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04 Jul Taste of Heaven

Posted at 15:49h in Bible, church, Jesus, ministry, Pastors, reflections, Sunday, weekend reflections by pkuzma 8 Comments

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I think we tasted Heaven. I mean yesterday, in our Sunday celebration. The sanctuary was packed, which is usually not the case for a holiday weekend like the 4th of July. It wasn't packed because everyone decided to show up on an off weekend, though. It...

05 Jul Summer Sabbatical Scoop 5

Posted at 23:37h in Bible, church, family, kids, life, pace of life, Pastors, relationship, rest, Sabbaticals, Sunday, vacations by pkuzma 1 Comment

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It's Sunday night and Colleen and the boys took off for home a while ago. Colleen works in the morning and the boys have their own different football activities they have to be back for. I am taking advantage of the time for some solitude,...

13 Jun Thoughts About Joey Pullen

Posted at 02:08h in Bible, church, depression, families, life, ministry, relationship, Truth, Uncategorized by pkuzma 1 Comment

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On Sunday evening, May 31, I received one of a handful of the saddest phone calls I have ever (and will ever) receive. Joey Pullen, a former member of NewHeart's Youth Ministries, had committed suicide that afternoon. All the reasons surrounding Joey's decision and its implications...

24 Jun Thoughts About “Biblical”

Posted at 09:06h in Balance, Bible, church, ministry, Pastors, Truth by pkuzma 0 Comments

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I've been reading some stuff in the last week or so about what's "Biblical" and what's not. I'm getting kind of bugged by it.Specifically, it's stuff on how churches do church. The train of thought is "we want to do church Biblically" or "more Biblically."Haven't...

05 Dec Looking & Listening

Posted at 03:00h in Bible, life, ministry, Pastors, relationship, Truth by pkuzma 1 Comment

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I've been working through a teaching series lately called "Seasons", where we've been looking at how God has set the earth to identify when certain seasons change. Depending on what part of the world you live in, you can tell by the weather when Fall...

19 Apr Birthing A Message, Part 2

Posted at 19:05h in Bible, church, EHS, ministry, Pastors, Sunday by pkuzma 1 Comment

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Continuing from the last post on this topic, I'll share with you some thoughts about why I believe that things like titles and graphics/artwork are so important to a message or series.I won't belabor the studies that show how overwhelmingly we learn and retain more...

07 Mar Jesus bones?

Posted at 07:45h in Bible, Easter, Jesus, Lent, Truth by pkuzma 0 Comments

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Some have been asking my thoughts on the recent Discovery Channel show claiming to have discovered the bone boxes of Jesus, his "wife", Mary Magdalene and their "son".My thoughts are pretty simple. Obviously, they start with the thought that it's not true. The Bible clearly...