Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Missions SOS

I received an SOS this morning from my alma mater Fuller Theological Seminary: “Alarming numbers of today’s missionaries are suffering from depression and burnout, as the daily stresses they face in often unfamiliar surroundings are intense. But help is on the way.” Well, I hope so. My one Master’s degree found that it’s the help that’s the trouble – in ministry at least, and likely in missions, too. My late wife Mirjam did her doctoral research in the area of missionary depression and burnout. There is a link to her book – full and free access – in the right hand column of this blog. OBSERVATION: Personally, I think she found the problem. If only people would teach that.

No comments: