Journey NOW

In this special episode, Kevin Dixon, Suzie Lind and Tim Timmons share Journey's practice of praying with the community. Each week, the Journey staff, Elders and prayer team read people's written requests for prayer and agree with them before God, saying "Lord, hear our prayer." This week, the NOW team brings that practice to the podcast and reflect on what it means to pray and to carry each other...

Chris Cron and Libby Cron join NOW regulars Suzie Lind and Tim Timmons to share their family's journey to Journey—and how our community has helped them see their faith in a new and refreshing way. - - - - - Have a question or comment for the NOW team? Join the conversation by texting us at +1 615 861 9503.

We’re back in Ephesians this week and still wrapping our minds around Jesus' great leveling. Paul explains how both Jews and Gentiles were dead in different ways but for God’s grace. Journey Students Pastor Tuyen Proctor joins Kevin Dixon , Mike Erre , Tim Timmons and Suzie Lind to explore the corrupting influence of group pride and how grace makes us all relate to each other on the same level. TI...

We're learning about the great leveling that prepared Jesus' arrival —valleys brought high and mountains made low. As people with a lot of "mountain" mentality in them, the NOW team is reflecting on what it means to be called a "brood of vipers" and what it looks like to live in opposition to that attitude. Kevin Dixon , Mike Erre , Tim Timmons and Suzie "P" Lind discuss with off-camera ghost gues...

Musician and author Nick Cave tells us that “hope is optimism with a broken heart.” This year, we’re learning to approach the hope of advent in that same spirit. Mike Erre , Suzie Lind and Kevin Dixon reflect on the idea of a Blue Christmas and how advent season reminds them how we live in both expectation and lament all year long? But first, it’s Erre-oke night at Journey: It turns out Kevin don’...

This week, we began a series of conversations on advent using the common lectionary. That's a book of scripture readings used by churches worldwide for teaching throughout the year. Just one problem: Kevin Dixon isn't having it. Spiritual director Katie Mullin joins Kevin, Mike Erre and Suzie Lind to think about the rituals and disciplines of Christianity--and how they can go so right or wrong. Ev...

Nate Erre joins regulars Mike Erre , Kevin "Richard Richardson" Dixon , Suzie Lind and Tim Timmons to explore how Christian victory looks like weakness . But first, we need a volunteer with long hair.... TIMESTAMPS 01:30 Pretty Flycatcher for A White Guy 06:25 Hey Now 08:30 What I Like About You 22:30 Weak Bible Study Content Begins - - - - - Have a question or comment for the NOW team? Join the c...

How can it be possible that Jesus defeated the powers of evil when we still live with so many bad things around us (and even inside our own hearts) ? We're learning about how we live in an overlapping time where "this present age of evil" exists in the midst of Jesus' victory. Kevin Dixon , Suzie Lind and Tim Timmons ask Mike Erre about the conversation he led Sunday . Then, it's time for listener...

On Sunday , we studied powers and principalities as described by the apostle, Paul. Now, a listener asks: All these gods seem more like metaphors than real beings. Do we really need to believe in them if we want to believe the Bible? The NOW roundtable of Suzie Lind , Mike Erre , Tim Timmons and Kevin Dixon explore the theology of the Elohim. But first (because none of you are tired of it yet), a...

Our study of Ephesians (or De’phesians) is showing us new ways to pray together . Special guest Seth Erre joins Mike Erre , Suzie Lind , Kevin Dixon and Tim Timmons to look more closely at Paul’s model of praying. TIMESTAMPS 0:45 Special Guest Welcome 1:35 The SheNaw 2:45 Friday Night And The Gas Is Low 10:05 Shout Out Brad Erre 13:18 It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Aggro Christmas 19:33 Clydesd...

As we study Ephesians, we're examining the ancient culture of demons and magic and Paul's message of victory over those powers. A listener asks: If that battle over dark powers has already been won, why doesn't it look like that in the church or in my own life? According to Kevin Dixon , Mike Erre , Tim Timmons and Suzie Lind , the answer to that question is the whole point of the book. Listen if...

Continuing our "The Offspring" conversations, we dug into some hard Jewish and Greek ideas on what "sonship" and "adoption" mean. Trigger warning, but it's so good: You can listen here . In this podcast episode, the Journey NOW team, Tim Timmons , Suzie Lind , Mike Erre and Kevin Dixon , respond to listener questions on that and other subjects after they practice hugging each other with their eyes...

It's not just 'cause He gave us the love that we never had: Ephesians helps us understand how Jesus solves the paradox of having free will but also being chosen and pre-destined for salvation. Our core four talkers-- Kevin Dixon , Suzie Lind , Tim Timmons and Mike Erre --explore Sunday's teaching (and whether you can exit a plane that's already on its way to Long Beach). TIMESTAMPS 1:08 Projectile...

