Life In Community On Mission: The Glorious Mess

There is no such thing as a typical week in the rhythms of a missional community. Healthy communities follow pretty surprisingly simple patterns. And the schedules of the families are not crazy packed and insanely busy.

In this episode of the Everyday Disciple Podcast, I’ll share a running narrative from the daily journals of a married father in a missional community. You’ll get to see all of the “organized” and “organic” interactions that come up in their calendar as a family on mission for one week. Oh, it’s messy…but it’s a glorious mess!

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The High Value of Asynchronous Discipleship

Building trust with others in person or online is key to making disciples of Jesus. Removing any barriers to the growth of these relationships is honoring to God. How might you begin to move past your own preferences, past experiences, or traditions to engage in new forms of discipleship? 

This week on the Lifeschool Podcast, we talk about methods of asynchronous discipleship that are having a powerful impact on the way we interact as God’s family on mission. Are you up for it?

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Gospel, Community, Mission: Why We Need All 3

The idea that Gospel, Community, and Mission are all needed, and in fact crucial, to making mature disciples of Jesus, may sound a little bit obvious to you at first. But it is surprising how few of us and our churches are careful to balance their focus and engagement of this powerful discipleship foundation. 

This week on the Lifeschool Podcast, we talk about why all three of these components must be consistently engaged in and balanced if we want disciples of Jesus to grow to full maturity.

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Making Progress Toward Making Disciples

With all the content and info available to us today–about anything and everything, including the Bible and making disciples—you would think every Christian would be a mature and confident disciple-maker by now.

This week on the Lifeschool Podcast, we talk about why true discipleship is not about the consumption and passing on of information. We don’t need more information–we need more transformation. This is a key shift in making progress toward making disciples who make disciples.

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Don’t Pray For Church To Return To Normal

Sure, you might miss gathering at the church building. But God has given his Family an opportunity to hit the reset button on who we are and how we get to live and minister the Good News of the Kingdom of God in everyday life. People are waiting!

This week on the Lifeschool Podcast, we talk about why you don’t want to be praying that your church goes back to what had been considered “normal” by way too many Christians and church leaders.

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Why Church Elders Should Be Lead Disciple-makers

Many pastors are working hard to lead their families and flocks to engage discipleship in all of life, but their biggest roadblocks to exponential growth are their own church elders! Oftentimes, these are “elders”, do not make disciples, and have never led another person to faith in Jesus. How could this be so common?

This week on the Lifeschool Podcast, we ask the question: are your elders discipleship friends or foes? You’ll discover the true history of how church elders emerged, their roles, and why your church elders should be lead disciple-makers in your church.

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