“Young Clergy Shortage”
Read a transcript of a June 30, 2006, Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly episode about a shortage of younger people interested in pastoral leadership.
Category: Congregations
“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.
“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.