Lead Stories Podcast

This is a special Lead Voices conversation with bestselling author, Sarah Bessey, who talks with Jo and Stephanie about her new book "Miracles and Other Reasonable Things", as well as a powerful interchange about current events in the church over the role of women in leadership and ministry. #wewontgohome  Sarah is the author of the best-selling and critically acclaimed books " Jesus Feminist " an...

#FiveFoldGifts  Jo and Steph kick off a new series talking about what has come to be known as the Five Fold Gifts outlined in Ephesians Chapter 4, listed for the purposes of building up the church.  Here and in other places in the Bible we see a delineation of gifts, talents and wiring. Follow this five part series for insights in how your gifts play into your calling and how to identify any pitfa...

This a special cross-posted episode from the Stay Curious Podcast! Check out more conversations with like this anywhere you get your podcasts! Pastor Steph Williams O'Brien hosts the The Stay Curious Podcast, adjacent to her book by the same name:  Stay Curious - How Questions And Doubts Can Save Your Faith . Pastor Steph sits down with those who have experienced seasons of questions and doubts an...

  Steph and Jo wrap up this series with a conversation around managing change during the process of moving from here to there.  The discussion includes intentional management in five key areas: Time, Relationships, Financial, Expectations and Spirituality.  As an added exercise, they encourage you to choose one area of management along with the Spiritual management and take it into a time of praye...

Jo and Steph continue this series by talking about blindspots or areas of our lives we are unaware of that are affecting our leadership in unhealthy or unhelpful ways.  #whatgotyouhere #wontgetyouthere  Johari Window Places to Look for blindspots.  What are the top two for you? Character fallout Habits that lead to nowhere Ignoring money Unseen power dynamics Burnout Tyranny of the urgent    For m...

Jo and Stephanie dig deeper into the #whatgotyouherewontgetyouthere conversation by looking at the things we can't do if we want to go from here to there.  The things that need to shift or stop.  Our tendencies that seem to get us to the next level, but actually prevent that from happening.    For more information about Jo's once a month coaching forum, featuring an hour of content and an hour of...

Pastor Steph Williams O'Brien hosts The Stay Curious Podcast, alongside her book by the same name: Stay Curious - How Questions and Doubts Can Save Your Faith . Pastor Steph sits down with those who have experienced seasons of questions and doubts and their journey's from wandering to wondering .  In this first episode Steph talks with Janet Hagberg, author of The Critical Journey , a book that wa...

Jo and Stephanie kick off a new series "What Got You Here, Won't Get You There" with a conversation about the need to ask God whether you need to let go of your "here" in order to get to the "there" He is calling you to. Today their challenge question is "What's your here - in the areas of work, team, family, fitness or interpersonal relationships?" Connect with Lead Stories and Jo and Steph: Twit...

Lead Stories goes global today in this Lead Voices episode featuring a conversation with Grace Ji-Sun and Graham Joseph Hill, co-writers of the book "Healing Our Broken Humanity"  named 2019 resource of the year by Outreach Magazine.  Graham and Grace are both part of The Global Church Project which exists to help local Christians and churches learn from diverse, multiethnic, and global voices and...

Jo and Stephanie have one final challenge from the series #levelupyourleadership  SPECIAL RESOURCES:  get the Level Up Guide offered at the 2019 Global Leadership Summit. Just text the words Level Up to 345-345. "Community" Specific Resource: www. LeadStoriesMedia.com/resources Connect with Lead Stories and Jo and Steph: Twitter: @LeadStoriesVox Instagram: @LeadStoriesPodcast Facebook: LeadStories...

Jo and Stephanie wrap up the series #levelupyourleadership with a conversation about the importance of community as it relates to your leadership.  As Jo says, "it really does take a village to raise a leader".  Today's episode is full of practical advice about the relationships we want to look for in our lives, as well as the ones we want to avoid.   Maximizing Your Tribe Episode  SPECIAL RESOURC...

Today's episode deals with the integration and intersection of our psychological and spiritual health.  Jo and Stephanie talk about the need to process the things that may be getting in the way of healthy mindfulness and share their own personal experiences in this important conversation. Ted Talk EMOTIONAL FIRST AID SPECIAL RESOURCE:  get the Level Up Guide offered at the 2019 Global Leadership S...

