Monday Morning Pastor

Doug and J.R. have a 30,000 foot conversation with Brain Sanders, the architect of Tampa Underground, about the future of The Church, forest fires, and grace. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pastors and Leaders, I (Doug) am really excited for this interview to go live. Dr. MaryKate Morse is one of my favorite people. She loves Jesus and has poured her life into equipping leaders of all shapes and sizes. The conversation moves towards making the case for mentorship and health in ministry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Have you ever felt the weight of the mantle of Pastor? Have you ever experienced a spiritual stroke? Have you ever beat yourself up? Doug and J.R. bring back a timely conversation from the vault. Jon has wisdom for those who have experienced the weight of ministry and has some beautifully simple yet deeply powerful practices and encouragement for all of us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

Doug and J.R. weigh in on leadership in congregations during high tension seasons. We take a deep dive into convicted civility which is found in J.R.’s book The Sacred Overlap. If you find yourself in the middle of people on opposite sides of the election, masks, and pandemic policies, we believe there will be some helpful principles and stories in here that may be an encouragement to you. Learn m...

J.R. and Doug take moment the week of Thanksgiving to reflect on the conversations that have shaped, encouraged and challenged them so far over season 5. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Have you felt the ambient anxiety that pervades the nooks and crannies of everyday life in the pandemic, polarization, and unrest of our time and space? Everyday ordinary tasks like making decisions, conversations with parishioners, and where to buy your groceries become difficult in the atmosphere we are living in. Steve Cuss talks about naming anxiety, facing anxiety and learning to becoming non...

J.R. talks with Mason King about calling, formation, deformation, and temptations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As the pandemic is spiking both globally and in North America, we continue to hear stories of pastors and leaders experiencing mental health concerns. Doug and J.R. thought it would help bring back an episode from the vault with our good friend Dave Eckert on mental illness and pastors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We apologize for the lateness of this week's episode, but we are excited to share a fantastic conversation J.R. had with pastor/author Tim Soerens. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Doug has the honor of sitting down with Dr. Jamie Aten to discuss his work with the Humanitarian Disaster Institute and leading through the pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Leadership is hard. In our time you don’t have to look far to find a story of the leader who lacked integrity, broke trust, and fell. The scriptures are full of stories of leaders who disregarded their integrity for temporary gains. What can we do as leaders? How do we live whole heatedly? Doug and J.R. have a deep conversation with Jeff and Terra Mattson about shrinking the integrity gap for lead...

May you feel the love of the father, the life of Christ and the breath of the Spirit with you during Pastors Appreciation Month. We hope you enjoy this conversation J.R. has with Dr. Chris Backert. We love you and appreciate you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Perspective is essential for pastors and kingdom leaders to survive and thrive in this season. Not for the sake of comparison or shaming but to celebrate the work of Christ around the world. This conversation offers a uniquely global and personal reflection on the church and leadership under persecution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This interview goes deep really quick. Sean is thoughtful, funny, challenging and has important insights to speak to leaders and pastors in this season. There is so much about the internal life of the pastor during the pandemic that this conversation uncovers and brings light to. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week Doug and J.R. talk with Patrick Schwenk about his experience going through cancer as a person, pastor, husband and father. This is a raw conversation about limitations, transformation, community, and grace. We know that this will hit close to home for many and we believe it will be a deeply marking conversation for many of us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/ad...

Doug and J.R are excited to get behind the mic for season 5. After taking August off they are rested and ready to encourage and equip pastors and leaders in this unique time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join us for Season 5 of MMP! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pastors, we are in this for the long haul. Doug and J.R. finish out season 4 with an honest conversation about losing a friend and colleague in ministry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Doug and J.R. have a great conversation about youth ministry, youth pastors, and formation in the digital world with our good friend Jonny Radcliff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Doug and J.R. talk with author/speaker/pastor, Rob Cifokoyo. God is writing an unbelievable story with Rob’s life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This conversation with AJ Sherrill was recorded pre-pandemic and lost in the vault for a few months. We are glad we found it. This conversation is rich and we are glad we have a chance to talk about the Enneagram with him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Doug and J.R. talk about House Church structure in this episode. Both of us have been leading some learning opportunities for churches looking to adapt to the future that might not include gathering in the ways we used to. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

J.R. and I owe a ton of our ecclesiological instincts and convictions to our guest Michael Frost. This episode is like a modern-day epistle that is pastoral, encouraging, equipping, and challenging. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Our first guest we ever had on MMP was Skye Jethani. Many of us have read his books or listened to his podcast and gleamed from his insight and wisdom as he engages culture and the Gospel. We are glad to bring him back this season to talk about what he is noticing in the season we find ourselves in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We are excited to begin season 4 with this timely and timeless conversation with N.T. Wright on his new book, God and The Pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices