Gathered & Scattered

Following Jesus In Middle School

We broke the Podcast Guest record and I sat down with 8 middle school students while I was at Hidden Haven Christian Camp to ask them some simple questions about what it is like to follow Jesus as a Middle Schooler today! Hear from Gabriel, Acelyn, Jaggar, Thomas, Kennedy, Emery, Kennedy (a different one), and Ralee, and hopefully gain some encouragement and/or perspective about how we can support the students in our circles of influence in their walk with Jesus!

Summer Camp & Building Foundations for Students featuring Dakota Shurts

Eli sits down with Dakota Shurts, who is the Youth Pastor at Crestview Christian Church in Manhattan Kansas while they were together at Hidden Haven Christian Camp and discusses what it's like to do Youth Ministry in 2026. We talk about what Discipleship looks like inside student ministry, how to build ministries with depth, and how to partner with families to see fruit produced in the lives of young people. We also have it on record now that Eli Bayless either DOES NOT snore, or Dakota is an incredibly sound sleeper...

The Cast of Characters: Part 1 - Team Dragon

There are so many characters who play a unique part in John's Vision of Jesus in Revelation, and so we start off by discussing some of the characters who make up "Team Dragon" and how they are drawing us into the divine imagination of Revelation and what Jesus is revealing about himself!

How To Read Revelation

The Book of Revelation can feel so strange and intimidating to people. Is it a code that needs to be cracked? A secret insight into the return of Jesus? A mystical delusion? Or is it simply a vision of hope chock-full of powerful symbols meant to inspire our imagination about the kingdom of God! Travis and Eli sit down to discuss several practical tips for reading the apocalyptic literature of the Book of Revelation.

Fruit To Root

Travis and I sit down to discuss the concept of Fruit To Root, pioneered by Jeff Vanderstelt in his book Saturate! We discuss the importance of tracing the fruit we see in our lives back to it's root beliefs so that we might meet with the Holy Spirit to find the truth that would lead us to seeing the Fruit of The Spirit produced instead. Saturate Book - Amazon [https://www.amazon.com/Saturate-Being-Disciples-Jesus-Everyday/dp/1433545993/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1BB4XJ47F45VO&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.xOTOGf0bqWveYiYm-3a2e24kNjkuUukG_RCtPP0QG2JGlvlBOzJZvRWCsTyK0ppgSHqJXIuMoGI8xuK3djwTyIQCzlQ5jxJYDTg_7jbNbk39jwgEgB0AKFzd2r2VIPasiTTatI9NCbJOUHMqX1x2Hg.rVSR482ot9VcxgXce9f57lHyUrdpG6J0p-flIvhtpxs&dib_tag=se&keywords=saturate+jeff+vanderstelt&qid=1780280463&sprefix=Saturate%2Caps%2C193&sr=8-1] Fruit To Root - Saturate Website [https://www.kcunderground.com/resources-content/fruit-to-root]