Comments on: Workaholism https://headhearthand.org/blog/2012/03/27/workaholism/  Informing Minds. Moving Hearts. Directing Hands. Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 By: Pastoral workaholism https://headhearthand.org/blog/2012/03/27/workaholism/#comment-49470 Sat, 13 Aug 2016 13:10:14 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=6922#comment-49470 […] article Workaholism first appeared on headhearthand.org/blog, March 27, 2012. Adapted for CareLeader.org with […]

]]> By: Why Soul Care is For You - Creation Project https://headhearthand.org/blog/2012/03/27/workaholism/#comment-5721 Fri, 06 Apr 2012 00:10:15 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=6922#comment-5721 [...] you continue to push off spiritual disciplines, only to replace them with ministry disciplines, then then the Soul Care microconference is for [...]

]]> By: Michial https://headhearthand.org/blog/2012/03/27/workaholism/#comment-5692 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 03:43:41 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=6922#comment-5692 Another more insidious aspect is when church officers do it in the name of Christianity, yet to the neglect of their families.

]]> By: News, Views and Whatnot for 3/31/2012 | To Tell You The Truth https://headhearthand.org/blog/2012/03/27/workaholism/#comment-5686 Sat, 31 Mar 2012 12:16:46 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=6922#comment-5686 [...] David Murray – So how do you know if you are a workaholic? Workaholics Anonymous – yes, there is such an organization – provides 20 questions. They include: Workaholism. [...]

]]> By: Peter Ratcliff https://headhearthand.org/blog/2012/03/27/workaholism/#comment-5649 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:42:50 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=6922#comment-5649 Very interesting. Some have greater capacities for work than others. The Christian pastor is under a lot of pressure but setting limits should be done without feeling guilty.

Thanks David, even the calm tone of your voice makes us realise that we should take things steadily. I’ve certainly found that since I have taken up outdoor swimming I have felt much better and that the time taken has somehow been redeemed so that I have done just as much work and had time for other things too.

]]> By: Paul Tautges https://headhearthand.org/blog/2012/03/27/workaholism/#comment-5648 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:35:38 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=6922#comment-5648 Thank you, dear brother. Your words of grace and truth are immensely helpful to this idol-worshipping man.

]]> By: Reg Schofield https://headhearthand.org/blog/2012/03/27/workaholism/#comment-5647 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:42:54 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=6922#comment-5647 Excellent words David. I have seen with my own eyes , families broken, bodies worn out and relationships lost due to ‘Workaholism”. As I near 50 , it has given time to look back with perspective that sometimes a 20 or 30 year old doesn’t have concerning this issue. The biggest thing that truly changed my whole view of work was losing my Mom at the age of 52 to cancer .I was 27 at the time and still recall my Dad with a heartbreaking moment of confession , that he wished he has have done things differently.It wasn’t so much he was a full on workaholic , but between his back shifts and not being able to say “no” to others , he missed out on so much time he could have had. My Mom’s death changed me in how I pursued and looked at work.

When my own wife was diagnosed with Cancer ( the same of my Mom’s ironically) at the age of 40 , my son’s truly got what I have been saying about not letting work become an idol that robs you away from what is truly important . Thankfully the Lord has been gracious and my wife is in full recovery but it has cemented in my life , that work is a good thing but not the only thing .

The weird thing about being a christian and workaholism , it steals time away from God . It breaks fellowship with the Lord and other believers. I hope many hear your wise counsel and repent if they are in this destructive cycle. I will be sharing this post at my Church . Thanks again . Blessings.

]]> By: Kim Shay https://headhearthand.org/blog/2012/03/27/workaholism/#comment-5646 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:25:05 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=6922#comment-5646 Thanks for this. My father was a workaholic, and I think it had a profound effect on my life as a teenager.

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