97 Using the commonly employed Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, the authors measured and analyzed the deficit of resilience factors rather than their abundance. This led to a higher statistical significance in leading predictors of a lower-resilience group. 59 Ibid. 60 Julio Peres, Alexander Moreira-Almeida, Antonia Nasello, and Harold Koenig, “Spirituality and Resilience in Trauma Victims,” Journal of Religion and Health 46, no. 3 (2007): 347. 61 Gordon MacDonald, A Resilient Life (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson), 2004. 62 Ibid., p. 211-25. 63 Glenn Packiam, The Resilient Pastor: Leading Your Church in a Rapidly Changing World (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2022). 64 Ibid., 114. 65 Ibid., 118. 66 Ibid., 66. 67 Ibid. 68 Ruth Haley Barton, Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2018), 106. 69 Ibid., Ch. 8. 70 As the studies undertaken are often exploratory and descriptive, current scholarship stops short of prescribing spiritual practices. Within the Christian literature as well, such as Packiam, the spiritual practices are suggested rather than prescribed. This is in keeping with the modern ethos of individualism, but it is a departure from the monastic and biblical sources they draw from. A “rule of life” like St. Benedict’s was enforced by the Abbott so that the community of monks would adhere to the rule. It has become, today, a more individualized rule of life that is subject to change based on the beliefs, attitudes, loyalties, affections, and preferences of the individual believer. 71 Packiam, The Resilient Pastor, 69-70. AN ETERNAL WEIGHT OF GLORY: EXPLORING SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINES AS POTENTIAL PREDICTORS OF RESILIENT PASTORAL LEADERSHIP
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