The Metron Manager Project

Do you care about Afghan refugee kids who are arriving in the USA? Do you wonder what can be done to reach out and help these students?Can God give you something spiritually to give to them? Have you ever wondered if God could give you the gift of speaking in a foreign language? If so... this episode is going to fill you with Joy. 

Follow along as I interview Braden, a middle school math teacher. Braden is regularly used by God in extraordinary ways to impact the lives of his students. 

Spoiler Alert: God gave Braden the gift of tongues and Afghan kids understand him!

Ephesians 4:8 ‘Therefore it says, “When He ascended on high, He led captive the captives, And He gave gifts to people.”

Father God is in the business of giving ... good gifts to people. Braden shares an exciting and moving update of the miracles God has been doing in his school through him and the students he is involved with. 

This deep and challenging testimonial is further evidence that the Kingdom of God is advancing and the Lord aims to use YOU in the process! 

This is a deep episode that leads to some life changing insights about your purpose and your vocation. Follow along as I interview the COO of Workmatters, Ben Kirksey. Workmatters is a highly impactful ministry that has engaged with and equipped over 1 million believers in the workplace!

Ben and I dive into the challenges surrounding the sacred vs. secular paradigms of work and get an inside look at how Workmatters is equipping believers towards authentic On-Mission lifestyles. We also explore the inevitable outcomes when one lives a dis-integrated life and the challenges of competing world-views of work.

Highlights include:

• History and mission of Workmatters
• Insight into the challenges believers face in the workplace
• Why we tend to live and work from two distinct storylines
• Evangelical Gnosticism
• The Biblical paradigm of work
• How a believer can re-integrate their faith and work

You will be truly impacted by this discussion.

Check out this new episode of The Metron Manager Podcast - The Hidden Power of Missionized Work!

On Mission is a term many believers have heard used to describe how we should live in this world. It can be hard to imagine what that actually means on a personal level. In this episode I unpack the concept of Missionized, particularly how it relates to your work and how it is part of your actual Identity as a follower of Christ.

Yes! Missionized is a real word... but how does one become Missionized?

These two terms sound similar but here I explore the distinctions. Missionized is Identity and On Mission is activity. Our life style and activity must start with our identity. 

Follow along as we discover the hidden power of becoming Missionized in the Kingdom of God!

Jonathan Nowlen 

Did You Know that God is Actually Thankful for YOU? Question: How do you make an entrance? Did you know that scripture states the proper way we are to make an entrance before God?

Follow along as I share a major life lesson that I learned from a dream that involved a swearing produce worker.

In this episode I share the concept from scripture of maintaining a posture of thanksgiving and explore the key indicators that illustrate how you make and entrance!

I believe you will be encouraged and challenged by this quick talk and you may even find inspiration and courage to be thankful for your crazy uncle.

Happy Thanksgiving Metron Managers!

Join me for this vibrant Interview with Geoff Peters - Chief Global Marketing Executive for Operation Mobilization & Author of his new book titled 'The Family Business: A Parable About Stepping Into the Life You Were Made For'.

Follow along as I interview author and career mission leader, Geoff Peters. Geoff just released his new book on the vital concept of Co-Laboring with God!

This topic is near to my heart and deeply reflected in my own book titled 'Managing your Metron'. Geoff and I really resonate on this topic and have a similar passion to see followers of Jesus step into the life they were made for! The topic is vital for discovering your purpose and identity in the Kingdom.

Highlights include:

• An overview and introduction to his new book 'The Family Business'
• How to find significance in everything we do
• The original design of God for co-laboring with His kids in the Kingdom
• Geoff's research and insights regarding the Messaging that Christians employ for the mission of God... and the way it often FAILS
• Geoff offers excellent multi cultural perspectives on the concept of On Mission, based on his extensive research and leadership that has led to the Mission Gap Project
• Our discussion covers the challenge of FEAR and how it widely dominates the decision making process of believers
• Geoff shares his own personal journey of success and failures as he discovered the power and liberty of Co-Laboring with God, not just working FOR God.

