Chad Brooks
@revchadbrooks.bsky.social
Congregational Vitality with UMC in Louisiana.
🎙10 years stewarding #ProductivePastor.
Obsessive about the devotional life, sociology, and biblical theology in the Wesleyan way.
I write weekly | https://bit.ly/heychadbrooks
🎙10 years stewarding #ProductivePastor.
Obsessive about the devotional life, sociology, and biblical theology in the Wesleyan way.
I write weekly | https://bit.ly/heychadbrooks
One of my favorite times of theological development and thoughts of following Jesus comes through great phone calls with old friends.
January 11, 2025 at 6:57 PM
One of my favorite times of theological development and thoughts of following Jesus comes through great phone calls with old friends.
Prepping out a presentation for a church this afternoon. Came across the quote in my notebox. It is so true.
You can either save the day, or prepare people for a new day.
- Tod Bolsinger
You can either save the day, or prepare people for a new day.
- Tod Bolsinger
January 6, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Prepping out a presentation for a church this afternoon. Came across the quote in my notebox. It is so true.
You can either save the day, or prepare people for a new day.
- Tod Bolsinger
You can either save the day, or prepare people for a new day.
- Tod Bolsinger
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Just because your church is stable doesn't necessarily mean it is healthy. Also, if things are unstable, shooting for the stars and imitating the big church down the street isn't the best strategy either.
All of this stemmed from a 5-minute conversation over a burger last year.
Just because your church is stable doesn't necessarily mean it is healthy. Also, if things are unstable, shooting for the stars and imitating the big church down the street isn't the best strategy either.
All of this stemmed from a 5-minute conversation over a burger last year.
January 2, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Just because your church is stable doesn't necessarily mean it is healthy. Also, if things are unstable, shooting for the stars and imitating the big church down the street isn't the best strategy either.
All of this stemmed from a 5-minute conversation over a burger last year.
Just because your church is stable doesn't necessarily mean it is healthy. Also, if things are unstable, shooting for the stars and imitating the big church down the street isn't the best strategy either.
All of this stemmed from a 5-minute conversation over a burger last year.
I downloaded an academic article this morning. I found myself laughing a bit when I saw the file name. It had the word "final" in it around 3x.
Glad others have to do the same thing.
Glad others have to do the same thing.
December 31, 2024 at 7:00 PM
I downloaded an academic article this morning. I found myself laughing a bit when I saw the file name. It had the word "final" in it around 3x.
Glad others have to do the same thing.
Glad others have to do the same thing.
I miss the Christian/Theology podcast scene of 2005. You'd hear of someone giving a great talk somewhere and you could find the audio through a handful of great accounts.
Now, I've spent the last 20 minutes hunting a special lecture series and the audio isn't anywhere.
Now, I've spent the last 20 minutes hunting a special lecture series and the audio isn't anywhere.
December 31, 2024 at 12:58 AM
I miss the Christian/Theology podcast scene of 2005. You'd hear of someone giving a great talk somewhere and you could find the audio through a handful of great accounts.
Now, I've spent the last 20 minutes hunting a special lecture series and the audio isn't anywhere.
Now, I've spent the last 20 minutes hunting a special lecture series and the audio isn't anywhere.
Anyone have access to Brill and can slide me an article? It doesn't appear to be in JSTOR.
December 30, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Anyone have access to Brill and can slide me an article? It doesn't appear to be in JSTOR.
Wrapping up some admin tasks before the end of the year and trying hard not to dive into the sociology of Hartmut Rosa and/or researching the Biblical scope of "trust" as a predominant theological action instead.
Y'all pray for your boy!
Y'all pray for your boy!
December 30, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Wrapping up some admin tasks before the end of the year and trying hard not to dive into the sociology of Hartmut Rosa and/or researching the Biblical scope of "trust" as a predominant theological action instead.
Y'all pray for your boy!
Y'all pray for your boy!
For the first time in at least 15 years, I didn't get a single book for Christmas. Looks like I have some catching up to do...
December 30, 2024 at 4:35 AM
For the first time in at least 15 years, I didn't get a single book for Christmas. Looks like I have some catching up to do...
The daily office reading this morning is throwing me into a relaxing afternoon taking notes and making connections around a biblical theology of election from a Wesleyan perspective.
I love having time for things like this during time off.
I love having time for things like this during time off.
December 27, 2024 at 7:51 PM
The daily office reading this morning is throwing me into a relaxing afternoon taking notes and making connections around a biblical theology of election from a Wesleyan perspective.
