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Henri Nouwen calls burnout "a convenient psychological translation for a spiritual death."

Sometimes work feels more like death than life.

When you're facing burnout at work, what can you do?

How can you access the spiritual resources that Jesus offers in that dark place?

Take the course at FindingGodAtWork.org.

Quadrants Visual:
Healthy and Unhealthy Activation at Work

Sources:
Ephesians 1:18-20 (NIV)

Henri Nouwen, ¡Gracias!: A Latin American Journal (Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 1983).

 

Henri Nouwen, In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership (New York: The Crossroad Publishing Company, 1989).

Wilmar B. Schaufeli and Marisa Salanova, "Burnout, Boredom and Engagement in the Workplace" in An Introduction to Contemporary Work Psychology, ed. Maria C.W. Peters, Jan de Jonge, and Toon W. Taris (Malden, Massachusetts: Wiley, 2013).

Richard Foster, "Understanding the Means," in The Renovaré Spiritual Formation Bible, ed. Richard Foster (New York: HarperCollins, 2005).

 

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