Brad Watson, Author at Saturate

Church Discipleship Leadership Pastoring Spiritual Growth

July 25, 2017

Leading through Repentance and Faith

Repentance is likely something you are used to suggesting to someone in your church or something you typically do after a fight with your spouse or impatience with your children. Have you ever repented of the darkness in your…

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Church Discipleship Leadership Pastoring Spiritual Growth

July 18, 2017

We Need to Believe the Gospel for Ourselves

Christ died for you. You are loved, and you are His son or daughter (1 John 3:1). He has empowered you with His Spirit to be His witness (Acts 1:8). He will work in you and through you as…

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Leadership Missional Community Saturate Podcast

July 12, 2017

Episode 012: How To Form Missional Communities

In this episode of The Saturate Podcast, Jeff Vanderstelt talks about the necessary elements for forming and leading a missional community.

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Church Discipleship Leadership Pastoring Spiritual Growth

July 6, 2017

We Choose to Believe Lies

When Mirela and I loaded up our belongings and headed to the Pacific Northwest, we were filled with an incredible blend of expectation and zeal. We knew something major was happening, and God was going to let us be…

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Saturate Podcast Spiritual Growth

June 28, 2017

Episode 011: Using the Enneagram in Missional Communities

In this episode of The Saturate Podcast, Brad and Jared welcome Adam Breckenridge to the podcast as they discuss the Enneagram, a tool to understand our personality and how we relate to God and others. They also chat about how…

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Discipleship Life Issues Missional Community Saturate Podcast

June 21, 2017

Episode 010: Making Disciples in a Hurried Life

In this episode of The Saturate Podcast, Brad and Jared discuss the nearly overwhelming challenge of balancing life in a community and the busyness of life and family. How do you give each thing the proper time, energy, and…

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Church Discipleship Leadership Pastoring Spiritual Growth

June 20, 2017

We Choose Exhaustion

Throughout the years, I have come across a growing number of people on the cusp of burnout in communities and organizations across the spectrum of the gospel-centered discipleship movement. Many were close friends, few were acquaintances, and one of them…

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Saturate Podcast

June 14, 2017

Episode 009: Gospel Fluency with Jackie Hill Perry

In this episode of The Saturate Podcast, Mirela Watson talks with writer, speaker, and musical artist Jackie Hill Perry about gospel fluency, her call as an artist, and more.

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Bible & Theology Holy Spirit Leadership Prayer Spiritual Growth

June 13, 2017

Relying on the Helper

I often plead with leaders, coaches, and communities to depend on the Holy Spirit. I plead with Christians to rely on the Spirit, whom Jesus promised would be our helper. But what does that mean? With so much confusion…

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Holy Spirit Missional Community Saturate Podcast

June 7, 2017

Episode 008: Seeking Missional People

In this episode of The Saturate Podcast, Brad talks with Todd Morr (Director of International Partnerships with Saturate) about the smallest and often forgotten aspect of missional community life: the individual person. Also, check out our new resource by…

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Church Discipleship Leadership Pastoring Spiritual Growth

June 6, 2017

We Choose Distraction

A distraction is something that prevents us from giving full attention to the essential thing in front of us. Our problem isn’t that we give our full attention to something other than discipleship, but that we divide our attention among many things.…

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Church Coaching Pastoring Saturate Podcast

May 31, 2017

Episode 007: Shared Learning and Coaching Cohorts

On this week's episode of The Saturate Podcast, David Achata and Brad Watson talk with Dan Bovenmyer and Ryan Latour about how Saturate coaching cohorts have impacted their lives, teams, and churches.

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May 24, 2017

Episode 006: Why is Coaching Important for Missional Communities?

On this week's episode of The Saturate Podcast, David Achata joins Brad to discuss the role of coaching: what it is, what it is not, and its role in creating healthy and effective missional communities.

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Saturate Podcast

May 17, 2017

Episode 005: Developing Disciple-making Leaders

In this episode of The Saturate Podcast, Brad and Jared are joined by pastor and author Ben Connelly to discuss how we can develop leaders in our churches and missional communities.

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May 16, 2017

Our Common Struggle to Believe the Gospel

We ask for polished leaders; God sends us messy people to disciple. The vision of a movement of people coming to greater faith in the gospel increasingly is what draws most of us into church leadership. The image of…

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May 10, 2017

Episode 004: What does it mean to be “gospel fluent”?

In this episode of The Saturate Podcast, Jeff Vanderstelt and Justin Anderson discuss the meaning of gospel fluency and how to speak the truths of Jesus into the everyday stuff of life.

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May 3, 2017

Episode 003: Avoiding Missional Burnout

In this next episode of The Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson and Jared Pickney discuss causes of missional burnout and ways that we can rest.

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April 28, 2017

Episode 002: Multiplying Missional Communities

In this episode of The Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson and Jared Pickney discuss HOW and WHEN do you multiply missional communities? Brad and Jared discuss the things you need in place, as well as practical tips for multiplying well.

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April 5, 2017

Episode 001: Do Missional Communities Really Work?

In this first episode of The Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson and Jared Pickney discuss common objections and difficulties people have with missional communities.

