Everyday Disciple Podcast

The Church has been run in much the same way for decades; we’ve run programs, services, built buildings, and held conferences. I wonder if we’ve really achieved the thing that is most on the heart of God? This week on the Lifeschool Podcast, we talk with author and movement leader, Nic Harding, and try and explain why our leaders need to reimagine the church as it functions today. For many of us caught up in the treadmill of Church activity, we’ve lost sight of the abundant life Jesus offers us. Needless, stress-inducing busyness is a sure sign that we have got something badly wrong. But joy and a truly abundant life is the hallmark of getting this right. You in? In This Episode You’ll Learn: How to clarify the “win” that Jesus gave us for the Church. What to do when you find yourself WAY TOO busy (and stressed) leading in the Church. How discovering your true purpose will set you free from crazy, religious busyness, Great resources for walking step-by-step in making disciples and developing leaders. Get started here... From this episode: “If you’re a leader in the Church today, are you focusing your energies and living your life for the approval of others… the board, the elders, the congregation... or living in the truth that you are a child of the King, who is your loving Father?”   Each week the Big 3 will give you immediate action steps to get you started. Download today’s BIG 3 right now. Read and think over them again later. You might even want to share them with others… Thanks for Listening! Thanks so much for joining us again this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Join us on Facebook and take part in the discussion! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the top of this page or right below. Also, please leave an honest review for The Lifeschool Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and we read each and every one of them. Links and Resources Mentioned in This Episode: Get Nic’s book: Reimagine Church and $250 in bonus materials (Free!) Kairo Connection Kx Missio Publishing – More Missional Books and Resources Caesar Kalinowski’s Website and Blog with Loads of Resources   In light of today’s topics, you might find these posts and videos helpful: 4 Generation Leadership Explosion Why You Should Stop Going to Church  

It seems like it only takes a few seconds being on social media or TV to see people crying out for justice. We often speak of “getting justice”, but the Bible speaks of “doing justice”. This week on the Lifeschool Podcast, we discuss the command in scripture to love mercy and do justice… and if our cultural understanding and experience of justice is lining up with God’s heart and hopes. Justice is disillusioning... Where do you draw the lines of where justice starts and end? We all have different ideas on correct levels of justice—what is just and what is not. How do we set a baseline of what justice (or maybe even injustice) looks like? Who sets the bar? In This Episode You’ll Learn: Life-changing (and biblical) definitions of mercy and justice. What exactly produces a “love of mercy” in our own hearts and lives. How God’s “justice” will change the world. How we can participate in God’s restorative justice in the lives of others. Get started here... From this episode: “Justice is really about restoration. Getting even or punishing people for their screw-ups is going in the wrong direction. It’s working against God’s purposes. God is not interested in getting even; he wants people to see who they really are–who they were meant to be. How they should live. For things to be made right, restored.”   Each week the Big 3 will give you immediate action steps to get you started. Download today’s BIG 3 right now. Read and think over them again later. You might even want to share them with others… Thanks for Listening! Thanks so much for joining us again this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Join us on Facebook and take part in the discussion! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the top of this page or right below. Also, please leave an honest review for The Lifeschool Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and we read each and every one of them. Links and Resources Mentioned in This Episode: The Justice Primer will walk you step-by-step as a group into understanding what it means to love mercy and do justice among the least of these in your area. Missio Publishing – More Missional Books and Resources Caesar Kalinowski’s Website and Blog with Loads of Resources   In light of today’s topics, you might find these posts and videos helpful: The One Person You Need to Worry About Lifeschool 165: This is What Will Keep You From Living On Mission  

