Stress Test: how to lead with a healthy heart

Sue, with her husband Shane, speak about handling pastoral & leadership stress. Sue and Shane have spoken to pastors, leaders, and church staffs about the why and how to lead from a place of rest and peace, rather than expectation and anxiety. Sue and Shane’s book Death by Pastoring launches in May 2024. Its pages are filled with personal stories, biblical exegesis, and heart-healthy how-tos for identifying debilitating stress and eliminating performance-based work. Sue and Shane unpack the principles in Psalm 23 and Matthew 11 to address how and why God intends for us to join him in his work.

Sue and Shane present this challenging and inspiring material in multiple sessions or sermons. Their podcast Stress Test Podcast features interviews with leaders and pastors willing to share how catalytic moments of stress redirected them toward the lives God meant for them to live.

Sue also loves to speak to pastors’ wives about the struggles of pastoral ministry and raising kids in the fishbowl.