Toxic Soul: A Pastor's Guide To Leading Without Losing Heart
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| Rating | : | 4.61 (874 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B073MDK6V2 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 356 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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Courageous, honest, and timely!!! Started reading this book thinking that there was no way it would apply to me and quickly found out how wrong I was. This book is excellent! It is a very engaging read, so it is not something you have to plow through. Honestly, I couldn't put it down but I know that this is one of the few books in a rather large collection that will get a re-read, and possibly another one after that!Jason and Jeremy have found a way to take the elephants that every pastor has hanging out in their room and bring them out in the open. I found myself comforted to find I was not alone in some of the thi. Resonates as from a pastor familiar with the trenches of ministry This is a very timely book in my life. I’m a youth minister with just barely over two years in full-time ministry. I needed this book. I’ve read some similar books about health in ministry (Dangerous Calling, What they Don’t Teach You in Seminary, Soul School, and a few others) and Toxic Soul deserves to be listed among the best.This is a very raw and down-to-earth book. It talks about the issues from a viewpoint of understanding and experience. It doesn’t offer trite solutions, but instead spends time unpacking the root of many of these issues and confronts . A Soul Cleansing Shout brock bruce 6 years ago when my wife and I began the journey to plant a church I remember thinking we'd have 500 people in five years. Here we are today averaging about the same number of youth we had on Wednesday nights when I was a youth pastor 6 years ago. Needless to say that's much less than 500. Is 500 still possible? Of course. But I no longer beat myself up for not running 500 after 5 years. It's helped me to stop using reasons for why we are where we are as excuses and has helped me recognize that comparing myself to other churches isn't where I find my worth. That kind of thinking act
It’s possible to have friends in ministry and not see every other church as a competitor. It's possible to feel successful no matter the size of your church.. Toxic Soul examines the challenges church leaders face such as dealing with criticism, people leaving the church, a lack of resources, unmet expectations, and more. No one intends to lead up with a toxic soul, but the compound interest of discouragement and disappointment steals your passion for building God’s church. Somewhere along the way, doing the work of God steals your heart for God, but It doesn’t have to be that way. It’s possible to lead and love Jesus at the same time