Keeping Up With The Joneses
Episodes
308 episodes
107: Fathers, Sons & Celebration
Recorded on Fathers Day, we talk about what it means to be a spiritual Father, what it means to be a spiritual son and how we've still got a long way to discover how to celebrate. Also, new beta software from Apple has Alyn all happy and a Boy Nam...
106: Tales from Iceland
And we're back with tales from abroad. Last week we were in Iceland catching up with old friends and making some new ones. While there, we interviewed our friend Baldur a former pimp and drug dealer who met Jesus and had his life transformed. We a...
105: Faith is a Test
Last week we bought a house – this week we sold ours. In all of this God taught us some things about kicking shame to the curb, about embracing opportunities instead of permission and about faith and potassium. Also, we answer a listener's questio...
104: MORE review
We just finished the MORE conference with Chris McClarney and Danny Silk. In this episode we talk through each of Danny's session and pull out some of the stuff that landed on our hearts. Plus a listener's question about when is it okay to say eno...
103: Feedback on Feedback
Look, all you need to know about this week's episode is that AJ sings the Canadian national anthem, she viciously attacks Alyn in an unwarranted manner and is in a generally feisty mood. This week we review your feedback to us and answer a listene...
102: The Orphan Spirit
In response to listeners' feedback that we have longer episodes and that we answer more listeners' questions here's a new longer length episode with an answer to a listener's question! The orphan spirit is the way of thinking that keeps us trapped...
101: Learning
With SOSL students graduated we take time to reflect on what it means to learn, what we've learned from watching others learn and share tips on keeping what you got on the mountain top while you're in the valley. But more importantly we want to gi...
100: The Joy of Starting Small
Have you ever stopped before you started? This episode is an encouragement to do that thing you've been too scared to try because you don't think it will work. With 100 episodes to look back on, we share some of the encouragement we've found from ...
99: David Campbell
This week we're joined by our friend David Campbell. David is one of the national leaders of the Elim Pentecostal church in the UK and oversees 200 pastors. As a pastor of pastors we asked him all sorts of questions about what he's learned in lead...
98: The Bible
This week we talk the Bible. How we learned to love it, our favorite versions, Alyn's trouble in finding a new one, AJ's slightly crazy mark up techniques and other biblical bits and pieces. We also answer one of the best questions we've ever been...
97: Henry & Alex Seeley
Henry & Alex lead The Belonging, a church in Nashville that started with 7 people meeting in the basement of their house. Two years later, they are fast approaching a congregation of 2,000 people. We sat down with them and asked about their journe...
96: Dreaming with God
Poor AJ is sick, but she managed to croak her way through this episode with tremendous results. Find out where we're going in June, how much weight we've lost in the last 40 days and more importantly seven helpful things to put into place while dr...
95: Relationships
Alyn discovers he's a freak as AJ breaks that news to him gently, we test drive a Tesla and nothing is working in our recording studio. This week we talk relationships, friendships, verbal processing, how to steward favor in relationships, things ...
94: Listeners' Questions
This week's episode reflects the change of pace we've had at this week. So instead of a topic, there's several as we answer our listeners' questions. Topics range from depression to spiritual discernment and from dreams to soaking music. Plus we a...
93: Life Hacks
Goodness gracious me. We spend some time talking about the things we've put in place to reduce friction (and thus stress) in our lives. From automatic light switches to floor cleaning robots - we cover it all. Plus, Alyn reverts back to his Scotti...
92: Happy Future
You and I have a glorious future, yet too often we can't see it because we're focussing on the wrong things. This week we get distracted by a new game, get revelation from our kids and talk exciting date nights. But most of all, we talk about the ...
91: Hungry
What a glorious week! We catch up on some Gary & Sarah stories after their radical time with us, talk about lunch boxes for grown ups and share our latest restaurant find. The main topic however is hunger for God; why it's good, why it's God and h...
90: Gary & Sarah Morgan
In preparation for this week's episode we suggest you watch this youtube clip first. Gary & Sarah have been friends of ours for 10 years. They are wonderful parents, incredible leaders and tremendous fun. We designed our podcast with the goal of g...
89: Perseverance
There's no fast track to greatness. Everyone who is someone has endured something. This week we look at the topic of perseverance and share four things to help you stay strong when things are going rough. That and how we started our day with a "fi...
88: Wonderful Women
A great week with sad moments. We said goodbye to our friend Justin, Alyn taught at The Belonging on women in ministry and we ate great pizza and great meat. In this week's episode we talk about the women who had major impact on our lives. Also, S...
87: The Thin Line
We'll be honest, this was a hard week with a very rough ending. Pneumonia, winter storms and the death of a friend. As a result this isn't your normal podcast. We say hi for sure, but you'll forgive us for not sharing, instead you get to listen a ...
86: David Wagner
This is more than an hour of solid gold Holy Spirit goodness. On this episode we ask David to share the story of how God transformed him from a suicidal alcoholic schizophrenic into the cuddly loving mercy prophet we have today. If you're not enco...
85: Sowing & Reaping
This one's a winner. You've got AJ's whistling nostril, AJ's story of how she started smoking and some talk about the most disbelieved verse in the Bible. Also, stories of how you can kick start blessing in your life and we answer a listener quest...
