Missional Mayhem

TD Smith

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CHRISTIANITY

Welcome to Missional Mayhem — where mission, innovation, and movement collide in a changing world. I’m Tiffany Smith, your host, and this is the space where we explore what it means to live life on mission for Jesus in the middle the chaos as well as the opportunities of our time.

11/25/2025

Living Out Your Activated Yes! with Kim Hardy

Your Activated Yes! What does it really mean to live in your activated yes with God—especially when you feel broken, stuck, or overwhelmed? In this episode Kim Hardy—author, speaker, coach, and host of the Live Bold podcast - shares how her “activated yes” was birthed not on a mountaintop, but in a challenging season and how God transformed a wilderness experience into deep identity and calling. Moving from a passive, under-lived “yes” to a daily, activated faith Discerning a Kingdom "yes" from just another good opportunity Abiding instead of striving when you lead in multiple lanes Boundaries, capacity, and why saying no can be as holy as saying yes Rest, Sabbath, and what it really means to believe that God is enough Encouragement for the leader who feels afraid, stuck, or forgotten If you’ve ever wondered how to live boldly, steward your assignment, and still breathe in a chaotic world, this conversation will breathe hope and courage into your soul. Resources Kim Hardy on Instagram: @kimhardyspeaks Website: kimhardy.org Podcast: Live Bold – available on major podcast platforms, including YouTube Journal: Activate Your Yes: A 30-Day Faith Challenge for Women Who Want to Live Beyond Worry, Anxiety, and Fear Book: Relaunch! 5 Keys to Getting Past Stuck and Stress at Work and Life Reflection - KNOWING • BEING • MULTIPLYING After listening, take a moment to reorient and recalibrate with the Lord in your knowing, being, and multiplying. 🌿 Knowing - Where have I been believing that my worth or validation comes from what I do for God or others, rather than from who I am in Christ? 💠 Being - In this current season, what would it look like for me to abide instead of strive—especially in my rhythms of rest, boundaries, and emotional/soul care? 🌱 Multiplying - Who in my world might need encouragement to move from a passive “yes” to an activated “yes”? What simple step can I take this week to call out, affirm, or walk with them in that? Let those questions linger with you throughout your day.

32 min
11/18/2025

Called to Love the City with Will Plitt

Called to Love the City What if our scorecard is wrong? Executive Director of Christ Together, Will Plitt, challenges us to rethink the North American church’s “scorecard.” What if success is less about collecting people and programs—and more about mobilizing disciples and reaching the city? Will shares the great burden that birthed Christ Together, the shift from a collecting OS (Operating System) to a mobilizing OS, and why gospel saturation requires collaboration across churches so every man, woman, and child has repeated opportunities to see, hear, and respond to Jesus. Resources Mentioned Christ Together Website: christtogether.org Exponential 5 Levels of Churches: exponential.org/moving-to-multiplication Reflection - KNOWING • BEING • MULTIPLYING After listening, take a moment to reorient and recalibrate with the Lord in your knowing, being, and multiplying. 🌿 Knowing - What does God want for my city? What would it look like if God actually did that? And, what would it require of me? 💠 Being - What posture (humility, surrender, unity) is the Spirit inviting me into? What do I need to lament or repent of? 🌱 Multiplying - Who can I join hands with in my city to further the saturation of the gospel? Let those questions linger with you throughout your day.

47 min
11/10/2025

Love without Borders with Marie Burrus

In this episode, we sit down with Marie Burrus, church consultant at the Union Baptist Association in Houston, TX. God's love has no borders and crosses every culture and nation. Marie shares how to love diaspora neighbors and cultivate cultural intelligence as we live with curiosity and humility. We even touch on navigating the landscape of AI with one particular caution. Join us for a rich, practical conversation for anyone longing to live missionally in a complex, multicultural world. Resources Mentioned You Were Never Meant to Do it All by Kelly Kapic Cultural Intelligence by David Livermore Leading with Cultural Intelligence by David Livermore Ministering Cross-Culturally by Sherwood G. Lingenfelter Union Baptist Association: www.ubahouston.org Reflection - KNOWING • BEING • MULTIPLYING After listening, take a moment to reorient and recalibrate with the Lord in your knowing, being, and multiplying. 🌿 Knowing - How does understanding the idea of diaspora expand your view of God’s heart for the nations —even those living right next door? 💠 Being - What does humility look like in your relationships across culture, ethnicity, or worldview? 🌱 Multiplying - Who in your city or neighborhood could you begin to notice and engage with open eyes and an open heart this week? Let those questions linger with you throughout your day.

