LEAD Pods
LEAD Pods are the official USMB podcast devoted to leadership development and spiritual growth for Mennonite Brethren churches.
Podcasting since 2020 • 146 episodes
LEAD Pods
Latest Episodes
145 | Leveraging AI Without Losing Your Soul (Matt Ehresman)
In this special role-reversal episode of LEAD Pods, host Matt Ehresman steps into the guest seat as he is interviewed by Lacey Scully, the editor of the Christian Leader magazine. Together they explore the fast-moving world of artificial intell...
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Episode 145
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144 | Deconstruction, Denominations, & Algorithms (Convention Speaker A.J. Swoboda)
Pastor, theologian, and author A.J. Swoboda joins LEAD Pods for a wide-ranging conversation about leadership and formation. A.J. is one of our keynote speakers for the USMB Gathering coming up this July, so this episode gives a sneak peek into ...
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Episode 144
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143 | Agents of Reconciliation (Jesse Swiers)
This week pastor and denominational leader Jesse Swiers reflects on reconciliation as a foundational Christian practice—and why it is often far more complex and painful than we expect. Drawing from Scripture, Anabaptist theology, and his own li...
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Episode 143
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142 | Reaching the Spiritually Curious (Mark Matlock)
In this episode, author and Barna senior fellow Mark Matlock unpacks new research on the rapidly growing number of “spiritually curious” Americans. He explains why many assumptions about the unchurched no longer hold, what today’s seekers are a...
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Season 1
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Episode 142
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141 | Fighting Loneliness: How the Church Can Rebuild Community (Greg Brock)
This week Matt sits down with higher-ed leader Greg Brock for a thoughtful look at why so many Americans are facing significant loneliness. Greg unpacks his research on trust, generosity, and crisis leadership, and shares how simple human pract...
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Episode 141
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45:41