Small Group Podcast

Send Us Your Questions & Comments "Big Wayne" Chappell is back, this time continuing the conversation on the Integrity of Conscience. The Small Group dig further into the role of conscience in how it plays in relationships of all kinds, but especially fellow believers when there is disagreement. In analyzing conscience's role in discernment , the group also dissect how it coinci...

Send Us Your Questions & Comments "Big Wayne" Chappell joins the Small Group Podcast while Taylor & Sabrina are away on a mission trip in Guatemala. Wayne brings with him a personal topic that he's been grappling with, which is the concept of the conscience and navigating its integrity and role regarding personal relationships. In this episode the group merely scratches the...

Send Us Your Questions & Comments William Gladstone returns to the Small Group to discuss pop culture. Lacey broaches the topic of Harry Potter and other cultural properties and poses the questions of if/how these particular subjects have a negative influence spiritually.   Thank you for joining in Small Group, and please feel free to participate with us by sending your thoughts, questions, or...

Send Us Your Questions & Comments Guest William Gladstone joins the Small Group to discuss a method incorporated by author Ernest Hemingway which focuses on describing something in as minimal words as possible. Gladstone introduces this method to spiritual terms and matters like Christianity and discusses with the group the nature of applying this to scripture. Benjamin and he also discuss the...

Send Us Your Questions & Comments In this episode, the Small Group returns to Galatians to explore a challenging topic: the "Works of the Flesh." In this episode, the team dissects the cultural impact of Paul’s warnings and examines the modern tendency to minimize certain struggles while amplifying others. Featuring honest personal reflections from the hosts, this conversation offers...

Send Us Your Questions & Comments Taylor and Sabrina are back in the circle as Small Group dives into a brand new, focused topic. In this episode, they are unpacking one of the most famous—and challenging—passages in the New Testament: Paul’s "Fruit of the Spirit" from Galatians 5. Which fruits come easily to us, and which ones feel like an uphill battle? How do we actually cultivate...

Send Us Your Questions & Comments Kyle Wright returns as a guest to Small Group, this time he is accompanied by his wife Rachel. They share their experience with enduring various trials and searching for a church. The group discusses the positives and negatives that can come with church, while focusing on the role of what the church is to be as described in scripture, as well as individual res...

Send Us Your Questions & Comments Kyle Wright and Robbie Livingston return to pick up where they left off last episode. Kyle opens up about his personal struggles in the past from personal mental health to scars from previous church experiences. Together with hosts Benjamin and Taylor the guys dive deep into what church means and what it is, while also opening up about their own struggles and...

Send Us Your Questions & Comments Small Group hosts a special "Guy's Episode" as Lacey and Sabrina are both away, Benjamin and Taylor bring in two of their good friends and special friends to Small Group, Kyle Wright and Robbie Livingston. The men discuss manhood, fatherhood, and being a husband and what it all means to them individually from a spiritual standpoint. Robbie opens...

Send Us Your Questions & Comments This discussion turns into a very special and personal episode for all of the members of Small Group when the conversation about what faith is turns to sharing very personal and difficult experiences. Each member opens up about very personal struggles that they have experienced while connecting them with what faith has meant to them each personally.  Thank you...

Send Us Your Questions & Comments The Small Group continues their discussion on God, this time focusing on the attributes, nature, and names of God. Each member of the Group discloses their "pet peeves". Taylor highlights "Burning Man", while Benjamin gets on vacation experiences. Sabrina and Lacey keep the discussion focused on the names of God used especially throughout t...

Send Us Your Questions & Comments The Small Group is joined again by Benjamin's older brother Jonathan and his wife Anna who give their insights on parenting, focusing particularly on the subject of Baptism and navigating it with their kids. They discuss the importance of intergenerational relationships with the youth in church and their experiences on the challenges facing them today.  A...

Send Us Your Questions & Comments The Small Group is joined by two special guests, Benjamin's older brother Jonathan and his wife Anna who open up about their experiences with marriage, parenthood, and leadership in their local church with regard primarily with the youth. Jonathan and Benjamin open up about their shared experiences growing up, while Anna discusses her introduction into th...

Send Us Your Questions & Comments The Small Group dives into a topic that can be easily overlooked, but vitally important, that of "faith". Exploring scripture (Hebrews primarily, but many others as well), Benjamin, Lacey, Sabrina, and Taylor discuss some of the more fundamental aspects of faith, setting the stage for an even deeper dive in future episodes. Sabrina shares a heartfelt...

Send Us Your Questions & Comments SMALL GROUP IS BACK! Following a brief and unexpected break, the Group is together again to discusses the question stemming from a personal experience shared by Benjamin of "who is God?", as well as other variations like "what, where, why is God?"  Diving deep into all of these considerations as objectively as possible, Taylor, Sabrina, Lac...

Send Us Your Questions & Comments Introducing the main members of Small Group: Benjamin & Lacey, and Taylor & Sabrina.  In this episode they discuss their most meaningful verses as well as some verses and parts of the Bible that can be difficult. They also go on to talk about what to expect in future episodes.  Thank you for joining in Small Group, and please feel free to participate w...

Send Us Your Questions & Comments Benjamin, Lacey, Taylor, and Sabrina discuss the moments from the Bible that are most impactful to each of them personally (while trying not to get emotional). The topic of family relationships is also brought up, as we get to know more about Taylor in particular and the impact members of his family (his grandparents Sid & Betty) have made on all of them a...