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Research Shows Pastors are Overworked
New Lifeway research shows that Pastors are severely overworked. It is to the point that many Pastors spend little to no time in prayer or personal spiritual disciplines. How can we lead the flock God has given us if we are running on EMPTY?? I don’t know if you make New Year’s Resolutions or not, [...]
Continue reading...The Procrastinating Preacher
22 October 2009
by Joel Southerland Preachers can be the worst procrastinators around. We have all these tasks that need to be done and there are notes and scribbles and mental To-Do lists everywhere of things we need to do . . . . eventually! When we live in that constant state of procrastination it is extremely stressful. [...]
Continue reading...Sermonators Episode 8 | The Ultimate Virtual Filing System For Sermon Resources (And Your Entire Office)
24 August 2009
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] In this episode, Smith and Southerland interview Pastor Brad Whitt about his amazing filing system that allows him to categorize and file everything: illustrations, old sermons, digital audio files, books and even old preaching tapes. And he can retrieve any of it by simply typing in a keyword [...]
Continue reading...The Sermonators Ep 6 – 3 Ways to Control What’s Controlling You (Managing Inputs)
20 January 2009
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Press Play or Download mp3 In this episode we discuss an important principle of time management for busy pastors. How many “inputs” do you have? Are you controlling them or are they controlling you? Smith and Southerland give three keys ways to manage what tends to overwhelm us [...]
Continue reading...A Pastors Guide to Stress-Free Project Management
2 September 2008
posted by Joel Southerland When a special day, project, meeting or event looms on the horizon it can create great amounts of stress for the pastor. The planning, promoting, and organizing can add to the workload of an already frazzled minister (not sure if “frazzled” is a word but you know it when you’re in [...]
Continue reading...Desk Shots: Before and After
25 June 2008
posted by Joel Southerland We are putting the “cleaning your desk” post to the test – with a Student Minister! (Could there be a bigger challenge?) There have been stacks of paper on the desk of Ray Cochran, Liberty’s Student Minister, since the day it was brought in. I had never seen it cleaned off. [...]
Continue reading...The Sermonators Ep 4 – Three Ideas For Maximizing A Personal Assistant (also McDonalds vs. Starbucks)
6 June 2008
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download mp3 or press the play button above to stream audio. In this episode of The Sermonators, we discuss 3 key ideas for maximizing a personal assistant to streamline your workload and gain time in your week. Unless you already have these three ideas fully implemented, you could [...]
Continue reading...Sick Pastor Part 2: What to do with the box
4 June 2008
posted by Joel Southerland In my last post, I covered how in 60-seconds you can take a huge leap in productivity and organization just by cleaning off your desk. Hopefully getting reacquainted with the surface of your desk has already been rewarding. A clean workspace lends itself to clear thinking — which is necessary for [...]
Continue reading...Get “Sick,” Pastor! How to take a huge 60-second leap in organization
15 May 2008
Posted by Joel Southerland Ok, this isn’t going to sound flashy. It is not going to make for great conversation at the ministerial luncheon this Wednesday. It is not going to get you invited to speak on the platform at the next denominational meeting. But, here is what it will do: It will take stress [...]
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- Buddy: I am new to the site, only today. So, do not know if anyone has mentioned another distraction...... AN OPEN FLY!...
- Joel Southerland: @Steve - you are right, Jesus didn't use powerpoint - but He didn't use an air-conditioned building, piano, microphone, or a host of other things we u...
- Steve: The whole powerpoint issue can be easily addressed. Did Jesus use PPT? No. Did Paul? No. Did Peter? No. Is there any mention in the N.T. of any visual...
- Pastor Greg Jackson: Scott and Joel, good episode. The point on shock words is something we all need to remember. I believe when we have the privilege to preach the gosp...
- L.Garrett: Dr. Evans is so right, thanks for the opportunity to share in this. L...
- Greg Jackson: Bro. Scott, you and Joel are doing a great job of putting resources in front of us to make us better preachers and pastors of the Word. I am proud of...
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