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Ministry Health Pastoral Care Pastoral Health Pastoral Loneliness Pastors

42% of Pastors Almost Quit. Here’s What Kept Them — And What the Numbers Still Don’t Say

At the peak of the pastoral retention crisis in 2022, 42% of pastors said they…

Coach MattOctober 27, 2026

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Burnout & Recovery Emotional Health Pastoral Health Pastoral Loneliness

The Most Isolated Person in Your Church Might Be Standing Behind the Pulpit

You are surrounded by people every week. You know their names. You know their crises.…

Coach MattSeptember 30, 2026

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Emotional Health Pastor Identity Pastoral Care Pastors

JP Miller, Mental Health, and What the Church Must Change

By now most people in ministry circles have heard the name JP Miller. The South…

Coach MattSeptember 23, 2026

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Pastor Identity Pastoral Health

What Happens When You Do Not Know Who You Are Without the Title

Here is a question I want to ask you to sit with before you keep…

Coach MattAugust 3, 2026

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Pastoral Health Spiritual Formation

When Sermon Prep Is the Only Time You Open Your Bible

You know the moment I am describing. It is Sunday afternoon, sermon is done, congregation…

Coach MattJuly 29, 2026

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Burnout & Recovery Pastoral Health Pastors

You Are Not Lazy. You Are Burned Out. And There Is a Difference.

There is a conversation I have had too many times to count. A pastor reaches…

Coach MattJuly 27, 2026

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Ministry Trauma Pastoral Health Pastors

Church Hurt Is Real Even When You Are the Pastor

There is a kind of wound that pastors almost never talk about. Not because it…

Coach MattJuly 25, 2026

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Ministry Sustainability Pastoral Health

So You Want to Quit the Ministry. Before You Do, Read This.

I know where you are right now. You might be sitting in your car in…

Coach MattJuly 23, 2026

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Ministry Health Pastoral Care Pastors

Even Elijah Needed a Meal: The Biblical Case for Pastoral Self-Care

Let's be honest about what happens in 1 Kings 18 before we talk about what…

Coach MattJuly 22, 2026

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Pastor Marriage Pastoral Health

The Hardest Marriage in the Room Is Usually the Pastor’s

There is a particular irony in being the marriage guy. You have done the premarital…

Coach MattJuly 20, 2026

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