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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...

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,...

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...

15 Aug The Road To POP

Posted at 18:25h in Burnout, Church life, death, Depression, Emotional health, Failure, Family, Leadership, Life, Margin, Pace of life, Pastor, Physical health, Relationships, Rest, Spiritual health, Things that add life, Things that drain life by pkuzma 4 Comments

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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...

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...