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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...

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...

13 Aug The Secret of Your WHAT?

Posted at 23:19h in Expectations, Failure, Leadership, Pastor, success by pkuzma 0 Comments

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There is a seedy little enemy that has set itself against the soul of every single leader in the Church. It has rung the bell of leaders from the deepest parts of history and the oldest parcels of the Old Testament. It has chased away...

30 Jul Your Personal Pace, Part 3

Posted at 00:26h in Expectations, Failure, Leadership, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, Things that add life, Things that drain life by pkuzma 7 Comments

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In considering living at the pace of life God has given you, I believe it's important to include your spiritual disciplines as well. Not in the "make sure you are disciplined spiritually" kind of "including", but the "find your pace of spiritual disciplines" kind of...

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...