Podcast
Good Soil
Hosted by Littleton Young Life · EN
Need to slow down? On the verge of burnout? Stuck in patterns of performing for God rather than joining Jesus in His ministry of reconciliation? Listen to Chad Conant (25 year ministry veteran with Young Life) and Tim Vargo (trusty sidekick) talk through a different, life giving, way.
10episodes
Episodes
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MPE Selection and Association
Jan 26, 202100:35:48Tap to summarizeChad and Tim use the filter from episode one on the first two chapters of Master Plan of Evangelism.
Transcribe →Master Plan of Evangelism: Prelude
Nov 6, 202000:23:47Tap to summarizeAn introduction to our training through Robert Coleman's, "The Master Plan of Evangelism." Chad and Tim begin season three of Good Soil with some helpful filters for using this standard text in training up volunteers and staff.
Transcribe →The Soil
Aug 19, 202000:24:01Tap to summarizeAs they wrap-up this season of retrieving guidance from "The Cultivated Life," Chad and Tim talk through some key metaphors which are so helpful for life and ministry. Susan Phillips flips things on the reader as we realize that, while we began by attempting to plant a garden in the midst of our circus culture- the bigger context is the soil on which the circus tent is temporarily set. As it moves on the soil remains.
Transcribe →Participation
Aug 6, 202000:25:22Tap to summarizeTim and Chad make the turn from receiving cultivation to participating in cultivation.
Transcribe →Attention
Jul 6, 202000:21:51Tap to summarizeSusan Phillips includes a chapter titled "Cultivating Attention" which Tim and Chad discuss to conclude the three part series on receiving cultivation.
Transcribe →Stopping
Jul 6, 202000:26:19Tap to summarizeChad and Tim discuss the radical discipline of stopping and how God uses it to form us.
Transcribe →Listening and Receiving Cultivation
Jun 18, 202000:23:58Tap to summarizeTim and Chad begin a three part series on receiving cultivation through Susan Phillips chapters on listening, stopping, and attending. Listening is essential in our process of being transformed, and being listened to is one of God's ways of extending His divine care.
Transcribe →Growing a Garden inside the Circus
Jun 12, 202000:23:20Tap to summarize"The Cultivated Life," by Susan Phillips has inspired Chad and Tim to reflect on the metaphors they use to describe ministry work. She gives ministers a path to participation in God's Kingdom rather than remaining stuck performing their work in the ways of the world.
Transcribe →Implementation
May 28, 202000:23:31Tap to summarizeChad and Tim take this philosophy of ministry and describe how they implemented it in their organization. Solitude to Community to Ministry has become the core of their culture and has served to lead everyone in their organization toward health.
Transcribe →Ministry and Temptation
May 18, 202000:33:09Tap to summarizeChad and Tim discuss and very Merton-esque approach to the temptations of Jesus in the wilderness. Referencing Henri Nouwen's work on Christian leadership they emphasize the significance of the order, moving from solitude to community to ministry.
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