The Psychology of a Pooped Pastor – Dan Allender

Erik October 28 2008

Pastors are expected to play the roll of prophet, priest and king. Attempting to embody these three contradictory callings is enough to drive the best of us nuts. Use the player options below to hear Dan Allender discuss the psychology of a pooped pastor.

Dan Allender is President & Professor of Counseling at Mars Hill Graduate School in Seattle, WA. He has authored numerous books including The Wounded Heart and The Healing Path and has co-authored a number of books with Tremper Longman, III, including Bold Love and The Cry of the Soul.

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2 Responses to “The Psychology of a Pooped Pastor – Dan Allender”

  1. [...] Dan Allender says that grace is so incredibly radical that most of our congregations can’t deal with it. He then said that a pastor has to give it out in little pieces until the kids are through college. [...]

  2. [...] 13 July, 2009 by Glen The Wounded Heart is my favourite Dan Allender resource. (see previous post).  But here’s one that’s $95 cheaper (i.e. free).  A talk entitled The Psychology of a Pooped Pastor [...]


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