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Taken a Look at Your Work Hours Lately?

January 29, 2014

| Burnout, Church life, Emotional health, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, Expectations, Family, Life, Margin, Mental Health, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, Physical health, Rest, Sabbath, sleep, Spiritual health

NBC News did a short piece tonight on the price we’re paying because of overwork. It doesn’t mention those in ministry, but it might as […]

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 […]

Reducing Stress Proving To Prolong Life

January 6, 2010

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| Burnout, death, Emotional health, Expectations, Life, Margin, Pace of life, Personal Pace, Rest, Sabbath, Sabbaticals, Things that drain life, Things that give life

FoxNews.com is carrying a story on the effects of stress reduction being proven to add years to one’s life. Honestly, none of us know how […]

Leading On Empty

November 12, 2008

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| Brokenness, Burnout, Church life, Depression, duplicity, Emotional health, Expectations, Failure, Leadership, Pace of life, Pastor, Physical health, Spiritual health, vulnerability

If you’re following Pastor For Life, you know we’ve been somewhat chronicling the story of Pastor Wayne Cordeiro through his recent heart surgery and his […]

Connect To Pastor For Life Regularly!

October 11, 2008

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| Creativity, Margin, Message Preparation, Website

Want to save a lot of time on your computer every day? Let me introduce you to Google Reader. I use it to track updates […]

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 […]

Living “Off Peak”

July 22, 2008

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| Creativity, Life, Margin, Pace of life, Pastor, Things that add life

At first glance, one might think the title of this post a bit odd, and wonder what it has to do with living a fulfilling […]

“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. […]