Episode 47: Avoiding Burnout, Tending to our Inner Life
The Forgotten Podcast
The Forgotten Initiative
4.9 • 532 Ratings
🗓️ 26 March 2018
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Drawing on his experiences with taking an intentional sabbatical, Jedd Medefind shares how our inner life and our outpouring into the lives of others are intricately interwoven—especially in in the sense that we must be filled up so that we can, in turn, pour out. The fact is, it’s extremely difficult, if not impossible in the long term, to pour into others’ lives if we don’t take the time to be refreshed and nourish our own souls.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Forgotten podcast, bringing voice to the foster care community. |
| 0:07.0 | Vibrant ministry springs from a vibrant soul. |
| 0:28.7 | You know, that if we have a troubled, overworked, weary soul, it is so difficult to pour |
| 0:37.1 | into others the things that they most need, the things that I |
| 0:39.9 | think God desires for us. |
| 0:57.3 | Hey, it's Jamie Cabe. |
| 0:59.2 | Welcome to the Forgotten podcast. |
| 1:02.8 | We are here to bring voice to the foster care community. |
| 1:07.4 | We want to give you an inside look into the lives of those serving in ministry, |
| 1:13.0 | caring for kids from hard places, working in the field, and more. We want to both help you understand who this foster care community is, but also for those of you who are |
| 1:17.9 | serving, living, working in this world of foster care. We want to bring you hope and encouragement. |
| 1:25.0 | And today's show is no exception. I got to sit down with Jed Medifund, |
| 1:30.3 | who's actually been a guest on this podcast before. We talk a lot to the nonprofit leader in this |
| 1:36.1 | episode, but I'm telling you, these principles can be applied to all of us, whatever stage we are in. |
| 1:43.4 | And also, if you haven't had a chance to go to the |
| 1:45.7 | KFO Summit yet, you are going to learn more about that today, what it is, and why you're going to |
| 1:51.6 | want to be there. And you'll find links to register in our show notes at the forgotten |
| 1:56.6 | initiative.org slash S4E10. That's for Season 4, Episode 10. Okay, before we begin, let me tell you just a |
| 2:06.9 | little bit about Jed. Jed is married to Rachel, and together they have five children. He |
| 2:12.3 | serves as the president of the Christian Alliance for Orphans and is also an adoptive and foster |
| 2:17.1 | dad. Jed believes that love |
| 2:19.6 | for orphans transforms, both personally and through the example of countless others, he has |
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