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Disconnecting Can Be A Good Thing!

August 14, 2008
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 |  Church life, Expectations, Family, Leadership, Life, Margin, Pace of life, Pastor, Rest, Things that add life

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 […]

Your Personal Pace, Part 4

August 7, 2008
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 |  Church life, death, Depression, Life, Margin, Mourning, Pastor, Personal Pace, Rest, Suffering, Things that add life, Things that drain life

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 […]

Pastor Greg Laurie’s Son Killed

July 25, 2008
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 |  Church life, Life, Mourning

My heart is aching tonight, as I am sure yours is if you are reading this, for Greg Laurie’s family. Greg is the Pastor of […]

“Regular” Weekend

July 21, 2008
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 |  Church life, Expectations, Family, Leadership, Life, Pace of life, Pastor, Rest, Sabbath, Sabbaticals, Things that add life

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. […]

Your Personal Pace, Part 2

July 17, 2008
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 |  Burnout, Church life, Expectations, Leadership, Life, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, success, Things that drain life, Things that give life

In this post, I’d like to chat a bit about the different components and stages of your life that ought to play into the determination […]

Your Personal Pace, Part 1

July 16, 2008
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 |  Burnout, Church life, Church people, Expectations, Leadership, Life, Margin, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, Uncategorized

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 […]

Mad Church Disease

July 11, 2008
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 |  Burnout, Church life, Expectations, Failure, Leadership, Margin, Sabbath, success, Things that add life, Things that drain life

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 […]

Leadership In Its Right Place

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 |  Anxiety, Church life, Expectations, Leadership

I want to introduce you to a friend of mine, Russ Veenker. He and his wife, Kandy, are the DIrectors of Mountain Learning Center. I […]

Sustainable Pastoral Pace

July 4, 2008
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 |  Burnout, Church life, Expectations, Margin, Rest, success

I just finished listening to Greg Surratt of Seacoast Church, a fast growing, multi-site church in South Carolina. He spoke this week at their monthly […]

Margin and/or the Lack Thereof

May 12, 2008
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 |  Burnout, Church life, Expectations, Life, Margin, Pastor, Rest, Sabbath, Things that drain life, Things that give life

Bob Hyatt over at PastorHacks.com writes this GREAT post about margin in our lives. So important for anyone in ministry, vocational or bi-vocational (or tri-vocational) […]

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