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…
I saw this real story of St. Nicholas posted from Voice of the Martyrs recently and thought it would be great to share here on the blog. This would be something great to use this week to teach your children about the true origin of St. Nick: Many American children are looking forward to the arrival…
That’s what so many people believe about themselves and part of what we talked about last Sunday at Element Church. On Sunday, we launched our new series called “Jesus is NOT the reason for the season.” The reason we say that is because we believe He is so much more than that, Jesus is the reason fo…
One of my new goals is to write book reviews for books that I read and I just finished one while I was on vacation a few weeks ago that was fantastic. The book is called “Steal Like An Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative” by Austin Kleon . To be honest, I hadn’t heard of the book…
Hey Element Church ! Meet Buddy. Buddy is this week’s Volunteer Of The Week! Buddy has an amazing story of redemption and renewal through Jesus Christ and shares it regularly with people that need to hear it. Buddy finds his identity in Christ and that is an inspiration to so many. We are honored to…
This week is one of my favorite weeks of the whole year. I love the holiday season and it all begins this week with Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving has the trifecta of holiday cheer…Family, Football & Food! Come on church! So, being the kind of pastor that likes to alliterate everything or use an acrosti…
Hey Element Church ! This is Cassie and she is this week’s Volunteer Of The Week! Cassie volunteers in our Living Room serving First Time Guests with her husband Dan and she also helps teach our Foundations Leadership Class each Tuesday. Cassie has been attending Element for almost three years now.…
That’s basically what we are saying if we say, “That’s impossible,” when it comes to a spiritual issue in our lives. We either believe that the power of Jesus can do anything or we don’t. On Sunday at Element Church we finished up our sermon series on marriage and relationships called “Happily Never…
No, this is not some cruel Baptism prank, but an actual question. Are you willing to drown? Here is why I ask. One of my favorite Bible stories of all time is the story of Peter walking on the water. Can you imagine? I’ve been able to do some pretty cool things in my life that I never thought I’d ha…
On Sunday at Element Church we continued our marriage series called “Happily Never Happened.” I preached from Proverbs 5 and asked the question, “How do we pursue purity?” In the message we said: Pleasure is not the opposite of purity but the outcome of pursuing it! If we would let that sink deep in…
On Sunday at Element Church we continued our sermon series on marriage and relationships called “Happily Never Happened.” In this message, we talked about pursuing the right purpose in marriage by saying: “Passion without the right purpose will only lead to problems.” [Tweet “Passion without the rig…
Hey Element Church! This is Linsei and she is this week’s Volunteer Of The Week! Linsei, along with her husband Derrick, serves as one of our Greeter Team leaders. She has an obvious caring heart for the people she serves. Linsei and her family have been attending Element for almost three years. She…
On Sunday here at Element Church we started a new sermon series on marriage and relationships called “Happily Never Happened!” Regardless of what studies you look at, across the board it is shown that about 50% of all marriages, 60% of second marriages and 73% of third marriages end in divorce. Even…
