This week, Jim Misloski is back to discuss pathways to understanding strengths and weaknesses of pastors and volunteers through good assessment strategies.

This week's guest on the #SpeakLifePodcast is Pastor Ryan Palmer from South Haven BC in Springfield, MO. We talk through how to deal with stress as a pastor and how to manage pastoring in a polarizing culture.

This week's guest is Jim Misloski, Developing Leaders Director with the Missouri Baptist Convention. We discuss challenges related to recruiting and retaining volunteers as well as growing in self-understanding.

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Dr. Carroll Marr comes to the podcast with 45 years of ministry experience to speak into the challenges facing pastors. We talk through the need for good people skills, leadership skills, and maintaining a strong walk with the Lord.

Dr. Randy Stone is back for a second interview, but our topic is a bit different this go around. We discuss how things are different in churches with multiple staff when the lead pastor leaves as compared with single ministry staff situations.

This week I interview my longtime friend and mentor Kenny Heath. Kenny is the Associational Missionary with the Western Baptist Association of the Baptist Convention of Maryland/Delaware. We discuss challenges unique to both bivocational and rural ministry.

On this week's podcast, I interview Chadd Caldwell, pastor of Mount Olive Baptist Church in Bolivar, MO. Chadd both pastors the church and works as a professor at SBU, which leads to good conversation about bi-vocational ministry.

In this week's episode, I interview Dr. Jonathan Hayashi. Dr. Hayashi talks through challenges he's faced in ministry and counsel for dealing with problems that show up among church members.