On Our Way Home

Send us Fan Mail If you have problems, YOU CAN HAVE JOY!   But JOY can be difficult to understand because it is not circumstantial and it is not a formula. JOY is produced through our relationship with Jesus especially through faith and obedience. Joel and Ryan talk today about where JOY originates and HOW we can experience real, deep, JOY that remains through whatever situation we find ourself in...

Send us Fan Mail It's easy for our emotions or our runaway thoughts to take the driver's seat and hijack our faith.  We can find ourselves leaving a place of security in God into insecurity as we face life's challenges. DJ and Ryan talk through how OUR SECURITY IN GOD,  which is renewed and reviewed through worship can powerful impact our lives.  In worship, through God's Word,...

Send us Fan Mail Hard times can push us to our limit and cause us to wonder if God is aware and able to rescue us from our problems and stresses in life. And Psalm 124 is a great reminder that God doesn't go off and abandon us, He rescues us from the mouth of the monster and the dangerous flood threatening our existence. The truth of God's rescue, that God's people sing in the face...

Send us Fan Mail Understanding God's character brings amazing service out of our lives.  We are actually saved by grace through faith in Jesus to do good works for God.  We're made to serve! But why do we struggle to find our way to a life of service?  How can we make sure that we're serving others for the right reasons and from the right posture? Garrick and Ryan talk about these q...

Send us Fan Mail What VALUE would you place on the importance of getting all together as God's people for WORSHIP?  Worship is the topic of Chapter 5, in Eugene Peterson's book, A Long Obedience in the Same Direction. On today's podcast, Tyler and Ryan discuss how getting together as God's people to worship Him is what we were MADE FOR!  Worshipping together also gives us a pea...

Send us Fan Mail Little things to us may be big things to God.  Do you believe this statement is true?  Does God really care about the seemingly small things of our lives?  Does He protect us and watch over every little detail of our lives? Anna and Ryan talk today about Psalm 121 and the chapter, "Providence," from Eugene Peterson's book A Long Obedience in the same direction.  You...

Send us Fan Mail Repenting is the beginning of a beautiful grace filled JOURNEY.  But what is repentance, REALLY? Joel and Ryan talk about how getting fed up with this world...sick and tired of how things are...is the beginning of the Path to the Father by WAY of JESUS!   REPENTANCE is what Psalm 120 is all about and how God's people began their journey to Jerusalem for the HIGH HOLIDAYS thre...

Send us Fan Mail Ever take a road trip and bring your favorite tunes along to keep you company, provide some energy, and keep you encouraged on the journey? That's EXACTLY what Joel and Ryan will be talking about on today's podcast.  God actually gave His people some TUNES to keep them FOCUSED on their way to Jerusalem to celebrate Him and the ways that He has provide and keeps providing...

Send us Fan Mail Worshipping God is a journey, not a destination.  And worship is meant to be more than just words that come out of our mouths.  Worship should be the cry of our hearts in RESPONSE to GOD'S love for us in Jesus Christ. So how can we continue to pursue God in praise and stay out of the rut of routine?  Rob, Holly, and Ryan discuss how to continue growing to worship God in spiri...

Send us Fan Mail How can we GO and BE the followers that Jesus wants us all to BE? Living life together on mission with Jesus in each other's lives is the way Jesus wants us to live.  But we cannot live this life on our own, we need the Holy Spirit and we need each other. Joel and Ryan wrap up the book, Come and See, talking about how BEING isn't just positive thinking or a formula to fo...

Send us Fan Mail How can we fight against being comfortable, busy, and distracted so that we forget how great life can be living on mission with Jesus? Jason and Ryan talk through how living on mission with Jesus IS TOTALLY DOABLE through God's Holy Spirit who lives inside of each person who has accepted Jesus as his or her SAVIOR by FAITH. Discover in today's podcast how living on missi...

Send us Fan Mail Do you believe that God wants you to join Him in accomplishing His greater works?  And if the answer is YES, then what are the GREATER WORKS that God wants us to do with Him and for Him? Larry and Ryan will be talking through these questions so that we can be to more aware of the possible ways that God can use us to accomplish His purposes. Learning to be more sensitive to God&apo...

