Becoming Church

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Becoming Church episodes

  • Toni Collier: Broken Crayons Still Color

    Get ready to laugh as you listen because Toni Collier brings humor and hope to a conversation on darkness and pain. But, as Toni says “We’re going in every time” and that’s what happens in this honest conversation on owning our own brokenness.

    This is an episode for victims of church hurt, people who are stuck going back to unhealthy familiar patters, people who are feeling forgotten by God and those who are tempted to think their sin isn’t that bad.

    Listen for practicals then be sure to use the links below for more.

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    LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE:

    Brave Enough to be Broken

    Broken Crayons Still Color (for kids!)

    ToniCollier.com

    Mosaic Resources

    Everyday People

    How to be The Church Monday - Saturday

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    SCRIPTURE TO EXPLORE:

    2 Corinthians 12:9
    Genesis 1:2
    Luke 6:38
    Acts 2:44
    Galatians 5:22

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    HANG OUT WITH US:

    Toni on IG: @tonijcollier
    Kristin on IG: @kristinmockleryoung
    Mosaic on IG: @MosaicCLT

    #becomingchurchpodcast

    Follow @kristinmockleryoung and @mosaicclt on Instagram.

    Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify

    Order Kristin’s book “The Other Side of Certainty: How to Follow Jesus When Easy Answers No Longer Work” on Amazon or Bookshop.org or read Chapter One to see if it's right for you!

    If you've already read "The Other Side of Certainty," leave a review on Amazon or Goodreads to help other people find it.

    43 min
  • Amanda Held Opelt: What Good is God When Life Hurts?

    Are we allowed to admit when life is hard? When there are so many other heavy things happening, when other people are experiencing widespread devastation, when our lives on paper are pretty privileged…are we allowed to say we aren’t exactly finding the joy of the Lord as our strength?

    In this interview, Amanda Held Evans talks about the emotional prosperity gospel: the belief that if we have enough faith, God will make us happy and give us emotional abundance in our careers, marriages and lives. She challenges some religious platitudes to show how we may be missing something as we chase after God’s perfect will or calling in our lives.

    Grab a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup or Sour Skittles out of the Trick-or-Treat bowl and get ready to lean in to a real conversation with real women who have real hurts. We hope you feel seen in your not-so-perfect life and we really hope you find permission to embrace your feelings without rushing through them to reach eternal positivity on the other side of your season.

    Faith, after all, is choosing to say yes to the right question.

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    LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE:

    Holy Unhappiness
    https://tinyurl.com/holyunhappiness

    A Hole in the World
    https://tinyurl.com/58uztd64

     AmandaHeldOpelt.com

     RachelHeldEvans.com

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    SCRIPTURE TO EXPLORE:

    Genesis 3
    John 11

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    ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

    Kristin’s message on Gratitude
    https://tinyurl.com/4em6suth

    TEDx talk: Fear and Beauty
    https://tinyurl.com/bdebujma

    What’s an Enneagram?  
    https://www.yourenneagramcoach.com/

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    HANG OUT WITH US:

    Amanda on IG:
    https://www.instagram.com/amandaheldopelt/

    Kristin on IG:
    https://www.instagram.com/kristinmockleryoung/

    Mosaic Church on IG:
    https://www.instagram.com/mosaicclt/

    #becomingchurchpodcast

    Follow @kristinmockleryoung and @mosaicclt on Instagram.

    Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify

    Order Kristin’s book “The Other Side of Certainty: How to Follow Jesus When Easy Answers No Longer Work” on Amazon or Bookshop.org or read Chapter One to see if it's right for you!

    If you've already read "The Other Side of Certainty," leave a review on Amazon or Goodreads to help other people find it.

    1 hr 1 min
  • David Docusen: Make the Introduction

    After leaving Pastoral ministry, David Docusen found himself once again leading an accidental home church that brought him back to pastoring. (The lucky people of Winston Salem, NC can attest to this being the right choice.)

    Through his years of expertise as a pastor, author, professor and community advocate, David realized that ministry and evangelism really is simpler and more accessible than we sometimes make it in the church.

