Thursday Three For All: Ministry Days Off, Self-Sabotage, and Lawn Art
It’s Thursday, kiddies: the day when I roll out a few things I’ve been reading over the past week. Three of ‘em, to be exact. Enjoy. (Remember: click on the big bold print to read the entire article.)
Day Off for Ministry Leaders: a Case for Mondays and a Case for Fridays
(via @ericgeiger) I’ve always been a Friday guy, myself. My brain is still rolling with too many thoughts on Monday.
Ministry leaders must take a day off each week or they lack the moral authority to encourage those they serve to rest. Ministry leaders must take a day off each week for the sake of their own health, both physical and spiritual health. Without a time to rest, leaders will burn out or implode. Churches that make it difficult for church leaders to take a day off are harming the leaders and the church. Thankfully I have always served in churches that value the ministry leaders having time to rest. Thankfully the people who thought negatively about “days off” for ministry leaders weren’t in positions of decision-making.
4 Ways Busy People Sabotage Themselves
(via @harvardbiz) This is such a helpful reminder of the importance of systems and priorities.
You’ve left an important task undone for weeks. It’s hanging over you, causing daily anxiety. And yet instead of actually doing it, you do a hundred other tasks instead.
Or you’ve been feeling guilty about not replying to an email, even though replying would only take 10 minutes.
Or maybe the last time you needed stamps, you went to the post office to buy a single stamp because you couldn’t find the 100-pack you purchased a few months ago. You know it’s around… somewhere. But you just don’t have the time to clean your desk to find it.
Dedicated Groundsman Cuts His Grass Three Times Per Day
(via @laughingsquid) Middle-aged Danny wants his yard to look nice…a fact that bewilders teenage Danny. But this guy. Whoa.
photo credit: Jason Mathis
