Switch Off: The Clergy Guide to Preserving Energy and Passion for Ministry

by Heather Bradley, Heather Bradley, Steve Roberts (Foreword)

Many members of the clergy are committed to their vocation, yet struggle to remain engaged and energized. The pressures of congregational and family commitments take their toll.

Clergy are part of a profession like no other. However you define it, the label “clergy” represents a collection of roles that come together in various combinations based on religion, congregational size and congregational structure. Frustration can build when clergy think they are delivering what is expected of them and feedback (formal or informal) is received to indicate expectations are not being met. Worse, in the absence of feedback, clergy can be caught off guard if they assume everything is fine only to learn unexpectedly everything is not fine.

This book will help you examine the roles you inhabit and the roles of others around you. You will also be challenged to look at old problems in a new way and offered tools to unwind the complexities of your personal situation and develop new habits to manage expectations.

108 pages, Paperback

Published August 2, 2016

About the author

Heather Bradley has worked as a refugee resettlement caseworker, pediatric oncology nurse, waitress, business owner, orphanage worker, and editor. She has written and produced three Broadway-style, full-length musicals and created an apologetics curriculum for high school students exploring the big questions of life: What is Real? Where did we Come From? Is There a God? Where are we Going? And How should we Live? “Getting to Gold” is her first book.

You may contact Heather at hbradley317@ gmail.com