The Productive Pastor

How well are your sermons planned for 2024? I'm working on mine in the same way I have for years. Here's how I am doing it. Work With Chad https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad Listen and Subscribe to Productive Pastor on iTunes | https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube | https://bit.ly/RevChadBrooksYouTube Productive Pastor Email List | https://bit.ly/PPemailList The 5/15 | https://bit.ly/The515email

So what do you want out of 2024? That's a big question. Specific outcome + tangible actions = transformation I love that mental model. So let's apply it into planning for our ministry year. Work With Chad https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad Listen and Subscribe to Productive Pastor on iTunes | https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube | https://bit.ly/RevChadBrooksYouTube Productive Pastor Email List | https://bit.ly/PPemailList The 5/15 | https://bit.ly/The515email

Do you ever get in a funk? In this episode, I share 4 ways to get out of work funks. Work With Chad https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad Listen and Subscribe to Productive Pastor on iTunes | https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube | https://bit.ly/RevChadBrooksYouTube Productive Pastor Email List | https://bit.ly/PPemailList The 5/15 | https://bit.ly/The515email

So how do you work sermon preparation in around the ups and downs of a ministry schedule? You prep to preach! In this episode I share the things I have learned over the last 15 years to develop efficency in both presentation and preparation. Work With Chad https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad Listen and Subscribe to Productive Pastor on iTunes | https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube | https://bit.ly/RevChadBrooksYouTube Productive Pastor Email List | https://bit.ly/PPemailList The 5/15 | https://bit.ly/The515email

How often do you think about follow-up sequences in church? Sure, we want to follow up with guests. But what about a few other things? In this episode, I go into how we can think through follow-up using 3 different levels of belonging and how it helps us to strategize. Work With Chad https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad Listen and Subscribe to Productive Pastor on iTunes | https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube | https://bit.ly/RevChadBrooksYouTube Productive Pastor Email List | https://bit.ly/PPemailList The 5/15 | https://bit.ly/The515email

Ministry weeks are all different. But I think the majority of them can fall into three different categories. The normal week, the light week, and the different week. Let's unpack them all and what it takes to do them well. Work With Chad https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad Listen and Subscribe to Productive Pastor on iTunes | https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube | https://bit.ly/RevChadBrooksYouTube Productive Pastor Email List | https://bit.ly/PPemailList The 5/15 | https://bit.ly/The515email

What role do our values play in decision making? The better we know ourselves, the better (and easier) decisions will be. Especially the tough ones. Work With Chad https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad Listen and Subscribe to Productive Pastor on iTunes | https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube | https://bit.ly/RevChadBrooksYouTube Productive Pastor Email List | https://bit.ly/PPemailList The 5/15 | https://bit.ly/The515email

No secret. I am a massive fan of the cliftonstrengths assessment. I have been for a long time, but a few years ago it began to shift in both it't importance and how I use it. Here are 5 ways it helps me enhance my productivity AND keep me doing so in a healthy way. Work With Chad https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad Listen and Subscribe to Productive Pastor on iTunes | https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube | https://bit.ly/RevChadBrooksYouTube Productive Pastor Email List | https://bit.ly/PPemailList The 5/15 | https://bit.ly/The515email

What is my absolute basic productivity stack? Three things. And they have been at the core of my system for pushing 20 years. Grab the shownotes | bit.ly/prodpastor75 Work With Chad https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad Listen and Subscribe to Productive Pastor on iTunes | https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube | https://bit.ly/RevChadBrooksYouTube Productive Pastor Email List | https://bit.ly/PPemailList The 5/15 | https://bit.ly/The515email

Back this week with an episode from the vault. From 2014-2019, Productive Pastor released 100 episodes. Since I have been FULL this week, I'm pulling out a great episode from those archives and sharing it with you. Work With Chad https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad Listen and Subscribe to Productive Pastor on iTunes | https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube | https://bit.ly/RevChadBrooksYouTube Productive Pastor Email List | https://bit.ly/PPemailList The 5/15 | https://bit.ly/The515email

