Praxis

Send us Fan Mail Today we discuss an important component of emotional maturity: self-leadership or self-regulation. We take time to define what it is, compare the difference between those with self-regulation and those without it, and discuss ways that we can grow into it.

Send us Fan Mail We are in a series right now on emotional intelligence and how it is essential to discipleship. Dallas Willard once said that "Jesus is the smartest man who has ever lived" and we believe that to be true, including when it comes to emotional intelligence. We believe that Jesus had more EQ than any other person that has ever walked the planet and consistently embodied emo...

Send us Fan Mail Today we are jumping into a new series on Emotional Intelligence. Dallas Willard once said that "Jesus is the smartest man who has ever lived" and we believe that to be true, including when it comes to emotional intelligence. We believe that Jesus had more EQ than any other person that has ever walked the planet and consistently embodied emotional maturity and so, if we...

Send us Fan Mail Today we’re wrapping up our series on our core values asa church and we want to do so by talking about this inevitable reality that none of us – no individual or organization or church – can perfectly live into one’s values. And when we fall short of our values – when there is a gap between our values and actual behavior – it creates a mess. So in this episode we want to talk abou...

Send us Fan Mail Today we’re talking about our sixth and final core values as a church which is reconciliation. We believe that reconciliation is at the center of the gospel. And so, as a church, we seek to both model and join God’s reconciling work in the world. We want to be part of God’s work of righting all that’s wrong in the world. In this episode we provide a theology of reconciliation and...

Send us Fan Mail Today we’re talking about another one of our core values as a church which is Team Leadership. We believe that leadership in the church is really important, which is why it is so painful when it goes sideways. So in this episode we break down some of the primary variables contributing to church leadership fails and then we offer a team leadership model as a healthy alternative. A...

Send us Fan Mail Today we’re talking about another one of our core values as a church which is generosity. We want to be a generous church that reflects a generous God and, building on our value of participation, we believe that every disciple of Jesus is to grow and live into living a generous life. Now, we know that talking about generosity can be an uncomfortable topic, so in this episode we di...

Send us Fan Mail We are in a series right now where we are talking about our core values as a church. In our last episode we talked about the value of Spirit sensitivity. If you haven’t listened to it, we encourage you to check it out. Brené Brown says we can’t live into values we can’t name. So that’s what we are doing in this series; we are naming our values as a church so that we can live into...

Send us Fan Mail We are in a series right now where we are talking about our core values as a church. In our last episode we talked about the value of discipleship. If you haven’t listened to it, we encourage you to check it out. Brené Brown says we can’t live into values we can’t name. So that’s what we are doing in this series; we are naming our values as a church so that we can live into them....

Send us Fan Mail Today we’re talking about one of our most important core values as a church which is a discipleship. Multiplying disciples of Jesus is the primary reason we exist as a church. And yet, pretty much every church would say this. The words “disciple” and “discipleship” are used in lots of churches but they are often used in very different ways. So in this episode, we not only want to...

Send us Fan Mail This is the first episode in our series on values and today we hope to provide a basic introduction to the topic of values. What are values? Why do they matter? How do values help us as a church community? Naming and living into values shapes the people that we become and, as followers of Jesus, we want to become more like Jesus. We all have values, whether we realize it or not, a...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the very first episode of Praxis! Praxis is a podcast that explores how to practice the way of Jesus in the world by living on mission together as disciples of Jesus. In this episode, we introduce ourselves, discuss some of the reasons why we started a podcast, and talk about assumptions that we’re bringing to the table as we dive into different topics.

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Praxis. A podcast where we explore how to practice the way of Jesus in the world by living on mission together as disciples of Jesus. Our hope is that this would be a place where we can dive deeper into topics discussed on Sunday mornings, and learn and grow alongside each other - a safe space to ask and wrestle with difficult topics.