Send us Fan Mail How in the world could God use someone like me to reach people for Jesus? This isn't only a great question, but when Roy and Ryan discuss the chapter, "Changing the Campfire Conversation," you'll discover that this is a GREAT prayer to pray.   Putting your seatbelt on after praying for God to use you to reach people, is a challenging step to take. Listen at you...

Send us Fan Mail We all struggle with troubles.  And when we do, we look for wisdom and counsel to make a good decision, to get a better perspective, or to receive hope from someone hearing and understanding the challenge we're facing. SO...Where can we find this kind of counsel?  Jason and Ryan talk about how receiving and giving counsel from the people you're living life with is the BE...

Send us Fan Mail It can be scary to let people see and know the REAL you.  But when we're living in a faith relationship with JESUS and walking with other followers of JESUS, letting people see the real us is really healthy and good.   But how can we take steps to be our true self and why is this essential for walking in faith with Jesus? Don and Ryan talk today about  how  being open and ack...

Send us Fan Mail We all want to have great relationships with people.  No one wants to leave a long string of broken, unresolved conflicts in our wake.  But what is THE WAY to resolve conflicts so that the result is restored relationships and not ruined ones? On today's podcast, Joel and Ryan talk about THE WAY Jesus commands and calls all of His followers to use when working through conflict...

Send us Fan Mail Relationships are extremely important to God and and should be to us.  Jesus prayed that His Church, His followers, would be ONE, just as He and the Father are ONE (John 17). But it's easy for an offense to become a wedge that separates brothers and sisters in Christ. Dwight and Ryan talk through how to work through offenses, misunderstandings, or hurts that come between beli...

Send us Fan Mail NO ONE likes conflict.  But we are called as followers of Jesus to work through our conflicts well.   We should not pretend they don't exist.  We should not avoid conflict.  Followers of Jesus should be able to work through conflicts to resolution whenever they happen.  But this is much harder TO DO than we may realize. Joel and Ryan talk through the many dynamics of resolvin...

Send us Fan Mail Some of us are very good at making excuses.  Actually we all are! Rachel and Ryan discuss today why making excuses to NOT BE in a smaller community of people following Jesus is a really bad idea. In this episode you will discover why laying down your pride and taking a step toward joining  a BIBLICALLY COMMUNITY  just might be one of the best steps you can take in life. Email us a...

Send us Fan Mail Who knows the REAL YOU?  The incredible truth about Jesus and His followers that Ryan and Dwight will discuss in today's podcast is that Jesus and His followers accept and love the real us and want to live life together with us. There is a lot more to life together with Jesus than can be found in just attending a church service or an event.  We are made for life together with...

Send us Fan Mail Life gets hard sometimes.  I work hard for a while, and then I choose to take a break...to coast. Taking a break and getting refreshed is a good thing.  Letting a break turn into coasting for a long time ISN'T a good thing.  Especially if my coasting causes me to drift away from Jesus and His mission for me as I actively participate with others in His body, the church. Jason...

Send us Fan Mail Being overly critical is so easy to do.  And it's the Porcupine under the Pillow in our conversation for the On Our Way Home Podcast.  It's so easy to be critical about things and even to become critical about the Church.  But developing a critical spirit isn't always what's best for living life. Ryan and Anna talk today about how to eliminate a critical spirit...

Send us Fan Mail How can you command someone to love?  Is it still love if you have to do it? Joel and Ryan discuss how God's command to love is really for our best and actually transforms us even though we may not always like to obey.  Hear how Jesus perfectly loves us and makes it possible for our lives to be transformed on today's podcast. Email us at cornerstoneonourwayhome@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Is our life with Christ and others in the Church more like a CRUISE SHIP or a BATTLESHIP? Mark and Ryan discuss the differences between living to serve others and living to be served by others on the podcast.  Living  life on mission with Jesus really is the best way to live so that others will want to come and see Jesus at work transforming our lives. Email us at cornerstoneonour...

Send us Fan Mail Life can be hectic and time worshipping with the Church can seem to be JUST ONE MORE THING to do.  But is that truly what Church is?  Just a box to check in our busy week?  Or is there more to Church that just attending a meeting? In the discussion today, Joel and Sarah talk about how living our life together with other followers of Jesus is more than just a box to check.  Listen...