Soul Reset
Breakdown, Breakthrough, and the Journey to Wholeness
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Descripción editorial
Everything was going fine … until it wasn't. For Reverend Junius B. Dotson it took an actual breakdown during a funeral for him to realize he needed a reset. As he recalls his own journey through grief, depression, burnout, and emotional breakdown, Dotson is passionate about calling for a Soul Reset for pastors, church leaders, and all disciples of Jesus Christ.
This is a 6-week churchwide study for everyone who moves at breakneck speed through their daily lives, often relying only on their own strength to bring God's kingdom on earth. Jesus shows us a different way, an easier, unforced rhythm of what kingdom work looks like. It's a balance of work, rest, play, worship, exercise, and eating well—spiritual practices that keep our souls hydrated and healthy as we do the work of the church in the world. Soul Reset: Breakdown, Breakthrough, and the Journey to Wholeness includes a book; a DVD; downloadable video segments; age-level discussion guides for children, youth, and adults; sermon starters; and more.
Soul Reset is a call for the church and all of Jesus' disciples to reset and reorder their lives around spiritual practices, to learn to walk through our difficult seasons with our souls connected to the source of Living Water so that we don't burn out or break down. And if we do burn out or break down, we learn to lift one another up and point one another back to Jesus.
Introduction
Chapter 1: Watch How I Do It – Jesus
Chapter 2: Knocking on God's Door – David
Chapter 3: It's Not All on Me – Mary and Martha
Chapter 4: Eat Something – Elijah
Chapter 5: Life in Crisis – Job
Chapter 6: Living in the Light – Judas and Peter
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Dotson, former senior pastor at Saint Mark United Methodist Church in Wichita, Kans., lays out a plan for Christians to slow down, receive God's word, and live fuller lives in his instructive, convincing debut. After Dotson collapsed while delivering a sermon, he was hospitalized and told he suffered from extreme fatigue. As a result, he took a break from his hectic schedule and focused on the "holistic, healing love and salvation in Jesus Christ." In this seven-week plan based on his revamped lifestyle and designed for church groups, Dotson offers six spiritual practices Examen (daily reflection), prayer, fasting, caring for the body, worship, confession that make up the routine of each week. In the book's second half, Dotson opens up about his own grief and depression, and calls on churches to more effectively and openly address mental health issues. He also provides reflection questions at the end of each chapter, aimed at creating a more open church community. While any reader will empathize with Dotson's struggles with overwork and grief, Christian church groups will be particularly interested in his straightforward plan for developing slower, more conscientious faith practices.
