We're in the middle of moving house. That means early starts and late nights. So this episode is a little different from the rest of them in that there's no topic per se, but there are answers to listeners' questions on changing seasons, writing books and life languages.
A random find while packing the house leads to some thinking about our past, our present and our future. Plus a question on the orphan spirit from a listener. Shorter this week but blame that on the house move.
Recorded on Fathers Day, we talk about what it means to be a spiritual Father, what it means to be a spiritual son and how we've still got a long way to discover how to celebrate. Also, new beta software from Apple has Alyn all happy and a Boy Named Ben is back in print!
And we're back with tales from abroad. Last week we were in Iceland catching up with old friends and making some new ones. While there, we interviewed our friend Baldur a former pimp and drug dealer who met Jesus and had his life transformed. We also answer a listener's question about sexual sin, which is why this episode is marked explicit (it's not really explicit, but we want to warn you lest you listen to these at work or in the car with kids around!)
Last week we bought a house – this week we sold ours. In all of this God taught us some things about kicking shame to the curb, about embracing opportunities instead of permission and about faith and potassium. Also, we answer a listener's question about inner healing.
We just finished the MORE conference with Chris McClarney and Danny Silk. In this episode we talk through each of Danny's session and pull out some of the stuff that landed on our hearts. Plus a listener's question about when is it okay to say enough is enough with leaders who are disappointing you?
Look, all you need to know about this week's episode is that AJ sings the Canadian national anthem, she viciously attacks Alyn in an unwarranted manner and is in a generally feisty mood. This week we review your feedback to us and answer a listener’s question about the prophetic. There's also no post credit show, much to AJ's disappointment.
In response to listeners' feedback that we have longer episodes and that we answer more listeners' questions here's a new longer length episode with an answer to a listener's question! The orphan spirit is the way of thinking that keeps us trapped so tightly that we can't experience God's best for our life. Find out what it is and how it works in this week's episode of Keeping Up With The Joneses.
With SOSL students graduated we take time to reflect on what it means to learn, what we've learned from watching others learn and share tips on keeping what you got on the mountain top while you're in the valley. But more importantly we want to give $100 to you so you can get life's most important things: donuts, coffee, juice and burgers.
Have you ever stopped before you started? This episode is an encouragement to do that thing you've been too scared to try because you don't think it will work. With 100 episodes to look back on, we share some of the encouragement we've found from God to starting small. Let's face it, we all have to start somewhere. The people you are impressed by right now? They most likely started years ago, with something small. Start today and before you know it, you'll be shocked by what you've made.
This week we're joined by our friend David Campbell. David is one of the national leaders of the Elim Pentecostal church in the UK and oversees 200 pastors. As a pastor of pastors we asked him all sorts of questions about what he's learned in leading people for over 30 years.
This week we talk the Bible. How we learned to love it, our favorite versions, Alyn's trouble in finding a new one, AJ's slightly crazy mark up techniques and other biblical bits and pieces. We also answer one of the best questions we've ever been asked about leadership.
Henry & Alex lead The Belonging, a church in Nashville that started with 7 people meeting in the basement of their house. Two years later, they are fast approaching a congregation of 2,000 people. We sat down with them and asked about their journey which looked more like despondency and desert than dreams or destiny. Be encouraged as they share their story about what it's like to sell everything you have, move across the world following God while everyone else thinks you've taken a misstep.
Poor AJ is sick, but she managed to croak her way through this episode with tremendous results. Find out where we're going in June, how much weight we've lost in the last 40 days and more importantly seven helpful things to put into place while dreaming with God.
Alyn discovers he's a freak as AJ breaks that news to him gently, we test drive a Tesla and nothing is working in our recording studio. This week we talk relationships, friendships, verbal processing, how to steward favor in relationships, things that break connection and discover tea. While there are crackles, there's also laughs.
This week's episode reflects the change of pace we've had at this week. So instead of a topic, there's several as we answer our listeners' questions. Topics range from depression to spiritual discernment and from dreams to soaking music. Plus we ask you a question! It was a fun episode to record.
Goodness gracious me. We spend some time talking about the things we've put in place to reduce friction (and thus stress) in our lives. From automatic light switches to floor cleaning robots - we cover it all. Plus, Alyn reverts back to his Scottish accent, AJ gets a new grill and we answer questions about experiencing the presence of God and why Bethel Church isn't a cult. Join us for this packed to the gills episode.
You and I have a glorious future, yet too often we can't see it because we're focussing on the wrong things. This week we get distracted by a new game, get revelation from our kids and talk exciting date nights. But most of all, we talk about the nature of God, His eternal optimism and our happy future.
