This is a podcast with my wife Tricia discussing our experiences with kids in our church, especially how things have changed over the last two years since my original podcast about kids and simple church.

Decision-Making by Consensus

Jul 31st, 2009 15m 41s

I sometimes hear conventional church people say that consensus governance is impossible. I know by experience that it is not only possible, but wonderfully beneficial. Our house church makes decisions by consensus, and it has been a blessing

Simple Church Multiplication

Jul 15th, 2009 18m 51s

In this episode I share my experiences amd advice in regards to multiplication.

House Church: Fantasy, Ideal, and Reality.

Jun 26th, 2009 23m 6s

I went into starting a house church with a fantasy about what it should look like. Reality was a different story. Turns out the ideal is somewhere in between. Recognizing both fantasy and reality is helping me strive towards the ideal.

What Does it Take to Plant a Simple Church?

Jun 5th, 2009 20m 18s

New Episode. What does it take to plant a simple church? I'm sure there are many things that could be said, but these are three from my experience.

Interview with my wife Tricia

May 30th, 2009 12m 51s

Repost--I'm no Larry King when it comes to interviewing, but I thought some people might like to hear a spouse's perspective.

Knowledge & Practice

May 29th, 2009 18m 38s

Repost--Knowledge & Practice

Buildings, Budgets, and Big Shots

May 23rd, 2009 42m 3s

Neil Cole calls these three roadblocks to multiplication. I agree.

I'm back!

May 20th, 2009 8m 20s

Finally! I wanted to let you know about the new name for our nonprofit--Organic Church Resource and that I've made updates to the website including a bookstore. Check it out at organicchurchresource.org. I will be doing new podcasts starting

Church: More than Baptisms

Aug 7th, 2008 17m 7s

Though some people choose to measure church health by baptisms, I think this method is highly inadequate.

Q and A-- Apostles, planting, and giving

Jul 24th, 2008 19m 33s

In the episode I discuss issues regarding apostles and authority/accountability in starting a house church, and giving in the house church.

New House Church Q and A

Jul 8th, 2008 19m 33s

Another Q and A episode.

Q and A--Finding A Simple Church

May 28th, 2008 15m 29s

Advice for those looking for a simple church

More Q and A, part 2

May 21st, 2008 23m 53s

even more simple church Q & A

More Q and A, part 1

May 7th, 2008 18m 5s

more simple church Q and A.

Simple Church and Discipleship

Mar 20th, 2008 18m 52s

You can now access all episodes of this podcast not on this site at http://simplechurch.mypodcast.com/

The Blurry line of Church

Feb 29th, 2008 16m 30s

My distinct lines of church have become blurry.

Organized Religion--am I still in it?

Feb 8th, 2008 20m 5s

I used to be annoyed by people who criticized organized religion, but like so many other things, my outlook is a little different now.

Houses That Change the World, Part 6

Nov 15th, 2007 21m 16s

Today I'm reading and discussing the following sections from Wolfgang Simson's book, "Houses That Change the Word,"If you want to multiply churches, stop planting churches'' and 'The carpet.'

Houses That Change the World, Part 5

Nov 8th, 2007 17m 47s

Today I'm reading and discussing the following sections from Wolfgang Simson's book, "Houses That Change the Word," 'Who Builds What' and 'Following Anti-Leaders.'

Houses That Change the World, Part 4

Nov 1st, 2007 16m 42s

Today I'm reading and discussing the following sections from Wolfgang Simson's book, "Houses That Change the Word," 'Three Options of Change' and 'A New Quality of Conversions.'

Houses That Change the World, Part 3

Oct 11th, 2007 19m 50s

Today I'm reading and discussing the following sections from Wolfgang Simson's book, "Houses That Change the Word," 'Lamb or Lion?' and 'The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church'

Houses That Change the World, part 2

Oct 4th, 2007 20m 37s

Today I read and reflect on two sections of Wolfgang Simson's book--'Teaching each other how to obey,' and 'Three areas of responsibility in the church: elders, fivefold ministers, and apostolic fathers.'

Houses That Change the World, part 1

Sep 27th, 2007 18m 7s

Today I'm reading and reflecting on two passages from Wolfgang Simson's book, "Houses That Change the World," 'A Wedding a Week,' and 'No Evangelism."

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