Episode 43 Bryan Sims on Adaptive Spiritual Leadership for Today

In this episode Dr. Bryan Sims reflects on what adaptive and spiritual leadership looks like today. 

Bio: 

Bryan Sims has worked since 2001 as a Leadership and Organizational Change Coach with SLI where he has trained and coached leaders, teams, churches, and organizations over extended periods of time to bring spiritual awakening and missional effectiveness. He has coached in Anglican, Methodist, Free Methodist, Wesleyan, Baptist, Presbyterian, and non-denominational settings.

Bryan has also been a professor of Leadership and Lay Equipping at Asbury Theological Seminary since 2011. His teaching expertise relates to team leadership, equipping, leading change, adaptive spiritual leadership, and the link between leadership and discipleship.

 Bryan is a graduate of West Texas A&M University (1998) and Asbury Theological Seminary (M.Div., 2003) and has a Ph. D. in Organizational Leadership from Regent University (2009). He is author of Leading Together: in Christ, with one another, through our greatest challenges (100M Publishing, 2021) and has a authored a chapter in Leadership the Wesleyan Way (Emeth Press, 2016).

Connect with Dr. Bryan Sims:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryan-sims-20497524/

Web: http://www.bryandsims.com/ 

Connect with Brian Russell:

Twitter: @briandrussell

Instagram: @yourprofessorforlife

Coaching for Pastors: www.deepdivespirituality.com

Business and Life Coaching: www.drbrianrussellcoaching.com

Brian Russell’s Book on the Missional Interpretation of Scripture:

(Re)Aligning with God: Reading Scripture for Church and World https://amzn.to/3qln258

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Episode 42 Drs. Michael Beck and Rosario Picardo on Fresh Expressions of the Church in a Digital Age

Dr. Michael Beck and Dr. Rosario Picardo share insights from their new book Fresh Expressions in a Digital Age: how the Church can Prepare for a Post-Pandemic World. Buy Fresh Expressions in a Digital Age: https://amzn.to/3o2aaPQ Michael Beck has been a previous guest on Episode 2 and 24. Rosario Picardo is pastor of Mosaic Church and Dean of Chapel at United Theological Seminary in Dayton Ohio. Connect with Michael Beck: Michaeladambeck.com Twitter: @reverendwild1 Connect with Rosario Picardo: http://rosariopicardo.com/ Connect with Dr. Russell: Twitter: @briandrussell IG: @yourprofessorforlife Read Brian's book on missional interpretation: (re)Aligning with God: Reading Scripture for Church and World https://amzn.to/3k86KcN Books by Michael Beck https://amzn.to/3bZ104i Books by Rosario Picardo https://amzn.to/3bWJYU9 Books that Beck Recommends: (1) Gerald Arbuckle Refounding the church: Dissent for Leadership https://amzn.to/2VdFD5e (2) Manuel Castells The Rise of Network Society https://amzn.to/2JOZCSr (3) Graham Cray The Mission-shaped Church https://amzn.to/2UWAIXg (4) Alan Hirsch/Michael Frost, The Shaping of Things to Come https://amzn.to/35nA9v5 (5) Michael Moynagh Church in Life https://amzn.to/3bJDRR5 (6) Cal Newport Deep Work https://amzn.to/3p5ztlb (7) Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs https://amzn.to/2M6DzLt (8) Jenny O'Dell How to Do Nothing https://amzn.to/2XWk2zJ Books Recommended by Roz: Henri Nouwen In the Name of Jesus https://amzn.to/3bY98li Brother Lawrence Practicing the Presence of God https://amzn.to/39MFqgE Dr. Michael Beck is South Atlantic Coordinator for Fresh Expressions US and North Central District Cultivator of Fresh Expressions for the Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church. He also leads the Fresh Expressions house of study at United Theological Seminary. Michael serves as senior pastor of Wildwood UMC where he directs addiction recovery programs, a jail ministry, a food pantry, and a network of fresh expressions that meet in places like tattoo parlors and burrito joints. He currently lives in Wildwood with his wife, Jill, and their blended family of 8 children. Roz grew up in western New York as a first-generation Sicilian-American. In 2003, he earned his Bachelor of Arts in Religion from Houghton College and in 2007 a Master of Divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary. He graduated with a Doctor of Ministry from United Theological Seminary in 2014. During his senior year of college, Roz entered the ministry as a military chaplain, serving four years in the Marine Reserves and five years in the Navy Reserves. While attending seminary, he recognized a call to serve the local church and has experience in all facets of church life, through roles ranging from church custodian to associate pastor to church planter and executive pastor of church planting at Ginghamsburg Church who has three campuses and worships over 4,000. Also, Roz was one of the founding pastors at Mosaic, a new multicultural church in Dayton, Ohio, that recently celebrated its first year in the community launching with 564 people. In addition to his work in the church Roz leads a consulting group for church planters/pastors called Picardo Coaching LLC and is the author of Embrace: A Church Plant That Broke All the Rules (Pickwick Publications), Ministry Makeover: Recovering a Theology of Bivocational Ministry (Wipf & Stock Publishers) and Funding Ministry with Five Loaves and Two Fishes (Abingdon Press). Dr. Picardo has one forthcoming in 2019, From Franchise to Local Dive (Market Square Publishing). More recently Roz works bi-vocational at United Theological Seminary. He serves as Director of the Seminary’s Pohly Center for Supervision and Leadership Formation, a mentor in United’s Doctor of Ministry program and an affiliate faculty member and now as Dean of The Chapel. Links to Amazon are affiliate links. Dr. Russell receives a small payment if you order resources through these links. There is no additional cost to you. Thank you for supporting the podcast through your purchases.

