Houston we have a problem – again! This month, on Episode 074 of The Naked Party Time Podcast, Sabrina and I celebrate our 6 year podcast anniversary by re-visiting the most watched and listened to episode in our history. We go back to Episode 034, where for the first time, we were able to reveal to…
On this episode, Sabrina and I share the five toughest lessons we’ve learned in marriage. Lord knows, we’ve learned many more than five, and we could have easily called this “the five worst decisions we’ve ever made in our marriage,” but either way, here you go! If you haven’t, please take a moment…
In this episode, we talk about the rhythm of our spiritual relationship. Being with Jesus and becoming more like Jesus are the desired outcomes of today’s podcast. We talk about the “why” behind 5 key spiritual practices. What you do will only be as strong as why you do it. The purpose of spiritual…
In this episode of The Naked Party Time Podcast, we talk about the what, why, and how of a spending fast, by replaying Episode 007 called “Spending fast challenge.” Sabrina and I are doing our third spending fast in three years as we felt led to recalibrate, refocus, and reenergize our finances towa…
In this episode, Sabrina and I continue the series on the rhythms of transition by talking about the rhythm of rest through Sabbath. Other episodes mentioned: Episode 010 & 011 “The Sabbath Practice” Resources Mentioned: Sabbath sermon series Jeff did at Element Church called “Sabbath: More than a J…
Everyone experiences transitions in life. Some we choose while others are forced on us. Some are larger than others, but every transition creates distractions that can derail us. That’s why we must be intentional on key rhythms in our life, that keep us moving in the right direction. And that’s what…
How did we end up in Houston, TX? That’s what Sabrina, and I talk about in Episode 034 of the Naked Party Time Podcast called, “Houston, we have a problem!” In this episode, we share some more behind-the-scenes details about how God brought the paths of us and The Harbor together to where we are tod…
In Episode 031, Sabrina and I talk about some principles that help you to wait well when you are waiting in your calling. Do you ever feel like God is preventing a dream from being fulfilled, or forcing you to wait on something you believe He called you to? In those moments, remember this, when it s…
In this episode, we talk about how to know when you’re called to something. We also unpack in further detail our decision to resign from Element Church effective January 10th, 2022.
In Episode 023, we talk about the third and final part of our conversation called “Marriage on Mission.” Without an agreed upon mission to pursue, and values that define your marriage, it’s very easy for both spouses to pursue their own unspoken mission and values, which will create more conflict th…
In this episode, we get very real and raw as we keep talking about sex with some tips to thriving sexually in marriage. Before listening to this episode, if you haven’t yet, you may want to go back and listen to Episode’s 018 – 021. In those episodes, we talk about “Marriage on Mission” and then div…
In this episode, we start to tackle the subject we’ve been teasing about since we started the podcast…sexual intimacy. We’ve titled this episode, “Let’s talk about sex, baby!” If you know the song, you know! Sex is awesome! It is a good gift from God. But like every good gift, our enemy the devil wa…
Episode 020 of The Naked Partytime Podcast is live! In this episode, Jeff and Sabrina dive into the five levels of intimacy in relationships and marriage. If we don’t cultivate every area of intimacy in marriage, we’ll be in danger of being great roommates, but only average spouses. 20% of US coupl…
In this episode, Jeff and Sabrina finish up their series called “I don’t want to go back to normal, because normal wasn’t working.” They tackle the final two parts of our Pre-COVID world that we don’t want to go back to normal on. Relational health and speed of life. If you haven’t heard the previou…
In Episode #002 we start a four-part series of podcasts called “I don’t want to go back to normal, because normal wasn’t working.” Today we’re going to highlight six things total that we don’t want to go back to normal on, then in the next three podcasts, we’re going to cover two of the six things e…
Sabrina and I are so excited to officially drop Episode 000 of The Naked Party Time Podcast, where we get real and raw about life, leadership, and love; while having lots of fun along the way. A HUGE shout out and thank you to Hayley Laban for the amazing artwork! In our podcast, we will talk about…
True faith is not just devoted because times are good, true faith is devoted because God is good! [Tweet “True faith is not just devoted because times are good, but because God is good! “] On Sunday at Element Church we kicked off a new sermon series called “Walk This Way.” In this series, I’m takin…
This Sunday, September 24th, we are starting a new sermon series at Element Church called “Walk This Way.” In this series, I’ll be taking stories or chapters from Scripture that I recently was able to physically see their location while on my trip to Israel. Israel was a faith changing adventure for…
In times of uncertainty it’s clarity we need! That was our big idea this last Sunday at Element Church . What do we do when we face uncertainty. All of us face it, right? In the book of Jeremiah, we saw this prophet of God faced with massive amounts of uncertainty. In Chapter 1 of Jeremiah, God rais…
This past week, our worship resident, Brielle, wrote a very insightful article on our Element Music Facebook page . She posed a great question about worship and entertainment. Where is the line? Is there a line? How do we know when we’ve crossed it. Brielle does an incredible job describing the proc…
Thanks for checking out jeffmaness.com. I am currently on a three month sabbatical with my family and will not be blogging during that time. Upon my return, I will pick up my normal blogging routine. Feel free to check out my previous blogs. If you’d like more information on what a sabbatical is and…
Hey Element Church ! Meet Nathan, this week’s Volunteer Of The Week. Nathan was nominated by Jared, our Creative Arts Pastor who said this: “Nathan has been a huge part of our team and the worship culture of our church. He serves as much as he can because he loves to worship with the people of Eleme…
This past weekend at Element Church we continued our core values series called “This Is Us.” In this series we are walking through the six core values we have as a church. This week we talked about “A Place To Call Home: We will love people for who they are so we can lead them to where they need to…
Hey Element Church ! Meet Steve, this week’s Volunteer Of The Week. Steve was nominated by Taylor, our Lead Producer, who said this: “Steve is a high capacity guy who I can always count on to do well. Steve is one of my core video production guys and he makes everyone around him better whether that…
This last Sunday at Element Church we continued our sermon series called “This Is Us”. We are walking through the core values we have as a church. Values can’t just be the words we say, they need to be the way we live born out of what we believe because of who God is. This week we looked at core val…
This past Sunday at Element Church we started a brand new sermon series called “This Is Us.” In this series we are walking through the core values we have as a church. Values are what define us. They are guard rails if you will that keep us focused on the mission of Jesus and the vision He has for o…
Pastors wives are some of the most under appreciated people on the planet. Most of the time they are not on staff but they have similar expectations as someone who is. Many churches expect the pastors wife to be at every event and attend every service (even though they are not), help in the children…
This Sunday at Element Church we are starting a brand new sermon series called “This Is Us.” This series is all about core values. Core values are much more than the words we say, they are the way we live born out of what we believe because of who God is! So what are the values of Element Church? Wh…
