Field Notes for Transformation
Field Notes for Transformation
Podcast Description
Environments shape everything—how we lead, how we grow, and how we impact others. Hosted by Lindsay Martin, Field Notes for Transformation is your go-to resource for cultivating impactful teams and ministries. Through practical insights and inspiring stories, this podcast equips you with the tools to create transformative environments. Whether you’re leading a ministry or nurturing a team, these field notes will help guide your journey.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast primarily focuses on leadership development, creativity in ministry, community transformation, and personal growth, with episodes exploring topics like the shift from solo to collaborative leadership, strategies for fostering creativity, and the importance of vulnerability in ministry. For instance, Ep 4 discusses Jorge Acevedo's journey from pastor to leadership coach, while Ep 3 emphasizes creating safe spaces for innovation in leadership.
Environments shape everything—how we lead, how we grow, and how we impact others. Hosted by Lindsay Martin, Field Notes for Transformation is your go-to resource for cultivating impactful teams and ministries. Through practical insights and inspiring stories, this podcast equips you with the tools to create transformative environments. Whether you’re leading a ministry or nurturing a team, these field notes will help guide your journey.
In this conversation, Michael Huerter opens up about his unexpected journey into worship and music ministry and the way hybrid worship is reshaping the life of the church. He names both the beauty and the tension of weaving technology into our worship practices—how we can use new tools without losing the human connections that make church feel like church.
Michael talks honestly about the challenges leaders face right now: the overwhelm of adapting to online spaces, the pressure to “keep up,” and the fear of getting it wrong. But he also points us toward the opportunities, for example, how music can create connection even through a screen, how creativity can build real community, and how relationships will always matter more than platforms.
Takeaways
- Technology can open surprising doors for connection, but it should never replace the sacred gift of human relationships—it’s here to serve community, not define it.
- For leaders feeling the weight of constant change, the invitation is simple and steady: focus on relationships first. The tech will follow.
- Hybrid worship isn’t a stop-gap anymore; it’s a real and lasting expression of church life when we approach it with intention.
Episode field note: Technology and online ministry aren’t replacing relationships but they’re deepening them and reminding us we’re not alone.
Even though the pace of new technology can feel overwhelming, this moment is also opening unexpected doors for connection and support in ministry. Online spaces, Zoom calls with mentors, glimpses into a friend’s worship service, shared creative work can actually strengthen the relationships we nurture in person. Instead of choosing between online and offline, we’re invited to see them as a hybrid whole and lean into the creativity, curiosity, and community this season makes possible.
Resources and links
Michael’s book: The Hybrid Congregation
Follow Michael on Facebook
Follow SLI: @spiritualleadershipinc
Head to Spiritual Leadership, Inc to take a look at resources for ministry leaders.
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