This special episode of Thursdays at the Table was recorded on October 20, 2022 during Next Level with Tod Bolsinger.  After his plenary address, Bishop Easterling and he sat down for some real talk around his book, Tempered Resilience: How Leaders Are Formed in the Crucible of Change.  Learn more about the day.

On March 8 at Severna Park UMC in Severna Park, Md., Bishop Easterling will host another conversation with Jacqui Lewis, author of “Fierce Love: a Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness that Can Heal the World.”  In person Registration closes Feb. 22.

In her conversation At the Table with Tod Bolsinger, Bishop Easterling explores how leadership is about “energizing a community of people toward their own transformation in order to accomplish a shared mission.” Together, they acknowledge the many real and difficult challenges and resistance facing pastors in this season and, using the metaphor of a blacksmith’s workshop, explore how to lead adaptive change. Outstanding leaders, they conclude, find their identity in Christ and “are formed in the leading.”

The Rev. Tod Bolsinger is one of today’s premiere guides for clergy and laity who are seeking to lead in unchartered territories. He is author of the bestselling books Tempered Resilience: How Leaders Are Formed in the Crucible of Change and Canoeing the Mountains. Bolsinger currently serves as the Executive Director of the De Pree Center Church Leadership Institute and as Associate Professor of Leadership Formation at Fuller Theological Seminary. A Presbyterian pastor for 27 years, he describes his interests as “my wife and kids, The Church, lattes, fly-fishing, skiing, hiking, running, triathlons, National Parks, marveling at nature, red wine, dark chocolate, traveling and planning trips, rooting for the Angels, reading many books at one time, barbecuing meat.