web02.fireside.fm Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:36:44 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Ascension Roundtable (Your Catholic Ministry Podcast) - Episodes Tagged with “Leadership” https://ascensionroundtable.fireside.fm/tags/leadership Wed, 19 Sep 2018 15:00:00 -0400 Catholic ministry professionals share stories and brainstorm solutions to common ministry challenges. en-us episodic Catholic ministry professionals share stories and brainstorm solutions to common ministry challenges. Ascension Catholic ministry professionals share stories and brainstorm solutions to common ministry challenges. no Catholic, Ministry, Leadership, Catholicism, Christianity Ascension ascensionroundtable@ascensionpress.com Episode 81: Ministry Minutes: What Kind of Leader Are You? https://ascensionroundtable.fireside.fm/81 d906aa93-3b40-42f2-b81f-4b495775df26 Wed, 19 Sep 2018 15:00:00 -0400 Ascension full Ascension When Kanye West was interviewed in 2013 by the New York Times, he told the reporter, “I am so credible and so influential and so relevant that I will change things.” Allen says this is the worst mantra for anybody working in the Church. 1:10 no When Kanye West was interviewed in 2013 by the New York Times, he told the reporter, “I am so credible and so influential and so relevant that I will change things.” Allen says this is the worst mantra for anybody working in the Church, but it seems like there have been plenty of undercover Kanye Wests who have infiltrated the Church at so many levels. Here’s what we have to remember: if we want to change things and influence things, we need to be leaders whose main priorities aren’t gaining influence and credibility and being relevant. We need to be leaders who imitate Christ. He gained both popularity and notoriety, but never once made a decision based off of what others were going to think about him. Christ had one purpose—doing his Father’s will. As a leader, are you like Kanye, or are you like Jesus? leader When Kanye West was interviewed in 2013 by the New York Times, he told the reporter, “I am so credible and so influential and so relevant that I will change things.” Allen says this is the worst mantra for anybody working in the Church, but it seems like there have been plenty of undercover Kanye Wests who have infiltrated the Church at so many levels.

Here’s what we have to remember: if we want to change things and influence things, we need to be leaders whose main priorities aren’t gaining influence and credibility and being relevant. We need to be leaders who imitate Christ. He gained both popularity and notoriety, but never once made a decision based off of what others were going to think about him. Christ had one purpose—doing his Father’s will.

As a leader, are you like Kanye, or are you like Jesus?

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Here’s what we have to remember: if we want to change things and influence things, we need to be leaders whose main priorities aren’t gaining influence and credibility and being relevant. We need to be leaders who imitate Christ. He gained both popularity and notoriety, but never once made a decision based off of what others were going to think about him. Christ had one purpose—doing his Father’s will.

As a leader, are you like Kanye, or are you like Jesus?

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