THE POWER OF A WHISPER
My Unexpected Journey and the Everyday Wisdom It Holds
Published on 4. December 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
182 pages
979-8-9925086-2-8 (ISBN)
Description
This resource is an extension of my decades-long mentoring of next-generation church,
parachurch, and campus ministry leaders. Through sharing experiences, asking questions, and
reflecting on how the past impacts the interior life, the reader will be encouraged to trust the
Holy Spirit's leadings for their own challenging circumstances in living their faith adventure.
Each chapter includes a personal experience of mine, including a call to ministry, a failed church
plant, and the spiritual practice of picking up trash. At the end of each chapter, I describe an
internal challenge and how God met me in it. I then engage the younger leader to consider the
implications for themselves through further resources and thought-provoking questions.
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Person
Rod Casey is passionate about equipping next generation ministry leaders. He is the director ofthe "Theological Education Initiative (TEI), teimissouri.org, a Christian Study Center serving thetheologically under-resourced in Central Missouri. After more than three decades in pastoralministry, he and his wife now serve as the mentors they wish they'd had. Rod is a graduate ofDallas Theological Seminary and earned a Doctor of Ministry degree from Talbot School ofTheology. In addition to his mentoring, he teaches preaching and writes for Preaching Magazineand Preaching Today. He is married to his high school sweetheart, Julie. She cares aboutemotionally healthy spirituality and coming alongside women needing healing from the pain oftheir stories. They have four grandchildren they adore and enjoy spending time with their twodaughters and their husbands. Rod lives under the illusion that with better coaching he couldhave played in the NBA.