{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"The Monastic Pastor: Recovering the Church\u2019s Ancient DNA for Today","description":"Most pastors today are trained in strategies, systems, and leadership models that promise church growth\u2014but often leave the soul malnourished. In this episode, I share a deeply personal and urgent message from a live talk I gave to pastors around the world who are moving beyond using the Emotionally Healthy Spirituality Course as a tool\u2014and toward building a deep culture of emotional health and spiritual formation in their churches. What if the future of church leadership doesn\u2019t look like the latest model, but like something ancient? What if the way forward requires going back? I unpack how, for over 1,100 years, the church\u2019s most influential leaders were not trained in classrooms\u2014but in monastic communities of prayer, silence, and deep formation. And I lay out the implications for us today as we discern the next faithful steps in shaping a new kind of leadership pipeline rooted in being before doing. This is more than theory\u2014it\u2019s shaping the future direction of Emotionally Healthy Discipleship. \ud83d\udc47 Explore more at emotionallyhealthy.org\ud83d\udcc5 Join our next webinar: emotionallyhealthy.org\/webinar ","author_name":"The Emotionally Healthy Leader Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/ehleader.libsyn.com\/podcast","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/39827495\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/39827495"}