The Center for Transforming Engagement Podcast
Center staff hosts conversations about changes that serve a common good — and a higher good.
We talk with ministry leaders, counselors, academics, practitioners, and more to learn about how change happens as we pursue transforming engagement. Each season explores a single aspect of transforming engagement.
Clergy Burnout Season Epilogue | Podcast Season 02, Episode 08
Listen and Subscribe on: Apple | Spotify | Amazon Music (Audible) In this final episode of our Clergy Burnout series, co-hosts Kate Rae Davis, MDiv, and Rose Madrid Swetman, DMin, revisit the many rich conversations they’ve had with our guests this season. In these...
Clergy Burnout with Lisa Sharon Harper | Podcast Season 02, Episode 07
Listen and Subscribe on: Apple | Spotify | Amazon Music (Audible) In this episode of our Clergy Burnout series, we’re joined by Lisa Sharon Harper, founder and president of Freedom Road, which helps organizations in multiple sectors do justice. She's a speaker,...
Clergy Burnout with a Panel of Former Clergy | Podcast Season 02, Episode 06
Listen and Subscribe on: Apple | Spotify | Amazon Music (Audible) In this episode of our Clergy Burnout series, we’re joined by a panel of three individuals who have recently left the pastorate. Karlene Clark, Trevor Grindle, and Martha Wood vulnerably share their...
Clergy Burnout with Anne Helen Petersen | Podcast Season 02, Episode 05
In this episode of our Clergy Burnout series, we’re joined by writer and journalist Anne Helen Petersen, to take a look at clergy burnout through a systemic and cultural lens. As the author of Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation and contributor...
Clergy Burnout with a Panel of Current Clergy | Podcast Season 02, Episode 04
Listen and Subscribe on: Apple | Spotify | Amazon Music (Audible) In this episode of our Clergy Burnout series hosted by Kate Rae Davis, MDiv, and Rose Madrid Swetman, DMin, we’re joined by a panel of three clergy members to discuss the challenges they are facing in...
Clergy Burnout with Mandy Smith | Podcast Season 02, Episode 03
Listen and Subscribe on: Apple | Spotify | Amazon Music (Audible) In this episode of our Clergy Burnout series, we’re joined by Mandy Smith, pastor and author. Mandy talks about the importance of limitations in ministry. Co-hosted by Kate Rae Davis, MDiv, and Rose...
Clergy Burnout with Dr. Jessica Young Brown | Podcast Season 02, Episode 02
Listen and Subscribe on: Apple | Spotify | Amazon Music (Audible) In this episode of our Clergy Burnout series, we’re joined by Dr. Jessica Young Brown, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, author, and consultant to churches and community organizations on mental health,...
Clergy Burnout Season Intro | Podcast Season 02, Episode 01
Listen and Subscribe on: Apple | Spotify | Amazon Music (Audible) Welcome to Season 2 of Transforming Engagement, The Podcast. In this series of episodes, we’re discussing the pressing topic of clergy burnout. With increasing demands on their roles, unrelenting...
Embodying Community with Coté Soerens | Podcast Season 01, Episode 03
As we continue our conversation about embodying community, we spoke with Coté Soerens, neighborhood pastor from the South Park neighborhood in Seattle, about what it means to belong to a neighborhood, the role of listening and prayer, and unexpected ways to encounter God.
Embodying Community with Jimmy McGee | Podcast Season 01, Episode 02
In this conversation about embodied community with Jimmy McGee, CEO and President of Impact Movement, Inc., we dig into the ways in which technology, the pandemic, and a generational shift are affecting the way we socialize with our communities. From sitting around a pot of gumbo in New Orleans with cousins to connecting over Zoom, join us as we consider how the elements of an embodiment are evolving.