From Burnout to Beloved: Practical Soul Care with Austin Gardner & Mike Pennington
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Austin Gardner and Mike Pennington discuss the transition from performance-based religion to embracing one's identity as a beloved child of God.
Send us Fan Mail Are you living as God’s employee or His beloved child? In this episode of Followed by Mercy, Austin Gardner sits down with his longtime friend and cousin, Mike Pennington, to discuss the radical shift from performance-based religion to the rest of "belovedness." Mike shares his journey from the hills of Tennessee to the mission fields of Venezuela, revealing how even decades of successful ministry can hide an exhausted soul. If you’ve ever felt like your spiritual life is jus...
People in this episode
Host: Austin Gardner
Guest: Mike Pennington
Topics covered
- soul care
- spirituality
- performance-based religion
- belovedness
- ministry
- burnout
Keywords
- burnout
- soul care
- spiritual life
- ministry
- belovedness
- performance-based religion
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Tennessee, Venezuela
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