Dr. Marcus J. Carlson

Voices in the Wilderness

Religion EN ↓ 51 episodes

Voices in the Wilderness: Conversations about Church and Leader Health is our new, free podcast. Our host, Dr. Marcus J. Carlson, along with one or two guests discuss topics related to church and leader health. We release episodes every other week. Each episode is 20-30 minutes in length and we welcome listeners from all over the world. We encourage you to subscribe, share and listen. We thank you for listening and we encourage you to keep the conversation going. We are excited to provide this resource to empower leaders and churches to create lasting and transformational health! We welcome an...

Author

Dr. Marcus J. Carlson

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Religion

Podcast website

amazed15.org

Latest episode

Jul 1, 2026

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Episodes

Internationa Ministry - Erick Liona Pt1 01.07.2026

In this episode of Voices in the Wilderness, Marcus Carlson sits down with Erick Liona, the International Ministry Coordinator for Preparing for Amazement Ministries. Based in Nairobi, Kenya, Erick shares his powerful journey from viewing ministry as a "normal program" to finding a deep, life-changing purpose in revitalizing churches across Africa. Join us as we discuss: The critical need for chur...

Episode 50: Impact of Church Health Part 2 17.06.2026

In this episode, Marcus talks with Connor Boyer on the impact of emphasizing church health based on the experience in his context. This is part 2 of 2.

Episode 49: Impact of Church Health Part 1 03.06.2026

In this episode, Marcus talks with Connor Boyer on the impact of emphasizing church health based on the experience in his context. This is part 1 of 2.

Episode 48: Rethinking Pastoral Leadership Part 2 20.05.2026

In this episode Marcus and Jonathan talk about the changing nature of church leadership, pastoral shortages and empowering lay leaders. This is part 2 of 2.

Episode 47: Rethinking Pastoral Leadership Part 1 06.05.2026

In this episode Marcus and Jonathan talk about the changing nature of church leadership, pastoral shortages and empowering lay leaders. This is part 1 of 2.

Episode 46: Habits of Healthy Leaders- Habit 7 31.12.2025

In this episode, Joe, Jen and Marcus talk about Habits of Healthy Leaders, Habit 7, Healthy Leaders embrace and dispense grace.

Episode 45: Habits of Healthy Leaders- Habit 6 17.12.2025

In this episode, Marcus, Joe and Jen talk about Habits of Healthy Leaders, Habit 6, healthy leaders engage in self-care and sabbath.

Episode 44: Habits of Healthy Leaders- Habit 5 03.12.2025

In this episode, Marcus, Joe and Jen talk about habits of healthy leaders habit 5, healthy leaders have boundaries.

Episode 43: Habits of Healthy Leaders- Habit 4 19.11.2025

In this episode, Marcus, Joe and Jen talk about habits of healthy leaders habit 4, healthy leaders have high self-knowledge.

Episode 42: Habits of Healthy Leaders- Habit 3 05.11.2025

In this episode, Marcus, Jen and Joe talk about the third habit of healthy leaders.: healthy leaders do conflict well.

Episode 41: Habits of Healthy Leaders- Habit 2 22.10.2025

In this episode, Marcus, Jen and Joe talk about the second habit of healthy leaders: healthy leaders are teachable and life-long learners.

Episode 40: Habits of Healthy Leaders- Habit 1 08.10.2025

In this episode, Marcus, Jen and Joe discuss the first habit of healthy leaders, healthy leaders are praying leaders.

Episode 39: Habits of Healthy Leaders- Why Habits 24.09.2025

In this episode, Marcus, Jen and Joe talk about why habits are so essential to our leadership.

Episode 38: Habits of Healthy Leaders- Intro Part 2 10.09.2025

In this episode, Jen interviews Marcus about the importance of leader health. This is part two of a two part podcast. It is also the second in our ten part series on habits of healthy leaders.

Episode 37: Habits of Healthy Leaders- Intro Part 1 27.08.2025

In this episode, Marcus interviews Jen about the importance of leader health. This is part one of a two part podcast. It is also the first in our ten part series on habits of healthy leaders.

Episode 36: Church and Leader Health-An African Perspective 13.08.2025

In this episode Marcus talks with Erick Liona from Nairobi, Kenya about the church in Africa and how church and leader health impacts ministry there.

Episode 35: Ministry in Africa- Erick Liona 30.07.2025

In this episode, Marcus and Erick talk about the ministry work in Africa and the impact that it has and can have.

Episode 34: Mental Health 16.07.2025

In this episode, we share a family panel sermon from a sermon series on mental health led by Marcus.

Episode 33: Joe Oliver- Church Health 02.07.2025

In this episode Marcus and Joe talk about church health and Joe shares his advice based on his diverse experiences.

Episode 32: About our Ministry 18.06.2025

In this episode, Marcus shares a bit about our ministry values, vision and more.

Episode 31: Leader Health- Joe Oliver 04.06.2025

In this episode Marcus and Joe talk about leader health and the advice Joe would give leaders, especially new leaders in the church.

Episode 30: Church and Leader Health- Tim Ewell 21.05.2025

In this episode, Marcus talks with Tim Ewell about church and leader health as well as working with churches in transition.

Episode 29: Habits of Healthy Churches- Habit 7- Nate Whittaker 07.05.2025

An episode featuring Nate Whittaker where we talk about habit 7 from Habits of Healthy Churches, Healthy churches are not territorial.

Episode 28: Habits of Healthy Churches- Habit 6- Jen Binford 23.04.2025

An episode featuring Jen Binford where we talk about habit 6 from Habits of Healthy Churches, Healthy churches have a culture of adoption rather than a culture of assimilation.

Episode 27: Habits of Healthy Churches- Habit 5- Dawn Spies 09.04.2025

In this episode, we talk about the 5th habit of healthy churches, healthy churches value process. Our guest, Dawn Spies

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