The Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast

CNLP 555 | John Mark Comer on The Sabbatical as a Hospital, How Stepping Down from Church Leadership Impacts Identity, The Secret Life of Trees, and Why Attending a Church After You've Led One Can Be So Hard

Feb 28, 2023

01:31:21

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John Mark Comer

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Considerations for Starting a New Church

03:03

Common Mistakes of Incoming Pastors

02:18

Ministry detox 2 years before planting normal job live with sending pastor

00:49

The Perennial Lesson of Blooming Where You're Planted

00:57

Introduction

4min

The Gift of Sabbatical

2min

What I Learned From Your Sabbatical

4min

Pastor Woody Dean's Wounds

4min

The Importance of the Body in Leadership

2min

Pastoring Is So Responsive

4min

The Hidden Life of the Secret Life of Trees

4min

Are You Going Back Into Day to Day Ministry Anytime Soon?

5min

You're Changing the Weekend Experience at Bridgetown

5min

10.

The Number One Gift in Your Life

5min

11.

The Inner Debate Dialogue Struggle

4min

12.

Pastors Don't Honor the DNA of the Body and the Legacy of the Family

3min

13.

What Did You Learn About Identity?

2min

14.

The Identity Crisis, Isn't It?

4min

15.

The Dark Night of the Soul

2min

16.

Are You Really Struggling With Identity?

2min

17.

The Gift of Observing Without Judgment

3min

18.

Pastoral Detoxification

4min

19.

What's Underneath Your Ego Identity?

2min

20.

Your Brain Is a Blessing and a Curse in Leadership

3min

21.

Is That a Spiritual Discipline?

4min

22.

Is It OK to Submit to an Authority Other Than Me?

5min

23.

How Do You Stay Motivated?

2min

24.

The Science Says, Your Brain Is a Muscle

2min

25.

How Do You Get Your Sundays Done?

2min

26.

What's It Like to Be on the Other Side of Me?

3min

27.

What's the Book Coming Out in October? Awesome. Thank You, John Mark

2min

28.

Rethink Leadership - Part 2

4min

John Mark Comer returns to the podcast to debrief his year-long Sabbatical after leaving Bridgetown Church as Lead Pastor, how stepping down from day to to day church leadership impacted his identity, why ministry is harder than it needs to be, the secret life of trees, and why attending a church after you've led one can be so hard.

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