    This conversation is for anyone who isn’t sure how to talk to other people about Jesus, feels ill equipped to share their faith or gets nervous thinking about the Holy Spirit and whatever gifts you’re supposed to have because of it. This episode of Becoming Church with David will feel like talking with a friend - and will hopefully leave you encouraged that you can go and do the same just as easily.

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    LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE:


    Neighborliness: https://tinyurl.com/2xnkvapp
    Tomorrow and the Days to Come: https://a.co/d/e8ZeMfz
    Read with a Friend: https://tinyurl.com/32fv5je3
    https://daviddocusen.com/

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    ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:


    Spiritual Gifts test: https://spiritualgiftstest.com/
    Enneagram assessment: https://tinyurl.com/yc2ryhmn
    Sign up for X-factor at Mosaic: https://tinyurl.com/yuchycj2

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    HANG OUT WITH US:

    David on IG:
    https://www.instagram.com/daviddocusen

    Kristin on IG:
    https://www.instagram.com/kristinmockleryoung/

    Mosaic Church on IG:
    https://www.instagram.com/mosaicclt/

    #becomingchurchpodcast

    Follow @kristinmockleryoung and @mosaicclt on Instagram.

    Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify

    Order Kristin’s book “The Other Side of Certainty: How to Follow Jesus When Easy Answers No Longer Work” on Amazon or Bookshop.org or read Chapter One to see if it's right for you!

    If you've already read "The Other Side of Certainty," leave a review on Amazon or Goodreads to help other people find it.

    46 min
  • Cheryl Nembhard: Power in The Church

    The word “power” brings a lot to mind. It’s often associated with other words like male, patriarchy, privilege or structure. It often overlooks the marginalized, minorities and people who don’t belong to majority culture. In this episode, Kristin talks with Cheryl Nembhard about how to recognize healthy and unhealthy systems of power in order to disrupt systems in the name of hope and restoration.

    As an advocate for social justice, women in ministry, at risk youth, sex-trafficked people and the marginalized, Cheryl is a voice of hope for many who are overlooked in today’s culture. She is regularly an active part of See, Hear, Love on television, the Soulfood to Go podcast, Brave Canada and Women Speakers Collective.

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    SCRIPTURE TO EXPLORE:

    John 13:2-5

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    LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE:

    Cheryl’s website: https://www.cherylnembhard.com/
    Playing God by Andy Crouch: https://rb.gy/conlx

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    HANG OUT WITH US:

    Cheryl on IG: @cherylnembhard
    Kristin on IG: @kristinmockleryoung
    Mosaic Church on IG: @MosaicCLT

    #becomingchurchpodcast

    Follow @kristinmockleryoung and @mosaicclt on Instagram.

    Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify

    Order Kristin’s book “The Other Side of Certainty: How to Follow Jesus When Easy Answers No Longer Work” on Amazon or Bookshop.org or read Chapter One to see if it's right for you!

    If you've already read "The Other Side of Certainty," leave a review on Amazon or Goodreads to help other people find it.

    1 hr 3 min
  • Ike Miller: Folding our Emotional Laundry

    Go ahead and save this episode now because it’s one you’re going to come back to. What started as a conversation on baggage and how to heal past wounds turned into free therapy for all of us. If you find yourself getting cynical or bitter from being disappointed by people - or you tend to sit in shame of your own disappointment - this episode will help you remember what’s true, and what’s in your control.

    Ike Miller, co-pastor of Bright City RDU with his wife Sharon Hodde Miller, also shares a bit about his book, Good Baggage: How your Difficult Childhood Prepared you for Healthy Relationships. As the adult child of an alcoholic, he gives practical tips and steps for anyone who has experienced trauma through family addiction, abuse, illness or other inflicted wounds.

    For additional conversations around healing past (or present) trauma, check out the resources and past episodes below.

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    LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE:

    Good Baggage book
    IkeMiller.com
    Nuuly (Kristin & Sharon’s clothing rental)

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    ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

    Sharon Hodde Miller on Control
    Kobe Campbell on Breaking Cycles
    Tabitha Panariso on Healing Trauma 

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    HANG OUT WITH US:

    Ike on IG: @ikefmiller
    Kristin on IG: @kristinmockleryoung
    Mosaic Church on IG: @MosaicCLT

    #becomingchurchpodcast

    Follow @kristinmockleryoung and @mosaicclt on Instagram.

    Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify

    Order Kristin’s book “The Other Side of Certainty: How to Follow Jesus When Easy Answers No Longer Work” on Amazon or Bookshop.org or read Chapter One to see if it's right for you!

    If you've already read "The Other Side of Certainty," leave a review on Amazon or Goodreads to help other people find it.

    46 min
  • Eli Bonilla: Embracing our Mixed Identities

    In anticipation of Hispanic Heritage month, Eli Bonilla, author of Mixed: Embracing Complexity by Uncovering Your God-led Identity, talks about how our identities are always comprised of a combination of things. He shares candidly about being both Mexican and Black, living as an African in descent but Latino in ethnicity, and how he struggled to know who he was or what people group to belong to…until he realized that a mixed background is common to everyone!

    This episode for everyone who has ever felt like they’re wearing more than one label. Even if your ethnicity is easy to find listed on a form, your identity is still complex. Our social and cultural experiences also form who we are and mold us into the person we’re becoming.

    Grab Eli’s book and check out more resources on identity using the links below.

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    LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE:

    Mixed: Embracing Complexity by Uncovering Your God-led Identity
    No Other Label
    Kristin's clay story

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    SCRIPTURE TO EXPLORE:

    1 John 3:2
    Matthew 22:36-40
    1 Corinthians 9:20-22
    Jeremiah 18

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    HANG OUT WITH US:

    Eli on IG: @elibonillajr
    Kristin on IG: @kristinmockleryoung
    Mosaic on IG: @MosaicCLT

    #becomingchurchpodcast

    Follow @kristinmockleryoung and @mosaicclt on Instagram.

    Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify

    Order Kristin’s book “The Other Side of Certainty: How to Follow Jesus When Easy Answers No Longer Work” on Amazon or Bookshop.org or read Chapter One to see if it's right for you!

    If you've already read "The Other Side of Certainty," leave a review on Amazon or Goodreads to help other people find it.

    42 min
  • Kayla Craig: The Season of Back to School

    Kayla Craig has a way with words that brings freedom and peace into even the most traumatic situations. Maybe it’s her journalism background, maybe it’s that she’s a real life mom to four kids of her own, maybe it’s the inspiration that comes from living in an old convent. Regardless, Kayla’s gift of language will give you words to borrow when you can’t find any that fit.

    This episode is for parents, educators, caregivers and anyone who bears the weight of this back to school season. If you’re overwhelmed with all the fall brings or you feel like your life is being run by systems out of your control, take a deep breath and remember that you are more than the little people in your care. You matter and so does your peace. We hope you find some in these next 30 minutes as Kayla walks us through every season being sacred.

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    LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE:

    Pre-Order Every Season Sacred with bonus gifts - out September 19th
    A prayer for the 1st Day of School
    Meredith Anne Miller’s episode of Becoming Church
    Mary Van Geffen’s episode of Becoming Church
    Register for the Parenting Night with Meredith Miller

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    HANG OUT WITH US:

    Kayla on IG: @liturgiesforparents

    Kristin on IG: @kristinmockleryoung
    Mosaic Church on IG: @MosaicCLT

    #becomingchurchpodcast

    Follow @kristinmockleryoung and @mosaicclt on Instagram.

    Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify

    Order Kristin’s book “The Other Side of Certainty: How to Follow Jesus When Easy Answers No Longer Work” on Amazon or Bookshop.org or read Chapter One to see if it's right for you!

    If you've already read "The Other Side of Certainty," leave a review on Amazon or Goodreads to help other people find it.

    37 min
  • Kristel Acevedo: 3 Big Questions

    If you're an introvert who loves people, an immigrant trying to blend cultures or you're parenting tweens and teens, this converstaion with Kristel Acevedo is for you.

    Kristel explains the 3 Big Questions our kids are asking around their identity, belonging and purpose with resources to help as you guide them through these formative years. We have additional resources linked up below because these are definitely not struggles we outgrow as adults!

    Share this episode with your favorite parent, teacher or caregiver to encourage them in the ministry of growing the youth they love in faith.