Unless seeds are planted, watered, and given enough time for growth, there is little expectation of a harvest. That’s how it works in farming; it seems it is similar with people and their faith. This week on the Lifeschool Podcast, we discuss the spiritual metaphor of sowing and reaping. Is it possible to do any reaping if there’s been no sowing done before us? And what is the “harvest” that Jesus actually talked about? This topic gained quite a bit of traction and interest when we posted it on the Lifeschool Facebook group. And it appears that while harvesting is where the “action” is, Christians are often unsure how to do it and are left curious about previous seed sowing efforts that would lead to a spiritual harvest in a person’s life. In This Episode You’ll Learn: What Jesus taught about the amount of “fruit” that is ready to be harvested. The harvest Jesus was actually talking about and interested in. (It’s different than you were taught.) What constitutes “sowing seeds”. Why sowing and reaping is an ongoing cycle (like on a farm), not a once-and-done type of thing. Get started here... From this episode: “Are you looking to “close the deal” or give your life away? Seeking to get a “decision for Christ” or invite people into your family–God’s family–and lay your life down for them?”   Each week the Big 3 will give you immediate action steps to get you started. Download today’s BIG 3 right now. Read and think over them again later. You might even want to share them with others… Thanks for Listening! Thanks so much for joining us again this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Join us on Facebook and take part in the discussion! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the top of this page or right below. Also, please leave an honest review for The Lifeschool Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and we read each and every one of them. Links and Resources Mentioned in This Episode: Coaching that Caesar is offering. If you are interested in learning more about being coached and mentored by Caesar toward life in a missional community, and learning how to disciple others, click here now.  

It can seem like the scariest and most awkward thing to do in life and relationships: you’re having a nice conversation, and you feel it’s time to bring up Jesus or transition to spiritual things. Yikes! This week on the Lifeschool Podcast, we discuss how to transition normal, everyday discussions to spiritual conversations—without it being weird. We are too often compelled by guilt to transition to spiritual conversations. We are supposed to try and slip in a little “Jesus talk” or church stuff whenever we can… right? But most of the techniques we’ve been taught are just that–techniques. And they can feel like a sales pitch to others and ourselves! In This Episode You’ll Learn: Why we are afraid to engage in spiritual conversations. The most common excuses we have and the lies behind them. How past “techniques” rarely, if ever, end up being beneficial. Why the gospel is NOT a set of facts about sin, hell, and our afterlife. Effective ways to transition to spiritual conversations that are actually Good News. Get started here... From this episode: “If our understanding of the gospel and spiritual things is focused primarily on some yet-to-be-seen afterlife, it will probably always seem weird or irrelevant to talk about it.”   Each week the Big 3 will give you immediate action steps to get you started. Download today’s BIG 3 right now. Read and think over them again later. You might even want to share them with others… Thanks for Listening! Thanks so much for joining us again this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Join us on Facebook and take part in the discussion! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the top of this page or right below. Also, please leave an honest review for The Lifeschool Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and we read each and every one of them. Links and Resources Mentioned in This Episode: Coaching that Caesar is offering. If you are interested in learning more about being coached and mentored by Caesar toward life in a missional community, and learning how to disciple others, click here now.   In light of today’s topics, you might find this resource helpful: How to Share Your Faith in a Non-Creepy Way  

Other than a weekly meal and hangout, what does a missional community need to do together? Are there set patterns for being together, or are we just trying to fit everything into a neat little once-a-week box? This week on the Lifeschool Podcast, we discuss what a missional community is supposed to do from week-to-week. This is surprisingly simple, yet powerful! Too often what is labeled as a Missional Community is just a renamed, traditional small group or Bible study together. Maybe there’s an occasional service project added in. But what if a missional community actually lived like a family with both organized and organic rhythms? That’s what a missional community needs to do together. In This Episode You’ll Learn: A working definition for what a missional community actually (biblically) is. What the mission of a missional community is and always has been. The organized and organic rhythms of a healthy missional community. How to include and balance the involvement of our kids in community. 6 natural rhythms of a missional community that fit every context. Get started here... From this episode: “Structuring your missional community life and time like a family with family rhythms takes into account the needs of everyone. A few organized family rhythms will perpetuate and facilitate numerous organic opportunities to BE a family and do a lot of normal life stuff together. Don’t over-complicate things!”   Each week the Big 3 will give you immediate action steps to get you started. Download today’s BIG 3 right now. Read and think over them again later. You might even want to share them with others… Thanks for Listening! Thanks so much for joining us again this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Join us on Facebook and take part in the discussion! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the top of this page or right below. Also, please leave an honest review for The Lifeschool Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and we read each and every one of them. Links and Resources Mentioned in This Episode: Coaching that Caesar is offering. If you are interested in learning more about being coached and mentored by Caesar toward life in a missional community, and learning how to disciple others, click here now.   In light of today’s topics, you might find this resource helpful: Be The Church  

