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Guest: Clay Scroggins - Lead Pastor of Buckhead Church (Atlanta, GA)

Intro to Clay Scroggins (0:45)
Philosophy of preaching (3:56)
Role of preaching in pastoral duties and identity (5:17)
Preaching when you’re not the senior leader (7:43)
How to Lead in a World of Distraction (12:26)
Diagnosing distractions (14:32)
Distraction and preaching (20:50)
Preaching versus self-help talks (24:08)
Favorite and/or most challenging preaching experience (30:23)
Christmas Eve or Easter (31:23)
Impactful communicators (31:57)
Recommended resources (32:35)
Connecting with Clay (33:50)

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@clayscroggins (Instagram)
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Links:

• Clay Scroggins
• Buckhead Church
• North Point Ministries
• Andy Stanley
• Rev. Olu Brown on Art of the Sermon
• How to Lead When You're Not in Charge: Leveraging Influence When You Lack Authority by Clay Scroggins
• Carey Nieuwhof on Art of the Sermon
• How to Lead in a World of Distraction: Four Simple Habits for Turning Down the Noise by Clay Scroggins
• MyCom Church Marketing Podcast
• Timothy Keller
• Louie Giglio
• John Ortberg
• How I Built This with Guy Raz
• Hidden Brain
• Tim Ferriss
• ‎The Last Laugh

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Topic: Permission to Go Short This Advent

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Topic: Responding to Negative Feedback

Michael Bierut and negative feedback (0:09)
Michael's response (1:52)
Acknowledge that the feedback is heard (2:38)
Give a window into the intention (3:37)
Be realistic about next steps (4:29)
Offer positive reinforcement (5:17)
Create a space for unity (6:23)
Bonus tip: no one gets a full page (7:12)

Next Episode arrives November 15, 2018!

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• Michael Bierut
• MasterCard Explains Its New Logo, Both What’s New and What Isn’t – Adweek
• I'm With Her: What I learned designing a logo for Hillary Clinton
• Big Ten Logo
• Negative Space: Logo Design with Michael Bierut - 99% Invisible
• 025: A Career in Preaching - Part 1 with Bishop Ken Carter - Art of the Sermon - Defining Grace
• 026: Preaching as a Tool for Unity - Part 2 with Bishop Ken Carter - Art of the Sermon - Defining Grace

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Topic: Inside Out - A sermon based on the concepts in Simon Sinek's "Start With Why"

3 Year Anniversary (0:09)
Intro to "Inside Out" (0:52)
Is Pepsi ok? (4:47)
Power of Coca-Cola (12:26)
Start with why (14:25)
The call of Jeremiah (22:21)
Adapted golden circle (23:57)
What happens when we sin? (28:59)
Application to organizations (31:34)
Greatest commandments as expressions of identity (33:47)
World Communion Sunday (35:12)

Next Episode arrives November 1, 2018!

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• Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action | TED Talk
• Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek

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Guest: Abby Norman - Pastor of New Hope United Methodist Church (Atlanta, GA)

Intro to Abby Norman (0:41)
Abby's story (2:09)
Why is preaching important when you have influence elsewhere? (9:21)
What is foundational to Abby's preaching (13:31)
How preaching fits into Abby's pastoral identity and vocation (18:14)
Choosing sermon topics (19:49)
Evolution in Abby's preaching (21:41)
Leaving the manuscript behind (26:14)
Favorite and most challenging preaching experience (29:19)
Christmas Eve or Easter (32:12)
Impactful communicators (34:05)
Recommended resources (38:32)
Connecting with Abby (40:32)

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@AbbyNormanSays (Twitter)
@AbbyNormanSays (Instagram)
@AbbyNormanSays (Facebook)
AbbyNorman.net (Website)

Next Episode arrives October 18!

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• Abby Norman
• New Hope UMC
• Church Planting 6: The Woman At The Pulpit by StartUp from Gimlet Media
• Church Clarity
• Rev. Dr. Ted Smith
• Barbara Brown Taylor
• Mary Moore | Ball State University
• Jennifer Talbert
• Jen Hatmaker
• SheLoves Magazine
• Kelley Nikondeha

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Topic: Overcoming Anxiety in Sermon Planning and Writing

The anxiety of planning and writing sermons (0:10)
Plan ahead (2:49)
Match your planning to your personality (4:05)
Focused time (6:22)
Personal devotion and writing time (8:23)
Capture ideas that capture you (10:10)
Listen to your community (11:40)
Remember God's faithfulness (13:12)
Wrap up (14:56)

Next episode arrives October 4, 2018!
An interview with Abby Norman, Pastor at New Hope UMC (Atlanta, GA) and recently featured on the Start Up Podcast

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• Nadia Bolz-Weber
• CNLP 173: Craig Groeschel Deconstructs His Approach to Preaching, Leadership, Success, The Future and More
• A Focus on Distraction
• Evernote
• Google Forms
• SurveyMonkey

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Topic: The 3 Arcs

Welcome back (0:10)
Narrative Arc (3:28)
Emotional Arc (8:05)
Rhythmic Arc (14:30)
Arcs across series (18:44)

Next episode arrives September 20, 2018!

