Iron Collective en Iron Collective The Iron Collective is an approach to community that fosters deeper human connection and connection with God. It is designed to help guys in particular understand themselves and God through the lens of story. We believe that we all have a story, and by uncovering the mystery of our stories we begin to know God at a heart level. This podcast series serves as a companion for the Iron Collective small groups and as a tool to help guys go deeper. https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/75e2f2f0-3ddc-11ee-9798-b74d45b9c220/image/19981fb8640774dfa928b85e1de575a7.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress Iron Collective serial Iron Collective The Iron Collective is an approach to community that fosters deeper human connection and connection with God. It is designed to help guys in particular understand themselves and God through the lens of story. We believe that we all have a story, and by uncovering the mystery of our stories we begin to know God at a heart level. This podcast series serves as a companion for the Iron Collective small groups and as a tool to help guys go deeper. The Iron Collective is an approach to community that fosters deeper human connection and connection with God. It is designed to help guys in particular understand themselves and God through the lens of story. We believe that we all have a story, and by uncovering the mystery of our stories we begin to know God at a heart level. This podcast series serves as a companion for the Iron Collective small groups and as a tool to help guys go deeper.

]]> admin@flecko.com Ep. 7: Striving vs Trusting What is God like? It’s a question we often answer with a list of adjectives, but our posture towards God says much more about what we actually believe about Him. Is our posture towards God one of striving or one of trusting? In this episode we discuss what faithfulness looks like, God’s orientation towards man, and how we can begin to lean more into a posture of trusting. Chapters: (0:00) What is Faithfulness (2:45) God’s Orientation to Mankind (9:30) A Posture of Trusting (16:53) Abundance vs Scarcity (21:45) Shifting from Striving to Trusting Thu, 24 Aug 2023 21:30:00 -0000 Ep. 7: Striving vs Trusting full 2 7 Iron Collective What is God like? It’s a question we often answer with a list of adjectives, but our posture towards God says much more about what we actually believe about Him. Is our posture towards God one of striving or one of trusting? What is God like? It’s a question we often answer with a list of adjectives, but our posture towards God says much more about what we actually believe about Him. Is our posture towards God one of striving or one of trusting? In this episode we discuss what faithfulness looks like, God’s orientation towards man, and how we can begin to lean more into a posture of trusting. Chapters: (0:00) What is Faithfulness (2:45) God’s Orientation to Mankind (9:30) A Posture of Trusting (16:53) Abundance vs Scarcity (21:45) Shifting from Striving to Trusting What is God like? It’s a question we often answer with a list of adjectives, but our posture towards God says much more about what we actually believe about Him. Is our posture towards God one of striving or one of trusting?

In this episode we discuss what faithfulness looks like, God’s orientation towards man, and how we can begin to lean more into a posture of trusting.


Chapters:

(0:00) What is Faithfulness

(2:45) God’s Orientation to Mankind

(9:30) A Posture of Trusting

(16:53) Abundance vs Scarcity

(21:45) Shifting from Striving to Trusting

]]> 1803 Ep. 6: Who We Are + The Importance of Knowing Our True Identity The world is telling us a story about ourselves and we believe it. We often see our identity through the lens of the story the world is telling us, and it’s not until we look at God’s story that we begin to see our true identity. In this episode we dive even deeper into understanding our identity. We examine the lies we believe and ways we can start replacing them with truth. Chapters: (0:00) What Keeps Us From Knowing Our True Identity (7:46) Our True Identity (14:18) Lies Against Our Identity (16:50) How to Begin Believe Truth (18:50) Undoing the Curse of Eden (26:41) What is Our True Identity Is Thu, 24 Aug 2023 21:29:00 -0000 Ep. 6: Who We Are + The Importance of Knowing Our True Identity full 2 6 Iron Collective The world is telling us a story about ourselves and we believe it. We often see our identity through the lens of the story the world is telling us, and it’s not until we look at God’s story that we begin to see our true identity. The world is telling us a story about ourselves and we believe it. We often see our identity through the lens of the story the world is telling us, and it’s not until we look at God’s story that we begin to see our true identity. In this episode we dive even deeper into understanding our identity. We examine the lies we believe and ways we can start replacing them with truth. Chapters: (0:00) What Keeps Us From Knowing Our True Identity (7:46) Our True Identity (14:18) Lies Against Our Identity (16:50) How to Begin Believe Truth (18:50) Undoing the Curse of Eden (26:41) What is Our True Identity Is The world is telling us a story about ourselves and we believe it. We often see our identity through the lens of the story the world is telling us, and it’s not until we look at God’s story that we begin to see our true identity.


In this episode we dive even deeper into understanding our identity. We examine the lies we believe and ways we can start replacing them with truth.


