Send us a text This episode of Praxis is a deep dive into the world of emotional maturity, focusing on the role of anxiety in our lives and relationships. We kick off the discussion with personal stories on our strong opinions about seemingly insignificant matters (Who knew Mac loathed gum and Katie couldn't drink coffee?) to set the stage for a lighthearted yet profound dialogue. As we traverse the winding paths of anxiety, we shed light on its various sources ranging from scarcity mentality to...
Aug 21, 2023•1 hr 20 min
Send us a text We are in a series right now on emotional maturity where we are looking at four components that comprise emotional intelligence and one thing that makes what we are doing a bit unique is that we are attempting to do this while keeping our eyes on Jesus to see how Jesus embodied these things. So far we’ve talked about self-awareness, self-regulation, and social awareness. And today we are going to discuss the ins and outs of relational management. Relational management refers to ou...
Jul 31, 2023•1 hr
Send us a text Social awareness refers to the ability to perceive, understand, and consider other people's perspectives, needs, and behaviors. It's complex. It's hard work. It's a lifelong process of learning. It's taking all we discussed in our last episode about self-leadership and adding another layer to it where we are attuned to other people's emotions. So in this episode, we take time to discuss what social awareness is, what it looks like when we are living into it, and how we can grow....
Jul 09, 2023•56 min
Send us a text Today we discuss an important component of emotional maturity: self-leadership or self-regulation. We take time to define what it is, compare the difference between those with self-regulation and those without it, and discuss ways that we can grow into it.
Jun 19, 2023•58 min
Send us a text We are in a series right now on emotional intelligence and how it is essential to discipleship. Dallas Willard once said that "Jesus is the smartest man who has ever lived" and we believe that to be true, including when it comes to emotional intelligence. We believe that Jesus had more EQ than any other person that has ever walked the planet and consistently embodied emotional maturity and so, if we are going to grow as disciples of Jesus, we must grow our emotional maturity. An i...
May 29, 2023•59 min
Send us a text Today we are jumping into a new series on Emotional Intelligence. Dallas Willard once said that "Jesus is the smartest man who has ever lived" and we believe that to be true, including when it comes to emotional intelligence. We believe that Jesus had more EQ than any other person that has ever walked the planet and consistently embodied emotional maturity and so, if we are going to grow as disciples of Jesus, we must grow our emotional maturity. Growing in emotional maturity is a...
May 08, 2023•55 min
Send us a text Today we’re wrapping up our series on our core values asa church and we want to do so by talking about this inevitable reality that none of us – no individual or organization or church – can perfectly live into one’s values. And when we fall short of our values – when there is a gap between our values and actual behavior – it creates a mess. So in this episode we want to talk about how to clean up messes in a way that actually increases trust and encourages the ongoing pursuit of ...
Apr 17, 2023•1 hr 1 min
Send us a text Today we’re talking about our sixth and final core values as a church which is reconciliation. We believe that reconciliation is at the center of the gospel. And so, as a church, we seek to both model and join God’s reconciling work in the world. We want to be part of God’s work of righting all that’s wrong in the world. In this episode we provide a theology of reconciliation and then practically discuss what it means to live as a peace-making community in an increasingly polarize...
Mar 20, 2023•1 hr 7 min
Send us a text Today we’re talking about another one of our core values as a church which is Team Leadership. We believe that leadership in the church is really important, which is why it is so painful when it goes sideways. So in this episode we break down some of the primary variables contributing to church leadership fails and then we offer a team leadership model as a healthy alternative. A model where authority is diffused among a team of mature Jesus followers who are submitting to one ano...
Feb 27, 2023•52 min
Send us a text Today we’re talking about another one of our core values as a church which is generosity. We want to be a generous church that reflects a generous God and, building on our value of participation, we believe that every disciple of Jesus is to grow and live into living a generous life. Now, we know that talking about generosity can be an uncomfortable topic, so in this episode we discuss why that is. We also name a couple important paradigm shifts when it comes to giving, discuss so...
Feb 06, 2023•53 min
Send us a text We are in a series right now where we are talking about our core values as a church. In our last episode we talked about the value of Spirit sensitivity. If you haven’t listened to it, we encourage you to check it out. Brené Brown says we can’t live into values we can’t name. So that’s what we are doing in this series; we are naming our values as a church so that we can live into them. Today we’re talking about another one of our core values as a church which is participation. We ...
Jan 18, 2023•50 min
Send us a text We are in a series right now where we are talking about our core values as a church. In our last episode we talked about the value of discipleship. If you haven’t listened to it, we encourage you to check it out. Brené Brown says we can’t live into values we can’t name. So that’s what we are doing in this series; we are naming our values as a church so that we can live into them. Today we’re talking about another one of our core values as a church which is Spirit-sensitivity. We w...
Dec 26, 2022•42 min
Send us a text Today we’re talking about one of our most important core values as a church which is a discipleship. Multiplying disciples of Jesus is the primary reason we exist as a church. And yet, pretty much every church would say this. The words “disciple” and “discipleship” are used in lots of churches but they are often used in very different ways. So in this episode, we not only want to define what we mean when we talk about discipleship, but we also get into the discipleship crisis that...
Nov 28, 2022•43 min
Send us a text This is the first episode in our series on values and today we hope to provide a basic introduction to the topic of values. What are values? Why do they matter? How do values help us as a church community? Naming and living into values shapes the people that we become and, as followers of Jesus, we want to become more like Jesus. We all have values, whether we realize it or not, and we’ll look at how we can begin to identify what our values are and how we can begin to live into th...
Nov 04, 2022•39 min
Send us a text Welcome to the very first episode of Praxis! Praxis is a podcast that explores how to practice the way of Jesus in the world by living on mission together as disciples of Jesus. In this episode, we introduce ourselves, discuss some of the reasons why we started a podcast, and talk about assumptions that we’re bringing to the table as we dive into different topics.
Oct 16, 2022•34 min
Send us a text Welcome to Praxis. A podcast where we explore how to practice the way of Jesus in the world by living on mission together as disciples of Jesus. Our hope is that this would be a place where we can dive deeper into topics discussed on Sunday mornings, and learn and grow alongside each other - a safe space to ask and wrestle with difficult topics.
Oct 11, 2022•40 sec
