What a year it has been! Join us as we recap this year - what we loved, what surprised us, and what challenged us. Thank you for coming on this journey with us. We can’t wait for 2023!

What does healthy marriage in ministry look like? This week we’re sitting down with our friends Chris and Hannah Roussin to talk about it, and it’s a wonderfully honest conversation. We’re talking about boundaries, the importance of community in and outside of the church, being proactive, and caring for yourself and each other.

This week we sit down with Matt Marino to talk about the future of the church. We discuss some of the church’s past, how it has gotten us to where we are today, and then begin to lay the groundwork for where it is headed. This is Part 1 of a two part series that you don’t want to miss.

In this episode, we have an awesome conversation with Blake Williams about being an Executive Pastor at a local church. This role in the local church is one of the most misunderstood and Blake did such a great job helping us understand the importance of it!

We had the best time interviewing Jenn Taylor who's an admin at the local church in Phoenix.  In this episode we dig deep into the highs and lows of being an admin at a local church.  Jen had some amazing advice and insights for what it is to work in this vocation.

This is a heavy topic, but one that needs to be discussed.  With addiction stats moving up and not down we can not run away.  We invited our friend Patrick Gutierrez who is a recovering sex addict to talk through his journey and how he found Jesus, care, and healing.  

Mark Buckley is a great friend of PHOENIX/ONE and he's been a pastor for 50 years.  In this podcast we walk through his life and some of the lessons that God has taught him.  If you are a church staff member, this episode is essential.

We had the best conversation with our friend Aaron McKee who is the Executive Pastor of The Refinery about how to leave well, but also how to  be a great church staff.  

There seems to be a bit of confusion around coaching/counseling/mentorship...that is why we invited Eric on the podcast.  As an  Executive Coach he has learned his lane and how it can help those he gets to lead.  

Care is one of these words that gets thrown around,  but do we really know what it is?  On this episode our great friend Renee Worcester helps us unpack this term and it's implications.  We talked a lot about the church, but also marriage which is a topic that she is really passionate about.  

What is Unity?  That's a great question...I was asking the same thing when I started PHOENIX/ONE.  Dr. John Armstrong has been a mentor to me personally and others trying to obediently follow Jesus' High Priestly prayer in John 17:23.  In this episode we will talk through church history, ecumenism, unity and the highs and lows of the local church.

The term "Burn Out" is prolific right now.  It seems weekly that we get into conversation with someone about it.  But what is "Burn Out?"  Well...that's why we invited our very special guest Dr. Don Worcester to help us work it out.  

In this episode we introduce you to our NEW PHOENIX/ONE staff member Morgan Breitling.  This conversation took us all over the place...we discussed self-awareness, listening/ dealing with feedback, facing your failures, and observations about working for churches.  

In this episode Mike and I talked with Jaya Birdwell about church planting, being a pastors wife as well as a mom and business woman.   She is full of joy and taught us SO much...we KNOW you are going to enjoy this interview.

Our good friend Nathan Del Turco joins Mike and I to talk about how we have partnered in caring for church staff across the Valley.  This conversation took us in so many direction: What concerns us about the local church and it's leaders and staff?  What are we excited about the direction church leadership is going? How will we continue to work towards Jesus' vision of Unity among believers.  

In this episode, Mike and me talk through the stories of why we re-launched PHOENIX/ONE. We talk about our personal stories alongside of all the amazing things that allowed us to move forward with this invitation from God.

Most people don't realize that after the last gathering, Mike and I kept moving forward with what we believe God had asked us to do.  In this episode you will hear about Jeff's struggle after and the energy Mike brought to the team in this new iteration.

In this episode Dave Sweet (current board member and former chairman of the board) sit down to reflect on WHY PHOENIX/ONE went away.  Over the years we have heard many stories about why people thought we went away.  This episode will tell the story of what really happened.