The Productive Pastor

In this episode, I share what it means to keep a working notebook. I do nearly 95% of my work in the same workbook each week. I have grown this practice over the past 15 years and I can't imagine not having this as part of my basic productivity. 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

As we are entering into the busiest time for ministry leaders, let's have a quick conversation about what to do, what not to do, and how to grow this holiday season. 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

Live from the sick bay!!! But really. In this episode, I talk about one of the ways we deal with being overwhelmed in ministry being stuck in reactionary chaos, and not knowing how to build out our daily schedule. So I walk through a pathway from being overwhelmed to knowing exactly what is going on with the space to say yes to things when you need to. 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

Do you struggle with procrastination? It is something that comes up in everyone's lives, and can also be wildly different to each of us. In this episode, I break down three ways we can see and understand our procrastination and work through it. 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

So what is a preaching island? It's what happens when we unintentionally allow the sermon to exist away from the mainland mission of the local church. Let's talk about 5 different preaching islands and how we might be able to stay away from creating them. 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

So what are the 5 tools I find essential for MY productivity? Let me share them with you. 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

Patrick Miller is the co-host and co-author of Truth Over Tribe. This is a different episode and Patrick and I talk through how he might start a journaling habit. 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

So how does productivity work? Is it a linear progression? Are you all of a sudden "productive"? I want to answer those questions this week, and share what I call three phases of productivity. 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

So how do you handle a massive pile of tasks AND pastor a church or lead a ministry? Friends - you can't have just one list. For your effectiveness AND your sanity. Here is how I use a multiple-list strategy to keep everything on the train tracks. 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

Does your workweek seem too packed? Do things just cram in there? I am a big fan of scheduling 80% of the week and building in intentional margin. Here is how I do it. 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

Mike Neglia is the Pastor of Calvary Cork in Cork Ireland. Let's listen to what it was like to lead a church through the pandemic outside of the United States. Expositors Collective Podcast | Expositors Collective on iTunes 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

On this weeks episode (and the 2nd part of the Pandemic Pastor series), I talk with Derek Sweatman of Atlanta Christian Church. 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 | http://eepurl.com/hMfuGT

One of the topics I have been excited to share with you is a series of conversations with pastors of normal-sized churches about the adaptations and lessons they learned during the Covid-19 crisis and the ways it disrupted church. Our first conversation is with Rev. Fernie Rivera of Mid City Church in Baton Rouge, La. Fernie is a good friend and shares an amazing story of a new church plant that not only thrived but found a different missional footing during the pandemic. 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

Policies instantly make me think of TPS reports. But we don't have to approach policy as a negative part of leadership. Let me share with you three ways creating policies as systems can help you when the time comes for difficult decisions. Grab the Season 1 Workbook as part of the Labor Day Sale. 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 | http://eepurl.com/hMfuGT

We are back with the 2nd part in our 3 part series on making decisions. In this episode we are going to be talking about our Strategic Intentionality gives us a great decision matrix. 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 | http://eepurl.com/hMfuGT

Alright friends. This is a deep one. I was even working on it and thinking "I feel like this is much more important than I have the time for right now", but here it is. In this episode, I talk about discernment and how the way we focus on the "why" behind our decisions. So buckle up and let's jump in. 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 | http://eepurl.com/hMfuGT

How can the pastor of an average sized church learn from modern HR practices? In this episode I sit down with my wife, and we talk about the 10 years of professional experience she has in HR and apply it to her experience working in and with churches. 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 | http://eepurl.com/hMfuGT

Have you ever felt like you wasted a day off? Or maybe had that fear that a vacation or season of extended time off might be nerve-wracking? In this episode, I share 4 things I try to make part of any time off or sabbath rest. 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 | http://eepurl.com/hMfuGT

One of our favorite conversations around the podcast is the digital tools that we LOVE to use. In this episode, I open up my bag and share the 4 digital tools I use every day (and a 5th that is trying to work its way in). Mentioned Resources The Greatest Productivity Notebook | https://bit.ly/3z21PmO 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 | http://eepurl.com/hMfuGT

Welcome to the latest episode of Productive Pastor! In this episode, I dig into the idea of questions and how they can play a role in our sermon preparation. Mentioned Resources 5 Preaching Islands to Avoid Preaching | Productive Pastor 006 What Do We Know To Be True Livestream 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 | http://eepurl.com/hMfuGT

