Weve been talking about it for over a year of episodes and its finally here! Star Wars: The Force Awakens finally opened this month and we take this time to wrap up 2015 with a look back at what many guests had to say about the movie, hear some voicemail reviews, and my initial thoughts on the movie. Enjoy this nice break from productivity and tech talk and ring in the new year with Star Wars!

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You are going to love today’s conversation with returning guest, and friend of the show, Carey Nieuwhof. He’s the Lead Pastor of Connexus Church in Toronto, Canada a strategic partner with Northpoint Church andamp; Andy Stanley.

You may have also seen him as a featured speaker at The Orange Tour and the Orange Conference where he also drives the Senior Leader track.

I have gotten to know him mostly through his Podcast, The Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast and of course his Blog at CareyNieuwhof.com, his podcast with us earlier this year was fantastic and I am so happy to have him back with us.

Our conversation covers everything from latest book Lasting Impact: 7 Powerful Conversations That Will Help Your Church Grow, to how he has grown as a fellow Geek this year.

COMMENT CONTEST: Leave a comment on the episode below and let us know what The best conversation youve had with your team this year has been. Carey and I will be picking the 3 best answers and you will win a FREE copy of Lasting Impact!

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Lasting Impact: 7 Powerful Conversations That Will Help Your Church Grow

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You are going to love today’s conversation with Jeff Brown.  He’s the host of the Read to Lead Podcast and a firm believer in the mantra, “Leaders Read and Readers Lead.”

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Jeffs Podcast: ReadToLeadPodcast.com

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You are going to love today’s conversation with Jon Acuff.  He’s the author of Do Over, Start, and Quitter. The founder of the blog Stuff Christian’s Like and 30 Days of Hustle. He’s all over social media and his blog Acuff.Me,  And he’s the guy who motivated me to bring back to Geek Pastor Podcast.

I met up with Jon at the Orange Tour in Ocala, FL. He was great to talk to and I may have been a geeky fan boy during this episode but bear with me. I really think you’re going to love this conversation with Jon Acuff.

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Jons Blog: Acuff.Me

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You are going to love today’s conversation with Dan Reiland.  He’s the Executive Pastor at 12Stone Church in Lawrenceville, Georgia. He previously partnered with John Maxwell for 20 years, first as Executive Pastor at Skyline Wesleyan Church in San Diego, then as Vice President of Leadership and Church Development at INJOY.

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Dans Blog: DanReiland.com

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Today’s episode was also recorded at Exponential 2015. A conference where more than 5,000 other leaders showed up to Tampa, Florida to learn and grow in the area of church planting and leadership. You’ve never been to a conference like Exponential. About 100 speakers there doing workshops from all areas of church leadership and one of those workshop leaders was DJ Chuang.

DJ is a strategy consultant, currently working with the .BIBLE Registry, a new top-level domain for all things Bible. He’s worked with organizations like American Bible Society, Worship Leader Magazine,  Leadership Network. He hosts the Social Media Church podcast, a place for conversations with church leaders about social media.

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Today’s episode was recorded at Exponential 2015. A conference where more than 5,000 other leaders showed up to Tampa, Florida to learn and grow in the area of church planting and leadership. You’ve never been to a conference like Exponential. about 100 speakers there doing workshops from all areas of church leadership and the man how led the charge from the stage was Dave Ferguson.

Dave is the lead pastor of Community Christian Church, with 13 campuses in Chicago area; the founder of New Thing, a catalyst for movements of reproducing churches; and the president of Exponential, a community of leaders and a nationwide conference dedicated to accelerating church multiplication. He is also the author or co-author of many books (“The Big Idea,” “Exponential” “On the Verge”) and his newest book. “Finding Your Way Back to God”.

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Daves Blog: DaveFerguson.org

Daves Book Finding Your Way Back to God - My Amazon Link

Other Books: Exponential, Big Idea, On the Verge

Exponential Conferences

Finding Your Way Back to God

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New Thing - A Catalyst for Movements of Reproducing Churches

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On this episode of the podcast, we are talking with Joseph Sangl. He is the founder andamp; author of I Was Broke. Not Im Not. and also the President andamp; CEO of INJOY Stewardship Solutions. We have a great conversation about money and how ministry leaders and their ministries can win in their finances!  We hope you enjoy the conversation and please check out the resources below.

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Joes Blog: josephsangl.com

Joes Book I Was Broke. Now Im Not. - My Amazon Link

Other Books: Oxen, What Everyone Should Know About Money, andamp; Funded and Free

Expensify - Easy expense reports and tracking

JotNot - a Waynes Choice Award Winning App. Scan Receipts with your phone!

Mint.com - Free online budget management tool

Credit Sesame - Complete Financial Picture

Runkeeper - Track your running andamp; activity

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On this episode of the podcast, we are talking with communications expert Kem Meyer. She is the author of Less Clutter, Less Noise a wonderful book about rethinking Church Communications.

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Kems Blog: KemMeyer.com

Kems Book Less Clutter Less Noise - My Amazon Link

Other Books: Unwelcome andamp; New Rebellion Handbook (My Amazon links)

Sunrise Calendar - for Google Calendar, Exchange and for iCloud

Blinkist - Key insights from non-fiction book bestsellers

Umano - Listen to news, articles, podcasts, and more

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On this weeks episode of the podcast, our first time second time guest... Brant Hansen!  We talk about his new book Unoffendable, Radio, and his cool new job with Cure International!

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Brants Blog: BrantHansen.org

Brants Book Unoffendable - My Amazon Link

Brants CURE International video - 

Brants I Am Second video

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