Brother to Brother: Recent Episodes
Jonathan McNair and Rod McNair
Brother to Brother is a podcast focusing on leadership skills and issues that leaders face in serving within the church, hosted by Rod McNair and Jonathan McNair.
Brother to Brother is a podcast focusing on leadership skills and issues that leaders face in serving within the church, hosted by Rod McNair and Jonathan McNair.
Is doctrine important for leaders? Or are leaders only to be concerned about administration, organizing, and directing? Here are some thoughts to consider.
Brother to Brother is a podcast focusing on leadership skills and issues that leaders face in serving within the church, hosted by Rod McNair and Jonathan McNair.
How do we balance being organized and efficient without allowing the "logistics" to overshadow the meaning? This is a challenge we face with our Sabbath services, Holy Day services, the Feast of Tabernacles, and even the annual observance of the Passover.
This episode of BRB discusses this potential challenge and more!
Brother to Brother is a podcast focusing on leadership skills and issues that leaders face in serving within the church, hosted by Rod McNair and Jonathan McNair.
The Feast of Tabernacles is the highlight of the year for many. Have you ever wondered how Feast sites are selected? Why is one location chosen over another and how does the process start? Listen in for a behind the scenes look at the answers to these questions and more.
Brother to Brother is a podcast focusing on leadership skills and issues that leaders face in serving within the church, hosted by Rod McNair and Jonathan McNair.
Brother to Brother is a podcast focusing on leadership skills and issues that leaders face in serving within the church, hosted by Rod McNair and Jonathan McNair.
Are we flawed...or fallible?
What is the difference and does it matter?
Listen in to the conversation!
Brother to Brother is a podcast focusing on leadership skills and issues that leaders face in serving within the church, hosted by Rod McNair and Jonathan McNair.
Brother to Brother is a podcast focusing on leadership skills and issues that leaders face in serving within the church, hosted by Rod McNair and Jonathan McNair.
How do we define success? How do we define failure? One man's ability to successfully navigate some of the harshest physical conditions on earth, while leading his men to safety teaches us some profound lessons about success and failure.
Brother to Brother is a podcast focusing on leadership skills and issues that leaders face in serving within the church, hosted by Rod McNair and Jonathan McNair.
Brother to Brother is a podcast focusing on leadership skills and issues that leaders face in serving within the church, hosted by Rod McNair and Jonathan McNair.
You're a leader - but how do you deal with "fringers"? How do you deal with people who are not as engaged, proactive and energetic as you? How should you? Listen for some points to ponder.
Brother to Brother is a podcast focusing on leadership skills and issues that leaders face in serving within the church, hosted by Rod McNair and Jonathan McNair.
Brother to Brother is a podcast focusing on leadership skills and issues that leaders face in serving within the church, hosted by Rod McNair and Jonathan McNair.
To the church at Rome, Paul wrote, "For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, so that you may be established--" (Rom 1:11) What an honor that God allows and inspires us to be involved in the process of the growth of another member of the body! Let's talk about this...
As always the brothers are bringing new insight and perspectives on leadership in the church and how we can best fill our roles. This episode is focused on flexibility in leadership. How does a leader be flexible? Doesn't a leader need to stand strong and not be a push-over? Listen to this latest episode to find out!
We've got something new for you this time! This will be the first of a series of "leadership profiles" that the brothers dive into. These profiles will pick apart the leadership qualities and skills of Biblical leaders and discuss how we can learn and benefit from their examples. So be sure to listen-in as we analyze Joshua as a leader...
In this episode of B2B we will walk through song leading principles and cover how song leaders can set the tone for services and do so effectively.
You've likely had a TWP (Tomorrows World Presentation) in your area in the past, but how well do you understand what they are? And more importantly, do you know how you can help to make them run smoothly and beneficially? This episode of B2B will cover these topics and more, so give it a listen!
We are all familiar with the concept of servant leadership as Christ taught it, but how does one go about living it? And are there any drawbacks? This episode of B2B will cover these questions and so much more!
We all know the saying "all leaders are readers but not all readers are leaders" but as the average attention span continues to shorten, fewer and fewer people are taking the time to sit down and actually read books. How is this effecting our leadership? In this episode we'll be taking a look at todays need for good leaders, and even more important, our need for good readers.
In this episode of B2B we review the poem "Sermons we see" by Edgar A. Guest and draw out principles of leadership and the power of example.
"Preacher's Kids" are sometimes referred to as "PK's". Should "PK's" be given special consideration? What dynamics does a congregation face when a pastor and his wife have children?
In this episode of Brother to Brother, two "PK's" discuss "PK's".
