Keeping It Simple

Welcome to Keeping It Simple where we talk about life and mission in ways that are easy to understand. This week Scott and Luis interview a long-time friend of Luis, Rich Villodas. Rich is a pastor in Queens, New York at New Life Fellowship and author of The Deeply Formed Life. The main focus of the interview is about Rich's book, The Deeply Formed Life, although there are a lot of fun conversatio...

Welcome to Keeping It Simple where we talk about life and mission in ways that are easy to understand. This week Scott and Luis have a follow-up conversation from their interview with Monty Wright about emotional health. Emotional health is a topic that the Simple Church Collective believes has tremendous value for disciples of Jesus. Scott and Luis talk about the importance of being emotiona...

Welcome to Keeping It Simple where we talk about life and mission in ways that are easy to understand. This week Scott and Luis interview a very special guest! Monty Wright, the Alliance Northwest (ANW for short) district superintendent. Monty is an avid supporter of the Simple Church Collective and emotional health. Monty has been a church planter, lead pastor, author, and now district superinten...

This week Scott and Luis talk about mission. In this episode, Scott and Luis talk about the theology surrounding mission, some from the Old Testament and some from the New Testament. We hope the practicality Scott offers and the invitation from Luis to join us on mission is helpful to you! Thank you for listening. Listen and leave a review! We would love to hear from you! Join us on our journey as...

Welcome to Keeping It Simple where we talk about life and mission in ways that are easy to understand. This week Scott and Luis interview a good friend of the Simple Church Collective, Matthew Erikson! Matthew is a fellow Christian and Missionary Alliance (CMA) worker in Washington! Matthew has been planting missional communities (what we know as Simple Churches) in Oak Harbor for the past 5 years...

Welcome to Keeping It Simple where we talk about life and mission in ways that are easy to understand. This week Scott and Luis talk about the Sabbath, a core value and practice of the Simple Church Collective! Scott and Luis have a conversation about the Sabbath and give practical insight into how to practice the Sabbath. This is a great conversation that you don’t want to miss! Listen and leave...

Welcome to Keeping It Simple where we talk about life and mission in ways that are easy to understand. This week Scott and Luis interview Sam Brown, the House Pastor of Salem Alliance Church! As you will experience, Sam is not from America! Same Alliance is a megachurch, and over the past year has had to make significant shifts! Sam has been a large part of these shifts, which we talk about! Durin...

Welcome to Keeping It Simple where we talk about life and mission in ways that are easy to understand. This week Scott and Luis talk about one of the key rhythms of the Simple Church Collective and all major disciple making movements: discovery bible study (DBS). In this episode, Scott and Luis define a discovery bible study and talk about the practicality and importance of self-discovery! This ep...

Welcome to Keeping It Simple where we talk about life and mission in ways that are easy to understand. This week Scott and Luis talk about the B.L.E.S.S. rhythms of the Simple Church Collective. B.L.E.S.S. stands for begin in prayer, listen to people, eat with people, serve people, and share the story of what God is doing. Enjoy this episode!  Listen and leave a review! We would love to hear...

Welcome to Keeping It Simple where we talk about life and mission in ways that are easy to understand. This week Scott and Luis interview Rob Wegner and Lance Ford. Rob and Lance authored the book "The Starfish and The Spirit". This interview will give insight into the book, the state of the church in America, and where Rob and Lance see hope for the church! It's a great discussion that you won't...

Welcome to Keeping It Simple where we talk about life and mission in ways that are easy to understand. This week Scott and Luis interview a good friend of the Simple Church Collective, Brian Johnson of the Kansas City (KC) Underground! This is part two of our interview with Brian Johnson, listen to part one if you have not! Brian talks about discipleship being surrendered to Jesus as Lord, global...

Welcome to Keeping It Simple where we talk about life and mission in ways that are easy to understand. This week Scott and Luis interview a good friend of the Simple Church Collective, Brian Johnson of the Kansas City (KC) Underground! During the interview, we get to know Brian and the Kansas City Underground, one of our biggest supporters! Brian brings forth some challenges for the church in Amer...

