{"id":3001,"date":"2010-03-17T11:26:53","date_gmt":"2010-03-17T00:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/?p=3001"},"modified":"2010-03-18T10:11:55","modified_gmt":"2010-03-17T23:11:55","slug":"ministry-burnout-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/2010\/03\/17\/ministry-burnout-syndrome\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry Burnout Syndrome"},"content":{"rendered":"

Burnout is not a single condition but a syndrome which can include numerous elements, including depression, and is typically marked by emotional exhaustion, detachment and a sense of lack of achievement.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u00a0<\/em>Geoff Read writes in his book, Ministry Burnout<\/strong><\/em>, How can sincere, motivated clergy find themselves at this point?<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0Why does burnout happen to Ministers? Is it that they are \u2018weak\u2019 people, \u2018fix and please\u2019 people, is it their personality type, or are they simply working long and ridiculous hours?<\/p>\n

\u00a0Israel Galindo urges clergy in Staying Put \u2013 A look at the First Ten Years of Ministry\u2019<\/a><\/em> to remember the value of a sabbatical year and the principles behind it. He calls year seven in a parish the year of \u2018recharge or burnout.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0No-one is superhuman enough not to take time out to rest from work or from people. We should follow the example of our Saviour, Jesus Christ, who would regularly took time to be alone and commune with God.\u00a0\u00a0Very early the next morning, Jesus got up and went to a place where he could be alone and pray. (<\/em>Mark 1:35)<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0We need to be aware of the early signs of burnout and take steps to rectify it and take time to smell the flowers<\/em>. Remember the old saying, prevention is better than cure<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Geoff has supplied a valuable tool worth looking at in Appendix 1: Am I in Danger of Burnout? <\/em>\u00a0You can purchase your copy of the booklet, Ministry Burnout by Geoff Read from Grove Books Limited<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Ministry<\/p>\n

\u00a0See also,\u00a0Clergy: God\u2019s call?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Burnout is not a single condition but a syndrome which can include numerous elements, including depression, and is typically marked by emotional exhaustion, detachment and a sense of lack of achievement. \u00a0Geoff Read writes in his book, Ministry Burnout, How … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3001"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3001"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3333,"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3001\/revisions\/3333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}