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30 Jan How’s Your Sleep Hygiene?

Posted at 09:15h in Burnout, Emotional health, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, Life, Margin, Mental Health, Pace of life, Personal Pace, Physical health, Rest, sleep, Spiritual health by pkuzma 0 Comments

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We all hear of the importance and benefits of good sleep each night, yet it seems few of us get it. Here are some helpful thoughts toward improving this vital area of health: Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy...

14 Mar What Got Us Here Won’t Get Us There, Part 5

Posted at 06:40h in Church life, Emotional health, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, Insecurity, Leadership, Pastor by pkuzma 0 Comments

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Over the last year, I've been posting some about the issue of insecurity as a pastor. I've talked about a friend who say that "what got us here won't get us there." In other words, insecurity may have driven us to push for our own...

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...

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...

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...

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...

18 Dec Congregational Grief at Crossroads Cincinnati

Posted at 10:49h in Church life, Communication, Community, death, Emotional health, grief, Leadership, Mourning, Pastor, Personal Pace, Rest, Spiritual health, Suffering, Things that drain life, Tragedy by pkuzma 0 Comments

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The topic of how a church body handles grief and loss is HUGE for a Pastor. How a Pastor and his/her leadership handle it makes all the difference in the world. News comes from Cincinnati this morning about a tragic accident that occurred during a Christmas...

16 Dec Strange Things We Do When God Moves

Posted at 01:21h in Brokenness, Burnout, Church life, deception, duplicity, Emotional health, Expectations, Failure, Leadership, Margin, Pace of life, Pastor, Physical health, Things that drain life, Things that give life, vulnerability by pkuzma 0 Comments

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I was initially going to title this post "Lakeland Revival Learnings", based on the recent revival/renewal/spiritual stirring that took place earlier this year in Lakeland, Florida. The meetings took place under the leadership of evangelist Todd Bentley. They ended when Bentley (who was the primary...

30 Oct It’s The Little Things

Posted at 23:45h in deception, Expectations, Failure, Margin, Pastor, Spiritual health, Things that drain life by pkuzma 1 Comment

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For the last couple of years, I've been dreading a purchase that I knew was coming at our church. Every Sunday that I walked into the Sanctuary, I would look at the big projection screen, convinced that the resolution was slowly but surely on the...

22 Sep When Crisis Comes Home

Posted at 18:32h in Church life, Church people, death, Emotional health, Expectations, Leadership, Life, Mourning, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, Rest, Things that drain life, Things that give life by pkuzma 2 Comments

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It's good to be writing again. This is my first post since our city experienced the tragic Metrolink Train Crash back on Friday, September 12. While the crash itself happened right outside our city limits, of the 25 people killed in the wreck, 10 were...