Reflections & Research:
Pastors of color
December 13, 2022
Antidotes to compassion fatigue
A group of researchers found that feeling God’s presence was key to pastors’ avoiding exhaustion in the pandemic.
read moreabout Antidotes to compassion fatigueDecember 13, 2022
Addressing a history of enslavement is key to reparations
A pastor and a sociologist write about the process that a congregation went through to understand and address the enslavers enshrined in their windows.
read moreabout Addressing a history of enslavement is key to reparationsOctober 4, 2022
Peloton’s message for pastors
From self-care to relationships with similar others, there are off-the-bike lessons to be learned from Peloton instructors, writes the director of the Thriving in Ministry Coordination Program at Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
read moreabout Peloton’s message for pastorsSeptember 6, 2022
Pastors were not prepared for the digital demands of the pandemic. What does that teach us about the next crisis?
Of all the new things they were asked to take on during the pandemic, it was technology work and decision making that pastors felt the least prepared for, according to a two-year study from Texas A&M University.
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