The LDHR Podcast

11. Renewed Leadership: Reflect, Renew, Reconnect: The Practice of Reflecting and Writing

Welcome to the LDHR Podcast’s Renewed Leadership mini-series with Maggie Bruehl. In this episode, Maggie shares the origins of LDHR, the shift to a global and collaborative HR mindset, and how HR evolved into leadership development. She reflects on servant leadership modeled by Christ, the importance of humility and presence, and practical ways leaders can pause to notice and celebrate where God has been at work. Maggie describes using poetry and the rhythm of Psalm 118 as a reflective practice, introduces her book Splash, and invites listeners to submit poems following that pattern to llama@cru.org by December 31, 2025, for a chance to win a Kindle copy.
 
Splash: Captured Moments In Time
Submit your Psalm 118 poems to llama@cru.org 

10. Renewed Leadership: Reflect, Renew, Reconnect: The Power of Pause

In this episode of the LDHR Podcast’s Renewed Leadership mini-series, Karen explores why pausing is essential for leaders and offers practical, easy-to-apply pauses—like breath prayers, deep breathing, short walks, and scheduled rhythms—to restore clarity, spiritual formation, and effective decision-making.
Listen for guidance on modeling pause for your team, recognizing signs of chronic overwhelm, and a short guided exercise (Palms Up, Palms Down) to help you release burdens and reconnect with God.
 
The Pause App
Abide App
Lectio 365

9: Building a Specialist Care Network: Movement Care for Ministry Teams

In this episode, Mike Maney (LDHR Europe regional leader) explains why ministries need a trusted network of specialist caregivers—counselors, spiritual directors, and debriefers—to support staff well‑being, normalize help‑seeking, and prevent burnout.
Practical guidance covers how to evaluate and vet providers, gather confidential feedback, communicate options to staff, overcome common misconceptions, and start small by utilizing prayer, partnerships, and existing member care resources.
The Global Member Care Network
Barnabas International
Member Care Associates
Member Care Model

8: Building Movement Care: Ensuring People Are Known, Needed, and Have a Future

In this episode of the LDHR podcast, Beth talks with Bong from Cru Philippines about Movement Care: organizational systems and relational practices that ensure staff are known, needed, and have a future. They discuss practical measures, such as clustering during crises, corporate health insurance, retirement funds, specialist referrals, in-house counselors, crisis management, leave policies, staff development cycles, and team facilitation resources.
Bong emphasizes that beyond policies, care must be intentional and relational. The episode closes with a simple first step leaders can take: assess people’s needs (through surveys, interviews, or observations) and start addressing one or two priorities to build sustainable, people-centered support.
 
Birkman
Staff Development Cycle
Member Care Model

7: Building Trust and Culture in Virtual Teams

In this episode, Paul Cheesman from the Global LDHR team shares practical insights on leading virtual teams, including the relational challenges of not "reading the room," building trust across distances, and the importance of over-communication and follow-up.
Paul discusses tech and tools (Zoom, Slack, Monday.com), the hybrid mindset of investing in occasional in-person time to build relational equity, and simple habits leaders can use—intentional check-ins, clear systems, adaptability, and extending grace.
 
Close: Leading Well Across Distance and Cultures
Member Care Model

6: Team Care: Living the ‘One Another’ Commands

In this episode of the LDHR podcast, Cecilia Tyoden, national LDHR leader for Nigeria, discusses the team-care component of the member care model through the biblical "one another" commands. She explains how love, forgiveness, encouragement, and mutual support shape healthy leadership and team dynamics.
Cecilia shares practical habits—such as seeing staff as family, praying, checking in by phone or in person, utilizing technology, and modeling vulnerability—addressing challenges when care isn't reciprocated, and encourages leaders to utilize LDHR member care resources to build a culture of mutual care and support.
 
Member Care Model
LDHR.org

5: Team Care: Caring Well for Our Teams

Christine, a team leader with experience overseas and at Indiana University, discusses how team leaders can balance strategic goals with shepherding their people through team care.
She shares practical habits—setting team norms, modeling vulnerability, encouraging rest, checking in personally, and asking for help or using resources—to build mutual support and healthier team relationships.
 
Member Care Model

4: Self-Care: Making it a Team Priority

In this episode of the LDHR podcast, Vania shares how a personal health crisis led her to adopt holistic self-care practices and foster a team culture that values rest, boundaries, and overall well-being. She explains how spiritual, physical, emotional, and relational practices work together to sustain long‑term ministry.
Vania provides practical examples—monthly “day with the Lord” retreats, team outings, office plants, hybrid workdays, and prioritizing family time—and reminds leaders that Jesus modeled the importance of rest. This episode offers encouragement and concrete steps for leaders who want to make self‑care a team priority.
 
Member Care Model

3. Self-Care: Prioritizing Holistic Self-Care

In this episode of the LDHR podcast, Kathy Horne (Well-being Team Lead, Agapé UK) explores holistic self-care for leaders — covering physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health. She shares personal stories of bereavement and recovery, how community supported her, ways to redefine rest, practical habits like disciplined routines, and resources to build lasting resilience.
Reflect on what brings you life and consider the cost of not caring for yourself. Next week: Vania Medina in Mexico on prioritizing self-care for teams.
 
Being Known Podcast
Pub Med
Member Care Model

2: Master Care: It Begins With Prayer

Angela, the national team leader in Taiwan, shares how she shaped a Christ-centered, servant leadership culture by encouraging staff to seek God first, pray together weekly, and confirm their calling before accepting leadership roles.
The episode demonstrates how regular prayer and reliance on the Holy Spirit transformed team dynamics, deepened trust in God, and offers a simple call to action for leaders: pray and let God lead.
The Member Care Model