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Study & Planning Break

February 4, 2009
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 |  Burnout, Fun, Leadership, Margin, Message Preparation, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, Rest, Sabbaticals, sleep, Spiritual health, Study & Planning Breaks, Things that drain life, Things that give life

One of the practices I learned about through my burnout experience several years ago is the importance of getting away regularly for the purpose of […]

Ted Haggard, etc. ….

January 25, 2009
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 |  Brokenness, Church life, Church people, Communication, Community, confession, deception, duplicity, Emotional health, Expectations, Failure, grief, Leadership, Pastor, Sex Addiction, Spiritual health, Tragedy

Having been through some pretty rough pastoral transitions over the years, I am saddened by this week’s news of further allegations of sexual misconduct in […]

I’ll Be Toast on Thursday! You?

December 22, 2008
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 |  Anxiety, Burnout, Church life, Emotional health, Expectations, Leadership, Pastor, Personal Pace, Physical health, Rest, Things that drain life, Things that give life

Thursday is Christmas Day, and I am as excited about it as anyone gets. I remind our church all through the year how many days […]

Congregational Grief at Crossroads Cincinnati

December 18, 2008
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 |  Church life, Communication, Community, death, Emotional health, grief, Leadership, Mourning, Pastor, Personal Pace, Rest, Spiritual health, Suffering, Things that drain life, Tragedy

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 […]

Strange Things We Do When God Moves

December 16, 2008
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 |  Brokenness, Burnout, Church life, deception, duplicity, Emotional health, Expectations, Failure, Leadership, Margin, Pace of life, Pastor, Physical health, Things that drain life, Things that give life, vulnerability

I was initially going to title this post “Lakeland Revival Learnings”, based on the recent revival/renewal/spiritual stirring that took place earlier this year in Lakeland, […]

Leadership In Its Right Place

December 13, 2008
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 |  Anxiety, Brokenness, Church life, Emotional health, Expectations, Leadership, Pastor, Pastor Retreat Centers, Spiritual health, Things that drain life, Things that give life

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 […]

A Video Tell-All On Us Pastors?

November 29, 2008
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 |  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

ht: Anne Jackson

Churched … Matthew Paul Turner

November 28, 2008
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 |  Brokenness, Church life, Church people, influence, Leadership, Life, Pastor

I just finished reading Churched by Matthew Paul Turner. The cover was what initially intrigued me. A close-up shot of a kid putting a tie […]

Dispelling Some Myths About Depression

November 21, 2008
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 |  Anxiety, Brokenness, Burnout, Depression, Emotional health, Pastor, Physical health, Spiritual health

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 […]

When Courage Falls Short of the Demands of Reality

November 20, 2008
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 |  Brokenness, confession, deception, duplicity, Emotional health, Failure, Family, Life, Pastor, Relationships

I love “The Purpose-Driven Life”. I dig the “Wagner-Houts Modified Spiritual Gifts Inventory”. There’s not a much more clear tool than the DISC Profile. And […]

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