ДУША ПАСТОРА (The Pastor's Soul)

<p><strong>This is a Russian translation.</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>David Murray writes in the Foreword: The minister s soul is the soul of his ministry. I can t remember where I first heard this saying but I ve never been able to forget it. And having read this book I never want to forget it. In these pages Jim Savastio and Brian Croft establish the foundation of all faithful and fruitful ministry the pastor s soul. But although their main target is the epidemic of ministerial hyper-activity and the accompanying burnout backsliding and brokenness they carefully avoid over reacting and running to the opposite extremes of monkish withdrawal or lazy self-indulgence. Instead you have a book that skillfully walks a balanced biblical path in both content and style.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>It balances self and others. Yes the pastor is all about serving others about sacrificing for the sake of others about spending and being spent for others and about pouring out themselves to fill others. But as many pastors have discovered to their cost and pain servants are finite sacrifices eventually turn to ashes non-stop spending leads to bankruptcy and pouring out without ever filling up ends in drought. This book reminds us that caring for self is not selfish but necessary if we are to sustain a life of caring service to others. It s not a warrant for sloth or selfishness but rather a call to self-care that will lead to better other-care.</span></p><p></p>