Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell (PhD, Arizona State University) is associate research professor of global health at the Duke Global Health Institute and the Duke Center for Health Inequalities and Research in Durham, North Carolina. Her research focuses on the joint treatment of mental and physical health. She is coprincipal investigator of the Duke Clergy Health Initiative, which seeks to understand and improve the health of United Methodist Church clergy in North Carolina and designs interventions for clergy, including a two-year holistic health program called Spirited Life.Jason Byassee (PhD, Duke University) is the inaugural Butler Chair in Homiletics and Biblical Hermeneutics at Vancouver School of Theology in Vancouver, British Columbia. He previously served as senior pastor of Boone United Methodist Church in the Western North Carolina Conference and taught at Duke Divinity School. He serves as a contributing editor to the Christian Century and has authored numerous books.

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• ContentsPreface: The Birth of the Duke Clergy Health Initiative1. Creatures Doing the Creator's Work2. When Work Is Holy: Highs and Lows of Ministry Work3. Slowed Down and Overwhelmed: Clergy and Depressive Symptoms4. A Practical Guide to Combating Stress Symptoms5. The Pastor's Paradox: Clergy Health and Disease6. Feeling Alive: The Role of Positive Emotions7. Clergy Flourishing: In Their Own Words8. The Lord Bless You and Keep YouAppendix: Recommendations for Clergy Health Programs

Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell (PhD, Arizona State University) is associate research professor of global health at the Duke Global Health Institute and the Duke Center for Health Inequalities and Research in Durham, North Carolina. Her research focuses on the joint treatment of mental and physical health. She is coprincipal investigator of the Duke Clergy Health Initiative, which seeks to understand and improve the health of United Methodist Church clergy in North Carolina and designs interventions for clergy, including a two-year holistic health program called Spirited Life.Jason Byassee (PhD, Duke University) is the inaugural Butler Chair in Homiletics and Biblical Hermeneutics at Vancouver School of Theology in Vancouver, British Columbia. He previously served as senior pastor of Boone United Methodist Church in the Western North Carolina Conference and taught at Duke Divinity School. He serves as a contributing editor to the Christian Century and has authored numerous books.

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• ContentsPreface: The Birth of the Duke Clergy Health Initiative1. Creatures Doing the Creator's Work2. When Work Is Holy: Highs and Lows of Ministry Work3. Slowed Down and Overwhelmed: Clergy and Depressive Symptoms4. A Practical Guide to Combating Stress Symptoms5. The Pastor's Paradox: Clergy Health and Disease6. Feeling Alive: The Role of Positive Emotions7. Clergy Flourishing: In Their Own Words8. The Lord Bless You and Keep YouAppendix: Recommendations for Clergy Health Programs

Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell (PhD, Arizona State University) is associate research professor of global health at the Duke Global Health Institute and the Duke Center for Health Inequalities and Research in Durham, North Carolina. Her research focuses on the joint treatment of mental and physical health. She is coprincipal investigator of the Duke Clergy Health Initiative, which seeks to understand and improve the health of United Methodist Church clergy in North Carolina and designs interventions for clergy, including a two-year holistic health program called Spirited Life.Jason Byassee (PhD, Duke University) is the inaugural Butler Chair in Homiletics and Biblical Hermeneutics at Vancouver School of Theology in Vancouver, British Columbia. He previously served as senior pastor of Boone United Methodist Church in the Western North Carolina Conference and taught at Duke Divinity School. He serves as a contributing editor to the Christian Century and has authored numerous books.

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• ContentsPreface: The Birth of the Duke Clergy Health Initiative1. Creatures Doing the Creator's Work2. When Work Is Holy: Highs and Lows of Ministry Work3. Slowed Down and Overwhelmed: Clergy and Depressive Symptoms4. A Practical Guide to Combating Stress Symptoms5. The Pastor's Paradox: Clergy Health and Disease6. Feeling Alive: The Role of Positive Emotions7. Clergy Flourishing: In Their Own Words8. The Lord Bless You and Keep YouAppendix: Recommendations for Clergy Health Programs