The Productive Pastor

Have you ever become exhausted from decision-making in ministry? Many pastors feel the need to be a generalist in too many ways and forget that taking a call to ministry is deeply personal and wrapped up in the uniqueness of their personal creation by God. In this episode of Productive Pastor, I get a little Bible nerdy and go into how I have become fascinated with understanding good, bad, and radically normal decision-making in the Bible. And I share how that creates a story to understand the necessity of personal ministry vision. I go through the who, what, and how of crafting our own personal understandings of ministry and how that helps us navigate the decision-making matrix we call real life ministry. Mentioned Work With Chad | https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad

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Last week I asked a quick question over in the Productive Pastor Community on Facebook about what content folks would enjoy hearing. We had a great add-in suggestion asking about defining productivity, and I realized it was a good conversation before we jump into the next few episodes. So what is productivity? Knowledge, Awareness, and then Action. Or at least that is how I will define it currently.

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As I've shared before, I am in the middle of a ministry transition. Over the last couple of weeks, I have been reflecting and planning on what it will look like at my new place of ministry. Taking the time to reflect during transitions or just show a level of personal responsibility for the lessons we learn in ministry and leadership can be a healthy thing. I share what it means to move from theory land to action land. Shownotes Productive Pastor Community

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It's Summer!!!

So what does that mean for Productive Pastor? Well, I have a BUNCH of great episodes planned out for the next couple of months. Links Productive Pastor Community on FB https://bit.ly/PPcommunityonFB

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Hey Friends. We've made it to the end of season 1!!! That is really wild. I never could have imagined how awesome the podcast relaunch would be. As we wrap this up, we focus in on our conversation about the role each day plays in our productivity. We look at it in three movements; Starting, Doing, and When things go wild. Have you picked up the season 1 workbook yet? Grab it right here. Want the full shownotes? They are here 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 | http://eepurl.com/hMfuGT

The more purposeful, the more predictable. That's the big takeaway for this episode. Our weeks are this time where we get the chance to be deeply purposeful AND be the pastors we are called to be. The two don't have to live in opposition of each other.

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So here is the thing about "the month". It's at this odd halfway point. We get things done at the monthly level, but what we get done, how we get them done, all of that is stepping stones towards our larger strategic practice of productivity.

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You ready for the blue pill moment? What if I told you quarters aren't about a 3 month block, but instead a strategic block of time. They are a stratigic season where we get to decide if things need to be big or small.

Taking advantage of quarters means we can be intentional about the goals we have, the habits we are creating, the way we are measuring things and what we can genuinely be realistic about in life.

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So what does it mean to make things happen?

For the next few episodes we are going to break down what it means to be strategic with our planning. And we are kicking off with this episode talking about what role the year takes in planning.

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Hey Friends -

We have an interlude episode this week and will be back with the normally scheduled programming next week. This is the audio from a live stream I did this past week on how CliftonStrengths influences my understanding of ministry and my personal energy levels.

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