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21 May Pastoring In Pandemic, Part 4: Herding COVID Cats

Posted at 16:01h in Anxiety, Church life, Church people, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Expectations, Leadership, Pastor, Relationships, Uncategorized by pkuzma 0 Comments

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We all agree that we are living in the strangest of times. Opinions about why we are and what we are “supposed to” do about re-opening churches as Pastors ranges from “go with the flow” on one end to anger (“righteous” of course!) and civil...

11 Apr Pastoring In Pandemic, Part 3: Enlarging Your Soul Through Coronavirus Grief & Loss

Posted at 13:05h in Anxiety, Coronavirus, COVID-19, death, Depression, Emotional health, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, grief, Mental Health, Mourning, Pastor, Sabbath, Spiritual health by pkuzma 0 Comments

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On Good Friday. April 10, 2020 (a poignant day to do such a thing), I had the privilege of spending about 90 minutes with a couple dozen or so Foursquare Pastors in the MidSouth District. I was asked to address and help process Grief &...

04 Apr Pastoring In Pandemic, Part 2: Sabbath As a Hidden Gem

Posted at 08:32h in Coronavirus, COVID-19, Emotional health, Pastor, Sabbath, Spiritual health by pkuzma 0 Comments

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One by one, Governors across the United States are calling “Stay At Home” or “Shelter In Place” Orders. Legal decrees, or commands, that direct individuals and families to not leave their home, in hopes of stemming the disastrous spread of the Coronavirus pandemic. Messages crossing social...

23 Mar Pastoring in Pandemic, Part 1: Distress That Drives Us Closer

Posted at 17:16h in Anxiety, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Depression, Emotional health, Mental Health, Pastor, Stress by pkuzma 2 Comments

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A historic number of pastors flood today’s Internet bandwidth in the midst of the global coronavirus pandemic. It’s a new way to pastor, and that means a new kind of pastoral stress. Whether we’re in an area limiting public gatherings or in one sheltering in place...

06 Apr Looking for LESS of This to Be News!

Posted at 23:07h in Affairs, Brokenness, Burnout, Church life, confession, duplicity, Emotional health, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, Failure, Leadership, Pastor, Resignations, Transitions by pkuzma 0 Comments

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In case you haven't heard already, Bob Coy, pastor of one of the US's largest megachurches, resigned this weekend due to a moral failure. We don't know the details, and honestly don't need to. However, It's another day to say that we at Pastor For...

29 Jan Taken a Look at Your Work Hours Lately?

Posted at 21:23h in Burnout, Church life, Emotional health, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, Expectations, Family, Life, Margin, Mental Health, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, Physical health, Rest, Sabbath, sleep, Spiritual health by pkuzma 0 Comments

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NBC News did a short piece tonight on the price we're paying because of overwork. It doesn't mention those in ministry, but it might as well. Pastors are as susceptible, if not even more so, than non-Pastors, especially given that most of us work through...

17 Dec Reducing the Rate of Pastoral Suicides

Posted at 00:53h in Anxiety, Books, Brokenness, Burnout, Church life, Emotional health, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, Expectations, grief, Leadership, Margin, Mental Health, Mourning, Pastor, Personal Pace, Physical health, Rest, Sabbath, Spiritual health, suicide, Tragedy by pkuzma 0 Comments

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Suicide is not a new issue by any means. When a family member of a pastor commits suicide, we're certainly sad and feel for the pastor and other family members. When a pastor commits suicide, now THAT we don't expect. It's a bit more deeply...

06 Apr Rick Warren’s Youngest Son Commits Suicide

Posted at 13:30h in Brokenness, Church life, death, Depression, Emotional health, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, Family, grief, Leadership, Life, Mental Health, Mourning, Pastor, Suffering, Tragedy by pkuzma 3 Comments

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News has broken this morning of the suicide of the youngest son of Rick & Kay Warren. Rick is the Pastor of Saddleback Church and author of the best-selling "The Purpose Driven Life." His wording from an email sent to their congregation at about 10:00 am...

14 Mar What Got Us Here Won’t Get Us There, Part 5

Posted at 06:40h in Church life, Emotional health, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, Insecurity, Leadership, Pastor by pkuzma 0 Comments

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Over the last year, I've been posting some about the issue of insecurity as a pastor. I've talked about a friend who say that "what got us here won't get us there." In other words, insecurity may have driven us to push for our own...

25 Jan Can You Keep a Secret?

Posted at 15:10h in Brokenness, Church life, Church people, Communication, confession, Confidentiality, Expectations, Leadership, Pastor, Relationships, Therapy by pkuzma 1 Comment

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Can you keep a secret? When you're in a conversation with someone in your church in your office, or chatting over coffee at Starbucks, or just passing by others after a church service, what's your policy on confidentiality? Do you have one? Having recently completed a...