Interview: The Emotionally Healthy Preacher (from Preaching Today)

Fantastic interview from the author of one of my favorite books, The Emotionally Healthy Church.  If you are in church leadership (or studying to be in church leadership), please, please, read that book.

Here’s an excerpt from the interview:

Here’s the key principle behind preaching that leads to transformation in Christ: You can’t bring people on a journey that you haven’t taken. You can tell them about the journey, but they could read that in a book. But if you go on a journey with Jesus that has real depth, it will come out in your preaching. If you’ve been sidetracked from that journey with Christ—building a big church, or gaining people’s approval, or being so busy you can’t even think straight—I would say that God is telling you to slow down so that you can be with Jesus. Your people need you to spend time in prayer. Your people need you to be with God, so you can bring a real Word from God.

via The Spiritual Importance of Becoming an Emotionally Hea… | Preaching Today.