Transforming Engagement: The Podcast

Pastors, we hope today's theme of vulnerability resonates with you. In this mini-episode, you'll hear wise words from Dr. Jessica Young Brown, Donnell Wyche, Karlene Clark, Martha Wood, and Trevor Grindle. You can get the links to these full episodes on our website at transformingengagement.org/podcast

If you're a pastor and you're feeling overworked and overwhelmed - it's not just you. We're revisiting a few clips from our Clergy Burnout podcast series that talk about how pastors are overworked and under supported - and how congregations and denominations can change that.   You'll hear some words from Kate Rae Davis, Rose Madrid Swetman, Dr. Jessica Young Brown, and Anne Helen Petersen. If you...

This week, we're sharing some of our favorite insightful moments from Season 2 of the Transforming Engagement podcast. These clips dive into two of the leading causes of clergy burnout: politics and the pandemic. In this mini-episode, you'll hear wise words from Elizabeth Riley, Anne Helen Petersen, Lisa Sharon Harper, Rose Madrid Swetman, and Justin White. You can get the links to these full epis...

These clips from Season 2 of Transforming Engagement, The Podcast, explore some of the pressures that lead to clergy burnout and how to recognize the symptoms of burnout in your mind and body.

One of the leading causes of pressure, frustration, and burnout for pastors is a bad theology of self-sacrifice. In this mini-episode, you'll hear wise words from Rose Madrid Swetman, Mandy Smith, Lisa Sharon Harper, and Kate Rae Davis. You can get the links to these full episodes on our website at transformingengagement.org/podcast

In this final episode of our Clergy Burnout series, co-hosts Kate Rae Davis, MDiv, and Rose Madrid Swetman, DMin, revisit the many rich conversations they've had with our guests this season.    In these conversations, we heard new perspectives, learned new things, and confirmed so much of the research that's out there right now on clergy burnout. It's real. It's present. We hope that this has been...

In this episode of our Clergy Burnout series, we're joined by Lisa Sharon Harper, founder and president of Freedom Road , which helps organizations in multiple sectors do justice. She's a speaker, writer, and most recently the author of Fortune: How Race Broke My Family and the World . She also hosts the Freedom Road podcast and co-hosts The FOUR podcast .   Co-hosted by Kate Rae Davis, MDiv, and...

In this episode of our Clergy Burnout series, we're joined by a panel of three individuals who have recently left the pastorate. Karlene Clark, Trevor Grindle, and Martha Wood vulnerably share their experience with burnout and the pressures that ultimately led to them choosing to walk away from their leadership roles.    Co-hosted by Kate Rae Davis, MDiv, and Rose Madrid Swetman, this discussion e...

In this episode of our Clergy Burnout series, we're joined by writer and journalist Anne Helen Petersen, to take a look at clergy burnout through systemic and cultural perspectives.   Co-hosted by Kate Rae Davis, MDiv, and Rose Madrid Swetman, this discussion centers around the warning signs of burnout and the potential impact that addressing burnout - or letting it go unnoticed - can have on past...

In this episode of our Clergy Burnout series, we're joined by a panel of three clergy members to discuss the challenges they are facing in their current contexts and what keeps them going.    You'll hear different vantage points but common challenges: How do I continue to show up for my community, stay true to the Gospel, and stay true to who I am called to be?   We're grateful to our guests, Rev....

In this episode of our Clergy Burnout series, we're joined by Mandy Smith, pastor and author. Mandy talks about the importance of limitations in ministry. Co-hosted by Kate Rae Davis, MDiv, and Rose Madrid Swetman, this discussion provides special insight into the ways that female church leaders in particular may be subject to additional pressures in their profession that can lead to defensiveness...

In this episode of our Clergy Burnout series, we're joined by Dr. Jessica Young Brown, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, author, and consultant to churches and community organizations on mental health, trauma, race and racism, and organizational dynamics.   Co-hosted by Kate Rae Davis, MDiv, and Rose Madrid Swetman, this discussion centers around the warning signs of burnout and the potential impact...

Welcome to Season 2 of Transforming Engagement, The Podcast. In this series of episodes, we're discussing the pressing topic of clergy burnout. With increasing demands on their roles, unrelenting stress, and inadequate support, studies show that one in three pastors is at risk of burnout. How can we provide better support, training, and care to our clergy to equip and encourage them to stay in the...

As we continue our conversation about embodying community, we spoke with Coté Soerens, neighborhood pastor from the South Park neighborhood in Seattle, about what it means to belong to a neighborhood, the role of listening and prayer, and unexpected ways to encounter God.

In this conversation about embodied community with Jimmy McGee, CEO and President of Impact Movement, Inc., we dig into the ways in which technology, the pandemic, and a generational shift are affecting the way we socialize with our communities. From sitting around a pot of gumbo in New Orleans with cousins to connecting over Zoom, join us as we consider how the elements of an embodiment are evolv...

We connected with psychiatrist and author Curt Thompson, MD, on a Zoom call as we were all navigating the Omicron surge. As we talked about what an embodied community means, we could not escape the context of the COVID19 pandemic. This conversation is full of longing to be in the physical presence of one another, the challenges that arise as we begin to re-enter into community with others, and how...

Are you curious to know what we're trying to accomplish with the Center for Transforming Engagement? Get to know the people, the ideas, and the hopes and dreams for cascading change in the pilot episode of "Transforming Engagement," the new podcast from CTE.  Listen as the founders, Kate Rae Davis, MDiv and Dr. J. Derek McNeil, discuss the need for healing in our communities and why we need to tra...