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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...

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...

24 Jun What Bill Hybels Wants Every Pastor To Know

Posted at 20:57h in Anxiety, Brokenness, Change, confession, Depression, duplicity, Emotional health, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, Expectations, Family, grief, Insecurity, Leadership, Life, Margin, Marriage, Mourning, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, Relationships, Rest, Sex Addiction, Spiritual health, success, Suffering, Things that add life, Things that give life, vulnerability by pkuzma 0 Comments

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.... how he got into counseling. Yes, you read that right! Bill Hybels really wants you to know that he's in counseling, and he believes you should be too. I happen to agree with Bill. Did you know they actually require counselors to be in therapy...

16 Feb What Got Us Here Won’t Get Us There, Part 4

Posted at 12:05h in Anxiety, Emotional health, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, Expectations, influence, Insecurity, Leadership, Relationships, success by pkuzma 0 Comments

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In an occasional series, we've been addressing the issue of insecurity in leadership. Perry Noble came out today with a great list of ways you can determine whether or not you are a leader who struggles with insecurity. Quick disclaimers: We ALL struggle with insecurity when...

11 Jul What Got Us Here Won’t Get Us There, Part 3

Posted at 08:02h in Anxiety, Emotional health, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, Expectations, influence, Insecurity, Leadership, Relationships, success by pkuzma 4 Comments

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It's been a while since I've posted on this issue of insecurity in pastor and leaders. Recently, I read something that Mark Batterson (pastor of National Community Church in Washington DC) wrote about the topic: He wrote: I think influence and insecurity are opposites. Insecure leaders don’t...

18 Feb What Seminary Never Taught Us

Posted at 11:20h in Education, Emotional health, Expectations, Failure, Leadership, Pastor, Personal Pace, Relationships by pkuzma 0 Comments

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If you are not a subscriber to "The Pastor's Weekly Briefing" delivered from the Focus On The Family Pastoral Ministries Department, I would encourage you to get signed up here. Each edition features a letter from HB London, who heads the Department. This week, he wrote...

01 Apr Stewarding The Easter “Anointing”

Posted at 14:02h in Brokenness, Burnout, Communication, Depression, Emotional health, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, Expectations, Failure, Leadership, Margin, Message Preparation, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, Physical health, Relationships, Rest, Sabbath, Spiritual health, success, Things that drain life, Things that give life, Uncategorized by pkuzma 0 Comments

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Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me what I can do for you before I am taken away.” And Elisha replied, “Please let me inherit a double share of your spirit and become your successor.” “You have asked a difficult ...

23 Mar Pastors And Pain

Posted at 14:52h in Brokenness, Church life, Church people, death, duplicity, Emotional health, Expectations, Failure, Leadership, Life, Margin, Pace of life, Pastor, Relationships, Rest, Suffering, Things that drain life, Things that give life by pkuzma 0 Comments

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We are rapidly moving toward the celebration of Jesus' death, and Lent is on our minds for those who observe it. A time in which we make sacrifices to in some way thank God for and identify with the sacrifice Jesus made for us. A...

12 Mar REWORK … I Gotta Read It! You Do Too!

Posted at 10:20h in Burnout, Church life, Church people, Communication, Creativity, Emotional health, Expectations, Leadership, Life, Pastor, Relationships, success, Things that add life, Things that drain life by pkuzma 2 Comments

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I haven't read this book yet, but after reading this post at TimSchraeder.com, I will be soon! Thanks for concisely boiling this down for us Tim! 10 Things That Drive Me Crazy About Working for a Church I’m nearing the 10-year mark of being a church...

19 Feb What Does Tiger Woods’ Apology Say To Pastors?

Posted at 11:59h in Affairs, Brokenness, confession, deception, duplicity, Expectations, Failure, Family, influence, Leadership, Marriage, Pastor, Relationships, Sex Addiction, success, Tragedy by pkuzma 0 Comments

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You've probably heard enough about Tiger Woods' sordid lifestyle. I have too. And I have no interest in exploiting any of it. However, I have a lot of interest, for myself and any other Pastor, in learning from it. I have no interest in analyzing Tiger's...