An introduction to our training through Robert Coleman's, "The Master Plan of Evangelism." Chad and Tim begin season three of Good Soil with some helpful filters for using this standard text in training up volunteers and staff.

The Soil

Aug 19th, 2020 24m 1s

As they wrap-up this season of retrieving guidance from "The Cultivated Life," Chad and Tim talk through some key metaphors which are so helpful for life and ministry. Susan Phillips flips things on the reader as we realize that, while we began

Participation

Aug 6th, 2020 25m 22s

Tim and Chad make the turn from receiving cultivation to participating in cultivation.

Attention

Jul 6th, 2020 21m 51s

Susan Phillips includes a chapter titled "Cultivating Attention" which Tim and Chad discuss to conclude the three part series on receiving cultivation.

Stopping

Jul 6th, 2020 26m 19s

Chad and Tim discuss the radical discipline of stopping and how God uses it to form us.

Listening and Receiving Cultivation

Jun 18th, 2020 23m 58s

Tim and Chad begin a three part series on receiving cultivation through Susan Phillips chapters on listening, stopping, and attending. Listening is essential in our process of being transformed, and being listened to is one of God's ways of ext

Growing a Garden inside the Circus

Jun 12th, 2020 23m 20s

"The Cultivated Life," by Susan Phillips has inspired Chad and Tim to reflect on the metaphors they use to describe ministry work. She gives ministers a path to participation in God's Kingdom rather than remaining stuck performing their work in

Implementation

May 28th, 2020 23m 31s

Chad and Tim take this philosophy of ministry and describe how they implemented it in their organization. Solitude to Community to Ministry has become the core of their culture and has served to lead everyone in their organization toward health

Ministry and Temptation

May 18th, 2020 33m 9s

Chad and Tim discuss and very Merton-esque approach to the temptations of Jesus in the wilderness. Referencing Henri Nouwen's work on Christian leadership they emphasize the significance of the order, moving from solitude to community to minist

Ministry

May 18th, 2020 22m 22s

"Ministry is not primarily something that you do (although it may call you to do many things) it is something you have to trust." Henri Nouwen has put into words the great mystery of ministry. Chad and Tim discuss what this understanding of min

Ministry

May 11th, 2020 22m 22s

Community

May 1st, 2020 24m 56s

Chad and Tim add a short segment to the podcast called "ministry fails" and then discuss Jesus' way of community.

Solitude

Apr 24th, 2020 26m 23s

Solitude is the foundation of faithful ministry in the tradition of Jesus. To begin, one must know her basic identity as beloved of God. Chad and Tim begin to define what solitude is for them personally and for their organization.

Part 2 Doing Ministry Backward

Apr 24th, 2020 30m 14s

Chad and Tim wrap up the story of their shift to a new philosophy of ministry and the resulting changes it has made in their organization and ministry.

Episode 1 Doing Ministry Backwards

Apr 21st, 2020 32m 18s

Episode 1 of season 1, Chad and Tim introduce the occasion for their shift in philosophy and core values to "moving from solitude to community to ministry."

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