I love having time for things like this during time off.
I love having time for things like this during time off.
I'm stoked for my mini-course Preach Focused Sermons launching tomorrow. 7 templates I use in every message prep, video teaching, AND my ebook on creating a 12-month preaching calendar.
$27 total.
Get on the free waitlist for 5 days of emails on sermon design.
bit.ly/PrepareFocus...
$27 total.
Get on the free waitlist for 5 days of emails on sermon design.
bit.ly/PrepareFocus...
December 27, 2024 at 3:50 AM
I'm stoked for my mini-course Preach Focused Sermons launching tomorrow. 7 templates I use in every message prep, video teaching, AND my ebook on creating a 12-month preaching calendar.
$27 total.
Get on the free waitlist for 5 days of emails on sermon design.
bit.ly/PrepareFocus...
$27 total.
Get on the free waitlist for 5 days of emails on sermon design.
bit.ly/PrepareFocus...
Hey Pastor -
For 15 years, nearly every sermon I've preached has started with some version of this sheet. It has been downloaded thousands of times by other leaders.
Want your copy for free? Sign up for the "Prepare Focused Sermons" waitlist and get it in your inbox.
bit.ly/PrepareFocus...
For 15 years, nearly every sermon I've preached has started with some version of this sheet. It has been downloaded thousands of times by other leaders.
Want your copy for free? Sign up for the "Prepare Focused Sermons" waitlist and get it in your inbox.
bit.ly/PrepareFocus...
December 22, 2024 at 8:04 PM
Hey Pastor -
For 15 years, nearly every sermon I've preached has started with some version of this sheet. It has been downloaded thousands of times by other leaders.
Want your copy for free? Sign up for the "Prepare Focused Sermons" waitlist and get it in your inbox.
bit.ly/PrepareFocus...
For 15 years, nearly every sermon I've preached has started with some version of this sheet. It has been downloaded thousands of times by other leaders.
Want your copy for free? Sign up for the "Prepare Focused Sermons" waitlist and get it in your inbox.
bit.ly/PrepareFocus...
I've got another template pack I'm turning lose for a 72-hour sale after Christmas. It's focused on sermon preparation. Some of these are my oldest, most iterated personal tools.
Keep your eyes peeled for the waitlist.
Keep your eyes peeled for the waitlist.
December 19, 2024 at 10:40 PM
I've got another template pack I'm turning lose for a 72-hour sale after Christmas. It's focused on sermon preparation. Some of these are my oldest, most iterated personal tools.
Keep your eyes peeled for the waitlist.
Keep your eyes peeled for the waitlist.
I've stumbled across multiple youtube channels of CoE livestreams from University chapel services. You could call me decently obsessed with listening to these services during Advent as my morning soundtrack.
December 13, 2024 at 5:37 PM
I've stumbled across multiple youtube channels of CoE livestreams from University chapel services. You could call me decently obsessed with listening to these services during Advent as my morning soundtrack.
A church will spend 10 grand to send out mailers to the community but won't train their folks to be intentionally evangelistic and says working on their integration system is too complicated...
December 10, 2024 at 8:19 PM
A church will spend 10 grand to send out mailers to the community but won't train their folks to be intentionally evangelistic and says working on their integration system is too complicated...
Anyone built a solid feed yet with Spiritual Formation folks? Would love to engage with more of them here.
December 10, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Anyone built a solid feed yet with Spiritual Formation folks? Would love to engage with more of them here.
I'm just over here streaming all the Christmas Services from Oxford and other UK Colleges. The only time I ever really wish I was British was during #Advent.
The C.o.E goes so hard during this time of the year.
The C.o.E goes so hard during this time of the year.
December 10, 2024 at 2:13 PM
I'm just over here streaming all the Christmas Services from Oxford and other UK Colleges. The only time I ever really wish I was British was during #Advent.
The C.o.E goes so hard during this time of the year.
The C.o.E goes so hard during this time of the year.
I haven't shared my yearly Advent/Christmas playlist on bluesky yet. I add a song each day. A fun mix of sacred and secular.
I'm digging where this years vibe is going.
open.spotify.com/playlist/0uQ...
I'm digging where this years vibe is going.
open.spotify.com/playlist/0uQ...
Christmas/Advent 2024
Playlist · Chad Brooks · 8 items
open.spotify.com
December 8, 2024 at 8:31 PM
I haven't shared my yearly Advent/Christmas playlist on bluesky yet. I add a song each day. A fun mix of sacred and secular.
