Ben and Evan discuss the 70th anniversary of Westside Church, and how prayer fits into a forward-facing vision.

What qualifies as prayer? Evan and Ben discuss how prayer is the first stop on the path towards the way of Jesus and explore how different forms of prayer are critical to “pray without ceasing”.

In this episode of Westside Church’s Behind the Message Podcast, author Joshua Ryan Butler joins Ben and Evan to discuss his new book, The Party Crasher: How Jesus disrupts Politics as Usual and Redeems our Partisan Divide.

This week, Behind the Message returns to discuss Westside’s new approach to leadership, as Pastor Steve Mickel announces the addition of 2 senior pastors. Our panel discusses.

On this first episode of season 3, Pastor Steve Mickel announces the release of his book, Walking in the Dark: Trusting God when Life Happens. “I hope what I believe is right, like when Jesus said, ‘I go to prepare a place for you where you can be with me.’ I hope he was telling me the truth, not just for me but for [my son] Chase… The sun’s going to rise again. Not just on that day when Jesus comes back and we all get to experience His presence, but it’s going to rise on this day… There could still be a best day ever for me, without Chase. Why not? That’s who God is. He does want to produce beauty out of ashes.” – Steve Mickel

Steve Mickel joins the live podcast to discuss being known for vulnerability and when it can cross over into over sharing.

Westside’s new church plant will be pastored by Seth Waters. Seth joins the podcast to discuss his message on our new identity in Christ.

We look at ways to connect ourselves to the relationships and activities that fuel the soul. When we allow our souls to run on empty, we have little to offer those around us.