Episode Summary: Melissa Peak joins the podcast to discuss her vocational journey from delivering newspapers in Canada to leading significant roles at Amazon Web Services and now serving at the digital consultancy firm, Servant. Melissa shares how faith, leadership, and innovative thinking have woven through her career and personal life, including unconventional family decisions alongside her husband. She delves into Servant's mission to support the global church in the digital era, ensuring impactful use of technology for kingdom work. She closes with a powerful example of how Servant is aiding Every Mother's Advocate to scale their preventive approach in foster care across nine states.
This episode continues our series on belonging through embracing the tensions of belonging to this generation. In a changing world with conflicting expectations and new tools emerging by the minute, how do we navigate belonging to this current moment as Christians? Melissa offers an example rooted in humility, prayer and the conviction of personal calling.
00:00 Welcome and Introduction
00:28 Melissa's Vocational Journey as a woman called to leadership
04:08 Being present to the journey- reflections and regrets
09:47 Balancing Career and Family- Unconventional decisions
15:41 Navigating Countercultural Choices
20:20 Faith and Leadership
23:55 Rediscovering the centrality of worship and prayer
27:48 Rejecting “mom guilt” and opportunities for independence
29:45 Technology as a tool
30:37 Servant's Mission and Impact
36:46 Collaborative Leadership in the Faith Ecosystem
42:29 Every Mother's Advocate: A Success Story
Discover more about the work of Servant: http://www.servant.io/about
Find out more about the Global Faith and Work Initiative: www.globalfaithandwork.com/
And the Surge Network: www.surgenetwork.com/
Watch this conversation on our youtube channel: https://youtu.be/KrTmFlNwmL8?si=2lSnTGXWoJnAOt_z
