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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...

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...

11 Oct Connect To Pastor For Life Regularly!

Posted at 01:00h in Creativity, Margin, Message Preparation, Website by pkuzma 2 Comments

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Want to save a lot of time on your computer every day? Let me introduce you to Google Reader. I use it to track updates on a number of websites each day. I get to choose what sites I subscribe to, and Google Reader lets...

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...

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 Jul Living “Off Peak”

Posted at 15:29h in Creativity, Life, Margin, Pace of life, Pastor, Things that add life by pkuzma 0 Comments

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At first glance, one might think the title of this post a bit odd, and wonder what it has to do with living a fulfilling life as a Pastor. Well, one advantage of what we do is that our schedules are more flexible than the...

01 Jul Spice It Up!

Posted at 17:51h in Creativity, Message Preparation by pkuzma 0 Comments

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One of the things we'd like to do at Pastor For Life is provide some ways that make the tasks of Pastoring a bit easier. There are a lot of organizations and ministries out there that do this in various ways and means. I don't know...