Episode 9: Burnout with Ryan O'Hara
The NET Ministries Podcast
“We misunderstand God; we misunderstand God’s vineyard; we misunderstand who we are.” Dan Driver talks with Ryan O’Hara, Mission Director for St. Paul’s Outreach, on burnout in ministry. They discuss Ryan’s own experience of burnout, boundaries, and the need for a paradigm shift in the American understanding of work and rest. In This Episode: Introduction The impact of media in our lives What is burnout? Ryan’s experience of burnout Sprint vs. marathon mindset in ministry The American relationship to work & productivity 5 areas that lead to burnout Unrealistic projects & confused relationship to self Perpetual impatience & waiting for fruitfulness Attachment to success & finding one’s identity in work Work in the midst of life vs. work/life balance Putting process before people Desire for control, hyper-perfectionism Principle of the oxygen mask Recommendations Mentioned in the show: St. Paul’s Outreach (www.spo.org) (4:45) Derren Brown Shows Advertisers The Power Of Subliminal Messages (18:26) Want to Lose at Ministry? Five Recipes for Burnout. by Ryan O’Hara (18:37) Evangelii Gaudium (21:04) The Resistance by Josh Garrels (34:10) 1 Corinthians 3:5-7 (35:09) Mark 4:26-28 (53:56) The Temperament God Gave You by Art and Laraine Bennett (1:03:50) Ryan’s Website (www.ryanohara.org) Recommendations: Dan’s Recommendation: Diatessaron Matt’s Recommendation: 5-hour Energy & La Croix Don’t forget to check out our video podcasts in the future on Facebook, YouTube, & Vimeo! Contact us at podcast@netusa.org Pull Quotes: “I rest so that I can work. But I think God wants us to look at it differently. I work so that I can rest.” “Constraints cause opportunity for creativity.” “It’s all grace anyway.” Special Guest: Ryan O'Hara.