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Saturate Podcast

February 20, 2019

Episode 69: Making Disciples in a Narcissistic Society 

In this live episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Adam Breckenridge about the challenges and opportunities we face as we make disciples in a self-focused culture. How do you challenge and encourage people toward Jesus when all…

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DiscipleshipFoundationsGospelIdentityMissionMissional CommunitySocial Justice

February 19, 2019

Elevating the Poor

  Becoming a friend to the poor requires a recognition of the ways that Jesus invited us to sit with Him and be elevated with Him, even though we could never deserve it. Throughout the story of the Bible, it…

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by Brad Watson 0

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ChurchDiscipleshipFoundationsGospelMissionMissional CommunityResources

February 14, 2019

Where Do I Go from Here?

  Your missional community walked through the Field Guide laying the foundation for being the church and you then made a covenant filled with practical next steps to grow up into faithfulness and obedience . . . but what’s next? …

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by Duke Revard 0

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ChurchCoachingFoundationsLeadershipPastoringResources

February 12, 2019

The Orientation of a Strong Team

  Read part one, two and three of this series. Once you have understood yourself and your leaders, assessed your church's seasonal needs, and have hired the right complimentary team members, you are ready to establish the new team in strength. Beginnings matter.…

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by Brad Watson 0

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Saturate Podcast

February 7, 2019

Episode 68: A Conversation with Zack Eswine [Live]

In this live episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson and Jared Pickney talk with pastor, professor, and author Zack Eswine about how everyday leaders wrestle with leadership, ego, drive, and temptation to prove themselves.

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by Todd Engstrom 0

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ChurchCoachingGospelLeadershipMissional CommunityPastoringTransitioning

February 7, 2019

Moving Toward Mission without Division

  This is an excerpt from a live Question + Response session in our newly launched Missional Church Transition Starter. How do you continue to move your church into the missional mindset when thirty percent of your church doesn’t want to…

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by Duke Revard 0

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CoachingDiscipleshipFoundationsGospelLeadershipPastoring

February 5, 2019

Finding the Right People

  Read part one and two of this series. Once you have established the giftedness of the first leader or first few leaders, begin to assess what's missing. Do you have a strong teacher and shepherd, but no evangelist? Do…

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by Amy Lathrop 0

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ChurchDiscipleshipGospelLeadershipPastoringResourcesTransitioning

January 31, 2019

Get Started – Moving from Sunday to Everyday

  Where do you begin when transitioning your church from Sunday to everyday? What small shifts are essential?  Has anyone tried to move their churches from attractional or traditional models of discipleship toward missional communities? What are their stories? What did…

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by Brad Watson 1

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Saturate Podcast

January 30, 2019

Episode 067: Transitioning Church and City Movement

In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with leaders of a gospel movement in St. Louis, Missouri about how God builds his church, calls them toward everyday discipleship, and how churches work together to make small shifts toward the…

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by Duke Revard 0

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CoachingDiscipleshipFoundationsLeadershipPastoring

January 29, 2019

Building a Strong Team

  Read part one of this series here. Leaders with a shared definition of team leadership are now prepared to build a strong team. Strong teams must account for the following. . . Self-awareness The strongest teams are not pre-existent. There…

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by Brad Watson 0

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Saturate Podcast

January 24, 2019

Episode 066: Equipping Students for Making Disciples Today

    In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Adam Hillyer, the student director at Doxa Church in Seattle, Washington. They discuss student equipping, developing student leaders, and how you approach discipleship with students.

