advice to young pastors: stop, drop and read!

Maybe you’ve notice that pastoring seems to be a near occaision to mainline anxiety.  I’ve been battling anxiety for the past year myself, thank you, but I seem to be on the mend.  Thanks in no small part to the best book on leadership I’ve read in years: A Failure of Nerve by Edwin Friedman.  Stop, drop, and read this book if you are a young pastor battling anxiety.
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