KEITH FARMER’S STORY – burnout, recovery and mentoring Today’s guest blogger: Dr Keith Farmer. I had been in full-time ministry for 11 years (in two churches in Sydney) when I accepted a dual ministry in Melbourne (half-time as an Associate Pastor in a local church and half-time as a Faculty Member of a Theological College). My teaching areas were Pastoral …
Join this Research Project and Make a Meaningful Impact on Christian Leaders’ Health.
My Message Some wonderful news: a research project on Christian Leaders Health is underway. It’s an empirical validation of the health of a Christian Leader assessment tool I developed with Dr Bob Logan and Prof Chuck Riddley. It’s based on Dr Keith Farmers’ 5 core questions. If you are interested in being healthy, take the survey. Also, pass this survey …
Asking tough questions disarmingly builds relational bonds
Click through to explore how to ask tough questions with compassion and safety! I’m learning more about the importance of mentors in our lives and the best ways to ask hard questions from this great article. Find out how to make your mentee feel safe, build relationships and avoid judgement!
Get Burnout and Beyond Free for five days!
A free download of my book, Burnout and Beyond, is right around the corner; beginning Monday, October 3, 2022, 12:00 AM PDT through Friday, October 7, 2022, 11:59 PM PDT. This book shares my experience with burnout and details the dangers of burnout in leadership positions; specifically those in ministry. The goal of this book is to provide a way …
Non-Negotiables for a Christian Mentor: Mature Discipleship
Introduction to Our New Series Here at Verve Lead, we are excited to be starting a new series exploring the profile of a healthy Christian well-being mentor. I have spent the last several months collaborating with exceptional partners. The profile of a healthy Christian Mentor that we will be looking at was researched and developed by longtime friends of Verve …
Christian Well-being Mentor
Here at Verve Lead, we are excited to be starting a new series exploring the profile of a healthy Christian well-being mentor. This profile is centred around living a holistically healthy life that supports healthy well-being mentors. Whether you are a mentor or a mentee, or even simply considering the benefits of finding a well-being mentor for your life, this …
Snapshot of a Healthy Christian Leader
We have some exciting news at Verve Lead! Teaming up with Dr Bob Logan of Logan Leadership, and Dr Chuck Ridley, Professor of Counseling Psychology at Texas A&M University, we developed the Healthy Christian leader profile. We have put a lot of work into creating a tool that leaders can use to gain more self-awareness and develop self-reflection. Self-awareness and …
Tools
TOOLSFOR ASSESSING AND BUILDING HEALTHThe Health of a Christian Leader Assessment 3.0Do a health check across your five cores of well-being.assesmentWell-Being GaugesTrack your energy depleters and buoyancy to build self-awareness.Wellbeing GaugesBuoyancy GaugeA simple and powerful tool in building self-awareness.Buoyancy GaugeWell-Being Q SnapshotTake a seven second health snapshot.Health SnapshotMentor Q Competency ProfileA 360º tool to gauge mentor competency and train effective mentors.MENTORQMentor …