#171: Your Labor Is Not in Vain
In this Easter reflection, Dr. Jennifer Pietz, Assistant Professor of New Testament at Luther Seminary, draws on 1 Corinthians 15.
Podcast Episodes
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#170: Why Church Community Building Is So Hard (How We Got Here)
The loneliness epidemic has deep roots. Dwight Zscheile and Dr. Jennifer Wojciechowski explore why.
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#169: Christian Community in Crisis: How the Church Showed Up When the Twin Cities Needed It Most
Dwight Zscheile and Alicia Granholm bring you inside the last eight months in the Twin Cities of Minnesota.
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#168: Ryan Burge on Religious Nones and What They Mean for Your Church
What do the growing numbers of religious nones reveal about the Americans sitting just outside your church doors?
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#167: Faith and Political Identity: The Church Beyond Polarization with Ryan Burge
When politics overtakes faith: Dr. Ryan Burge unpacks what the data say about polarization, identity, and the vanishing American church.
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#166: Setting the Table: How Missional Church Happens at Dinner
Verlon Fosner shares how dinner church creates a fundamentally different entry point for faith by recovering the ancient practice of gathering around Jesus’ table.
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#165: From Ashes to Action: Lenten Practices for Church Leaders
In this special Pivot Podcast Lenten reflection, the Rev. Dr. F. Willis Johnson invites us into four transformative Lenten practices for church leaders.
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#164: Learning to Let Go in Ministry: Beyond Church Growth Pressure
Dr. Andrew Root and Rev. Kara Root share what they learned about letting go.
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#163: What Does Lay-Led Ministry Actually Look Like? (Your Questions Answered)
In this special Q&A episode, Dwight Zscheile and Alicia Granholm answer your real questions about the shift from clergy-led to lay-led ministry.
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#162: How to Recognize Church Planters Already in Your Congregation
John McGinley shares how they’re equipping everyday disciples to plant new worshiping communities in gyms, schools, neighborhoods, and workplaces.
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#161: Why Being Protestant Still Matters Today with Beth Felker Jones
Beth Felker Jones explores why Protestant faith still matters in a moment when many are converting to Catholicism, embracing Orthodoxy, or deconstructing entirely.
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#160: Financial Parables of Jesus: Reading Money Stories with Fresh Eyes
Keith Bodner shares how a moment of panic in the pulpit led him to rediscover the confrontational power of Jesus’ money parables.
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#159: Discovering Church Unity When Two Congregations Merge
Pastor Brian Brown shares what it actually takes to build church unity across racial and cultural lines.
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#158: Pastoral Care for Pastors: A Christmas Blessing for Weary Church Leaders
Rev. Dr. Steve Thomason offers church leaders something they rarely receive: a heartfelt thank you, permission to breathe, and a blessing that releases the burden of making everything perfect.
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#157: AI and Church Leadership: A Theological Framework for Human Flourishing
Wes Granberg-Michaelson shares insights from five decades of church leadership about why tending your inner life is essential for sustainable ministry.