The Productive Pastor

In this episode, I share what it means to keep a working notebook. I do nearly 95% of my work in the same workbook each week. I have grown this practice over the past 15 years and I can't imagine not having this as part of my basic productivity.  Work With Chad  https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad  Listen and Subscribe Productive Pastor on iTunes |  https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on...

As we are entering into the busiest time for ministry leaders, let's have a quick conversation about what to do, what not to do, and how to grow this holiday season.    Work With Chad  https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad  Listen and Subscribe Productive Pastor on iTunes |  https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify |  https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube |  https://bit.ly/RevChad...

Live from the sick bay!!! But really. In this episode, I talk about one of the ways we deal with being overwhelmed in ministry being stuck in reactionary chaos, and not knowing how to build out our daily schedule. So I walk through a pathway from being overwhelmed to knowing exactly what is going on with the space to say yes to things when you need to.  Work With Chad  https://bit.ly/CoachingWithC...

Do you struggle with procrastination? It is something that comes up in everyone's lives, and can also be wildly different to each of us.  In this episode, I break down three ways we can see and understand our procrastination and work through it.  Work With Chad  https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad  Listen and Subscribe Productive Pastor on iTunes |  https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on...

So what is a preaching island? It's what happens when we unintentionally allow the sermon to exist away from the mainland mission of the local church. Let's talk about 5 different preaching islands and how we might be able to stay away from creating them.  Work With Chad  https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad  Listen and Subscribe Productive Pastor on iTunes |  https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive...

So what are the 5 tools I find essential for MY productivity? Let me share them with you.    Work With Chad  https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad  Listen and Subscribe Productive Pastor on iTunes |  https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify |  https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube |  https://bit.ly/RevChadBrooksYouTube Productive Pastor Email List |  https://bit.ly/PPemailList

Patrick Miller is the co-host and co-author of Truth Over Tribe . This is a different episode and Patrick and I talk through how he might start a journaling habit.  Work With Chad  https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad  Listen and Subscribe Productive Pastor on iTunes |  https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify |  https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube |  https://bit.ly/RevChadBroo...

So how does productivity work? Is it a linear progression? Are you all of a sudden "productive"? I want to answer those questions this week, and share what I call three phases of productivity.  Work With Chad  https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad  Listen and Subscribe Productive Pastor on iTunes |  https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify |  https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube...

So how do you handle a massive pile of tasks AND pastor a church or lead a ministry? Friends - you can't have just one list. For your effectiveness AND your sanity. Here is how I use a multiple-list strategy to keep everything on the train tracks.  Work With Chad  https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad  Listen and Subscribe Productive Pastor on iTunes |  https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor...

Does your workweek seem too packed? Do things just cram in there? I am a big fan of scheduling 80% of the week and building in intentional margin. Here is how I do it.    Work With Chad  https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad  Listen and Subscribe Productive Pastor on iTunes |  https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify |  https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube |  https://bit.ly/RevCh...

Mike Neglia is the Pastor of Calvary Cork in Cork Ireland. Let's listen to what it was like to lead a church through the pandemic outside of the United States.  Expositors Collective Podcast | Expositors Collective on iTunes Work With Chad  https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad  Listen and Subscribe Productive Pastor on iTunes |  https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify |  https://sp...

On this weeks episode (and the 2nd part of the Pandemic Pastor series), I talk with Derek Sweatman of Atlanta Christian Church.  Work With Chad  https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad  Listen and Subscribe Productive Pastor on iTunes |  https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify |  https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube |  https://bit.ly/RevChadBrooksYouTube Productive Pastor Email Li...

One of the topics I have been excited to share with you is a series of conversations with pastors of normal-sized churches about the adaptations and lessons they learned during the Covid-19 crisis and the ways it disrupted church.  Our first conversation is with Rev. Fernie Rivera of Mid City Church in Baton Rouge, La. Fernie is a good friend and shares an amazing story of a new church plant that...

