In this video, I interview Mike Clarensau about his new book, From Belonging to Becoming: The Power of Loving People Like Jesus Did. Mike is senior director of the Healthy Church Network. Prior to that, he was senior pastor of Maranatha Worship Center in Wichita, Kansas. From Belonging to Becoming charts a new pathway of discipleship. Instead of believing-belonging-becoming, Mike argues that Jesus practiced belonging-believing-becoming, putting relationship before the call to faith or the commitment to a new lifestyle. Indeed, the relationship with Jesus made both faith and holiness possible in the lives of Jesus’ followers. This is the model … Continue reading Interview with Mike Clarensau about “From Belonging to Becoming”

In this video, I interview Pastor Rod Loy about his new book, “3 Questions: A Powerful Grid to Help You Live in the Grace of God.” Well, that was my intention. We actually ended up talking about the book as well as a lot of other topics. Enjoy! Here’s the timecode on the video, in case you want to skip ahead to a specific question: 00:03 Introduction 01:11 How can a pastor wear a pink shirt?” & other crazy questions pastors are asked. 02:15 How do you protect your super-secret identity as Rocketman? 03:30 What are you doing Christmas Sunday … Continue reading Interview with @PRodLoy about “3 Questions” and Lots of Other Stuff (@Get Influence)