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		<itunes:subtitle>Explore our range of content to help followers of Jesus to THRIVE.</itunes:subtitle>
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	<title>Why I Wrote Emotionally Healthy Success</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Pre-Order Pete Scazzero&apos;s forthcoming book, Emotionally Healthy Success, at http://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/success and get a free chapter. What if you could succeed brilliantly at something God never asked you to do? Is it possible to succeed at the wrong thing? I spent a good part of my ministry answering yes to that question without knowing it. I...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Pre-Order Pete Scazzero&apos;s forthcoming book, Emotionally Healthy Success, at http://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/success and get a free chapter. What if you could succeed brilliantly at something God never asked you to do? Is it possible to succeed at ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<title>CNLP 829 &#124; The Race To Replace Humans Is Already On: Will Jones&#8217; Fight To Ban Superintelligent AI and What Most Leaders Have No Idea Is Coming</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[The AI Frontier labs are building AI to do what YOU do, only faster and cheaper. And most leaders have no idea what&#8217;s coming. Will Jones of the Future of Life Institute says this is the part nobody tells you: the more you lean on it to keep up, the more replaceable you make yourself....]]></description>
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	<title>CNLP 828 &#124; The Giving Disruption Coming for the Church: Pat Gelsinger on AI and Mental Health</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 23:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>CNLP 827 &#124; The Questions About AI Leaders Never Ask: AI Girlfriends, Truth and Deepfakes, and Best and Worst Case Scenarios</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 23:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[You use AI. Have you thought about what it&#8217;s doing to your church, the people you&#8217;re reaching, or your soul? James (JP) Poulter flips the mic to interview Carey! They discuss AI girlfriends, deepfakes, and the best and worst case scenarios nobody&#8217;s naming. There&#8217;s a shift happening in your church and your community right now,...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[You use AI. Have you thought about what it&#8217;s doing to your church, the people you&#8217;re reaching, or your soul? James (JP) Poulter flips the mic to interview Carey! They discuss AI girlfriends, deepfakes, and the best and worst case scenarios no]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<title>Reversal #4: From Critical Mass to Critical Yeast</title>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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	<title>CNLP 826 &#124; How to Preach Through Controversial Topics: Charlie Dates on What White Preachers and Black Preachers Can Learn From Each Other and Preaching So a Dead Room Wakes Up</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Charlie Dates started preaching at eight, lining up chairs in his living room. Now he&#8217;s one of Chicago&#8217;s most respected pastors. He joins Carey to talk about whose approval you&#8217;re really preaching for, why a major donor once walked out mad, how to wake up a dead congregation, and what white and Black preachers desperately...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Charlie Dates started preaching at eight, lining up chairs in his living room. Now he&#8217;s one of Chicago&#8217;s most respected pastors. He joins Carey to talk about whose approval you&#8217;re really preaching for, why a major donor once walked out ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<title>CNLP 825 &#124; What Destroys Leaders: Eric Geiger on Preaching to Your Own Sins and On Disappointing Your Staff</title>
	<link>https://thrivecast.com/podcast/cnlp-825-what-destroys-leaders-eric-geiger-on-preaching-to-your-own-sins-and-on-disappointing-your-staff/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 23:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Eric Geiger, senior pastor of Mariners Church, joins Carey to talk about what actually brings leaders down, the personal and systemic reasons for moral failure, why a lot of us end up preaching to our own sin, and how to disappoint the staff you used to work directly with without losing them as your church...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Eric Geiger, senior pastor of Mariners Church, joins Carey to talk about what actually brings leaders down, the personal and systemic reasons for moral failure, why a lot of us end up preaching to our own sin, and how to disappoint the staff you used to ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<title>CNLP 824 &#124; A $37 Million Building Campaign with a Church of 900 People: Aaron Graham on Big Vision and The Key to Talking About Hot Button Topics</title>
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	<title>Reversal #3 — From Our Best Ideas to Discerning God&#8217;s Voice</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Pre-Order Pete Scazzero&apos;s forthcoming book, Emotionally Healthy Success, at http://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/success and get a free chapter.   For my first seventeen years in ministry, I led for Jesus without listening to him. My prayer life was mostly a list of requests. When a door opened, I walked through it and called it faithfulness, following my best...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Pre-Order Pete Scazzero&apos;s forthcoming book, Emotionally Healthy Success, at http://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/success and get a free chapter.   For my first seventeen years in ministry, I led for Jesus without listening to him. My prayer life was mo]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<title>CNLP 823 &#124; Winning Back Lost Customers: Will Guidara on Customer Service Pet Peeves, What Simon Sinek Taught Him About Speaking, and Whether AI Will Harm (or Help) Hospitality</title>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 23:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Every leader loses customers. Few know how to win them back. Will Guidara, the restaurateur behind Eleven Madison Park and author of Unreasonable Hospitality, joins Carey to talk about taking the anxiety out of service, the customer-service pet peeves that drive him crazy, what AI is actually doing to hospitality, and the lesson Simon Sinek...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Every leader loses customers. Few know how to win them back. Will Guidara, the restaurateur behind Eleven Madison Park and author of Unreasonable Hospitality, joins Carey to talk about taking the anxiety out of service, the customer-service pet peeves th]]></itunes:subtitle>
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