#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.
Pivot
-
-
#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.
-
#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.
-
#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.
-
#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.
-
#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.
-
#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.
-
#156: Burnout Prevention in Ministry: Why Inner Work Sustains Church Leadership with Wes Granberg-Michaelson
Wes Granberg-Michaelson shares insights from five decades of church leadership about why tending your inner life is essential for sustainable ministry.
-
#155: Gratitude and Thanksgiving: A Blessing Grounded in God’s Presence
In this special Thanksgiving episode, Luther Seminary professor Dr. Lois Malcolm offers a powerful seven-minute blessing that reframes what gratitude and thanksgiving really mean.
-
#154: Church Plant Leadership Skills: The Starter’s Way to Contextual Ministry
Rev. Dr. Dwight Zscheile and Rev. Ed Olsworth-Peter explore church plant leadership skills that begin with deep listening to the Spirit and to the neighborhood—not blueprints or programs.
-
#153: Faith and Young Adults: What Happens When Churches Actually Listen
Kristina Frugé shares insights from her work with hundreds of young adults and from the new book “Hungry for Hope: Letters to the Church from Young Adults.”
-
#152: A Whole-Community Approach to Pastoral Care for Churches
Dr. Cody Sanders—Associate Professor of Congregational and Community Care Leadership at Luther Seminary and author of Spiritual Care First Aid—shares how churches can become communities of healing and hope.
-
#151: Learning to Ask God Questions First
Bishop Scott Johnson and Deacon Timothy Siburg share how the Nebraska Synod of the ELCA is helping churches move from fixing institutional decline to discerning God’s movement in their neighborhoods.
-
#150: Between Sunday Sermons and Monday Struggles: Integrating Faith and Work
Dr. Michael Binder—a Luther Seminary professor and co-owner of a five-generation HVAC business—shares what he’s learned from living in both worlds.
-
#149: Understanding Gen Z and Gen Alpha: A Sacred Listening Approach to Youth Ministry
Dr. Josh Packard explains why institutional trust has shifted to relational trust, and what that means for how churches engage younger people.
