Grey Pages

Hugh kicks the guys off with this question and it turned into a really interesting exploration.

In this episode Dezi and Taylor got to do a 1 on 1

Dezi and the crew spend some time reflecting on the centrality of hospitality and the stranger ethic.

Jon and Hugh opened the show with some thoughts on hospitality and then Taylor threw the boys one of his curveballs which always leads to fun conversations. At the heart of this conversation might be the question "What makes movement?"

"When we talk about an Ekklesial Renaissance, it's different than a reformation, it's different from a protest, it's a rediscovery of what's always been. "

This episode is a bit of a therapy session for the boys as they reflect on some of the existential realities that we all face when it comes to resources.

We are so grateful that Leslie Kim was able to join us for this episode of Dezi Sessions!

In this episode Lindsey joins Taylor for another chat with Dezi

You don't wanna miss this one!

We are back with another incredible conversations with our big brother Dezi

We are so grateful for these sessions with Dezi

We are super excited to kick off this series with Dezi Baker. Buckle up!

"But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong"

A great conversations with one of Hugh's longtime co-conspirators

and we are back!

In this episode, we welcome Carl Olson and Justin Stice, two faithful practitioners embedded in very different but equally meaningful contexts. Carl joins us from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where he's in the early stages of planting seeds for a Kingdom ecosystem, often feeling isolated but deeply rooted in a hope for what's to come. Justin shares from Lubbock, Texas, where over a decade of...

This week on Grey Pages , we flip the script with a long-overdue ladies takeover episode! For the first time ever, we hear directly from the women who have been holding it down behind the scenes of the Brave Cities movement. Join Bree Linderman , Chelsea Repic , Cheryl Halter , and Lindsey McCall —the wives of Lance, Joel, Hugh, and Taylor—as they share candidly about life, marriage, motherhood, l...

In this episode, the Brave Cities crew explores a different kind of organizing principle: shared desire . Rather than building around outcomes, metrics, or even vision, we ask what happens when a community is rooted in a mutual longing — for Jesus, for justice, for neighbor love, for the poor, for the way of the Kingdom. Drawing on influences from René Girard to Walter Wink, and from 12-step commu...

– Lessons from Senegal with Joel Repic In this special episode of the Grey Pages podcast, Joel Repic joins the team live from Senegal to share a deeply moving reflection on mission, suffering, and the slow, faithful cultivation of Kingdom ecosystems. What begins as a simple story about a fruit orchard becomes a rich metaphor for prophetic work in hard soil—spiritual, cultural, and literal. Joel re...

👣 Episode Overview What does it take to move from inspiration to action? In this episode, the Brave Cities crew is joined by digital strategist and pathway architect Jason Bowman, alongside longtime co-laborer Joel Repic from Aliquippa, PA. Together, they tackle the growing desire among church leaders and creatives to reimagine church, mission, and community life—and the sobering reality that ver...

In this episode, Jon, Hugh, and Taylor sit down with their longtime friend David Gobout from St. Louis to unpack the gritty, raw, and faithful journey of community-rooted ministry. David shares his evolution from entering a marginalized neighborhood with the classic church planting mindset to uncovering that what the neighborhood actually needed was something much different — presence, patience, l...

In this episode, the crew tackles a pressing question in the life of any ecosystem-building movement: How do we cultivate a pipeline of uniquely gifted, missionally brave, and spiritually aligned leaders—aka “unicorns”—to step into under-resourced communities? From college campuses to early retiree circles, from missional internships to accidental recruiting, the conversation wrestles with the ten...

In this episode, the team dives deep into one of the more nuanced and often overlooked ideas in the book—anonymity. What does it mean to “not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing”? Why did Jesus warn against broadcasting our good works—and how does this relate to the current culture of self-promotion, brand-building, and nonprofit storytelling? We explore the tension between being...

On the very first day of 2025, we sat down with our longtime friend and Brave Cities team member, Joel Repic, who live and works in Aliquippa, PA. Joel shares stories and reflections from life alongside the Community of Celebration , a Benedictine-inspired order that’s been living, praying, and practicing radical discipleship together since the 1980s. We explore the core values that shape intentio...

🎙️ Episode Summary In this episode, we sit down with Jesse Cruikshank—neuroscientist, author, missional strategist, and former roller derby player (yes, really!)—to dive deep into the brain science of discipleship . We unpack how our understanding of spiritual formation has been shaped more by the Enlightenment than by Scripture, and how the way we teach and learn often inoculates us against trans...