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01 Sep Feast or Famine

Posted at 23:40h in Burnout, Church life, Creativity, Emotional health, Life, Margin, Pace of life, Rest, Sabbath, Spiritual health, Things that add life, vulnerability by pkuzma 0 Comments

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I'm one of those Pastors who happens to live on "church property". We live in the parsonage right next door to the church. Fortunately, the front of my house faces AWAY from the church, and my leadership at the church saw the wisdom a few...

18 Aug When Ministry Is Killing You

Posted at 09:00h in Burnout, Church life, death, Expectations, Failure, Leadership, Life, Margin, Pace of life, Pastor, Rest, success, Things that add life, Things that drain life, Things that give life by pkuzma 1 Comment

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Who said it? What was meant by it? Did they really even know what they were saying? Somewhere, somehow, we 've lost sight of the things that truly matter and set our sights on some things that don't. As a result, the very thing we got...

15 Aug The Road To POP

Posted at 18:25h in Burnout, Church life, death, Depression, Emotional health, Failure, Family, Leadership, Life, Margin, Pace of life, Pastor, Physical health, Relationships, Rest, Spiritual health, Things that add life, Things that drain life by pkuzma 4 Comments

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14 Aug Disconnecting Can Be A Good Thing!

Posted at 09:00h in Church life, Expectations, Family, Leadership, Life, Margin, Pace of life, Pastor, Rest, Things that add life by pkuzma 0 Comments

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Mark Batterson of National Community Church in Washington, DC, adds to the conversation regarding my concept of "regular guy" weekends. Thoughts? I just wrote an article for Sermon Central titled The Adventurous Pastor. Here's an excerpt: A few years ago I played hooky from church. Instead of going...

07 Aug Your Personal Pace, Part 4

Posted at 23:44h in Church life, death, Depression, Life, Margin, Mourning, Pastor, Personal Pace, Rest, Suffering, Things that add life, Things that drain life by pkuzma 5 Comments

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I don't want to do this. I really don't. But I must. It's where the Lord has me right now, so I must address this part of anyone's personal pace. What do you do with your grief and loss? How does that impact your personal pace...

30 Jul Your Personal Pace, Part 3

Posted at 00:26h in Expectations, Failure, Leadership, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, Things that add life, Things that drain life by pkuzma 7 Comments

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In considering living at the pace of life God has given you, I believe it's important to include your spiritual disciplines as well. Not in the "make sure you are disciplined spiritually" kind of "including", but the "find your pace of spiritual disciplines" kind of...

22 Jul Living “Off Peak”

Posted at 15:29h in Creativity, Life, Margin, Pace of life, Pastor, Things that add life by pkuzma 0 Comments

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At first glance, one might think the title of this post a bit odd, and wonder what it has to do with living a fulfilling life as a Pastor. Well, one advantage of what we do is that our schedules are more flexible than the...

21 Jul “Regular” Weekend

Posted at 07:18h in Church life, Expectations, Family, Leadership, Life, Pace of life, Pastor, Rest, Sabbath, Sabbaticals, Things that add life by pkuzma 1 Comment

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I am a firm believer that every Pastor should have a "regular" weekend. A weekend like "regular" folk, especially if you're married and have kids. I experienced one this weekend. It was precipitated by my son having surgery last week (the story and result is here...

11 Jul Mad Church Disease

Posted at 04:19h in Burnout, Church life, Expectations, Failure, Leadership, Margin, Sabbath, success, Things that add life, Things that drain life by pkuzma 1 Comment

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Enjoy this excerpt from Mad Church Disease and read on after it… As much as we may want to, we can never rid ourselves from our past – the good or the bad. And regardless of how normal or even how terrible your past might be,...