The LDHR Podcast

In this LDHR Podcast episode, Beth interviews Ben Sparkman about BPMT (Building Powerful Ministry Teams) — a practical model for teams to choose cooperation and achieve exceptional results. Ben explains the six components (common purpose, clear roles, accepted leadership, effective processes, solid relationships, and excellent communication) and how they help teams grow, especially across cultures. Listeners will gain simple, actionable steps to start aligning their teams around a clear purpose, improving processes, and building trust. For next steps and resources, visit LDHR.org, contact your LDHR leader, or message us at [email protected].

Barbara Culwell shares her journey with Cru and her work as a strengths coach, explaining how CliftonStrengths and the CoreClarity framework help people recognize their gifts, deepen their sense of purpose, and serve more effectively in ministry. She offers practical steps for listeners: take the CliftonStrengths assessment, revisit your top five, consider coaching to unpack results, and intentionally apply your strengths in teams and relationships. Embrace Your Strengths with Barbara Culwell Clifton Strengths Assessment  Want to find out more? Write us at [email protected]. 

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 The Place We Find Ourselves Podcast To Be Told How We Love Awareness Worksheet The Emmanuel Promise Landscapes of the Soul   And Gina's Book: Making Peace with Change   Contact us at [email protected] 

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 [email protected]. The Working Genius

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 Career Pathway Map Bringing Clarity to Calling