Author: Luke Morgan

Luke has served in youth and community development mission for more than 20 years. He has led and taught in a variety of national and international contexts. Luke has lived in intentional missional communities for much of his ministry life.
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Self-deception and Self-awareness in Ministry

In June I reflected on the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) model I had been exposed to at the Resilience and Well-being in Ministry intensive at Ridley College in Melbourne in February.[1] I am still reflecting on the relationship between spiritual resources and occupational well-being and how we tend foster spiritual practices in difficult seasons only to let them slip when the difficult season has passed.

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Resilience and Well-being in Ministry

In February I completed the Resilience and Well-being in Ministry intensive that Grant Bickerton teaches at Ridley College in Melbourne. Grant is a psychologist who serves with Power to Change Australia.[1] Grant has extended the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) model[2] to include spiritual resources and has researched the relationship between spiritual resources and work engagement.

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