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Distractions Extraordinaire

October 1, 2008
 |  6 Comments
 |  Anxiety, Burnout, Church life, Creativity, Emotional health, Leadership, Life, Margin, Message Preparation, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, Rest, Sabbath, Sabbaticals, Things that add life

You don’t have to be in ministry to know both the rush and frustration of distractions. We want to know how we can avoid them, […]

When Crisis Comes Home

September 22, 2008
 |  2 Comments
 |  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

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. […]

Your Personal Pace, Part 5

September 3, 2008
 |  5 Comments
 |  Church life, Emotional health, Expectations, Leadership, Life, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, Things that give life

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, […]

“Healer” Author Confesses His Real Need For Healing

August 29, 2008
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 |  Brokenness, Burnout, confession, deception, duplicity, Emotional health, Expectations, Failure, Family, Leadership, Margin, Pastor, Rest, Sex Addiction, success, vulnerability

In no way do I mean for this post to be a judgment or condemnation, nor a condoning, of the sorrowful circumstances that surround the […]

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
 |  1 Comment
 |  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 […]

The Road To POP

August 15, 2008
 |  4 Comments
 |  Burnout, Church life, death, Depression, Emotional health, Failure, Family, Leadership, Life, Margin, Pace of life, Pastor, Physical health, Relationships, Rest, Spiritual health, Things that add life, Things that drain life

Mike Foster …. can you make it any more clear than this? I mean, come on, I’m not quite sure I get what you’re saying […]

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
 |  7 Comments
 |  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 […]

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