We're saving a prayer for the morning after Sunday's conversation on prayer. Mike Erre , Kevin Dixon and Tim Timmons discuss how they relate to God (or sometimes don't) and respond to listener questions. But first, Mike goes Cali for Tacoberfest and Kevin gets his pantry in a bunch over cinnamon rolls. - - - - - Have a question or comment for the NOW team? Join the conversation by texting us at +1...

The punk band naming scheme continues, for better or worse, as we begin a new series on Ephesians called The Offspring . As we learn more about how the Church is supposed to live together in unity, skeptical listeners are asking how that idea can be abused. What happens when leaders call for unity as a way of covering up faults, failings and scandals. The kids aren’t alright this week as Kevin Dix...

On Sunday , we contrasted the striving, pyramid-shaped Roman cursus honorum society (literally “course of honors”) with Jesus’ willing descent from Lord to crucified outcast. If he called his followers to follow his lead and reject status in favor of unity, what does that look like in our lives? Journey’s text lines are filled this week with questions about how we live out an anti-pyramid faith, a...

We're still trying to fully grasp the conversation we started last Sunday on accepting other people (even when they're annoying). How is acceptance different from tolerance? Can we still have boundaries? How do we interact when we just fundamentally disagree? Mike Erre , Kevin Dixon , Suzie Lind and Tim Timmons try to put up with each other long enough to gather some insights together. TIM...

Our most recent Sunday conversation spurred a listener to ask what it looks like to spread the Gospel in a loving and authentic way. How do we avoid street-corner-megaphone obnoxiousness? If we avoid that, does that mean we're passive? Suzie Lind , Kevin Dixon and Tim Timmons have a word for it, and the word is love. TIMESTAMPS 3:02 Magic Man 7:10 Brad Erre Shoutout 7:50 Satan's Chips 11:0...

This week, we're examining Jesus' examples of creative resistance--turning the other cheek, going the extra mile and giving your enemy the shirt AND cloak off your back. As Mike Erre taught on Sunday, these aren't passive responses but rather ways of resisting without resorting to violence. Regulars Kevin Dixon , Suzie Lind and Tim Timmons join Mike to slap this insight around. TIMESTA...

As we learn more about how power works in the world , it's clear that the Kingdom of God stands in opposition in rejecting coercive "power over." Suzie Lind , Kevin Dixon and Mike Erre discuss the radical politics and weltanschauung that comes from following Jesus. TIMESTAMPS 01:50 The Blue Wedding 03:10 Olympics Recap. Who Even Cares Now? 04:33 Working The Pole 07:06 First Bourbonia...

This week, we begin "The Misfits," a series of conversations on Jesus' Church as a political body. So, what are the politics of the Kingdom, and how is that different than partisanship? Suzie Lind, Mike Erre and Kevin Dixon reconnoiter the political landscape. TIMESTAMPS 2:12 An Olympic Package 3:43 Nuthin But A G Thang 5:44 About Last Night 9:57 This Week's Big Vocabulary Word 1...

In her wrap-up to our “Social Distortion” series , Suzie Lind wondered about being Spirit led. We know about the early Christians described in Acts and more recent movements like the Azusa Street Revival and the Jesus People Movement. Could events like that ever happen in today’s world? Or, what would it look like for a modern community to be led by the Spirit? Tim Timmons , Betsy Raney and a secr...

It's an all-female NOW roundtable this week with Journey elders Summer Friesen and Krista Barre and staff member Betsy Raney joining host Suzie Lind . Together, they discuss their individual experiences and journeys as women in church leadership. TIMESTAMPS Just listen, people. It's all great.* * With no men at this week's table, the need to guide our listeners through the banter and f...

This week, Kevin Dixon shared the five styles of conflict resolution and how they can add to our understanding of Matthew 18's famous passage about reconciliation. Suzie Lind , Mike Erre and Tim Timmons join the NOW table with him to recap and discuss. TIMESTAMPS Introductory Mumblety-peg - 0:55 An Eventful Beginning - 1:28 Fashion (non)Sense - 4:00 Up In Arms - 6:25 She's Not A Doctor, Bu...

We're continuing our discussion of the community-based antidotes for bad religion with a look at spiritual formation . Suzie Lind leads this week's panel of Tim Timmons , Kevin Dixon and Mike Erre . TIMESTAMPS 1:10 Scottish Games -- 2:21 The Importance of Being Authentic -- 4:04 He's Got Legs. He Knows How To Use Them -- 5:33 Say Yes To The Dress Kilt -- 8:10 Brad Erre: Hairrogant -- 9...