The Shape of a Circle | Everyday Discipleship

Brian and Cammie cap off this compassion series with a catch-all discussion that divides all of us - Politics.  There is us, and then there is the other, when it comes to politics, but when we're all one in Christ what do you do with the other in politics?  There's a lot for us all to grow in here, and the Prophets Zepheniah & Jonah point the way in lessons learned about humility.  ...

It's a big world with billions of people and millions of problems, so what does it take to pick your part, and get on with doing what Jesus has placed in front of you to do about it?  Malachi & Haggai have a lot to say about this.

Good questions build good bridges.  You don't have to have the same side, to understand how someone arrived at their side.  For example: Climate Consciousness, Pro-Life, and LGBTQ.  Compassion knows how to find the gospel on either side of today's most polar issues.

Sometimes, compassion is hardest to practice with the people you're closest too - family!  When is time to set a boundary and hold your boundary, but then when does it become time to cross your own boundary to bring compassion and mercy to the other side?  

Our compassion funnels into so many different choices of generosity, but are we compassionate enough to be generous with our taxes?  When would Jesus have us scrutinize the stewardship and recipients of aid, and when would he have us be supportively glad that our taxes are at working doing something (anything) about it? 

Is AI making everything easier and bringing us together, or is about to fragment and virtual us further?  Brian and Cammie tag four dilemmas AI is developing, and how to compassion finds the AI answers to pulling us closer to Jesus and others in the middle of those dilemmas.     

This week on The Shape of the Circle , Cami and Brian sit down with Troy Cotton to move past the Sunday school answers and get into the "26-part formula" of systemic reality. Using the prophet Amos as a guide, the team wrestles with the gap between righteousness (equity) and justice (the action required to restore it). From the streets of Milwaukee to the suburbs of Muskego, we’re pullin...

Is it possible to do all the "right" things but still have a heart that is far from God? Today on the podcast, we’re starting a new series on the Practice of Compassion. We’re looking at the Book of Hosea to see how our relationship with God dictates how we show up for our neighbors. If you’ve ever felt like your faith was more about "checking boxes" than genuine heart-change,...

If you need more time and more structure, here's how you use more scripture and the book Leading Leaders, in a formal Disciple-Maker-Making phase of growing with Jesus.  This episode is one of many on our discipleship grid for discipleship conversations.

If you need more time and more structure, here's how you use more scripture and the book Leading Others, in a formal Disciple-Making phase of growing with Jesus.  This episode is one of many on our discipleship grid for discipleship conversations.

If you need more time and more structure, here's how you use more scripture and the book Rooted, in a formal Discipleship phase of growing with Jesus.  This episode is one of many on our discipleship grid for discipleship conversations.

If you need more time and more structure, here's how you use more scripture and the book Basic Christianity, in formal Discovery phase of growing with Jesus.  This episode is one of many on our discipleship grid for discipleship conversations.

After getting used to talking about Relational, Physical, and Mental Health, you'll see the overflow into Spiritual Health discipleship conversations almost automatically.  Now is your time to make sure you have Discipleship Practices in place and ready to share in back and forth discipling of each other. This episode is one of many on our discipleship grid for discipleship conversations.

It's getting personal to talk mental/emotional health!  But there are some good questions that get your disciple in there without trying to play amateur therapist.  You'll feel like a pro at navigating real conversations at this episode.  This episode is one of many on our discipleship grid for discipleship conversations.  

Someone once said, "We're not physical beings trying to be spiritual, but spiritual beings trying to be physical."  Everything is connected.  Your body matters.  What you do for work, time, recreation - it all matters to the spiritual being God made you, and we can ask some good questions of discipling each other with that. This episode is one of many on our discipleship grid for di...

Relationships matter most.  Family, friends, are always top of list, so lets start there in our informal discipleship conversations. This episode is one of many on our discipleship grid for discipleship conversations.  

Relational. Physical. Mental. Spiritual. If you could come up with one question for each category, would it disciple people?  Brian and Cammie's favorite and most often used guide to discipleship conversations, is following just that kind of flow.  Consider this episode the bread and butter play for the Shape of a Circle! This episode is one of many on our discipleship grid for discipleship c...

Discipleship can happen on the fly with as little as 5 minutes and one good question: How Is It With Your Soul?   It sounds goofy at first pass, but it's really what we mean when we've been asking How Can I Pray for You ?  When you have someone on an established track of disciple-making in your circle, let's just cut to the point and ask what we really want to know at a soul level....

Discipleship can happen on the fly with as little as 5 minutes and one good question: How Can I Pray for You?   It's a classic question, but answered well and often, it gets us at the heart of discipleship between us and another quickly. This concept is one of many on our  discipleship grid for discipleship conversations.  

Great, you listened in on having a discipleship grid .  Now, where do you find someone to do this with?

We waste time all the time with people.  Neighbors, networks, or whoever; hours go by with people talking sports and weather, without asking a real question that would arrive at real discipleship.  With a discipleship grid in hand, you can now up the intentionality of shaping everyday conversations into everyday discipleship.

Money is a personal topic.  Most don't want to talk about it.  Even if Jesus talks about it a lot!  Brian and Cammie share two questions that can get anyone talking about money comfortably in a discipleship setting.

The best worship is an everyday life lived for Jesus, so lets take a look at those choices we make every day, and look at how to look at those choices.

It's where you've gone wrong, but also where you've not gone with God.  We feel so helpless to truely save ourselves, and that should drive us into a deeper understanding who Jesus is as savior, and what his cross does everyday.

Practicing surrender can fit into your Daily 20 with the help of Saint Ignatious of Loyola and a practice he advocated for - Examen.