Bourne & Raised

Are you asking God for clarity, or are you asking Him to confirm the answer you already want?

In this episode of the Bourne and Raised Podcast, Pastor Tim Bourne, Pastor Carrie Bourne, Pastor Jordan Bourne, and Genesis Metro worship staff member Gabbie Foote unpack lessons from the Sisterhood 2026 Retreat and explore how the way we frame a situation can shape everything we believe about it.

Our experiences, emotions, fears, and expectations can cause us to view life through a frame that is not rooted in reality. Through the contrasting stories of Saul and David, the team discusses the difference between reacting from the flesh and grounding our perspective in the unbiased truth of God’s Word.

Gabbie shares how her prayers shifted from, “God, give me confidence, then I will obey,” to simply saying yes before she knew how everything would work out. The conversation expands into surrender, putting down the pen, praying with open hands, and trusting that God may have something better than the outcome we are trying to control.

The team also reflects on the community and worship culture experienced at Sisterhood, why expectation and investment matter, and how godly relationships help move our frame back toward truth when feelings begin pulling it out of alignment.

CHAPTERS

00:00 Intro

02:20 What’s Framing Your Perspective?

08:28 Community That Challenges Us

14:02 Showing Up Expectant In Worship

22:33 Clarity Vs. Confirmation

36:07 Reframing Your Pain

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Can resilience be built before life forces you to use it?

In this episode of the Bourne and Raised Podcast, Pastor Tim Bourne, Pastor Carrie Bourne, Pastor Jordan Bourne, and Pastor Mark Clements continue their conversation on how to build resilience in leadership, marriage, relationships, and everyday life.

The team discusses why talent without adversity can leave people unprepared for pressure, and how discipline, work ethic, and intentionally doing hard things can build the “muscle” of resilience before the real test arrives.

The conversation then turns to accountability and conflict. Can you receive correction without falling apart? Can a marriage, friendship, or team survive a hard conversation and return to health afterward? The group explores why avoiding conflict can actually prevent growth, why coddling can hurt the people we are trying to help, and why healthy people learn to separate their identity from their emotions.

From hiding phones when chores were forgotten to Remember the Titans, hard conversations, marriage, leadership, and learning to keep showing up when you do not feel like it, this episode is about becoming the kind of person who can take a hit, learn from it, and keep moving forward.

CHAPTERS

00:00 Can You Train Resilience?

00:31 Talent Vs. Work Ethic

07:01 Learning Through Hard Things

09:30 Resilience & Accountability

14:55 Why Healthy Relationships Need Conflict

18:13 The Danger of Coddling

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If you missed Part 1 of How To Build Resilience, start there for the foundation of this conversation and check out the earlier episodes in our healthy team series: How To Build Resilience

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What does true resilience look like in marriage, parenting, and leadership?

In this episode of the Bourne and Raised Podcast, Pastor Tim Bourne, Pastor Carrie Bourne, Pastor Jordan Bourne, and Pastor Mark Clements explore how to build a healthy team through grit and perseverance.

Resilience is more than just "getting through it". It’s the ability to return to health after conflict, exhaustion, or failure. The team discusses how resilience is developed like a muscle, why parents must allow children to experience failure, and how faith in Jesus provides a foundation to push off of when life feels overwhelming.

From hilarious parenting stories (including an unforgettable potty-training disaster) to biblical examples like the Apostle Paul and Louis Zamperini, this conversation offers practical tools for anyone looking to lead with grit and purpose.

CHAPTERS

00:00 Defining Resilience

05:15 Parenting for Grit

12:01 Examples of Resilience

17:33 Parenting Stories and Lessons Learned

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If you missed the earlier episodes in this health series, go back and watch Part 1 and Part 2 for more context on building healthy people, healthy relationships, and healthy teams. What Makes A Healthy Team?

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This week on Bourne & Raised, Tim, Carrie, Jordan, and Mark continue their conversation on organizational health, focusing on trust and why healthy teams can navigate disagreement without questioning each other’s motives.

We discuss how trust is earned through character, consistency, and follow-through, how gossip and inconsistent leadership undermine it, and why genuine accountability requires relationships built on trust.

The conversation also celebrates dependable volunteers and explores why leaders must invest in others rather than try to do everything themselves. When healthy culture is modeled consistently, it begins to reproduce itself.

Tim and Carrie share personal stories of sacrificing comfort and resources to make room for teammates, reminding us that building a healthy team means putting the mission ahead of ourselves.

CHAPTERS

00:00 Intro

00:11 Building A Culture Of Trust

07:40 The Value Of A Person You Can Trust

18:16 The Sacrifice Required To Build Something

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This week on Bourne & Raised, Tim, Carrie, Jordan, and Mark begin a new series on organizational health and what separates a team that simply gets results from one that is genuinely healthy.