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by Paul Whaley 0

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ChurchDiscipleshipFoundationsGospelHoly SpiritLeadershipPastoringTransitioning

January 24, 2019

How Transitioning Impacts Sunday Morning

  This is an excerpt from a Question + Response session in our newly launched Missional Church Transition Starter. Question: As you transition towards missional groups, how has that affected what you do on Sunday morning? Ah, that's a great question.…

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by Duke Revard 0

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ChurchCoachingDiscipleshipFoundationsLeadershipPastoring

January 22, 2019

Redefining Team Leadership

  Most established churches in North America speak of the value of team leadership, yet the outworking, from church to church, varies widely. In one church, “team leadership” is what Jim Collins has aptly termed “a-genius-with-a-thousand-helpers.” Here team leadership means…

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by Rachel Swartley 0

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DiscipleshipGospelIdentityLife IssuesSpiritual Growth

January 15, 2019

He is Always Calling Us Back

  Read Part One Here. In no way is this meant to be a voice of condemnation, for I am the worst of us! However, I have personally come to a place of seeing my deep need for Jesus through…

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by Jeff Vanderstelt 0

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ChurchDiscipleshipGospelMissional CommunityPastoringTransitioning

January 14, 2019

Why Missional Community Pilot Groups?

  This is an excerpt from our newly released, Pilot Group Guide.  This resource is available through the Missional Church Transition Starter.     If you are a church of missional communities that is growing numerically through Sunday attendance or…

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by Jeff Vanderstelt 0

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DiscipleshipEveryday RhythmsFamilyGospelHoly SpiritIdentityLife IssuesSpiritual Growth

January 10, 2019

Jesus is the True Friend

  Whoever isolates himself seeks his own desire; he breaks out against all sound judgment. A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. Proverbs 18:1, 24 In what…

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by Brad Watson 0

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Saturate Podcast

January 9, 2019

Episode 065: The Relational Soul of Community

    In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson, Jared Pickney, and Adam Breckenridge talk with pastoral counselor and spiritual director, Richard Plass about the underlying and bedrock of missional community experience: relationships. While we could talk about techniques…

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by Rachel Swartley 0

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Everyday RhythmsGospelGospel ShepherdingIdentityLife IssuesSpiritual Growth

January 8, 2019

Enduring Trials Well

  Measuring Suffering The aching desire for a spouse, the pain of losing a friend, the uncertainty of finding a job...these things all produce pain. Why is it, though, that we tend to compare our suffering to the next person,…

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by Nathan Cedarland 0

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DiscipleshipEveryday RhythmsFoundationsGospelIdentity

January 3, 2019

Moving Forward by Looking Back

  Are you planning to skim this article as fast as you can so you can move onto the next thing? If so, then you are fairly normal. We live in a fast-paced, instant gratification, FOMO culture. Rushing from one…

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by Brad Watson 1

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DiscipleshipFoundationsGospelIdentitySaturate PodcastSpiritual Growth

December 25, 2018

Arrival of Enough

    A few years ago, I ran a 5K on Thanksgiving with my whole family - three kids and two strollers. As we crossed the finish line the announcer said, “Welcome the stroller team!” The race was through the…

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by Brad Watson 0

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DiscipleshipFoundationsGospelIdentitySaturate PodcastSpiritual Growth

December 24, 2018

Gospel Feast

    Our Advent traditions have become numerous: we cut down our tree at the Beck family farm in the shadow of Mt. Hood; we make cinnamon rolls for our neighbors; we go ice skating at the mall; I take…

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by Brad Watson 0

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DiscipleshipFoundationsGospelIdentitySaturate PodcastSpiritual Growth

December 23, 2018

Lasting Redeeming Love

      On these last days of Advent, we turn our gaze to the love embodied in the crib. The incarnation carries into our world not just hope, peace, and joy, but Christ brings with Him a love of…

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by Brad Watson 0

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DiscipleshipFoundationsGospelIdentitySaturate PodcastSpiritual Growth

December 22, 2018

Loved from the Beginning

    One of my favorite Christmas memories came five years ago when Mirela told me she was pregnant with our second child. I was overjoyed, amazed, and humbled. When that daughter was born we named her “Maitê,” which means…

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by Brad Watson 0

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DiscipleshipFoundationsGospelIdentitySaturate PodcastSpiritual Growth

December 21, 2018

Future Victory and Present Joy

    We find ourselves between two arrivals - the first in Jesus in Bethlehem and the second as He comes again. We stand between resurrection and restoration.  That’s precisely why this season is so important; it locates our hope,…

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by Brad Watson 0

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DiscipleshipFoundationsGospelIdentitySaturate PodcastSpiritual Growth

December 20, 2018

The True Light

    I haven’t found a suburban light show, a boat parade light show, or the lights in a fancy mall in Los Angeles to compare the Christmas lights of Lisbon, Portugal. My home city truly rises to the occasion…

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by Brad Watson 0

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DiscipleshipFoundationsGospelIdentitySaturate PodcastSpiritual Growth

December 19, 2018

Emmanuel

    Christmas is one of those strange times you sing a lot. It’s also a time when you oddly sing words in Latin, Greek, Hebrew, and all sorts of languages. A favorite, I think, is the song “O Come,…

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by Cassie Langford 0

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DiscipleshipGospelHoly SpiritIdentityMissional CommunitySpiritual Growth

December 18, 2018

From Jaded to Jeweled

  A guy who has hung around on the outskirts of our missional community sent a message asking for gas money this week.  He said he missed us, but he has been going to another local church. My gut reaction…

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by Brad Watson 0

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DiscipleshipFoundationsGospelIdentitySaturate PodcastSpiritual Growth

December 18, 2018

Good Times Have Come, So Go Tell it On the Mountain

    We tell the stories that matter most to us and our world. The stories you tell at parties, over dinner, and even in small talk have two overlapping qualities: you like them and you think the people around…

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by Brad Watson 0

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DiscipleshipFoundationsGospelIdentitySaturate PodcastSpiritual Growth

December 17, 2018

Joy to the World, Good News!

      I’ll never forget where I was when I first heard the news: LeBron James was coming to Los Angeles to play for our Lakers. King James was going to come! After years of trying to read between…

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by Brad Watson 0

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DiscipleshipFoundationsGospelIdentityMissionSaturate PodcastSpiritual Growth

December 16, 2018

The Meaning of Joy

    This Advent season has been a delight for me as we’ve walked through hope and peace. Now we turn our gaze toward joy. Our modern dictionaries define joy as a feeling of great happiness. It’s essentially pleasure plus,…

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by Brad Watson 0

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DiscipleshipFoundationsGospelSaturate PodcastSpiritual Growth

December 15, 2018

When the Soul Feels Its Worth

    This past week, each reflection has focused on the theme of Peace and the Kingdom Jesus’ birth brings. It all seems so wonderful. The birth of the saving king, so glorious. The highest glory has come to us!…

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by Brad Watson 0

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DiscipleshipFoundationsGospelSaturate PodcastSpiritual Growth

December 14, 2018

The End of War — Healing of the Nations

    My favorite Christmas movie is Joyeux Noel. It tells the true story of a Christmas Day Truce in the trenches of World War I between the Germans, French, and British. The cost of World War I was a…

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by Nathan Cedarland 0

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ChurchDiscipleshipEveryday RhythmsGospelIdentityMissional Community

December 13, 2018

Better than Christmas

  At heart, I’m a nostalgic sentimentalist. Growing up, It’s a Wonderful Life was not only my favorite Christmas movie but my favorite movie in general. Seriously. Almost any holiday song by Nat King Cole or Bing Crosby still fills…

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by Brad Watson 0

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DiscipleshipFoundationsGospelSaturate PodcastSpiritual Growth

December 13, 2018

We’ve Been Brought Near

    We all have a complicated relationship with the Church. It’s a ruckus communion of saints. It’s for many a place of quarreling, a place of scheming, a place of power, and even for those same people, a place…

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by Brad Watson 0

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DiscipleshipFoundationsGospelSaturate PodcastSpiritual Growth

December 12, 2018

The Kingdom that Divides

    Growing up, my family spent each night of the holidays sitting beneath the glow of the Christmas tree and watching Christmas movies. We watched the original Miracle on 34th Street and the “new” Miracle on 34th Street (which…

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by Tim Parlier 0

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CommunityDiscipleshipGospelLeadershipMissionMissionaryYouth & Teens

December 11, 2018

Sent Where the Sin Is

As we at Saturate seek to commission disciple-makers of students (or anyone for that matter), we are confronted with circumstances and beliefs that seems to be stopping many from starting a new work or shifting their current ministry functions. There…

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