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February 23, 2017

How to Be a Storyteller

What do you do when you get together with friends? You start with a story. What do you do when you return from vacation? Do you pull out the agenda from the cruise and walk them through a list of…

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February 5, 2017

How Do You Choose a Common Mission?

(You can read the next part in the How Do We Do It series here.) How does your community move from sitting quietly and neatly in a comfortable living room to engaging the people of your city with the…

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January 30, 2017

Sharing Life with Refugees

As your Facebook feed fills your heart with a zeal that borders anger, you will likely wonder: What can I do? The refugee crisis cannot be ignored. It’s found in every newspaper in every corner of the world. Politicians win…

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Community Discipleship Domains of Society Faith and Work Identity Leadership Mission Missional Community Missionary

January 25, 2017

Scattered

There is and always has been an individual and communal aspect to mission. Mission is done in community. A community shares the load of the mission of making disciples. It takes a group to demonstrate Jesus to others. A…

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Discipleship Gospel Holy Spirit Identity Leadership Spiritual Growth

January 12, 2017

Curriculum, Tools, Modules . . . Oh My!

This week we released the first of this year's helpful tools, Annual Planning: Hopes & Dreams! Resource overview for 2017 The primary plan for this year will focus on making our current resources easier to use with new guides,…

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Church Coaching Community Discipleship Everyday Rhythms Family Gospel Identity Leadership Life Issues Mission Missional Community Missionary Pastoring Resources Servant

January 11, 2017

What’s Next?

Filled with the excitement of making a covenant, they meet with their pastor who is also “coaching” them through this process. Their first question is, “What do we do now?” Imagine a newly launched missional community lead by a…

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December 23, 2016

Feasting at the Arrival of God to Us

(Enjoy the fourth and final part in our series called Celebrating Advent.) We anxiously wait for the powerful moment of hope’s arrival. Our most revered and treasured tradition is our Christmas Eve feast. This family tradition pre-dates our marriage,…

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December 16, 2016

The Arrival of Our Enough

(Enjoy part three in a new series called Celebrating Advent. You can read part four here.) We are servants to the Son who was born King. I ran my first 5K on Thanksgiving with my whole family: three kids and…

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December 9, 2016

Why Did God Have to Come?

(Enjoy part two in a new series called Celebrating Advent. You can read part three here.) “Why did God have to come, anyway?” Christmas is a magical time for kids as they see the glow of lights, trees in the…

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December 2, 2016

Preparing Room For God’s Arrival to Us

(Enjoy this first blog in a new series called celebrating Advent. Read post two here.) How will you prepare room in your heart for God this Christmas season? Christmas Tree Hunting In the early days of Advent we drive out…

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November 11, 2016

An American in Europe

We are all (regardless of nationality) prone to wander and seek our own security, approval, comfort, and control until we find our faith and trust in Jesus. Twelve years ago, I moved away from Europe, and yet it remains my…

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October 24, 2016

Train, Model, Send

It’s one thing to teach people what to do and how, but it’s an entirely different experience to give them the equipment to do it on their own. When I was 16 my grandfather invited me spend the summer working…

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Gospel Shepherding Leadership Missional Community

June 30, 2016

Am I Called to Lead?

There are three more “typical” ways God calls people into leadership. Sometimes, people are led to start a missional community through, what most of us would call, the spectacular. They have a dream, and see seemingly bizarre signs, or…

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June 8, 2016

Start With a Common Mission

3 Ways to Share Mission The result of the church being sent is that we live as a community of disciples—not only devoted to Jesus and to one another—but devoted to our neighbors and our city, too. When we…

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Episode 010: Making Disciples in a Hurried Life

We Choose Exhaustion

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Episode 002: Multiplying Missional Communities

Episode 001: Do Missional Communities Really Work?

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Preparing Room For God’s Arrival to Us

An American in Europe

Train, Model, Send

Am I Called to Lead?

Start With a Common Mission

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More by Brad Watson

Leading through Repentance and Faith

We Need to Believe the Gospel for Ourselves

Episode 012: How To Form Missional Communities

We Choose to Believe Lies

Episode 011: Using the Enneagram in Missional Communities

Episode 010: Making Disciples in a Hurried Life

We Choose Exhaustion

Episode 009: Gospel Fluency with Jackie Hill Perry

Relying on the Helper

Episode 008: Seeking Missional People

We Choose Distraction

Episode 007: Shared Learning and Coaching Cohorts

Episode 006: Why is Coaching Important for Missional Communities?

Episode 005: Developing Disciple-making Leaders

Our Common Struggle to Believe the Gospel

Episode 004: What does it mean to be “gospel fluent”?

Episode 003: Avoiding Missional Burnout

Episode 002: Multiplying Missional Communities

Episode 001: Do Missional Communities Really Work?

How to Be a Storyteller

How Do You Choose a Common Mission?

Sharing Life with Refugees

Scattered

Curriculum, Tools, Modules . . . Oh My!

What’s Next?

Feasting at the Arrival of God to Us

The Arrival of Our Enough

Why Did God Have to Come?

Preparing Room For God’s Arrival to Us

An American in Europe

Train, Model, Send

Am I Called to Lead?

Start With a Common Mission

Questions? Ask Us.

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