Have you ever become exhausted from decision-making in ministry? Many pastors feel the need to be a generalist in too many ways and forget that taking a call to ministry is deeply personal and wrapped up in the uniqueness of their personal creation by God. In this episode of Productive Pastor, I get a little Bible nerdy and go into how I have become fascinated with understanding good, bad, and radically normal decision-making in the Bible. And I share how that creates a story to understand the necessity of personal ministry vision. I go through the who, what, and how of crafting our own personal understandings of ministry and how that helps us navigate the decision-making matrix we call real life ministry. Mentioned 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 | http://eepurl.com/hMfuGT

Last week I asked a quick question over in the Productive Pastor Community on Facebook about what content folks would enjoy hearing. We had a great add-in suggestion asking about defining productivity, and I realized it was a good conversation before we jump into the next few episodes. So what is productivity? Knowledge, Awareness, and then Action. Or at least that is how I will define it currently. True and False Pastoral Productivity | Expositors Collective 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 | http://eepurl.com/hMfuGT

As I've shared before, I am in the middle of a ministry transition. Over the last couple of weeks, I have been reflecting and planning on what it will look like at my new place of ministry. Taking the time to reflect during transitions or just show a level of personal responsibility for the lessons we learn in ministry and leadership can be a healthy thing. I share what it means to move from theory land to action land. Shownotes Productive Pastor Community 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 | http://eepurl.com/hMfuGT

It's Summer!!! So what does that mean for Productive Pastor? Well, I have a BUNCH of great episodes planned out for the next couple of months. Links Productive Pastor Community on FB https://bit.ly/PPcommunityonFB Season 1 survey https://forms.gle/U3DcwrCsY7gEmkaF6

Hey Friends. We've made it to the end of season 1!!! That is really wild. I never could have imagined how awesome the podcast relaunch would be. As we wrap this up, we focus in on our conversation about the role each day plays in our productivity. We look at it in three movements; Starting, Doing, and When things go wild. Have you picked up the season 1 workbook yet? Grab it right here. Want the full shownotes? They are here 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 | http://eepurl.com/hMfuGT

The more purposeful, the more predictable. That's the big takeaway for this episode. Our weeks are this time where we get the chance to be deeply purposeful AND be the pastors we are called to be. The two don't have to live in opposition of each other. Have you picked up the season 1 workbook yet? Grab it right here. Want the full shownotes? They are here 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 | http://eepurl.com/hMfuGT

So here is the thing about "the month". It's at this odd halfway point. We get things done at the monthly level, but what we get done, how we get them done, all of that is stepping stones towards our larger strategic practice of productivity. Have you picked up the season 1 workbook yet? Grab it right here. Want the full shownotes? They are here 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 | http://eepurl.com/hMfuGT

You ready for the blue pill moment? What if I told you quarters aren't about a 3 month block, but instead a strategic block of time. They are a stratigic season where we get to decide if things need to be big or small. Taking advantage of quarters means we can be intentional about the goals we have, the habits we are creating, the way we are measuring things and what we can genuinely be realistic about in life. Have you picked up the season 1 workbook yet? Grab it right here. Want the full shownotes? They are here 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 | http://eepurl.com/hMfuGT

So what does it mean to make things happen? For the next few episodes we are going to break down what it means to be strategic with our planning. And we are kicking off with this episode talking about what role the year takes in planning. Have you picked up the season 1 workbook yet? Grab it right here. Want the full shownotes? They are here 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 | http://eepurl.com/hMfuGT

Hey Friends - We have an interlude episode this week and will be back with the normally scheduled programming next week. This is the audio from a live stream I did this past week on how CliftonStrengths influences my understanding of ministry and my personal energy levels. Youtube Streamhttps://youtu.be/sg3YpCdnqHQ Summer Learning Group https://bit.ly/PPsummer2022 Season 1 Workbook https://bit.ly/PPseason1WB Productive Pastor Community https://bit.ly/PPcommunityonFB