Are you a serial procrastinator? (my hand raises). I've been putting off a few different things and I had to get myself in gear this week. Here is how we can face the fear, bite the head off the frog, and get after it. Work With Chad https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad Listen and Subscribe to Productive Pastor on iTunes | https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube | https://bit.ly/RevChadBrooksYouTube Productive Pastor Email List | https://bit.ly/PPemailList The 5/15 | https://bit.ly/The515email

Does the perfect ministry week exist? I don't think so. This is a fluid life and our expectations are much better when we...well, expect it. What I want to share with you in this episode is the idea of how we can begin thinking of tasks in terms of layers. Like an upside down wedding cake, our time and focus exists in certain ways. Work With Chad https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad Listen and Subscribe to Productive Pastor on iTunes | https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube | https://bit.ly/RevChadBrooksYouTube Productive Pastor Email List | https://bit.ly/PPemailList The 5/15 | https://bit.ly/The515email

Do you learn from courses? Whether it is a technical challenge, or an adaptive one, I think courses are a great way to increase our learning and get over ministry walls. But one of the tough pieces of online learning is actually developing our own learning plan. In this episode, I share some of why I love courses and I give 4 tips towards how to approach a course to learn as much as we can. Work With Chad https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad Listen and Subscribe to Productive Pastor on iTunes | https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube | https://bit.ly/RevChadBrooksYouTube Productive Pastor Email List | https://bit.ly/PPemailList The 5/15 | https://bit.ly/The515email

How do you kick off your mornings? Is it hectic? Let's talk about a quick paradigm to help you build a healthy morning routine. Work With Chad https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad Listen and Subscribe to Productive Pastor on iTunes | https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube | https://bit.ly/RevChadBrooksYouTube Productive Pastor Email List | https://bit.ly/PPemailList The 5/15 | https://bit.ly/The515email

We've all been there. That moment of fear and anxiety that we've got too much on our plate. In this episode I want to walk through 4 ways to think through our mess of a schedule and come out on the other side. Work With Chad https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad Listen and Subscribe to Productive Pastor on iTunes | https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube | https://bit.ly/RevChadBrooksYouTube Productive Pastor Email List | https://bit.ly/PPemailList The 5/15 | https://bit.ly/The515email

Are you starting seminary this fall? One of the things I have always wanted to do is an episode specifically about productivity tips for seminary students! Work With Chad https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad Listen and Subscribe to Productive Pastor on iTunes | https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube | https://bit.ly/RevChadBrooksYouTube Productive Pastor Email List | https://bit.ly/PPemailList The 5/15 | https://bit.ly/The515email

Learning is an interesting thing. Especially when we hit a ministry wall and realize we need to grow in our understanding of something. This episode is a conversation about how we might learn to do something new. Work With Chad https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad Listen and Subscribe to Productive Pastor on iTunes | https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube | https://bit.ly/RevChadBrooksYouTube Productive Pastor Email List | https://bit.ly/PPemailList The 5/15 | https://bit.ly/The515email

Sometimes you just a few hacks. Here are 7 ways I found to create mental space AND a better approach to productivity Work With Chad https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad Listen and Subscribe to Productive Pastor on iTunes | https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube | https://bit.ly/RevChadBrooksYouTube Productive Pastor Email List | https://bit.ly/PPemailList The 5/15 | https://bit.ly/The515email

So what can a trained language AI do for your sermon/ The folks at PulpitAI have already proven it can do a lot. In this episode I talk with Michael Whittle about how they want to help the average pastor lead and disciple folks in their congregation better with AI. Work With Chad https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad Listen and Subscribe to Productive Pastor on iTunes | https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube | https://bit.ly/RevChadBrooksYouTube Productive Pastor Email List | https://bit.ly/PPemailList The 5/15 | https://bit.ly/The515email

So how can AI be part of your ministry? I know people get nervous about AI writing sermons, or somehow taking over the world. I'm taking a different approach, and finding ways it can make things easier for me in order to have more time for healthy ministry. Work With Chad https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad Listen and Subscribe to Productive Pastor on iTunes | https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube | https://bit.ly/RevChadBrooksYouTube Productive Pastor Email List | https://bit.ly/PPemailList The 5/15 | https://bit.ly/The515email

