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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...

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...

13 Dec Leadership In Its Right Place

Posted at 00:47h in Anxiety, Brokenness, Church life, Emotional health, Expectations, Leadership, Pastor, Pastor Retreat Centers, Spiritual health, Things that drain life, Things that give life by pkuzma 0 Comments

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With this post, I want to introduce you to Dr. Russ Veenker and his wife, Kandy. You can read more below the article on the stuff they do. Essentially, this is one of the the guys that God used to save my hide when I...

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...

21 Nov Dispelling Some Myths About Depression

Posted at 21:06h in Anxiety, Brokenness, Burnout, Depression, Emotional health, Pastor, Physical health, Spiritual health by pkuzma 0 Comments

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Anne Jackson, author of the soon-to-be-released Mad Church Disease: Overcoming the Burnout Epidemic, and blogger-extraordinaire at Flowerdust.net, wrote about depression in words that are more than adequate. I REALLY encourage you to go there and read it....

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 ...

27 Oct Adrenal Letdown

Posted at 18:15h in Burnout, Depression, Emotional health, Margin, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, Physical health, Rest, sleep, Spiritual health by pkuzma 0 Comments

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I've heard it said that preaching for an hour can equal the energy output of 3-4 hours worth of work. Multiply that for Pastors who preach at multiple services by the number of services they preach at each weekend. Arch Hart, in his book, "Adrenaline &...

04 Oct Pastor Wayne Cordeiro Resting After Heart Surgery

Posted at 19:55h in Burnout, Communication, influence, Leadership, Pace of life, Pastor, Physical health, Rest by pkuzma 8 Comments

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Wayne Cordeiro, Pastor of New Hope Christian Fellowship (a Foursquare Church, the tribe I am part of) in Honolulu, Hawaii, is resting and recovering from significant heart surgery he underwent at Stanford Medical Center in Northern California. Part of his statement reported, "My right artery was...

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...

03 Sep Your Personal Pace, Part 5

Posted at 23:09h in Church life, Emotional health, Expectations, Leadership, Life, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, Things that give life by pkuzma 5 Comments

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I want to keep moving in this series of posts on your personal pace. Click on these link to get to Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4. We all have job descriptions. Pastors do too. We also all have expectations. Some of those...