Mindful Leader
Dennis Shaw is a musician, marathoner (Boston!), retired military officer, math modeler, muse, and United Methodist Pastor. A keen observer of the human condition, he has degrees in music, quantitative methods (don’t ask!), theology and leadership. He will discuss with other leaders how to become engaged and present in our current leadership opportunities. Critical to leadership is strong self-awareness. Becoming authentic, empathetic, and aware will form the framework of all discussions. You can access and follow this podcast on Apple, Podbean, Spotify and Amazon Music.
Episodes
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Our guest is Angela Willingham, Vice President for Development at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D. C. Angela's LinkedIn page is HERE.
During our discussion Angela mentions Move Management in her approach to fundraising. Some information on that is HERE. (Googling 'moves management' is recommended as this is a rich topic.)
My goal with Mindful Leader is to discuss for local church consumption and use, both clergy and laity, topics that are seasonal or always timely. If you think in terms of forests, deciduous (seasonal) and evergreens. I pray this is an evergreen topic: always in season.
Mindful Leader is available on iTunes, Spotify and other apps: I use Overcast but there are many options.
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Monday Mar 04, 2024
Regionalization and UMC General Conference: A Discussion with Lonnie Brooks
Monday Mar 04, 2024
Monday Mar 04, 2024
This is again, about the United Methodist General Conference in Charlotte this late April/early May.
In our last conversation, we talked about potential changes to the election, tenure, and deployment of bishops. A link to that Podcast is HERE.
This episode we discuss a different concept that will get a lot of discussion at General Conference: Regionalization. My guest is Lonnie Brooks, a lay member of the Alaska Conference. Lonnie is a keen observer of Methodist polity. I think you will find him informative and optimistic.
Lonnie is a 1962 Graduate of Georgia Tech and worked as an Electrical Engineer. He is retired and is a long time member of St. John's UMC in Anchorage, Alaska.
"In essentials unity, in non-essentials liberty, and in all things charity." During the show we mention that as a quote sometimes attributed to John Wesley that he didn't say: A thought piece on the origin is HERE.
Monday Feb 19, 2024
Episode 21: Mindful Chat on Bishop Legislation with Gayla Jo Slauson
Monday Feb 19, 2024
Monday Feb 19, 2024
Gayla Jo Slauson is both a Co-Lay Leader of the Mountain Sky Conference of the United Methodist Church and a Delegate to General Conference meeting in Charlotte, NC in late April/early May, 2024. Gayla Jo's LinkedIn page is HERE.
My first Podcast where I talk with Gayla Jo Slauson is HERE.
I make the point in the Podcast at least PART of what we are talking about is proposed, it has not yet happened.
If you have thoughts -- send them to me at dennis @ mantuan . org with the spaces there edited out. (Written that way to confuse the email harvesting bots.).