Keeping Up With The Joneses

A little something from our family to yours. From all of us Joneses, we wish you a very merry Christmas. We'll see you in the new year.

What are you asking God for? Do you know his plans for you are beyond all you can ask or imagine? This week, in our shortest episode ever, we talk about planning for 2017 with God's vision in mind.

Things not to do when you're hungry, angry, lonely or tired. Our number one tip for parenting, but mostly encouragements from Jesus and Paul on not giving up.

AJ's trip to the hospital, Alyn gets busted on Instagram and the effect of gratitude on your brain. Plus, a listener's question about whether it's okay for Christians to smoke weed (given it's becoming legalized in several states).

This week our friend Steve Long joins us all the way from Toronto, Canada to share on the Holy Spirit and healing. Steve is one of the best ministers we've ever heard teach on healing and has a way of simplifying complex truths into practical steps. All of this plus some follow up from last week's episode on the election.

So it's AJ's birthday. What better way to celebrate than to have a Scotsman and a Canadian talk about the US elections. That should be fun, right? In this episode we talk through a better way to respond to the changes and uncertainty our nation faces. All of that and Alyn learned to make pancakes.

And we're back from sick-ville and ready to rumble. This week we catch up on what we've missed in the last two weeks; the Heaven Declares conference, intimacy week at SOSL and AJ got healed. Also, our latest argument and what it means for marriage and a question from a listener on having a baby which leads to a long discussion re: babywise.

Money. It's sometimes a touchy topic, but on this week's episode we talk about three principles that we've found to be essential regarding personal finances. That and AJ keeps doing Yoda impersonations. But mostly money.

In life are you bracing for impact or believing the best? This week we talk through what both of those look like and how to change your ways. Plus - some pretty cool healing testimonies, Alyn's desire for bagels and AJ doesn't like BBQ.

Alyn finds his Scottish accent, AJ gets her DIY kick on and we talk hospitality in the Bible and in life. Plus learn how to prophesy and get our top 5 tips on starting to have folks over.

All of us have been hurt in life. Our approach to dealing with that hurt will vary from person to person, but until Jesus is able to minister to that hurt, our hearts can become hardened and sore. This week we talk about the value of inner healing, AJ's new (new!) iPhone and Alyn comes clean on his love for burritos. 

This week we answer questions about the balance between blessing and contentment, emotional health and codependency and how to be healthy while dating. Oh and Alyn gets a new iPhone. Good times!

We've been thinking about leadership a lot the last few weeks. We've either been asked questions about leadership or have been asking leaders about leading. But there were some questions we just never got to, so we talk through them here. Plus, AJ's unique iPhone 7 review.

This week we catch up on Apple's new product releases and review the GO Conference hosted by Legacy Nashville. We zero in on this whole topic of personal responsibility and answer a listener's question on healing.

Brett & Shailey have an incredible story of the faithfulness of God. From a marriage ruined by alcohol addiction and hidden sin, to the pressures of being a pro athlete in the NFL we talk to these guys about the journey of discovering the Lord, why they chose the presence of God over everything else and what it means to live life contentedly. 

We've been away in the Smoky Mountains, Alyn has started gardening and AJ is painting cabinets. Aside from domestic bliss, this week we talk about being corrected, why it's necessary and 5 reasons why we're terrible at it.

Alyn goes to the dentist, AJ breaks her coffee machine and we talk about the power of our words. Plus a prophetic word from Patricia King and we announce this year's line up for Heaven Declares.

Community is one of God's greatest gifts. This week we explore what it's like to be part of an amazing community, talk about Alyn's history with breakdancing and answer a listener's question about the way women think about men.

Inspired by the events of this morning's service at Grace Center, this week we talk about what we love about Grace Center and our leaders Jeff & Becky Dollar. Also - we're hiring! - there are three opportunities to come work with us at Grace Center. Finally, Alyn saw the new Jason Bourne movie and AJ can't remember what she taught this week.

We're talking wisdom baby! We've been struck by the book of Proverbs. Join us for the month of August as we read Proverbs together and spread the wisdom we receive. Also, the house gets unpacked slowly and we have tips for parents on visiting the eye doctor.

And we're back. In a new house. Boxes everywhere and overwhelmed by the kindness of God, friends and neighbors. Here's a recap of the last few weeks and some verbal processing about life right now.

A while back, our good friend Blake Stratton stopped by the studio to ask Alyn some questions about money, wealth and abundance for his podcast. Blake was kind enough to let us share that interview with you guys while we're still enjoying the last few days of our vacation. Have a listen and let us know your feedback!

This week is vacation week. We're enjoying the sun while on vacation. But we haven't left you all alone. Before we went, Alyn interviewed Kory Westerhold & Aaron Martin the creators of NeuBible, the world's most beautiful Bible app. Alyn asks about the behind the scenes of making the app, how one procures the actual texts for the Bible and life as a Christian in California. List...

We're in the middle of moving house. That means early starts and late nights. So this episode is a little different from the rest of them in that there's no topic per se, but there are answers to listeners' questions on changing seasons, writing books and life languages.

A random find while packing the house leads to some thinking about our past, our present and our future. Plus a question on the orphan spirit from a listener. Shorter this week but blame that on the house move.