The Productive Pastor

In this episode, I get super practical about mission in normal-sized churches.

We walk through three big questions:

• Is anyone hungry? 🍽️
• Is anyone lonely? 🧍‍♂️
• Is anyone not safe? 🛟

I talk about why "mission" can't just be a side project for a few passionate people, and why words like outreach don't really help us get clear on what we're called to do. Instead, I unpack mission, mercy, and justice in everyday language and connect them to what's happening right around your church building—your Jerusalem.

You'll hear real-world examples of hunger, loneliness, and safety issues in local schools, apartments, and senior communities, plus how a church can pick one thing and do it really well.

If you're tired of random programs and want your church to have a clear, meaningful impact in your neighborhood, this episode is a great place to start. Get the scorecard here -> https://bit.ly/MissionPriority

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Healthy Ministry Through Strategic Productivity

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Join me as I unveil my game-changing 2025 analog workflow that promises to revolutionize productivity in ministry. In this episode, I dive deep into the evolution of my own productivity systems, sharing the highs, lows, and ultimate shift from digital chaos to analog clarity. If you're a pastor yearning for a productivity plan tailored to the unique demands of ministry, my proven strategies and customizable templates might just be your answer. Listen in to discover how you can transform your own chaos into creative control, and why your perfect planner is within reach.

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Ever feel stuck with endless tasks, like sermons to write or crises to manage? I get it—and I've got some stories and tips to help you break through those barriers.

I like to think of them as "task blockades" and once you understand it, you can get through them more easily.

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How much do you think about communication and social media in your church?

I'm not in a local church anymore, but I think about it often. Both in my own ministry AND in the pastors I talk with each day. I've been rolling around a different personal social media strategy for the last month. I want to share it with you, but also help you understand why this is a pattern I think churches should consider.

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I wrote a book!

I'm not doing a massive release or campaign for it to come out, but I am letting folks know about it. I've begun using NotebookLM, an AI tool of Google's for a variety of things lately. One of the things I love about it is how it can produce an AI hosted audio podcast based on documents imported. Out of curiosity this week, I uploaded the manuscript into NotebookLM and was seriously impressed.

I decided to share that with you. My book is specifically aimed at normal-size church leaders/pastors and that squarely lands inside of the Productive Pastor family.

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We are back.

In episode 127, I give you an update about the podcast for 2025, share some new things, and explore a bigger idea I've been working on in my head these last few months.

It comes with a core conviction.

"Healthy pastors create healthy churches, and healthy churches create healthy pastors."

Let's jump into the conversation about how our own approach to productivity actually does have a bearing on seeing and understanding church health.

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It's almost the end of the year!

I've been reflecting on the lessons I have learned about ministry productivity in my own context this last week. Let me share the biggest ones with you.

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How do you feel about managing events at your church?

They low-key used to be my least favorite thing. So years back, my staff got together and tackled the problems we had, created some systems, and used Trello to manage events.

Let me share with you how we did it all.

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How do I like to manage projects once they are designed?

On answer.

Trello.

Let's talk about it and I walk you through it all. Make sure to check out the YouTube video of the episode to see the details.

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What do I use daily for ministry work? I've got a handful of tools I can't imagine not using over the years. Let me share them with you and where you can pick one up if you want to try them out.

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