There is something in the air recently at our church and others, regarding mentoring and discipleship. In this All Saints conversation, Brock Bingaman talks with Roc Bottomly, who has a lifetime’s worth of experience in the value of mentoring.Mentoring doesn’t have to be complex or difficult or intimidating. Lots of people have reservoirs of wisdom to share with others – wisdom gained through doing life with God, over time. You don’t have to be perfect or have had no struggles to be a good mentor. In fact, just the opposite: broken people who have walked through hard times make good mentors.How do you get started? We’ll give some practical help for• How to start a mentoring relationship• What to talk about during meetings• How often — and for how long— to meetThe process isn’t complicated, and the results can be life-changing—and life-bringing.

In this podcast, Brock and Connie explore some of the core elements of leadership, as Brock describes how he first encountered a series of leadership groups that changed an entire church. We’ll touch on the essence of leadership: empowering others — and we’ll talk about the value of humility, human limits, listening, and vulnerability.

In this podcast, Brock and Connie explore the life of Teresa of Avila, a reformer and a contemplative. Even though she lived 500 years ago, her writings have mentored many people (including Brock) in how prayer can bring them closer to God.

When you open your Bible, we’d love to have you ask, “I wonder if there’s more than I’ve been getting from my normal reading.” Because there always is. In this podcast, Brock and Connie talk about some of the discoveries and questions that have been arising from the Biblical Studies course. The first is about application.

Sometimes we take the ancient view when we look at God's work in history. And sometimes we look at the Holy Spirit's activity in more recent events. In the 1960s and 70s in the U.S., God intervened to reach and rescue a generation. Today, we call them the Jesus People.

Through what lens do we look at Scripture? How we answer that question shapes not only how we see the Bible, but how we relate to God.

In this All Saints podcast, Connie and Brock talk with Brad Kilman, the worship pastor at Our Lord’s Community Church. Brad has been leading worship for more than 20 years, ever since he encountered God as a teenager. In the conversation together, we explore the risk and mystery of worship — and talk about what Brad would say to a roomful of young worship leaders.

In this podcast, we continue our conversation about the prophetic. As we talked about before, God’s communication is central to life with Him. But what is the actual process of hearing Him like? We’ll talk about what we can do to prepare ourselves to hear God and what it’s like to hear Him — and also how we can discern.

In this podcast, we talk about the spiritual gift of prophecy — the kind described in 1 Corinthians 14 where Christians “speak to other people for their upbuilding and encouragement and consolation” (verse 3). Wayne Grudem defined prophecy this way: “Telling something that God has spontaneously brought to mind.” Prophecy is based on who God is: One who speaks and communicates, whose written word begins and ends with His speech. First and foremost, this is a call for us to cultivate friendship with God, to relate and listen to Him, and to saturate ourselves with His words in Scripture.