Full Phoenix Rising

Just wanted to wrestle through what it looks like for us to come before Jesus with no agenda.

This is an idea from Dallas, that kind of finds its home in the Divine Conspiracy but was in a message he gave. I love the idea about how Axis interact with one another as a framework for discipleship and growth with Jesus.

Pride can manifest in a variety of different ways, one of those ways is Envy. This is where our greatest virtue to combat that Humility comes into play.

Feeling Guilty isn't necessarily a bad thing, but feeling the heavy weight of shame was not what God had intended Confession to be.

Do your prayer life feel like an Old Wreck of a Car? Does it feel like a magical red button you press in case of emergency, what could it be like if you were allowed to dream.

...excuse me while I check my phone...

We can't hurry change as much as we might like, there is a slow work that is often the best work of change in our life.

Rapid wholesale changes to life don't seem to work, we can readily creep back into practices of old and that can be demoralising. What creative ways can we commit to simple consistency to help shape us for tomorrow and steer us to running the race better.

Where the velocity of life can feel overwhelming how do we create moments of slow, to allow us space to think and contemplate. That we might be present and unhurried in the moment.

Apologies, this podcast was probably launched at the wrong time, I was busy and pulled in multiple different directions and couldn't give it shape. Now the dust has settled after a fairly busy season, I want to visit this creative project again and really sink my teeth into it. I'm hoping you will stick around and some of this micro-pod will bless you.

Just a really quick...probably slightly important history lesson on the Desert Fathers.

A Quick Lesson on Grace and the five facets in 5 minutes or less!

A Short Terrible Session on Latin and Lectio Divina. 

Today thanks to a carey nieuwhof conference we're going to talk through the 5 future moves of the church and the places our church is doing that. 

This week I wanted to reflect a little on where your silent place is? What does it look like to find silence and solitude and embrace your eramos place!

Acedia or perhaps even the sin of Sloth might be a little unusual to talk about, but if you find yourself endlessly doom-scrolling and a deep sense of hopelessness.....well this podcast might be for you. We have hope for the hopeless in Jesus. 

Even though Jesus is superior to Angels, they are still active so what does a fuller understanding of the impact of Angels look like.

When we push deeper into a relationship with God, how do we keep Jesus as the centre of everything we do?

In a world of resolutions is there another way to become less hurried, less scattered, and more present? Perhaps an ancient practice for a modern time.

I mentioned this last week, and I didn't actually share it. This is an idea from an old rabbi, but I think today it has critical implications for how the church functions. Discord Link! https://discord.gg/fuKcucjHce

Ok just trying to keep things short here's the rest of my list. A couple more weird Christian stories. Discord Link https://discord.gg/fuKcucjHce

I had a moment the other day leading into Christmas when I found some old notes of some bizarre/funny moments in church. So I thought I'd share some! Discord Link! https://discord.gg/fuKcucjHce

Today I wanted to share a little about my conversion experience, partially because I wonder what that kind of excitement looks like for a church today.

What does church look like if we move from monologue to dialogue, and creatively what are ways we can do that?

If Jesus is the imputed righteousness that we have then we are Max capacity on righteousness....what then is a worthy response?