Wellness

Managing Your Negative Emotions

While most church leaders prefer to avoid negative emotions such as distress, fear, anxiety, etc., all church leaders will experience a variety of negative emotions at some point. If you want to build your negative emotion management skills, try these five recommendations.

Transform Pain Into Growth: A Healing Guide

Transforming pain is not a linear process, nor is it quick or easy. It requires patience, self-compassion, and the willingness to confront and work through difficult emotions.

Losing Motivation

As a pastor, if you have discovered your motivation has taken a vacation and left you behind, you are not alone. The good news is, you rediscover can it.

Living Prayer

Let’s explore how to take the Apostle Paul’s words seriously and practice praying “without ceasing” since we all need reminders of our kingdom values—nudges toward re-invigorating our time spent with God. 

Designing a Transformative Church Marriage Conference

A marriage conference can be a significant tool in strengthening the bonds of couples within your congregation.

Empathy

Empathy is having a genuine understanding of the other person’s emotional experience without allowing your own feelings to hinder your ability to be fully present to the other person.

The Art of Building Deep Friendships: Investing Time & Heart

In our fast-paced, technology-driven world, the art of cultivating deep friendships seems to be gradually fading into the background.

Healing From Guilt and Shame With NICC: Bridging Psychology & Faith

Guilt and shame, though frequently conflated, embody distinct experiences that influence our psychological health and spiritual journey in unique ways.