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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...

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...

20 Nov When Courage Falls Short of the Demands of Reality

Posted at 02:02h in Brokenness, confession, deception, duplicity, Emotional health, Failure, Family, Life, Pastor, Relationships by pkuzma 2 Comments

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I love "The Purpose-Driven Life". I dig the "Wagner-Houts Modified Spiritual Gifts Inventory". There's not a much more clear tool than the DISC Profile. And when it comes to bare-bones personality information, nothing beats the MMPI for depth of definition. As good as all of that...

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...

09 Sep Do You Need A Nap?

Posted at 23:55h in Burnout, Depression, Emotional health, Life, Margin, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, Physical health, Rest, Sabbath, sleep, Spiritual health, Things that drain life, Things that give life by pkuzma 0 Comments

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Think what you will, but everyBODY needs a nap, at least once in a while, if not almost every day. In reality, this post should probably stand on its own in the "Your Personal Pace" series. The topic is sleep, and you may think it...

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...

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...

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...

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...