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The Contemplative Pastor
For the pastor who longs to embody a less hurried, less overwhelmed, less CEO-like form of leadership, and to recover the ancient path of pastoring in the way of Jesus.
The Contemplative Pastor invites you into illuminating conversations with guides and sages on spiritual and pastoral formation, and offers guided prayers and reflections to help you sit with the rich wisdom of each episode.
Our aim? To shape a new, yet ancient, kind of pastor—more unhurried, more prayerful, more peaceful—and to…
Episodes
The Contemplative PastorLoosening the Grip of Ambition (Featuring Drew Hyun)
What does it look like when spiritual maturity, emotional health, and holy ambition exist together? In this episode, join Jay Kim and Drew Hyun for a…
The Contemplative PastorThe Pain You Don’t Want to Name (Featuring Jeff Hyun)
What does it mean to be a person who is attended to? In this episode, join Bryan Rouanzoin and Jeff Hyun for a conversation about the potential for pain to…
The Contemplative PastorGetting Free from the Weight of Secrets (Featuring Gavin Bennett)
What if confession could be a place of healing, not just pardon? In this episode, join Bryan Rouanzoin and Gavin Bennett for a conversation about the practice…
The Contemplative PastorPastoring from the Ground, Not the Mountaintop (Featuring Beau Hughes)
What formation might we experience in choosing remaining over constant reinvention? In this episode, join Jay Kim and Beau Hughes for a conversation about…
The Contemplative PastorPaying Close Attention to Your Season (Featuring Tara Beth Leach)
What would it look like to build rhythms that respond to lives that are always changing? In this episode, join Bryan Rouanzoin and Tara Beth Leach for a…
The Contemplative PastorWhat Grows When We Stay (Featuring Jess Gracewski)
What might happen if we decided to stay—in a place, in a community, in a calling? In this episode, join Bryan Rouanzoin and Jess Gracewski for a conversation…
The Contemplative PastorDiscerning Weariness from Woundedness (Featuring Glenn Packiam)
What happens when we make peace with the reality that there are no ideal conditions in which to pastor? In this episode, join Jay Kim and Glenn Packiam for a…
The Contemplative PastorWhen the Yoke Doesn’t Feel Easy Anymore (Featuring Bill Dogterom)
What if our weariness as pastors isn’t a sign of failure, but rather a sign that we’re measuring success by the wrong metric? In this episode, Bryan Rouanzoin…
The Contemplative PastorLetting God Burn Away the Fantasy Self (Featuring Todd Pickett)
What if the most vital work of spiritual formation isn’t first in your church, but in the hidden story you’re already living with God? In this episode, join…
The Contemplative PastorPastoring in the Presence, Not Absence, of God (Featuring Alan Fadling)
How can we pastor without sacrificing our own souls on the altar of hurry and anxiety? In this episode, join Jay Kim and Alan Fadling for a wide-ranging…
The Contemplative PastorThe Kind of Pastor the Kingdom Flows Through (Featuring AJ Sherrill)
What if your primary pastoral work isn’t building the Kingdom, but becoming the kind of person the Kingdom can flow through? In this episode, join Jay Kim and…
The Contemplative PastorA Conversation Between John Ortberg and John Mark Comer (Part 2)
How can we suffer personally and alongside others without losing our joy? In this episode, join John Mark Comer and John Ortberg for the second part of their…
The Contemplative PastorA Conversation Between John Ortberg and John Mark Comer (Part 1)
What is my shadow mission? In this episode, join John Mark Comer and John Ortberg as they explore the possibilities and pitfalls in the pastoral vocation. They…
The Contemplative PastorBecoming A Creative Pastor (Featuring Tyler Staton)
How is this era in church history inviting us into creative exploration? In this episode, Tyler Staton invites us to recover a renewed sense of pastoral…
The Contemplative PastorThe Hidden Life (Featuring Gemma Ryan)
Is there a gap between our public and private life? In this episode, Gemma Ryan invites us to consider the hidden life beneath our ministry and leadership…
The Contemplative PastorThe Emotionally Healthy Leader: Part 2 (Featuring Drew Hyun and John Mark Comer)
