Missional Mayhem

Called to Love the City
What if our scorecard is wrong? Executive Director of Christ Together, Will Plitt, challenges us to rethink the North American church’s “scorecard.” What if success is less about collecting people and programs—and more about mobilizing disciples and reaching the city?  Will shares the great burden that birthed Christ Together, the shift from a collecting OS (Operating System) to a mobilizing OS, and why gospel saturation requires collaboration across churches so every man, woman, and child has repeated opportunities to see, hear, and respond to Jesus.
Resources Mentioned
Christ Together Website: christtogether.org
Exponential 5 Levels of Churches:  exponential.org/moving-to-multiplication
Reflection - KNOWING • BEING • MULTIPLYING
After listening, take a moment to reorient and recalibrate with the Lord in your knowing, being, and multiplying.  
🌿 Knowing - What does God want for my city?  What would it look like if God actually did that?  And, what would it require of me?
💠 Being - What posture (humility, surrender, unity) is the Spirit inviting me into? What do I need to lament or repent of?
🌱 Multiplying - Who can I join hands with in my city to further the saturation of the gospel?
Let those questions linger with you throughout your day.

In this episode, we sit down with Marie Burrus, church consultant at the Union Baptist Association in Houston, TX. God's love has no borders and crosses every culture and nation.  Marie shares how to love diaspora neighbors and cultivate cultural intelligence as we live with curiosity and humility.  We even touch on navigating the landscape of AI with one particular caution.  Join us for a rich, practical conversation for anyone longing to live missionally in a complex, multicultural world.
Resources Mentioned
You Were Never Meant to Do it All by Kelly Kapic
Cultural Intelligence by David Livermore
Leading with Cultural Intelligence by David Livermore
Ministering Cross-Culturally by Sherwood G. Lingenfelter
Union Baptist Association:  www.ubahouston.org
Reflection - KNOWING • BEING • MULTIPLYING
After listening, take a moment to reorient and recalibrate with the Lord in your knowing, being, and multiplying.  
🌿 Knowing - How does understanding the idea of diaspora expand your view of God’s heart for the nations —even those living right next door?
💠 Being - What does humility look like in your relationships across culture, ethnicity, or worldview?
🌱 Multiplying - Who in your city or neighborhood could you begin to notice and engage with open eyes and an open heart this week?
Let those questions linger with you throughout your day.

Legacy. Identity. Multiplication. Pastor and coach Eddie Hancock shares how raising leaders from within and practicing the presence of God can change everything—from how we lead to how we see the Kingdom in everyday life. Join us for this Kingdom conversation on practical wisdom, global perspective, and a vision for multiplying disciples.
Practical Tools Mentioned
Life Transformation Groups (LTGs) — simple, reproducible triads for hearing/obeying the Word, evangelism, prayer, and holiness.
Discovery Bible Study prompts — “What stands out? What is God saying? What will we obey/change?”
Ephesians 4:11–13 (APEST Framework) – How Apostolic, Prophetic, Evangelistic, Shepherding, and Teaching gifts function to equip the church.  Check out 5qcentral.com.
Neil Cole — Life Transformation Groups / Cultivating a Life for God
Henry Blackaby — Experiencing God
Brother Lawrence — The Practice of the Presence of God
Frank Laubach — Letters by a Modern Mystic
Reflection - KNOWING • BEING • MULTIPLYING
After listening, take a moment to reorient and recalibrate with the Lord in your knowing, being, and multiplying.  
KnowingWhat truth about God or His Kingdom is the Spirit highlighting through this conversation?  How does it reshape the way you see God at work in the ordinary moments of life and leadership?
BeingHow is God inviting you to live more deeply from your identity as His masterpiece (Eph. 2:10)?  What shift in perspective would help you see yourself the way God already does?
MultiplyingWho are you intentionally raising up right now—one or two people you see potential in?  What’s your next simple step to invest in their growth and obedience to Jesus?

Bay Area pastor-scientist Dr. Sam Perli (Hue Church) shares how co-vocational calling, AI, and discipleship intersect to reach young professionals hungry for meaning beyond work. From MIT to church planting with his brother Immanuel, Sam unpacks an ethic for using powerful tech without losing the ministry of presence—and casts a bold vision for revival in an AI age.
Episode highlights
Calling without compartmentalizing
TruthSeekers → Hue Church
Why co-vocational matters 
AI, CRISPR, and Christians
Information vs. transformation: AI scales content; the church must scale presence, prayer, healing, and community.
A revival imagination: every tech wave has opened gospel opportunity (printing press, radio). What might God do in this AI era as we approach the church’s 2000-year mark?
Reflection
After listening, take a moment to sit with the Lord and see how God might be inviting you to reorient or recalibrate in your Knowing, Being, and Multiplying.
KNOWING: Where has God given you skill you’ve sidelined? What would faithfulness look like with that “talent” this quarter?
BEING: In these days of constant change, what rhythms help you live life with a ministry of presence (prayer, listening, availability) in a tech-accelerated world?
MULTIPLYING: Identify one workplace neighbor or young professional to invite into a discovery conversation this week. What’s your specific next step?
LINKS:
Hue Church (Santa Clara, CA) — hue.church
Website: Samperli.com
Sam’s LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/samperli
Thinkhat AI: thinkhat.ai

