2.15: Lessons from a Military Chaplain
What can help us prepare for the challenging seasons we are in? Pastor Aaron Fuller, a Navy reserve chaplain and parish pastor, joins Terri and Louise for a conversation around discipleship practices.
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2.14: Leading in Liminal Space
Tending the mission and vision of a congregation is still important during a pandemic. How do we do that? Pastor Mike Carlson, of St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church, joins Louise and Terri to explore this and more in today’s episode.
2.13: Embracing What’s New
Welcome to season 2. Join Terri Elton from Luther Seminary and Louise Johnson from LEAD as they discuss where we find ourselves now. We continue to live in a liminal space, but even amidst the uncertainty, new possibilities and connections are happening.
1.12: Reflections and Learning
As church leaders, the pandemic has been and is causing us to rethink so much. Reflect with us on these changes, specifically around community, capacity, and competency.
1.11: Promising Innovation
Christian innovation is different than secular innovation, but what makes it unique?
1.10: Creating Conditions
Like the times our GPS isn’t able to reroute us, the things we were doing before are no longer working. Where is the church going now? For more, listen to this conversation about creating conditions.
1.9: Permanent Whitewater
Leading right now is like navigating through relentless whitewater rapids. If you are questioning everything right now, you are not alone.
1.8: Our New Home
It’s time to begin to build sustainable patterns for this time we are living in.
1.7: Exhausted in the Wilderness
Pastors and church leaders are experiencing fatigue and exhaustion. Join us for a conversation on the realities facing pastors now.
1.6: Love Your Neighbor Part 2
A continuing conversation about loving our neighbors in online community.
1.5: Love Your Neighbor Part 1
Who is your neighbor on Zoom? When community includes online spaces, we are called to love our neighbors in both familiar and new ways.
1.4: Community
Pivot hosts Terri Elton from Luther Seminary, Scott Cormode of Fuller Seminary and Louise Johnson from LEAD gather to discuss cultivating community.
1.3: Lament
Lament is a language that changes how we communicate with God. Lament powerfully expresses complex feelings and situations.
1.2a: Loss and George Floyd
In the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder, Louise Johnson and Terri Elton consider ways churches can respond and pursue justice.
1.2: Loss
The basic contours of what it means to do ministry are gone. Our congregations miss much of community life. How do we engage the various layers of loss?
