Flourishing in Real Life

On this episode of the Flourishing Church Podcast, Dana Allin and John Terech share the second part of their conversation about our individual wiring as leaders. In this installment, they review "soft" wiring traits and how we can maximize the positive aspects of these traits and suggest ways to manage the challenges. The two share specific resources and assessments Flourish offers to better understand ourselves flourishing as disciples and flourishing leaders.

On this episode of the Flourishing Church Podcast, John Terech and Dana Allin discuss our personal hardwiring as leaders. They talk about how we can utilize assessments and tools to better understand our own internal operating system and how that affects us in all areas of our lives. In part 1 of 2 episodes, the two discuss the use of a tool called the ProScan assessment to look at different personality traits to help you understand what you can do with the information you have learned about yourself, your whole team, your current ministry role, or next new job!

On this episode of the Flourishing Chuch Podcast, Dana Allin and John Terech discuss the sometimes controversial model of what it means to have a successful church using a scorecard mentality when it comes to church health and discipleship. They address the question "If we are going to adopt a scorecard framework toward church health, what would that look like and how do we get people on board to follow the same scorecard?" They go over different areas of difficulty and importance when discussing how churches measure their success and answer their own question "Are we doing what God has called us to do as leaders and as a church?"

In this episode of the Flourishing Church Podcast our cohosts, John Terech and Dana Allin, relaunch the podcast into a new season of episodes. The two discuss the benefits of coaching and how in Flourish Movement we try to take a caching posture in all that we do and offer. They define coaching and the differences between coaching, mentoring, and counseling, while also looking at what it really means to have a coaching mindset as leaders.

In this episode of the Flourishing Church Podcast, Bill Couchenour and Dana Allin discuss the effects the COVID-19 has had on the church and some of the biggest challenges and blessings Bill has seen in this season of church ministry and leadership development. The two go over some of the questions that established churches can be asking about church planting, micro-expressions of church and the work of missional communities.

In this episode of the Flourishing Church Podcast, Chris DiVietro and Lisa Johnson discuss what spiritual direction is and how they have benefited from having a spiritual director themselves. Chris gives additional context through the applications of spiritual direction in scripture and examples from his personal experiences. He goes deeper into sharing both the best and hardest things about spiritual direction and how it has played a role in both his personal and professional life.

In this episode of the Flourishing Church Podcast, Laura Murray and Dana Allin discuss how we can develop a posture of hospitality in both our everyday lives and the digital world. Laura provides different definitions of digital hospitality that can help reframe our perspective on the ways we can meaningfully connect with others online. In addition, she gives practical examples of the different aspects of hospitality.

In this episode of the Flourishing Church Podcast, Carol Bremer-Bennett and Jen Haddox discuss the ministry of World Renew. They go into detail about the work World Renew does in vulnerable communities. Carol also shares the different experiences she has had as an indigenous woman in a ministry leadership role.

On this episode of the Flourishing Church Podcast, Dana Allin talks with Kara Powell about her book 3 Big Questions That Change Every Teenager: Making the Most of Your Conversations and Connections. The two discuss the main themes of the book and the 3 main questions that address identity, purpose, and belonging. Kara and Dana dive deeper into their own experiences of having meaningful conversations with their teenage kids and provide personal examples. Kara also gives examples of other questions the book addresses and practical ways we can engage in conversations with teenagers in our homes and churches.

On this episode of the Flourishing Church Podcast, Perry Shaw and Dana Allin discuss the different aspects of transforming theological education and the need for a new type of training for future pastors entering church leadership and church ministry. The two go over some important changes that can be made to transform theological education to further inspire and train a new generation of pastors. Perry gives insight on the idea of "fit for purpose and fit of purpose" and some of the challenges and joys that we have in making changes. We are very excited to have Perry Shaw working and consulting with Flourish as we create our Flourish Institute: Graduate School of Ministry.