The Reclaimed Leader Podcast

A lot of ministry challenges can afford to get put on the back burner. But, what happens when you have one that can’t wait? Today we walk through a challenge my church is facing so I can share the process we’ll be using to address it – so that you can apply that same process to whatever challenge you’re facing

One of the biggest challenges I hear from pastors (and that we are working through at my church) has to do with volunteers. Are we inviting, equipping, and appreciating them or do they leave feeling a little used and abused?

It’s resolution season, and it’s the perfect time to do a little inventory before jumping into the new year. Cleaning out the garage – what are you holding onto, letting go of, and making room for? We’re talking about how to get a great start on New Year’s opportunity.

Happy New Year everyone. It’s almost 2025 and before we look ahead, we have an annual tradition of looking back on our top 5 episodes of 2024.

Merry Christmas everyone! If you’re listening in real time, it’s Christmas Eve. Right now we have a short episode talking about some last minute reminders and encouragement for this next week.

Today we continue our series on Dreaming Big for 2025. How do you develop and launch a vision for your church? One of the biggest challenges is overwhelm. There are so many possible targets, which one do we do first? How to prioritize the vision.

We continue our series on Dreaming Big for 2025. How do you develop and launch a vision for your church? How do you discern together what God is calling you to do? Today we talk about how one of the best things you can do is simply get started (easier said than done).

Today we continue our series on Dreaming Big for 2025. How do you develop and launch a vision for your church? How do you discern together what God is calling you to do. Today we talk about how to utilize your church budget at a tool for vision.

Today we start our series on Dreaming Big for 2025. How do you develop and launch a vision for your church? How do you discern together what God is calling you to do. Today we talk about the 2-sided vision approach.

The department stores have all their Christmas stuff on display - and we should be close behind. Today we continue talking about strategic Christmas planning with Nathan Teegarden from Church Fuel. We cover common mistakes that churches make with Christmas as well as key elements that effective churches share.

Christmas planning is in full effect. Today we start a 2-part series about how to leverage Christmas for engagement and discipleship. We have 5 practical tips for helping your congregation engage with the community and bring outsiders in.

It’s Election Day and let’s just say “tensions are high Maverick.” This is a short episode about how we’re thinking about our congregations in the middle of all this: 4 thoughts to consider post-election

Today we conclude pastor appreciation month as we interview pastors (like you) in the trenches – what they’re doing, what they’re learning, and how God is showing up. In this episode have a great conversation with Pastor Dave Burke as we talk about pastor self-care, avoiding burn out and more.

As we near the end of pastor appreciation month, we distill what we learned from our pastor interviews. While we walk away from October feeling very encouraged we also discovered 7 important truths from the trenches. We’re share those with you AND giveaway our free month of coaching.

Today we continue pastor appreciation month as we interview pastors (like you) in the trenches – what they’re doing, what they’re learning, and how God is showing up. In this episode, we have a great conversation with Pastor Robbie Ytterberg from Toms River NJ– as he talks about helping a church look forward instead of backward.

Today we continue pastor appreciation month (the best kept secret) by focusing the next few episodes on interviewing pastors like you in the trenches – what they’re doing, learning, and how God is showing up. Today we have a great conversation with Pastors Austin and Sara Hill

Today we start pastor appreciation month (I think pastors might be the only ones that know about it). But we are kicking off a few episodes interviewing pastors like you in the trenches – what they’re doing, learning, and how God is showing up. Today we have a great conversation with David Kling from Covenant Presbyterian Church

No matter what new church vision or ministry comes along, there’s always a guy in the back of the room saying: that’s great, but how do we pay for it? Today we finish up our momentum series by talking about how to fund the vision: capital campaigns, weekly giving, and more.

Have you ever eaten at a restaurant and it was such a great experience, you told all your friends about it? Did you have to strategize and think about it? No. It just came up in normal conversation. What if, that’s the key to sparking momentum in your ministry?

Momentum is a bit of a mystery. How do you capture it? How do you know you have it? Is there a way to drive it? When it comes to church life, if you focus on this 4-legged stool of ministry, there’s a good chance you’ll generate momentum.

It’s launch time in our churches as we adjust to the new rhythm of back-to-school life. And some pastors have been asking: what are the most important things we should be working on this time of year? Today we have 4 critical focal points as you consider how to faithfully approach this Fall.

Today we’re talking about a real time ministry challenge at my church, how it happened, and what we’re going to do about it. Healthy bodies sometimes get infections. It's all about early treatment so it doesn't compromise overall health.

In this digital age, why is it so hard to find great worship resources like sermon illustrations, and liturgy? Well, it just got a whole lot easier. Today we talk with the Founder of The Pastor’s Workshop, Stuart Strachan, about how his non-profit can make your weekly worship prep life easier.

It’s one thing to realize you need to have a hard conversation with someone at church. Yes, you can try to just ignore the situation, but if you do, you may find people stop following you as a leader. 3 steps to handling difficult conversations NOW.

What do you daydream about in the life of the church? If you could wave a magic wand and move the ministry forward, what would need to happen? And, what if those dreams are God-breathed? We’re talking about putting dreams into action by cultivating strategic vision