Weekday Worship

A conversation about our Spiritual Practice for December. Paul Thompson is back on the show to offer wisdom and insight from 64 years of meaningful engagement with Scripture, to help us consider why we should give ourselves more than ever to this practice and to explore practical ways of doing so.

A Conversation with a very special guest, exploring how to think Christianly about dying, engaging eternity with our imaginations, and other light hearted topics.

A conversation about the mean streets of Gwinnett County, local elections, and wrestling with the usefulness of beholding glory.

A conversation touching on reformation day, the importance of front porches, and how to respond to dramatic developments and dire circumstances in a distinctively Christian way.

A conversation about bad grammar, making up words, and identifying and contending with idolatry.

A conversation interacting with our current sermon series, exploring how we have each come into contact with and discovery of the God of the Bible.

A conversation with Joey Greer about vocation, entrepreneurship and seeking first the Kingdom as an operating paradigm.

A conversation around a biblical theology of food and the spiritual significance surrounding everyday meals and table fellowship.

A conversation where we banter about our banter; clarify Caleb's need to be footnoted; and interact with a recently released video from Apple about their corporate progress to reach a net zero carbon footprint, as promised, by 2030.

A conversation about our Spiritual Practice for September, creating a position for a Pastor of Pickleball, plus, there may be a Chance the Rapper impression that makes it into this weeks episode.

We are joined by a very special guest today for a conversation touching on 90's alt-rock one-hit wonders, mediocre rom-coms and an enlarged vision for singleness worthy of ultimate reality... there is some questionable sound engineering but you will not be Dish-appointed.

A conversation about nurturing worship in the flow of our everyday lives, both personally and within our families. Plus, an evaluation of the new Chick-fil-a sandwich with spicy pimento cheese and the deep spirituality of keepy-uppy with your kids (yes, that game with the balloons you dummies).

A conversation exploring the essentialness of corporate worship to spiritual formation, and how our rhythm of gathering, as well as the specific movements and moments of our gathering, are intended to shape us.

A conversation introducing our first spiritual practice, exploring how our culture forms us, American Christians and the American Church, as worshippers.

This episode is part 2 in a series of discussions introducing the idea of Spiritual Practices, a new layer of our discipleship and discipling environments at Generations. This conversations focuses on the larger category of spiritual formation but also includes some new insight into why Generations is growing and discussion about this week's pastoral email imposter scandal.

The long rumored return is upon us... we're coming out of retirement and relaunching the Weekday Worship Podcast after a long hiatus. This weeks episode takes us into the deep places of bobblehead dolls, shopping malls, the Instant Pot and the way our culture shapes us.

An interview with the Kambous, our partners in the gospel in West Africa, and their story, their lives, their ministry. This is an important listen for anyone who considers Generations their church family so that we might be prayerful and take collective responsibility for the work we're linked to in Burkina Faso.

A conversation with Aaron and Kristi Wheaton about their adventure of faith and following Jesus from Montana, to Generations here in Norcross, to Burkina Faso, and back to Montana.

This is a rerun episode from last year. As a community, Generations is about to start a church-wide week of fasting and prayer on January 15. This is a conversation we had last year before another week of fasting and prayer, to help us think through how and we engage with such a practice. 

A conversation about Thanksgiving traditions, and we revisit from last week, a letter from a 2nd-century follower of Jesus to his un-believing friend, considering early Christian evangelistic content and the reliability of our own theology. 

A conversation flowing from a 2nd-century disciple of Jesus, regarding the distinctive life of Christians at that time in the Roman Empire, and what we can learn from them. 

A conversation about a recent petty beef Caleb had with James, an ancient personal beef Abraham had with God, and an old theological beef Paul had with first century Judaizers... we're sorting it all out in one episode. 

A conversation about one of most mysterious figures in the Biblical text along with some other mysterious references.  

A conversation about Caleb's favorite Dr. Seuss book, a gift he received that keeps on giving, and contrasting a life of fear with a life of faith from Genesis 13. 

Finally, after lengthy and sometimes tenuous contract negotiations, the boys are back in the podcasting saddle. We touch on a few of Caleb's life changes and have a conversation about the background and background to the background of the series we are preaching through at Generations on the life of Jacob called, The Story of our Lives .