When we read a book, a wide margin keeps the content from going off the edge. This makes the reading experience less stressful.
Margin does the same thing in life and ministry. In this conversation, I talk with Tim Walker about three important aspects of having more margin in life and ministry:
- First, the new world of the side hustle culture, and why it can be an answer for pastors and churches to do more ministry with less stress.
- Second, the necessity of creating margin in our life, in our finances, our time, our energy, and our families.
- Third, Tim introduces us to the importance of time away from the church, the value of travel, and how to do this well without adding an additional financial burden, through the lessons he’s learned about travel hacking.
Tim is the pastor of Restored Church in Wilkes-Barre, PA, and runs the Travel Multiplier website. He was also my guest on Ep 86: Vibrant Ministry From A Traditional Building In A Difficult City.
Links
- Travel Multiplier
- Seats.aero
- Point.me
- The Church Lobby, Ep 86 with Tim Walker
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Karl Vaters produces resources for Helping Small Churches Thrive at KarlVaters.com.
He's the author of five books on church leadership, including his newest, De-Sizing the Church: How Church Growth Became a Science, Then an Obsession, and What's Next. His other books include The Grasshopper Myth and Small Church Essentials.
Karl also hosts a bi-weekly podcast, The Church Lobby: Conversations on Faith & Ministry, featuring in-depth interviews about topics that concern pastors, especially those who minister in a small church context. He has served in small-church ministry for over 40 years, so he speaks and writes from decades of hands-on pastoral experience.
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