Somer Phoebus—Leadership Coach and Co-Founder of She Works His Way—shares a catalytic conversation on sacred work, calling, and leading from the overflow of intimacy with Jesus. She unpacks capacity, young leaders, and kingdom multiplication, encouraging us to live on mission in everyday spaces.
Key Ideas
Work as sacred calling — erasing the secular/sacred divide
Leading from intimacy rather than striving
Sabbath and rest as acts of trust
Personal development and leadership growth
Multiplying leadership and calling out potential in others
Resources & Links
She Works His Way - sheworkshisway.com
Book: She Works His Way
Follow on: instagram.com/sheworkshisway
Patreon.com/SheWorksHisWay
Reflection
After listening, take a moment to sit with the Lord and see how God might be inviting you to reorient or recalibrate in your Knowing, Being, and Multiplying.
KNOWING:  How is God inviting me to see my work as sacred and to be on mission in the marketplace?
BEING:  What rhythms of rest, intimacy, and prayer anchor me before I step into my workspaces as light and salt?
MULTIPLYING:  Who around me can I call up, equip, or release into their God-given potential — so that mission and leadership multiply beyond me?

When cultural comfort fades, what kind of disciples remain? In this episode, Landon and I press into a robust theology of suffering, reframing success around obedience, and calling the church back to relational, everyday disciple-making that can thrive under pressure. If you’re feeling the tension of metrics vs. mission, this conversation will steady your heart and sharpen your practice.
Key Ideas
Why a theology of suffering is essential for resilient faith
The shift from institutional models to relational disciple-making
Preparing the church to thrive under pressure, not just comfort
Reframing success metrics around obedience rather than solely numbers
The sifting and strengthening of the church in cultural decline
Equipping believers to live sent in everyday spaces
Resources & Links
Episode 1 with Landon (Part 1): https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-t6axu-198309d
Soulthirst.info – Landon’s Resource Hub
Discipleship Book: Exploring Christianity - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FPDTY2HR
Reflection
After listening, take a moment to sit with the Lord and see how God might be inviting you to reorient or recalibrate in your Knowing, Being, and Multiplying.
KNOWING: How is God inviting you to grow in your biblical theology of suffering as a disciple of Christ?
BEING: Where might God want to form in you through seasons of hardship or pressure, rather than simply deliver you from them?
MULTIPLYING: Who are you intentionally discipling right now, and how are you equipping them to persevere in trials and suffer faithfully for Jesus?

Grace & Truth in a Post-Christian World with Landon Reesor (Part I)
In this first conversation with Landon we explore how to live and lead at the intersection of grace and truth in a highly post-Christian context. From broad missional experiences, Landon unpacks why evangelism and discipleship must shift from assumptions to curiosity—observing, asking better questions, and starting where people actually are (think Acts 17, not just Acts 2).  Landon introduces Exploring Christianity, a discipleship resource based upon the Lord’s Prayer that helps people believe, grow, and multiply. 
Reflection
After listening, take a moment to sit with the Lord and see how God might be inviting you to reorient or recalibrate in your Knowing, Being, and Multiplying.
KNOWING: In your current missional context, where might you need to build out an Acts 17 runway—what theological “scaffolding” must you lay before the name of Jesus makes sense?
BEING: Where do you naturally drift—grace without truth, or truth without grace? And what practice this week will move you toward Jesus’ fullness of both?
MULTIPLYING:  Who are you discipling, and what leaders are you intentionally developing in this season?  How is God inviting you to go deeper and pour into these disciples and leaders?
LINKS:
Article by Landon: Live at the Intersection of Grace & Truth
Soulthirst.info – Landon’s Resource Hub
Discipleship Book: Exploring Christianity
“When Church Community Disappoints: Rethinking Connection Through the Lens of Jesus” Article written by Tiffany based on a conversation with Landon about community – the 1, 3, 12, & 72.

Dr. Michelle Dickens invites us to rest in the chaos—stepping off the treadmill of striving and into a Spirit-led rhythm of trust. A certified biblical counselor and trusted voice in soul care, she reveals how lasting joy and strength overflow when we live from the rest already secured in Christ and how re-centering our soul in Him reshapes the way we lead.
Whether you’re a pastor, leader, parent, or disciple on mission, this conversation is a powerful call to step off the treadmill of striving and live into the rhythms of grace.
Episode Links
🌐 Learn more about Dr. Michelle Dickens → faithmadegenuine.org
📖 Sacrificial Love: The Marriage I Didn't Say I Do To
(book she co-authored) → Available in her online store
📓 Remember, Recall, Rest: 31-Day Journal → Available in her online store
After listening, take a moment to reorient and recalibrate with the Lord in your being, doing, and multiplying.   
Being 
How is Jesus inviting me to receive His presence and peace today, instead of striving to earn value?
Doing 
What is one small step I can take this week to “lift my foot off the gas” and move two miles slower in my daily rhythms?
How can I practice Sabbath rest—not just as inactivity, but as a posture of trust in God?
Multiplying 
Who in my life needs to see a picture of rest that leads to joy? How can I model that for them?
What would it look like for my leadership and mission to overflow from rest and intimacy with Jesus, so others are drawn to Him rather than to my busyness?