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Emotional Health Ministry Health Pastor Identity Pastoral Health

It’s Either Your Life or the Church: The Moment God Asked Me to Let Go

I remember praying one afternoon, four years into planting a church, genuinely trying to listen…

Coach MattJuly 3, 2026

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Ministry Health Pastors

They’ll Tell You to Get Help. They Won’t Get It Themselves. And the Help They’re Sending You To May Be Making Things Worse.

There is a statistic that has stayed with me. According to a study by Lifeway…

Coach MattJuly 1, 2026

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Ministry Leadership

You Are Not Your Church: The Identity Crisis Every Pastor Needs to See Coming

The question I ask almost every pastor I work with, somewhere in the first session,…

Coach MattJuly 1, 2026

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Ministry Health

The Church Was Healthy. I Wasn’t. What Nobody Tells You About Church Planting Burnout

Sometime in early 2004 I planted a church. I was twenty-four years old, newly married,…

Coach MattJune 29, 2026

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Congregational Resources Pastoral Care Pastoral Health Pastors

What Your Pastor Wishes You Knew But Will Never Say From the Pulpit

This post is a little different. I am not writing to pastors today. I am…

Coach MattJune 25, 2026

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Leadership Leadership & Self-Awareness Ministry Leadership Pastors

When Pastors Burn Out Doing Everything Except What They’re Called to Do

One of the questions I often ask pastors and ministry leaders through Your Caring Coach…

Coach MattJune 23, 2026

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Ministry Health Pastoral Care Pastors

You’re Burned Out But Still Showing Up: The New Face of Pastoral Exhaustion

The version of pastoral burnout that gets the most attention is the dramatic one. The…

Coach MattJune 16, 2026

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Mental Health Ministry Health Pain Pastors Purpose

When Ministry Wounds You—What to Do With the Trauma Nobody Names

Ministry trauma is real, underdiagnosed, and surrounded by a layer of complexity that makes it…

Coach MattJune 14, 2026

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Counseling Leadership Pastoral Care Pastors Soul Care

Is Your Soul Running on Empty? A Gentle Reminder for Pastors Who Keep Pouring Out

Pastors pour into everyone — but who pours into them? If you're running on fumes,…

Coach MattJune 12, 2026

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Counseling Marriage Marriage and Relationships Ministry Health Pastor Marriage

You Are Not Rebuilding the Old Marriage. You Are Building a New One.

Most couples who come to me after a betrayal are trying to get back to…

Coach MattJune 11, 2026

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