Jan 23, 2024 | Depression, Emotional Health, Leadership, Mental Health, Ministry Leader, Pastor
Today we welcome to the mic Dave Barringer, Lead Pastor of Kalamazoo First AG, and author of an amazing book, Speaking from the Shadows. In this episode Dave unpacks his journey with depression. It is such a powerful story of pain and healing that you will want to...
Jan 16, 2024 | Consistency, Emotional Health, Faith, Leadership, Mental Health, Ministry Leader, Pastor, Sacrifice
At the beginning of every year, we take the first one or two episodes to reflect on the biggest lessons we learned in the previous year. Last week in Episode 219 we considered the first two indelible lessons from 2023: Refuse to put God in a box. To move...
Jan 11, 2024 | Faith, Health, Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor, Surrender
It’s a tradition to take the first blog of the year to reflect on the biggest lessons learned in the previous year. These are indelible takeaways I aspire to carry forward into 2024. Indelible Lesson 1: Refuse to put God in a box Ephesians 3:20 says, “Now to Him who...
Jan 9, 2024 | Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor, Reflection, Surrender
It’s our tradition to take the first one or two episodes of the year to reflect on the biggest lessons we learned in the previous year. These are indelible takeaways we aspired to carry forward into 2024. We’ll take two today in episode 219, and 2 more in Episode 220...
Dec 21, 2023 | Christmas, Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor
In today’s post Jaime Hlavin unpacks the always-inspiring Christmas theme of light. Jesus is the light of the world, the answer for the world, the only hope for the world. He brings hope to the hopeless and light to blind eyes. All of us at Converge Coaching wish you...
Dec 19, 2023 | Joy, Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor, Reflection, Refreshing, Rest
It’s our final podcast of 2023. It’s December 19th, six days before Christmas. This time of year can get very busy for pastors. Extra events at church. Extra events with family and friends. Finishing up the year and planning for next year. So, we want to talk together...