“Missional community life probably works great where you live, but you don’t understand my context. People are different here…” I've heard this a zillion times. This week on the Lifeschool Podcast, we discuss whether or not it’s actually possible to start and sustain a missional community in any context: urban, suburban, rural… the moon! Jesus commanded us to go and make disciples, teaching and modeling his life to people, in every context… in every nation. He only and always made disciples in community, living his life closely with others. I think we oughta trust Jesus on this one! In This Episode You’ll Learn: Why Jesus always made disciples in community. Did Jesus start the first missional community? The surprising similarities to the challenges people face in every context. The close correlation between how healthy families function and missional community life. Tips for figuring out the DNA of your particular community, in your context. Get started here... From this episode: “One thing that is universal about a missional community in any context, is that this sort of lifestyle is going to be messy. It is not a weekly Bible study or an hour-long, one-on-one meeting. You’ll need to give your whole life to making disciples the way Jesus did!”   Each week the Big 3 will give you immediate action steps to get you started. Download today’s BIG 3 right now. Read and think over them again later. You might even want to share them with others… Thanks for Listening! Thanks so much for joining us again this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Join us on Facebook and take part in the discussion! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the top of this page or right below. Also, please leave an honest review for The Lifeschool Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and we read each and every one of them. Links and Resources Mentioned in This Episode: Coaching that Caesar is offering. If you are interested in learning more about being coached and mentored by Caesar toward life in a missional community, and learning how to disciple others, click here now.   In light of today’s topics, you might find this resource helpful: The First Time I Tried Starting a Missional Community I Failed  

Whether caused by fear of man or the fear of missing out (FOMO), most of us need to learn to say “no” a whole lot more often. This week on the Lifeschool Podcast, we’ll teach you how to say no more often in life and how to un-commit yourself from the things that you shouldn’t have said yes to in the first place. Saying no to people is not easy. Sometimes we give in and say yes to please others, but saying yes to everything and everyone is impossible and leads to burnout. Let's master the art of gracefully saying no and uncommitting. In This Episode You’ll Learn: Why we find it so hard to say “no” to people. What the Bible teaches in connection with bailing out on commitments. 10 ways to gracefully say no to people… plus a bonus to use with telemarketers! The right way to uncommit to things you should not have said yes to. Get started here... From this episode: “The more we think about what we are giving up when we say ‘yes’ to someone, the easier it is to say no. If we have no clear sense of the opportunity cost—in other words, the value of what we are giving up—then it is especially easy to fall into the nonessential trap of telling ourselves we can get it all done. We can’t. A graceful 'no' grows out of a clear but unstated calculation of the trade-off.”   Each week the Big 3 will give you immediate action steps to get you started. Download today’s BIG 3 right now. Read and think over them again later. You might even want to share them with others… Thanks for Listening! Thanks so much for joining us again this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Join us on Facebook and take part in the discussion! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the top of this page or right below. Also, please leave an honest review for The Lifeschool Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and we read each and every one of them. Links and Resources Mentioned in This Episode: Caesar Kalinowski’s Website and Blog with Loads of Resources Missio Publishing – More Missional Books and Resources   In light of today’s topics, you might find these resources helpful: Want to Stop Sinning? Here's How to Get Started How to Talk About Politics Without Being a Jerk  

When we hear the word "conflict," it is usually perceived as a negative thing. However, there is a reason why conflict is not all bad, and can be either a positive or negative thing. The key is understanding the difference. This week on the Lifeschool Podcast, we are going to show you how to recognize and engage in healthy conflict in a way that repairs relationships and shows the world what God is truly like. The problem with conflict is that the two types usually run counter-intuitive to our inherent emotional state as humans. Therefore, human nature is to squash the conflict that is most apparent (the good kind) and adjust to the subtle conflict that no one can quite put their finger upon (the bad kind). In This Episode You’ll Learn: The glaring difference between the two kinds of conflict you experience. Why we're hard-wired to avoid the good type of conflict and embrace the bad. How conflict actually presents you with an ideal environment for discipleship. Ideas and steps for resolving a current conflict in your life or community. Get started here... From this episode: “Behind every conflict lives a series of lies and unbelief. Identifying those and replacing them with the truth about God, ourselves, and how we GET to live is always the goal. That’s what discipleship is and how we experience the Kingdom of heaven now… here!”   Each week the Big 3 will give you immediate action steps to get you started. Download today’s BIG 3 right now. Read and think over them again later. You might even want to share them with others… Thanks for Listening! Thanks so much for joining us again this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Join us on Facebook and take part in the discussion! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the top of this page or right below. Also, please leave an honest review for The Lifeschool Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and we read each and every one of them. Links and Resources Mentioned in This Episode: Caesar Kalinowski’s Website and Blog with Loads of Resources Missio Publishing – More Missional Books and Resources   In light of today’s topics, you might find these resources helpful: 7 Reasons Why Gossip is Poison. And 3 Ways to Stop It How to Move From Forgiveness to Reconciliation  

