In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with three aerospace engineers on what it is like to live the gospel in their workplace and industry while also making disciples within a missional community.
In this Episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with lawyer and public defender, Ryan Wolfe about how the gospel shapes his calling and vocation to be an advocate for those who have can't afford one. They discuss…
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Katie and Andrew about being a family with a special needs child and being a family on mission. They share their story on how everything God gives us…
In this episode of the Saturate podcast, Brad Watson talks with Trip, Sarah, and Mirela about being parents as disciples while living as a community on mission with their kids. They talk about what it means to be a…
Episode 82: Everyday Disciples in LA: Entertainment Industry
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Hope, Austin, and Jared about living out the gospel in everyday life within the entertainment industry. They share insights on the power of the gospel, community, and mission as…
Episode 81: Everyday Disciples in LA: Customer Service
In the first installment of a new series on the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with three disciples at Soma in Los Angeles about living life with gospel intentionality as they work in customer service jobs. They discuss the challenges,…
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Dan Bovenmyer of Grace Community Church in Iowa City, Iowa about how their multi-site church disciples people toward everyday mission and delight in following Jesus in everything. They also…
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Abe Myesenburg and David Achata about leading from the gospel and how much of our current leadership structures and cultures are broken.
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with the podcast's producer, Ben Fort, about loving artists in our communities and on mission well. They get practical and share stories about this important way we can love…
Episode 77: Gospel Intentionality: Equipping Disciples to Live the Rhythms
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson learns from Kevin Platt about how he helps cast vision, train, and remind people in his church about the BLESS rhythms. This conversation is the crucial conclusion to our Gospel Intentionality series.
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Kevin Platt of Missio Dei in Arizona on the BLESS rhythm: Speak. How do we intentionally declare good news in all of life? One of the fundamental realities is…
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad and Mirela Watson talk about intentionally resting to enjoy God and the missional power of taking a day off with a focus on being with God and enjoying his world.
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad and Mirela Watson talk about living everyday with intentional focus around meals. They share practical experience and their story of growing in this area as the front line of…
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad and Mirela Watson talk about living with intentionality around the rhythm of listening. Why does listening to others make such a big difference? What does that look like? How can…
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad and Mirela Watson talk about living life with gospel intentionality and why it is hard to think of others as a way of life and how to practically make blessing…
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson introduces our newest series on daily gospel rhythms. He talks about the importance of the truth of the gospel and our identity and then outlines how the gospel connects…
Episode 70: How the Gospel is the Center of Justice
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with poet and artist Preston Perry about his poem, New Woke Christian, and how the gospel is the solution to every challenge facing our society, including social injustice.
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…
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.
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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,…
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! When…
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…
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…
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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