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Research Shows Pastors are Overworked

8 January 2010

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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, [...]

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Never Say “Nothing”

14 May 2009

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posted by Joel Southerland How do you deal with interruptions? The phone call.  The drop-in.  The IM interruption. Now, I’m not talking about the real interruption — like the emergency that must be dealt with.  That’s not an interruption, that is ministry. The interruption is something that interrupts your work flow that could be put [...]

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The Sermonators Ep 6 – 3 Ways to Control What’s Controlling You (Managing Inputs)

20 January 2009

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[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 [...]

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Mark Driscoll speaks about his time management habits and preaching

14 April 2008

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posted by Scott Newton Smith Up front disclaimer: We’re not endorsing nor bashing Driscoll here at The Sermonators. We’re not groupies for any particular preacher “celeb.” You won’t find us pushing a particular preacher, nor a group of them. That’s not what this site (or our show) is about. Our job is to find and [...]

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Make Yourself Indispensable

1 April 2008

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Posted by Joel Southerland One thing I have noticed over the years is that a great preacher rarely gets dismissed from his church or gets asked to leave (of course there are always exceptions). In conjunction with that, the pastor who accomplishes much for the Church and Kingdom rarely runs into serious trouble.  Now, it [...]

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The Sermonators Ep 2 – Five Tips To Bulletproof Your Study Time

24 March 2008

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[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download mp3 or click the play button above to stream audio. In this episode of The Sermonators, we discuss five tips to bulletproof your study time each week. Making sure that you block uninterrupted time to do your sermon preparation each week is crucial for effective preaching. We [...]

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