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I’ve been silent for quite some time on this blog. It’s been quite a journey over the last 9 months, a journey mostly covered in sheetrock dust. My family, with all 7 kids, lived in a 3 bed, 1 full bath parsonage of about 1100 sq. ft. for the last 15 years. (OK, we didn’t have […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 7 years ago

Emotional Health

Why I’m Taking a Break From My Blog

A quick announcement before I start today: If you haven’t taken my survey about your greatest frustrations and joys as a pastor, please click take it… only 12 questions. I will be drawing two names from the ones who take it for two Amazon $20 gift cards… ends today! THE REAL POINT OF THIS POST I’m […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 9 years agoApril 16, 2016

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Pastor, Here’s Why You Can’t Quit

If the stats are right, several pastors reading this are burned out and thinking of quitting… or at least wishing it could happen. The old joke about “writing your resignation letter every Monday” has a grain of truth. You’re burned out. Used up. Frustrated. In conflict. Spiritually drained. Unappreciated. I don’t know if you’re one […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 9 years agoApril 21, 2024

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How Living In the Urgent Can Kill Your Creativity

Hey pastors! As one of you for the last 21 years, I know all about pastoral stress… and how it can damage your ministry and your creativity. If you haven’t read Stephen Covey’s excellent book “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People,” you’re missing out. Out of the many helpful things in the book, here’s […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 9 years agoApril 21, 2024

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Pastor, Go Be A Man

There’s a powerful story in Mark Twain’s book, Huckleberry Finn. Last year, I read this book to my children, and was so struck by this story, that I stopped to highlight it. In a town Huck is visiting, an angry mob gathers, infuriated over the actions of a man named Sherburn. Read on if you’re […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 9 years agoMarch 3, 2016

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9 Action Steps for Burned Out Pastors

Surveys say that most pastors have felt like quitting in the past 12 months. If you feel like you’re about to crack wide open, drop in your tracks, or get a Pez dispenser full of Tums to keep your stomach calm…You may be feeling as though God is angry with you, and would push you […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 9 years agoApril 25, 2024

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Four Starter Steps to Fight Porn In Your Home

Pornography is big business in America. Approximately $12 billion annually is spent on pornography. To put that in perspective, the 100 largest missions organizations in America received 3 billion in a recent year. Porn is about equal to the energy drink market in the US. Close your eyes and visualize all the energy drinks in all […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 9 years agoFebruary 10, 2016

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The Porn Pandemic: Is Purity Possible?

I admit it — I love the Internet. I liked it from the first time I heard the beep beep boooop of our first dial-up modem, and saw how information came streaming into our home. Anything I needed to know, type it in… and there it was. Today, it’s better, smarter, and way, way faster. […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 9 years agoFebruary 3, 2016

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What to Do When Life Punches Your Goals in the Nose

My morning routine, which I wrote about recently, was going so well. Life was starting to hum along again, after the birth of our sixth child. He was sleeping through the night, I was able to get some sleep & get up and rock my to-do list before dawn. Then, the baby got a cold. […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 9 years agoFebruary 4, 2016

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How to Build a Morning Routine – Part 2

There isn’t one “right” morning routine. It’s built on your values and realities. My reality is self-employed (pastor) and 6 kids. Yours might look totally different. But for some ideas and encouragement, here’s a walkthru of my morning routine, from start to finish, with tips of what makes it work better for me. If you […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 9 years agoFebruary 16, 2016

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