Saturate is committed to seeing a gospel movement happen in North America and beyond in which every man, woman, and child have a daily encounter with Jesus in word and deed. This podcast is an ongoing conversation with disciples, leaders, and experts growing in the gospel and growing in living the implications of the gospel in community and on mission.
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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 ...
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Arrival of Enough
A few years ago, I ran a 5K on Thanksgiving with my whole family - three kids and two strollers ...
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Gospel Feast
Our Advent traditions have become numerous: we cut down our tree at the Beck family farm in the shadow of ...
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Lasting Redeeming Love
On these last days of Advent, we turn our gaze to the love embodied in the crib. The incarnation carries ...
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Loved from the Beginning
One of my favorite Christmas memories came five years ago when Mirela told me she was pregnant with our second ...
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Future Victory and Present Joy
We find ourselves between two arrivals - the first in Jesus in Bethlehem and the second as He comes again ...
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The True Light
I haven’t found a suburban light show, a boat parade light show, or the lights in a fancy mall in ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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The Kingdom that Divides
Growing up, my family spent each night of the holidays sitting beneath the glow of the Christmas tree and watching ...
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How the Long Expected Jesus Came
How does the king come? We know He comes to change the world. We know He was born into our ...
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A Child and Big Government
Wherever he reigns, His thriving and flourishing will be there, too! His law is peace. On May 19, 2018, Prince ...
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Peace on Earth
At the center of the angel’s announcement on the first Christmas night is this phrase found in Luke 2:14; it’s ...
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Mourning with Hope in a Tragic World
Christmas can be a time of lights, trees, parties, and decadent food, but it is definitely a season of grief ...
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A Humble Baby?
“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me ...
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Responding to the King’s Arrival
Go on up to a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news; lift up your voice with strength, O Jerusalem, ...
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Life from a Stump
As I mentioned previously, our family always cuts down a Christmas tree. Each year, we leave a stump in the ...
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Jesus Came into the World
“Jesus came into Galilee” is offered as hope, the first hope. After centuries of silence, of struggle, and continued sin, ...
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The True Story of Hope
On a December morning in Newtown, Connecticut in 2012, children and teachers were likely gearing up for a day filled ...
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Why Did Jesus Have to Come?
Christmas is a magical time for kids as they see the glow of lights, trees in the home, and packages ...
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Preparing for Advent
Christmas Tree Hunting In the early days of Advent, we drive out to the Beck family farm to cut down ...
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New Resource Now Available!
We have a new resource for kids, families, communities, and churches. I'm very excited about it. This children's resource began as ...
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Episode 64: Taking Small and Big Steps Toward Everyday Discipleship
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson and Jeff Vanderstelt talk about the tension many believers face: they want ...
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Episode 063: Cultivating Leadership Pipeline
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson and Jared Pickney talk about the importance of developing an intentional ...
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Episode 062: Loving People Through Apologetics
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with poet and apparel designer, Preston Perry, about loving people ...
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Episode 061: Thriving as an Introvert in Community
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Saturate Managing Director, Amy Lathrop about being an introvert ...
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Episode 060: Here in Spirit with Jonathan Dodson
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Jonathan Dodson about the person of the Holy Spirit, ...
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Episode 058: Leadership That Releases Movement
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with David Achata about a new premium podcast we're launching ...
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Episode 057: Sexuality, Identity, and the Gospel with Jackie Hill Perry
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with writer and artist, Jackie Hill Perry about her new book Gay ...
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Episode 056: How the Story of God Shapes Disciples
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Chris Gonzalez and Kevin Platt of Missio Dei in Phoenix, ...
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Episode 055: What the Karate Kid Teaches Us About Discipleship
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with author, pastor, and international equipper, Cole Brown about the power ...
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Episode 054: Diving Deep into DNA Groups
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Jared Pickney and Adam Breckenridge of Fellowship Paragould about ...
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Episode 053: What’s Essential in an MC? Part 8: Bible, Holy Spirit, and Patience
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson and Ben Connelly wrap up the "What's Essential" series with an ...
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Episode 052: What’s Essential to an MC? Part 7: Mission and Purpose
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Steve Hart, pastor of Soma Spokane, about their church's ...
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Episode 051: What’s Essential to an MC? Part 6: Repentance and Faith
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson and Ben Connelly talk about the importance and power of a ...
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Episode 050: What’s Essential in an MC? Part 5: Caring for Friends in Need
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with CJ Bergman, Pastor of Citizens Church in San Francisco, ...
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Episode 049: What’s Essential to an MC? Part 4: Truth and Healing
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with CJ Bergman, pastor of Citizens Church in San Francisco, ...
