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22 Mar What Got Us Here Won’t Get Us There

Posted at 12:15h in Anxiety, Burnout, Church life, Church people, confession, duplicity, Emotional health, Expectations, Failure, Insecurity, Leadership, Pastor, Personal Pace, Physical health, Spiritual health, success, vulnerability by pkuzma 2 Comments

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A few recent conversations with a pastor friend of mine have raised an issue that I've found true for my life. Maybe you can relate to it as well. My friend has been in full-time ministry as a Senior Pastor for over 30 years. He's served...

02 Oct Transition Plan

Posted at 15:40h in Church life, Communication, Expectations, Leadership, Resignations, Transitions by pkuzma 1 Comment

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You don't have to look too far into the Pastor For Life blog archive to find that a piece of what we are interested in highlighting, documenting, or noting for Pastors has to do with pastoral transitions. While we don't catch them all, we try...

03 Sep Francis Chan Next Steps

Posted at 12:36h in Church life, Communication, Expectations, influence, Leadership, Pastor, Resignations, Transitions by pkuzma 0 Comments

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Over on the Mars Hill Church blog, an interview with Francis Chan by Mark Driscoll and Joshua Harris was posted. It's one of the most candid interviews I think I've seen. Many people have wondered, "What's Francis doing now that he's not at Cornerstone?" This video interview...

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...

23 Mar Pastors And Pain

Posted at 14:52h in Brokenness, Church life, Church people, death, duplicity, Emotional health, Expectations, Failure, Leadership, Life, Margin, Pace of life, Pastor, Relationships, Rest, Suffering, Things that drain life, Things that give life by pkuzma 0 Comments

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We are rapidly moving toward the celebration of Jesus' death, and Lent is on our minds for those who observe it. A time in which we make sacrifices to in some way thank God for and identify with the sacrifice Jesus made for us. A...

12 Mar REWORK … I Gotta Read It! You Do Too!

Posted at 10:20h in Burnout, Church life, Church people, Communication, Creativity, Emotional health, Expectations, Leadership, Life, Pastor, Relationships, success, Things that add life, Things that drain life by pkuzma 2 Comments

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I haven't read this book yet, but after reading this post at TimSchraeder.com, I will be soon! Thanks for concisely boiling this down for us Tim! 10 Things That Drive Me Crazy About Working for a Church I’m nearing the 10-year mark of being a church...

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...

04 Nov Rest That Sleep Can’t Provide

Posted at 18:22h in Burnout, Church life, Emotional health, Life, Margin, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, Physical health, Rest, Sabbath, Sabbaticals, sleep, Spiritual health, Study & Planning Breaks, Things that give life by pkuzma 0 Comments

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Josh Patterson, Executive Pastor at The Village Church in Highland Village, Texas, wrote this great post recently on the topic of real rest ...

01 Oct Pastors Packing Whose Power?

Posted at 23:15h in Church life, Church people, Communication, Community, Expectations, Leadership, Pastor, Physical health, Violence by pkuzma 0 Comments

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Here's one interesting take on whose power we're preaching and how ...

30 Jul Even The Contemplative Struggle With Burnout

Posted at 00:51h in Anxiety, Brokenness, Burnout, Church life, Church people, confession, Emotional health, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, Expectations, Fun, Life, Margin, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, Sabbath, Sabbaticals, Spiritual health, Things that drain life, Things that give life by pkuzma 2 Comments

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You may or may not have heard of Father Peter Norden, founder of a large social justice agency in Australia called Jesuit Social Services and a well-known Prison Chaplain down under. He recently announced his resignation from the ministry after 40 years, citing burnout. Interesting juxtaposition,...