Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Catalyst 2: Erwin McManus

From 4/24/06

Big Idea: "I'm able to be so involved in ministry without burning out because I love living."

That's more or less his quote. Anyway, Erwin remarked being flabbergasted that there seem to be so many depressed workers in the ministry. To him the feeling of walking in Christ's redemption is so tangible. Just hearing him speak so was greatly refreshing to me. And this thought was related to another. He said that stress doesn't necessarily come from doing too much work, rather from the kind of work. Andy and Hybels say this too: when you're in your "sweet spot" you feel like you could work forever. It's when you're doing things our of your gifting that you burn out. Again, this relates to what Andy said about knowing what you're good at and leveraging it...

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