Welcome to Keeping It Simple where we talk about life and mission in ways that are easy to understand. This week Scott and Luis interview a good friend of the Simple Church Collective, Jeff Vanderstelt. Jeff lives in the Greater Seattle area and leads a network of churches called the Soma family of churches! In this part of the interview, the conversation with Jeff switches to emotional health and...

Welcome to Keeping It Simple where we talk about life and mission in ways that are easy to understand. This week Scott and Luis interview a good friend of the Simple Church Collective, Jeff Vanderstelt. Jeff lives in the Greater Seattle area and leads a network of churches called the Soma family of churches! In this interview, we get to know Jeff and talk about his vision and passion for the churc...

This week Scott and Luis talk about the idea of people are people, not projects. In this episode, Scott and Luis address some of the biblical reasoning to how people should be treated. The main idea is that although every person has work to be done in their life, they are still a valuable person and not some project to get done. After a brief discussion on this idea, a friend of the podcast, Valer...

This week Scott and Luis talk about one of the core beliefs of the Simple Church Collective: Social Responsibility. In this episode, Scott and Luis talk about the theology of being socially responsible, otherwise known as biblical justice. This episode hits a passion for Scott and Luis! As usual, we seek to be practical but this topic more than any is going to take more conversations to process th...

Welcome to Keeping It Simple where we talk about life and mission in ways that are easy to understand. This week Scott and Luis talk about a core belief of the Simple Church Collective: compassion. In this episode, Scott and Luis talk about why compassion is an important value and how to live out compassion in your day-to-day life! Hint: compassion matters to us because it matters to Jesus! ...

This week Scott and Luis talk about one of the core beliefs of the Simple Church Collective: Generosity. In this episode, Scott and Luis talk about having an attitude of generosity, the scriptural support for living generous, and how we can practically implement generosity in our lives! We open you join our invitation at the end of the episode! Thank you for listening. Listen and leave a review! W...

Welcome to Keeping It Simple where we talk about life and mission in ways that are easy to understand. This week Luis and Scott interview a good friend of the Simple Church Collective, Micah Dodson! Micah is based in the Pacific Northwest and is a part of the Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA) as well as Thrive Church Planting. During the interview, we get to know Micah and talk about wh...

Welcome to Keeping It Simple where we talk about life and mission in ways that are easy to understand. This week Luis and Scott talk about one of the core beliefs of the Simple Church Collective: Hospitality. At the Simple Church Collective, hospitality is a core practice for everyone! We want to be a community of longer tables, not longer fences! We hope you enjoy this conversation about what hos...

Welcome to Keeping It Simple where we talk about life and mission in ways that are easy to understand. This week Luis and Scott talk about one of the core beliefs of the Simple Church Collective: Prayer and Fasting. As you listen you'll here more about the theology and importance of prayer and fasting but also get very practical in how Luis and Scott have experienced prayer and fasting in their li...

Welcome to Keeping It Simple where we talk about life and mission in ways that are easy to understand. This week Luis and Scott talk about one of the core beliefs of the Simple Church Collective: keeping Jesus at the center. Luis and Scott have a lot of fun in this episode and share some impactful thoughts on why we must keep Jesus at the center of our life and our mission.   Listen and leave...

Welcome to Keeping It Simple where we talk about life and mission in ways that are easy to understand. This week Luis and Scott begin a series on the core beliefs of the Simple Church Collective, today we talk about the reality that we are the Beloved--loved by God! It is from a place of love that we operate. This is the gospel message we must understand!  Listen and leave a review! We w...

Welcome to Keeping It Simple where we talk about life and mission in ways that are easy to understand. This episode is the second episode of our relaunch! In this episode, Luis and Scott talk about the vision for planting Simple Churches in the Greater Seattle Area and about their recent trip to Indianapolis--unpacking the idea of becoming a level 5 Multiplying Church.  Join us on our journey...

Welcome to Keeping It Simple where we talk about life and mission in ways that are easy to understand. This episode is the first episode of our relaunch! Luis and Scott talk about the mission of the Simple Church Collective which began as a church plant named, Church For The Nations in Marysville, Washington. Join us on our journey as we begin to plant Simple Churches in the Greater Seattle area,...