On this episode, Gina talks with 3 very intentional, very missional people who have just released a new book designed for people like you and me who want to start living an intentionally missional lifestyle with others. Mark & Jacolien Van Den Steenhoven and Sharon Earl are the authors of "GO (together) & MAKE: Seven Practical Stepping Stones to Help You Learn a Missional Lifestyle," and they're here to tell their stories and to explain how this resource can help you better live a lifest...
Mar 27, 2025•33 min•Ep. 51
On this, our 50th episode, Gina is joined by two men who lead an organization that is empowering literally hundreds of everyday people all over North America to live Jesus-Shaped lives and minister to thousands of their immediate neighbors. Pete Kelly and Josh Jackaway are leaders with Apartment Life, a faith-based, non-profit organization that has been serving the apartment industry since 2000. They're here to share the story of Apartment Life, and it's a story that is sure to spark missional c...
May 23, 2024•35 min•Ep. 50
This is the third and final episode in our mini-series on Sabbath. Austin Catalano has been with Gina the last two episodes - and she's here once again! Austin has become convinced that all disciples of Jesus should consider the instruction of the Lord for His people to take a weekly (and literal 24 hour) Sabbath. This is something she has been doing now for some time, and she has been very honest with us about how reluctant she was to do this - and how hard it was at first. Like all of us, she'...
Mar 29, 2024•28 min•Ep. 49
This is the second episode in our three-part series on Sabbath featuring discussions between our host, Gina Mueller, and Austin Catalano. Austin is a wife, mother, school leader and house church leader who has embraced taking a weekly 24-hour Sabbath. She's back on this episode to continue talking about how important it is to rest by pressing-in to the God-given gift of Sabbath so that disciples can move toward living a more balanced Jesus-Shaped Life. www.3dmovements.com "Embracing Rhythms of W...
Mar 15, 2024•29 min•Ep. 48
This episode begins a 3-part series on the Sabbath where Gina and Austin Catalano talk about how important it is to rest and press-in to the God-given gift of Sabbath so that we can live a balanced Jesus-Shaped Life. Austin is a familiar voice on this podcast, and she's back to talk about the importance of Sabbath - mainly because she's studied it at length and because she fought against the concept of Sabbath keeping for a long time like most of us probably do! She is a wife, mother, school lea...
Mar 01, 2024•30 min•Ep. 47
On this episode, Gina is joined by a familiar voice in the 3DM Movement - Bob Rognlien. Bob is the chairman of the board of 3DM North America. He's also an author, teacher, and archaeological guide with over 30 years of experience leading groups on archaeological and spiritual journeys in the Middle East. Bob joins Gina today for a discussion about what it takes to be an imitator of Jesus - to live a Jesus-Shaped Life - and they share stories and experiences from their lives as they and their fa...
Feb 17, 2024•43 min•Ep. 46
Recently, the leaders of 3DM North America gathered to worship, pray, learn, and talk about the vision of the movement. Some of our leaders presented short "TED Talks," and on this episode, we are featuring one of them. Austin Catalano who is a wife, mother, school leader and house church leader spoke about how parents can think and parent missionally as they raise their kids. Specifically, her challenge is for parents to consider ways that they can prepare their children to grow into missional ...
Feb 02, 2024•34 min•Ep. 45
When it comes to being a disciple and making disciples, what are you? Are you more a theologian or more a practitioner? Most of us are one or the other, but Gina's guest on this episode helps us see the importance of being both. David Broberg is the Assistant Director of Discipleship at Gordon–Conwell Theological Seminary in Massachusetts, so - for sure - he's a theologian. But, he's also been in a 3DM Huddle where he was sharpened in his disciple-making practices and called it 'life changing!" ...
Jan 19, 2024•36 min•Ep. 44
What happens when a family who is new to a town - a town where it's "weird" for neighbors to get together - park their grill in their front yard and fire it up? Actually, pretty cool things happen - like laughter, sharing, new friendships, and even "church!" This is the story of Gina's guests on this episode. Rob and Kelly Abrams hold family-on-mission as a high value, so when they moved their family from New Jersey to Maine a few years back, they came with a plan! And this plan shaped not only ...
Dec 20, 2023•36 min•Ep. 43
On this episode, Gina is joined by co-host, Grace Maconochie. Both sit down to talk about the intersection of worship and discipleship with Sol and Kali Grimes. Sol and Kali oversee The Gospel House in Ft. Wayne, IN which is a prayer and worship ministry that primarily works with the emerging generation of young adults in the Midwest dedicated to ministering to the Lord. They are here to talk about how they see worship and discipleship being interconnected and to share stories of how they've see...
