Ep28 | It May Be Simpler Than We Thought Part 2 | Bless (00:34:51)
Knowing where to start when sharing the gospel with others is a difficult task. In this episode, we tackle what it means to "Bless" others and what our intentions should be behind blessing others.
Take someone out for coffee, invent in others' lives with you time, make a meal for them; the possibilities are limitless!
Ep27 | It May Be Simpler Than We Thought Part 1 (00:29:18)
The idea of "evangelism" is an intimidating thought for a lot of us. We often think that we have to go to extraordinary lengths in order to share the gospel with others. And because of this, we convince ourselves, that sharing the gospel must just not be for us. But what if there were simple things that every person could implement into their lives that were incredibly effective for sharing Jesus with others?
Join us as we start a new series "It May Be Simpler Than We Thought" and share why we think every person is able to share the gospel with those around them.
Ep26 | How To Get What You Want Part 3 | Encourage, Communicate, Be Humble (00:32:39)
Establishing expectations in friendships, with your co-workers, and with your partner can be tricky. In today's episode, we're wrapping up our series "How To Get What You Want" and looking at how we can do this in our relationships. How can we effectively communicate what we want to others? How should we respond when others communicate their desires to us? Join us as we share our experiences and practices for how we implement this in our lives!
Ep25 | How To Get What You Want | What DO You Want? (00:31:23)
We're continuing our series "How To Get What You Want" by taking a step back to look at what lies underneath our thoughts and actions: what we actually want.
Our actions are influenced by what we want deep down. But what should we want? What do we do to determine how to align our goals and mission with Jesus? Join us as we talk about what this can look like in our lives!
Ep24 | How To Get What You Want Part 1 | Leading Like Jesus (00:28:04)
As leaders, we all have goals and places where we want to lead our team. Very often in our society, productivity comes at the expense of burning out many members of your team. Jesus, however, had a different approach. Join us as we kick off a new series "How To Get What You Want" as we describe how modeling our leadership after Jesus had impacted our jobs and ministries.
Ep23 | New Year, Same Podcast | Are New Year's Resolutions The Best Practice For Personal Growth? (00:35:17)
We're back! We took a break from posting our podcasts for many reasons. In today's episode we talk about why we took a break, and what lies ahead for "There It Is" in the coming months.
Join us as we look at why New Year's resolutions seem to have a high percentage of failing and how we can instead learn to be self-reflective all year round and implement good practices for accomplishing our goals in a more healthy way.
Ep22 | Words Part 2 | Was It Necessary? (00:32:54)
In this episode, we are continuing our series on words.
As we try and sift through conversation and interactions with others, it is important for us to not only choose our words carefully, but it is even more important to decipher whether or not what we are even saying is helpful. Join us as we talk about what it means to ask the question "was it necessary?"
Ep21 | One Year In And We're Already "Experts" | Processing Marriage Advice After One Year Of Marriage (00:31:41)
Contrary to what the sarcastic title says, we're definitely not marriage experts. As we have enjoyed navigating through one year of marriage together, we have gotten lots of advice from before we were even married, to where we are now. In this episode, we break down what pieces of advice have worked well for us and what advice we didn't personally apply.
Ep20 | 'Strategies' Sounds Better Than 'Hacking' | Utilizing Points and Miles for Travel (00:33:54)
We've mentioned some on this podcast about how we have learned to use points and miles from credit card spending to redeem trips. In this episode, we break down a few ways we have been able to go on trips we normally wouldn't have been able to go on without breaking our budget.
Ep19 | Justus Wants a Piñata | Reminiscing Family Traditions (00:31:25)
After discussing the importance of families a couple of weeks ago on Father's Day, we decided to take an episode to talk about some of the cool ways our families stayed connected through family traditions. Join us as we reminisce and talk through some things we want to do together for our future family!
Ep18 | Do the Billboards actually work? | Sharing the Gospel Through Relationships (00:34:46)
We've all seen the billboards on the interstate or signs on the street corners with different sayings promoting Christianity. We've always wondered if people actually call the phone numbers that are on the signs. In this episode, we discuss how Paul and Jesus spread the gospel and how we have learned some ways to apply it to our lives.
Ep17 | God Setting the Standard | What Does It Mean That God Is Our Father? (00:34:00)
Throughout scripture, we see that God is our "Father." But what does that mean for us? Why does God choose the role of a Father in our lives? Join us as we ask these questions and explore some ideas as to what this means for our lives.
Ep16 | Alabaster Essential Oil? | Loving People Into Their Kingdom Potential (00:31:42)
We all have our own story filled with brokenness. As humans, we tend to get stuck on peoples' brokenness and have trouble seeing all of the incredible things God can do through a person. In this episode, we talk about how Jesus loved people into their 'kingdom potential.' What does it mean to meet someone where they're at and to speak truth and love into them despite their mistakes? Join us as we share some ideas and experiences that have helped us learn how we can do this.
