Podcast appearances and mentions of Stephen A Macchia

Welcome to the Pinkleton Pull-Aside Podcast. On this podcast, let's step aside from our busy lives to have fun, fascinating life giving conversation with inspiring authors, pastors, sports personalities and other influencers, leaders and followers. Sit back, grab some coffee, or head down the road and let's get the good and the gold from today's guest. Our host is Jeff Pinkleton, Executive Director of the Gathering of the Miami Valley, where their mission is to connect men to men, and men to God. You can reach Jeff at GatheringMV.org or find him on Facebook at The Gathering of the Miami Valley.Rev. Dr. Stephen A. Macchia is a thought provoking author and is the Founder and President of Leadership Transformations, Inc (LTI). LTI focuses on the spiritual formation needs of leaders and the spiritual discernment processes of leadership teams in local church and parachurch ministry settings nationwide. He is also the Director of the Pierce Center for Discipleship-Building at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.He and his wife, Ruth, live in beautiful Lexington, MA and enjoy spending time with their two grown children and three beloved grandchildren.

JourneyMates is a locally accessible Christian soul care and spiritual formation ministry, based in Raleigh, North Carolina. This podcast is the program audio for JourneyMates Communities, however, we offer it here as a gift to help all open time and space to simply be with God.  For more information visit journeymates.org. Theme music recorded and produced by Wen ReaganSettling music by Dana CunninghamEpisode produced and mixed by Seth and Crystal DadySpecial thanks to our May 2022 contributors: Jen Whipple, Mary Vandel Young, and Paige CapesGuided Silence music used with permissionGood God- by Mission House, written by Taylor Leonhardt and Jess Ray www.mission-house.comResources for Developing a Rule/Rhythm of Life:Practicing the Way: Rule of Life Workbook https://practicingtheway.org/unhurrying-with-a-rule-of-life/workbookCrafting a Rule of Life, by Stephen A. Macchia, Leadership Transformationswww.leadershiptransformations.orgSpiritual Disciplines Handbook, by Adele Ahlberg Calhoun

Join Melissa and Jay's conversation about one of Jay's favorite books, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality. The author, Peter Scazzero, outlines a road map for discipleship with Jesus that is powerfully transformative. Pastor Pete as those effectually call him, unveils what's wrong with our current definition of "spiritual growth" and offers not only a model of spirituality that works. Bottom line: You can't be spiritually mature while remaining emotionally immature. The conversation turns into what you can expect from Mellisa and Jay's reading list this year. As always, we would love to hear from you at theweekly@calvarybible.com. Show Notes Emotionally Healthy Spirituality by Peter Scazzero https://www.amazon.com/Emotionally-Healthy-Spirituality-Impossible-Spiritually/dp/B08SHX5632/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2MEA3HBEU6F96&keywords=emotionally+healthy+spirituality&qid=1645654485&sprefix=Emption%2Caps%2C118&sr=8-1 Crafting a Rule of Life: An Invitation to the Well-Ordered Way by Stephen A. Macchia https://www.amazon.com/Crafting-Rule-Life-Invitation-Well-Ordered/dp/0830835644/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3XTR0FDY4BAP&keywords=Crafting+a+Rule+of+life+Macchia&qid=1645654824&s=audible&sprefix=crafting+a+rule+of+life+macchia%2Caudible%2C93&sr=1-1

Join Melissa and Jay's conversation about one of Jay's favorite books, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality. The author, Peter Scazzero, outlines a road map for discipleship with Jesus that is powerfully transformative. Pastor Pete as those effectually call him, unveils what's wrong with our current definition of "spiritual growth" and offers not only a model of spirituality that works. Bottom line: You can't be spiritually mature while remaining emotionally immature. The conversation turns into what you can expect from Mellisa and Jay's reading list this year. As always, we would love to hear from you at theweekly@calvarybible.com. Show Notes Emotionally Healthy Spirituality by Peter Scazzero https://www.amazon.com/Emotionally-Healthy-Spirituality-Impossible-Spiritually/dp/B08SHX5632/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2MEA3HBEU6F96&keywords=emotionally+healthy+spirituality&qid=1645654485&sprefix=Emption%2Caps%2C118&sr=8-1 Crafting a Rule of Life: An Invitation to the Well-Ordered Way by Stephen A. Macchia https://www.amazon.com/Crafting-Rule-Life-Invitation-Well-Ordered/dp/0830835644/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3XTR0FDY4BAP&keywords=Crafting+a+Rule+of+life+Macchia&qid=1645654824&s=audible&sprefix=crafting+a+rule+of+life+macchia%2Caudible%2C93&sr=1-1

