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…
Today we celebrate and commemorate the life and impact that Martin Luther King Jr. had on our nation and around the world. While the day is officially set to mark Dr. King’s birthday, it is really more about honoring the progress he helped bring into racial equality and the inspiration he gave to so…
One of our Core Values here at Element Church is: “It Matters: That no matter what you do in the church, it matters just the same for the church.” We believe that. That the person in the pulpit is no more valuable than the volunteer in the parking lot. Every position in the church matters just the s…
Hey Element Church! This Sunday we are starting a new sermon series called “CON-Tentment: The lie about having more.” So often, I think we find ourselves saying, “If I just had more THEN I would be content.” But that’s the lie about having more, that THEN I’ll have enough. It’s a con! Contentment is…
What you do is not as important as why you do it! That’s what we heard on Sunday at Element Church from Michael Jr. On the first Sunday back in the New Year for us, we wanted to share a message on “purpose” from Michael Jr. recorded at LifeChurch in Oklahoma City, OK. In this message Michael uses hi…
The Word was in the Temple but the Temple wasn’t in the Word. [Tweet “The Word was in the Temple but the Temple wasn’t in the Word. “] I’ve been sitting on that one statement which was inspired by one verse from the Old Testament for quite some time now. It’s disturbing to me. It bothers me. It scar…
Prayer is perhaps one of the most misunderstood, guilt associated, under utilized disciplines in the Christian faith, and all three of those things work against each other. It’s under utilized because we don’t fully understand it and we feel guilty because we under utilize it. Most people probably w…
Hey Element Church ! Meet Kirsten. She is this week’s Volunteer Of The Week. Kirsten was nominated by our Pastoral Assistant, Kristina, who said this: “Kirsten serves as a leader for the Next Steps team. She has been faithfully serving at Element for the past 5 years! Kirsten is absolutely one of th…
This Sunday at Element Church we are back in full swing with our normal weekly worship experiences. With this first Sunday of the New Year for us we will be talking about knowing the “why” behind your life. That life is more than WHAT we do but WHY we do it. If you’ve ever wondered about your purpos…
Episode 4 of the Infuse Leadership Podcast is now available on iTunes and on our website HERE . The title of this episode is “Flippin’ Off The Church” and we are interviewing Aaron Fiore. Aaron is someone who was found by Jesus through Element, but came from a background where he would literally fli…
Tomorrow night we will head to our New Years party’s or hang out with family and friends as we ring in the new year. If I’m lucky, I’ll make it all the way to midnight, we will see. This is the time of year where we all make new resolutions. We establish some goals. We set milestones that we want to…
Hey Element Church ! I hope you had an amazing Christmas and are headed into 2017 with a fresh sense of hope and expectation. On Sunday, December 11th, we kicked off our annual year end giving opportunity called the “So That” offering. Since that Sunday, you have already generously given $46,763.38…
The greater the favor that God pours out, the greater the faith it requires from man. [Tweet “The greater the favor that God pours out, the greater the faith it requires from man. “] As a pastor I’ve fallen for this before, and I continue to see and hear so many others do the same. Things are said l…
