In this episode, we answer a listener question by talking about Jesus and the Next Generation. The question was, “How do we teach our children to love Jesus and not just the Church or it’s programs?” We share three principles to keep in mind for us to help lead the next generation to love and follow…
In this episode, we talk about our wishes for humans in 2023. Things we wish we could all get better at doing. 1. Conversation instead of condemnation 2. Unity without uniformity John 17:20-23 20 “I am praying not only for these disciples but also for all who will ever believe in me through their me…
New Year’s Resolutions are really about refocusing your priorities. That’s what Sabrina, and I just took a day to do last week, and it’s part of what we talk about in Episode 033 of the Naked Party Time Podcast. It might be 2022 already, but it’s never too late to take some time, sit down, and revie…
In Episode 033 of the Naked Party Time Podcast, Sabrina and I talked about planning for the new year. One of the steps in living out that plan is to re-order your life around your new goals. If you don’t do this step of re-ordering your life, you don’t have goals; you have wishes. You hope these thi…
In Episode 033 of The Naked Party Time Podcast, Sabrina and I talk about how you can be intentional with a plan to get the most out of the coming year. If you aren’t intentional about where you’re going in life, then you’ll just end up going wherever life takes you. Benjamin Franklin said, “If you f…
We’ve been talking about doing this episode for quite a while now but other topics or life situations kept getting in the way, but we are finally here. We are doing an episode on truth statements, destroying the lies that derail us. We’ve mentioned them a ton on different episodes, but we’ve never r…
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 continue our conversation about mental health and what we can learn from the Simone Biles situation. In Episode 028, we focused on those who are currently facing a mental health struggle of some kind. In this episode, we focus on those who are walking with someone or know someone…
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, we pick up where we left off last time talking about living our lives on mission. If your marriage is not focused on the right mission, then your mission will become only about your marriage. If you haven’t yet, make sure and listen to Episode 018 of the podcast. We start talking ab…
I am frustrated with today’s politics, so much so that I feel a bit politically homeless. I don’t fit in their camp and I don’t fit in their circle. Anyone else feel that way? “I’m a Christian who is theologically conservative & socially compassionate, too conservative for progressives & too progres…
In this episode, we start a conversation about living out a marriage that is on mission (And stuff for singles too) If your marriage is not focused on the right mission, then your mission will become only about your marriage. This affects single people too because as singles, you are also on missi…
What is Lent? I can tell you this; it’s more than pocket fuzz. In this kickoff episode of “The Naked Weekly,” I talk about the season of Lent, where it came from, why we do it, and some practical tips if you want to seek God during the Lenten season intentionally. The Naked Weekly will drop…
In Episode 016 I interview Pastor Fred Gallop. Fred is a Chaplain in the USAF who served on the Element Church pastoral team while stationed here in Cheyenne. In this episode, we get real and raw by diving into the conversation on race: Fred answers questions like, “Why do we need Black H…
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…
Episode 001 of the Naked Party Time Podcast is ready to consume. In this podcast, Sabrina and I talk about “How we can come out of this season even stronger.” Today’s spotlight is on Hayley Laban, @hayleystorm16 on Instagram. Hayley did our amazing podcast artwork and is an incredible graphic artist…
Hey Element Church ! Meet Elizabeth, this week’s Volunteer of the week. Elizabeth was nominated by Kristina, one of our Pastoral Assistants, who said this, “Liz serves as a leader for one of the 6pm Hospitality teams. Liz is a hard worker and an amazing volunteer. She is someone that I can always co…
This last Sunday at Element Church we concluded our sermon series called “Who Is Jesus” with what is now one of my favorite sermons I’ve ever done. There are a handful of sermons that have marked me individually. This was one of them. Every sermon a pastor preaches I believe is important…eternally i…
Just this last week I was honored and privileged to share on the Unseminary Podcast with Rich Birch . Rich is an incredible leader with many years of experience in growing churches. Unseminary is a podcast that I and our staff have been listening to for years and one we have learned and implemented…
Hey Element Church ! Meet Tony, this week’s Volunteer Of The Week. Tony was nominated by Steve, one of our Associate Pastors, who said this: “ Tony is an amazing man that has overcome so much in this life. I got to pray with him to receive Christ in the Living Room 6 years ago here at Element Church…
If you’re looking for a resource to serve new or even long-time believers with a fresh start to their faith, I recently released a resource that could be great for you. This resource is called, “ 21: a 21 day journey for the new believer “. So often as Christians, we use a bunch of “churchy” words a…
Do you ever have one of those moments where you read a Scripture, sing a song or experience a sermon that completely changes your outlook on Jesus forever? This past week’s sermon at Element Church was that way for me. Several weeks ago, as I was doing research on Psalm 23, I was confronted with som…
Our church involvement should not fit around the calendar, our calendar should fit around our church involvement! And with that one statement I have aroused many emotions, right? There are those who will jump on the soapbox with me to agree. Others will kick the soapbox out from underneath me in ang…
Hey Element Church ! Meet James, this week’s Volunteer of the week. James was nominated by Andy, our Associate Pastor, who said this: “ James serves on our 9 am Hospitality Team and I’ve never talked to the guy without a smile on his face. What I love most about James is his love for Jesus and his i…
The guidance of Jesus is only as great as my willingness to go with Him. This past Sunday at Element Church , we continued our sermon series called “Who Is Jesus?” In it, we are walking through Psalm 23 in the Old Testament, which gives us a beautiful depiction of our Lord and provides for us the an…
Since we are in a sermon series here at Element Church where we are using sheep and a shepherd as our ongoing analogy to faith, I was reminded of this news story I ran across a while back and it got me thinking about leadership. The story came out of Spain how 1,300 sheep were found wandering throug…
Hey Element Church ! Meet Trish, this week’s Volunteer of the week. Trish serves on our cleaning team and was nominated by Kelly, our Facilities Manager, who said this: “Trish is kindhearted and goes above and beyond. She is reliably volunteering every month. She is a great blessing to my team and w…
This last Sunday at Element Church we celebrated Easter by starting a new four-week sermon series called “Who is Jesus?” In this series, we are walking through Psalm 23, which gives us a beautiful depiction of the Lord as our Shepherd. It’s more than ironic or coincidence to me that King David descr…
