My guest again is Pastor Mike Mather. He is a leader in equipping the church to engage in community development. The author of "Having Nothing, Possessing Everything", Mike shares inspirational stories about nudging a faith community to positively impact the neighborhood where they reside. Mike is ordained in the United Methodist Church currently serving as the Senior Pastor at First UMC in Boulder, CO, and a faculty member of the Asset-Based Community Development Institute housed at DePaul University.

Key Topics and Tips Discussed

1 minutes - Doing Less to Do More

3 minutes - Listen to the Youth! - Learning from the wisdom of 13 and 14 year old entrepreneurs

6 minutes - Letting Go of our desire to control to make way for God's Way

10 min - PARTY with your neighbors!

12 min - NUDGE EVANGELISM - Celebrating the amazing things our congregants and neighbors are doing

17 min - Uh Oh! We're being investigated by the health department

18 min - How poor are you is the wrong question? So what is the correct one?

20 min - Recognizing the Gift of our neighbors with a Roving Listener 

23 min - Importance of Celebrating what's being done

25 min - Discovering Life by letting go of programs and affirming gifts

30 min - Going Rogue with Nude Ushers and Lottery Tickets?

31 min - The trouble with review forms

35 min - How this Changes the common pastoral practices of preaching, weddings, baptisms, etc

40 min - Where to Learn More - The Learning Tree

44 min - Give power away to make more happen.

47 min - !! Round 2 of Would You Rather !!

Due to a tech glitch the episode was delayed. My apologies.

The Learning Tree https://thelearningtrees.com/

You can learn more about Mike and his work at https://fumcboulder.org/meet-rev-mike-mather-our-new-pastor/

https://resources.depaul.edu/abcd-institute/faculty/Pages/mike-mather.aspx

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