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For some people, management is the dull little brother of leadership. But are we missing something? Which is really more important...management or leadership? This podcast reveals the answer, and it may surprise you!
This episode of Brother to Brother features an interview with Mr. Stuart Wachowicz, the Regional Director for the Living Church of God for the Canadian Region. Before serving full-time in the ministry, he spent many years as a teacher and administrator in the public school system. He brings unique experience and insight to our conversation. Listen in for more!
What is "Spokesman Club?" Perhaps you've been part of the Spokesman Club in years gone by and you know what it is, but do you know when and why it began? And why is it important? What purpose does Spokesman Club serve? Listen in to take the mystery out of Spokesman Club!
In Matthew 18, we're told that we should go to our brother when he has sinned against us. But if we are going to be Christian leaders, our job doesn't end there. Listen to find out more!
Inevitably, the time will come when our pastor is wrong...at least we think so.
How do we deal with a situation in which we believe that someone in authority over us is wrong? By thinking through some important principles ahead of time, we'll be prepared to navigate this sensitive scenario. Listen to learn what those principles are!
There is nothing worse that a dripping faucet or a leaky toilet - except when it only leaks or drips sometimes! Should you replace it or not? Will it work tomorrow if it's working today? How does this quandary bear upon our quest to become better leaders? Listen and find out!
As we fellowship each Sabbath with our brethren in our local congregations, it can be easy to miss the forest for the trees...the reality that we are connected to brethren from around the world. God's Church, and His Work, is a worldwide work. This episode focuses on the big picture, beyond our borders.
Why do we have youth programs anyway? And what does it matter to you as a leader? If you don't have any children or teens, is there any reason why you care? Yes - and here's why...
What's the big deal about ceremonies? Isn't getting dressed up just a big show, an exercise in ostentatious formality? Is there any guidance from the scriptures? And, as a leader, does your attitude toward ceremony have any importance? Listen and give it some thought!
In our quest for "big wins" in our life, we can miss the importance of "small things". Yet, these "precious victories" are the building blocks of real growth and change - in ourselves and those around us. In this podcast, we narrow the focus to see the small.
We need to talk. But maybe we need to talk about something else. If we want to be a leader, what we talk about, who we talk about, and how we talk about them matters. How can we avoid hurting others and harming our own credibility with our words about other people? Listen and give this issue some thought.
Do you want to be a Godly leader...or just a leader? There have been many great leaders, showing all the attributes of great leadership. But if you want to be a Godly leader, there is a simple practice that is easy to forget. Listen to this week's podcast to find out the "forgotten key to leadership".
Leaders learn. But why? This podcast focuses on the practical reasons that you need to live a life of learning if you want to be an effective leader.
Before he died, our father, Mr. Carl McNair passed on a set of reflections to us that carried great meaning to him. The title of the piece was "Anyway". It was excerpted from a small book titled "The Paradoxical Commandments", written by Kent Keith. Our podcast today focuses on these reflections and how they apply to us personally, and as leaders in our congregations.
Here's the story of "The Paradoxical Commandments"...
"*The Paradoxical Commandments were written by Kent Keith in 1968, when he was 19, a sophomore at Harvard College. They were part of The Silent Revolution: Dynamic Leadership in the Student Council, his first booklet for high school student leaders. Here is how it all came about....
As a senior at Roosevelt High School in Honolulu, Kent was heavily involved in student government. He was student body president and also president of the Honolulu High School Association. He was excited about the challenges of leadership and good leadership techniques.*
Because Hawaii did not have a student council leadership workshop to train student council leaders, Kent founded the Hawaii Student Leadership Institute, which held its first session in the summer of 1966. This was the first leadership workshop for high school student leaders that was founded and run entirely by high school students.
Kent went on to attend Harvard. During his four years as an undergraduate there, he gave more than 150 speeches at high schools, student leadership workshops, and state student council conventions in eight states. These were the turbulent sixties, when student activists were seizing buildings, throwing rocks at police, and shouting down opponents. Kent provided an alternative voice. In his public speaking, Kent encouraged students to care about others, and to work through the system to achieve change. One thing he learned was students didn’t know how to work through the system to bring about change. Some of them also tended to give up quickly when they faced difficulties or failures. They needed deeper, longer-lasting reasons to keep trying."
https://www.paradoxicalcommandments.com/origin
Effective and authentic leadership requires the ability to "get the self out". This conversation highlights four areas in which we need to exercise this skill if we wish to be Godly leaders.
In this episode, we discuss 10 different things that members in a congregation might do that can cause a pastor to feel undermined.