In Part 1, we focus on two foundational qualities: clarity and ownership.

We discuss why healthy teams need to know what is true and what actually matters, how leaders can damage culture by fixating on the wrong things, and why confusion often grows when people lose sight of the larger mission.

Then we turn to ownership: taking responsibility, finishing what you start, helping the whole team succeed, and refusing to settle for, “I did my part.” Healthy teams win and lose together.

Part 2 continues with trust and how healthy culture begins to reproduce itself.

CHAPTERS

00:00 Intro

10:00 Fixating On The Wrong Things

18:05 External Vs. Internal Ownership

27:50 How Do You Take Ownership?

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This week on Bourne & Raised, Tim, Jordan, and Titus are joined by Korey and Nolan for a full breakdown of what we proudly call THE GREATEST FANTASY FOOTBALL LEAGUE OF ALL TIME.

This is not your average fantasy league. We talk through the combine-style competitions we use to determine draft order, the ridiculous level of competitiveness that comes with every season, the rivalries that have developed over the years, and some of the unforgettable last-place punishments we have handed out along the way.

Korey also brings the championship trophy into the studio after winning the league back-to-back the last two seasons, which naturally gives everyone one more reason to argue, defend themselves, and talk trash.

From the draft process to the punishments, this league has become its own tradition, complete with rules, history, rivalries, and way too much pride on the line. If you think your fantasy football league is competitive, this episode may make you reconsider.

CHAPTERS

00:00 Intro

03:20 Combine Glory

10:20 Our Fantasy Football Woes

26:10 Last Place Punishments

32:50 Winners Of Our League

37:44 3 secrets to success in fantasy football

41:00 Team Names

44:02 Football Jeopardy

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This week on Bourne & Raised, Tim, Carrie, and Jordan are joined by longtime Genesis Metro member Tim Salazar for Part 6 of The Origin Of Genesis Metro.

After years of meeting in an elementary school, Genesis Metro reached a major turning point: moving into its first permanent building at 9750 John W. Elliott Dr.

In this episode, we look back on what that transition required, the faith it took to make the move, and the lessons God taught us along the way. What felt like a huge step at the time became another reminder that the story of Genesis Metro has always been built one act of obedience at a time.

Tim Salazar has been part of Genesis Metro for 20 years and has served at some of the highest levels of our organization. His story is woven throughout so many chapters of the church, so this conversation also gives us the chance to reminisce on some classic Salazar stories, celebrate years of faithfulness, and reflect on what it means to keep showing up for what God is building.

This episode is about more than a building. It is about the people, sacrifices, relationships, and faith that helped Genesis Metro take the next step forward.

CHAPTERS

00:00 Intro + T Sal Joins The Show!

02:00 Recap Of The Genesis Metro Story

03:01 The Jump To 9750

14:45 Renovating 9750

20:22 First Services At 9750

24:18 The Faith Lessons Learned

33:47 How The Church Shifted Through 9750

37:28 T Sal’s Mission Work Experience

43:58 God Prepares You

51:11 God Provides

59:20 If You Didn’t Make It This Far, You Will Regret It

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This live stream of the Bourne & Raised Podcast contained a Q&A involving various marriage questions.

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This week on Bourne & Raised, Tim, Carrie, and Jordan sit down with Adam, the very first person ever baptized at Genesis Metro Church.

More than 24 years ago, before Genesis Metro had the history, stories, and people it has today, Adam’s life became one of the first visible reminders that God was already at work.

In this episode, Tim and Adam look back on how they first met through what seemed like a random job, how that relationship eventually led to conversations about faith, and how Adam ultimately gave his life to Christ and was baptized.

What started as one changed life became part of the foundation of a much bigger story.

Adam shares what following Jesus has looked like over the decades since that baptism, including building a family of his own and maintaining a strong faith through the different seasons of life. Tim and Carrie also get the opportunity to tell Adam what his story meant to Genesis Metro in those earliest days, when every testimony was evidence that the mission was worth pursuing.

It is a powerful reminder that we rarely know how far one act of obedience, one conversation, or one changed life will reach.

Toward the end of the episode, Adam also opens up about his brother Josh’s battle with cancer. We would love for the Bourne & Raised community to join us in praying for Josh and his family during this season.

This episode is about looking back with gratitude, celebrating a life of faithfulness, and remembering that behind every number, baptism, and church milestone is a person whose story matters.

CHAPTERS

00:00 Adam Joins The Show!

01:02 Who Is Adam?

04:21 Adam’s Salvation Story

07:18 The First Baptism Of Genesis Metro History

12:36 Please Pray For Josh

23:28 What Adam Has Meant For Genesis Metro

28:47 The Time Pastor Tim Was Wrong!

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