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22 Jan A Prayer For Leaders in light of MLK Day

Posted at 17:19h in Change, Communication, Expectations, Failure, influence, Leadership, Life, Spiritual health by pkuzma 0 Comments

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In an email from Ruth Haley Barton's Transforming Center, this piece resonated deeply with me. As yesterday's US Presidential Inauguration fell on the observance of the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, I thought I would share it here: This journey to the mountaintop is the ultimate...

24 Jun What Bill Hybels Wants Every Pastor To Know

Posted at 20:57h in Anxiety, Brokenness, Change, confession, Depression, duplicity, Emotional health, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, Expectations, Family, grief, Insecurity, Leadership, Life, Margin, Marriage, Mourning, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, Relationships, Rest, Sex Addiction, Spiritual health, success, Suffering, Things that add life, Things that give life, vulnerability by pkuzma 0 Comments

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.... how he got into counseling. Yes, you read that right! Bill Hybels really wants you to know that he's in counseling, and he believes you should be too. I happen to agree with Bill. Did you know they actually require counselors to be in therapy...

20 Apr Looking For Your Next Place Of Ministry?

Posted at 12:01h in Change, Communication, Leadership, Life, Pastor, Resignations, Transitions by pkuzma 1 Comment

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DJ Chuang has an awesome list of ministries that re helping pastors match churches they can serve and churches find their right pastor as well. While I copy the entire post here for convenience, I encourage you to check out DJ's blog for other awesome...

19 Apr Francis Chan Resigns Cornerstone

Posted at 23:48h in Change, Church life, Leadership, Pastor, Transitions by pkuzma 0 Comments

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Popular pastor, conference speaker, and author, Francis Chan, has resigned the pastorate of the church he started 16 years ago, Cornerstone Community Church. Francis pastors in the same city I do (Simi Valley, CA), and Cornerstone is located just a mile down the street from...

11 Nov The Dark Side of Ministry

Posted at 23:17h in Anxiety, Brokenness, Change, Church life, Church people, death, Depression, Emotional health, Expectations, Failure, grief, Leadership, Pastor, Spiritual health, Things that drain life, Tragedy by pkuzma 9 Comments

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Milfred Minitrea of the Missional Church Center, wrote a powerful post on his blog that I think deals with the dark side of ministry and how Pastors are constantly dealing with the issue of congregational change management and ministry effectiveness. In His post called, "Depression: Pastors...