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A New Scorecard: Personal Formation (Breathing In)
Posted on: Tuesday November 10, 2026

Before you listen, I want to give you two free tools. The Leadership Scorecard takes about ten minutes and helps you see where you actually are, personally and as a leader, measured by what matters most to Jesus. The discussion guide walks your team through three one-hour sessions with highlights, questions, and short videos. You'll find both at emotionallyhealthy.org/success.

After Peter denied Jesus three times, Jesus cooked him breakfast on a beach and asked him one question, three times: "Do you love me?" Peter was about to be handed the care of the entire church. That was the whole interview.

Most of us are carrying a different scorecard. Size. Influence. Praise. Speed of growth. How we compare. By every one of those measures, Jesus himself would fail. For years in Queens, I measured myself by them anyway, and it pushed me to rush plans, hires, and new services before we were ready.

In Part 4 of our Emotionally Healthy Success series, we begin Movement 1, personal formation: the breathing in. I walk through eight marks of a leader formed by God, from being with God before doing for God to joyfully receiving the gift of limits.

Don't grade yourself on all eight. Listen for the one God points to.

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Tuesday November 17, 2020

In today's podcast, Pete shares a message from years ago that is especially important for leaders today. It's about embracing the work of the cross so we can experience resurrection life.

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Tuesday November 10, 2020

In today's podcast, Pete addresses how we can live, lead, and meet God in the confusing-in-between.

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Tuesday November 03, 2020

In today's podcast, Pete shares a sermon in which he explores Jesus' parable of the wheat and tares. In this passage, Jesus reveals an astounding picture of how God intends to deal with the good and the evil - especially in the church.

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Tuesday October 27, 2020

In today's podcast, we learn an important lesson from Martin Buber, a well-known German-Jewish theologian who lived during WWI. From there, we'll explore 3 questions for how we can know whether or not we are actually loving our enemies.

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Tuesday October 20, 2020

In today's podcast, Pete concludes a three-part series on how Scripture invites us to live and lead in such deeply polarizing times. Throughout this series, we are exploring a total of six radical invitations.

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Tuesday October 13, 2020

In last week's podcast, Pete explored how our overly-politicized climate is not different from when Jesus walked the earth. Today, he continues the conversation by offering the next two radical invitations from Scripture that will help leaders navigate this moment with health, wisdom, and maturity.

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Tuesday October 06, 2020

In the first episode of this three-part series, Pete explores how our overly-politicized climate is not different from when Jesus walked the earth. He offers six radical invitations from Scripture that will help leaders navigate this moment with health, wisdom, and maturity.

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Tuesday September 29, 2020

Following up on last week's podcast called "Relax. It's going to be ok.", I continue the theme by entering into God's invitation for us found in Psalm 23.

But how do we rest in a time like this? Listen along to find out.

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Tuesday September 22, 2020

Have you noticed that everyone is a little on edge? (This may be the understatement of the year!)

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Tuesday September 15, 2020

In today's podcast, Pete shares with you a message from the book of Revelation that has grounded him for years - especially in times of uncertainty.

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