43 min
11/04/2025

Leading with Legacy in Mind with Eddie Hancock

Legacy. Identity. Multiplication. Pastor and coach Eddie Hancock shares how raising leaders from within and practicing the presence of God can change everything—from how we lead to how we see the Kingdom in everyday life. Join us for this Kingdom conversation on practical wisdom, global perspective, and a vision for multiplying disciples. Practical Tools Mentioned Life Transformation Groups (LTGs) — simple, reproducible triads for hearing/obeying the Word, evangelism, prayer, and holiness. Discovery Bible Study prompts — “What stands out? What is God saying? What will we obey/change?” Ephesians 4:11–13 (APEST Framework) – How Apostolic, Prophetic, Evangelistic, Shepherding, and Teaching gifts function to equip the church. Check out 5qcentral.com. Neil Cole — Life Transformation Groups / Cultivating a Life for God Henry Blackaby — Experiencing God Brother Lawrence — The Practice of the Presence of God Frank Laubach — Letters by a Modern Mystic Reflection - KNOWING • BEING • MULTIPLYING After listening, take a moment to reorient and recalibrate with the Lord in your knowing, being, and multiplying. Knowing What truth about God or His Kingdom is the Spirit highlighting through this conversation? How does it reshape the way you see God at work in the ordinary moments of life and leadership? Being How is God inviting you to live more deeply from your identity as His masterpiece (Eph. 2:10)? What shift in perspective would help you see yourself the way God already does? Multiplying Who are you intentionally raising up right now—one or two people you see potential in? What’s your next simple step to invest in their growth and obedience to Jesus?

47 min
10/27/2025

AI & the Church: From Disruption to Missional Opportunity with Dr. Sam Perli

Bay Area pastor-scientist Dr. Sam Perli (Hue Church) shares how co-vocational calling, AI, and discipleship intersect to reach young professionals hungry for meaning beyond work. From MIT to church planting with his brother Immanuel, Sam unpacks an ethic for using powerful tech without losing the ministry of presence—and casts a bold vision for revival in an AI age. Episode highlights Calling without compartmentalizing TruthSeekers → Hue Church Why co-vocational matters AI, CRISPR, and Christians Information vs. transformation: AI scales content; the church must scale presence, prayer, healing, and community. A revival imagination: every tech wave has opened gospel opportunity (printing press, radio). What might God do in this AI era as we approach the church’s 2000-year mark? Reflection After listening, take a moment to sit with the Lord and see how God might be inviting you to reorient or recalibrate in your Knowing, Being, and Multiplying. KNOWING: Where has God given you skill you’ve sidelined? What would faithfulness look like with that “talent” this quarter? BEING: In these days of constant change, what rhythms help you live life with a ministry of presence (prayer, listening, availability) in a tech-accelerated world? MULTIPLYING: Identify one workplace neighbor or young professional to invite into a discovery conversation this week. What’s your specific next step? LINKS: Hue Church (Santa Clara, CA) — hue.church Website: Samperli.com Sam’s LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/samperli Thinkhat AI: thinkhat.ai

