Podcast: The Emotionally Healthy Leader

Journeying Through Our Collective Dark Night of the Soul

In this week’s podcast, Pete applies John of the Cross’ extraordinary work on the dark night written almost 500 years ago to the unique situation in which we find ourselves – a global, collective dark night of the soul.  We may not know what…

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4 Ways to Flourish in the Midst of Chaos

In this week’s podcast, Pete’s wife Geri joins him in sharing with us four ways to transition from surviving to flourishing during this COVID-19 pandemic. Using the framework of a “Rule of Life”, they share ways to structure our days amidst our…

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Leading Through Loss During the Coronavirus Pandemic: Part 2

In part 2 of this week’s podcast, Pete applies more fully and specifically last week’s message from the story of Job on the three biblical phases of grief – to us personally and to our leadership. Pete gives us three main approaches to the…

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Leading Through Loss During the Coronavirus Pandemic: Part 1

In this week’s podcast, Pete shares his reflections on the difficult season of the coronavirus pandemic that we have just entered. Challenging, hard-to-believe news is coming at a pace that is demanding to absorb for ourselves – let alone the people…

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The Explosive Power of Listening

In this podcast, Pete shares with us his first seventeen years as a Christ-follower and leader were in different expressions of the Pentecostal/charismatic stream. A dramatic shift, both theologically and practically, happened as God led Pete into the…

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Become Leaders Who Cage and Tame Tigers: Part 2

In part 2 of this week’s podcast, Pete focuses on the taming of “tiger” behaviors that happen on every team. In Part 1, he defined a “tiger” as someone who invades and damages the overall health of our community due to their own lack of awareness…

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Become Leaders Who Cage and Tame Tigers: Part 1

Pete defines a “tiger” as someone who invades and damages the overall health of our community due to their own lack of awareness and immaturity. In part 1 of this week’s podcast, Pete explores the issue of caging and taming “tigers” who emerge under…

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Differentiation: Lead from the Integrity of Who You Are

In today’s podcast, Pete shares an important truth from one of his favorite biblical characters – John the Baptist. John does not imitate other people, and part of leadership is to differentiate and bring that uniqueness of who God has made you to…

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Teams that Embrace Rhythms and Limits-Part 2

In part 2 of this week’s podcast, Pete continues to build on the theology of rhythms and limits from Genesis 2:15-17. Pete expands on how our teams must seek to apply this to our most important task which is cultivating a deep spirituality with Jesus….

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Teams that Embrace Rhythms and Limits-Part 1

In this week’s podcast, we learn how limits and rhythms are two of the most difficult truths in Scripture to embrace; and how it is very important for teams to be able to embrace these limits and rhythms. Pete gives us two critical questions that…

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