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Can You Keep a Secret?

January 25, 2013
 |  1 Comment
 |  Brokenness, Church life, Church people, Communication, confession, Confidentiality, Expectations, Leadership, Pastor, Relationships, Therapy

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 […]

A Prayer For Leaders in light of MLK Day

January 22, 2013
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 |  Change, Communication, Expectations, Failure, influence, Leadership, Life, Spiritual health

In an email from Ruth Haley Barton‘s Transforming Center, this piece resonated deeply with me. As yesterday’s US Presidential Inauguration fell on the observance of […]

What Pastors Should Know Before Their Sabbatical

September 13, 2011
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 |  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

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 […]

Transition Plan

October 2, 2010
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 |  Church life, Communication, Expectations, Leadership, Resignations, Transitions

You don’t have to look too far into the Pastor For Life blog archive to find that a piece of what we are interested in […]

Francis Chan Next Steps

September 3, 2010
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 |  Church life, Communication, Expectations, influence, Leadership, Pastor, Resignations, Transitions

Over on the Mars Hill Church blog, an interview with Francis Chan by Mark Driscoll and Joshua Harris was posted. It’s one of the most […]

Looking For Your Next Place Of Ministry?

April 20, 2010
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 |  Change, Communication, Leadership, Life, Pastor, Resignations, Transitions

DJ Chuang has an awesome list of ministries that re helping pastors match churches they can serve and churches find their right pastor as well. […]

John Piper Taking Leave

April 5, 2010
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 |  Communication, Emotional health, Family, Leadership, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, Rest, Sabbaticals

You may or may not have heard that John Piper, Pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is taking an extended 7 month long […]

Stewarding The Easter “Anointing”

April 1, 2010
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 |  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

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 […]

REWORK … I Gotta Read It! You Do Too!

March 12, 2010
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 |  Burnout, Church life, Church people, Communication, Creativity, Emotional health, Expectations, Leadership, Life, Pastor, Relationships, success, Things that add life, Things that drain life

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 […]

Pastors Packing Whose Power?

October 1, 2009
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 |  Church life, Church people, Communication, Community, Expectations, Leadership, Pastor, Physical health, Violence

Here’s one interesting take on whose power we’re preaching and how …. click here!

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