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28 Nov Churched … Matthew Paul Turner

Posted at 23:40h in Brokenness, Church life, Church people, influence, Leadership, Life, Pastor by pkuzma 0 Comments

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I just finished reading Churched by Matthew Paul Turner. The cover was what initially intrigued me. A close-up shot of a kid putting a tie on. The subtitle grabbed me next: “one kid’s journey toward God despite a holy mess”. THAT resonated with me. Having grown...

12 Nov Leading On Empty

Posted at 10:22h in Brokenness, Burnout, Church life, Depression, duplicity, Emotional health, Expectations, Failure, Leadership, Pace of life, Pastor, Physical health, Spiritual health, vulnerability by pkuzma 1 Comment

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If you're following Pastor For Life, you know we've been somewhat chronicling the story of Pastor Wayne Cordeiro through his recent heart surgery and his return to the pulpit following this encounter. I am a regular reader of his blog ...

29 Oct Pastor Wayne Cordeiro Returns To New Hope

Posted at 07:49h in Church life, Communication, Creativity, Emotional health, influence, Leadership, Message Preparation, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, Physical health by pkuzma 2 Comments

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This past weekend, Pastor Wayne Cordeiro returned to the pulpit for the first time since his recent heart surgery. You can read about that here. This is a great opportunity to observe how a leader returns to ministry after a life-threatening crisis at the same time...

01 Oct Distractions Extraordinaire

Posted at 23:52h in Anxiety, Burnout, Church life, Creativity, Emotional health, Leadership, Life, Margin, Message Preparation, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, Rest, Sabbath, Sabbaticals, Things that add life by pkuzma 6 Comments

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You don't have to be in ministry to know both the rush and frustration of distractions. We want to know how we can avoid them, when the truth is that we can't. Tasks we haven't thought of, crises that we didn't anticipate and disasters that...

22 Sep When Crisis Comes Home

Posted at 18:32h in Church life, Church people, death, Emotional health, Expectations, Leadership, Life, Mourning, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, Rest, Things that drain life, Things that give life by pkuzma 2 Comments

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It's good to be writing again. This is my first post since our city experienced the tragic Metrolink Train Crash back on Friday, September 12. While the crash itself happened right outside our city limits, of the 25 people killed in the wreck, 10 were...

03 Sep Your Personal Pace, Part 5

Posted at 23:09h in Church life, Emotional health, Expectations, Leadership, Life, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, Things that give life by pkuzma 5 Comments

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I want to keep moving in this series of posts on your personal pace. Click on these link to get to Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4. We all have job descriptions. Pastors do too. We also all have expectations. Some of those...

01 Sep Feast or Famine

Posted at 23:40h in Burnout, Church life, Creativity, Emotional health, Life, Margin, Pace of life, Rest, Sabbath, Spiritual health, Things that add life, vulnerability by pkuzma 0 Comments

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I'm one of those Pastors who happens to live on "church property". We live in the parsonage right next door to the church. Fortunately, the front of my house faces AWAY from the church, and my leadership at the church saw the wisdom a few...

22 Aug Integrity Is ALWAYS An Issue

Posted at 01:10h in Church life, Expectations, Failure, Family, Leadership, Life, Pace of life, Pastor, success by pkuzma 0 Comments

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This week, we've been inundated with a couple of Christian Leader Integrity issues that seemingly are undermining the plans and purposes of God. No doubt you've heard the story of Todd Bentley, who has ministered in Lakeland, Florida the last several months. Last week, right after...

18 Aug When Ministry Is Killing You

Posted at 09:00h in Burnout, Church life, death, Expectations, Failure, Leadership, Life, Margin, Pace of life, Pastor, Rest, success, Things that add life, Things that drain life, Things that give life by pkuzma 1 Comment

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Who said it? What was meant by it? Did they really even know what they were saying? Somewhere, somehow, we 've lost sight of the things that truly matter and set our sights on some things that don't. As a result, the very thing we got...

15 Aug The Road To POP

Posted at 18:25h in Burnout, Church life, death, Depression, Emotional health, Failure, Family, Leadership, Life, Margin, Pace of life, Pastor, Physical health, Relationships, Rest, Spiritual health, Things that add life, Things that drain life by pkuzma 4 Comments

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