“Sabbaticals Help Clergy Reconnect, Recharge”
Read a Sept. 3, 2009, story about clergy sabbaticals on the Insights into Religion website.
Category: Beliefs & practices
Jamie T. Phelps
Sister Jamie T. Phelps is a professor of systematic theology and director of the Institute for Black Catholic Studies at Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans.
“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.
Clarence Williams
The Rev. Clarence Williams directs the Office for Black Catholic Ministries at the Archdiocese of Detroit and is pastor of St. Anthony Church in Detroit. He is president of the Black Catholic Televangelization Network and has worked nationally and internationally to heal racism and to create dialogue among African-Americans and Latinos. He is a member of the […]
“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.