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One of the most important things we can do as pastors and ministry leaders is to take care of our spiritual health. We are all mindful of prayer time and devotional commitment, but our spiritual health is also determined in our leadership approach, our relational presence, and how we manage our thoughts and decisions. 

 In this episode, I am talking with Pastor Jim Bradford about the importance of reclaiming our spiritual health while remaining effective in ministry.

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The best ministry teams are the ones who can come together and collaborate together successfully. So, the question is, does your team collaborate well on ministry projects? If the answer is no, or if you aren't sure, then you may need to build trust on your team. In this episode, I am going to show you what you can implement to start building a greater sense of trust on your team so that your team can collaborate successfully and enjoy greater effectiveness.

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Do you want more free time in ministry? Do you wish you could leave the office every day feeling like you were productive and could enjoy your free time guilt-free?  

In this episode, I am going to show you can shake the feelings of guilt for taking time off and enjoying your free time. At the same time, these simple steps I am giving you will cut your task list in half in less than a couple of days.

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If you feel like your pastoral staff is out of sync, suffering from low morale, or operating out of frustration. There is a good possibility that there is an expectation gap between you and your team. In this episode, I am going to share with you the four ways you can close the expectation gap, boost morale, and bring a greater sense of unity to your team.

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Your staff has a culture, the question is, are you intentionally designing it or passively letting it grow on its own. In this episode, I am going to give you 6 levers you can use at your disposal to purposefully, intentionally, and missionally develop your staff culture so that everyone is productive, effective, and contributing to the advancement of God's Kingdom. At the same time, it is a staff culture that you are proud of as the pastor, excited to engage with, and proud to serve in ministry alongside.   

The levers mentioned in this episode are pulled from "Organizational Culture and Leadership" by Edgar Schein. https://amzn.to/35FHPeU

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We hire them, we give them opportunities, we empower them, and we share our lives with them. But what happens when our Pastoral Staff is underperforming? The last thing we want to do is fire them, but we are also responsible for the stewardship of our ministries, finances, and leadership authority. So, what are we supposed to do? Well, there are two things you can do as the cultural architect of your productivity culture, and we are going to discuss them in this episode. 

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As a pastor and ministry leader, you wield power. At the core of leadership is power, and each of us has to wrestle with how we are going to use that power. God's design, as we see in Jesus' ministry, is to use the power he gives us and wield it for the betterment of others. But the allure of power is strong, and often times we can lose our way and become mesmerized by the power we wield. 

In this episode, I am going to talk about the two ways we can choose to wield that power, what is at the core of it the temptation to abuse power, and how this is an age old struggle for all of us. 

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Every week you have people checking out your website to see if they want to attend your service on Sunday morning. If you were to add this one element to your website, most people looking would choose to visit on Sunday morning, and will likely come again after that.   Just by adding one element to your website!   In this episode discover what that one element is and what it should look like.

If it isn't this situation it will be the next one. You can count on we will find ourselves in conflict throughout the course of our lives and ministries. Whether it is a war, pandemic, natural disaster, or some other situation, we are always going to have to find a way to navigate challenges. In fact, that is central to what being a leader and pastor are all about. 

In this episode, we are going to discuss how you can lead your congregation and community in prayer as we face local, national, and even global conflict. Plus, I will tell you where in the world I have been for the last six months. 

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So you need an engaging pastoral training experience, but the problem is...you aren't really an engaging person. Sure, you can preach and sermon and you are great one-on-one, but in any other context you are shy, withdrawn, and even a little awkward.  Well, in this episode, I am going to show you one way to make your training experience engaging even if you are not a super engaging personality yourself.

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