There are no friends like old friends. Jarod and I played on a soccer team together in high school (almost 30 years ago.) It was a joy to reconnect with him recently. He husband, father, and bi-vocational pastor living in Toomsboro, GA. He has written a book called ⁠Battle Plan⁠ (available on Kindle.) I encourage you to check it out. (For Duncan and anyone else who cares: This is the first episode recorded "virtually" so we are still working out the technical part.) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eric-himelick/support

On this episode of GNG, another great conversation from my time in TN. This time I discuss Godly manhood and the ministry of Men Arise with David Spivey. https://godlymanhoodtoday.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eric-himelick/support

"We don't really change people by shouting at them, not even by shouting loudly." There was a lot to chew on in this short conversation, but this line of thinking was key. Early Methodism understood this, and they gave us a great example. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eric-himelick/support

How can we pass along our faith to our children? How can we make disciples who then make disciples? I enjoyed a great conversation (both on and off mic) with my friend, Darrell Stetler II from Oklahoma City at the recent Interchurch Holiness Convention in Gatlinburg, TN. I encourage you to listen and to check out his material! https://www.discipleshipinthehome.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eric-himelick/support

Through the years, we have done our best to "do life together" as a family. Kaylynn gives us her perspective on what that looked like. I laughed. I cried. It moved me, Bob. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eric-himelick/support

We've all been there. Your initial plan didn't work out the way that you hoped. What do you do? How do you keep moving forward? Here are a few thoughts and stories from my experience. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eric-himelick/support

In Waking the Dead, John Eldredge gives this picture of a community of the heart, "Living in community is like camping together… for a month, in the desert… without tents. All your stuff is scattered out there for everyone to see.” Growing communities like Columba did at Iona in A.D. 564 is not very glamourous; It is hard, messy work. But growing communities of the heart to shine as lights in this dark world IS the way forward. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eric-himelick/support

Kaylynn is back, and we are discussing this year's NDPx theme: Rootedness from Colossians 2:6-7. In an age of mobility, we must recover the virtue of "blooming where we are planted." Constancy is key to all the other virtues, and that happens in a place and with a people. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eric-himelick/support

There are times in our lives as leaders that we don't feel like there is any pathway forward. We feel stuck. The good news is that you can get "unstuck." This episode offers some perspective and life lessons for leaders who are in the battle. For more information, on NDP you can check out: victoryacres.org For more information on The Rooted Life Plan, personal retreats, and coaching, visit: himelickfamilyconsulting.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eric-himelick/support

I've always wanted to record a podcast at the beach... at sunrise, and today I did. The audio is terrible, but the view was spectacular. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eric-himelick/support

A report on "Longing for the Light," the all-night, inter-church prayer movement that happened on February 16 in 33 different locations around the U.S. (and Internationally.) For more details look at: longingforthelight.org --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eric-himelick/support

Leading "off the map" starts by people being able to trust us "on the map." Are we the kind of resilient leader that people can trust and how can we become a person that is trustworthy? In this episode, I dig into some of the challenges that I'm facing personally and offer some thoughts on leading in crisis and change. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eric-himelick/support

More lessons from the life of George Muller, (particularly when God doesn't answer prayer the way we wish He would.) Asking good questions like, "What is happening? What does it mean? And what is God inviting us into?" More talk about NDP and how we need to develop ministry with and by young people, not just ministry FOR young people. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eric-himelick/support

I have been reading form The Work of Faith through George Muller edited by Abbie Morrow (originally published in 1899 by The Office of the Revivalist, Cincinnati, OH, Martin Wells Knapp; reprinted in 2005 by Alleghany Publications, Salem OH.) Fascinating read and lots of good stuff gleaned. Today, Kaylynn and I discuss fundraising philosophy in light of Muller. I have lived in this space for the past 25 years and the things that I share here are meant to be "helpful hints to fellow strugglers." I don't have it all figured out, but this has been a huge area for which I was woefully unprepared as a Christian leader. And it is an area that I hope to be a help to others along the journey. If you'd like to discuss it further, please let me know. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eric-himelick/support

Kaylynn and I start a wide-ranging conversation that includes an article from Front Porch Republic entitled "A Beautiful Farm." From there we discuss the USDA agricultural policies of the 1970's that have led to our current situation. We discuss the value of "sticking with" a place and a people, and we end up talking about Abraham and faithfulness. It was fun to record whether you ever listen to it or not, but I hope you'll "glean and gather" with us. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eric-himelick/support

Here are some reflections from I Thess. 4 about Christian ambition and witness. Our ambition should be to: 1. Live a quiet life 2. Mind our own business 3. Work with our hands So that we will have what we need and not be unnecessarily dependent on others and gain the respect of those who are outside the faith. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eric-himelick/support

Kaylynn's back! It was such a joy to record this episode with my eldest daughter. It was a free flowing conversation about NDP, the need for the church to be engaged in "vocational discipleship," and how we should be developing leaders at every level. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eric-himelick/support

I am sharing from my life over the past few weeks, planning for "Longing for the Light," a muti-site, interdenominational prayer movement that God has impressed on my heart. Also talking about leading our families towards God and how we do family devotions. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eric-himelick/support

In the middle of your busyness are you taking time for rhythms of renewal? In this episode, I am challenging you to seek the face of God and to live in health as you move forward with you plans. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eric-himelick/support

Headmaster Scott Clemens of Heartland Christian has been a personal friend and huge blessing to our family over the past nine years our children have been connected there. I interviewed him him today about education, discipleship, and Heartland's mission of partnering with parents to develop Christ-like leaders. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eric-himelick/support