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Integrity Is ALWAYS An Issue

August 22, 2008
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 |  Church life, Expectations, Failure, Family, Leadership, Life, Pace of life, Pastor, success

This week, we’ve been inundated with a couple of Christian Leader Integrity issues that seemingly are undermining the plans and purposes of God. No doubt […]

When Ministry Is Killing You

August 18, 2008
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 |  Burnout, Church life, death, Expectations, Failure, Leadership, Life, Margin, Pace of life, Pastor, Rest, success, Things that add life, Things that drain life, Things that give life

Who said it? What was meant by it? Did they really even know what they were saying? Somewhere, somehow, we ‘ve lost sight of the […]

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 […]

The Secret of Your WHAT?

August 13, 2008
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 |  Expectations, Failure, Leadership, Pastor, success

There is a seedy little enemy that has set itself against the soul of every single leader in the Church. It has rung the bell […]

Your Personal Pace, Part 3

July 30, 2008
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 |  Expectations, Failure, Leadership, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, Things that add life, Things that drain life

In considering living at the pace of life God has given you, I believe it’s important to include your spiritual disciplines as well. Not in […]

“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 […]

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