Filled up through fasting. That’s what we talk about in Episode 072 of The Naked Party Time Podcast, which is out today for you to enjoy. In this episode, we continue answering some great questions from a listener around fasting: I’ve tried a few times but always feel like I’m doing it wrong or I gi…
On this Episode we tackle some listener questions around prayer, happiness, and trusting God. As always, it’s a real and raw look at life, leadership, and love. If you haven’t, please take a moment to subscribe to the podcast – that way you will never miss a conversation. We try and release one new…
In this episode, Sabrina and I answer a listener’s question about church hurt. “How to have conversations with those who have church hurt, or specific prayers to pray for them.” We walk through Four Principles for having a conversation: 1. Be humble 2. Be honest 3. Be helpful 4. Be hopeful
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…
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 bring to a conclusion our unintended series on relationship myths with Episode 038: Busting more myths about singleness, marriage, and sex! Other episodes mentioned: Episode 036 – Celebrating Singleness Episode 037 – Busting some marriage myths (and a few single ones t…
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 this episode of The Naked Party Time Podcast, Jeff and Sabrina talk about the what, why, and how of a spending fast, and extend a challenge for all the listeners to join them on a spending fast, starting on October 1st. If you want to join the spending fast challenge you need to commit to at leas…
If I only seek God but don’t surrender to His will I’ll be overwhelmed by suffering in this life. [Tweet “If I only seek God but don’t surrender to His will I’ll be overwhelmed by suffering in this life. “] This past Sunday at Element Church we talked about suffering as we continued our series calle…
Hey Element Church ! Meet Court Schilt, this week’s Volunteer Of The Week. Court was nominated by Steve, our Community Pastor who said this: “Court is an amazing man that has an extreme passion for people. He gives selflessly to those around him that are in need. Court is on our Prayer Team here at…
The Christian is not the most important person in the Church service. “What? How dare you say that. What do you mean I’m not important?” I’m so glad you asked, thank you. And I didn’t say you weren’t important, I said you’re not the most important person in the room. [Tweet “The Christian is not the…
The newest episode 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 “Never Let Your Pastor Take A Sabbatical”… Unless you want him to come back revitalized, inspired and renewed. I recently got back from a…
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…
For those of us in the church world, the next time we will plan an entire sermon or series around a holiday is Christmas. Yes, other holidays can be leverage points for the church, Mother’s Day, Memorial Day, etc. But for the most part, Easter and Christmas are the “Super Bowl” in the Church. You mi…
Unity doesn’t mean we have to agree it just means we are united around a common goal. [Tweet “Unity doesn’t mean we have to agree it just means we are united around a common goal. “] On Sunday at Element Church we finished up our sermon series called “Won’t You Be My Neighbor”. In this series we tal…
This past Sunday at Element Church we continued our series called “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” In this series, we’re looking at the Greatest Commandment, loving God with all we are and loving our neighbor as ourself, and talking about how evangelism can be boiled down to living that out. So far in th…
Did you know that according to the latest census data, out of the 563,000 people who call Wyoming their home, 340,000 of them claim “None” as their religion. 340,000 people have no religious affiliation or relationship at all. If you include people who are a part of a religion that has nothing to do…
No one wants their marriage to fail but sometimes we do the very things that almost guarantee it will. No one intentionally plans for their marriage to fail, right? No one gets married thinking, “I hope this doesn’t work out.” Yet the statistics are staggering as to how many marriages do just that.…
Sometimes I am challenged by the most random verses in Scripture. I, like lots of people, read the Bible and easily see the “big rocks” if you will, while often missing great truth in small places. The genealogies for instance. Sometimes I get to those and just skim over them thinking, “Ya, ya, ya.…
Hey Element Church ! Meet Chase & Conner, this week’s Volunteers Of The Week. Chase & Conner were nominated by our Lead Producer, Taylor who said this: “Chase and Conner have been a huge help filling in over the past months. They are always willing to help me with backstage stuff or to run camera or…
