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The Other Side of Potential
Over time, the conversations we choose to have begin to reflect what matters most.
If you’ve been part of this podcast, you’ve heard me speak about human development, systems thinking, and the ways we make meaning of our lives and work. That work continues—and remains at the core of my coaching and professional practice.
What has changed is the space where I am choosing to have a different kind of conversation.
After the death of my son, Michael, I felt called to create a more personal place—one that speaks directly to the experience of loss, and to the questions that emerge when life no longer looks the way it once did.
That space is now Beyond the Loss.
This podcast is for parents who have lost a child, and for those who support them. It is not about fixing grief or finding closure, but about understanding how we continue to live, to make meaning, and to become—after loss.
If you are looking for my current podcast,
you will now find me there.
I invite you to join me on Beyond the Loss.
You are welcome.
The Other Side of Potential
Episode 114: The Sacred Overlap — Conscious Community Segment with J.R. Briggs
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J.R. Briggs has three passions: To equip and invest in hungry kingdom leaders, to grow fruit on other people’s trees, and to collaborate with others to create good kingdom mischief. In short, his calling is to help leaders who want to get better. With these passions in mind, he started Kairos Partnerships in 2011. Kairos Partnerships serves leaders – primarily faith leaders – through whole-life leadership coaching, consulting, speaking, teaching, equipping, and writing.
For more than 15 years, J.R. has had the privilege to serve in pastoral roles at mega-churches, church plants, and house church networks. Since starting Kairos Partnerships, he has invested in pastors and church leaders from 24 states and more than 40 different denominations. In addition to pastors, he has also invested in a wide variety of leaders, including college students, pastors, U.S. Olympic athletes, church planters, college administrators, attorneys, business owners, seminary students, and the Vice President of the United States.
He received his Masters of Missional Theology degree at Biblical Theological Seminary and is currently working on a Doctor of Ministry at Missio Seminary, writing his doctoral thesis on the need for question-based leadership in the future of the Church in North America. He also serves as an affiliate professor in the Practical Theology Department at Missio Seminary and serves as guest instructor at Friends University with the Apprentice Institute. He has guest lectured, taught, and spoken at over a dozen colleges, universities, and seminaries.
He is the author, co-author, and/or contributor of at least ten books on a wide variety of topics, most of which seek to equip faith leaders for their health and flourishing. He has also published dozens of articles in publications across the country. J.R. and his wife Megan have been married for over 17 years and have two sons, Carter and Bennett. They live in Lansdale, PA in the greater Philadelphia area.
What you’ll learn about in this episode:
- The motivation behind the writing of Dr. Briggs' latest book.
- Adoption of more fundamentalist approaches to religion and the reasons for this.
- Understanding Jesus' place as man and God; defining the 'sacred overlap'.
- The divisive season of the current political and societal landscape.
- Balancing the different sides of Christianity; aiming for a good level of peculiarity.
- The five sacred practices that Dr. Briggs speaks about and the inclusion of marriage.
- Dr. Briggs' experiences with implementing these practices in his own life.
- The most helpful ways to communicate one's faith in a modern context.
- Comparing the role of a disciple with the idea of being a Christian.
- Dr. Briggs' work in the business community and beyond — keeping the focus on people.
Additional Resources:
Website: https://www.kairospartnerships.org/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jr_briggs
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jrbriggs1
The Sacred Overlap: https://www.amazon.com/Sacred-Overlap-Learning-Faithfully-Resources/dp/031010212X
Monday Morning Pastor Podcast: https://www.kairospartnerships.org/podcast
Resilient Leaders Podcast: https://www.kairospartnerships.org/resilient-leaders-podcast