Mind Shift with Erwin & Aaron McManus

Erwin and Aaron McManus are joined by Lawrence Fudge from Mosaic Seattle to discuss leadership and what it takes to launch a new campus. They dive into what lessons they took away from their different experiences, how they grew as leaders, and how they mobilized their teams to tackle the challenges of starting successful movements of Jesus in cities vs. suburbs. The topics range from what a leader should look for when building teams, how to respond when things aren’t going well, and how to recognize the strengths and weaknesses in your team members and enable them to thrive. — Buy the NEW J'aime Battle Ready T-shirt — Available Now shop.erwinmcmanus.com/products/jaime-batte-ready-t-shirt — Follow us on Instagram @battlereadypodcast Email us: aaron@battlereadypodcast.com www.battlereadypodcast.com

Erwin and Aaron McManus talk about Mosaic's newest initiative: Mosaic Houses. Mosaic Houses is a new way to keep the global Church resilient, agile, and connected. Aaron breaks down who Mosaic Houses hosts are: people all across the world who call Mosaic their home and want to ‘officially’ become a part of the community and serve under the spiritual authority of Pastor Erwin McManus. Mosaic provides tools and resources for members to build a vibrant community for anyone close or far from Jesus, unifying people around the world around the common mission of Jesus. Erwin and Aaron show how the church responds to our changing world, by taking the best of the past and the best of the present to create the best future. If you'd like to host a Mosaic House, visit mosaic.org/houses — Buy the NEW J'aime Battle Ready T-shirt — Available Now shop.erwinmcmanus.com/products/jaime-batte-ready-t-shirt — Follow us on Instagram @battlereadypodcast Email us: aaron@battlereadypodcast.com www.battlereadypodcast.com

Erwin and Aaron take us through a new wave of cancel culture, from Disney+ to the Super Bowl. Set against the backdrop of the retracted Bruce Springsteen commercial for Jeep, they discuss who is punished or ‘canceled’ by society for past mistakes, and who is allowed to emerge unscathed. How do you move forward to create the future while embracing free speech and the ways free speech will differ in ideology with each person? With an eye-opening look at other countries and cultures’ reparations for their past mistakes, Erwin gives an impassioned appeal for our country to work to meet somewhere in the middle, even amongst our differences. — Buy the NEW J'aime Battle Ready T-shirt — Available Now shop.erwinmcmanus.com/products/jaime-batte-ready-t-shirt — Follow us on Instagram @battlereadypodcast Email us: aaron@battlereadypodcast.com www.battlereadypodcast.com

Our culture is struggling with a new kind of balance: how do we compensate and address the wrongs of the past without discarding or omitting the United States' important history? Erwin and Aaron McManus step into this nuanced debate and examine what it means to embrace change that recognizes both the positive and negative affects of our history. The conversation ranges from the colonial histories of Europe, to America’s founding and beginnings, to current canceled personalities and politicians. — Buy the NEW J'aime Battle Ready T-shirt — Available Now shop.erwinmcmanus.com/products/jaime-batte-ready-t-shirt — Follow us on Instagram @battlereadypodcast Email us: aaron@battlereadypodcast.com www.battlereadypodcast.com

Erwin and Aaron McManus discuss the lingering effects they've felt and observed from a year of lockdowns, isolations, and quarantines. Erwin emphasizes the need to take care of yourself and identifies simple actions we can do to help bolster our mental, physical, and spiritual health. They talk about how to approach your work with the same mindset and care for the balance of focus and rest that is key to our productivity and creativity.  — Buy the NEW J'aime Battle Ready T-shirt — Available Now! Follow us on Instagram @battlereadypodcast Email us: aaron@battlereadypodcast.com www.battlereadypodcast.com

Reflecting on this weekend's message "The Drive for Greatness" Erwin and Aaron McManus discuss the sources around us that inspire us to be great, and how oftentimes we can feel unmotivated, even when life is going well. How do we fight off our apathy and embrace the potential for greatness in our lives? Erwin and Aaron lay out four solutions that can help you fight through the lethargy of life and embrace its goodness and possibility. Watch the ‘The Drive for Greatness’ from Mosaic – Support the podcast here: anchor.fm/battlereadypodcast Follow us on Instagram @battlereadypodcast Email us: aaron@battlereadypodcast.com www.battlereadypodcast.com

Erwin and Aaron McManus walk us through the necessity of change to improve your work and create a better future. They discuss the systems you need to implement to grow and the 'intangible variables' in your life that affect your work performance. Erwin opens up about his Latin heritage and journey as an immigrant - how that perspective shapes his work as a business owner, a creator, and an innovator. He draws us into a discussion on the minority 'glass ceiling' and how one person's achievements can give someone else hope to change their life for the better. Erwin leaves us with this impactful insight: 'The best way to feel big is to stay in a small room. I want to enter a room where I feel small until I get bigger and bigger.' He encourages listeners to surround themselves with people who dream bigger, letting us know that: 'The people you surround yourself with are a reflection of who you are and who you’ll become." — Follow us on Instagram @battlereadypodcast Email us: aaron@battlereadypodcast.com www.battlereadypodcast.com

Filmed in January of 2020, Erwin and Aaron McManus walk the streets of Stockholm and have a conversation on journeys in leadership, the atmospheres that affect the spaces we occupy, and the spiritual warfare that wages around us. Aaron reflects on his journey leading the Mosaic Venice campus, and how he and his team went from struggling attendance to standing-room only gatherings. He asks Erwin about the influence and power of spiritual environments, the ways in which they affect us, and - as Erwin points out— what it means that they are a reflection of the spiritual warfare happening all around us. - Follow us on Instagram @battlereadypodcast Email us: aaron@battlereadypodcast.com www.battlereadypodcast.com

It's not news that the world is changing, but how we react to that change is a topic that Erwin and Aaron McManus discuss through the lens of culture and the church. How do churches innovate when their doors are closed? Or when their context and community isn't a part of people's new routines? Erwin and Aaron talk about how the church must be constantly innovating, not to be trendy and cutting edge, but to create the future that humanity is moving toward - or they risk being left behind. They talk about how to reach a growing global audience, Mosaic's history as an innovator and its ability to change as culture evolves, and where potentially the church is headed in the future. — Follow us on Instagram @battlereadypodcast Email us: aaron@battlereadypodcast.com www.battlereadypodcast.com

Erwin and Aaron McManus talk about the different expressions, structures and sizes of churches in the world and how culture is direct reflection of its surroundings.  Using the idea of a coffee shop, the father-son duo discuss how a business, or a church, grow over time, establish a culture and a following, and how with growth and change the ability to stay consistent defines the culture. They ask what is a megachurch? How do the cultures of different cities and towns translate in the to the culture of the church? Through these parallels they reflect on the origins and foundations of Mosaic's culture, and cast vision for the future of Mosaic. —  Follow us on Instagram @battlereadypodcast Email us: aaron@battlereadypodcast.com www.battlereadypodcast.com