Policies instantly make me think of TPS reports.  But we don't have to approach policy as a negative part of leadership. Let me share with you three ways creating policies as systems can help you when the time comes for difficult decisions.   Grab the Season 1 Workbook as part of the Labor Day Sale.     Work With Chad  https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad  Listen and Subscribe Productive Pastor on iTun...

We are back with the 2nd part in our 3 part series on making decisions. In this episode we are going to be talking about our Strategic Intentionality gives us a great decision matrix. Work With Chad  https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad  Listen and Subscribe Productive Pastor on iTunes |  https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify |  https://spoti.fi/3oIT5gf Chad on YouTube |  https:/...

Alright friends. This is a deep one. I was even working on it and thinking "I feel like this is much more important than I have the time for right now", but here it is.  In this episode, I talk about discernment and how the way we focus on the "why" behind our decisions. So buckle up and let's jump in.    Work With Chad  https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad  Listen and Subscribe Productive Pastor on iT...

How can the pastor of an average sized church learn from modern HR practices? In this episode I sit down with my wife, and we talk about the 10 years of professional experience she has in HR and apply it to her experience working in and with churches. Work With Chad  https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad  Listen and Subscribe Productive Pastor on iTunes |  https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Past...

Have you ever felt like you wasted a day off? Or maybe had that fear that a vacation or season of extended time off might be nerve-wracking? In this episode, I share 4 things I try to make part of any time off or sabbath rest.   Work With Chad  https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad  Listen and Subscribe Productive Pastor on iTunes |  https://bit.ly/ProductivePastor Productive Pastor on Spotify |  https:...

One of our favorite conversations around the podcast is the digital tools that we LOVE to use. In this episode, I open up my bag and share the 4 digital tools I use every day (and a 5th that is trying to work its way in).  Mentioned Resources The Greatest Productivity Notebook | https://bit.ly/3z21PmO Work With Chad  https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad  Listen and Subscribe Productive Pastor on iTunes...

Welcome to the latest episode of Productive Pastor! In this episode, I dig into the idea of questions and how they can play a role in our sermon preparation.  Mentioned Resources 5 Preaching Islands to Avoid Preaching | Productive Pastor 006 What Do We Know To Be True Livestream Work With Chad  https://bit.ly/CoachingWithChad  Listen and Subscribe Productive Pastor on iTunes |  https://bit.ly/Prod...

Have you ever become exhausted from decision-making in ministry? Many pastors feel the need to be a generalist in too many ways and forget that taking a call to ministry is deeply personal and wrapped up in the uniqueness of their personal creation by God.  In this episode of Productive Pastor, I get a little Bible nerdy and go into how I have become fascinated with understanding good, bad, and ra...

Last week I asked a quick question over in the Productive Pastor Community on Facebook about what content folks would enjoy hearing. We had a great add-in suggestion asking about defining productivity, and I realized it was a good conversation before we jump into the next few episodes.  So what is productivity?  Knowledge, Awareness, and then Action.  Or at least that is how I will define it curre...

As I've shared before, I am in the middle of a ministry transition. Over the last couple of weeks, I have been reflecting and planning on what it will look like at my new place of ministry. Taking the time to reflect during transitions or just show a level of personal responsibility for the lessons we learn in ministry and leadership can be a healthy thing.  I share what it means to move from theo...

It's Summer!!! So what does that mean for Productive Pastor? Well, I have a BUNCH of great episodes planned out for the next couple of months.  Links Productive Pastor Community on FB  https://bit.ly/PPcommunityonFB Season 1 survey https://forms.gle/U3DcwrCsY7gEmkaF6  

Hey Friends. We've made it to the end of season 1!!! That is really wild. I never could have imagined how awesome the podcast relaunch would be.  As we wrap this up, we focus in on our conversation about the role each day plays in our productivity. We look at it in three movements; Starting, Doing, and When things go wild.  Have you picked up the season 1 workbook yet?  Grab it right here .   Want...