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Sunday, March 24, 2013

Pastoral care and your own mental health

Practice leaving pastoral concerns at the church.

Like ER personnel or Children's Oncology personnel, we cannot survive or give the love and care we need to give if we allow it to affect the other parts of our lives. This is hard, especially when we are on call 24/7 and have to spring into emotional if not physical action at a moment's notice. This mindset is really difficult but really makes a difference. We need to be able to weep openly and compassionately with a family and then go straight to a celebration with another family and then home untroubled so we can deal with the emotional issues of home life. This takes practice but can be learned.
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