E6 Podcast

Happy New Year (9 days late)! This is the first episode of the year and we’re diving right in. Today we’re discussing what we hope the 2023 year will bring, accidentally being vegan (for one meal), having faith in humanity restore at Six Flags (of all places), kicking off a new series, the decline of friendship, and how we can make changes to overcome that decline in our own lives and church. Did...

Christmas is almost here! The final episode of 2022 is quite full. Today we talk about our favorite Christmas movies, gatherings vs. services, an essential oils pyramid scheme, the teaching series The Gift looking at the valuable and extremely representative gifts from the wise men in the Christmas story, seeing beyond our traditions and legends at Christmas, as well as wrapping up 2022 and lookin...

What an awesome, busy weekend! DNow, Come To The Table, and a guest worship leader. Today we sit down and share our experiences with all the goings-on, share where you can hear more from Tyler Jarvis, and then dive into our final mental health topic in burnout and wrap up our Peace Of Mind series. Links From The Episode Tyler Jarvis Music Did you miss Sunday? Before you listen to this episode, cat...

It is no longer arguable. It is officially Christmas season. Thanksgiving week has come and gone, Mariah Carey is playing in every store and on every ad, but today we are diving into negative thinking, how pervasive it is, and learning to ruminate on Scripture the way a cow chews it’s cud (gross). Then Loren goes On The Mic with Ellen Bourgeois of Christ Counseling Ministry. Links From The Episode...

Today’s episode is heavy and longer, but definitely one to listen through! We celebrate the baptisms from Sunday, Rooted Celebration from the week, and Thanksgiving dinners distributed to families all over the community and then we dive deeper into Tanner’s story of depression and hope. Plus Loren goes On The Mic with his good friend and mentor RJ Koeper. Links From The Episode The Rest Of God: Re...

Is it Christmas time yet? Can we decorate and not feel shame? Kelly Morris joins Brook this week as we discuss our holiday traditions before we dive into the heavy conversation on trauma and Kelly shares some of her story of healing from her past of trauma. Then Loren sits down and goes On The Mic with Cesar Diaz, a Colonial member and trauma therapist. Links From The Episode The Body Keeps The Sc...

It’s Halloween so obviously we need to discuss the perfect time to put up Christmas decorations! Also, we reminisce about Halloweens growing up and Monday nights in the 90s before we dig into some of the statistics and the pervasive topic of anxiety. Links From The Episode Anxiety As Opportunity - Good Faith Podcast Did you miss Sunday? Before you listen to this episode, catch up with our weekly s...

Covid struck again, but we are back just in time for a new episode! Today we are finalizing our Compassion 2022 update, dealing with a tough listener question on letting go after major trauma, talking about the compartmentalizing of spirituality and science, and kicking off a new series dealing with mental health. Links From The Episode Don’t Give The Enemy A Seat At Your Table by Louie Giglio Lou...

Compassion Sunday 2022 was amazing! This week we are sharing updates on a prayer walk, kids sponsored through Compassion International, a future trip to Tapachula, Mexico, and a change to service times, as well as diving into the church leaders listed in Ephesians 4 and going on the mic with Compassion International graduate Gilbert Mfitundinda from Uganda. Links From The Episode Life’s Lens: Look...

Loren, Brook, and Tanner are back together again for the first time in several weeks! Today we’re discussing twinning, how crazy busy the last few weeks have been, our thoughts on an article about being bored in church, seeing the Sunday gatherings as transactional or practical or entertaining, and what it means (and does not mean) to expand the rule of Jesus. Links From The Episode You Should Be...

Brook is on vacation so Tanner and Loren have taken over E6 Podcast for the week! Check is out as they answer some questions and talk about defining "The Church" Did you miss Sunday? Before you listen to this episode, catch up with our weekly service at any of these places: Colonial Website Facebook YouTube Got questions or feedback? Join the conversation by emailing us at podcast@colonialchurch.c...

We’re back! After a week off due to sickness, we are back with an episode packed with thick conversation. First we learn about the origin story of the ladybug, then dive into the recent announcement of staff changes, finish of the last 5 chapters of the book Unoffendable, and briefly discuss the topic of women in leadership of the church specifically as deacons. Links From The Episode Unoffendable...

Happy Labor Day! We aren’t taking a holiday break so here’s this week’s episode! We had one of our favorite people, Kelly Morris, join us today. We briefly touch on important topics such as lesser known uses of spiderwebs, an illegal way to use Furbies, and air guitar before we dive back into Unoffendable chapters 13-20. These chapters take us through conversations about how anger and offense rela...

