Ministry Leaders Anonymous

Episode 93: Worry

January 30th, 2020  |  27 mins 35 secs

This week's show starts off with an absolute bang! Matt reveals something he instantly regrets and you will have the audio to prove it! This leads to a discussion about worry in ministry. Is it always a bad thing? If so, how do we avoid it.

Episode 92: Deep Work

January 23rd, 2020  |  26 mins 43 secs

Ministry leaders are always inundated with things to do, emails to respond to and meetings to attend. We can feel overwhelmed with everything we have to do and those seem to be the days more and more distractions come our way. This week,

Episode 91: Transforming Parish Culture

January 16th, 2020  |  32 mins 37 secs

What is a parish culture? How do we shift it more towards the heart of Christ? Tim Glemkowski, author of "Made For Mission: Renewing Your Parish Culture," joins the show to answer. "Made For Mission: Renewing Your Parish Culture"(https://www.amazon.

Episode 90: You Made It Personal

January 9th, 2020  |  28 mins 34 secs

When the President is away, the kids will play...Matt is out of town so Chris upgrades producer Taylor to co-host Taylor and they have some fun talking about accompaniment in ministry. Taylor shares a pretty wild story,

Episode 89: Leading in the Peripheries

December 19th, 2019  |  28 mins 15 secs

In response to a recent article from Aleteia(https://aleteia.org/2019/12/08/poor-leaving-church-en-masse-says-researcher/), Matt and Chris discuss how we may be underserving low income communities. Are the poor leaving the Church or is the Church leavi...

Episode 88: Rethinking the Role of the Parish

December 12th, 2019  |  32 mins 56 secs

The guys take a look at how our parishes have operated for decades and how we could shift the way we do things to be, as Pope Francis says, among the people. Our parishes are extremely vital for our sacramental lives,

Episode 87: Confirmation (No)Prep

December 5th, 2019  |  22 mins 58 secs

• p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica} - Already missing the arguing at the Thanksgiving dinner table? Have no fear, Chris and Matt are here to argue about how we do Confirmation prep.

Episode 86: Working Remotely

November 29th, 2019  |  29 mins 4 secs

Matt and Chris recently read “Remote: Office Not Required” by David Heinemeier Hansson and Jason Fried. They discuss how working remotely can be beneficial for both ministry leaders and parishes. They discuss the pros of working remotely as well as som...

Episode 85: The Meh Commission

November 25th, 2019  |  32 mins 42 secs

• We as Church have been given the Great Commission to go and make disciples of all nations, yet too often we settle for the “meh” commission. Chris shares how to move from “meh” to mission and Matt goes on a lot of tangents.

Episode 84: The Genius of Female Leaders

November 15th, 2019  |  27 mins 54 secs

• p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica} - Chris sits down with his wife to discuss how awesome she is :) They chat about the great qualities, insights and traits that female ministry leaders bring to the table.

Episode 83: Drawn In

November 8th, 2019  |  30 mins 55 secs

This week, Chris and Matt discuss the pros and cons of using marketing techniques to draw people into our ministries. Should we use them? If so, what do we need to avoid? Thanks to ALOB (http://a-lob.com/) for letting us use his song,

Episode 82: Testimonies

October 31st, 2019  |  28 mins 26 secs

• p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica} - The guys share how to utilize story and personal testimony to evangelize and as an integral piece of catechesis. They share the why, what and how so that testimonies can make a huge ...

Episode 81: I'm Uncomfortable

October 24th, 2019  |  24 mins 51 secs

• p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica} - This week, Matt and Chris talk about how growth in ministry takes stepping out and doing something out of our comfort zone. They discuss some of the risks they have taken,

Episode 80: Live from the Dallas Ministry Conference

October 17th, 2019  |  50 mins 5 secs

• p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica} - Matt and Chris recorded in front of a live audience during one of their breakout sessions at the conference. They answer questions from the audience on how to handle some of the most...

Episode 79: First Year In Ministry

October 10th, 2019  |  29 mins 12 secs

• p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica} - The first year of ministry is quite often a whirlwind. Whether you find yourself in your first year or are supervising/working with someone in their first year,

Episode 78: Collaboration

October 3rd, 2019  |  28 mins 47 secs

• p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica} - So often, we get focused in so much on our own ministry that we all put ourselves in silos. Michael Marchand from Project YM joins the guys to talk about how collaboration is not onl...