Nov 03, 2023•33 min•Ep. 42
Gina's guest is Steve Bruns who leads a 3DM-like network of missional church movements from his home base in Norway called Agenda1. Agenda1 is a relational network of churches on a journey together to build missional churches that transform cultures by making disciples who make disciples in the power of the Holy Spirit. Sounds familiar, huh?! Under Steve's leadership, Agenda1 currently has fourteen Learning Communities in Norway with around 130 groups representing 80 churches from many denominat...
Oct 20, 2023•36 min•Ep. 41
Gina's guest is Brian Gerig who has been on mission for a long time! Brian co-founded a city-wide youth ministry in Ft. Wayne, Indiana called "The Powerhouse" in 1995 that is still going strong today. He joins Gina to tell stories of how he and his team have been equipping teens to go on mission to their friends and family members for nearly 30 years. He also shares some encouraging news about what God is doing today among a new generation of teens who are hungry for community, for purpose, and ...
Oct 06, 2023•35 min•Ep. 40
Gina's guests are JD and ChristianAnn Larson who are pastors of an innovative church plant in Minneapolis called North City Church. They're here to talk with Gina specifically about what they call "Dinner Church" which they see as a way to follow Jesus' example of taking temple things into table spaces. Their story is sure to give you some creative imagination for mission in your own neck of the woods! MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: People of Peace Prayer Exercise (FREE DOWNLOAD) North City Church, ...
Jun 16, 2023•35 min•Ep. 39
Jo Saxton is back for part two of her conversation with Gina that began on the last episode. Jo is the founder of Ezer Collective, which is a 2-day leadership intensive made up of about 75 women from all industries, life stages, and leadership roles. She's also a speaker, podcast host, author, and leadership coach. On this episode, she and Gina talk about why it's so important for women to step into their missional calling, and they also talk about how Jesus invested in women and empowered them ...
Jun 02, 2023•24 min•Ep. 38
Gina's guest on this episode is Jo Saxton who has been a part of the 3DM movement for a long time. Her name might be familiar to you since many in the 3DM movement have interacted with her books and teachings. Jo has committed her life to raising up and equipping women to lead, and she's here to encourage women to step into their identity, gifting, and calling. She's also here to exhort men to facilitate that process in their churches and ministries. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: 3DM Web Site www.3...
May 19, 2023•30 min•Ep. 37
Something big is happening in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Gina's guests are here to tell us all about it! Gina Jehl, Daisy Baily, and Deborah Hughes - who are known by the people in Fort Wayne as the "Fort Wayne Intercessors" - have been gathering together to pray for their city for decades. They join Gina to tell us how it all began, what the Lord has taught them as they've prayed, what the Lord has done over the decades through their prayers, and what big thing is happening right now that they co...
May 05, 2023•38 min•Ep. 36
Gina's guest is Steven Barr, the founder of Cast Member Church, a global network of micro-churches for Disney cast members - most of whom have never been part of a church or have ever even opened a Bible before! The Cast Member church movement is a Jesus-centered family specifically designed for Disney cast members that extends across six continents, with local expressions (called "CommuniDs") in Orlando, Anaheim, Paris, Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Shanghai. These CommuniDs include different national...
Apr 22, 2023•47 min•Ep. 35
Jeremy and Nicole Snoberger join Gina to tell their story of how God is speaking to and leading them (as empty nesters) on a brand new mission. Actually, they're still in the middle of their story, and it's a story of how God is calling them to move from their home and community into a completely different home and community as He calls them into a new season of missional living. www.3dmovements.com
Apr 07, 2023•35 min•Ep. 34
Paul Maconochie is back to talk to us about how we can engage in and see victory in the spiritual battles we face when we step out in obedience to Jesus' call to discipleship and mission. That's when spiritual warfare seems to always heat up - when we step out in obedience to Jesus. Paul is a pastor with the 5-fold gifting of prophet, and the insight he brings on this topic is important and very helpful. From 2004 to 2014 Paul led the church in Sheffield where much of Lifeshapes and the other 3D...
Mar 24, 2023•31 min•Ep. 33
Mike's guest is Paul Maconochie who was "on the ground" when 3DM got its start in Sheffield, England some 30 years ago. Paul was a university student back then and found his way to St Thomas Church, Crookes (which is now known as "STC Sheffield."). It would be there that Paul would experience an incredible move of God, and it would be there that Paul would be connected with 3DM's founder, Mike Breen. Paul is here to not just share with us some of the "behind the scenes" stories of how 3DM came t...
