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11 Apr Getting Our Arms Around Rick Warren’s Story

Posted at 07:06h in death, Depression, Emotional health, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, Family, grief, influence, Leadership, Life, Mental Health, Mourning, Spiritual health, Suffering, suicide, Tragedy, Uncategorized by pkuzma 1 Comment

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I am daily amazed and inspired at how Rick Warren is being real and yet still faith-full amidst his grief over the suicide of his 27 year old son, Matthew Warren. He could run and hide, but that's not Rick. He could shut the world...

22 Jan A Prayer For Leaders in light of MLK Day

Posted at 17:19h in Change, Communication, Expectations, Failure, influence, Leadership, Life, Spiritual health by pkuzma 0 Comments

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In an email from Ruth Haley Barton's Transforming Center, this piece resonated deeply with me. As yesterday's US Presidential Inauguration fell on the observance of the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, I thought I would share it here: This journey to the mountaintop is the ultimate...

16 Feb What Got Us Here Won’t Get Us There, Part 4

Posted at 12:05h in Anxiety, Emotional health, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, Expectations, influence, Insecurity, Leadership, Relationships, success by pkuzma 0 Comments

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In an occasional series, we've been addressing the issue of insecurity in leadership. Perry Noble came out today with a great list of ways you can determine whether or not you are a leader who struggles with insecurity. Quick disclaimers: We ALL struggle with insecurity when...

11 Jul What Got Us Here Won’t Get Us There, Part 3

Posted at 08:02h in Anxiety, Emotional health, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, Expectations, influence, Insecurity, Leadership, Relationships, success by pkuzma 4 Comments

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It's been a while since I've posted on this issue of insecurity in pastor and leaders. Recently, I read something that Mark Batterson (pastor of National Community Church in Washington DC) wrote about the topic: He wrote: I think influence and insecurity are opposites. Insecure leaders don’t...

03 Sep Francis Chan Next Steps

Posted at 12:36h in Church life, Communication, Expectations, influence, Leadership, Pastor, Resignations, Transitions by pkuzma 0 Comments

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Over on the Mars Hill Church blog, an interview with Francis Chan by Mark Driscoll and Joshua Harris was posted. It's one of the most candid interviews I think I've seen. Many people have wondered, "What's Francis doing now that he's not at Cornerstone?" This video interview...

19 Feb What Does Tiger Woods’ Apology Say To Pastors?

Posted at 11:59h in Affairs, Brokenness, confession, deception, duplicity, Expectations, Failure, Family, influence, Leadership, Marriage, Pastor, Relationships, Sex Addiction, success, Tragedy by pkuzma 0 Comments

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You've probably heard enough about Tiger Woods' sordid lifestyle. I have too. And I have no interest in exploiting any of it. However, I have a lot of interest, for myself and any other Pastor, in learning from it. I have no interest in analyzing Tiger's...

05 Jul Creating a Culture of Balance

Posted at 22:33h in Burnout, Church life, Emotional health, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, Expectations, Family, influence, Leadership, Margin, Marriage, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, Physical health, Relationships, Rest, Sabbath, Sabbaticals, Spiritual health, success, Things that drain life, Things that give life by pkuzma 0 Comments

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I recently read a great paper available from Leadership Network on how Pastors in their 20's and 30's are dealing with the stress and strain of ministry life. It was an excellent read and encouraging to hear that these guys are thinking much differently than...

25 Jun A Pastor or A Politician? The Unfolding of Governor Mark Sanford?

Posted at 09:44h in Affairs, Brokenness, Burnout, Communication, confession, deception, duplicity, Emotional health, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, Expectations, Failure, Family, influence, Leadership, Marriage, Pastor, Relationships, success, Tragedy by pkuzma 0 Comments

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What's the difference between a Pastor and a Politician? Both are highly public figures. Both represent something larger than themselves. There are similarities that are eerie and sometimes dangerous, and we could go on and on about them. But there are some important distinctions to...

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...

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...