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Do you know where you are in your maturity - and are you free enough to acknowledge it? Our new identities give us the freedom to acknowledge areas we are immature in and areas we are mature in. Listen in as we continue in the final podcasts of The Ascent of a Leader. Support the show

What would you rock the boat for? We continue talking about The Ascent of a Leader and what suffering for integrity in our church communities can look like. Even within the church we can face opposition for standing up for what's right, but the Lord still calls us forward in obedience. Support the show

On the fourth rung of the character ladder our hands land on the suffering rung. Our obedience to God does not promise us that our lives will get easier. God has much grander plans and much bigger purpose for how we love through our obedience. And if we are honest, that is what we really want as people with a sense of destiny. Support the show

We continue up the Character Ladder from the Ascent of a Leader (which you can view at www.trueface.org/ascentladders) on the rung of Obedience. What does it look like to be obedient when we aren't sure of the consequences? How do leaders encourage others to align with the truth and be obedient? Support the show

What is the difference between obedience and compliance? Why is obedience so necessary to our character? This week we continue in The Ascent of a Leader and the character ladder. To view the ladders, go to trueface.org/ascent-ladders. Support the show

This week we continue in The Ascent of a leader, discussing the second rung of vulnerability. How are vulnerability and transparency different? What does it mean to ask "How do I affect you?" and what does it mean to answer that honestly? Support the show

This week we continue discussing the Ascent of a Leader applied to church leaders. We look at 1 Peter 5:5-6 and discuss how church leaders can often hide their struggles in isolation until they get found out, but that Jesus gives us another option. Support the show

This week we have the senior pastor of Cerritos Baptist Church, Erik Kakimoto, join us as we talk about what it looks like to trust God and others with who you are while being a pastor, and what it's like to live that out with a team. Support the show

Why do we need relationships of trust in our lives? We continue in The Ascent of a Leader and discuss what relationships of trust look like, why we need them, and how to begin living in them. Check out the ladders we refer to at trueface.org/ascentladders. Support the show

We continue looking at the Ascent of a Leader, moving from the Environments of Grace rail to the Relationships of Trust rail. How do these two relate to each other? We discuss what relationships of trust look like and what they DON'T look like, and how this relates to the church. Support the show

This week we finish talking about what particles create an environment of grace, and specifically one that is often overlooked: fun. Sometimes we can get the feeling that if we're having fun it means we don't take our faith seriously enough, but we see many examples in scripture of Jesus enjoying and having fun with his friends. That probably means we should too! Support the show

Attempting to create environments of grace comes with a tricky predicament. The longer we live, the more we realize that we are a mess, and the more tempted we are to be embarrassed by it. So what do we really mean by the thought, grace is messy? Well we mean it is as real, frustrating, maddening, full of suffering. And, that it is still worlds better. Faces toward hope, into the breach fellow fri...

The Trueface team gets together to list out what makes a safe environment. We walk through our list and encourage you to do the same with your family, team, church, or whoever you would like to build relationships with. To see the Ladders we are discussing go to http://www.trueface.org/ascentladders Support the show

What do we expect from our leaders and what should we expect from our leaders. A leader leading out of character will see this differently than one leading out of capacity. The Ascent of a Leader is such an important topic. To see the Ladders we are discussing go to http://www.trueface.org/ascentladders Support the show

Our series on the Ascent of the Leader begins and we start with an important question. Is character or capacity more important for a leader? Support the show

Many of us come through Christmas with an even stronger sense that we need this truth. You are not who your family says you are, you are who God says you are. And God is delighted with you. To that point, we thank you for listening and influencing others with the hope of this good news. Support the show

The shepherds' first instinct after the angels left? Sprint to Jesus. And they found that all that they had been told was true. And they rejoiced that it was true. No matter where you are with Jesus, no matter your circumstances, when you are in need of an eternal hope, Jesus is all that has been said of him. Merry Christmas from all of us at Trueface! Support the show

The God of the universe chose to be born in a tiny, barren town, and announce His arrival on a hillside to shepherds - not probably how we would plan it. He had waited for centuries, but this was the time and place for our Messiah and Master to be born. We begin the Advent season in Luke chapter 2. Support the show

If we have gained some maturity in our spiritual life, what is our motivation for offering our time to others and what is it that we have to give? The common answers end up serving the wrong person and validating systems of mistrust. Let's invite our friends in. Let's let others see that what we have gained is a firmer grasp on our need. Let's step out, then invite them into our hom...

Talking about our Grace Changes Everything Retreat with the program director Joellen Maurer. We talk gratitude and grace, and why you might choose one quote over another. Support the show

The new Grace Changes Everything Retreat and the opportunity you have to host one for your friends and community. We talk about what GCE retreats look like and why we wanted to create these experiences. Support the show

Bruce, John, and Bill are back for our last podcast from the Heart of Man guide. We are talking about The Feast which we have been invited into. One of the best ways to experience the movie is to watch it and then walk through each week of the guide with a group. Support the show

The Heart of Man guide reminds us of one of the most important truths we can encounter about our shame. Executive Producer Brian Bird joins us to talk about how we crack the enigma code of shame and walk out of The Cave. Support the show

Jens Jacob of Sypher films and a Producer on the Heart of Man joins us to walk through The Lagoon portion of the HOM guide. We talk about how this film was intended to face the brutal realities of our lagoons so that we could encounter the awestruck realities of God's acceptance. Support the show

You are staring down at the crashing waves once again. You are here at the cliff, wondering if this time will be different. Who will you be if you jump this time? Who would we trust to walk us back from the edge? We continue to walk through the Heart of Man Guide which is now available on heartofmanmovie.com/products/guide Support the show