The Key to Unlock Passionate Mission in Every Member of Your Church

The Emotionally Healthy Leader Podcast

Emotionally Healthy Spirituality

Newlifefellowship, Religion & Spirituality, Leadership, Richvillodas, Petescazzero, Emotionallyhealthyspirituality, Christianity, Faith, Peterscazzero, Churchleaders, Spirituality, Emotionallyhealthy, Newyork, Pastor

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🗓️ 29 October 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Today, pastors and leaders are grappling with burnout, shallowness in discipleship, and a waning passion for God’s mission.

On today’s episode, I share some insights that have transformed the way I view mission and ministry—insights rooted in Celtic Christian spirituality.

Geri and I just returned from a two-week journey through Ireland, where we had the privilege of meeting with pastors and church leaders in both Belfast and Dublin. This trip refreshed us in so many ways, especially in reconnecting with the powerful legacy of St. Patrick.

I believe that St. Patrick’s life and leadership are a map to rekindle the fire of mission that flows from a deep, inner life with God—an “overflowing cup” that sustains outward action. Through Patrick’s leadership, the Celtic church rooted themselves in prayer, community, and a mission-focused monastic life. In doing so, they transformed an entire nation.

This is one of the missing keys that I believe will unlock passionate, world-changing mission in every member of our churches.

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0:00.0	Hi, everyone. My name is Pete Scuzaro. I want to welcome you today to the Emotionally Healthy Leader Podcast.
0:12.0	And our topic today is the key to unlock passionate mission in every member of your church or ministry. The key to unlock passionate mission
0:24.3	in every member of your church or ministry. So Jerry and I just finished a two-week
0:30.7	vacation in Ireland. And at the end of which we did a meet and greet with pastors and leaders, both in Northern Ireland
0:39.7	in Belfast and then in the Republic of Ireland, in the South in Dublin. It was just fantastic.
0:46.4	Learned so much. But we spent a couple of weeks prior to that, traveling around the country and
0:50.6	visiting just the wonderful people and so many sites around that country.
0:55.6	But in particular, we visited a number of monastic sites that really give a great foundation
1:02.8	to the history and the culture of Ireland, and especially Celtic Christian spirituality,
1:07.8	which goes back to St. Patrick in the fifth century and that great
1:11.9	move of God, which changed the whole history of Ireland. Now, the last two weeks we spent on Elijah
1:18.1	and the hidden power or the power of a hidden life in God. And we talked about the cave, the cave as
1:24.6	the heart and the center of all leadership. And out of that flows mission. And so,
1:30.8	and as Elijah stood at the mouth of the cave, we talked about how we in a sense have got to get to a
1:36.5	cave or a cell or a place where the presence of God passes by and we hear him out of which we then
1:42.5	lead other people. And so Patrick offers us
1:45.4	another whole angle of unlocking passionate mission, not simply for us, but as well as for those
1:52.5	that we lead. And so about 21 years ago, I spent time in Northumbria, England, and north
2:00.4	of England, there's a community there.
2:03.2	And again, built on Celtic Christian spirituality, going back to Patrick and learned a great deal,
2:08.9	did a great deal of reading at that time.
2:10.8	And so I used this trip as well to review and read a couple of books on Patrick.
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