So what secrets about your understanding of work can your schedule tell you? Work With Chad https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad Listen and Subscribe to Productive Pastor on iTunes | https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube | https://bit.ly/RevChadBrooksYouTube Productive Pastor Email List | https://bit.ly/PPemailList The 5/15 | https://bit.ly/The515email

So how do you start your day? Those handful of decisions we make can either be natural, or intentional. Here is my framework for mornings and how I leverage them to help create the best version of myself. Work With Chad https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad Listen and Subscribe to Productive Pastor on iTunes | https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube | https://bit.ly/RevChadBrooksYouTube Productive Pastor Email List | https://bit.ly/PPemailList The 5/15 | https://bit.ly/The515email

So how do you keep yourself focused? The basic elements of my approach to ministry productivity are two systems; working and keeping. Let's get into a basic approach to them. Work With Chad https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad Listen and Subscribe to Productive Pastor on iTunes | https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube | https://bit.ly/RevChadBrooksYouTube Productive Pastor Email List | https://bit.ly/PPemailList The 5/15 | https://bit.ly/The515email

Hey Friends - Last episode was the What and Why of Assimilation systems. And if I'm honest, I think I left you hanging. As I prep out for the future Trello course, I went into the archives to find this old interview from back in 2017 of the assimilation system we built out at a previous church...and it is gold. Rather than put this behind a paywall, I want to share it with you! Work With Chad https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad Listen and Subscribe to Productive Pastor on iTunes | https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube | https://bit.ly/RevChadBrooksYouTube Productive Pastor Email List | https://bit.ly/PPemailList The 5/15 | https://bit.ly/The515email

So how do you specifically use a pathway to grow folks in a certain way? In this 2nd part of this episode, we dig into one specific idea of how pathways are part of a church's missional culture by building one out. And I will be honest with you, I threw Fernie one here and he did not disappoint!!! Fernie went the opposite of what I normally would do, and actually ended up building out a pathway I wish I would have had years ago. Work With Chad https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad Listen and Subscribe to Productive Pastor on iTunes | https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube | https://bit.ly/RevChadBrooksYouTube Productive Pastor Email List | https://bit.ly/PPemailList The 5/15 | https://bit.ly/The515email

What does it mean to develop people into better disciples or leaders? To be honest, that question frightens me. So I turn to my buddy Fernie Rivera to talk about development pathways and how to use them in the local church. Show Notes | https://bit.ly/prodpastor57 Work With Chad https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad Listen and Subscribe to Productive Pastor on iTunes | https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube | https://bit.ly/RevChadBrooksYouTube Productive Pastor Email List | https://bit.ly/PPemailList The 5/15 | https://bit.ly/The515email

Decision making is huge!!! But how do we handle decisions when times are chaotic and the things we choose are absolutely critical? In this episode, we dig into what we can do know to know who we (or our churches) are first. Then we talk through some planning strategies to navigate the decisions we make while living in chaos. Work With Chad https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad Listen and Subscribe to Productive Pastor on iTunes | https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube | https://bit.ly/RevChadBrooksYouTube Productive Pastor Email List | https://bit.ly/PPemailList The 5/15 | https://bit.ly/The515email

It's finally time for a full out Trello episode in Productive Pastor! Buckle up and I am going to share 4 scaleable systems I've used in ministry. Work With Chad https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad Listen and Subscribe to Productive Pastor on iTunes | https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube | https://bit.ly/RevChadBrooksYouTube Productive Pastor Email List | https://bit.ly/PPemailList The 5/15 | https://bit.ly/The515email

Are you at the end of the rope? Overwhelmed and unsure what to do next? A one hour reset can do a world of good in clearing your head and gaining focus. You might not need each part of it, but there might also be a bit of gold in one of these exercises. Work With Chad https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad Listen and Subscribe to Productive Pastor on iTunes | https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube | https://bit.ly/RevChadBrooksYouTube Productive Pastor Email List | https://bit.ly/PPemailList The 5/15 | https://bit.ly/The515email

