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16 Dec Strange Things We Do When God Moves

Posted at 01:21h in Brokenness, Burnout, Church life, deception, duplicity, Emotional health, Expectations, Failure, Leadership, Margin, Pace of life, Pastor, Physical health, Things that drain life, Things that give life, vulnerability by pkuzma 0 Comments

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I was initially going to title this post "Lakeland Revival Learnings", based on the recent revival/renewal/spiritual stirring that took place earlier this year in Lakeland, Florida. The meetings took place under the leadership of evangelist Todd Bentley. They ended when Bentley (who was the primary...

13 Dec Leadership In Its Right Place

Posted at 00:47h in Anxiety, Brokenness, Church life, Emotional health, Expectations, Leadership, Pastor, Pastor Retreat Centers, Spiritual health, Things that drain life, Things that give life by pkuzma 0 Comments

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With this post, I want to introduce you to Dr. Russ Veenker and his wife, Kandy. You can read more below the article on the stuff they do. Essentially, this is one of the the guys that God used to save my hide when I...

08 Dec I Am Second, Are You?

Posted at 20:49h in Brokenness, confession, Expectations, Failure, Life, success, Things that add life, Things that drain life by pkuzma 3 Comments

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Have you seen the new website creeping up - iamsecond.com? It's quite insightful. Anyway, Pete Briscoe, Pastor of Bent Tree Fellowship in Texas, shares a bit of his testimony that I think is great for Pastors to hear. It's only a few minutes, but may shake...

29 Nov A Video Tell-All On Us Pastors?

Posted at 02:07h in Burnout, Church life, Church people, death, Emotional health, Expectations, Failure, Family, Leadership, Margin, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, Physical health, Rest, Sabbath, sleep, Spiritual health, Things that add life, Things that drain life, Uncategorized by pkuzma 0 Comments

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ht: Anne Jackson...

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 ...

30 Oct It’s The Little Things

Posted at 23:45h in deception, Expectations, Failure, Margin, Pastor, Spiritual health, Things that drain life by pkuzma 1 Comment

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For the last couple of years, I've been dreading a purchase that I knew was coming at our church. Every Sunday that I walked into the Sanctuary, I would look at the big projection screen, convinced that the resolution was slowly but surely on the...

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...

29 Aug “Healer” Author Confesses His Real Need For Healing

Posted at 08:44h in Brokenness, Burnout, confession, deception, duplicity, Emotional health, Expectations, Failure, Family, Leadership, Margin, Pastor, Rest, Sex Addiction, success, vulnerability by pkuzma 0 Comments

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In no way do I mean for this post to be a judgment or condemnation, nor a condoning, of the sorrowful circumstances that surround the story of Michael Guglielmucci. He is the author of a song very recently released on the latest Hillsong Worship DVD album,...

28 Aug What Else Would YOU Do?

Posted at 15:38h in Anxiety, Burnout, Emotional health, Expectations, Failure, Life, Pastor, Spiritual health, success, Things that drain life, Things that give life by pkuzma 1 Comment

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I enjoyed a lunch appointment today, catching up with a Pastor friend who has just come off of his first Sabbatical that lasted about three months. We got to talking about an aspect of vocational ministry that I have come to believe over time can...