Caring for Caregivers: Sustaining Those Who Serve Others
Caregivers can experience compassion fatigue, which is emotional exhaustion from always being around others’ pain. This can look like irritability, feeling distant, or being very tired.
Mental Wellness
The Pastor’s Family: Balancing Ministry, Marriage, and Mental Health
Pastors do not carry the weight of ministry alone. Their families feel the schedule, stress, and expectations as well. This article explores honest realities of clergy family life and offers simple ways to care for marriage, children, and mental health while serving the church.
Serving Through the Season: Caring for Pastors at Christmas
Christmas can be holy and heavy for pastors at the same time. This article offers compassionate guidance for clergy who are carrying extra weight during the season, with reflections on expectations, rest, boundaries, and finding Christ in the quiet places of ministry.
When Joy Feels Out of Reach: Finding Hope This Christmas
Christmas can feel complicated when your heart is heavy. This reflection is for church members and believers who are struggling to feel joyful this season, offering space for honest emotion, small practices of hope, and the reminder that God still comes near when joy feels out of reach.
Navigating Family Drama During the Holidays: A Pastoral Guide
When old patterns flare at holiday gatherings, you don’t need perfection—you need a plan. Set a simple intention, regulate first, then relate with short, kind scripts that lower heat. De-triangle gently, choose small connection moments, and keep your exit options clear. These steps help you stay kind, clear, and grounded without carrying everyone’s emotions.
Coping with Grief and Loss During the Holidays
Holidays can amplify loss. This guide offers simple, compassionate practices—naming what’s true, setting kind boundaries, creating a small remembrance ritual, and using quick body-calming tools—to help you move through heavy moments with care. You’re not doing it wrong; you’re carrying love and loss at once. One breath, one choice, one day at a time.
When Helping Hurts: Compassion Fatigue and Self-Care for Ministry Leaders
Helping others can take a toll. Explore practical self-care and renewal strategies for clergy and ministry leaders in demanding seasons.
Strength for Perilous Times: Caring for the Soul of the Shepherd
When the world feels heavy, pastors need renewal. This article offers wisdom for staying grounded, hopeful, and emotionally healthy in perilous seasons.
The Impact of Spiritual and Psychological Crises on African-American Communities
When spiritual and psychological crises collide, Black communities often absorb the shock through churches, families, and grassroots networks. This piece explores historical trauma, systemic barriers, and culturally responsive, faith-integrated care that advances healing and justice.
The Role of Pastors in Educating Congregations about Mental Health
Pastors shape health literacy every Sunday. From stigma-breaking sermons to small-group conversations and clear referral pathways, clergy can normalize help-seeking, equip volunteers, and build trauma-informed ministries that prevent crises and connect people to timely, licensed care.