Over the last few months I have gone DEEP into research and conversation with folks about the relationships of church size culture and mission in our current moment. Rev. Ben Gosden reached out to have me on his podcast, Faith Revisited. We get into an extended talk about the idea of church size culture, my research on church sizes, and some of the leadership challenges we face currently. Work With Chad https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad Listen and Subscribe to Productive Pastor on iTunes | https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube | https://bit.ly/RevChadBrooksYouTube Productive Pastor Email List | https://bit.ly/PPemailList The 5/15 | https://bit.ly/The515email

How do you tame an out of control schedule? By learning to put boundaries around your time. Work With Chad https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad Listen and Subscribe to Productive Pastor on iTunes | https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube | https://bit.ly/RevChadBrooksYouTube Productive Pastor Email List | https://bit.ly/PPemailList The 5/15 | https://bit.ly/The515email

Over the last few months, I have been in a MASSIVE research and writing project around congregational sustainability and growth. In this episode, I share a metric I think is an unknown POWERHOUSE for churches to have clarity over their own size culture. Work With Chad https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad Listen and Subscribe to Productive Pastor on iTunes | https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube | https://bit.ly/RevChadBrooksYouTube Productive Pastor Email List | https://bit.ly/PPemailList The 5/15 | https://bit.ly/The515email

Do you struggle with distraction? Distraction isn't always a simple thing. Here are 4 types of distraction and how we can overcome them. Work With Chad https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad Listen and Subscribe to Productive Pastor on iTunes | https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube | https://bit.ly/RevChadBrooksYouTube Productive Pastor Email List | https://bit.ly/PPemailList The 5/15 | https://bit.ly/The515email

So how do you wrap up a work day? We are going to handle it from a practical AND mental side in episode 49 of Productive Pastor Work With Chad https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad Listen and Subscribe to Productive Pastor on iTunes | https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube | https://bit.ly/RevChadBrooksYouTube Productive Pastor Email List | https://bit.ly/PPemailList The 5/15 | https://bit.ly/The515email

How do you wrap up work well? That's the conversation today. I want to have a discussion about what this means mentally AND practically. Shownotes | https://bit.ly/prodpastor048 Work With Chad https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad Listen and Subscribe to Productive Pastor on iTunes | https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube | https://bit.ly/RevChadBrooksYouTube Productive Pastor Email List | https://bit.ly/PPemailList The 5/15 | https://bit.ly/The515email

How often do you conduct a review? It is a fantastic ministry practice as you grow in your own personal productivity. This is the first of a 3 part series on three reviews to conduct each week. Work With Chad https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad Listen and Subscribe to Productive Pastor on iTunes | https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube | https://bit.ly/RevChadBrooksYouTube Productive Pastor Email List | https://bit.ly/PPemailList The 5/15 | https://bit.ly/The515email

Have you ever had one of those weeks were you can only be in the office for a couple of days, and then have to spend some time on the road. There is a temptation to squeeze a whole week of work into a couple of days. That would be a mistake. So let's talk about 4 ways we can make the most of the time, and stay productive on these weird weeks. Show Notes | https://bit.ly/prodpastor46 Work With Chad https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad Listen and Subscribe to Productive Pastor on iTunes | https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube | https://bit.ly/RevChadBrooksYouTube Productive Pastor Email List | https://bit.ly/PPemailList The 5/15 | https://bit.ly/The515email

Conversations about systems are often requested on the podcast, and earlier this year I realized my change in learning to be a better guitar player provided a great template to talk about system design. If you have ever struggled with complicated systems or passed a system to someone else only to see it fall away...this is the episode for you. Episode 45 Shownotes Work With Chad https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad Listen and Subscribe to Productive Pastor on iTunes | https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube | https://bit.ly/RevChadBrooksYouTube Productive Pastor Email List | https://bit.ly/PPemailList The 5/15 | https://bit.ly/The515email

Do you find yourself saying yes to everything? Or do you just want to learn to grow in your strategic thinking? Let's talk about some of the motivations we have behind what we agree to. Work With Chad https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad Listen and Subscribe to Productive Pastor on iTunes | https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube | https://bit.ly/RevChadBrooksYouTube Productive Pastor Email List | https://bit.ly/PPemailList The 5/15 | https://bit.ly/The515email