Join Melissa and Jay's conversation about one of Jay's favorite books, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality. The author, Peter Scazzero, outlines a road map for discipleship with Jesus that is powerfully transformative. Pastor Pete as those effectually call him, unveils what's wrong with our current definition of "spiritual growth" and offers not only a model of spirituality that works. Bottom line: You can't be spiritually mature while remaining emotionally immature. The conversation turns into what you can expect from Mellisa and Jay's reading list this year. As always, we would love to hear from you at theweekly@calvarybible.com. Show Notes Emotionally Healthy Spirituality by Peter Scazzero https://www.amazon.com/Emotionally-Healthy-Spirituality-Impossible-Spiritually/dp/B08SHX5632/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2MEA3HBEU6F96&keywords=emotionally+healthy+spirituality&qid=1645654485&sprefix=Emption%2Caps%2C118&sr=8-1 Crafting a Rule of Life: An Invitation to the Well-Ordered Way by Stephen A. Macchia https://www.amazon.com/Crafting-Rule-Life-Invitation-Well-Ordered/dp/0830835644/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3XTR0FDY4BAP&keywords=Crafting+a+Rule+of+life+Macchia&qid=1645654824&s=audible&sprefix=crafting+a+rule+of+life+macchia%2Caudible%2C93&sr=1-1

On today's episodes, we discuss a rule of life and different Anglo-Catholic devotional books. Here are some resources we mentioned: Crafting a Rule of Life by Stephen A. Macchia The Anglican Breviary (also available online) The Monastic Diurnal/Monastic Breviary Matins You can send your feedback and questions to thesacramentalists@gmail.com or reach out to us on Twitter @sacramentalists. If you want to dive deeper and enjoy dialoguing with others about content on the Sacramentalists, check out our Facebook discussion group here. Be sure to join our Communion of Patreon Saints for only $5 a month!

Today we hear from the founding president of Leadership Transformations, Rev. Stephen A. Macchia as he and Mark discuss how to balance discipleship and spiritual formation.

Today we hear from the founding president of Leadership Transformations, Rev. Stephen A. Macchia as he and Mark discuss how to balance discipleship and spiritual formation.

John Calvin put it this way, “Nearly all the wisdom which we possess, that is to say, true and sound wisdom, consists of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves.”  St. Augustine once prayed, “Grant, Lord, that I may know myself, that I may know Thee.” Consider this too: “Self-awareness is our only defense against self-deception.” No matter how you slice it, without clarity in regards to our awareness of self, we will not fully know the true God who created us in the first place. And, discovering the truth about ourselves is only possible through the work of the Spirit in our lives…and our willingness to prayerfully receive the input of others. Rick Anderson and Steve Macchia, from Leadership Transformations, have been coming alongside pastors, leaders and teams for many years. They help leaders get to know the true God and their true selves with a strong conviction that both are necessary for the sanctifying process of transformation. They will lead us in this important discussion on Thursday, January 25 at 11am CST and introduce us to a self-awareness tool that they have found to be extremely fruitful in spiritual formation work with Christian leaders. Rick Anderson serves as Senior Vice President and Steve Macchia is the Founder and President of Leadership Transformations. The Rev. Dr. Stephen A. Macchia became the founding president of Leadership Transformations, Inc. (LTI) on July 1, 2003. LTI is a ministry which focuses on the spiritual formation needs of leaders and the spiritual discernment processes of leadership teams in local church and parachurch ministry settings nationwide. He is the author of several books, including Broken and Whole (IVP, 2016), Outstretched Arms of Grace (LTI Publication, 2015), Path of a Beloved Disciple (LTI Publication, 2014), Wellspring (LTI Publication, 2014), Crafting a Rule of Life: An Invitation to the Well-Ordered Way (IVP, 2012), and the Baker Best-seller Becoming a Healthy Church.

