Podcast: The Emotionally Healthy Leader

My Biggest Regrets: Part 2

Reflecting on our mistakes and regrets can be a gift if we learn from them. This podcast is Part 2 of Pete’s biggest regrets over the last 40 years of leadership. He shares 6 more regrets and discusses discretion (i.e. discernment) in…

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My Biggest Regrets: Part 1

Pete answers the question “what has been your greatest regret in leadership?” by sharing his top four regrets over the last 40 years. This is part 1 of a 2-part series. To download a free e-book on Six Marks of a Church Culture that Deeply Changes…

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Recovering the First Priority of Leadership

Pete talks about the ancient practice of the Daily Office as one powerful means to carve out sufficient time to be with Jesus and to be with ourselves – out of which we go and offer our lives as a gift to the world. This is not a superficial…

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Reading for Wisdom in an Information Age

Pete begins by talking about reading for wisdom and not simply for information – suggesting we re-learn how to read – then shares a list of key books he has read in last six to twelve months. To download a free e-book on Six Marks of a Church…

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Slowing Down for Loving Union

It is possible to build a church, an organization, or a team by relying only on our gifts, talents, and experience. But Jesus says that our efforts are worth nothing unless they flow out of a relationship of loving union with him (John 15:5). In this…

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Six Marks of a Church Culture that Deeply Changes Lives: Part 6

Pete explores the sixth, and final, quality in this 6-part series on the marks of a church culture that deeply changes lives: every person in full-time ministry. After providing a broad theological overview of our calling and our work, Pete offers 5…

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Six Marks of a Church Culture that Deeply Changes Lives: Part 5

Pete expands on the fifth quality of a church culture that deeply changes lives: passionate marriage and singleness. Christian marriage and singleness is different than secular marriage and singleness. Both have implications for multiplying disciples…

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Six Marks of a Church Culture that Deeply Changes Lives: Part 4

Pete expands on the fourth quality of a church culture that deeply changes lives: healthy community. In a church culture that changes lives, leaders prayerfully and thoughtfully model how to do relationships differently in the new family of Jesus. In…

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Six Marks of a Church Culture that Deeply Changes Lives: Part 3

Pete expands on the third quality of a church culture that deeply changes lives: beneath-the-surface discipleship. In a church culture that deeply changes lives, no one assumes people are maturing on the basis of activities such as church attendance,…

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Six Marks of a Church Culture that Deeply Changes Lives: Part 2

In part 2 of this series on six marks of a church culture that deeply changes lives, Pete explores integrity in leadership. When we have integrity in leadership, we do not pretend to be something on the outside that we are not on the inside. Pete…

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