Dwellings Podcast

When Mary and Joseph arrived at the inn some 2000 years ago, there wasn’t room for them at the inn. So many of us can find ourselves in the same place this week- so consumed with tasks that we miss Jesus himself. The places we inhabit can also become too full for him, even this week. What type of things can we cut to make room for him? What would it look like for our homes to be more like the manger bed- open and ready to receive him?

In a world that has more accessible information than ever before, we can move beyond information transfer to transformational discipleship. While having knowledge about the Bible and God is very important, it is not enough... we were called to relationship with him. God is meant to be experientially known, not just mentally known. Job had second hand knowledge of God but desired a first hand experience of him... reminding us that there is always more for us as well. The Dwellings Podcast is only possible because of the generous partnership of people like you.  If you would like to become a Dwellings Partner through a one-time or monthly gift, you can sign up today here: https://dwellings.info/give. We are constantly releasing new resources. The Dwellings App is the best place to be kept up to date on all of our new resources. You can download our app today by following this link: https://dwellings.info/app Join our newsletter here: https://dwellings.info/connect If you want to get in touch with us, you can email us at info@dwellings.info

We're adding this bonus episode at the end of our shift from isolation to family, after hearing from so many of you that your relationship with family has been complicated or wounding. Kathleen Doyle, a pastor counselor with over 25 years of church leadership experience, helps us walk through what it means to disentangle our relationship with Jesus from the wounds of people, the difference in spiritual abuse and wounding, and some steps we could take to move forward and reimagine what it could mean to experience spiritual family again. @kathleenadoyle https://m.exponential.org/2022orl/speakers/speakers-1010.html The Dwellings Podcast is only possible because of the generous partnership of people like you. If you would like to become a Dwellings Partner through a one-time or monthly gift, you can sign up today here: https://dwellings.info/give We are constantly releasing new resources. The Dwellings App is the best place to be kept up to date on all of our new resources. You can download our app today by following this link: https://dwellings.info/app Join our newsletter here: https://dwellings.info/connect If you want to get in touch with us, you can email us at info@dwellings.info

Hear David and Kathryn talk about how Jesus's life with his disciples was spent largely outside the walls of the temple-- not giving sermons but relating to them in real life: eating, drinking, fishing, walking with them.  How should his life inform the way we look at Christian community?Hear some practical steps on how we can make a shift in our own communities from institutional to relational. The Dwellings Podcast is only possible because of the generous partnership of people like you.  If you would like to become a Dwellings Partner through a one-time or monthly gift, you can sign up today here: https://dwellings.info/give. We are constantly releasing new resources. The Dwellings App is the best place to be kept up to date on all of our new resources. You can download our app today by following this link: https://dwellings.info/app Join our newsletter here: https://dwellings.info/connect If you want to get in touch with us, you can email us at info@dwellings.info

Join missiology guru Alan Hirsch, an influential author and mission strategist, as he discusses the importance of embracing spiritual giftings over traditional titles in church leadership. He delves into the five roles outlined in Ephesians 4—apostle, prophet, evangelist, shepherd, and teacher—arguing for their crucial interdependence. Alan critiques the Western church's tendency to marginalize certain gifts while outlining how embracing all roles can invigorate church movement. His insights extend beyond ministry, offering a fresh perspective for workplace dynamics too.

Our culture in the West is increasingly individualistic, and increasingly lonely. Listen as Kathryn talks with Jack Meckfessel around an antidote... the spiritual family.  What would it look like to recapture a sense of the church being a family over an institution?  Jack gives stories from his house church experience in Thailand, and shares what he learned after experiencing the beauty of several models of church.  The Dwellings Podcast is only possible because of the generous partnership of people like you. If you would like to become a Dwellings Partner through a one-time or monthly gift, you can sign up today here: https://dwellings.info/give We are constantly releasing new resources. The Dwellings App is the best place to be kept up to date on all of our new resources. You can download our app today by following this link: https://dwellings.info/app Join our newsletter here: https://dwellings.info/connect If you want to get in touch with us, you can email us at info@dwellings.info

Today Kathryn introduces three shifts that are important for us to consider in the church. This episode introduces the shifts we will talk about during this season: isolation to family, information to transformation, and spectators to participants. We will be reminded that many of these aren't just a shift toward the future, but an echo of the past, as they are informed by the ways of the early church. We will also see how we are being informed by the ways of the church in the global south, where Christianity is growing the fastest. The Dwellings Podcast is only possible because of the generous partnership of people like you. If you would like to become a Dwellings Partner through a one-time or monthly gift, you can sign up today here: https://www.dwellings.info/give We are constantly releasing new resources. The Dwellings App is the best place to be kept up to date on all of our new resources. You can download our app today by following this link: https://dwellings.info/app Join our newsletter here: https://dwellings.info/connect If you want to get in touch with us, you can email us at info@dwellings.info

Dwellings Podcast Season 2 is on Future Shifts for the church. In this series we will explore shifts we feel God calling us into during this season. While they feel new to us in the West, they are actually shifts toward the early church, and are in keeping with the ways of the church in the global south where Christianity is growing the fastest.

Click the link bellow to learn more about the Dwellings Cohort: https://dwellings.info/cohort Click the link bellow to apply for the Dwellings Cohort: https://forms.gle/eybXdwxxdGxgMDhj7 The Dwellings Cohort is a 5- month collaborative learning opportunity designed to take you deeper in the mission of building communities centered around the presence of Jesus. We will be joined by the voices of Jennie Allen, Francis Chan, David Legge, and others, either in person or via our interactive Zoom calls. Whether you are involved in a traditional church, a house church, or in some other ministry context, if you are someone who desires to create community around the presence of Jesus, we want you to apply. 

When it comes to making decisions, sometimes we isolate, making pros and cons lists or ruminating in our beds at 3am. Other times, we seek the counsel of others, hoping their advice can bring clarity to the situation at hand. While we can make decisions on our own, and we do need advice from others, we can often forget that God has ways of speaking into our situation with wisdom that is above the wisdom of man. Learn about a practical tool to use when it comes to making decisions in your life that are informed by God. And then pass it on when others come to you seeking advice. There's no better discipleship tool we can give people than how to listen to God's voice. The Dwellings Podcast is only possible because of the generous partnership of people like you. If you would like to become a Dwellings Partner through a one-time or monthly gift, you can sign up today here: https://dwellings.info/give We are constantly releasing new resources. The Dwellings App is the best place to be kept up to date on all of our new resources. You can download our app today by following this link: https://dwellings.info/app Join our newsletter here: https://dwellings.info/connect If you want to get in touch with us, you can email us at info@dwellings.info