The Productive Pastor

By Chad BrooksSociety & Culture Religion & Spirituality Christianity

The Productive Pastor episodes

December 01, 2022 PP034 : The Superpower of Working Notes
In this episode, I share what it means to keep a working notebook. I do nearly 95% of my work in the same workbook each week. I have grown this practice over the past 15 years and I can't imagine not having this as part of my basic productivity.
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17 min
November 24, 2022 PP033 : How To Stay Productive During the Holidays
As we are entering into the busiest time for ministry leaders, let's have a quick conversation about what to do, what not to do, and how to grow this holiday season. Work With Chad https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad Listen and Subscribe Productive Pastor on iTunes | https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube | https://bit.ly/RevChadBrooksYouTube Productive Pastor Email List | https://bit.ly/PPemailList The 5/15 | https://bit.ly/The515email
16 min
November 17, 2022 PP032 : The Difference Between To-do's and Tasks
Live from the sick bay!!!

But really. In this episode, I talk about one of the ways we deal with being overwhelmed in ministry being stuck in reactionary chaos, and not knowing how to build out our daily schedule. So I walk through a pathway from being overwhelmed to knowing exactly what is going on with the space to say yes to things when you need to.
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18 min
November 10, 2022 PP031 : How to Break a Bad Procrastination Problem
Do you struggle with procrastination? It is something that comes up in everyone's lives, and can also be wildly different to each of us.

In this episode, I break down three ways we can see and understand our procrastination and work through it.
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15 min
November 03, 2022 PP 030 : Preaching Islands (and how to not get stranded)
So what is a preaching island? It's what happens when we unintentionally allow the sermon to exist away from the mainland mission of the local church. Let's talk about 5 different preaching islands and how we might be able to stay away from creating them.
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22 min
October 27, 2022 PP029 : 5 Favorite Productivity Tools
So what are the 5 tools I find essential for MY productivity? Let me share them with you.

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20 min
October 20, 2022 PP028 : Journaling With Patrick Miller
Patrick Miller is the co-host and co-author of Truth Over Tribe. This is a different episode and Patrick and I talk through how he might start a journaling habit.
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50 min
October 13, 2022 PP027 : 3 Phases of Productivity
So how does productivity work? Is it a linear progression? Are you all of a sudden "productive"? I want to answer those questions this week, and share what I call three phases of productivity.
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24 min
October 06, 2022 PP026 : Why I Have Multiple To-Do Lists
So how do you handle a massive pile of tasks AND pastor a church or lead a ministry? Friends - you can't have just one list. For your effectiveness AND your sanity. Here is how I use a multiple-list strategy to keep everything on the train tracks.
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21 min
September 29, 2022 PP025 : Scheduling for 80%
Does your workweek seem too packed? Do things just cram in there? I am a big fan of scheduling 80% of the week and building in intentional margin. Here is how I do it.

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16 min