Burned out? Professionals in ministry lead lives of great demands, high stress, and impossible expectations, often in trying and conflicting settings. Making themselves available to all, they lapse into codependent practices that further endanger their own lives and health. In this highly accessible book, clergy-counselor Fred Lehr traces the roots of burnout to clergy codependence. In twelve short and insightful chapters, Lehr identifies the typical forms that codependence takes. He shows how it figures in professional and personal burnout and provides helpful tools for self-assessment. Real strategies are offered to enable pastors and other professionals in ministry to regain balance, set boundaries, live with new purpose and self-respect, and root their lives anew in holiness and the gospel.