We can't have a season of Productive Pastor without a preaching episode! In this episode I dig into a few important questions we need to be asking about our preaching, what it means to live on a preaching island, and then I open up to my current preaching preparation practice! Have you picked up the season 1 workbook yet? Grab it right here. Want the full shownotes? They are here 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 | http://eepurl.com/hMfuGT

Welcome back to the latest episode of Productive Pastor! In this episode we are going to talk about what it means to realize we all have relational limits in ministry and how we can prioritize both our personal relationship AND our family relationships. We dig into the practical with these 4 suggestions for best managing the relational side of ministry. 1. Have a great database. 2. Rhythm of Daily and Monthly Contacts. 3. High Focus Groups 4. A Regular Rhythm of Face to Face. Have you picked up the season 1 workbook yet? Grab it right here. Want the full shownotes? They are here 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 | http://eepurl.com/hMfuGT

So how well are you resting? That is a pretty big question to ask each other. In this episode of Productive Pastor, Chad starts talking about how crafting a theology of work is the first step into us understanding what it means to be rested. The larger question that should be driving any theological understanding of rest is this. How are we being refueled and drawn into the graciousness of God? So let's jump into the episode and learn about how resting is different than simply crashing. Have you picked up the season 1 workbook yet? Grab it right here. Want the full shownotes? They are here 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 | http://eepurl.com/hMfuGT

Goals can be a dirty word sometimes. We set them up because we know we want to see and experience new things, but how do they actually work? Instead of a conversation about goals, we need to think about rhythms and habits. This episode is really influenced by James Clear and what he teaches in his book Atomic Habits. Have you picked up the season 1 workbook yet? Grab it right here. Want the full shownotes? They are here 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 | http://eepurl.com/hMfuGT

So how do you draw boundaries? It's actually pretty hard when you don't know where you need them to be. At the beginning of this episode I share a quote from Henry Cloud in his book Boundaries for Leaders. A boundary is a structure that determines what will exist and what will not. - Henry Cloud And for us to create a healthy understanding of what ministry should (and can) look like for us, we have to have a working understanding of where those boundaries need to fit. And I think the Time Audit is the perfect tool to use for that reason. (and many others). Let's talk about how to do one. Have you picked up the season 1 workbook yet? Grab it right here. Want the full shownotes? They are here 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 | http://eepurl.com/hMfuGT

Welcome to the newest season of Productive Pastor! This season we are digging into Productivity 101 and talking about 11 strategies against time bound resistance. The first episode is about how we learn to be personally aware of who we are and how it helps us build up a healthy understanding of the work of ministry. Have you picked up the season 1 workbook yet? Grab it right here. Want the full shownotes? They are here 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 | http://eepurl.com/hMfuGT

Welcome to the 2nd episode of the Productive Pastor! 😁 This episode is the final episode in our interlude before we kick season 1 officially off!!! It is so awesome to be back with you. As I thought about how I wanted to restart the whole Productive Pastor ecosystem back off, I knew I wanted to find the chance to be a little personal and take the time to share why I felt the need to shut everything down several years ago. I also wanted to talk briefly about the ways I have grown over the last few years and why I feel like it is important to bring things back together. To do this well I knew I needed another storyteller to be part of all of this. My friend Omar Al-Rikabi was the perfect person for this. I had interviewed Omar on a previous episode during the first version of the podcast, plus he is just a great all around friend. We chatted on a phone call about all of the things mentioned earlier and it was a fantastic time. I can't wait for season 1 to launch in December. I am excited about it! Make sure to do two things to stay on top of all the things. Sign up for my email list and get my new day sheet for free | http://eepurl.com/hMfuGT Join the Productive Pastor Community on Facebook and be part of a great group of ministry leaders living the called life together | https://www.facebook.com/groups/productivepastorcommunity

It's been plenty of years, but The Productive Pastor is back!!! In this short episode, Chad shares a little bit about why he realized it was time to bring back the Productive Pastor. We have another episode with a longer version of the story AND an intentional conversation about the current cultural moment we are in in just a couple of weeks. Until that time, here are two places you can get more information and be part of the (new) Productive Pastor family. The Productive Pastor Community on Facebook | LINK Productive Pastor Email List (and grab your NEW daysheet) | LINK Make sure to leave an iTunes Review and Rating!!! read more from Chad at revchadbrooks.com