Most of us would agree with the age-old saying, “The youth of today is the future of tomorrow.” But how many of us take that sentiment seriously enough to actually do something about it? This week on the Lifeschool Podcast, we talk about the opportunities for mentoring those who are eventually going to take our place in the world with author and experienced mentor, Dr. Rick Bartlett. Kids and youth today are open to you engaging them in the journey of discovery they are on. As their world moves from concrete and simple to more abstract and nuanced, they are looking for guides, sounding boards, and encouragement. You can be that for them! In This Episode You’ll Learn: Why you don’t need to be married or a parent to be an excellent mentor. How the Church can offer youth a different message than the culture does today. The ways that young people may be “called” at an early age. Ways you, your church, and your community can help young people engage with their faith. Get started here... From this episode: “You can pour words of affirmation about true identity into the youth in your life. Reinforce that they are image bearers of God... and have been given a very high calling, authority, and privilege through Christ.”   Each week the Big 3 will give you immediate action steps to get you started. Download today’s BIG 3 right now. Read and think over them again later. You might even want to share them with others… Thanks for Listening! Thanks so much for joining us again this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Join us on Facebook and take part in the discussion! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the top of this page or right below. Also, please leave an honest review for The Lifeschool Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and we read each and every one of them. Links and Resources Mentioned in This Episode: Caesar Kalinowski’s Website and Blog with Loads of Resources Missio Publishing – More Missional Books and Resources   In light of today’s topics, you might find these resources helpful: How to Pray for Your Child's Future Spouse Life in a True Gospel-Centered Community: Kirstan's Story   .cf-scroll-wrapper { background: #00000075;}

It’s easy to listen to sermons and read books on theology and missional living… nod our heads in agreement… yet very little change happens in our lives. Jesus made some surprising (maybe unreasonable?) commands to his potential disciples. This week on the Lifeschool Podcast, we continue our talk on Gospel Motivation and why what we truly believe will become evident by the work of our hands and the patterns of our lives. This is not just a message for “leaders”, but it is really a message about the gospel and how it changes our affections and reshapes every area of life. In This Episode You’ll Learn: Jesus’ surprising commands to his potential disciples. Why we are all full-time, paid missionaries regardless where we work. Ways to look at a leader’s life to see if they are being motivated by the gospel. Why you absolutely cannot make a mature disciple without 3 crucial things. Where the power to live out of a gospel motivation comes from. Get started here... From this episode: “It can be hard to rightly motivate people on mission… we have well-worn grooves, patterns, and language that end up being more law than grace, more hard work than gospel freedom. To grow in your gospel fluency and learn the “language of the gospel”, I want to invite you to a powerful free training and webinar I’m hosting… The Gospel in Everyday Life. Reserve your spot now. I know of no other training that can change your life as much in one hour!”   Each week the Big 3 will give you immediate action steps to get you started. Download today’s BIG 3 right now. Read and think over them again later. You might even want to share them with others… Thanks for Listening! Thanks so much for joining us again this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Join us on Facebook and take part in the discussion! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the top of this page or right below. Also, please leave an honest review for The Lifeschool Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and we read each and every one of them. Links and Resources Mentioned in This Episode: Free training webinar Caesar mentioned – Gospel in Everyday Life Caesar Kalinowski’s Website and Blog with Loads of Resources Missio Publishing – More Missional Books and Resources   In light of today’s topics, you might find these resources helpful: Why You Should Stop Going To Church It’s Time to Reinvent the Church   .cf-scroll-wrapper { background: #00000075;}