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12 Nov Leading On Empty

Posted at 10:22h in Brokenness, Burnout, Church life, Depression, duplicity, Emotional health, Expectations, Failure, Leadership, Pace of life, Pastor, Physical health, Spiritual health, vulnerability by pkuzma 1 Comment

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If you're following Pastor For Life, you know we've been somewhat chronicling the story of Pastor Wayne Cordeiro through his recent heart surgery and his return to the pulpit following this encounter. I am a regular reader of his blog ...

30 Oct It’s The Little Things

Posted at 23:45h in deception, Expectations, Failure, Margin, Pastor, Spiritual health, Things that drain life by pkuzma 1 Comment

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For the last couple of years, I've been dreading a purchase that I knew was coming at our church. Every Sunday that I walked into the Sanctuary, I would look at the big projection screen, convinced that the resolution was slowly but surely on the...

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...

27 Oct Adrenal Letdown

Posted at 18:15h in Burnout, Depression, Emotional health, Margin, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, Physical health, Rest, sleep, Spiritual health by pkuzma 0 Comments

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I've heard it said that preaching for an hour can equal the energy output of 3-4 hours worth of work. Multiply that for Pastors who preach at multiple services by the number of services they preach at each weekend. Arch Hart, in his book, "Adrenaline &...

04 Oct Pastor Wayne Cordeiro Resting After Heart Surgery

Posted at 19:55h in Burnout, Communication, influence, Leadership, Pace of life, Pastor, Physical health, Rest by pkuzma 8 Comments

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Wayne Cordeiro, Pastor of New Hope Christian Fellowship (a Foursquare Church, the tribe I am part of) in Honolulu, Hawaii, is resting and recovering from significant heart surgery he underwent at Stanford Medical Center in Northern California. Part of his statement reported, "My right artery was...

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...

11 Sep Pastor For Life Makes The Alltop List!

Posted at 00:55h in Pastor, Website by pkuzma 1 Comment

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We are proud to have been noticed by Guy Kawasaki's recent creation, Alltop.com, which is VERY cool. Were listed both here and here. For a new blog, I think this is an especially unique boost for what we're wanting to do ...

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...