Chapters:

(0:00) What Keeps Us From Knowing Our True Identity

(7:46) Our True Identity

(14:18) Lies Against Our Identity

(16:50) How to Begin Believe Truth

(18:50) Undoing the Curse of Eden

(26:41) What is Our True Identity Is

]]> 1992 Ep. 5: The Ways We Hide + Removing The Mask We are all in hiding. Adam and Eve tried to hide behind fig leaves in The Garden, and we have been hiding ever since. In this episode we dive into the masks that we wear, the effects of wearing masks, and how to begin helping each other remove our masks. Chapters: (0:00) What is the Mask (3:55) Examples of Masks We Wear (7:55) Getting Triggered by our Masks (14:57) Calling Each Other’s Mask Out (18:45) Places We Often Wear Masks (23:33) How the Mask Shapes Our Relationship with God Thu, 24 Aug 2023 21:26:00 -0000 Ep. 5: The Ways We Hide + Removing The Mask full 2 5 Iron Collective We are all in hiding. Adam and Eve tried to hide behind fig leaves in The Garden, and we have been hiding ever since. We are all in hiding. Adam and Eve tried to hide behind fig leaves in The Garden, and we have been hiding ever since. In this episode we dive into the masks that we wear, the effects of wearing masks, and how to begin helping each other remove our masks. Chapters: (0:00) What is the Mask (3:55) Examples of Masks We Wear (7:55) Getting Triggered by our Masks (14:57) Calling Each Other’s Mask Out (18:45) Places We Often Wear Masks (23:33) How the Mask Shapes Our Relationship with God We are all in hiding. Adam and Eve tried to hide behind fig leaves in The Garden, and we have been hiding ever since.

In this episode we dive into the masks that we wear, the effects of wearing masks, and how to begin helping each other remove our masks.


Chapters:

(0:00) What is the Mask

(3:55) Examples of Masks We Wear

(7:55) Getting Triggered by our Masks

(14:57) Calling Each Other’s Mask Out

(18:45) Places We Often Wear Masks

(23:33) How the Mask Shapes Our Relationship with God

]]> 1515 Ep. 4: The Nature of Evil + How We Combat It Evil is real. And it pursues. And it’s a liar. We can often overlook the fact that evil is still at play, and it is constantly deceiving us. In this episode we begin to understand evil in the world by looking at its origin in Genesis. We discuss the nature of evil, how it works, and how we can begin to combat it. Chapters: (0:00) Understanding evil (5:21) What is Shame (7:04) Evil pursues (13:20) How we combat evil (25:36) Being protectors Thu, 24 Aug 2023 21:25:00 -0000 Ep. 4: The Nature of Evil + How We Combat It full 1 4 Iron Collective Evil is real. And it pursues. And it’s a liar. We can often overlook the fact that evil is still at play, and it is constantly deceiving us. Evil is real. And it pursues. And it’s a liar. We can often overlook the fact that evil is still at play, and it is constantly deceiving us. In this episode we begin to understand evil in the world by looking at its origin in Genesis. We discuss the nature of evil, how it works, and how we can begin to combat it. Chapters: (0:00) Understanding evil (5:21) What is Shame (7:04) Evil pursues (13:20) How we combat evil (25:36) Being protectors Evil is real. And it pursues. And it’s a liar. We can often overlook the fact that evil is still at play, and it is constantly deceiving us.


In this episode we begin to understand evil in the world by looking at its origin in Genesis. We discuss the nature of evil, how it works, and how we can begin to combat it.


Chapters:

(0:00) Understanding evil

(5:21) What is Shame

(7:04) Evil pursues

(13:20) How we combat evil

(25:36) Being protectors

]]> 1696 Ep. 3: Emotional Intelligence, The Mystery of People + The Feelings Wheel A central theme of life together revolves around our feelings and emotions. Yet, in our society, we often suppress our emotions because we highly prioritize efficiency, and emotions aren’t “efficient”. Not embracing our emotions and feelings actually sabotages our deep longing for human connection. In this episode we dive into creating a safe environment by avoiding the trap of showing up with a consumer mentality and by viewing people as Holy mysteries not problems to be solved. We talk about growing our emotional intelligence and discuss the resource of the feelings wheel.  Chapters: (0:00) People are Mysteries not Problems (6:34) Avoiding a Consumer Mentality (8:42) Emotional Intelligence (17:51) Chambers of the Heart (19:18) The Feelings Wheel/Chart (27:34) Facilitating a Healthy Group Dynamic Thu, 24 Aug 2023 21:22:00 -0000 Ep. 3: Emotional Intelligence, The Mystery of People + The Feelings Wheel full 1 3 Iron Collective A central theme of life together revolves around our feelings and emotions. Yet, in our society, we often suppress our emotions because we highly prioritize efficiency, and emotions aren’t “efficient”. Not embracing our emotions and feelings actually sabotages our deep longing for human connection. A central theme of life together revolves around our feelings and emotions. Yet, in our society, we often suppress our emotions because we highly prioritize efficiency, and emotions aren’t “efficient”. Not embracing our emotions and feelings actually sabotages our deep longing for human connection. In this episode we dive into creating a safe environment by avoiding the trap of showing up with a consumer mentality and by viewing people as Holy mysteries not problems to be solved. We talk about growing our emotional intelligence and discuss the resource of the feelings wheel.  Chapters: (0:00) People are Mysteries not Problems (6:34) Avoiding a Consumer Mentality (8:42) Emotional Intelligence (17:51) Chambers of the Heart (19:18) The Feelings Wheel/Chart (27:34) Facilitating a Healthy Group Dynamic A central theme of life together revolves around our feelings and emotions. Yet, in our society, we often suppress our emotions because we highly prioritize efficiency, and emotions aren’t “efficient”. Not embracing our emotions and feelings actually sabotages our deep longing for human connection.


