S7E6 - Steve Cuss
Steve Cuss takes an intriguing look at the show Ted Lasso through the Systems Theory lens. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 27, 2021•52 min•Ep. 113
Being Human with Steve Cuss
From Christianity Today, Being Human with Steve Cuss is Christian counseling in podcast form. Steve Cuss, a former trauma and hospice chaplain, pastor, and leadership coach, guides listeners with a gospel-informed journey of discovery into the world of emotional health: everything from anxiety and reactivity, to triangulation, overfunctioning, and the Enneagram.
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S7E5 - Winn Collier and Bliss Spillar
Winn Collier, a pastor for 26 years, was the founding pastor of All Souls in Charlottesville, Virginia. Winn now serves as Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology & Christian Imagination and director of the Eugene Peterson Center for Christian Imagination at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan. Winn has a PhD in religion and fiction from the University of Virginia and is the author of multiple books, including Love Big, Be Well: Letters to a Smalltown Church and A Burning in M...
Sep 21, 2021•48 min•Ep. 112
S7E4 - Brian Virtue
Brian Virtue is a Professor at International Graduate School of Leadership living in Manila. He is a fan of Servant Leadership, Congregational Systems, and Cross-Cultural Training. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 13, 2021•34 min•Ep. 111
S7E3 - Steve Cuss
"If we want to be well as human beings, we need to become aware of what's bubbling the surface in us." In this new episode, Steve Cuss is on the mic by himself giving us some basic tools for managing leadership anxiety. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 03, 2021•35 min•Ep. 110
S7E2 - Preston Poore
Corporate business leader Preston Poore has more than two decades of upper-level management experience, including as director of franchise leadership at The Coca-Cola Company. He has also worked for The Hershey Company, Dale Carnegie Training, Ralston Purina, and AmSouth Bank. In addition, Preston is a minority shareholder and small-business owner of Numerica Corporation, an air, missile, and space defense company based in Fort Collins, Colorado. He serves on the board of directors and as corpor...
Aug 30, 2021•44 min•Ep. 109
S7E1 - Tim Costello
Tim Costello studied law and worked as a lawyer, later studying theology in Switzerland. He's a Baptist Minister living in Melbourne, Australia who has a high profile given his years of work on Social Justice and Mission. Presently Tim is a Senior Fellow with the Centre for Public Christianity and the Executive Director of Micah Australia. He's written several books including his memoir, A Lot with a Little. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 23, 2021•39 min•Ep. 108
S6E19 - Steve Cuss - Season Finale
Steve wraps up the season with a personal update and a couple of tools for the summer! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 17, 2021•32 min•Ep. 107
S6E18 - Greg Holder
Greg Holder is author of Never Settle, The Genius of One, co-creator of Advent Conspiracy and a contributing writer for The Voice Bible. He serves as lead pastor at The Crossing, reaching nearly 10,000 people in person and online, calling people from an unlikely mix of spiritual backgrounds to consider what it means to follow Jesus in today’s world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 10, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 106
S6E17 - John & Amber Carroll
John and Amber Carroll have been partners in ministry and life for nearly 20 years. During that time, they have discovered the depths of God’s love and the breadth of God’s grace. They’ve also learned a lot about each other, as well as the beauty and challenges of working side-by-side in the local church. Amber holds a Master of Theology degree from Fuller Theological Seminary. Since 2003, she has served the church in a variety of roles, including youth, worship, executive director and lead past...
May 03, 2021•52 min•Ep. 105
S6E16 - Matt Thomas
As a former convict who found God and reaped the benefits from an aftercare program in Arizona, Matt saw the great need for a similar kind of program here in the Midwest after moving to Wichita in 2011. After two years of prayer, planning, brick walls, and dead ends, God’s spirit began to move in a mighty way. An unlikely team of people was brought together, and doors that had been closed for years began to open. Matt and his wife Christina live in Shawnee, KS. with their two young sons. They ha...
Apr 26, 2021•43 min•Ep. 104
S6E15 - Andrew Arndt
Andrew Arndt is the Lead Pastor of New Life East (one of seven congregations of New Life Church in Colorado Springs), where he also hosts the Essential Church podcast, a weekly conversation designed to strengthen the thinking of church and ministry leaders. Prior to joining New Life’s team, he served as Lead Pastor of Bloom Church: a neo-monastic, charismatic, liturgical, justice-driven network of house churches in Denver. He received his MDiv from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and has wr...
