Who Are You Becoming While You Lead? - Jen Pollock Michel - 229 - FrontStage BackStage with Jason Daye

Pastors spend so much time thinking about what God has called them to do. But who are we becoming while we do it? Jen Pollock Michel joins Jason Daye to explore the often-unnoticed forces shaping us in ministry and how we can become more intentional about being formed by God.

Who are you becoming while you lead? In this week's conversation on FrontStage BackStage, award-winning author Jen Pollock Michel joins host Jason Daye to explore how pastors and ministry leaders are being spiritually formed, often without even realizing it.

Those of us in ministry spend enormous amounts of energy thinking about what God has called us to do. We lead, disciple, preach, care for people, and respond to the seemingly endless demands of ministry. But in the midst of all that activity, how much attention are we giving to who we are becoming?

Jen is a sought-after speaker whose writing has appeared in Christianity Today, The Dispatch, and The Christian Century. She also leads retreats and workshops focused on developing a Rule of Life, and her latest book, *A Rule for the Rest of Us*, explores how we can live more intentionally as we seek to be formed by God.

Jen and Jason explore the forces quietly shaping our lives, why spiritual formation can feel frustratingly slow, and how we can resist simply drifting through ministry and life.

Together they discuss:

• Why ministry leaders can become more focused on what we're doing for God than how we're being formed by God
• Why productivity often feels more satisfying than the slow work of spiritual formation
• How rest can become an expression of trust in God rather than simply time away from work
• How individualism, self-protection, and our desire for comfort can quietly shape our lives and churches
• Why our phones can make us more solitary in community and less capable of genuine solitude
• How a Rule of Life can help us resist drift and live more intentionally with Jesus

If you're a pastor or ministry leader who spends much of your life thinking about the people you're leading and the work God has entrusted to you, this conversation offers an important invitation to consider your own formation. Faithful ministry isn't only about what God is accomplishing through us. It also means paying attention to who God is patiently forming us to become.

Looking to dig more deeply into this topic and conversation? FrontStage BackStage is much more than another church leadership show, it is a complete resource to help you and your ministry leaders grow. Every week we go the extra mile and create a free toolkit so you and your ministry team can dive deeper into the topic that is discussed.

Visit http://PastorServe.org/network to find the Weekly Toolkit, including the Ministry Leaders Growth Guide. Our team pulls key insights and quotes from every conversation with our guests. We also create engaging questions for you and your team to consider and process, providing space for you to reflect on how each episode's topic relates to your unique church context. Use these questions in your staff meetings, or other settings, to guide your conversation as you invest in the growth of your ministry leaders.

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