The Contemplative Pastor
Hosted by Bryan Rouanzoin and Jay Kim · Practicing the Way
4.9from 55 ratings
- 28
- Episodes
- 10
- Transcribed
- 55
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2026
- First episode
About The Contemplative Pastor
For the pastor who longs to embody a less hurried, less overwhelmed, less CEO-like form of leadership, and to recover the ancient path of pastoring in the way of Jesus.The Contemplative Pastor invites you into illuminating conversations with guides and sages on spiritual and pastoral formation, and offers guided prayers and reflections to help you sit with the rich wisdom of each episode. Our aim? To shape a new, yet ancient, kind of pastor—more unhurried, more prayerful, more peaceful—and to see the formational role of the local church flourish once again.Welcome to The Contemplative Pastor.---To find more resources and experiences tailored just for you—the pastor—visit practicingtheway.org/pastor (http://practicingtheway.org/pastor).This podcast and its episodes are free, thanks to the generosity of The Circle and other givers. You can learn more about The Circle or contribute toward future resources like this podcast at practicingtheway.org/give (http://practicingtheway.org/give).
- Publisher
- Practicing the Way
- Category
- religion & spirituality
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 23 Jan 2026
- Latest episode
- 10 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
10 of 28 episodes have a transcript.
10 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
What Grows When We Stay (Featuring Jess Gracewski)
3 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Discerning Weariness from Woundedness (Featuring Glenn Packiam)
27 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Stewardship of Soul Care (Featuring Bill Dogterom)
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What Grows When We Stay (Featuring Jess Gracewski)
Published 10 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Not in the future, not in the past, but right now. And not to do it perfectly or in the smallest of ways. That's a very small, practical invitation, even though it's hard or challenging. It brings something to mind because you make a distinction between being included and belonging. so much of your work as a pastor is to create those spaces for belonging. And that is, it's not just a buzzword. I think it's more than anything, some words become popular because there's a cry, we need to feel belonging. And right now we can feel connected, we can feel informed, we can feel included. We can even feel welcomed, but to feel truly belonging at a level that you're naming where you're known and known in intimacy. […]
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- Jess Gracewski
- Glenn Packiam
- Bill Dogterom
- Todd Pickett
- Alan Fadling
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Bryan Rouanzoin and Jay Kim host the show. Published by Practicing the Way.
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