Perissos Favorite Articles

Various Authors – Passing along this newsletter with great articles and resources. Enjoy

Jon Bloom says that we all serve those that we are unwilling to disappoint. A good article on where our priorities are, where our allegiances are what motivates our behaviors.

Elliot Grudem – We (pastors included) were made for relationships, with God and with others. This article is a great dissertation on why we do what we do. Friendship has to be intentional and pastors are prime candidates for being in need of friends.

Kyle Lee Julius – A poignant look at the great Charles Spurgeon’s battle with depression. How he handled it and what it means for us.

Tony Reinke – If you every needed motivation to find solitude, Tony provides it here. From Bonhoeffer to Psalms, the message is clear…”we are afraid of God, that he might disturb our aloneness and discover and unmask us”

Ed Stetzer – Today, I want to introduce you to a friend who has been a pastor. He struggles with bipolar issues. He takes medication…

Vaneetha Risner – For Christians, the struggle is often magnified by the assumption people are less spiritual if they can’t seem to “count it all joy.”

Terry Powell understands that struggle…

Todd Gaddis – If Jesus needed to pray for Himself, then I certainly need to pray for myself. That said, ponder these eleven personal requests I’ve started bringing daily to God.

Ann Voskamp – “…sin is really about what you let determine your acceptability.”

Eric Geiger – I have experience fighting the temptation to be a ministry workaholic. Here are four ways to engage in that fight…

Matt Adair – “…call them symptoms of burnout. See if you recognize any of these in your life”

Paul Vitello – “…religious leaders have settled on one simple remedy that has long been a touchy subject with many clerics: taking more time off.”

Brad Andrews – How accepting our boundaries frees us to flourish as pastors.

Nick Batzig – So, how are those of us who are given to the tyranny of bigger/faster to adjust to the need to pace ourselves in ministry?

Lisa Cannon Green – “..Yet churches can do much to ease pastors’ stress and encourage them to stay in ministry”

Jim Bloom – “We’ve learned that going to a hard place is one thing, but staying there is another.”

Thom Rainer – Ten of the more common unspoken comments pastors wish they could express.