The Problem With Trying to Make God Show Up
Many church leaders feel crushing church growth pressure—the constant anxiety that if you don't reverse decline or manage outcomes perfectly, you've failed. But what if that pressure is actually destr...
12 Feb 35min
What If You Stopped Doing Everything? A Q&A on Lay-Led Ministry
Many church leaders love the idea of lay ministry in theory, but struggle to understand what it actually looks like in practice. In this special Q&A episode, Dwight Zscheile and Alicia Granholm answer...
5 Feb 31min
The Church Planters Hiding in Your Congregation
What if the church planters God is calling are already in your congregation? John McGinley, executive director of Myriad in the UK, shares how they're equipping everyday disciples to start new worship...
29 Jan 46min
Why Stay Protestant?
What does Protestant identity in Christ mean for today's church leaders? In this conversation, theologian Beth Felker Jones explores why Protestant faith still matters in a moment when many are conver...
22 Jan 37min
What Happens When Familiarity Wears Off the Edge
Discover how to read the financial parables of Jesus Christ with fresh eyes in this conversation with Dr. Keith Bodner, author of "Exploring the Financial Parables of Jesus." Keith shares how a moment...
15 Jan 34min
Two Pastors, One Vision, and a Merger That Changed Everything
In November 2020, amid a pandemic and national racial reckoning, two congregations in Des Moines made a bold decision to merge. Hope Des Moines, a primarily white Lutheran church, and Elim Christian F...
8 Jan 40min
Pastoral Care for Pastors: What That Stable Teaches Us
Pastoral care for pastors takes center stage in this special Christmas reflection as Steve Thomason offers church leaders a rare gift during the busiest season of the year: permission to let go of per...
18 Dec 20259min
What Does AI Mean for the Church? A Conversation with Dr. Paul Hoffman
AI and church leadership are colliding in ways that demand theological clarity. Dr. Paul Hoffman, author of AI Shepherds and Electric Sheep, joins hosts Terri Elton and Dwight Zscheile to offer a fram...
11 Dec 202546min
