Season 1, Episode 6: Pastor Steph O'Brien on Leadership, Activism, and Curiosity

Pastor Stephanie Williams O'Brien

Website: http://www.pastorsteph.com

“Why did you decide to become a pastor?”

I’m often asked this question. There is the long answer that is really more of a story. The short answer? When something is your calling, it’s not like you can do something else. If so, I’d be miserable. Maybe you can relate. So I find myself here living the pastor life – stepping one foot in front of the other, just trying to join God’s restorative and redemptive work in the world. These God-chasing actions are the source of my activism.

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Pastor Steph

Areas of expertise: Coaching for pastoral ministry leadership, coaching for leaders of teams, preaching, church planting, missional community, intentional discipleship, change theories, podcasting, writing.

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"We are created to be curious - to wonder, to discover, to question and yes, to doubt. Curiosity is a key part of what it means to be human. We have the cognitive ability to think beyond our immediate surroundings. We each get to choose whether to embrace curiosity, or ignore and suppress it. What would it look like if you chose to stay curious?"

Well, first I guess I would have to believe that there was or is an actual political dialogue taking place that I could potentially be a part of. And honestly, I'm not sure that I believe that.