Shepherding Time: A Pastor's Guide to Time Management

Rush Witt and Joe Keller show pastors how to think biblically about time, diagnose common struggles, and build sustainable rhythms for long-term faithfulness and joy in their calling.

Time is a precious and finite commodity. Are you stewarding it well? As a pastor, your work moves fluidly between study and solitude, counseling and crisis care, administration and leadership, plus a series of daily interruptions, not to mention your family and home life. How do you manage time effectively in a role without predictable hours, where you encounter the needs of others at every turn?

With biblical principles and pastoral care, Shepherding Time enables pastors to serve their congregations faithfully while maintaining their own spiritual health. It equips pastors to use time with intentionality and humility, so they can serve their people well without losing themselves, their families, or their first love for Christ.

• A pastoral, practical, and deeply theological guide to understanding and reframing time as a matter of worship, discipleship, and freedom in the gospel.
• Addresses common struggles such as time guilt, distractions, and overwhelming expectations, offering biblical insights and constructive solutions.
• Includes practical insights and action points to help pastors plan their ideal week and steward their time effectively.

Rush Witt, MDiv, DMin, is Lead Pastor of Paramount Church in Bexley, Ohio and a certified counselor. He is the author of I Want to Escape and Diehard Sins and coauthor of Shepherding Time. Rush and his wife, Kathryn, have three daughters and two sons.

Joe Keller, DMin, has served in Christian ministry and leadership development for over twenty-five years and serves as the executive pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Santa Clarita, CA, as well a council member of the Biblical Counseling Coalition. He is coauthor of Shepherding Time. Joe and his wife, Heidi, have four children.