We live in some really crazy times… like me, you probably look around the world and see chaos. Culture upheaval, random politics, dominating opinions, social ills and economic crisis afflict every region of our world. So what are we as followers of Christ supposed to do? Who are we to be in this word? Do we serve any purpose in this season of spiritual history?

I believe that is the key word… purpose… I want to take you up out of your immediate mess for a minute and share a big picture perspective about what you are actually designed to do. Once you discover your design and the magnitude of your commission as a believer, you will actually find JOY in the midst of crisis and chaos.

Follow as I give you a mile high perspective on who we are and what we are supposed to do as believers living in a season of crisis! You will be incredibly encouraged and find your footing in our unsettled times as you hear this deep dive into the design and purpose for you, the Metron Manager.

Highlights include:

• Our Original Commission
• What does it mean to be called to Work?
• How to recover your PURPOSE!!
• What is a Metron and why does it Matter?
• How did you become an Apostle to a Metron?
• What actually is an Apostle?
• Does God expect me to bring something to the table in the midst of the mess?
• What in the World am I supposed to do??

SAVE the DATE!!! YOU are INVITED!

I am thrilled to introduce the first ever Discover Global conference! 

Discover Global is a collaborative event presented by three organizations that believe solidly in a vibrant future that can be effectively impacted by believers who have a missionized theology of work and are intentionally living On Mission in their Metron!

The Metron Manager Project - Scatter Global and Praxis Labs have allied together to re-discover the Great Commission in the light of the world’s current context.

This will be a catalyst experience that will equip you to live On-Mission in your workplace and give you opportunity to go into all the world and take your job with you!

So what will you walk away with from this event? 

You will gain a missionized theology of work and a global perspective on how work itself can advance the Kingdom in the darkest parts of the world. 

You will receive equipping and opportunity for missional job placement, redemptive entrepreneurialism, and living ‘on-mission’ in your workplace!

You will also connect with a community of Christian professionals who are on a journey to recover the dignity and mission of vocation.

Join us in person here in Fayetteville, Arkansas or follow online through the available Zoom Webinar option. You can watch online as an individual or gather a group together at your location and go through the program together!

The event will from 9:30am - 8:30pm with optional breakfast and networking starting at 8:30 am. The conference includes 3 meals, materials and coffee!

Tickets are 99$ for live attendance and $49 for online access.

If you would like more information or to register visit: DiscoverGlobal.us

Are you called to innovate and create? Have you wondered if your entrepreneurial calling has a place in the Kingdom of God? If so, you will LOVE this episode!

Join me as I interview one of the leading practitioners and thought leaders of Redemptive Entrepreneurship, Melody Murray. Mel and her Husband David are Venture Partners with Praxis Labs.

Praxis is a creative engine for redemptive entrepreneurship, supporting founders, funders, and innovators motivated by their faith to love their neighbors and renew culture.

Mel and David lived, worked, innovated, parented and discipled overseas for over 17 years. Much of that time in North India!

Mel is collaborating with The Metron Manger Project and Scatter Global to guide the Missional Entrepreneurship track at the Discover Global conference!

You will love this paradigm shifting discussion about the role of Entrepreneurs in the Kingdom of God and how vocation is crucial to discipling nations!

You have to hear this... Join me as I interview Andrew Scott, the President & CEO of Operation Mobilization, one of the largest mission organizations on the planet. Andrew is also the co-founder of workplace mission organization Scatter Global. He wrote the book titled 'Scatter - Go Therefore and Take Your Job With You'.

Andrew shares his journey as a long time missions executive and how God led him into a deep pivot towards workplace mission.

This high energy episode will challenge and inspire you about theology of work, On Mission Mindset, the future of missions and the radical changes we are facing in the world today.

Andrew and I also discuss the launch of our collaborative conference called 'Discover Global'. Once you hear this episode you will understand why the message of this event crucial for each and every believer today!