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14 Aug Disconnecting Can Be A Good Thing!

Posted at 09:00h in Church life, Expectations, Family, Leadership, Life, Margin, Pace of life, Pastor, Rest, Things that add life by pkuzma 0 Comments

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Mark Batterson of National Community Church in Washington, DC, adds to the conversation regarding my concept of "regular guy" weekends. Thoughts? I just wrote an article for Sermon Central titled The Adventurous Pastor. Here's an excerpt: A few years ago I played hooky from church. Instead of going...

07 Aug Your Personal Pace, Part 4

Posted at 23:44h in Church life, death, Depression, Life, Margin, Mourning, Pastor, Personal Pace, Rest, Suffering, Things that add life, Things that drain life by pkuzma 5 Comments

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I don't want to do this. I really don't. But I must. It's where the Lord has me right now, so I must address this part of anyone's personal pace. What do you do with your grief and loss? How does that impact your personal pace...

25 Jul Pastor Greg Laurie’s Son Killed

Posted at 03:49h in Church life, Life, Mourning by pkuzma 0 Comments

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My heart is aching tonight, as I am sure yours is if you are reading this, for Greg Laurie's family. Greg is the Pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, CA, and the heartbeat behind Harvest Crusades. His 33 year old son, Christopher, was killed in...

21 Jul “Regular” Weekend

Posted at 07:18h in Church life, Expectations, Family, Leadership, Life, Pace of life, Pastor, Rest, Sabbath, Sabbaticals, Things that add life by pkuzma 1 Comment

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I am a firm believer that every Pastor should have a "regular" weekend. A weekend like "regular" folk, especially if you're married and have kids. I experienced one this weekend. It was precipitated by my son having surgery last week (the story and result is here...

17 Jul Your Personal Pace, Part 2

Posted at 07:36h in Burnout, Church life, Expectations, Leadership, Life, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, success, Things that drain life, Things that give life by pkuzma 1 Comment

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In this post, I'd like to chat a bit about the different components and stages of your life that ought to play into the determination of what your pace is. By the way, I am not a proponent of breaking this thing down so far...

16 Jul Your Personal Pace, Part 1

Posted at 05:35h in Burnout, Church life, Church people, Expectations, Leadership, Life, Margin, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, Uncategorized by pkuzma 6 Comments

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I recently started driving a new car. It's a 2001 black Ford Crown Victoria with the Police Interceptor package. It started its life as a Detective car with the Beverly Hills Police Department. Especially as a Chaplain, it's a really fun car to drive! The story...

11 Jul Mad Church Disease

Posted at 04:19h in Burnout, Church life, Expectations, Failure, Leadership, Margin, Sabbath, success, Things that add life, Things that drain life by pkuzma 1 Comment

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Enjoy this excerpt from Mad Church Disease and read on after it… As much as we may want to, we can never rid ourselves from our past – the good or the bad. And regardless of how normal or even how terrible your past might be,...

11 Jul Leadership In Its Right Place

Posted at 00:45h in Anxiety, Church life, Expectations, Leadership by pkuzma 0 Comments

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I want to introduce you to a friend of mine, Russ Veenker. He and his wife, Kandy, are the DIrectors of Mountain Learning Center. I am NOT exaggerating when I say that God used this couple to help save my life, marriage and ministry! It was...

04 Jul Sustainable Pastoral Pace

Posted at 09:13h in Burnout, Church life, Expectations, Margin, Rest, success by pkuzma 0 Comments

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I just finished listening to Greg Surratt of Seacoast Church, a fast growing, multi-site church in South Carolina. He spoke this week at their monthly "First Wednesday" service and had some revealing things to say about his own journey and Pastors he knows in large...

12 May Margin and/or the Lack Thereof

Posted at 07:48h in Burnout, Church life, Expectations, Life, Margin, Pastor, Rest, Sabbath, Things that drain life, Things that give life by pkuzma 0 Comments

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Bob Hyatt over at PastorHacks.com writes this GREAT post about margin in our lives. So important for anyone in ministry, vocational or bi-vocational (or tri-vocational) to learn to build margin into every area of life....