Being Human with Steve Cuss

This week's guest: Jared Patrick Boyd is a pastor, spiritual director, and founder of the Order of the Common Life, a missional monastic order for the 21st Century. He is author of Imaginative Prayer: A Yearlong Guide to Your Child’s Spiritual Formation (IVP 2017). He and his wife have 4 girls and live in the west-side neighborhood of Franklinton in Columbus, OH. Jared chats with Steve about formation in kids, how you help a kid encounter God rather than just telling them about God. They also discuss urban ministry and systemic injustice and of course, as per usual, the Gauntlet. This episode also features a bonus case study from capablelife.me Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dr. Alvin Sanders is President of World Impact and author of Uncommon Church as well as a pastor and urban leader. Dr Sanders talked systemic racism, the distraction of CRT and why a healthy, holistic local church is the best asset for an urban neighborhood. Of course, Dr Sanders gleefully submitted to the gauntlet of anxiety questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jenni Catron is a powerhouse because she helps people cultivate whole heart, high competence leadership. I loved this conversation with Jenni as she chatted 2021 leadership pressure, time management and of course, the Gauntlet. Jenni consults with teams and individuals to build team health and clarity. She founded the 4SiteGroup and has authored several books including her most recent, The Four Dimensions of Extraordinary Leadership. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Todd Lollar describes himself as a wheelchair-rolling, speech-impeded, cerebral-palsied minister of the gospel. He is author of 'Weak Is The New Strong' and founder of mobilizeministries.com. He joins Steve to talk overcoming weakness, how he disarms people to engage them and of course he gleefully submits to Steve's gauntlet of anxiety questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this episode the mics are turned as Aaron Keyes interviews Steve and two of his staff on how they integrate MLA into their staff experience and church life.' And yeah, the audio is a little funky as we're sharing the audio from the 10,000 Fathers Podcast (with permission of course) and the audio is sketchy and it has Aaron Keyes as the host wrapping it up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jon Chasteen is president of The King’s University and lead pastor of Victory Church, a multi-campus church based out of Oklahoma City. Passionate about empowering and equipping the local church through the preparation of Christlike servant-leaders, Dr. Chasteen desires to lead TKU’s faculty and administration with transparency and authenticity. Prior to arriving at TKU in 2018, his experience included seven years of pastoral leadership and six years of administrative leadership in Christian higher education.Dr. Chasteen has three earned degrees, including a Doctor of Education from Oral Roberts University. He and his wife, Michele, are blessed to enjoy life with their two children, Corey and Jace. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rusty George is the Lead Pastor at Real Life Church in Southern California; a multi-site church with campuses in Canyon Country, Lancaster, Simi Valley, Valencia and a large online community.Rusty is a global speaker, leader and teacher focusing his message on helping people find and follow Jesus. Rusty has also written several books and writes regularly on his site. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Wade Mullen is an advocate, assistant professor, and author working to bring clarity and freedom to the confusion and captivity that marks abusive situations. His personal experience and ongoing scholarly research enables him to write with both care and expertise. He directs a Master of Divinity program that equips future leaders to emulate the Great Servant, who came not to be served but to serve.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tod Bolsinger, MDiv, PhD, is the Executive Director of the De Pree Center Church Leadership Initiative, a Senior Fellow of the De Pree Center for Leadership, and Associate Professor of Leadership Formation at Fuller Theological Seminary. Tod was the founder of the Fuller Leadership Platform, an innovative approach to online formation and leadership development and served as a Vice President of Fuller Seminary for six years.  He is the author of four books, including the Outreach Magazine Resource of the Year in pastoral leadership, Canoeing the Mountains: Christian Leadership in Uncharted Territory, Leadership for a Time of Pandemic: Practicing Resilience and Tempered Resilience: How Leaders are Formed in the Crucible of Change. He served as a pastor for 27 years. Bolsinger speaks, consults and is an executive coach for corporate, non-profit, educational and church organizations in transformational leadership. His blogs and other resources can be found at depree.org/church.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dr Angie Ward and Emilie Knuass join me to talk about being a woman in church leadership. I learn what I need to know as a man, we talk gender dynamics and the pressure to diminish. Angie is a leadership veteran, author of I Am A Leader and Assistant Director of Denver Seminary's Doctoral program. Emilie Knauss is a preacher at our church, a former intern and is currently studying for her MDiv at Denver Seminary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices