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04 Feb Study & Planning Break

Posted at 15:58h in Burnout, Fun, Leadership, Margin, Message Preparation, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, Rest, Sabbaticals, sleep, Spiritual health, Study & Planning Breaks, Things that drain life, Things that give life by pkuzma 3 Comments

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One of the practices I learned about through my burnout experience several years ago is the importance of getting away regularly for the purpose of clearing my head and heart, being with God, and hearing His voice. It's not as intense as it may sound...

25 Jan Ted Haggard, etc. ….

Posted at 00:48h in Brokenness, Church life, Church people, Communication, Community, confession, deception, duplicity, Emotional health, Expectations, Failure, grief, Leadership, Pastor, Sex Addiction, Spiritual health, Tragedy by pkuzma 0 Comments

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Having been through some pretty rough pastoral transitions over the years, I am saddened by this week's news of further allegations of sexual misconduct in the situation surrounding Ted Haggard and New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado. I commend Pastor Brady Boyd for his forthright...

22 Dec I’ll Be Toast on Thursday! You?

Posted at 02:32h in Anxiety, Burnout, Church life, Emotional health, Expectations, Leadership, Pastor, Personal Pace, Physical health, Rest, Things that drain life, Things that give life by pkuzma 0 Comments

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Thursday is Christmas Day, and I am as excited about it as anyone gets. I remind our church all through the year how many days are left till Christmas. One thing I've learned over the years though. When we do our Christmas Eve Celebrations on the...

18 Dec Congregational Grief at Crossroads Cincinnati

Posted at 10:49h in Church life, Communication, Community, death, Emotional health, grief, Leadership, Mourning, Pastor, Personal Pace, Rest, Spiritual health, Suffering, Things that drain life, Tragedy by pkuzma 0 Comments

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The topic of how a church body handles grief and loss is HUGE for a Pastor. How a Pastor and his/her leadership handle it makes all the difference in the world. News comes from Cincinnati this morning about a tragic accident that occurred during a Christmas...

16 Dec Strange Things We Do When God Moves

Posted at 01:21h in Brokenness, Burnout, Church life, deception, duplicity, Emotional health, Expectations, Failure, Leadership, Margin, Pace of life, Pastor, Physical health, Things that drain life, Things that give life, vulnerability by pkuzma 0 Comments

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I was initially going to title this post "Lakeland Revival Learnings", based on the recent revival/renewal/spiritual stirring that took place earlier this year in Lakeland, Florida. The meetings took place under the leadership of evangelist Todd Bentley. They ended when Bentley (who was the primary...

13 Dec Leadership In Its Right Place

Posted at 00:47h in Anxiety, Brokenness, Church life, Emotional health, Expectations, Leadership, Pastor, Pastor Retreat Centers, Spiritual health, Things that drain life, Things that give life by pkuzma 0 Comments

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With this post, I want to introduce you to Dr. Russ Veenker and his wife, Kandy. You can read more below the article on the stuff they do. Essentially, this is one of the the guys that God used to save my hide when I...

29 Nov A Video Tell-All On Us Pastors?

Posted at 02:07h in Burnout, Church life, Church people, death, Emotional health, Expectations, Failure, Family, Leadership, Margin, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, Physical health, Rest, Sabbath, sleep, Spiritual health, Things that add life, Things that drain life, Uncategorized by pkuzma 0 Comments

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ht: Anne Jackson...

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...

21 Nov Dispelling Some Myths About Depression

Posted at 21:06h in Anxiety, Brokenness, Burnout, Depression, Emotional health, Pastor, Physical health, Spiritual health by pkuzma 0 Comments

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Anne Jackson, author of the soon-to-be-released Mad Church Disease: Overcoming the Burnout Epidemic, and blogger-extraordinaire at Flowerdust.net, wrote about depression in words that are more than adequate. I REALLY encourage you to go there and read it....

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...