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• Launch Podcast
• Mike Birbiglia: My Girlfriend's Boyfriend
• Amos Lee - Running Out Of Time
• Jim Gaffigan

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Guest: Austin Channing Brown - Author, writer, and speaker

Introduction to Austin (0:35)
How and why Austin started work in racial reconciliation (3:52)
Why "I'm Still Here" is a memoir (9:12)
The importance and uniqueness of the voice of Black women (12:13)
Helpful and unhelpful ways to lead conversations on race (16:12)
Why some people of color turn down opportunities to teach or lead discussions (21:39)
Natural communication takes hard work (28:58)
How Austin curates her stories (31:04)
Austin's growing edges (34:54)
Most challenging project (37:18)
Impactful communicators (38:19)
Recommended resources (39:51)
How to follow Austin (41:07)

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@austinchanning (Twitter)
@austinchanning (Instagram)
@austinchanningbrown (Facebook)
AustinChanning.com (Austin's website)

Art of the Sermon is going on a short break and will return in Fall 2018

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• I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown
• Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil
• Efrem Smith
• The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
• \Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
• For colored girls who have considered suicide/When the rainbow is enuf by Ntozake Shange
• Brené Brown
• DeRay Mckesson (@deray) | Twitter
• But Some of Us Are Brave: Black Women's Studies by Akasha (Gloria T.) Hull, Patricia Bell-Scott, Barbara Smith, and Brittney C. Cooper
• Dr. Maya Angelou
• Paul Laurence Dunbar
• Lecrae
• Neichelle Guidry
• Christena Cleveland
• Lisa Sharon Harper
• Rev. Traci Blackmon
• Renita J. Weems
• Jeremiah Wright
• Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III
• Bishop T. D. Jakes
• Rev. Judy Peterson
• 2 Dope Queens
• Another Round
• Denzel Washington Is The Greatest Actor Of All Time Period

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Topic: Better Church Announcements

Important Announcement (0:09)
Church Announcements (4:12)

1. Use more channels (5:39)
2. Make the channels valuable (6:18)
3. Focus on the point, mission, or vision (7:10)
4. Tell a story (8:41)
5. Cut the details (9:24)
6. Clear call to action (10:25)
7. Consider the context (12:14)
8. Target specialized announcements (13:12)
9. Strategy and policies (14:06)
10. Worksheets or templates (15:01)

Next Episode arrives May 17, 2018!
An interview with Austin Channing Brown, Author and Speaker

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• Defining Grace
• Better Church Announcements - Defining Grace

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Topic: Secrets of a Top 5 TED Talk

Intro (0:13)
Feeling comfortable (1:41)
But not too comfortable (4:09)
Passion plus familiarity (5:50)
Focus on the "why" of what you're saying (7:19)
Make a connection with the room (9:15)
Being vulnerable (10:55)
But not too vulnerable (12:38)

Next Episode arrives May 3, 2018!

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• Brené Brown
• The power of vulnerability | TED Talk
• The Tim Ferriss Show #100: Brené Brown on Vulnerability and Home Run TED Talks
• Daring Greatly by Brené Brown
• Rising Strong by Brené Brown
• Braving the Wilderness by Brené Brown

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Guest: Rev. Matt Miofsky - Lead Pastor of The Gathering (St. Louis, MO)

Assessing preaching success and failure (0:32)
Success goes to the head, failure to the heart (3:47)
Preaching hard things (9:22)
Most challenging preaching experience (16:13)
Christmas Eve or Easter (17:14)
Impactful communicators (18:36)
Recommended resources (22:21)
How to follow Matt (25:05)

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@mmiofksy (Twitter)
@mmiofksy (Instagram)
@miofksy (Facebook)
GatheringNow.org (Church website)

Next Episode arrives April 19, 2018!

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Links:

• The Gathering
• Matt Miofsky's books
• Tim Keller
• Harvard Business Review
• Grant by Ron Chernow
• Erwin McManus
• Adam Hamilton
• Jacob Armstrong
• Olu Brown
• The Gathering on Apple Podcasts