APPEASE: Why Good Leaders Fail

In today’s episode, “Appease: Why Good Leaders Fail,”we go behind the scenes as Josh reflects on leadership failures he and others made in an attempt to appease a small group of leaders.

Along the way, we explore how anxiety can infect a church or organization, and why being a non-anxious presence matters in moments of crisis. 

We’ll also dig into the tensions that arise when you’re both a pastor and an author, a shepherd and a public figure. 

And we’ll see why appeasement doesn’t work, theologically or practically, and what healthier ways of leading through crisis can look like. 

Jesus doesn’t die to appease the mob. He dies to atone for your sin, to fight for you and bring you back. You are not discarded; he will not let you go.

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Blessed Are the Canceled is a podcast about how being rejected, mocked, and discarded can become a pathway into the presence of God. 
 
Through personal stories, Scripture, and theology, the show explores shame, betrayal, forgiveness, exile, and spiritual formation. 

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Edited by Ryan Biermann 
Theme music by Tents 
Intro music by Orchid Rainbow 
 
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