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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...

11 Apr Getting Our Arms Around Rick Warren’s Story

Posted at 07:06h in death, Depression, Emotional health, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, Family, grief, influence, Leadership, Life, Mental Health, Mourning, Spiritual health, Suffering, suicide, Tragedy, Uncategorized by pkuzma 1 Comment

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I am daily amazed and inspired at how Rick Warren is being real and yet still faith-full amidst his grief over the suicide of his 27 year old son, Matthew Warren. He could run and hide, but that's not Rick. He could shut the world...

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 ...

02 May Emotionally Healthy Spirituality Pastors & Leaders Conference Day 2

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To join us for the live blog of today's sessions, click here....

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...

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...

16 Jul Your Personal Pace, Part 1

Posted at 05:35h in Burnout, Church life, Church people, Expectations, Leadership, Life, Margin, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, Uncategorized by pkuzma 6 Comments

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I recently started driving a new car. It's a 2001 black Ford Crown Victoria with the Police Interceptor package. It started its life as a Detective car with the Beverly Hills Police Department. Especially as a Chaplain, it's a really fun car to drive! The story...

08 Jul I Might As Well Admit It ….

Posted at 08:20h in Anxiety, Expectations, Failure, Uncategorized by pkuzma 1 Comment

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I am not nearly as put together as I may seem. My penchant for being articulate in my speech often covers over my insecurity about being thought of as slow or stupid. Whenever someone asks me if we can get together sometime soon to talk about...

22 Apr Time For A Break?

Posted at 07:22h in Pastor, Rest, Things that give life, Uncategorized by pkuzma 2 Comments

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When was the last time you got away for at least a couple days? Away from the demands and calls and emails and websurfing? Away from the emergencies and urgencies of your life and ministry? I am right now enjoying a gift from our District Supervisor...