Where does deep transformation in the church begin? In this episode, Drew Hyun is joined by John Mark Comer to wade into the everyday pastor’s wrestle with the…
The Contemplative PastorThe Emotionally Healthy Leader: Part 1 (Featuring Drew Hyun)
What if the burdens we often feel in pastoral work come from doing ministry for God, without God? In this episode, Drew Hyun invites pastors to honestly…
The Contemplative PastorA New, Yet Ancient Pastoral Imagination (Featuring John Mark Comer)
If spiritual formation were the primary goal of your church, what might need to change? In this episode, John Mark Comer invites us to consider whether the way…
The Contemplative PastorCaring For Your Soul: Part 2 (Featuring Ken Shigematsu and John Mark Comer)
How can you reorder your life for the sake of others? In this episode, Ken Shigematsu is joined by John Mark Comer to discuss how to turn the vision of the way…
The Contemplative PastorCaring For Your Soul: Part 1 (Featuring Ken Shigematsu)
What fruit is being produced by your devotion to God? In this episode, Ken Shigematsu invites us to reflect on who we are becoming in the rhythm of our lives…
The Contemplative PastorRediscovering the Catechumenate: Part 2 (Q&A with Dr. Gerald Sittser and John Mark Comer)
What could happen if we considered formation, not just information, in the discipleship process of our people? In this episode, Dr. Gerald Sittser is joined by…
The Contemplative PastorRediscovering the Catechumenate: Part 1 (Featuring Dr. Gerald Sittser)
How can our communities learn to follow Jesus in a way that is within, but not defined by, our surrounding culture? In this episode, Dr. Gerald Sittser draws…
The Contemplative PastorResistance and Reimagination (Featuring Jay Kim and John Mark Comer)
How can the digital age challenge and reshape our understanding of church? In this episode, Jay Kim addresses the unique pressures influencing life and…
The Contemplative PastorRelational Spirituality: Part 2 (Q&A with Dr. Todd Hall and John Mark Comer)
Where can you go as a pastor to find the safe relationships you need to flourish? In this episode, Dr. Todd Hall is joined by John Mark Comer to engage with…
The Contemplative PastorRelational Spirituality: Part 1 (Featuring Dr. Todd Hall)
In what ways might your community be more spiritually impacted by their relational history than they realize? In this episode, join Dr. Todd Hall, Bethany…
The Contemplative PastorA Rule of Life (Featuring Gemma Ryan)
How is the ancient practice of a Rule of Life desperately needed in the modern church? In this episode, join Gemma Ryan, Bethany Allen, and Bryan Rouanzoin as…
The Contemplative PastorThe Narrow Path of Formation (Featuring Rich Villodas)
What could change for you if you returned to the first principles of the Gospel? In this episode, join Rich Villodas, Bethany Allen, and Bryan Rouanzoin as…
The Contemplative PastorChurch Around the Table
What if the table was the primary gathering place for the family of God? In this episode, join John Mark Comer, Daena Dooley, and Chris and Merryl Weinand for…
The Contemplative PastorA Conversation Between Father Ronald Rolheiser and John Mark Comer
What are the stages of discipleship that we must consider to help cultivate a lifetime of discipleship to Jesus? In this episode, join John Mark Comer and…
The Contemplative PastorA Theology of Pastoral Ministry (Featuring John Mark Comer)
What might change if you saw pastoral ministry at its core not as leadership, but as suffering love? In this episode, join John Mark Comer, Bethany Allen, and…
The Contemplative PastorSpiritual Formation in the Life of the Leader (Featuring John Ortberg)
Is your life as a pastor arranged in such a way that you are experiencing deep joy, contentment, and freedom in your life with God? In this episode, join John…
The Contemplative PastorSpiritual Formation in the Future of the Church (Featuring John Mark Comer)
What thoughtful shifts can we make in our churches to cultivate a deeper understanding and greater potential for discipleship? In this first episode of The…
The Contemplative PastorWelcome to The Contemplative Pastor
The Contemplative Pastor is a podcast for the pastor who longs to embody a less hurried, less overwhelmed, less CEO-like form of leadership, and to recover the…