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Welcome to Ep. #864 — Out Here on the Fringe ~ (Series: Relational Living from the Inside Out) We’re surrounded by people—and somehow still starving for connection.  Is it possible that our shallowest relationships are pointing to a deeper ache? Let’s talk about the strangers in our lives… and the story God might be writing through them.  Not as a burden or checkbox, but an easy flowing, divine pa...

Welcome to Ep. #863— Getting Real About Relationships Beyond Projects and Neediness (Series: Relational Living from the Inside Out) Why do so many of us feel unseen in a world of constant connection? We joke, we text, we hang out—but when the dust settles, are we really known? Have friendships become more about escape than engagement? Performance more than presence?

Welcome to Ep. #862 — Relating as a Grace-Based Person (Series: Relational Living from the Inside Out – Part 2) Why do the people closest to us often hurt us the most? Why do we keep trying to fix today’s relationships with yesterday’s wounds? What if the real issue isn’t just about them… but something deeper we carry into every room?

Ep. #861 — The Center Holds: Living From Relationship, Not for It (Series: Relational Living from the Inside Out — Part 1)  Why does loving the people closest to us often feel the hardest? We want connection, but instead we manage tension. We try to serve, and somehow still feel unseen. We reach out for comfort, and wind up more wounded than when we started. Our families exhaust us. Our friendship...

Good morning Gracers!  Welcome to Ep. #860 — “Reflection & Realignment: Grace-Based Reset”  (Summer Launch Series, Day 4) Is your soul tired from trying to stay on track… or unsure what the track even is? What if your life isn’t out of control—it’s just out of rhythm? Let’s talk about why even our best intentions to reset sometimes leave us more exhausted than encouraged.

Welcome to Ep. #859 — Summer Tables & Sacred Time: Building What Matters Most (Summer Launch Series, Day 3) We’re halfway through the year, trying to reset… But what if the thing that really needs attention isn’t your plan… It’s your presence? What happens when we’ve got food on the table—but no time for the people around it? What if the most important thing this summer isn’t what you accompli...

Welcome to Triber Tuesday with our guest, Neil Pledger! (Ep. #858 – Summer Launch Series, Day 2) What happens when we stop chasing the hustle and start trusting the harvest?  Can we really reset our rhythms—and our hearts—around grace, not grind? Join Mike & UK guest Neil Pledger for a refreshing, honest conversation about performance, pace, and the peace of living from our union with Christ.

Welcome to Ep. #857 — Midyear, Not Midmess: A Graceful Reset (Summer Launch Series, Day 1) We’re halfway through the year… so why do so many of us feel behind, burned out, or just plain blurry? What happens when the vision we had in January doesn’t match the life we’re actually living in June? Is it too late to realign? Too soon to start again?  Or have we been measuring the wrong things all along...

Welcome to Ep. #856 — The Freedom to Grow Slowly. (We’ve been talking about: freedom - its cost, its impact, Its value, and more!) Ever feel like you’re behind? Like you should be further along by now—spiritually, emotionally, maybe just with your inbox? But what if all that pressure… isn’t coming from God?

Happy Wednesday!  Welcome to Ep. #855 — “The Freedom That Worships” (Series: A Week of Freedom & Grace) What do you do with a freedom that cost everything? What if worship isn’t what we think it is? And what if the most faithful thing today… is the thing that doesn’t feel spiritual at all? Brew something warm. Bring an open heart. Let’s wrestle with the mystery of real freedom and grace from a...

Welcome to Ep. #854 — “Giving Value: A Life of Love in Action” What does it mean to give someone value? Why does it matter in a world that measures worth in likes, speed, and status?

Welcome to Ep. #853 — The Cost of Freedom.  On this Memorial Day, we’re not just firing up the grill—we’re lighting a flame of remembrance. What if the most Christlike thing someone can do… is give their life so others can live free? Join us as we take a sacred pause to celebrate the liberty Christ secured by His sacrifice—and to honor those who’ve mirrored that love in service to our nation. Free...

