17: Across the Ages: Staff Life Cycle: Development, Retention, and Separation

24: Growing on Purpose: Engaging Your Story with Gina Butz

Welcome to the LDHR Podcast, where ministry leaders grow together. In this episode, Gina Butz discusses why moving beyond surface snapshots to examine our stories matters for leadership and spiritual growth. She shares practical tools—like life maps, journaling worksheets, attachment insight, LEAF coaching, and transformational prayer—and emphasizes emotional self-awareness, community, and compassionate curiosity as pathways to deeper healing and freedom.   Make Sense of Your Story [https://www.amazon.com/Make-Sense-Your-Story-Everything/dp/1540903753] The Place We Find Ourselves Podcast [https://adamyoungcounseling.com/podcast/] To Be Told [https://www.amazon.com/Be-Told-Invites-Coauthor-Future/dp/1578569516] How We Love Awareness Worksheet [https://howwelove.com/freebies/] The Emmanuel Promise [https://www.amazon.com/Emmanuel-Promise-Discovering-Security-Life/dp/1540903664/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.lisUt-tMLplpUcd-gJR3xfdcG7X2M-ZlnK3IrO3LG-tngmpesMRrbupHc_QFYFztEHE5dRCSXw_a9znbM3g-qC1swC7UF4ln5Upcan2gjs_omjX9Yu50138DjGZpNX8sG-VaZ46W7U9dd2Dwtk4FCf_UdfY2-tDqgxJYUYT3JkeRpdQlrFWdE5w2OKaX5ZNHSrM2hS2RGTSS8vnCI3oggx-jnJybtSZAA4a4VUt-gdg.-z-9tJ5_fKD-Ro7G7HUlMbhLGc2S8I9O355ctkWk1fI&dib_tag=se&hvadid=693944116541&hvdev=c&hvexpln=67&hvlocphy=9008394&hvnetw=g&hvocijid=9463178450991486930--&hvqmt=e&hvrand=9463178450991486930&hvtargid=kwd-2236444396690&hydadcr=8260_13500784&keywords=the+emmanuel+promise&mcid=3d1e3b543c4d320483d099ff8d8b3330&qid=1780940224&sr=8-1] Landscapes of the Soul [https://www.amazon.com/Landscapes-Soul-Spirituality-Attachment-Connection/dp/B0DJY86SV1]   And Gina's Book: Making Peace with Change [https://www.amazon.com/Making-Peace-Change-Navigating-Transitions/dp/1627079718/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2YXIWP8TOANB6&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.JQHpztDt_0G-6kX1MNRM-FxHMiYygPiW3qwYaxTv4JLsxGdZgZ8u3t3t4-s1gf6T.co886Bexm8qKUfRRHbEyMC1Onptoi8TOPM96kwhjubw&dib_tag=se&keywords=gina+butz&qid=1782137370&sprefix=gina+but%2Caps%2C154&sr=8-1]   Contact us at llama@cru.org [llama@cru.org]

23: Growing on Purpose: The Working Genius with Roger Osbaldiston

In this episode, Roger Osbaldiston (35 years with Cru, now leading a church network in New Zealand) introduces Patrick Lencioni’s Working Genius — a simple, practical framework of six “geniuses” (Wonder, Invention, Discernment, Galvanize, Enablement, Tenacity) across ideation, activation, and implementation to help teams work together better. Listeners will learn how Working Genius explains behavior, reduces guilt and judgment, maps team strengths and gaps, and equips leaders to be self-aware of the “wake” they create. A simple next step: ask your team what work gives life and what drains it. For more info, write llama@cru.org [llama@cru.org]. The Working Genius [https://www.workinggenius.com/]

22: Growing on Purpose: Career Path Planning with Dennis Metcalf

On this LDHR Podcast episode Beth interviews Dennis Metcalf about the Career Path Planning tool — a God-centered process to help ministry workers discern calling, clarify strengths, and plan growth. Dennis explains the three-part Career Pathway Map (Know, Discern, Grow) and the Five E’s of development (Expose, Equip, Experience, Evaluate, Environment). The episode emphasizes listening to God rather than rushing decisions, practical next steps for leaders and staff, and how the tool creates space to make faithful, fruit-bearing choices in vocational ministry.   Career Path Planning [https://www.ldhr.org/care/career-pathways/] Career Pathway Map [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A8iPEsqE7F9dTbjmhqLti1W-k-fBlKJ2tEWWN7X0vIA/edit?tab=t.0] Bringing Clarity to Calling [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qlWUry1LeEYd-UfCKErSWwmOVLcXe8qnvL1q-QxO4vI/edit?tab=t.0]

21: Growing on Purpose: Myers-Briggs with Steve Morgan

Welcome to the LDHR Podcast, where ministry leaders grow together. This episode explores the Myers‑Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) as a tool for self‑awareness and healthy leadership. Steve Morgan shares his personal journey, explains the four preference pairs of MBTI, and illustrates how understanding type can improve personal growth, team dynamics, and stress management. Listeners will learn practical next steps for discovering their type, how to use MBTI as a doorway to deeper self‑knowledge (not a label), and how to apply insights to lead and serve others more effectively.   16 Personalities Test [https://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test] Would you like to find out more about MBTI and a coach? Write the llama at llama@cru.org! [llama@cru.org!]

20: Growing on Purpose: The Birkman Method

On this LDHR Podcast episode, three Birkman experts—Erin Layne, Cy Farmer, and Mark McGowan—introduce the Birkman Method and explain how it measures underlying needs, interests, usual behaviors, and stress reactions using a four-color framework (red, green, blue, yellow). They discuss how the tool reveals invisible needs, accelerates team formation, and offers a strengths-based, biblically rooted approach to personal and leadership development. Practical takeaways include naming needs without judgment, spotting stress early, borrowing behavior to increase effectiveness, and stewarding team pace to prevent burnout. To learn more or get started with Birkman, listeners can contact birkman@cru.org [birkman@cru.org].   Workvivo Birkman Community [https://staffweb.workvivo.us/spaces/106119/feed] Workvivo Birkman Certified Professionals [https://staffweb.workvivo.us/spaces/105558/feed]