Biblical Counseling: How Can Pastors Care for Their Own Souls?

In the third episode of the biblical counseling series, Lois Kehlenbrink answers the question, “How can pastors care for their own souls?"  She addresses:

• Spiritual plateau (:53)
• Taking physical inventory (1:30)
• The importance of Sabbath rest (2:00)
• Neglected pastoral wounds (4:00)
• Help for lingering hurts (6:27)
• Wounds as tools to understand God’s love (9:41)
• Identifying with the suffering of Christ (10:44)
• Dignity and delight in fellowship with Christ (13:00)
• Grieving that understands the suffering of Christ (15:18)
• Redemptive purposes in our wounds (16:31)

Find more from TGC on this topic:

Tony Merida on Ministry Discouragement

What It Takes to Survive and Thrive in Ministry

Lois's Recommended Reading List:

Every Good Endeavor by Tim Keller with Katherine Leary Alsdorf 

Walking with God through Pain and Suffering by Tim Keller

Suffering: Gospel Hope When Life Doesn't Make Sense by Paul Tripp

The Wounded Healer: Ministry in Contemporary Society  by Henri J. M. Nouwen