Mar 10, 2023•34 min•Ep. 32
Mike’s guest on this episode is someone who has been on mission to make disciples and grow the church all of his adult life. His name is Tony Plummer, and along with his wife Lisa, they live and minister in Venice, FL. Tony is here to encourage all of us to keep going in the ministry God has called us to. His story - which is still being written - is one of high highs and some pretty low lows. In the early 2000s, Tony had what he describes as a "complete breakdown" as a result of ministry burnou...
Feb 24, 2023•38 min•Ep. 31
Gina is on a well-deserved mini sabbatical, so Mike Potter fills in as the host with his guest, Jesse Harden. Jesse has quite a story to tell. He and his wife, Joanna, are people who listen to the Lord and seek to follow His leading in their lives. This listening and following has led to quite an adventure - an adventure full of fruit, and an adventure full of hurdles too. Jesse served as a youth and associate pastor in Albuquerque, NM for 12 years, and during that time began to sense the Lord c...
Feb 10, 2023•46 min•Ep. 30
This podcast is just over a year old, and one of our most popular episodes so far was a discussion Gina had about living on mission in a small town setting (Episode 9). So, we decided to do another episode about being on mission in a small town, but this time with pastor and professor Jason McConnell. And if there was ever a guy to talk about this topic - it's Jason! He has a B.A. in pastoral ministry from Moody Bible Institute, an M.Div. and Th.M. from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and (...
Jan 27, 2023•35 min•Ep. 29
The Everyday Mission Podcast is officially one year old as we launched our first episode in January of 2022. As we move into our second year, we thought it would be fun to begin by giving you a look behind the mic at the two people who make this podcast happen. On this episode, host Gina Mueller and editor and producer Mike Potter sit down together to share stories of how God has been and continues to lead them in their everyday lives. Gina is the North American Director of 3DM, but she's also a...
Jan 13, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 28
As promised, here is part 2 of Gina's compelling conversation with Bob Rognlein. Bob is the chairman of the board of 3DM North America. He's also an author, teacher, and archaeological guide with over 30 years of experience leading groups on archaeological and spiritual journeys in the Middle East. Bob believes that archaeology helps reveal the real Jesus to us - and on the last episode, we saw how biblical archaeology can have a direct impact on our everyday mission. Bob and Gina continue with ...
Dec 30, 2022•1 min•Ep. 27
What does archaeology have to do with discipleship? And even more, what does archaeology have to do with the everyday mission that everyday people are called to by Christ? Gina's guest believes that archaeology not only reveals more about the time in which Jesus lived, but it reveals more about the way Jesus lived - which is the way that all Christ-followers are to imitate. He believes that archaeology helps reveal the real Jesus to us. Bob Rognlien is the chairman of the board of 3DM North Amer...
Dec 16, 2022•30 min•Ep. 26
Shannan Martin is Gina's guest on this episode of the Everyday Mission Podcast. She's just written a book called Start with Hello (And Other Simple Ways to Live as Neighbors). It's a field guide for helping all of us become more connected to the people around us. She's here to share her family's story of moving from a rural farm to a city full of neighbors and shares what they have learned about building deep connections with those who live close to them. Shannan also shares some very practical ...
Dec 02, 2022•43 min•Ep. 25
On this episode, Gina is joined by Marika Springer and Brittney Bowers who are two of the women who are students in our 3DM Discipleship School. Both have committed to taking ten months out of their lives to press-in to discipleship and mission, and both have given up a lot to do it - jobs, family, friends, and one even sold her home! But as you will hear, they both say it's worth it! Gina is catching them as they are completing the first of four stages of the Discipleship School and preparing t...
Nov 18, 2022•35 min•Ep. 24
Gina's guest is Pastor Dan Koller who is leading a church "revitalization" process in Yakima, Washington that is using both the gathered and scattered expressions of the church to move forward in discipleship and disciple-making. Dan joins Gina to talk about the struggle that many church people are experiencing - especially those who have caught the vision to make disciples who are now wondering if there is any real discipleship value in the gathered expression of the church (i.e. Sunday morning...
Oct 21, 2022•35 min•Ep. 22
Jesus made it clear that we are to be His witnesses wherever we are to whomever we are around. His final words to His disciples recorded in Acts 1 say as much - and these words apply to His disciples today as well. The question then becomes: How do we gauge how well we're doing as His witness? For sure, we know that part of that answer lies in our actions and in our love for others, but we all know that our conversations play an important part in our witness as well -and this is where many of us...
Oct 07, 2022•1 min•Ep. 21
