Episode 36: Reopening Churches

May 11th, 2020  |  30 mins 8 secs

christian, christianity, church, coronavirus, covid19, leadership, ministry, pastors, texas

I recorded 3 separate interviews via a Facebook Live Zoom call. This is one of those interviews, with Pastors JR and Eleazar Rodriguez.

Episode 35: Rethinking Church

April 27th, 2020  |  43 mins 57 secs

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I'm back with George Carballo (Pastor and District Youth Director) to discuss how churches can engage their members, reach new people, and continuing doing church without skipping a beat. Enjoy!

Episode 34: Tough Calls

March 17th, 2020  |  23 mins 8 secs

business, christian, christianity, church, church ministry, coronavirus, covid19, crisis, entrepreneurship, lead, leadership, minister, ministry, pastor, religion

Everyone is faced with a difficult decision from time to time, leaders tend to find themselves making these decisions frequently and as of late it seems the toughest of decisions are having to be made. How can we as leader successfully make tough decisions? And how can we deal with the backlash and criticism that inevitably comes with those decisions? All that and more on today’s episode

Episode 33: Quick News

February 24th, 2020  |  4 mins

business, christianity, church, leader, leadership, ministry, pastor

Episode 32: Man Up! Author Jody Burkeen

February 10th, 2020  |  53 mins 28 secs

business, christianity, church, churchministry, jesus, leadership, manup, men, mens, ministry, pastor

Pastor and Author Jody Burkeen joins me today to discuss his book Man Up: Becoming a Godly Man in an Ungodly World.

Episode 31: Handling Tension

January 27th, 2020  |  49 mins 51 secs

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Tension! It’s that awkward, uncomfortable, and unwanted feeling we’ve all experienced. In leadership it’s unavoidable. You will confront tension in your leadership, the question is, how will you handle it? My guest today specializes in dealing with tension so enjoy the show.

Episode 30: Stepping Into Leadership

January 13th, 2020  |  56 mins 17 secs

christianity, church, leader, leadership, management, ministry, organizational leadership, pastor

Today’s guest is Gabe Garcia, and we talk about stepping into leadership and his experience with it. I hope this blesses you.

Episode 29: Why We Fail At Our Goals

December 30th, 2019  |  22 mins 33 secs

cancer, christian, christianity, church, goals, god, holyspirit, jesus, leadership, learning, ministry, new year, youth

Why do people fail at keeping the goals they make? In this end of the year episode, I lay out three main reasons as to why we may not hit the goals we set for ourselves.

Episode 28: The Power of Connecting!

December 16th, 2019  |  1 hr 7 mins

cancer, christian, christianity, church, fitness, god, holyspirit, jesus, lead, leadership, learning, ministry, youth

A testimony that might just leave you in tears, a conversation on youth leadership, and the power of connecting with people in your organization. All of that and more on this episode.

Episode 25: Volunteer Management

November 4th, 2019  |  58 mins 16 secs

business, church, leader, leadership, management, ministry, organizational leadership, pastor, volunteer, volunteering

Luis (Kike) Martiznez joins me on the show today to provide incredibly valuable insight on the management of volunteers.