I'm digging where this years vibe is going.
open.spotify.com/playlist/0uQ...
I'm digging where this years vibe is going.
open.spotify.com/playlist/0uQ...
Keeping a paper prayer list helps me engage with so many things through a spiritual lens. It keeps me from functional secularism.
It isn't bad luck, ill health, or mean people. It isn't good luck, favor, or plain skill. All of life can be dealt with spiritually.
It isn't bad luck, ill health, or mean people. It isn't good luck, favor, or plain skill. All of life can be dealt with spiritually.
December 8, 2024 at 1:16 PM
Keeping a paper prayer list helps me engage with so many things through a spiritual lens. It keeps me from functional secularism.
It isn't bad luck, ill health, or mean people. It isn't good luck, favor, or plain skill. All of life can be dealt with spiritually.
It isn't bad luck, ill health, or mean people. It isn't good luck, favor, or plain skill. All of life can be dealt with spiritually.
I spent the last 72 hours in South Louisiana.
Anyone wanna guess how many times I ate a dish with the word "boudin" in it?
Anyone wanna guess how many times I ate a dish with the word "boudin" in it?
December 3, 2024 at 10:53 PM
I spent the last 72 hours in South Louisiana.
Anyone wanna guess how many times I ate a dish with the word "boudin" in it?
Anyone wanna guess how many times I ate a dish with the word "boudin" in it?
Fighting Brain Fog in Ministry
Thinking Tasks
• High cognitive demand
• Need for deep Focus and time
Doing Tasks
• Less demanding, often repetitive
• Routine and perfect for low-energy moments.
bit.ly/prodpastor116
Thinking Tasks
• High cognitive demand
• Need for deep Focus and time
Doing Tasks
• Less demanding, often repetitive
• Routine and perfect for low-energy moments.
bit.ly/prodpastor116
How To Deal with Brain Fog : PP116 — Rev. Chad Brooks
Join Chad Brooks in Episode 116 of Productive Pastor as he tackles "Fighting Brain Fog." Discover practical strategies to enhance ministry health through strategic productivity, learn to manage brain ...
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December 2, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Fighting Brain Fog in Ministry
Thinking Tasks
• High cognitive demand
• Need for deep Focus and time
Doing Tasks
• Less demanding, often repetitive
• Routine and perfect for low-energy moments.
bit.ly/prodpastor116
Thinking Tasks
• High cognitive demand
• Need for deep Focus and time
Doing Tasks
• Less demanding, often repetitive
• Routine and perfect for low-energy moments.
bit.ly/prodpastor116
Normal-sized churches have experienced tough things over the last few years, but still have the capability to do amazing things for the kingdom in their neighborhoods.
It means intentional shifts and focusing on the mission.
What worked in the past won't cause vitality in the present.
It means intentional shifts and focusing on the mission.
What worked in the past won't cause vitality in the present.
December 1, 2024 at 11:17 PM
Normal-sized churches have experienced tough things over the last few years, but still have the capability to do amazing things for the kingdom in their neighborhoods.
It means intentional shifts and focusing on the mission.
What worked in the past won't cause vitality in the present.
It means intentional shifts and focusing on the mission.
What worked in the past won't cause vitality in the present.
Distilled two books worth of notes on the history and sociological behaviors of conversion this morning. Now, it's time to add them into my #Zettlekasten.
November 30, 2024 at 7:05 PM
Distilled two books worth of notes on the history and sociological behaviors of conversion this morning. Now, it's time to add them into my #Zettlekasten.
Jiu-Jitsu today was pretty much working out every bad good decision I have made in the last 7 days.
November 29, 2024 at 10:01 PM
Jiu-Jitsu today was pretty much working out every bad good decision I have made in the last 7 days.
If we want to deal with suffering as Christians, we have to do it in a way that is uniquely Christian.
• Lament
• Confession
• In community
• Break from a framework that assumes all in life will be easy. Reject the modern moral order for human flourishing.
• Lament
• Confession
• In community
• Break from a framework that assumes all in life will be easy. Reject the modern moral order for human flourishing.
November 29, 2024 at 3:46 PM
If we want to deal with suffering as Christians, we have to do it in a way that is uniquely Christian.
• Lament
• Confession
• In community
• Break from a framework that assumes all in life will be easy. Reject the modern moral order for human flourishing.
• Lament
• Confession
• In community
• Break from a framework that assumes all in life will be easy. Reject the modern moral order for human flourishing.
I can't wait for Advent to start.
November 27, 2024 at 11:07 PM
I can't wait for Advent to start.