Gravity Commons Podcast

Most of us think of power as control. The ability to “make things happen”. Then we project this onto God, thinking he is the most able to “make things happen”. But what if God’s power was more characterized by love than control? Is love powerful? This is Part 2 of our series on power in […]

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Abuse of power in the church has been exposed more in the last few years that ever before, but what does this have to do with us “normal” leaders who haven’t abused power egregiously like the leaders we see in the news? On our 1-year podcast anniversary, we start a new series on power in the […]

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Many of us associate Lent with eating fish on Fridays… but what is Lent? And why would someone want to practice it, especially if it isn’t part of your tradition? In this episode, Ben and Matt chat with Aaron Damiani, who wrote a book on why and how to practice Lent: The Good of Giving Up: […]

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What’s the difference between self-care and self-indulgence? How can you tell if you’re practicing healthy rest or unhealthy indulgence? In this episode, Ben, Matt and Ben discuss this issue based on some of their recent personal kairos moments. Is there such a thing as healthy ambition? Do we make our resting into “work?” Ben H. also […]

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In this episode Ben, Matt and Ben answer a recent email that questions the balance between managing and micromanaging. Some of the topics we cover are: self-leadership comes before leading others paying attention to our own anxiety in the midst of leading how to invite change in others (parenting tip!) how do we leverage everything […]

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In this episode Ben and Matt talk with Bonnie Kristian about how faith and flexibility go together. We often think of them as opposites, but in fact we need some flexibility for our faith to grow. Topics in this episode: In seasons of disillusionment, how can we let our faith be flexible without losing our faith […]

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We interview Hannah Anderson on the (alleged) idolatry of the family. We wanted to talk with her after we saw a Twitter thread she posted awhile back on family idolatry. She is insightful and has an important, nuanced message about this that we got to talk with her about. It was a GREAT conversation. Resources to […]

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We interview Aaron Niequist about his new book The Eternal Current: How a Practice-Based Faith Can Save Us from Drowning. Links and resources: Pick up Aaron’s new book: The Eternal Current: How a Practice-Based Faith Can Save Us from Drowning Connect with Aaron on Twitter Aaron’s website Gravity Leadership Academy | we’re always starting new cohorts! If […]

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We interview Luke Norsworthy about his new book God Over Good: Saving Your Faith By Losing Your Expectations of God. Links and resources: Luke’s podcast: Newsworthy with Norsworthy Connect with Luke on Twitter. Gravity Leadership Academy | we’re always starting new cohorts! If you found this episode of the Gravity Leadership Podcast helpful, please let us […]

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We interview Carlos Rodriguez of Happy Sonship and Happy Givers NPO about the dynamics of following Jesus in an increasingly polarized world, and how his work in Puerto Rico among the poor and marginalized has informed his perspective. It was a really fun, helpful conversation! Links and resources: Connect with Carlos on Twitter. Support Carlos’ work […]

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