Apr 19, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 103
S6E14 - Rich Stearns
The amazing Rich Stearns (online @RichStearns) joins Steve Cuss to talk about being fired as CEO twice in a year, rapidly learning while leading, global poverty, and his excellent new leadership book! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 12, 2021•50 min•Ep. 102
S6E13 - Steve Cuss
Steve finishes his recent conversation on the dynamics of criticism as a follow-up to the previous two episodes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 05, 2021•21 min•Ep. 101
S6E12 - Steve Cuss
Criticism is a given for leaders, but that doesn't make it less painful. Criticism comes in all forms, some from inside us, like the inner critic, and some come at us. This is the second of a 3-part series where Steve gets personal and talks about the various forms of criticism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 29, 2021•26 min•Ep. 100
S6E11 - Steve Cuss
Criticism is a given for leaders, but that doesn't make it less painful. Criticism comes in all forms, some from inside us, like the inner critic, and some come at us. This is the first of a 3 part series where Steve gets personal and talks about the various forms of criticism. Today: The Inner Critic and Giants On Your Shoulders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 22, 2021•30 min•Ep. 99
S6E10 - Glenn Packiam
Glenn Packiam is an Associate Senior Pastor at New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and the Lead Pastor of one of its congregations, New Life Downtown. He is the author of six books, including “Worship and the World to Come” (IVP Academic, 2020) and “Blessed Broken Given: How Your Story Becomes Sacred in the Hands of Jesus” (Multnomah, 2019). Glenn earned a Doctorate in Theology and Ministry from Durham University, and is a Visiting Fellow at St. John’s College at Durham and an adjunct...
Mar 15, 2021•35 min•Ep. 98
S6E9 - Jack Shitama
Jack Shitama is an author, teacher, speaker and coach. His family systems approach to leadership helps congregational and nonprofit leaders achieve their best spiritually, physically and professionally. Jack is the author of Anxious Church, Anxious People: How to Lead Change in an Age of Anxiety and One New Habit, One Big Goal: Change Your Life in 10 Weeks. Jack and his wife of 37 years, Jodi, have four children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 08, 2021•45 min•Ep. 97
S6E8 - Walt Rakowich
Walt Rakowich is a leadership speaker and former executive of Prologis, a global real estate company that was near collapse when he took over as CEO in 2008. During the economic downturn, the Prologis stock had dropped from over $70 per share to approximately $2 per share in 10 months, making it the third-worst performing company in the S&P 500. After Walt joined as CEO, he quickly implemented a change in culture through transparency, orchestrating a dramatic turnaround and restoring its pos...
Mar 01, 2021•43 min•Ep. 96
S6E7 - AJ Sherrill
Steve is joined by guest AJ Sherrill, as well as Capable Life coach Jimmy Carnes. We chat Enneagram, anxiety, Anglicanism and of course we survive the gauntlet together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 22, 2021•37 min•Ep. 95
S6E6 - Jared Patrick Boyd
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 di...
Feb 15, 2021•55 min•Ep. 94
S6E5 -Alvin Sanders
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
Feb 08, 2021•54 min•Ep. 93
S6E4 - Jenni Catron
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/adc...
Feb 01, 2021•53 min•Ep. 92
S6E3 - Todd Lollar
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
Jan 25, 2021•49 min•Ep. 91
S6E2 - Aaron Keyes
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
Jan 18, 2021•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 90
S6E1 - Jon Chasteen
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 hig...
Jan 11, 2021•54 min•Ep. 89
S5E18 - Rusty George
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
Dec 14, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 88
S5E17 - Wade Mullen
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
Dec 07, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 87
S5E16 - Tod Bolsinger
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...
Nov 30, 2020•42 min•Ep. 86
S5E15 - Angie Ward & Emilie Knauss
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
Nov 23, 2020•59 min•Ep. 85
S5E14 - Sean Palmer
Sean Palmer is Teaching Pastor at Ecclesia Church in Houston. He has authored several books including his most recent, Forty Days on Being a Three. A brief daily reader for Enneagram Threes. Sean took us deep into the vital topic of friendship and loneliness in ministry among other things. A delightful chat full of great wisdom. For those wanting more on these tools, Capablelife.me is now collecting interest for Beta membership. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoice...
Nov 16, 2020•49 min•Ep. 84
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