Ep15 | Listening, Speaking, and Getting Angry...In That Order | Engaging Growth Through Challenging Conversations (00:33:53)
Our culture often addresses conflict through polarization and 'reacting' rather than 'responding.' In this episode, we discuss how we have seen this play out and how we have learned to navigate tough conversations by focusing on how we can be "quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry" (James 1:19).
Ep14 | Insecurities Out Of The Wazoo | His Power, Our Weakness (00:34:01)
As we continue out discussion about God's grace and our inability to be perfect, we are reminded of the incredible truth that God's grace IS ENOUGH. Join us on today's episode as we talk through how that has affected our lives and how we have learned to respond to God's gift of grace to us.
Ep13 | Did I Earn Enough Points To Make It Into Heaven??? | How God Loves Us Even Though We'll Never Be Good Enough (00:32:37)
As we strive every day to be more and more like Christ, it is incredibly easy for us to worry that we haven't "done enough" or that we aren't "good enough" to be accepted and loved by God. As we wrestle with this, it's incredibly important for us to remember that this is true, we aren't good enough. But God chooses to love us anyways. What does that mean for our lives? How should we respond to a God who chooses to love us even though we can never earn it? Join us as we discuss this in today's episode!
Ep12 | Songwriting With Nicole | How We Have Seen God Through Our Passion For Creating Music (00:36:24)
On this very special episode, we are joined by Kelsey's mom Nicole! Justus and Nicole are both avid songwriters. Join us as we explore
what our process for writing songs and share how music has impacted our lives and how we have seen God use music we have created to impact others!
Ep11 | Let's Talk About Leprosy | Why Its More Important To Meet Others' Emotional Needs Than It Is For Us To Be Comfortable (00:31:47)
As humans, we naturally gravitate toward our comfort zones. This, on its own, isn't inherently a bad thing. However, when it comes to extending love, treating others with kindness, and meeting someone's emotional needs, our own personal comfort can easily become a hindrance to how Jesus wants us to treat people. Join us as we discuss ways we have learned to do this and how important it has been for us to break down our limited world-views so that we can love like Jesus.
Ep10 | Going The Second Mile, Sustainably | Modeling Our Ministry After Jesus (00:34:29)
Last week we discussed how Jesus calls us to "go the second mile." In this episode, we're picking up where we left off and discussing how we have learned to realistically put this into practice based off of how Jesus balanced spending time with God, spending time with his friends, and teaching, healing, and loving others.
Ep9 | Second Mile Second Nature | Be Kind To Everyone...Even Those You Don't Feel Deserve To Be Treated Kindly (00:32:51)
As a society, we like to set the standard really low when it comes to treating everyone kindly. Jesus, believe it or not, has different ideas. What does it mean to go the extra mile with our kindness? In this episode, we wrestle with this idea and share some of the ways we try to be intentional with this.
Ep8 | We're The Product Of Others Investing Into Our Lives | Why Mentors Are Important To Us (00:33:45)
We always tell people that we are the product of others investing into our lives, and we mean it! In today's episode, we look back into our teenage years until now and describe the different ways we've been impacted by mentors and other people pouring into us!
Ep7 | Words Part 1 | Is Honesty Always The Best Policy? (00:32:28)
Today's episode marks the start of a new series we're doing on "words." To kick things off, we examine what it means to be honest. Is saying exactly what's on our mind always the best thing to do? When should we share how we feel? How do we do that? There seems to be an important balance between always sharing what we think and holding back what we think. Join us as we discuss what this might look like in our lives.
Ep6 | Hypothetical Spiritual Fields | Preparing Ourselves For God To Use Us (00:32:09)
As we share every week, God is at work around us in so many ways! How can we respond to that? How can we be ready for when the Spirit calls us? In this episode, we share some of the ways we have learned that have helped us prepare ourselves for God to use us on a daily basis.
Ep5 | Have You Ever Tried The Swedish Meatballs At IKEA? | Spending Money On Experiences (00:35:54)
Everyone has their own strategy for how to save money so that they can spend it on what is most valuable to them. In this episode, we discuss some of the practices that we have in order to help us travel on a budget.
Ep4 | Just Because You Didn't Have A Corndog Today Doesn't Mean It Was A Bad Day | Navigating Through Numbness (00:35:23)
We all have weeks where we don't really feel anything. Nothing is exciting and we feel burnt out. In today's episode, we reflect on our last week and talk through a few of the ways that we have found to be helpful when navigating through the numbness of life.
