Mindful Leader
Dennis Shaw is a musician, marathoner (Boston!), retired military officer, math modeler, muse, and United Methodist Pastor. A keen observer of the human condition, he has degrees in music, quantitative methods (don’t ask!), theology and leadership. He will discuss with other leaders how to become engaged and present in our current leadership opportunities. Critical to leadership is strong self-awareness. Becoming authentic, empathetic, and aware will form the framework of all discussions. You can access and follow this podcast on Apple, Podbean, Spotify and Amazon Music.
Episodes
Monday Sep 04, 2023
Episode 9: A Mindful First Chat with Annie Arnoldy
Monday Sep 04, 2023
Monday Sep 04, 2023
Our guest today is Annie Arnoldy, Superintendent for Vitality and Connectional Ministry at the Mountain Sky Conference of the United Methodist Church.
I have known Annie since her student days at Colorado State University when we collaborated a little on Youth Ministry. In addition to her studies at CSU, Annie holds a Master in Divinity from the Iliff School of Theology and a Masters Certificate in Organizational Leadership from Denver University. Annie is a Mountain Sky Conference Elder and she entered ministry from Hope UMC in Greenwood Village, CO.
Her local church experience includes Grand Junction First UMC and Highlands Ranch Saint Andrews UMC.
I consider this part 1 of what I expect to be a continuing conversation on the direction of the Mountain Sky Conference in the area of Leadership Development.
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This podcast was released on September 4, 2023. My next guest along with topic will be confirmed on September 5. That podcast will be released on September 18, 2023.
Monday Aug 21, 2023
Episode 8: Sarah Calvert, Virginia Conference of the UMC
Monday Aug 21, 2023
Monday Aug 21, 2023
The topic is urgency and anxiety.
Our guest is the Reverend Doctor Sarah Calvert, Northern Virginia District Superintendent for the Virginia Conference. Sarah and I were colleagues in the Wesley Theological Seminary Doctor of Ministry Program where both of us also got our Master of Divinity. She also holds degrees from Mary Washington in Virginia and George Mason (Scalia School of Law).
Sarah's LinkedIn is HERE and HERE is a bio used at Northern Virginia welcoming.
Some links from the Podcast follow:
Linsky and Heifetz: Leadership on the Line. Excellent book. We discussed it briefly. Very briefly. Will probably come back to it another day.
Paragraph 2553 of our UM Book of Discipline is HERE. This was passed in order in 2019 in order to provide an avenue for churches unhappy with the current wording in our polity the means to leave the UMC. Ironically, the intended user in 2019 is not using the provision, rather, it is by and large the forces that developed the policy.
Enneagram is HERE. Other examples exist. Fairly long. Do it when you have a few minutes.
Strengths Finder is HERE. There is a cost. Sorry.
Franciscan Blessing -- Sarah goes to this blessing at the end of our talk. I indicated I would share it with all ...
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We are on a two week schedule on Mondays. This one was released on August 21st. My next guest is Annie Arnoldy, the Mountain Sky Conference Director of Connectional Ministry.
Monday Aug 07, 2023
Episode 7: Wybra Price of the Louisiana Conference
Monday Aug 07, 2023
Monday Aug 07, 2023
This podcast will be released on August 7th, 2023.
Our guest is Wybra Price. Wybra has completed his first year as Pastor at Broadmoor UMC in Shreveport, Louisiana. Wybra is an Elder in the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church. His Master of Divinity is from Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University in Dallas and his Doctor of Ministry is from Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, DC
Wybra LinkedIn page is HERE and is part of where I got my introduction.
Our theme was talking about what was going on in other elements of our connection.
Wybra had by virtue of his role on the Louisiana Conference Cabinet a particular perspective to disaffiliation in the UMC.
Paragraph 2553 of our UM Book of Discipline is HERE. This was passed in order in 2019 in order to provide an avenue for churches unhappy with the current wording in our polity the means to leave the UMC. Ironically, the intended user in 2019 is not using the provision, rather, it is by and large the forces that developed the policy. Disaffiliation statistics are HERE.
A book I mention by Richard Haass is HERE. Right now this is Kindle version. Will make it more expansive when I get a chance.
Our guest for release on August 21st will be The Reverend Doctor Sarah Calvert, District Superintendent for Northern Virginia, Virginia Conference of the United Church. Our topic will be anxiety and urgency: defining, identifying, and dealing with.
I am consciously moving more to church leadership in a mindful manner on these excursions and use colleagues both in the Mountain Sky Conference and other conferences to talk an idea (or two or three or six) of leadership.