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Episode 048: What’s Essential in an MC? Part 3: Commitment and Freedom
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Ben Connelly about the importance of committing to the process of becoming ...
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Episode 047: What’s Essential to an MC? Part 2: Identity
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Ben Connelly about the importance of rooting disciples in ...
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Episode 046: What is Essential in an MC? Part 1: The Gospel
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson begins a new series talking with experienced leaders and practitioners from ...
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Episode 045: Leading and Forming a Team Culture
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Duke Revard about building teams, recruiting leaders, and creating ...
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Episode 044: Leading Big Missional Communities
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Justin Bindel of Ekklesia Salt Lake City about the ...
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Episode 043: Engaging Grief as a Community
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Mirela Watson about their experience with grief, and how ...
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Episode 042: The Importance of the Bible in Community with Tim Mackie
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad and Jared talk with Tim Mackie of The Bible Project, about the ...
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Episode 040: How Every Church and MC Can Plant Churches
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Ben Connelly, director of Church Planting for Soma, about ...
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Episode 039: Top 5 Myths About Missional Communities
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson and Jared Pickney dismiss five common myths about missional communities that ...
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Episode 038: How to Equip a Community to Abide in Christ
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson and Jared Pickney dive into the powerful calling of Jesus to ...
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Episode 037: The Power of Missional Community Leader Coaching
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson and David Achata talk about the the powerful tool of coaching ...
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Episode 036: Leading a Missional Community Without “Superstar” Christians
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Jared Pickney about how to lead a missional community ...
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Episode 035: How to Share Leadership in a Missional Community
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Jared Pickney about the vision behind sharing leadership and ...
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Episode 034: How to Intentionally Develop Leaders
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Duke Revard, the director of the Soma Family of ...
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Episode 33: How the Gospel Comes to Students and Parents
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Tim Parlier, Saturate's student specialist, about how high school ...
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Episode 32: How Lent Can Be Powerful in Missional Communities
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Saturate team member, Sunee Hillyer, about why Lent can be a powerful season in the life of a missional community. Join Bran and Sunee ...
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Episode 31: How to Include Not Yet Believers in Missional Community
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Jeff and Ali Lowndes who have led and multiplied missional communities in Los Angeles ...
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Episode 30: Speaking the Truths of Jesus in Life, Part 2
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson brings you part two of the live gospel fluency training by ...
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Episode 29: Speaking the Truths of Jesus in Life, Part 1
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson shares the audio of Jeff Vanderstelt teaching on Gospel Fluency at an event in Los Angeles, California. ...
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Episode 028: Celebrating God’s Grace in 2017
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Jeff Vanderstelt about 2017 and what God is doing ...
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Episode 027: How to Lead a Multiplication
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson and Jared Pickney walk through the nuts and bolts of multiplying ...
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Episode 026: The Holidays in MC Life
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks about the challenges and opportunities missional communities face during Christmas ...
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Episode 025: What Missional Community Do
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson and Jared Pickney talk about the often overlooked questions ...
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Episode 024: How Churches Can Work Together for Gospel Saturation
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Nathan Cedarland about how churches on the Washington coast are collaborating ...
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Episode 023: How Artists Engage Community and Mission
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with writer and Saturate Podcast editor Ben Fort about serving ...
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Episode 022: Why Some Missional Communities Fail
In this episode of The Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson and Jared Pickney discuss seven reasons missional communities lose momentum ...
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Key Audio Training Now Available
Many of you have been telling us for a while how much you would love to have access to the audio of our training videos. You asked, and we listened ...
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Episode 020: There Are No Silver Bullets
In this episode of The Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson hosts special guest Daniel Im to discuss his new book: No ...
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Episode 019: How Do You Choose a Common Mission
In this episode of The Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson and Jared Pickney dive into the challenges of choosing a common ...
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Episode 018: What is a Missional Community Leader
In this episode of The Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson and Jared Pickney discuss the role of leadership, how you know ...
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Episode 017: The Importance of Life With God
In this Episode of The Saturate Podcast, Jeff Vanderstelt joins Brad Watson to discuss how our life with God shapes us as disciples ...
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Episode 016: What Is Saturate?
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson is joined by Saturate co-founder and visionary leader, Jeff Vanderstelt to talk about ...
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Episode 015: Frequently Asked Questions
In this episode of The Saturate Podcast, Jeff Vanderstelt is joined by a panel of pastors, planters, and missional community leaders ...
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Episode 014: How to Prayerfully Plan
On this episode of The Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson and David Achata share the purpose and power of prayerfully planning ...
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Episode 013: Gospel Conversations
How can we encourage and equip our people to have more frequent and deeper gospel conversations in the everyday rhythms ...
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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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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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