Category: Importance of Clergy Sabbaticals
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Slow Down To Stay In The Game
Bill figured out how to slow down and stay in the game. The game was racquetball. Bill was one of three pastors with whom I regularly played racquetball at the YMCA in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, back when I was in my mid-30s. Bill was retired. As I near retirement, I find myself still looking up…
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Taking A Sabbatical With Family
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Sabbatical Ideas To Consider
A pastor friend asked, “What is an appropriate use of one’s sabbatical?” Our answer, “It all depends. The main thing is to get away and get refreshed.” During one of our sabbaticals, we visited the Mississippi Headwaters at Itasca State Park in Minnesota with our extended family. This was a major achievement, as we, our…
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Taking A Sabbatical With Family
Taking a sabbatical with your family is a great way to create special memories. Included in my three-month clergy sabbatical in 2012, was one month in Minnesota with family. This was a really big deal, since we and our children and their families all live in Florida! We are from Minnesota and the first parish…
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Help Your Pastor “To Remember the Sabbath”
As a Lutheran, I grew up memorizing Luther’s Small Catechism, including Luther’s explanation to the commandment “to remember the Sabbath.” We are to fear and love God, so that we do not despite preaching or God’s word, but instead keep that word holy and gladly hear and learn it. (Evangelical Lutheran Worship, p. 1160) “The…
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Take Time To Review The Big Picture
Socrates once said, “The unexamined life is not worth living.” Every once in a while, it’s a pretty good idea to stand back and look at ourselves, who we are, what we are doing, where we are going. Living is a lot like painting a mural. You have to stand back once in a while…