Mad Church Disease: Healing from Church Burnout - Paperback

by Anne Jackson (Author), Anne Marie Miller (Author)

Does serving in the church hurt your relationship with Christ? That question may have saved author Anne Marie Miller's life. She believes it could save yours, too.As the daughter of a pastor, Anne saw firsthand the struggles leaders face and the toll it takes on their families. She vowed her life in ministry would be different.Yet, years later, as a church leader, she was hospitalized because stress began wreaking havoc on her body. She had burned out. Within a few days, she was flooded with over a thousand responses from people pouring out their stories of pain.Mad Church Disease, born out of that experience, is a lively, informative, and potentially life-saving resource for anyone who has ever stepped foot in a church who would like to understand, prevent, or treat the epidemic of burnout in church culture.

Author Biography

Anne Marie Miller (formerly Anne Jackson) has written four books, Mad Church Disease - Overcoming the Burnout Epidemic (Zondervan, February 2009) and Permission to Speak Freely: Essays and Art on Fear, Confession and Grace (Thomas Nelson, August 2010). In Spring 2014, she released Beating Burnout: A 30 Day Guide to Hope and Health and will republish her first book, Mad Church Disease, as an expanded edition. Her next book, Lean on Me: Finding Intentional, Vulnerable and Consistent Community, publishes October 2014 through Thomas Nelson Publishers/HarperChristian. Anne speaks internationally at colleges, conventions and churches on issues like social justice, sexuality, health, addiction, and general Biblical themes of grace and restoration. She has traveled around the United States and to 18 countries telling the stories of hope found in least likely places. Since 1999, Anne has been communicating for and with corporations, non-profits, faith-based organizations and publishing giants. In addition to her position as a bi-weekly columnist for Relevant Magazine, she has written features for publications such as Cosmopolitan, Leadership Journal, Christianity Today, Neue, Reject Apathy, Youth Worker Journal, Outreach Magazine, PurposeDriven.com, ChurchLeaders.com, The United Methodist Reporter, and BeliefNet.com. Anne is an advocate for Compassion International and Blood: Water Mission. She was a cyclist on the 2010 Ride: Well Tour, a cross-country cycling tour in Summer 2010. The two-month long, 3000 mile trip from San Diego to Myrtle Beach raised awareness and funds for water projects in Africa. She's also a big fan of The Mentoring Project and To Write Love on Her Arms. Anne Marie and her husband Tim live in Franklin, TN.