pastor – Kurt W. Bubna

In Defense of Your Pastor (An Open Letter in Support of God’s Shepherds)

January 4, 2021 by KurtBubna

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Doctors, nurses, schoolteachers, and a few thousand other occupations and small businesses had a tough year. 2020 presented challenges previously unknown and unfaced in most of our lifetimes. Regardless of where you land on the political or economic scale, nobody argues about whether last year was challenging or…

What You May Not Know About Your Pastor During the Pandemic

April 18, 2020 by KurtBubna

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We pastors and ministry leaders are an interesting lot. Of course, we are not more important than anyone else and neither is our occupation. We are, however, called to care for the hearts and souls of people. Yesterday, I spent time on the phone with a man who had lost…

A Perfectly Imperfect Pastor

September 4, 2017September 6, 2017 by KurtBubna

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Perfectly Imperfect – A Travel Guide for Life, Faith, and Relationships! Long ago, before smart phones, laptops, and blogging, I started in ministry as a young twenty-something youth pastor at a large and growing church. I had no idea what I was doing. Of course, I thought I knew…

Your Pastor is Broken (and It's Okay)

January 24, 2017April 15, 2017 by KurtBubna

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An old friend, Richard, recently called me. He used to live in town and attend my church. For the past seven years or so, he’s been a member of a large church in Phoenix. We were catching up and reminiscing about old friends when he said to me, “I had…