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.

Episode 39 Top Spiritual Lessons from 2020 with Dr Brian Russell

In this Episode, Dr. Brian Russell shares his top spiritual lessons from 2020: 

Reservoir vs. Canal, KASH, Curiosity, Silence/Solitude Practices, The Body Keeps the Score, and Simplicity

Dr. Brian Russell is the curator of the Deep Dive Spirituality Conversations Podcast as well as a Professor of Biblical Studies and Coach.

His most recent book is (Re)Aligning with God: Reading Scripture for Church and World https://amzn.to/382H3Hn

Email: deepdivespirituality@gmail.com

Group Coaching for Pastor and Spiritual Leaders: www.deepdivespirituality.com

Coaching for Business and Life: www.drbrianrussellcoaching.com 

Twitter: @briandrussell

Instagram: @yourprofessorforlife

YouTube Channel: Deep Dive Spirituality with Dr. Brian Russell

 Reservoir versus Canal:

Bernard of Clairvaux Sermon 18 on the Song ofSongs: https://hymnsandchants.com/Texts/Sermons/SongOfSongs/Sermon18/Sermon18.htm

Silence and Solitude Practices: 

Episode 8: Brian Russell https://deepdivespirituality.podbean.com/e/episode-8-what-is-deep-dive-spirituality-solocast-with-dr-brian-russell/ 

Episode 13: Roundtable on Centering Prayer 

https://deepdivespirituality.podbean.com/e/episode-13-centering-prayer-healing-and-spiritual-formation-with-drs-holeman-russell-stratton-and-rev-gene-yotka/ 

Body Keeps the Score:

Bessel Van Der Kolk The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma. https://amzn.to/3hubf12 

Episode 21 with Dr. Elaine Heath https://deepdivespirituality.podbean.com/e/episode-21-dr-elaine-heath-on-contemplative-spirituality-sanctification-and-the-healing-of-trauma/

Simplicity

Episode 1: Gene Yotka https://deepdivespirituality.podbean.com/e/episode-1-spiritual-direction-and-the-contemplative-life-with-gene-yotka/

Episodes 3 and 5 Michael Voigts 

https://deepdivespirituality.podbean.com/e/episode-3-spiritual-formation-and-your-unum-necessarium-with-dr-mike-voigts/ 

https://deepdivespirituality.podbean.com/e/episode-5-bernard-of-clairvaux-loving-god-simplicity-and-spiritual-formation-with-dr-mike-voigts-part-2/ 

Episode 38 Gene Yotka – Reflections on the Contemplative Life in 2020 and Beyond

In this episode, Gene Yotka (Spiritual Director and Founder of the Awakening Institute) talks about contemplative spirituality and the lessons of 2020. Listen to Episode #1 with Gene Yotka: https://youtu.be/a5nv_kD6teE Books Recommended by Gene: Merton When the Trees say Nothing https://amzn.to/3h66PNT Dom Augustin Guillerand Prayer of the Presence of God https://amzn.to/37pYnFT Bruno Barnhardt Future of Wisdom https://amzn.to/3r1og6x J. August Higgins Mysticism and Contemporary Life: Essays in Honor of Bernard McGinn https://amzn.to/3oZmq4p Complete Mystical Works of Meister Eckhart https://amzn.to/3r5C5AU Liminal Space Oneing Richard Rohr (January 2020) Old Recommendations by Gene from Episode #1: Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation https://amzn.to/2JA67YU David Steindl-Rast Gratefulness is the heart of prayer https://amzn.to/39tKDHW Benedicta Ward The Desert Fathers: Sayings of the Early Christian Monks https://amzn.to/2UxXlRJ Contact and Bio: Email: theawakeninginstitutue@gmail.com Website: www.theawakeninginstitute.com Face book: The Awakening Institute Linked In: Eugene T Yotka Mailing address: The Awakening Institute, 5040 Mayflower St. Cocoa, Florida Bio: Gene Yotka is husband to his wife MaryAnn and father of 5 (Beau, Tara, Kitty, Kurt and Victoria), as well as grandfather to 6 (Isabella, Kaya, Alina, Lincoln, Richard and Kurt). He holds a master’s in divinity (M.Div.) as well as a masters in pastoral counseling (MAPC), both through Asbury Theological Seminary. Gene is also a graduate of the 3-year certification program in spiritual companionship with a practicum in spiritual direction from St. Thomas University. Gene is a retired pastor who spent 12 years of ministry in the local church. Currently, he is the founder and director of The Awakening Institute for Spiritual Formation, Spiritual Direction and Soul Care, which is a multi-faceted ministry for the training of spiritual directors, while providing classes and retreats for those wishing to explore Christian contemplative practices, which are designed for those seeking a deeper experience in our Lord Jesus Christ. Dr. Brian Russell is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.

Episode 37 Dr Winfield Bevins on Liturgy, Mission, and Spiritual Formation

In this week's episode, Dr. Winfield Bevins talks about the power of liturgy, spiritual formation, and the mission of church planting. Winfield Bevins is a “liturgical missiologist” whose passion is to help others connect to the roots of the Christian faith for discipleship and mission. He currently serves as the Director of Church Planting at Asbury Theological Seminary. He frequently speaks at conferences on a variety of topics and as both an adjunct professor and guest lecturer at various seminaries and universities in the United States and England. He has a Doctor of Ministry from Southeastern Seminary in Wake Forest and is pursuing a PhD at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. Resources by Winfield Bevins: A Field Guide to Daily Prayer https://my.seedbed.com/product/field-... Simply Anglican: An Ancient Faith for Today's World https://amzn.to/39PyIIl Marks of a Movement: What the Church Today Can Learn From the Wesleyan Revival https://amzn.to/3oA3kSd Ever Ancient, Ever New: The Allure of Liturgy for a New Generation https://amzn.to/2IvV1Yg Church-Planting Revolution: A Guidebook for Explorers, Planters, and Their Teams https://amzn.to/39R5CIn Recommended Resources: Book of Common Prayer (1979 ed) https://amzn.to/38zGcyk Peter Scazzero Emotionally Healthy Spirituality https://amzn.to/32SbrkP Robert Mulholland Invitation to a Journey: A Roadmap for Spiritual Formation https://amzn.to/2IxqRne Howard Snyder The Radical Wesley https://amzn.to/36roD0H Connect with Winfield: www.winfieldbevins.com Twitter: @winfieldbevins Instagram: @winfield.bevins Connect with Brian: Twitter: @briandrussell Instagram: @yourprofessorforlife Deep Dive Spirituality Training for Pastors: www.deepdivespirituality.com Brian's Book on Missional Reading of Scripture: (re)Aligning with God: Reading Scripture for Church and World https://amzn.to/3fxatPU Links to Amazon are affiliate links