#levelupyourleadership  "Body", Episode 2 of the Season 7 series, Level Up Your Leadership focuses on an often underestimated aspect of our leadership journey.  One of the ways we can level up our leadership is to invest in our bodies and be aware of our energy levels.  Connect with Lead Stories and Jo and Steph: Twitter: @LeadStoriesVox Instagram: @LeadStoriesPodcast Facebook: LeadStoriesPodcast...

Season 7 opens with a brand new series entitled "Level Up Your Leadership"  Stephanie and Jo are again diving into engaging and insightful conversation about not only growing and stretching your leadership, but challenging us to take a step forward, where ever we are, to the next level.     Connect with Lead Stories and Jo and Steph: Twitter: @LeadStoriesVox Instagram: @LeadStoriesPodcast Facebook...

Final sermon for #summersermonseries! This is a second offering from our very own Jo Saxton teaching on "The Leadership C's" which looks at criteria and values for not only growing leaders, but choosing leaders.  Listen as Jo gets to the heart of what's really important for leaders.  Connect with Lead Stories and Jo and Steph: Twitter: @LeadStoriesVox Instagram: @LeadStoriesPodcast Facebook: LeadS...

#summersermonseries The first of two sermons by Lead Stories very own Jo Saxton.  This one is "Leaders Who Change the World" where Jo reflects on the leadership foundations of the early church and other great leaders of the church, then challenges us to take on some of those principles, markers and practices as we respond to God's call in our lives.  Connect with Lead Stories and Jo and Steph: Twi...

Today's message is from Nicole Bullock, Senior Pastor at Blue Oaks Covenant Church in Brooklyn Center, MN.  Listen to her powerful and engaging message from John Chapter 8.  Nicole Bullock was born and raised in Chicago, IL where she attended Western Illinois University, graduating with a Bachelor's in Social Work.  She also attended North Park Theological Seminary graduating with a Masters in Div...

The next #SummerSermonSeries comes from Lead Pastor Rachel Billups of Ginghamsburg Church in Ohio.   Pastor Rachel provides leadership and vision for the Tipp City Campus and partners with worship, mission and discipleship ministries to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. Rachel, an Ordained Elder within the United Methodist Church, holds a Master of Divinity degree...

Listen today as Pastor Gail Song Bantum, lead pastor at Quest Church in Seattle, gives a powerful message entitled "A Leftover Vision" or as she puts it "when God's math don't make sense".  Pastor Gail is passionate about calling individuals, groups, and organizations to become all that God says they are through the lens of leadership development and discipleship. As a second-generation, Korean-Am...

Today's summer sermon series features Pastor Edrin Williams, Lead Pastor at Sanctuary Covenant Church in Minneapolis.  His sermon "Jesus is Disruptive" is part of an 8 week sermon series entitled "Beautiful Outlaw" based on the book of the same name by John Eldridge.   Sanctuary Covenant Church  Beautiful Outlaw Sermon Series Beautiful Outlaw by John Eldridge   

Today, Mike Breen shares a deep and insightful message on the 23rd Psalm.  As Mike points out, this passage is perhaps the most recognizable and well known Psalm and yet the Psalm most rarely preached on.  Listen to how he masterfully and powerfully uses the experiences of the shepherd and his sheep to illustrate the way we as God's people live out the call, challenge and completion of our lives. ...

#summersermonseries Todays special teaching comes from certified coach Keisha Polonio, Associate Director at Tampa Underground in Tampa, FL,  bringing a sermon entitled "The Story of God is Communal" from Acts 18. Keisha is an powerful and engaging speaker as well as a gifted storyteller.  Listen today as she talks about the intersection of our story and others as "the story of us".    Keisha Polo...

#SummerSermonSeries Next up, Pastor Stephanie continues in the "You are Here" series at Mill City Church with her sermon "Jesus Meets You in Your Thought Life.  Further exploring the questions of how we recognize Jesus in our everyday life and everyday chaos.  Full sermon series found HERE

#SummerSermonSeries  First up in our Summer Sermon Series is a featured sermon given by Stephanie entitled Jesus Meets you Where You Are.  Part of the series "You Are Here" at Mill City Church, this sermon focuses on the question: Do we recognize Jesus in our everyday spaces and our everyday chaos? Find other sermons in this series HERE  

Jo and Steph look back at Season 6. Listen in to hear which ones you missed and reflect on the ones you did hear!  AND… find out what is going on on the podcast over the summer and into the fall…   We would love you to pre-order Steph's book! It's called 'Stay Curious: How questions and doubts can save your faith'. Steph is also available to speak at your church/group about her book! Check out the...