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Casey shares his most recent adventure of a lifetime in our nation's capitol as he and Stephen ponder if there is a requirement to speak up as "the church" in any particular moment in time.

Casey and Stephen finally answer the age old question: What's the latest you can wish someone Happy New Year?? Get your paper and pencil ready...it's quite the formula! As we kick off a new year, are you spending your time planning or preparing ?

Casey and Stephen share a funny story about an upcoming opportunity to spread Christmas cheer and discuss a popular book that shapes the narrative on mental health in our society.

Casey and Stephen chat briefly about the recent election and just scratch the surface on real rest.

Casey and Stephen walk through some work of Casey's "old friend" Alan Hirsch as they consider how maybe the church would be better off to shift our focus away from community to communitas. What's communitas? Listen in and find out!

Casey and Stephen discuss Hurricane Helene and continue the conversation on community!

Casey and Stephen return to the topic of "COMMUNITY" in this episode. For a link to the article at the heart of the discussion, please reach out and we will send you the link!

Casey baits Stephen into a discussion he did not see coming! So, is it possible or even Christ-like to be unoffendable, even in the face of potentially overt mocking? The guys also talk briefly about the uptick in connections to other ministy efforts around the country and the globe. Check out the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Unoffendable-Change-Better-updated-chapters/dp/1400333598

Casey and Stephen walk through two very different experiences of "church" on the same Sunday morning and only 1.5 miles apart.

Casey returns from his vacation this week to join Stephen in discussing The Gathering from this past Sunday during which we packed a home out! So, do all those people make what we are doing better?

Another favoriate guest resourcer joins Stephen to share a brief glimpe of what it has looked like to start a new gathering out of an existing congregation that gathers in homes. Jess and Hugh Hopper have learned so much and are happy to share a bit of their story with all of us in this episode.

After nearly three years to the day since her last appearance, Stephen's favorite guest resourcer joins the pod again to discuss the topic of what we do with the kids a litte deeper.

Pastors Casey and Stephen chop it up about the past few weeks in Multiply Church, including the recent Spring Retreat, as well as what has been going on in their lives that has led to the longer than usual break between episodes.

Pastors Casey and Stephen recap the previous week and switch the order up a bit by accidentally starting off with the sports report with perhaps a somewhat controversial topic!

Pastors Casey and Stephen go pandemic retro and record an episode over Zoom, which is the best they could do with their schedules in order to not miss two weeks in a row! You're welcome! Hear about trips - not vacations - to the beach, a personal sports report, and what it feels like to be nearing the end of the discipleship pathway.

Pastors Casey and Stephen recap the prior week and discuss potential Easter plans as well as taking a deep dive into a vital part of spiritual formation, along with what congregations should probably be celebrating when it comes to the metrics we keep.

Pastors Casey and Stephen recap the past couple weeks while sharing some stories about out of control birthday parties and Casey's recent moonlighting as a church plant musician.

Pastors Casey and Stephen recap the previous week together in their lives and the life of Multiply Church. Casey shares a new secret that is helping him leaps and bounds when it comes to keeping up with sports and the two professional Christians share deep thoughts on demonstrating obedience to the ways of Christ.

Pastors Casey and Stephen return after a week off to catch up on some exciting developments regarding our partnership with the Brace Family YMCA and go off on some tangents while discussing our role in reconciliation!

Pastors Casey and Stephen chop it up about the MLB lockout, the draw of laughter even when handling serious material, and why making amends is so important to the process of becoming mature in Christ.

Pastors Casey and Stephen recap the past week and totally gush over the message shared from someone who is well loved by all in our congregation, which was well worth every single compliment we could give it!