The Emotionally Healthy Leader Podcast
Pete Scazzero
Many pastors and church leaders today feel overwhelmed, exhausted, and frustrated that their churches don’t seem to be making mature disciples. The Emotionally Healthy Leader Podcast explores the paradigms and practices leaders need to transform their church culture and multiply deeply changed disciples.
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Dec 15, 2020 • 31min
When God's Work Feels Too Small & Slow
We are in the season of Advent - a time of hopeful expectation! Yet we remain several months away from the end of the global pandemic. Across the board, many churches are closing down and others are hanging on with all of their strength.
Dec 8, 2020 • 28min
When Life Takes You a Different Direction (Advent Devotional)
In today's podcast, Pete shares some insights from the prophet Isaiah to help us see what God is doing when our plans change drastically. Pete believes this episode will help you enter more deeply into the Advent season AND prepare well for the coming year.
Dec 1, 2020 • 46min
Conversation with a Trappist Monk on the 4 Stages of Prayer
Father William, a Trappist monk with over 50 years of experience, shares profound insights on contemplative prayer. He discusses the transformative power of monastic life and the history of prayer practices within the Christian tradition. The conversation delves into the crucial balance between action and contemplation, using the story of Martha and Mary. Father William emphasizes the significance of forgiveness in spiritual growth and invites listeners to experience Centering Prayer for a deeper connection with God.
Nov 24, 2020 • 30min
Clinging to Gratitude Through Disappointments & Setbacks
In today's podcast, Pete makes the case for why the practice of thankfulness is the antidote to a pervasive ingratitude that causes our hearts to shrink. Near the end, Pete invites you to consider 6 categories of life in which you have the opportunity to give thanks to God.
Nov 17, 2020 • 39min
Waiting on the Cross with Jesus
In today's podcast, Pete shares a message from years ago that is especially important for leaders today. It's about embracing the work of the cross so we can experience resurrection life.
Nov 10, 2020 • 31min
Why the Confusing-in-Between is Where God Wants to Meet You
In today's podcast, Pete addresses how we can live, lead, and meet God in the confusing-in-between.
Nov 3, 2020 • 47min
Letting Go of Outcomes Without Giving Up Hope
In today's podcast, Pete shares a sermon in which he explores Jesus' parable of the wheat and tares. In this passage, Jesus reveals an astounding picture of how God intends to deal with the good and the evil - especially in the church.
Oct 27, 2020 • 29min
Seeing God in the Eyes of Your Enemies
In today's podcast, we learn an important lesson from Martin Buber, a well-known German-Jewish theologian who lived during WWI. From there, we'll explore 3 questions for how we can know whether or not we are actually loving our enemies.
Oct 20, 2020 • 31min
6 Radical Invitations from God for our Polarized, Politicized World: Part 3
In today's podcast, Pete concludes a three-part series on how Scripture invites us to live and lead in such deeply polarizing times. Throughout this series, we are exploring a total of six radical invitations.
Oct 13, 2020 • 31min
6 Radical Invitations from God for our Polarized, Politicized World: Part 2
In last week's podcast, Pete explored how our overly-politicized climate is not different from when Jesus walked the earth. Today, he continues the conversation by offering the next two radical invitations from Scripture that will help leaders navigate this moment with health, wisdom, and maturity.
