, Part 1”
Read a Jan. 23, 2009, interview with Anne Jackson, author of Mad Church Disease: Overcoming the Burnout Epidemic.
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“Sabbaticals Help Clergy Reconnect, Recharge”
Read a Sept. 3, 2009, story about clergy sabbaticals on the Insights into Religion website.
“Taking a Break From the Lord’s Work”
Read an Aug. 1, 2010, New York Times article about the burnout problem and the benefits of taking time off from ministry duties.
“Is the Clergy Life Unusually Stressful?”
Read an Aug. 6, 2010, column in The Jewish Week about the particular pressures facing the clergy. Rabbi Gerald C. Skolnick is the author.
“Soul Care and the Roots of Clergy Burnout”
Read an Aug. 12, 2010, Huffington Post blog item on the subject of clergy burnout.
“Carol Howard Merritt: What causes pastors to burn out?”
Read Carol Howard Merritt’s Aug. 13, 2010, post on the Call & Response blog on reasons for burnout. Merritt is a Presbyterian pastor in Washington, D.C.
“Do Not Disturb: Ensuring Your Minister is Rested”
Read a Jan. 28, 2011, column at EthicsDaily.com about the importance of rest for everyone, but particularly for ministers.
“Absence of Gratitude is the Source of Clerical Burnout”
Read a Dec. 26, 2011, Huffington Post column by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach about a lack of gratitude among congregants and how that affects clergy job satisfaction.
Pulpit politics
What may houses of worship do to advance political causes or candidates? By Ira Rifkin Freelance Writer The Church at Pierce Creek was a non-denominational, conservative Protestant congregation outside Binghamton, N.Y., until the Internal Revenue Service revoked its tax-exempt status for sponsoring a 1992 newspaper ad attacking then-presidential candidate Bill Clinton’s stands on abortion and […]