Casey and Stephen share a funny story about an upcoming opportunity to spread Christmas cheer and discuss a popular book that shapes the narrative on mental health in our society.

Casey and Stephen chat briefly about the recent election and just scratch the surface on real rest.

Casey and Stephen walk through some work of Casey's "old friend" Alan Hirsch as they consider how maybe the church would be better off to shift our focus away from community to communitas. What's communitas? Listen in and find out!

Casey and Stephen discuss Hurricane Helene and continue the conversation on community!

Casey and Stephen return to the topic of "COMMUNITY" in this episode. For a link to the article at the heart of the discussion, please reach out and we will send you the link!

Casey baits Stephen into a discussion he did not see coming! So, is it possible or even Christ-like to be unoffendable, even in the face of potentially overt mocking? The guys also talk briefly about the uptick in connections to other ministy efforts around the country and the globe. Check out the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Unoffendable-Change-Better-updated-chapters/dp/1400333598

Casey and Stephen walk through two very different experiences of "church" on the same Sunday morning and only 1.5 miles apart.

Casey returns from his vacation this week to join Stephen in discussing The Gathering from this past Sunday during which we packed a home out! So, do all those people make what we are doing better?

Another favoriate guest resourcer joins Stephen to share a brief glimpe of what it has looked like to start a new gathering out of an existing congregation that gathers in homes. Jess and Hugh Hopper have learned so much and are happy to share a bit of their story with all of us in this episode.