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    LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE:

    KristelAcevedo.com
    3 Big Questions journal
    Immigration Devos
    No Other Label - a message on identity
    The Art of Being in Relationships - a message on belonging
    Repaired for a Purpose - a message on purpose

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    HANG OUT WITH US:

    Kristel on IG: @kristelace

    Kristin on IG: @kristinmockleryoung
    Mosaic Church on IG: @MosaicCLT

    #becomingchurchpodcast

    Follow @kristinmockleryoung and @mosaicclt on Instagram.

    Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify

    Order Kristin’s book “The Other Side of Certainty: How to Follow Jesus When Easy Answers No Longer Work” on Amazon or Bookshop.org or read Chapter One to see if it's right for you!

    If you've already read "The Other Side of Certainty," leave a review on Amazon or Goodreads to help other people find it.

    35 min
  • Markus Lloyd: Theology of Reconciliation

    Is the world really divided? Is the church? Or are we becoming more and more integrated without even realizing it? Markus Lloyd has stepped off the TV set - at least momentarily - to focus on promoting unity and showing us how connected we really are.

    In this conversation, Markus and Kristin talk about what churches can do to stop fighting against other churches, how church is making God boring and how to broaden our perspectives for better understanding of God and each other. This episode also explores White theology, Black theology and Womanist theology to find the truth of who God is and what scripture really says to all of us.

    Share this episode with anyone who (mistakenly) thinks they’re living in a homogenous space where diversity and racial reconciliation don’t apply to their faith.

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    SCRIPTURE TO EXPLORE:

    John 17:20
    Luke 15:11-32
    Revelation 7:9

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    LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE:

    Markus’ IMDB page
    Threaded
    Why are all the Black kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
    A Theological Commentary on Acts
    Mark DeYmaz, co-founder of Mosaix Global Network
    Online Small Groups for Reconciliation
    Colored Commentary Podcast

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    HANG OUT WITH US:

    Markus on IG: @themarkuslloyd
    Kristin on IG: @kristinmockleryoung
    Mosaic Church on IG: @MosaicCLT

    #becomingchurchpodcast

    Follow @kristinmockleryoung and @mosaicclt on Instagram.

    Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify

    Order Kristin’s book “The Other Side of Certainty: How to Follow Jesus When Easy Answers No Longer Work” on Amazon or Bookshop.org or read Chapter One to see if it's right for you!

    If you've already read "The Other Side of Certainty," leave a review on Amazon or Goodreads to help other people find it.

    1 hr
  • Cut to the Quick with Derwin Gray

    You may know Derwin Gray as a pastor, author or NFL player but do you know him as a TikTok dancer? Do you know what almost kept him from becoming the teacher and speaker that he is today?

    In this episode of Becoming Church, Pastor Derwin of Transformation Church talks about his favorite title, explains why he doesn’t use tips or formulas in his preaching and reveals the magic behind his famous catchphrases…even making one up on the spot for Kristin!

    This is a light, fun conversation that will point you to Jesus through stories, examples and analogies. If you need more resources on how to see Jesus in your everyday life, check out Mosaic’s resources or reach out to Kristin using the links below.

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    SCRIPTURE TO EXPLORE

    Romans 8:31
    Colossians 3:2
    Genesis 3:1
    Matthew 4:4
    John 5:39-40

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    LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE:

    Derwin’s Books
    Kobe Campbell’s episode: Why Am I Like This?
    Transformation’s Flourish series
    Mosaic’s Resource page

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    HANG OUT WITH US:

    Derwin on IG: @derwinlgray

    Kristin on IG: @kristinmockleryoung
    Mosaic Church on IG: @MosaicCLT

    #becomingchurchpodcast

    Follow @kristinmockleryoung and @mosaicclt on Instagram.

    Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify

    Order Kristin’s book “The Other Side of Certainty: How to Follow Jesus When Easy Answers No Longer Work” on Amazon or Bookshop.org or read Chapter One to see if it's right for you!

    If you've already read "The Other Side of Certainty," leave a review on Amazon or Goodreads to help other people find it.

    40 min

About Becoming Church

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Becoming Church is where we explore how the message and movement of Jesus isn’t just about becoming Christians, it’s about becoming The Church the world needs.

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