“We misunderstand God; we misunderstand God’s vineyard; we misunderstand who we are.”
Dan Driver talks with Ryan O’Hara, Mission Director for St. Paul’s Outreach, on burnout in ministry. They discuss Ryan’s own experience of burnout, boundaries, and the need for a paradigm shift in the American understanding of work and rest.
In This Episode:
Introduction
The impact of media in our lives
What is burnout?
Ryan’s experience of burnout
Sprint vs. marathon mindset in ministry
The American relationship to work & productivity
5 areas that lead to burnout
Unrealistic projects & confused relationship to self
Perpetual impatience & waiting for fruitfulness
Attachment to success & finding one’s identity in work
Work in the midst of life vs. work/life balance
Putting process before people
Desire for control, hyper-perfectionism
Principle of the oxygen mask
Recommendations
Mentioned in the show:
St. Paul’s Outreach (www.spo.org)
(4:45) Derren Brown Shows Advertisers The Power Of Subliminal Messages
(18:26) Want to Lose at Ministry? Five Recipes for Burnout. by Ryan O’Hara
(18:37) Evangelii Gaudium
(21:04) The Resistance by Josh Garrels
(34:10) 1 Corinthians 3:5-7
(35:09) Mark 4:26-28
(53:56) The Temperament God Gave You by Art and Laraine Bennett
(1:03:50) Ryan’s Website (www.ryanohara.org)
Recommendations:
Dan’s Recommendation: Diatessaron
Matt’s Recommendation: 5-hour Energy & La Croix
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Pull Quotes:
“I rest so that I can work. But I think God wants us to look at it differently. I work so that I can rest.”
“Constraints cause opportunity for creativity.”
“It’s all grace anyway.”
Special Guest: Ryan O'Hara.