Welcome to Ep. #852 — Grace Beyond the Greats Some of the most powerful voices in Christian history have stirred our souls—Tozer, Chambers, Spurgeon, Lewis… and more.  But is it possible that even the greatest teachers sometimes missed the fullness of the Gospel?  What if some taught grace that forgives—but not grace that indwells and truly transforms? Can someone revere God deeply… and still wear...

Welcome to Ep. #851 — “Grace in the Reroute”.  Ever make all the right moves… only to watch the plan fall apart? What if the detour isn’t a mistake? How do we live with that? Where do we find security and hope when the road changes without warning?

Woohoo -  it’s Triber Tuesday! Welcome to Ep. #850 : “Triber Tuesday w/ guest Diana Hamidi!”   Diana is a gifted discipleship counselor in many areas in her story is transformative. You’re goanna love hearing from her insight as Mike and Diana talk about a whole lot of grace over a little bit of coffee. 

Welcome to Ep. #849 — “You Don’t Have to Walk on Water—You Just Have to Enjoy Jesus in the Rain” ~ (Series: Living Essentially) Life doesn’t have to be ideal for you to be full.  On today’s episode, we’re wrapping the week with a grace-soaked reminder: peace and joy aren’t waiting on better circumstances—they’re found in knowing Christ where you are, even in the rain.

Welcome to Ep. #848 — “Living Essentially is Learning to Live in the Freedom of Christ as Life” ~ (Series: Living Essentially) What happens when even our pursuit of “what matters most” becomes a quiet rejection of grace?  Today we’re exploring how the soul can slip from trusting Christ to trying to manage life—even with good intentions.

Welcome to Ep. #847 — “The Trap of Trying to Enjoy” (Series: Living Essentially) Sometimes the harder we try to enjoy life, the more it slips through our fingers.  What if joy isn’t something we curate, but something we receive?  Join us this morning as we stop staging peace and start living from the Presence of Christ in the now.

Welcome to Ep. #846 — “Diluted Joy & the Death of Now” (New Series: Living Essentially) It’s a brand-new week—and maybe what we need most isn’t more momentum, but more deliberate presence.  Lets settle our souls into the sufficiency of Christ, sip some coffee, and stop chasing the next thing long enough to enjoy the grace that’s already here.

Welcome to Ep. #845 — Now Is the Time: What the I Am Is Up To in You.  (Series: Now Is the Time — Living Eternal Purpose in a Tick-Tock World) Ever feel like you’re waiting for life to slow down… or start, or get right-side-up – waiting to finally feel ready to live on purpose? What if the I Am is already working in your right now, not waiting for you to catch up?

Welcome to Ep. #844 — The Fallacy of Fretting: Stop Stressing, Start Living ~ (Series: Now Is the Time — Living Eternal Purpose in a Tick-Tock World) Ever feel caught in the cycle of worry, like you’re always a step behind? What if the real invitation isn’t to fix the past or catch up, but to walk freely with Jesus right now?

Oh Yeah!!  It’s TRIBER TUESDAY, with Mike & our guest Neil Pledger! Join Mike and Neil as we discuss truth, freedom, grace, body, life, and more to make real Grace life practical for you and me. It’s going to be a fantastic morning.

Ep. #842 — Redeeming Your Time is Just Walking by GRACE!  We’re launching a brand-new series this week!  Ever feel like you’re failing at managing your time?  Wondering how to really redeem the moments God gives you?  Feeling panicky pressure that you’re not making the most of your time?  Life does not need to be that hard, my friends! 

Happy Thursday! Welcome the final episode and the “I’m with…“ Series we’ve been doing ~ Ep. #841 — I’M WITH: The One Who’s Worthy.  What if worship isn’t about offering more, but realizing you’re already with the One who’s worth it all?

Welcome to Ep. #840 — “I’M WITH: The Vine, So I Don’t Have to Be It” Trying to be the vine this week? Yeah… good luck with that.