Keeping Up With The Joneses
Episodes
308 episodes
257: Five Things We Didn't Know About Having Kids
Being a parent is a wild adventure and precious little can prepare you for it. As we reflect on raising our kids, we’ve come up with five things we didn’t know about having kids. AJ’s #5 might freak you out, but let’s face it, this is the magic...
256: Five Things We Didn't Know About Marriage
So this is a fun one. It's called five things we didn't know about marriage and it's each of us talking about - you guessed it - five things we didn't know about marriage. We've tagged this one explicit, but only because we talk a little bit ab...
255: How to Keep Going
Sometimes we need just a little bit of encouragement to keep going. This episode is that for someone today! We talk about some of the seasons we’ve been in and what we used to keep going and learn from the Apostle Paul. Plus a listener’s questi...
254: Dealing with Discouragement
To be discouraged is to be human. This week we talk about how to process your feelings surrounding discouragement and how to press on despite it feeling overwhelming. Plus we answer a listener’s question about cleaning up relational messes....
253: Kindness
Kindness is the real deal. It’s easy to do. Produces incredible results and can impact lives. This week we talk about the science behind kindness, the scriptural basis for being kind and start a week of kindness challenge. This episode is not s...
252: 100% Vaccinated
The sequel to 50% Vaccinated has just been released. Alyn is no longer the only one vaccinated against COVID-19 in our household. Now 100% of eligible recipients in our home have received the COVID vaccin...
251: Authority Q&A
Following on from last week’s episode on authority, this week we tackle your questions including:Where’s the line between challenging and abusive authority?Where’s the line between di...
250: Why Authority is Good
This one is a two-parter. This week we talk about why authority is so good and why it’s designed by God to be such. Next week we’ll be answering your questions about why sometimes life doesn’t quite feel like the plan and what to do about it.
249: Favor
Favor. It’s that thing that’s hard to describe, often misunderstood and sometimes the mere talk of it is divisive. However a life filled with favor is a delight and it’s your inheritance. In this episode we unpack some of what we’ve learned fro...
248: But We're Not Disney Nerds
"The lady doth protest too much, methinks" - Queen Gertrude, Hamlet, Act III Scene IIThis week we're debriefing about our most recent vacation to Disney World. Find out why that place holds such a special place in our hearts, w...
247: Conversations That Revealed More of God
Over the years we’ve had conversations with people that have deeply impacted us. On this week’s episode we recount some of the conversations that revealed more of God and talk about how they impacted us. From prophetic insight, to revelation ab...
246: Answering Your Questions About Relationships
You had lots and lots of questions about relationships:How do you know when a relationship is over?What do you do when friends don’t prioritize you?How do you practice vulnerability?What about building fri...
245: How to Build and Maintain Relationships
Relationships are one of the greatest gifts we have in this life. So why are they so often hard to do well and the source of great pain and sorrow? This week we start a two-parter on the topic of building and maintaining (healthy) relationships...
244: AJ Goes for Surgery
It's been a fun few weeks in the Jones household. After a quick trip to ER, AJ discovers she has a tumor on her ovary. This is the story of what happened next and how the kindness of God shows up even in the most difficult of circumstances....
243: Ask a Prophet - David Wagner
Prophets are a wonderful gift from Jesus to his church. But prophets are generally misunderstood. What even is a prophet? What do they do? Do prophets ever get things wrong? If so, then what? Can prophets read my mind? What about those prophets...
242: Long Term Fruitfulness
The Christian walk is a marathon not a sprint. But have you ever wondered why some people continue on while others fall away? Us too. This week we share some things you can put into practice today to keep you going for the long haul and highlig...
241: The Kindness of God
There are no toxic limits to the kindness of God. The depths of his goodness, mercy and favor can not be exhausted. On this week’s episode we talk about how we first encountered and how we live out of the theology of the kindness of God and w...
240: Surprised by the Power of the Holy Spirit
Yes today’s episode title is taken from an amazing book, no we’re not talking about the book. Rather, we are talking about our first encounters with the Holy Spirit and what that did for us. Plus we pray for more of the Holy Spirit for you, tal...
239: How to Live in Tension and Peace
Tension is unavoidable. It’s part of living life with limitations. So how do we live in tension and peace? That’s the very question we set out to answer this week. Plus, AJ gets new nails and Alyn discovers credit card fraud.
238: 50% Vaccinated
COVID-19, vaccinations and whether British people can swim. There’s plenty of opportunity for everyone to find something offensive about this week’s episode. But that’s not our heart - rather we want to make our thinking visible about where we’...
237: Are You Emotionally Dying?
How’s that for a clickbait title? But in all seriousness, are you? And would you even know if you were? This week we recount our journeys toward emotional wholeness and AJ gets real real talking about her journey of emotional suffocati...
236: Boundaries - Brilliant or Abominable?
To some, boundaries are nothing more than the tool of entitled jerks. To others they are a gateway to relational health and fruitfulness. On this episode we talk about when we first encountered boundaries, why they produce such a strong reactio...
235: Walking in Wisdom
Wisdom is a big deal. It saves you from pain. It elevates the quality of your life. But it’s kind of elusive, right? Like what is wisdom? And how do you get it? On this week’s episode we set out to try and answer some of those questions by talk...
