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A Center in the Cyclone: Twenty-First Century Clergy Self-Care

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by Bruce Epperly, Rowman & Littlefield, MD, 2014

Description

This book offers advice for clergy to lead a healthier lives through spiritual growth and self-care.

Features

self-care, ways to a healthier life, healthy relationships

Recommended Audience

Christian clergy and personnel committe

Cost

Purchase as book or e-book

Practical Applications

Renew a commitment to spiritual growth and self-care by studying this resource in a clergy group, reflecting on ways to implement advice detailed in the book.
Share chapter 11 with a personnel committee or a pastor relations committee to discuss healthy relationships within and beyond the congregation.

Updated: January 08, 2025

About the Contributor

Tim Shapiro

President

Tim Shapiro is the Indianapolis Center’s president. He began serving the Center in 2003 after 18 years in pastoral ministry. For 14 years, Tim served Westminster Presbyterian Church in Xenia, Ohio. Prior to his pastorate at Westminster, he was pastor of Bethlehem Presbyterian Church in Logansport, Indiana. He holds degrees from Purdue University and Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary.

Tim’s interest in how congregations learn to do new things is represented in his book How Your Congregation Learns. After his extensive work on the Center’s Sacred Space initiative, Tim co-authored the book Holy Places: Matching Sacred Space with Mission and Message. He has also authored several articles, including Applying Positive Deviance and The Congregation of Theological Coherence.

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