Episode 41: Mark Tooley on Christianity, Democracy, and Navigating the Political Challenges of Today

In this week’s episode, Mark Tooley (President of the Institute for Religion and Democracy) talks about the political witness of the Church. We explore the foundations for thinking theologically about politics and activism and the role of the Church in helping to heal the divisions present in our society today. Connect with the Mark and the Institute for Religion and Democracy www.theird.org www.providencemag.com https://juicyecumenism.com/ Twitter: @markdtooley @theird @ProvMagazine Books by Mark: The Peace That Almost Was: The Forgotten Story of the 1861 Washington Peace Conference and the Final Attempt to Avert the Civil War https://amzn.to/38LCn9b Methodism and Politics in the Twentieth Century https://amzn.to/3nEshuQ Books Recommended by Mark Thomas Holland Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World https://amzn.to/38L9E40 A. Skevington Wood The Burning Heart: John Wesley Evangelist https://amzn.to/38JJSx7 Theodore Weber Politics in the Order of Salvation: Transforming Wesleyan Political Ethics https://amzn.to/3oLohKu Connect with Brian: Twitter: @briandrussell Instagram: @yourprofessorforlife Coaching for Pastors: www.deepdivespirituality.com Business and Life Coaching: www.drbrianrussellcoaching.com Brian’s Book on the Missional Interpretation of Scripture: (Re)Aligning with God: Reading Scripture for Church and World https://amzn.to/3qln258 Links to Amazon are affiliate links. Thank you for your support of the video/podcast through your purchase of books.

Episode 40 Donald Robertson How to Think Like a Roman Emperor (Stoicism and Spirituality)

In this Episode, Donald Robertson author of How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius discusses Stoicism and Spirituality. Donald Robertson is a cognitive-behavioural psychotherapist and the author of six books on philosophy and psychotherapy, including Stoicism and the Art of Happiness and the bestselling How to Think Like a Roman Emperor. His graphic novel, Verissimus: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius, is due for publication around Autumn 2021 by St. Martin’s Press. Books by Donald Robertson: How to Think Like a Roman Emperor https://amzn.to/2MsLYsy Stoicism and the Art of Happiness: Practical wisdom for everyday life: embrace perseverance, strength and happiness with stoic philosophy https://amzn.to/3hKArR2 The Philosophy of Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT): Stoic Philosophy as Rational and Cognitive Psychotherapy https://amzn.to/3pPhj7g Build Your Resilience: CBT, mindfulness and stress management to survive and thrive in any situation https://amzn.to/38h97ql The Practice of Cognitive-Behavioural Hypnotherapy: A Manual for Evidence-Based Clinical Hypnosis https://amzn.to/3rZTtb0 Connect with Donald Robertson: Twitter: @DonJRobertson Website: https://donaldrobertson.name/ Books Recommended by Donald Plato's Apology https://amzn.to/3pT3lBq Pierre Hadot Inner Citadel: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius https://amzn.to/35cMLo6 Ryan Holiday/Stephen Hanselman Daily Stoic https://amzn.to/3rPXOgC Massimo Pigliucci How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life https://amzn.to/2MBvdeZ William Irvine A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy https://amzn.to/3ogHV0I Connect with Brian Twitter: @briandrussell Instragram: @yourprofessorforlife Coaching: drbrianrussellcoaching.com Group Coaching for Pastors/Spiritual Leaders: www.deepdivespirituality.com Brian's Book: (re)Aligning with God: Reading Scripture for Church and World https://amzn.to/35eWuu5 Links to Amazon are affiliate links. Thank you for supporting the show by purchasing products through these links.