The Productive Pastor

We can't have a season of Productive Pastor without a preaching episode! In this episode I dig into a few important questions we need to be asking about our preaching, what it means to live on a preaching island, and then I open up to my current preaching preparation practice! 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

Welcome back to the latest episode of Productive Pastor! In this episode we are going to talk about what it means to realize we all have relational limits in ministry and how we can prioritize both our personal relationship AND our family relationships. We dig into the practical with these 4 suggestions for best managing the relational side of ministry.

1. Have a great database. 2. Rhythm of Daily and Monthly Contacts. 3. High Focus Groups 4. A Regular Rhythm of Face to Face.

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So how well are you resting? That is a pretty big question to ask each other. In this episode of Productive Pastor, Chad starts talking about how crafting a theology of work is the first step into us understanding what it means to be rested.

The larger question that should be driving any theological understanding of rest is this.

How are we being refueled and drawn into the graciousness of God? So let's jump into the episode and learn about how resting is different than simply crashing.

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Goals can be a dirty word sometimes. We set them up because we know we want to see and experience new things, but how do they actually work? Instead of a conversation about goals, we need to think about rhythms and habits. This episode is really influenced by James Clear and what he teaches in his book Atomic Habits. 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

So how do you draw boundaries?

It's actually pretty hard when you don't know where you need them to be. At the beginning of this episode I share a quote from Henry Cloud in his book Boundaries for Leaders.

A boundary is a structure that determines what will exist and what will not.

- Henry Cloud

And for us to create a healthy understanding of what ministry should (and can) look like for us, we have to have a working understanding of where those boundaries need to fit.

And I think the Time Audit is the perfect tool to use for that reason. (and many others). Let's talk about how to do one.

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Welcome to the newest season of Productive Pastor! This season we are digging into Productivity 101 and talking about 11 strategies against time bound resistance. The first episode is about how we learn to be personally aware of who we are and how it helps us build up a healthy understanding of the work of ministry. 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

Welcome to the 2nd episode of the Productive Pastor! 😁 This episode is the final episode in our interlude before we kick season 1 officially off!!! It is so awesome to be back with you. As I thought about how I wanted to restart the whole Productive Pastor ecosystem back off, I knew I wanted to find the chance to be a little personal and take the time to share why I felt the need to shut everything down several years ago. I also wanted to talk briefly about the ways I have grown over the last few years and why I feel like it is important to bring things back together. To do this well I knew I needed another storyteller to be part of all of this. My friend Omar Al-Rikabi was the perfect person for this. I had interviewed Omar on a previous episode during the first version of the podcast, plus he is just a great all around friend. We chatted on a phone call about all of the things mentioned earlier and it was a fantastic time. I can't wait for season 1 to launch in December. I am excited about it! Make sure to do two things to stay on top of all the things. Sign up for my email list and get my new day sheet for free | http://eepurl.com/hMfuGT Join the Productive Pastor Community on Facebook and be part of a great group of ministry leaders living the called life together | https://www.facebook.com/groups/productivepastorcommunity

It's been plenty of years, but The Productive Pastor is back!!!

In this short episode, Chad shares a little bit about why he realized it was time to bring back the Productive Pastor. We have another episode with a longer version of the story AND an intentional conversation about the current cultural moment we are in in just a couple of weeks.

Until that time, here are two places you can get more information and be part of the (new) Productive Pastor family.

The Productive Pastor Community on Facebook | LINK Productive Pastor Email List (and grab your NEW daysheet) | LINK

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