The Pastor's Table
Corporate leadership systems focused on vanity metrics have left today’s church leaders weary and burnt out. The Pastor’s Table Podcast brings you conversations with local pastors working out deep theological convictions in their churches. Listen to the Pastor’s Table today to get a renewed perspective on how to integrate a robust theological vision with your ministry practices. Embrace the gift of serving in God’s Kingdom with Join Dr. Mark Quanstrom & Rev. Tara Beth Leach on The Pastor’s Table. Join the conversation at thepastorstable.com
Episodes
December 23, 2022 • 31 mins
Can ministry really be a gift?
Even though ministry is riddled with challenges and filled with difficulty, Mark and Tara Beth share their stories of finding hope in ministry. The Pastor's Table helps you embrace your ministry as a gift!
In the 1st episode, Mark and Tara Beth talk about their journies in ministry and why pastors need to gather and discuss the importance of theological integrity!
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December 23, 2022 • 21 mins
Pastors are often thrust into a system that prioritizes pragmatic results over faithfulness to a theological vision.
Paying attention to theological integrity has a tremendous opportunity to bring healing and vitality to the life and ministry of pastors. In this episode, Mark and Tara Beth explore how The Pastor’s Table Podcast will explore this vision and equip pastors to serve faithfully.
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December 23, 2022 • 34 mins
Countless pastors have flamed out, burned out, or behaved in such a way that has disqualified them from ministry.
In this episode of the Pastor's Table Mark & Tara Beth talk more about what is theological integrity and why it is crucial for the life of pastors. The deception is subtle and dangerous when pastors are pulled from being faithful to a theological vision.
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Discussio...
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January 9, 2023 • 35 mins
Why does the incarnation matter in the life of the church?
The American church has been overwhelming gnostic. Beth Felker Jones talks with Tara Beth & Mark about why the incarnation matters and how the implications of God in flesh can be lived out in communities who follow Jesus.
Discussion Questions:
When you hear the word “incarnation” what first comes to mind?
Jesus came to a “particular” location in His incarnation and th...
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January 16, 2023 • 34 mins
The call to follow and serve Christ is a call to the Church.
Jenni Wong Clayville reminds us that we bring what is both wrong and beautiful into the church. Anyone who has served in ministry knows ministry can be messy. Jenni invites those in ministry to embrace this mess with humility and serve God faithfully.
She helps give pastors a vision to serve in a way where we love God. Love each other and figure life out with our church...
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January 23, 2023 • 28 mins
Jesus’ vision for the church was never for it to be a group of people who look and think exactly alike.
Jenni unpacks with Mark and Tara Beth about her unique experience of pastoring as an Asian American Woman. What she helps us see is that the Incarnation of Christ suggests that Christ sanctifies our differences. Serving as the person God has created you to be will give others the confidence to serve fully in the Kingdom.
Dis...
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January 30, 2023 • 26 mins
Technology has led us to be more disembodied.
Jay Y. Kim has observed all these trends and more from his time living and pastoring in Silicon Valley. He also talks about his journey of deconstruction and how his community of faith helped nurture him along on his journey to experience Jesus more fully. Incarnation means physical presence matters.
Discussion Questions:
What are your initial thoughts on comparing and contrasting...
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February 6, 2023 • 29 mins
Fruit takes time to produce. You can’t microwave the experience.
Jay Y. Kim talks with Mark & Tara Beth about the realization that incarnational ministry like Jesus can often feel “inefficient” and slow. However, it’s in that approach to ministry that God does His most profound work. Could it be that in our efforts to stay relevant in our digital age, we've begun to give away the very thing that our age most desperately needs: ...
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February 13, 2023 • 30 mins
We don’t need to forsake our humanity to be Pastors.
There are so many sources pastors use to help establish their identity. Tara Beth and Mark explore the depths of what it means to truly consider the incarnation of Christ to form our identities as Pastors.
We have a right to be confused. We have a right to have a crisis of faith, even as pastors.
Discussion Questions:
After listening to this episode, what does the incarnatio...
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February 20, 2023 • 28 mins
Good practice is good for good theology, and good theology is good for good Christian practice.
