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04 Nov Rest That Sleep Can’t Provide

Posted at 18:22h in Burnout, Church life, Emotional health, Life, Margin, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, Physical health, Rest, Sabbath, Sabbaticals, sleep, Spiritual health, Study & Planning Breaks, Things that give life by pkuzma 0 Comments

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Josh Patterson, Executive Pastor at The Village Church in Highland Village, Texas, wrote this great post recently on the topic of real rest ...

05 Jul Creating a Culture of Balance

Posted at 22:33h in Burnout, Church life, Emotional health, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, Expectations, Family, influence, Leadership, Margin, Marriage, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, Physical health, Relationships, Rest, Sabbath, Sabbaticals, Spiritual health, success, Things that drain life, Things that give life by pkuzma 0 Comments

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I recently read a great paper available from Leadership Network on how Pastors in their 20's and 30's are dealing with the stress and strain of ministry life. It was an excellent read and encouraging to hear that these guys are thinking much differently than...

23 Jun Summer Days Got You In A Daze?

Posted at 00:41h in Anxiety, Burnout, Church life, Depression, Emotional health, Expectations, Failure, Family, Leadership, Life, Margin, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, Physical health, Relationships, Rest, Sabbath, Sabbaticals, Things that add life, Things that drain life by pkuzma 1 Comment

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Summer brings with it all of its splendor and, hopefully, the anticipation of some down time with family and friends. How are you facing it this year? Are you excited about, ready for some time to refresh relationships, maybe see some friends or family you...

20 Jun Good Stuff Coming From Gary Lamb’s Pain

Posted at 00:11h in Burnout, duplicity, Emotional health, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, Failure, Leadership, Pastor, Relationships, Rest, Sabbath, Sabbaticals, Spiritual health, Things that add life by pkuzma 0 Comments

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When I speak of anything good coming from someone's pain, it's not news to any real leader. The best stuff of life and ministry, especially when in leadership, comes through pain. We have all felt the sting of where Gary is at in one way,...

12 Jun If You’re Getting Very Sleepy….

Posted at 08:08h in Burnout, Margin, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, Physical health, Rest, sleep, Things that add life by pkuzma 1 Comment

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I've posted about sleep before here. Napping, in particular. Numerous studies show that most of us are NOT getting the amount or the quality of sleep that we need to be have our internal batteries restored to full usage each morning. While none of us will...

09 Jun Another Pastor Down

Posted at 01:21h in Brokenness, Burnout, confession, duplicity, Emotional health, Failure, grief, Leadership, Pace of life, Pastor, Pastor Retreat Centers, Personal Pace, Relationships, Rest, Sabbaticals, Things that drain life, Tragedy, vulnerability by pkuzma 4 Comments

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The news has sadly been circulating the internet over the last couple days regarding the confession of Pastor Gary Lamb at his blog of an affair with his assistant. There's already enough opinion flying around about who is for who, who hasn't said what and...

28 Apr Emotionally Healthy Spirituality Conference is THIS week!

Posted at 22:33h in Emotional health, Leadership, Life, Margin, Pace of life, Pastor, Relationships, Rest, Sabbath, Uncategorized by pkuzma 0 Comments

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I just arrived in New York City, Queens as a matter of fact. I am excited for this year's Emotionally Healthy Spirituality Conference. I plan on live blogging and Twittering highlights, so follow along! On the blog, I'm using CoverItLive and as for Twitter, follow me...

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 Post-Holiday Intense Life Patterns

Posted at 00:32h in Church life, Church people, Emotional health, Family, Fun, Leadership, Life, Margin, Pace of life, Personal Pace, Relationships, Rest, Things that drain life, Things that give life by pkuzma 0 Comments

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Is it just me, or do you find that your counseling requests increase right after the holidays with INTENSE situations? Over the first three weeks of the New Year, I've had a handful of REALLy intense life situations for people and couples in the church. Looking...

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...