Season 2

In this special edition of the Lead2Serve podcast, Cassandra Austin interviews Pastor Ed about his newest book, God's Help for the Troubled Heart. Cassandra is Pastor Ed's assistant and was an integral part of getting this book completed and published. They talk about pain, problems, and the faithf...

In this final episode of 2020, Pastor Ed talks briefly about his new book just published entitled, "God's Help For the Troubled Heart".  In it he seeks to encourage and strengthen the reader going through any trial or tribulation. Born out of deep grief, and written through God's comfort, this...

In this special edition of Lead2Serve, Pastor Ed talks about the biblical expectations of spiritual leaders during this prolonged crisis.  On the foundation of a recent staff discipleship day here at Calvary, Pastor Ed takes us through Numbers 13 and 2 Timothy 4, reminding us of the key role G...

In today's episode we rebroadcast a live radio call in-show where I sat down with Pastor Miles McPherson of The Rock Church, San Diego, California. Pastor Miles, a former San Diego Charger, founded the Rock Church in 2000 with over 20,000 people calling it their spiritual home today. We talk candid...

On today's episode Pastor Ed asks and answers the question, "Is it time to return to worship services."  There is a lot of fear, most of it very real, concerning the COVID-19 Corona Virus crisis. This fear is holding people back from being in worship services. How do we sort out when it's time...

In today's episode we rebroadcast a live radio call in-show where I sat down with Pastor Avant Ramsey of Calvary Church in Aurora, Colorado. Pastor Avant and I have been friends and served together for over 15 years. We talk candidly, honestly, and biblically about the racial tensions in our societ...

As I anticipated coming together again as a church family in person after 3 months of quarantine, I really thought that most of my ministry would be to speak to how the COVID-19 crisis affected us, individually  and culturally in many negative ways. I planned on getting our eyes firmly fixed a...

In today's episode we rebroadcast a live radio call in-show where I sat down with Pastor Al Pittman of Calvary Worship Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Pastor Al and I have been friends for 20 years. We talk candidly, honestly, and biblically about the racial tensions in our society today and ...

In today's episode we rebroadcast a live radio call in-show where I sat down with Pastor Tony Clark of Calvary Chapel Newport News, Virginia. Pastor Tony and I have been friends for many years. We talk candidly, honestly, and biblically about the racial tensions in our society today and what our re...

In today's episode we rebroadcast a live radio call in-show where I sat down with Pastor Bill Buffington of Calvary Chapel Inglewood, in Inglewood California. Pastor Bill and I have been friends for 24+ years. We talk candidly, honestly, and biblically about the racial tensions in our society today...

In today's episode we rebroadcast a live radio call in-show where I sat down with Pastor John Moreland of Denver Christian Bible Church in Denver. We talk candidly, honestly, and biblically about the racial tensions in our society today and what our responses as followers of Christ could and should...

Leaders must first lead themselves. This is the important topic of today's podcast. Pastor Ed reminds the leader that in order to lead others, you must first learn and demonstrate you can lead yourself. Powerful insights. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lead2ser...

Difficult times call for courage. But how do you lead with courage when fear and challenges surround you? In today’s edition of Lead2Serve, Pastor Ed talks about courage and the supernatural supply given to us by God when we need it! Courage is needed and courage is available to you in these diffic...

Hard conversations are not popular. Some leaders choose to delay them, excuse them, and in some cases avoid them at all costs. Yet leadership involves hard conversations, a lot of them!  Pastor Ed shares with us the necessity of these hard conversations and how to be more effective when you do...

Just because someone is doing it different doesn't mean they are wrong or bad. God loves diversity, uniqueness, and creativity! On this episode Pastor Ed encourages us to be careful of judging people unfairly just because they do things differently. Instead we should learn from them and champion th...

Every year, Calvary Chapel Tucson puts on one of the best Bible conferences in the country. This year's theme was Vision Through the Life of Moses. Some of the premiere Bible teachers shared on various topics surrounding the life of Moses. In support of this week's podcast I wanted to share with yo...

The COVID-19 crisis has changed our lives in unprecedented ways. How do we lead? What should I say? How can I help my family, my team, my church through the difficulties? On today’s SPECIAL EPISODE of Lead2Serve, Pastor Ed helps us with practical and personal insights on how to lead effectively in ...

The great enemy of the progress of the gospel is division. Vision takes a team and that team needs to be unified in what they have personally been called to do, then mutually summit to one another in a unified goal. In this episode, Pastor Ed talks about the need for unity. --- Send in a voice mess...

Small things. Insignificant. No Big Deal. This doesn't really matter. Maybe you've felt that way. You're frustrated because you think what you're doing doesn't matter. Today on Lead2Serve, Ed reminds us that great leadership comes from daily faithfulness in all things. That's the place of great sig...

John 14:27 (NLT)  “I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.” The spread of the coronavirus has caused major disruptions, changes, and as one media outlet called it, “forced new realities”. It’s...

It's going to happen to every leader, hyper criticism and slander. It's not usual to have people talking about you rather than talking to you. When you're accused or lied about, is it ok to defend yourself? Should you? In today's episode Ed talks about the two popular camps when it comes to accusat...

Every leader needs to serve with an air of trust and confidence among those they lead.  Without trust, there is nothing to build a professional relationship on. Today on Lead2Serve, Ed talks about the damage that slander and gossip can do in a leader's life. The angle he takes is not the expec...

Raising up and developing others is one of the most rewarding parts of serving and also one of the most challenging. Many have never learned how to identify, connect, develop, and train new leaders. On today's episode of Lead2Serve, Pastor Ed touches on key ingredients in how to raise up new servan...

One of the more difficult parts of leadership is waiting. It seems that our time of waiting sometimes exceeds our times of doing. On today's episode, Ed helps us understand what we can be doing while we're waiting. We aren't to treat this time as a passive withdrawal, but rather an active pressing ...

In today's episode of Lead2Serve, Pastor Ed reminds us of the importance of following up. When serving and leading people, you are part of their lives. They are not merely an event or calendar appointment, they are people, who as we grow in relationship with them, we will have a greater capacity to...

On today's edition of Lead2Serve, Ed kicks off Season 2 with an episode on setting goals. It's been wisely said that if you aim at nothing you'll hit it every time. So much frustration can be avoided if you learn how to set goals, properly, personally, and with the right priority. Ed introduces us ...