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	<title>Reversal #1: From Prayer for Result to Prayer for Communion &#124; Pete Scazzero</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Pete Scazzero opens the first of four reversals from his forthcoming book EH Success: the move from prayer for results to prayer for communion. Drawing on years inside Luke&apos;s gospel and his own history of exhausting, duty-driven prayer, Pete shows how Jesus prayed, not to generate outcomes, but to receive the Father&apos;s love, gain clarity...]]></description>
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	<title>Stillness Under Siege: Finding Rest Under Impossible Pressure</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Free Resource: Craft a Rule of Life for Emotionally Healthy Leaders → emotionallyhealthy.org/rule In 2004, I stood in front of a building we couldn&apos;t afford to renovate, a staff team with the wrong people in the wrong seats, and a list of problems that all traced back to my own failures as a leader. I...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Free Resource: Craft a Rule of Life for Emotionally Healthy Leaders → emotionallyhealthy.org/rule In 2004, I stood in front of a building we couldn&apos;t afford to renovate, a staff team with the wrong people in the wrong seats, and a list of problems t]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Free Resource: Craft a Rule of Life for Emotionally Healthy Leaders → emotionallyhealthy.org/rule In 2004, I stood in front of a building we couldn&apos;t afford to renovate, a staff team with the wrong people in the wrong seats, and a list of problems that all traced back to my own failures as a leader. I...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Free Resource: Craft a Rule of Life for Emotionally Healthy Leaders → emotionallyhealthy.org/rule In 2004, I stood in front of a building we couldn&apos;t afford to renovate, a staff team with the wrong people in the wrong seats, and a list of problems that all traced back to my own failures as a leader. I...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<title>You Are Not God: Experience the Freedom of Stopping</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Free Resource: Rule of Life for Emotionally Healthy Leaders → emotionallyhealthy.org You were made for glorious work. But you were also made to stop. Most of us know how to produce, build, plan, and push through. What we struggle with is the hidden life. The stopping. The surrendering. The trusting when no one can see...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Free Resource: Rule of Life for Emotionally Healthy Leaders → emotionallyhealthy.org You were made for glorious work. But you were also made to stop. Most of us know how to produce, build, plan, and push through. What we struggle with is the hidden life.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Free Resource: Rule of Life for Emotionally Healthy Leaders → emotionallyhealthy.org You were made for glorious work. But you were also made to stop. Most of us know how to produce, build, plan, and push through. What we struggle with is the hidden life. The stopping. The surrendering. The trusting when no one can see...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Free Resource: Rule of Life for Emotionally Healthy Leaders → emotionallyhealthy.org You were made for glorious work. But you were also made to stop. Most of us know how to produce, build, plan, and push through. What we struggle with is the hidden life. The stopping. The surrendering. The trusting when no one can see...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<title>Beyond Brainstorming: Leading a Team That Actually Hears God</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Most leadership teams know how to brainstorm. Very few know how to discern together. After more than 40 years of leading, one of my deepest regrets isn’t moral failure. It’s how many things I led that God never actually asked us to do. We had the money. We had the momentum. We had the energy....]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Most leadership teams know how to brainstorm. Very few know how to discern together. After more than 40 years of leading, one of my deepest regrets isn’t moral failure. It’s how many things I led that God never actually asked us to do. We had the money. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<title>Lectio Divina: A Slower, Truer Way to Hear God</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Most of us were trained to read the Bible the way we were trained to lead — move fast, cover ground, extract what&apos;s useful, and get back to work. But what if that approach, by itself, is keeping you from the very transformation you&apos;re trying to produce in others? In this episode, I want to...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Most of us were trained to read the Bible the way we were trained to lead — move fast, cover ground, extract what&apos;s useful, and get back to work. But what if that approach, by itself, is keeping you from the very transformation you&apos;re trying to]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<title>How to Find God in Unexpected Places: The Examen for Today</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[📥 Free Resource: Download our Examen Prayer Guide at emotionallyhealthy.org/examen Most of us were trained to look for God in the big moments — the breakthrough, the open door, the dramatic call. But what if God is most consistently present in the ordinary moments we rush past every day? In this episode, I want to...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[📥 Free Resource: Download our Examen Prayer Guide at emotionallyhealthy.org/examen Most of us were trained to look for God in the big moments — the breakthrough, the open door, the dramatic call. But what if God is most consistently present in the ordina]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[📥 Free Resource: Download our Examen Prayer Guide at emotionallyhealthy.org/examen Most of us were trained to look for God in the big moments — the breakthrough, the open door, the dramatic call. But what if God is most consistently present in the ordinary moments we rush past every day? In this episode, I want to...