Feb 24, 2026 | Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor, Rest, Sabbath
Pastors, ever feel like your phone has a spiritual gift for ringing at the worst possible moment? In this episode, we dive into the holy art of becoming—brace yourself—radically unavailable. Yes, we’re talking about saying “no,” ignoring notifications, and trusting...
Jan 27, 2026 | Fatigue, Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor, Rest, Sabbath
Many of the moral failures we hear about—and countless more that never make the news—can be traced bacK to just two forces: isolation and exhaustion. Time and again, we’ve watched gifted, capable leaders make shockingly unwise decisions simply because they were alone...
Sep 26, 2024 | Depression, Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor, Rest, Rhythms, Sabbath
The quality of our rhythms is an accurate predictor of the quality of long-term fruit we produce. In today’s post, Jaime Hlavin unpacks four powerful rhythms that serve to keep a leader living and leading from a full tank. A growing ministry requires growing...
Jun 29, 2023 | Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor, Rest, Rhythms, Sabbath
I have been a Christian for over four decades. As I reflect on all the years of God’s mercy, grace, goodness, faithfulness, etc. it’s hard to put into words how grateful I am. Life with Jesus is an incredible journey. It’s amazing to me that the Bible never gets...
Jun 27, 2023 | Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor, Rest, Rhythms, Sabbath
It is amazing isn’t it that the Bible never gets boring, stale, or old? In today’s episode John and Jim explore one of the many timeless principles found in Genesis chapters 1 and 2 . . . Rhythms of the Garden. You can listen to Episode 194 here. The video...
May 23, 2023 | Discipleship, Exhaustion, Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor, Rest, Sabbath
In today’s episode we chat with Karl Vaters about the positive trends he is observing with churches across the country, a few challenging trends, and what leaders can do about those challenging trends. You can listen to the podcast here. Here is the video...