Telling Family Stories

Mark Parrett and Steven Manuel conclude their series about spiritual leadership at home with a discussion on money (4:15). They review “not being a lover of money” (7:00), being “temperate and self-controlled” (9:30), “not given to drunkenness” (yes, we’re talking about money, 12:00), not being “quarrelsome” (15:00), “his children obey him” (18:45), “hospitable” (20:20), and “managing the household well” (26:35). If you don’t handle your dough right, you’re disqualified for more Kingdom leadership… so let’s get this right!

17 Mar 202132min

Mark Parrett and Steven Manuel continue their series about spiritual leadership at home, and consider that handling inevitable conflict and correction are part of the deal. Have you graduated into true eldership? If not, this episode will help set the Biblical bar for you.

10 Mar 20211h 7min

Mark Parrett and Steven Manuel continue their series about spiritual leadership at home and how to interface with the local elder/fathers, thick community (12:20), iron sharpening iron (18:00), receiving at a church where you don’t feel to be in submission (43:30), and mutual submission with other believers (53:45). They also talk about naked old men in saunas (it’s not weird).

3 Mar 202157min

Mark Parrett and Steven Manuel discuss eldership in the home (8:30): what do the elder descriptions from 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1 have to do with home leadership (Hint: a lot. Your home IS a tiny church nugget). They also discuss celebrity conversions (52:00) because they can’t help it.

24 Feb 20211h 1min

Mark Parrett and Steven Manuel talk haircuts, crypto (while Steven eats… forgive us listener), and then review and celebrate LoDoFebruary, their annual season of cost-cutting and self-denial. Then, they go off on a tangent about headphones (24:30) for some strange reason.

17 Feb 202128min

Mark Parrett and Steven Manuel host this special edition of the podcast to talk about a job opening they have at Outpost Advisors. They attempt to do so with a light touch, as usual. See the job description right here, or visit OutpostAdvisors.net and scroll down to ‘careers’ if you’re on a platform that doesn’t like our links.

15 Feb 202120min

Michael Beausejour joins Steven Manuel to talk about what can reasonably be done with young children to develop spiritual capital in them. They discuss goals for infants in arms (6:30), the young father who feels he has to choose between disciplemaking and changing diapers (12:15), how to make Bible reading meaningful for kiddos (26:00), which weekly chores are good for a 6-year-old (31:00), what a normal week looks like in the Beausejour home (31:45), where to start if you’ve never tried to have spiritual rhythms in your home (36:45), and how having godly, just-a-bit-older heroes for our kids is a major win (45:00). Michael has more kids than you do (7 under the age of 8!) so give him a listen.

10 Feb 202149min

Mark Parrett and Steven Manuel review the latest goings on with definitions of key terms, colorful/questionable illustrations, and sound effects. All in under 20 minutes!

3 Feb 202120min