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<title>How to Spend a Day (or Half Day) Alone with God—and Why It Matters</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Free Resource: Download the Day Alone with God Guide at emotionallyhealthy.org/sabbath Most leaders I know have a daily time with God. Very few ever stop long enough to actually hear Him. There&apos;s a difference between a longer quiet time and a day alone with God. One sustains you. The other re-orders you. And if you&apos;re...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Free Resource: Download the Day Alone with God Guide at emotionallyhealthy.org/sabbath Most leaders I know have a daily time with God. Very few ever stop long enough to actually hear Him. There&apos;s a difference between a longer quiet time and a day al]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Free Resource: Download the Day Alone with God Guide at emotionallyhealthy.org/sabbath Most leaders I know have a daily time with God. Very few ever stop long enough to actually hear Him. There&apos;s a difference between a longer quiet time and a day alone with God. One sustains you. The other re-orders you. And if you&apos;re...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Free Resource: Download the Day Alone with God Guide at emotionallyhealthy.org/sabbath Most leaders I know have a daily time with God. Very few ever stop long enough to actually hear Him. There&apos;s a difference between a longer quiet time and a day alone with God. One sustains you. The other re-orders you. And if you&apos;re...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[ThriveCast]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Free Resource: Download the Day Alone with God Guide at emotionallyhealthy.org/sabbath Most leaders I know have a daily time with God. Very few ever stop long enough to actually hear Him. There&apos;s a difference between a longer quiet time and a day alone with God. One sustains you. The other re-orders you. And if you&apos;re...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>Designing a Daily Time with God that Fits You</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[📥 Free Resource: Download our free guide to get started with the Daily Office emotionallyhealthy.org/dailyoffice One of the questions I get asked more than almost any other is: How do you spend time with God each day? What do you do? For how long? Is there a right way? Here&apos;s the truth I&apos;ve learned over...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[📥 Free Resource: Download our free guide to get started with the Daily Office emotionallyhealthy.org/dailyoffice One of the questions I get asked more than almost any other is: How do you spend time with God each day? What do you do? For how long? Is the]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[📥 Free Resource: Download our free guide to get started with the Daily Office emotionallyhealthy.org/dailyoffice One of the questions I get asked more than almost any other is: How do you spend time with God each day? What do you do? For how long? Is there a right way? Here&apos;s the truth I&apos;ve learned over...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[📥 Free Resource: Download our free guide to get started with the Daily Office emotionallyhealthy.org/dailyoffice One of the questions I get asked more than almost any other is: How do you spend time with God each day? What do you do? For how long? Is there a right way? Here&apos;s the truth I&apos;ve learned over...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[ThriveCast]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[📥 Free Resource: Download our free guide to get started with the Daily Office emotionallyhealthy.org/dailyoffice One of the questions I get asked more than almost any other is: How do you spend time with God each day? What do you do? For how long? Is there a right way? Here&apos;s the truth I&apos;ve learned over...]]></googleplay:description>
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	<title>Power and Wise Boundaries: What Church Leaders Must Learn</title>
	<link>https://thrivecast.com/podcast/power-and-wise-boundaries-what-church-leaders-must-learn/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Take your team through the Emotionally Healthy Leader Book. Download the FREE discussion guide: http://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/leader Let’s get honest.Power makes most of us uncomfortable.So we avoid it, minimize it, or misuse it. In this episode, Pete Scazzero shares a defining leadership failure—one that cost him deeply: relationships, trust, and a 20-year community. At the center of...]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Take your team through the Emotionally Healthy Leader Book. Download the FREE discussion guide: http://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/leader Let’s get honest.Power makes most of us uncomfortable.So we avoid it, minimize it, or misuse it. In this episode, Pet]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Take your team through the Emotionally Healthy Leader Book. Download the FREE discussion guide: http://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/leader Let’s get honest.Power makes most of us uncomfortable.So we avoid it, minimize it, or misuse it. In this episode, Pete Scazzero shares a defining leadership failure—one that cost him deeply: relationships, trust, and a 20-year community. At the center of...]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Take your team through the Emotionally Healthy Leader Book. Download the FREE discussion guide: http://www.emotionallyhealthy.org/leader Let’s get honest.Power makes most of us uncomfortable.So we avoid it, minimize it, or misuse it. In this episode, Pete Scazzero shares a defining leadership failure—one that cost him deeply: relationships, trust, and a 20-year community. At the center of...]]></itunes:summary>
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	<title>The Scandal Beneath All the Church Scandals (And What to Do About It)</title>
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