Cultiv8ing Ministry

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. Sometimes as a ministry leader, it can seem that the demands that are placed on you can be overwhelming and simply too much to do. One, often underused, practice that can alleviate much of these feelings is effective delegation. In this episode we discuss why many leaders are fearful of delegating tasks then discuss the positive impacts to your ministry...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. Its Halloween week, so we spend this episode talking about the different approaches and views of Halloween and the church. Whether you are pro-Halloween, or anti-Halloween, we offer some guidance and a light-hearted look at the church's and church leaders' love-hate relationship with the spooky holiday. Hang around to the end for a hilarious discussion f...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. This week we talk about the role of trust for leaders in ministry. How do we earn trust? What keeps us from being trusted? These questions and more are discussed in this episode of the pod. Theh random fact of the week revolves around the meowing patterns of cats. It is quite interesting and worth the listen. If you like the Cultiv8ing Ministry podcast,...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. Like so many people around the southeast, some of our folks here at the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast were impacted by the recent hurricane Helene that ravaged our region. We spend time on this week's episode sharing our experiences, where we have seen God in the midst of the devastation as well as a few pointers for leaders who are leading through this ti...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. We dive into the topic of productivity this week on the pod. It doesn't take much effor to realize that productivity is a much talked about and much desired trait in our culture. Just check the "prodcutivity app" section of your favorite app store. There are thousands. That being said, productivity can become a goal that can cause us to do exactly the op...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. This week, in hte midst of a divisive election season we flip the script to talk about how to find common ground with those that we don't see eye to eye with. What characteristis are needed in order to be successful to that end? What has contributed to the reality of divisiion that we currently find ourselves in? Those and many more questions are ans...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. On September 28, 2022, we dropped the inaugural Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast, not knowing if anyone would listen, exactly what we were doing or how long we would make it. Well, now just short of 2 years, we spend some time on this week's episode looking back on the wild ride that has led us to here. There have been no 104 episodes of the pod and we co...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. On this episode of the podcast we jump in to a difficult and deep discussion for leaders around what our responses should be when tragedy strikes. Obviously, our conversation comes on the heels of the school shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, GA. Our team shares insight into what are some appropriate responses as well as some responses to avoid...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. On this episode of the podcast we talk about what it means to "Lead Up" even when you are not the top-level leader in your ministry. We discuss why there is a need for leading up, what it takes for a leader to be effective in leading up, and much more. We wrap up with a random fact about the predictive nature of snakes. If you like the Cultiv8i...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. This week on the pod we wrap up our 2 part conversation around the book ⁠ THE LEADERSHIP CONTRACT by Vince Molinaro⁠ . This is the 3rd installment of our Cultiv8ing Ministry book club as we take a dive into some of the content from the book and offer our commentary around the realities of leadership that are shared in this work. This week we tackle the f...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. This week on the pod we celebrate our 100th episode byt sharing the beginning our 2 part conversation around the book THE LEADERSHIP CONTRACT by Vince Molinaro . This is the 3rd installment of our Cultiv8ing Ministry book club as we take a dive into some of the content from the book and offer our commentary around the realities of leadership that are sha...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. This week on the pod we talk about creativity...which is interesting becasue neither of our hosts considers themselves "a creative". We talk about the fact that being "a creative" isn't a requierement for one to be creative in minisry. What is needed for creativity? What prohibits us from being creative? These questions and more a...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. Today's episode is another of our periodic "tell me something good" sessions where we have an informal conversation about something that brings us joy. In today's episode, we take a deep dive into the Olympics and share all of the things about the Olympics that bring us joy. From Snoop Dogg to Flava Flav, to random event viewing, we sha...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. The recent rhetoric around the controversial scene from the Olympics Opening Ceremony got us here at the Cultivating Ministry Podcast thinking about the virtriol that is so commonplace in our culture. So we decided to talk about it on this week's edition of the pod. What are contributing factor so this ongoing struggle and how can we as ministry lead...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. This week we have a discussion around a pervasive myth about Gen Z: that they don't long for personal interactions, particularly with older adults. For some reason our culture has convinced us that this is the case. We share from our own experience how we have witnessed this not to be the case and share some insights from a recent study ( LINK HERE )...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. This week we conclude our 9 week series on the fruits of the Spirit and how they impact and inform our role as ministry leaders. This week we focus in on the fruit of self-control. We play word association this week as well as talking about how self-control impacts us as leaders in ministry. We even dive into why self-control often is seen differently fr...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. This week we continue our 9 week series on the fruits of the Spirit and how they impact and inform our role as ministry leaders. This week we focus in on the fruit of gentleness. As we have in previous episodes, we discuss how exhibiting the fruit of gentleness as we lead in ministry plays a pivotal role in our effectiveness. We consider how we can be ge...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. This week we continue our 9 week series on the fruits of the Spirit and how they impact and inform our role as ministry leaders. This week we focus in on the fruit of faithfulness. We kick off the show talking about the faithfulness of our dogs. We even have a guest cameo from Baxter, Chris's golden doodle. Our discussion of faitfulness covers all th...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. This week we continue our 9 week series on the fruits of the Spirit and how they impact and inform our role as ministry leaders. This week we focus in on the fruit of goodness. We spend some time defining what goodness is, talking about the role of goodness in ministry leadership, and how to insure that we are leading out of a place of goodness as a lead...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. This week we continue our 9 week series on the fruits of the Spirit and how they impact and inform our role as ministry leaders. This week we focus in on the fruit of kindness. As we talk about kindness this week we acknowledge that kindness is a trait that is not common in our culture these days. We discuss why that is and how we, as leaders, can infuse...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. This week we continue our 9 week series on the fruits of the Spirit and how they impact and inform our role as ministry leaders. This week we focus in on the fruit of patience. Patience is not a natural occurrance in most folks lives, but exhibiting patience as a leader helps us live into a life led by the spirit. We talk about what tests our patience, o...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. This week we continue our 9 week series on the fruits of the Spirit and how they impact and inform our role as ministry leaders. This week we focus in on the fruit of peace. Peace isn't always a part of leading in ministry as it can be quite chaotic at times. This week we talk about peace, how to find it in the midst of chaos, and how do we inject pe...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. This week we continue our 9 week series on the fruits of the Spirit and how they impact and inform our role as ministry leaders. This week we focus in on the fruit of joy. How does joy impact your ministry? What is the difference in joy and happiness, and how do we reclaim our joy when we struggle to live from a place of joy. As always, the random fact o...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. This week we begin a 9 week series on the fruits of the Spirit and how they impact and inform our role as ministry leaders. This week we focus in on the first fruit of love. How does love impact your ministry? How do we show love to those we serve and those we serve along side in ministry and much more is covered in the episode. As always, the random fac...

Welcome to the Cultiv8ing Ministry Podcast. Nobody has ever entered the ministry because they really wanted to tackle all of the administrative tasks of ministry. Our team offers some tried and true tips to help with the adminsitration side of ministry. From budgets, to planning, to dealing with expenses the administrative tasks of ministry can become a challenge regardless of the type of ministry...