Episode Details

Most ministry leaders make decisions the same way they do everything else: fast. But speed might be costing you more than you think.

In this episode of the Church Staff Book Club, Jonathan Malm and Jason Young dig into Chapter 6 of The Emotionally Healthy Leader by Peter Scazzero: "Planning and Decision Making." This is where all that inner work finally meets real life... how you actually lead, plan, and make calls that shape your church and your team.

🎧 What We Cover in This Episode:

• Why fast decisions often bypass the deep discernment your ministry actually needs
• What gets lost when church leaders make decisions in isolation
• The difference between doing things for God vs. doing things with God
• Why community slows you down and why that's exactly the point
• How to approach decisions with indifference (and why that's a superpower)
• Why emotions are data, not directives and how that changes everything
• The danger of mistaking a good idea for a God idea

📖 We're Reading: The Emotionally Healthy Leader by Peter Scazzero Follow along chapter by chapter with us each week!

💬 Key Quotes from This Episode:

"Just because it's good doesn't mean it's from God."

"Listening is leadership."

"God's guidance is often in line with peace, not pressure."

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