Remember the Canadian string cheese guy from a few episodes back? Well, we’ve got an update for you! Plus there are snakes on the loose, Brett Swiger joins in the conversation and shares some of his elder wisdom, we discuss the difference between joy and happiness, and continue our conversation of the book Unoffendable with chapters 7-12 where we learn to be the kind of people that others DON’T wa...

What do gully washers, The Office, and mullets have in common? Not much! But they are all interesting enough to make it into today’s episode. Loren, Tanner, and Brook sit down and discuss the recent rain, some News Of The What??, chapters 2-6 of Unoffendable , and how expectations and gratitude will help fight back against our tendency to be offended. Links From The Episode Unoffendable: How Just...

Episode 78 is here and we are sitting down to discuss our snoozing habits, the Derek Jeter documentary, News Of The What? about a library and a bear…back because a couple people asked for it, diving into Chapter 1 of the book Unoffendable , forfeiting our rights, being counter-cultural, and being a less grumpy witness to the watching world. Links From The Episode Unoffendable: How Just One Change...

It’s hard to believe that At The Movies is already over! 2022’s version was a ton of fun. Today we sit down to look back over the series, enjoy some News of the What?! about a jewelry heist and strange trade, pick our favorite movies from At The Movies 2022, and dive back into the grief and loss conversation with Collateral Beauty and an interview from 2021 that continues to be relevant! Links Fro...

We’ve only got one more week of At The Movies — time flies when you’re having fun, as they say! Brook is on vacation with his family, and the legendary Tanner Hodges is back to host this week’s episode. He and Loren discuss hostile monkeys in Japan and how Tanner still owes Shelby a good honeymoon. They also review a few biblical thoughts on the Disney film, Encanto, and how we can reframe how we...

We are already halfway through At The Movies 2022! It’s going by so fast! Today we dive into conversation about the oppressive Texas heat, an interesting cheesy “delight,” a much needed update on the Pikes Peak Peanut Pusher, dealing with hearing loss and learning ASL, some facts and awards for Week 3’s movie CODA, and how it can teach us to let go, sacrifice, and overcome fear. Links From The Epi...

With At The Movies Week 2 officially behind us, we are talking about a man and his crazy adventure with a peanut, some of the why behind At The Movies and the changes in our service, Catch Me If You Can, and living live as an impostor. Links From The Episode At The Movies Week 2 Replay Did you miss Sunday? Before you listen to this episode, catch up with our weekly service at any of these places:...

At The Movies has finally arrived and week 1 was awesome! Today we sit down to talk about a Texas man and his fireworks, rolling out the red carpet, wearing a suit and tie, being glued too much to technology, the different phases of parenting, oh, and the robot apocalypse! Links From The Episode Just A Phase Doing Life With Your Adult Children: Keep Your Mouth Shut & The Welcome Mat Out by Jim...

Happy 4th Of July! No podcast break for us! This week we sit down and discuss saying “God bless you” after sneezes, memories of 4th of July and what we love about our country, fireworks, Paul and Silas continuing to share the good news from city to city despite how the religious leaders respond, leading with grace, and how Paul handles the Greek altar to an Unknown God. Did you miss Sunday? Before...

At The Movies is almost here and the Supreme Court finally dropped the major decision in Dobbs V Jackson that overturns Roe V Wade and brings back the topic of abortion. This week we’re talking about sneaking candy into movies, Roe V Wade, loving others we disagree with, Paul and Barnabas breaking up the band, and splitting vs sticking as we continue to learn to disagree well. Links From The Episo...

Recording from Colorado and Texas, we are talking about Fathers Day, discipling our kids, continuing our conversation on Winsome Conviction, achieving disagreement, thickening convictions, being curious, and even a German pastor ok with the Nazi salute. Links From The Episode Winsome Conviction: Disagreeing Without Dividing The Church by Tim Muehlhoff & Richard Langer Did you miss Sunday? Befo...

Today’s episode is a thick one! We are discussing what At The Movies is and why we do it, we’re talking about the Jewish law and the controversy over it in the early church, answering some listener questions, and kicking off the conversation about the book Winsome Conviction. Links From The Episode Winsome Conviction: Disagreeing Without Dividing The Church by Tim Muehlhoff & Richard Langer Di...