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…
On Sunday at Element Church we continued our sermon series called “Decision 2016: Escaping the political paranoia.” In this series we’re talking about the fear and uncertainty that this election is causing in our country and what God says about the decisions we should make in the midst of that. No m…
There are lots of disagreements in this election even among people in the faith. We can agree that Jesus is the only way to Heaven but we can’t agree on who should be our next president. Not only is there lots of disagreement, but there is massive amounts of mud-slinging, not just from the candidate…
Hey Element Church! This is Zane, and he’s this week’s Volunteer Of The Week. Zane was nominated by one of our Associate Pastors, Andy, who said this: “Zane serves on our 6pm Parking Team and is a rockstar. What I appreciate so much about Zane is his positive personality. He’s always upbeat, and rea…
On Sunday at Element Church we started a new series called “Decision 2016: Escaping the political paranoia”. In this series we are talking about the “decisions” we need to make this election season. Paranoia is in full effect. Now, maybe more than ever, we are asking questions like, “What are we goi…
Have you ever been unsure of when to start something new? Well, in episode 1 of the Infuse Leadership Podcast we talk about that. In part 1 of a 2 part podcast, we start talking through 6 things you need to know before you start something new. By the time we were done with part 1 we had added an add…
I recently read an article on ChurchLeaders.com that told about Pamela Anderson, former Playboy model, speaking against this pornified culture we have created. Her thoughts are thought provoking at the very least and heartbreaking at its worst. You can read the article HERE or I’ve provided it below…
Shawn Lovejoy , founder of Courage To Lead and author of the best-selling book Be Mean About The Vision , is an incredible leader. Recently he discussed what is needed to break growth barriers in your church. It starts with building a great team. Anytime Shawn speaks on leadership you should listen.…
Ok, that sounds really weird, but hey, it got your attention right? I am often challenged by the faith of people in the Bible that go un-named. So many stories that never made the Sunday School list, or the faith Hall of Fame, but their faith is just as inspiring as the stories we’ve come to know an…
Hey Element Church ! This is Matt, and he is this week’s Volunteer Of The Week. Matt was nominated by our Creative Arts Pastor, Jared Bayless, who said this: “Matt has been a great addition to the worship team at Element. He has such a positive attitude and a great sense of humor, and he’s a very ta…
This past Sunday at Element Church we celebrated our 9th birthday as a church. 9 years ago this past weekend, Element launched in the Carmike Theater here in Cheyenne with 200 people in attendance. Since then, God has done incredible things in our midst and we believe that the best is yet to come. A…
Are the people you lead happy that you lead them? Leading people is different than leading people who are happy that you lead them. [Tweet “Leading people is different than leading people who are happy that you lead them. “] I’ve always been struck by one verse in 1 Kings. Solomon has been handed th…
Recently I was honored to be asked to share some thoughts on breaking through growth barriers as a part of a free web-conference called “Overcoming The Challenges Of Leading A Growing Church”, Hosted by INJOY Stewardship Solutions . As the Lead Pastor of Element Church in Cheyenne, WY, we have been…