When's the last time you said a definitive “no”? Or, is that two letter word simply not a part of your vocabulary? Many of us in ministry don't know how to utter or stutter the word. Why is it so hard? If we did say no, who would understand, affirm, and/or accept our response? Much of the time when a “no” is stated it comes out of our anger and frustration about one too many requests for our time and energy. Or, we say no because we've run out of time to say yes once more. So, when have you said “no” for a good reason, a thoughtful reply that comes from a place of wisdom and strength deep within? We can't build margin in our lives without a clear sense of calling, giftedness, and reasonable expectations. Let's dialogue about when, how and why a “no” might be best used a majority of times rather than rarely, or worse yet: never. The Rev. Dr. Stephen A. Macchia became the founding president of Leadership Transformations, Inc. (LTI) on July 1, 2003. LTI is a ministry which focuses on the spiritual formation needs of leaders and the spiritual discernment processes of leadership teams in local church and parachurch ministry settings nationwide. He is the author of several books, including Broken and Whole (IVP, 2016), Outstretched Arms of Grace (LTI Publication, 2015), Path of a Beloved Disciple (LTI Publication, 2014), Wellspring (LTI Publication, 2014), Crafting a Rule of Life: An Invitation to the Well-Ordered Way (IVP, 2012), the Baker Best-seller Becoming a Healthy Church.

Show Summary We do our best to figure out why we work together so well in our business but why we revert back to a terrible, draining, backwards 1950s style when it comes to home & family. In part one we succeeded in figuring out what the big picture problem was and in part two we take a deep dive into what may be causing it so we know where to improve. Show Transcript Download the pdf transcript here. Show Resources Arlie Hochschild created the term ’emotional labor’ in 1983 in her book, “The Managed Heart.“ Will It Fly? by Pat Flynn (Amazon Affiliate link) Living Forward by Michael Hyatt (Amazon Affiliate link) Crafting a Rule of Life by Stephen A. Macchia (Amazon Affiliate link) A (kind of silly) online estimator of who does what around the house: “Chore Wars.” A helpful guide on how to “Negotiate a Fair Division of Household Work” from the University of Rhode Island. A fun and insightful video by “Song a Day” maker, Jonathan Mann (he and his wife overcame this issue with kanban!) “Among couples we studied, on average, men worked longer hours outside the home, yet even in families where women worked equivalent or longer hours and earned higher salaries they still took on more household responsibilities. When our data were merged with the Chicago Sloan Study of 500 working families, we learned that men spent 18 percent of their time doing housework and took on 33 percent of household tasks, whereas women spent 22 percent of their time on housework and carried out 67 percent of household tasks. Women performed over twice the number of tasks and assumed the burden of “mental labor” or “invisible work,” that is, planning and coordination of tasks. Moreover, leisure was most frequent for fathers (30 percent) and children (39 percent) and least frequent for mothers (22 percent).” ~ From an excellent article in The Atlantic, “The Difference Between an Happy Marriage and a Miserable One: Chores.” Another nicely toned article from the Atlantic on spousal chore distribution: “Spouses Probably Shouldn’t Try to Split Household Tasks Exactly Evenly.” “Husbands help wives (and wives husbands) not because they “owe” each other, but because that is what spouses do. In fact, if you are out the point where you are figuring out who owes what to whom in terms of hours or percentages, something has already gone wrong. Counting hours is a sign of a problem, not a potential solution. …housework is a feminist issue—and why both men and women need to work to stop it from becoming the whip that makes one spouse the master and the other the dog. But I don’t think you keep this from happening by splitting housework equally. Rather, you keep it from happening by remembering that your spouse is not your debtor, but your spouse. The goal is not to clear your ledger, but to live with each other, and love each other, day in and day out for the rest of your lives.” Support Glimmering Podcast

Show Summary In this episode, we catch up from being sick for weeks on end. We’ll also announce the winner of the Baron Fig notebook give away and our last giveaway of the “new year.” You don’t want to miss it, especially if there is a business you’re starting or want to start. Show Resources BioFlourish – Dr. Marc Wagner’s website (his Facebook page is here) Will It Fly? by Pat Flynn (Amazon Affiliate link) Smart Passive Income (Pat’s main site) Living Forward by Michael Hyatt (Amazon Affiliate link)  MichaelHyatt.com – Your Virtual Mentor Crafting a Rule of Life by Stephen A. Macchia (Amazon Affiliate link) Support Glimmering Podcast

Show Summary In this episode, Leslie talks about his plans to go slow and build momentum in the New Year. There’s no need to beat yourself up with resolutions and goals in the first couple weeks of January! We invite you to take the time to understand who you are, who you want to be, and build the momentum to get there. Because you will. Resources The ReLaunch Show Crafting a Rule of Life, by Stephen A. Macchia How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big, by Scott Adams Adams’ blog post explaining why Goals are for Losers. Bullet Journal Support Glimmering Podcast