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29 Jan Taken a Look at Your Work Hours Lately?

Posted at 21:23h in Burnout, Church life, Emotional health, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, Expectations, Family, Life, Margin, Mental Health, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, Physical health, Rest, Sabbath, sleep, Spiritual health by pkuzma 0 Comments

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NBC News did a short piece tonight on the price we're paying because of overwork. It doesn't mention those in ministry, but it might as well. Pastors are as susceptible, if not even more so, than non-Pastors, especially given that most of us work through...

13 Sep What Pastors Should Know Before Their Sabbatical

Posted at 09:42h in Burnout, Church life, Communication, Emotional health, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, Family, Leadership, Life, Margin, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, Rest, Sabbath, Sabbaticals, Spiritual health, Study & Planning Breaks by pkuzma 3 Comments

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Note from Paul: I'm pleased to introduce you to guest bloggers Martin Sanders and Warren Bird, who published this article elsewhere. They have graciously agreed to allow us to run it here as it so well pertains to "resourcing pastors for a lifetime of life-giving...

06 Jan Reducing Stress Proving To Prolong Life

Posted at 13:29h in Burnout, death, Emotional health, Expectations, Life, Margin, Pace of life, Personal Pace, Rest, Sabbath, Sabbaticals, Things that drain life, Things that give life by pkuzma 0 Comments

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FoxNews.com is carrying a story on the effects of stress reduction being proven to add years to one's life. Honestly, none of us know how long we'll live, only God does. However, we're called also to be good stewards of our resources. NOBODY can live WITHOUT...

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 ...

11 Oct Connect To Pastor For Life Regularly!

Posted at 01:00h in Creativity, Margin, Message Preparation, Website by pkuzma 2 Comments

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Want to save a lot of time on your computer every day? Let me introduce you to Google Reader. I use it to track updates on a number of websites each day. I get to choose what sites I subscribe to, and Google Reader lets...

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...

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...