In this episode, I am joined by Mark Scandrette- author, teacher, speaker, leader and more. Mark’s work has deeply impacted my formation as a follower of Jesus for more than a decade and I guarantee it can do the same for you. In this episode, we explore some of his work around actually living out […]

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The Way & The Ninefold Path of Jesus with Mark Scandrette

Today, Phil teaches and guides the prayer form known as the Sign of the Cross. Many of us have either never been taught this physical act of prayer or grew up with it but stopped doing it somewhere along the way. A beautiful way to enter into prayer, the Sign of the Cross invites our […]

Sign of the Cross – Heart on Fire Sneak Peak

In today’s episode, we share the audio from a sermon Phil gave on Patreon. Exploring the Parable of the Good Samaritan in Luke 10, Phil asks the question that Jesus was asked, “Who is my neighbor?” A simple question from a well-known parable, Jesus teaches us that everyone is our neighbor, including our enemies. In […]

Who is Your Neighbor? – A Patreon Sermon

In this episode, Dr. Lauren Artress returns to the podcast to explore her new book The Path of the Holy Fool: How the Labyrinth Ignites Our Visionary Powers. In this discussion, we explore the imagination, the archetype of the Holy Fool, the invitation of the labyrinth and other spiritual practices in getting to know our […]

The Path of the Holy Fool with Dr. Lauren Artress

In this episode, we explore what it has been like to rest as we transition in our journey to a new place, career, and community. We share what has surprised us, what it has meant to gain a new perspective on what we are passionate about, what comes up in our story and body as […]

What It’s Like to Rest – The Journey Part 7

In this episode, we explore what happens when we feel called by God, or have a clear direction, but things don’t work out or everything seems to be going wrong. Sharing our own experience with this recently and digging into a little of what the Bible has to say about suffering and life not going […]

When the Plan Doesn’t Go as Planned – The Journey Part 6

In this episode, we share our experience of journeying into the unknown, following the invitation of God even when it wasn’t necessarily the most logical or clear path, but was clearly the path God was laying before us. On such a journey, things often go wrong and people in our lives don’t always understand. When […]

Entering The Unknown – When Things Go Wrong or People Don’t Understand – The Journey Part 5

In this episode, we continue to explore our journey following Jesus into the unknown and our recent major move and life changes. We discuss more of our process of discernment, one of the most important aspects being listening to our own story, listening to our past, present, and where God is inviting us into the […]

Listen to Your Story – Discernment – The Journey Part 4

In this episode, Phil is joined by Dr. Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Calvin University Professor and author of the phenomenal book Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation. They explore the book, discussing the formation of modern American evangelicalism, how we are shaped as Christians in America, how […]

Jesus & John Wayne – Exploring Evangelicalism, Formation, and Culture with Dr. Kristin Kobes Du Mez

In this episode, we explore our process of discernment around major life transitions, including our most recent one which included leaving ministry at a church, downsizing our home, and moving across the country without knowing how it would all work out. We explore questions such as: How do we grow in hearing the voice of […]

Discernment – Hearing and Following God’s Invitations – The Journey Part 3

This week, we continue to share our journey into and through simplicity, building upon last week’s episode but getting a little more personal with how we engaged simplicity. We share some revelations around why we own certain things and why we have concluded there are some things we simply don’t need to own to enjoy. […]

You Don’t Have to Own it to Enjoy It – Simplicity Continued – The Journey Part 2

In this episode, we begin to share our story of moving from Chicago to St. Petersburg to follow God’s invitation for the next steps in our journey. This major life shift has been rooted in our spiritual practices and what the Spirit has called to us in that space. Central to it all was a […]

Simplicity – What Do We Really Need? – The Journey Part 1

In this episode, Steve Denler joins Phil to continue their conversation from last week’s episode “Rethinking Sin.” They continue to explore how understanding sin in relational terms, especially as turning away from relationship, impacts our lives and ultimately how we understand and live out redemption. Touching on God’s pursuit of us, grace, forgiveness, the incarnation, […]

Rethinking Redemption with Steve Denler – God’s Love & Invitation

In this episode, Phil is joined by Steve Denler. Steve is a mental health therapist, fronts a post-emo rock band, writes theology, and more! In this conversation, Steve takes us deep into Genesis 1-3, combining theology with therapy and culture to help us understand sin from a new angle, revealing how it is related to […]

Rethinking Sin with Steve Denler – Vulnerability, Shame, and Relationship

In this episode, Phil is joined by Kurt Willems, pastor, host of the Theology Curator podcast, and author of the book Echoing Hope. In this episode, Phil and Kurt explore suffering and pain, what the humanity of Jesus has to say about our suffering, and explore some practices for walking through suffering. We all suffer […]

Exploring Echoing Hope with Kurt Willems

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