Everyone always loves a good preaching episode. Today, I want to walk you through three key systems to have as part of a well-oiled sermon machine. 1. Preaching Calendar 2. Capture System 3. Weekly Writing Rhythm Make sure to grab the show notes at revchadbrooks.com/ppp/043 for more information. Work With Chad https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad Listen and Subscribe to Productive Pastor on iTunes | https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube | https://bit.ly/RevChadBrooksYouTube Productive Pastor Email List | https://bit.ly/PPemailList The 5/15 | https://bit.ly/The515email

Hey friends! The podcast is back with new content. I took a month of for clarity and focus for the rest of the year. In that time, I've been participating in Ship 30 for 30...those little tan and teal essays you might have seen me posting on Twitter. This episode is about two crucial things I learned as part of the process that will have a better effect on my ministry. Work With Chad https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad Listen and Subscribe to Productive Pastor on iTunes | https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube | https://bit.ly/RevChadBrooksYouTube Productive Pastor Email List | https://bit.ly/PPemailList The 5/15 | https://bit.ly/The515email

Back with another episode from the vault!!! We go back to 2017 and talk about procrastination, how it relates to fear, and a quick three-part strategy to overcome it! Work With Chad https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad Listen and Subscribe to Productive Pastor on iTunes | https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube | https://bit.ly/RevChadBrooksYouTube Productive Pastor Email List | https://bit.ly/PPemailList The 5/15 | https://bit.ly/The515email

It's another vintage episode of Productive Pastor! The 7 Habits of Unproductive Pastors. Work With Chad https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad Listen and Subscribe to Productive Pastor on iTunes | https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube | https://bit.ly/RevChadBrooksYouTube Productive Pastor Email List | https://bit.ly/PPemailList The 5/15 | https://bit.ly/The515email

Back with another vintage episode of the podcast! In this episode I talk about mistakes, how we deal with them, and how we move through them. Work With Chad https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad Listen and Subscribe to Productive Pastor on iTunes | https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube | https://bit.ly/RevChadBrooksYouTube Productive Pastor Email List | https://bit.ly/PPemailList The 5/15 | https://bit.ly/The515email

This month I am focusing on a few things to make Productive Pastor even better. So I am sharing old school episodes from the first few years of the podcast. This episode is all about how I crafted a week-long study retreat.

So how does one navigate the murkiness of an adaptive challenge? In the context of adaptive challenges, appreciative inquiry can be used to help organizations and individuals identify and build on their strengths and successes, rather than focusing solely on problems and deficits. Work With Chad https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad Listen and Subscribe to Productive Pastor on iTunes | https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube | https://bit.ly/RevChadBrooksYouTube Productive Pastor Email List | https://bit.ly/PPemailList The 5/15 | https://bit.ly/The515email

How can we understand the difference between what everyone COULD do and what you CAN do whenever we find ourselves in a challenging season? Work With Chad https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad Listen and Subscribe to Productive Pastor on iTunes | https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube | https://bit.ly/RevChadBrooksYouTube Productive Pastor Email List | https://bit.ly/PPemailList The 5/15 | https://bit.ly/The515email

In this short mini-series, I want to take the rest of the year to talk about what it means to lead in strange times. In this episode, I dig a bit into my four content pillars and talk about the influences I am finding in my own leadership. Work With Chad https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad Listen and Subscribe to Productive Pastor on iTunes | https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube | https://bit.ly/RevChadBrooksYouTube Productive Pastor Email List | https://bit.ly/PPemailList The 5/15 | https://bit.ly/The515email

In this episode, I talk with Eric Hoke, the pastor of All Saints Church in the Bronx and the founder of ihelppastorsgetjobs.com. We talk about decision-making during the pandemic, what led him to see bi-vocational (or co-vocational) ministry as a long term plan, and what it means to help other pastors understand how they have valuable skills for the marketplace. Work With Chad https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad Listen and Subscribe Productive Pastor on iTunes | https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube | https://bit.ly/RevChadBrooksYouTube Productive Pastor Email List | https://bit.ly/PPemailList The 5/15 | https://bit.ly/The515email