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…
When it comes to the workplace, staff culture is a massive subject. Entire blogs, books and business practices have been written and built around creating a healthy staff culture. Companies like Belay , Google , Amazon and more are being celebrated for the healthy, fun and inspiring staff cultures t…
Not too long ago I was blown away by a verse I’ve read or heard dozens of times. I love how God’s Word can speak something brand new into your heart. His Word never get’s old or dry, it is always alive and active! I was reading through Genesis and came to the story of Joseph. First of all, there are…
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…
Unless you’ve lived under a rock for the last couple of weeks you are now fully aware of the devastation and destruction that has been caused by hurricane Harvey, specifically around the area of Houston. The images and stories that have come out of this event are heartbreaking to say the least. No o…
Labor Day. Most of us view it as the “three day weekend for no reason,” right? Most kids know they are out of school and many businesses get an extra day off. It’s the last “holiday” of the summer before everyone gets back into the groove of school and business. Labor Day actually began in the late…
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 Vereen, this week’s Volunteer Of The Week. Vereen was nominated by Steve, our Associate Pastor, who said this: ” Vereen stepped up to lead a small group about a year ago when the leader of that group passed away. Since then the group has grown and is still thriving today. V…
Episode 10 of the Infuse Leadership Podcast is now available on iTunes , on our website HERE and also right here on the blog. The title of this episode is “Tricking People To Follow Jesus.” This was actually born out of a question one of our listeners turned in, so we are super excited about that. O…
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…
In June my wife and I will celebrate 20 years of marriage and December will mark 20 years for me in full time ministry. Ten of those years have been at Element Church . Last month marked ten years of ministry for me here at Element. Wow! Ten years ago, my wife and I, our four kids and three other fa…
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…