Dr. Beth Felker Jones rejoins the conversation and explores the interaction between Christian theology and Christian practice. Discover how they’re not isolated components of faith. Rather, there is a deep and significant interplay between the two.
Questions:
It was discussed that good practice is good for good theology. How do you s...
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February 27, 2023 • 26 mins
The mystery of the incarnation can be disorienting but it also holds tremendous blessings.
Dr. Beth Feker Jones dives deep into the question of how human was Jesus. Did he get sick? Was he able to sin?
Jesus unquestionably loves our bodies because he lived life on earth with a body. Understanding the depths of the incarnation helps us understand the impact it can have on our daily lives. Jesus is holding space for your physical bod...
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March 6, 2023 • 32 mins
Rob Prince has pastored for over 30 years with chronic migraines.
His migraines have been a limitation on his life and ministry. Rob, Mark, and Tara Beth explore how Jesus willingly embraced limitations in the incarnation. The reality of the incarnation provides a profound vision of the way all pastors can serve through their own pain. Even though God has not taken away Rob’s migraines, Rob’s testimony is one of God’s continued gra...
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March 13, 2023 • 25 mins
The holiest work of God’s Kingdom often happens in unseen spaces.
Rob Prince shared with Mark and Tara Beth about the way Rob and his wife Carla have been caring for one of their congregation members with terminal cancer.* There is little benefit that Rob & Carla’s friend with terminal cancer can give back to them but it is obvious that their care is a true example of the incarnation.
*Rob and Carla's dear friend Lisa passed on ...
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March 20, 2023 • 32 mins
Northern Seminary is journeying through a distressing time.
Mark & Tara Beth interrupt the normal broadcast to address the issues facing Northern. Northern Seminary is an organization that has drawn many students & faculty to study because of its goodness.
For many Northern represented being an island of goodness in a world surrounded by misery. Mark and Tara Beth discuss how an organization that trains women and men for servi...
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March 27, 2023 • 32 mins
Sin is ubiquitous. There is no escaping the impact of sin in the world we live in.
It is not IF Christian leaders sin but WHEN. That is why the practice of confession is so important. Confession is essential to living as a follower of Jesus. Even though the world propels us to live with a posture that we have it all together, sin is inevitable.
There is no way to live and shepherd like Jesus without regularly confessing sin.
Di...
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All creation is groaning under the burden of sin.
Sin is much more than an individual's bad behavior. The insidious nature of sin has impacted every element of creation. That destructive nature of sin is found in all institutions and has harmed many.
Many times institutions have found to be more interested in protecting and advancing “the mission” than actually caring for people. What if people actually were “the mission”?
Dis...
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April 10, 2023 • 34 mins
Ministry can often have pressure to be successful in a way that may be counter to the way Jesus chose to minister.
Sean Issac Palmer speaks very openly about a situation where he experienced a painful release from a church. The perception of failure as Sean discussed can be an enormous burden for pastors. Hope is possible when we honor our limitations and fill our lives with pastoral friendships that help provide the safe place ...
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April 17, 2023 • 38 mins
Expectations of pastors by congregations can create situations where it’s painful and counterproductive to live like Jesus.
Even in moments when it feels like a failure, God is at work always inviting pastors into faithfulness. God’s redemption is often unexpected and surprising. Sean, Tara Beth, and Mark discuss how one can process what faithfulness in ministry looks like.
Discussion Questions:
Sean discusses a tumultuous ti...
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April 24, 2023 • 26 mins
Michael felt called to speak about some really complex cultural issues of the day.
What happened became a painful journey with denominational conflict, the slow burn of very contentious communication, and the experience of grief from fractured relationships. The situation came to a point when he was even threatened to be suspended from his work.
Join us next week for the rest of Michael’s story.
Discussion Questions:
Mark obse...
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May 1, 2023 • 28 mins
Weathering difficult storms in ministry is something most pastors have to navigate.
The journey of navigating ministry change is not easy work. Michael shared the ups and downs of all that he experienced in his ministry transition. No matter how challenging the situation, God is always faithfully present and working.
Discussion Questions:
Pastors are often the ones congregation members go to for their discernment. Who do you go ...
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