In this episode we dive into creating a safe environment by avoiding the trap of showing up with a consumer mentality and by viewing people as Holy mysteries not problems to be solved. We talk about growing our emotional intelligence and discuss the resource of the feelings wheel. 


Chapters:

(0:00) People are Mysteries not Problems

(6:34) Avoiding a Consumer Mentality

(8:42) Emotional Intelligence

(17:51) Chambers of the Heart

(19:18) The Feelings Wheel/Chart

(27:34) Facilitating a Healthy Group Dynamic

]]> 1882 Ep. 2: Power of Story + Box Talk Why story? Uncovering the mystery of our stories are central to these groups, but what makes story so special? At its core, story helps us know God. We find life by engaging our story and God’s greater story. Story is a sacred place because it shows where God has been at work. By diving into the mystery of our story, we begin to see where God has shown up time and time again, even when we were completely unaware of it. Story is where we begin to engage with God at a heart level. Chapters: (0:00) Gabe’s Story (16:00) Why story? (25:28) Rejecting Simple Stories (27:42) The Beginning of Iron Collective  (31:43) Box Talk Thu, 24 Aug 2023 21:19:00 -0000 Ep. 2: Power of Story + Box Talk full 1 2 Iron Collective Why story? Uncovering the mystery of our stories are central to these groups, but what makes story so special? At its core, story helps us know God. We find life by engaging our story and God’s greater story. Story is where we begin to engage with God at a heart level. Why story? Uncovering the mystery of our stories are central to these groups, but what makes story so special? At its core, story helps us know God. We find life by engaging our story and God’s greater story. Story is a sacred place because it shows where God has been at work. By diving into the mystery of our story, we begin to see where God has shown up time and time again, even when we were completely unaware of it. Story is where we begin to engage with God at a heart level. Chapters: (0:00) Gabe’s Story (16:00) Why story? (25:28) Rejecting Simple Stories (27:42) The Beginning of Iron Collective  (31:43) Box Talk Why story? Uncovering the mystery of our stories are central to these groups, but what makes story so special? At its core, story helps us know God. We find life by engaging our story and God’s greater story.


Story is a sacred place because it shows where God has been at work. By diving into the mystery of our story, we begin to see where God has shown up time and time again, even when we were completely unaware of it. Story is where we begin to engage with God at a heart level.


Chapters:

(0:00) Gabe’s Story

(16:00) Why story?

(25:28) Rejecting Simple Stories

(27:42) The Beginning of Iron Collective 

(31:43) Box Talk

]]> 2272 Ep. 1: How Are You? Who Are You? This episode is all about beginning to uncover our true identity. We often struggle to answer the question “how are you?” much less truly understand the question of “who am I?”. We dive into what discipleship looks like, the power of questions, and share some tips and tools for creating a safe environment for the groups. Chapters: (0:00) The Beginning of Iron Collective (1:50) How Are You? (11:08) Who Are You? (21:52) Being Fully Present (25:57) Being Fully Alive (28:42) Being Curious (32:33) How to Create a Safe Environment Thu, 24 Aug 2023 21:15:00 -0000 Ep. 1: How Are You? Who Are You? full 1 1 Iron Collective This episode is all about beginning to uncover our true identity. We often struggle to answer the question “how are you?” much less truly understand the question of “who am I?”. This episode is all about beginning to uncover our true identity. We often struggle to answer the question “how are you?” much less truly understand the question of “who am I?”. We dive into what discipleship looks like, the power of questions, and share some tips and tools for creating a safe environment for the groups. Chapters: (0:00) The Beginning of Iron Collective (1:50) How Are You? (11:08) Who Are You? (21:52) Being Fully Present (25:57) Being Fully Alive (28:42) Being Curious (32:33) How to Create a Safe Environment This episode is all about beginning to uncover our true identity. We often struggle to answer the question “how are you?” much less truly understand the question of “who am I?”.


We dive into what discipleship looks like, the power of questions, and share some tips and tools for creating a safe environment for the groups.


Chapters:

(0:00) The Beginning of Iron Collective

(1:50) How Are You?

(11:08) Who Are You?

(21:52) Being Fully Present

(25:57) Being Fully Alive

(28:42) Being Curious

(32:33) How to Create a Safe Environment

]]> 2481 What to Expect from the Iron Collective Podcast What you can expect from the Iron Collective Podcast. Fri, 18 Aug 2023 15:33:22 -0000 What to Expect from the Iron Collective Podcast trailer Iron Collective What you can expect from the Iron Collective Podcast. What you can expect from the Iron Collective Podcast. What you can expect from the Iron Collective Podcast.

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