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039 – Jim Lyon on Leading Change Without Coercion Nov 20, 2018

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Jim Lyon is the general director of Church of God Ministries in Anderson, Indiana. We’ve partnered with the Church of God for a couple years now to provide coaching, consulting, and training opportunities to their pastors and churches. We had a great discussion with Jim about leading change without becoming a coercive, manipulative leader. In essence: […] The post 039 – Jim Lyon on Leading Change Without Coercion appeared first on Gravity Leadership.
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038 – Advent: Why, What, and How with Shawn McCain Nov 13, 2018

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Advent is just around the corner: December 2nd is the first Sunday of Advent. But what is Advent? And why would anyone celebrate it? Is this just some hipster nonsense, or is there something important here to pay attention to? Our friend Shawn McCain joins us for this episode. Shawn is an Anglican priest in Austin, Texas, […] The post 038 – Advent: Why, What, and How with Shawn McCain appeared first on Gravity Leadership.
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037 – Leading By Learning and Listening Nov 06, 2018

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Leading like Jesus means moving from a posture of being an expert and answerer to being a learner and a listener. In this episode, Ben Sternke and Matt Tebbe talk about how a “dust-up” about racism on Matt’s Facebook page reveals some of the essential posture shifts necessary for leading and living like Jesus. Specifically, how […] The post 037 – Leading By Learning and Listening appeared first on Gravity Leadership.
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BONUS Episode: Reflections on Our First National Gathering Nov 04, 2018

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A few days ago we hosted our first ever National Gathering, and we had a few reflections on what we’re learning. We thought we’d share them with you. Links and resources: Gravity Leadership Academy | we’re always starting new cohorts! Gravity Consulting | Bring us out to do a workshop or team consultation If you found […] The post BONUS Episode: Reflections on Our First National Gathering appeared first on Gravity Leadership.
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036 – Know When To Fold ‘Em: On Closing a Church Plant Oct 30, 2018

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How do you know if it’s time to quit? Pastors and ministry leaders get a lot of advice on how to keep going and persevere through difficult times, but not much advice on how to end a ministry well. When to close a church instead of find a way to keep it running. In this […] The post 036 – Know When To Fold ‘Em: On Closing a Church Plant appeared first on Gravity Leadership.
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035 – Brad Jersak on Learning to Trust that God is Love Oct 23, 2018

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"God is love" sounds nice, but is it really, 100%, all the time true?? Or does God "balance" his love with wrath? In this episode, we interview Brad Jersak about the unique experiential way he learned to trust that God really is love, and that his love has the power to forgive and redeem the worst of […] The post 035 – Brad Jersak on Learning to Trust that God is Love appeared first on Gravity Leadership.
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034 – Aaron Keyes on Investing Your Whole Life in Others Oct 16, 2018

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Aaron Keyes is a songwriter, worship pastor, and founder of Ten Thousand Fathers Worship School. In this episode, we interview Aaron about the difference between a song leader and a worship pastor, what’s broken about worship in the church, and how investing your whole life in others is really the only way to make disciples in the […] The post 034 – Aaron Keyes on Investing Your Whole Life in Others appeared first on Gravity Leadership.
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031 – Women & Men Leading Together, Pt 7: Geoff & Cyd Sep 25, 2018

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Part 7 of our series on what we’re learning about women and men leading together in the church. We interview Geoff and Cyd Holsclaw, who recently moved to Grand Rapids to serve as Pastors of Family and Youth at Vineyard North after spending 15 years serving at Life on the Vine Christian Community in Chicagoland. […] The post 031 – Women & Men Leading Together, Pt 7: Geoff & Cyd appeared first on Gravity Leadership.
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030 – Women & Men Leading Together, Pt 6: Derek Radney Sep 18, 2018

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Part 6 of our series on what we’re learning about women and men leading together in the church. We interview Derek Radney, a friend of ours and a Presbyterian pastor in North Carolina who sees things a little differently from us on this issue, but we had a generous and generative conversation about what we’re […] The post 030 – Women & Men Leading Together, Pt 6: Derek Radney appeared first on Gravity Leadership.
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029 – Women & Men Leading Together, Pt 5: 3 Reasons Why Sep 11, 2018

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Part 5 of our series on what we’re learning about women and men leading together in the church. We take a break from our interviews to zoom out just a bit and talk about why we’re talking about this “issue” in the first place. For us, it’s not an minor theological quibble, it’s a front-and-center issue […] The post 029 – Women & Men Leading Together, Pt 5: 3 Reasons Why appeared first on Gravity Leadership.
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