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Lessons from the Desert Fathers/Mothers: Part 2 – EH Leader Podcast

I have pondered the Sayings of the Desert Fathers/Mothers for more than 15 years. We may not be monks, but we can learn many things from them as we seek to lead for Jesus in our day. We each have a solitary, a monk, within us, i.e. a part of us that longs for rich, creative, deep communion with God apart from the gods of the world that tempt us away from Jesus. We are not called to do exactly what these desert teachers did, but we are called to the same ruthless determination to break every spiritual chain that keeps us from becoming who God has called us to be and doing what he has called us to do. In this podcast I talk about 4 gifts/applications that offer a challenge to us in leadership today. Here are a few of their sayings that I discuss: 1. Grow in Love and Not Judging. Read more.

Lessons from the Desert Fathers/Mothers: Part 1 – EH Leader Podcast

At the end of the third century in the deserts of Egypt, North Africa, an extraordinary phenomenon occurred. Christian men and women began to flee the cities and villages of the Nile Delta in Egypt to seek God in the desert. They discerned that so much of the world filled the church that they had to pursue God in a radical way by moving to the desert. They saw the world: as a shipwreck from which each single individual man had to swim for his life. . . . These were men who believed that to let oneself drift along, passively accepting the tenets and values of what they knew as society, was purely and simply a disaster. . . They knew they were helpless to do any good for others as long as they floundered about in the wreckage. But once they got a foothold on solid ground, things were different. Then they. Read more.

Lessons from the “Rule” of Benedict – EH Leader Podcast

Benedict (480-547 AD) lived during a time when the Roman Empire was disintegrating and eventually founded twelve monasteries near Rome. To guide these monks to live a simple, orderly life around Christ, he wrote “a little rule for beginners” now famously known as the “Rule of Benedict” (RB). This “Rule” became one of the most powerful documents in shaping Western civilization and has guided tens of thousands of people around the world over the last 1500 years. In this podcast, I expand on the 7 primary lessons (or gifts) from the Rule of Benedict that have profoundly influenced my life and leadership since my first exposure to it in 2003. These 7 lessons are: Rhythms and the Daily Office. Benedict structured these prayer times around eight Daily Offices. He realized that stopping for the Daily Office to be with God is the key to creating a continual and easy familiarity with God’s presence the rest of the. Read more.

Brokenness: God’s Strange Pathway to Greatness (Part 2) – EH Leader Podcast

The pressure to present an image of ourselves as strong and spiritually “together” hovers over most of us. We feel guilty for not measuring up, for not making the grade. We forget that not one of us is perfect and that we are all sinners. We forget that David, one of God’s most beloved friends, committed adultery with Bathsheba and murdered her husband. How many of us would have erased that from the history books forever lest the name of God be disgraced? David did not. Instead, he used his absolute power as king to ensure the details of his colossal failure were published in the history books for all future generations! In fact, David wrote a song about his failure to be sung in Israel’s worship services and to be published in their worship manual, the psalms. Can you imagine doing that with our sins! David knew something about the power of brokenness. Read more.

Brokenness: God’s Strange Pathway to Greatness (Part 1) – EH Leader Podcast

I went to great lengths to prepare myself for leadership as best I could. I accumulated knowledge, skills, and experience from a vast array of Christian arenas. My hope was that no person, trial, difficulty, or circumstance would break me, regardless of the force of the hurricane. I sought to live in the reality that the same power that raised Jesus from the dead was now in me (Eph. 1:19–23). I reminded myself that greater is he who is in me than he who is in the world (1 John 4:4). I prayed like David, “With your help I can advance against a troop; with my God I can scale a wall” (2 Sam. 22:30). I was determined to remain stable, firm, consistent, and faithful. I was going to be a warrior, a soldier, and a servant for God and his church. My preparation, however, both formal and informal, left out one of the. Read more.

Relax – EH Leader Podcast

Your leadership role brings along with it lots of stress and anxiety. So how can you move away from the anxiety caused by the pressures around you to a place of relaxation and trust in Jesus? Our ability to relax is likely directly related to our ability to release control and surrender in full belief and trust that Jesus has the control, not us. In the gospel of John the word “belief” can best be understood as “relax in” or “trust.” How do we get there? We move towards expressing our intent to relax and surrender our will to God’s presence through times of silence and stillness with Him. Listen to Pete’s message based on John 6:16-21 and learn to relax. Blessings, The EH Discipleship Team Help your people learn to cultivate their own deep relationship with Jesus. Live Stream Training Aug 30 @ 1PM ET. Only a few days left to REGISTER.