37 min
10/20/2025

Sacred Work & Leading Well with Somer Phoebus

Somer Phoebus—Leadership Coach and Co-Founder of She Works His Way—shares a catalytic conversation on sacred work, calling, and leading from the overflow of intimacy with Jesus. She unpacks capacity, young leaders, and kingdom multiplication, encouraging us to live on mission in everyday spaces. Key Ideas Work as sacred calling — erasing the secular/sacred divide Leading from intimacy rather than striving Sabbath and rest as acts of trust Personal development and leadership growth Multiplying leadership and calling out potential in others Resources & Links She Works His Way - sheworkshisway.com Book: She Works His Way Follow on: instagram.com/sheworkshisway Patreon.com/SheWorksHisWay Reflection After listening, take a moment to sit with the Lord and see how God might be inviting you to reorient or recalibrate in your Knowing, Being, and Multiplying. KNOWING: How is God inviting me to see my work as sacred and to be on mission in the marketplace? BEING: What rhythms of rest, intimacy, and prayer anchor me before I step into my workspaces as light and salt? MULTIPLYING: Who around me can I call up, equip, or release into their God-given potential — so that mission and leadership multiply beyond me?

41 min
10/13/2025

Jesus Is Worth It: Suffering, the Future Church, and Success Reframed with Landon Reesor

When cultural comfort fades, what kind of disciples remain? In this episode, Landon and I press into a robust theology of suffering, reframing success around obedience, and calling the church back to relational, everyday disciple-making that can thrive under pressure. If you’re feeling the tension of metrics vs. mission, this conversation will steady your heart and sharpen your practice. Key Ideas Why a theology of suffering is essential for resilient faith The shift from institutional models to relational disciple-making Preparing the church to thrive under pressure, not just comfort Reframing success metrics around obedience rather than solely numbers The sifting and strengthening of the church in cultural decline Equipping believers to live sent in everyday spaces Resources & Links Episode 1 with Landon (Part 1): https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-t6axu-198309d Soulthirst.info – Landon’s Resource Hub Discipleship Book: Exploring Christianity - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FPDTY2HR Reflection After listening, take a moment to sit with the Lord and see how God might be inviting you to reorient or recalibrate in your Knowing, Being, and Multiplying. KNOWING: How is God inviting you to grow in your biblical theology of suffering as a disciple of Christ? BEING: Where might God want to form in you through seasons of hardship or pressure, rather than simply deliver you from them? MULTIPLYING: Who are you intentionally discipling right now, and how are you equipping them to persevere in trials and suffer faithfully for Jesus?

39 min
10/06/2025

Grace & Truth in a Post-Christian World with Landon Reesor

Grace & Truth in a Post-Christian World with Landon Reesor (Part I) In this first conversation with Landon we explore how to live and lead at the intersection of grace and truth in a highly post-Christian context. From broad missional experiences, Landon unpacks why evangelism and discipleship must shift from assumptions to curiosity—observing, asking better questions, and starting where people actually are (think Acts 17, not just Acts 2). Landon introduces Exploring Christianity, a discipleship resource based upon the Lord’s Prayer that helps people believe, grow, and multiply. Reflection After listening, take a moment to sit with the Lord and see how God might be inviting you to reorient or recalibrate in your Knowing, Being, and Multiplying. KNOWING: In your current missional context, where might you need to build out an Acts 17 runway—what theological “scaffolding” must you lay before the name of Jesus makes sense? BEING: Where do you naturally drift—grace without truth, or truth without grace? And what practice this week will move you toward Jesus’ fullness of both? MULTIPLYING: Who are you discipling, and what leaders are you intentionally developing in this season? How is God inviting you to go deeper and pour into these disciples and leaders? LINKS: Article by Landon: Live at the Intersection of Grace & Truth Soulthirst.info – Landon’s Resource Hub Discipleship Book: Exploring Christianity “When Church Community Disappoints: Rethinking Connection Through the Lens of Jesus” Article written by Tiffany based on a conversation with Landon about community – the 1, 3, 12, & 72.

40 min
09/29/2025

Rest in the Chaos with Dr. Michelle Dickens

Dr. Michelle Dickens invites us to rest in the chaos—stepping off the treadmill of striving and into a Spirit-led rhythm of trust. A certified biblical counselor and trusted voice in soul care, she reveals how lasting joy and strength overflow when we live from the rest already secured in Christ and how re-centering our soul in Him reshapes the way we lead. Whether you’re a pastor, leader, parent, or disciple on mission, this conversation is a powerful call to step off the treadmill of striving and live into the rhythms of grace. Episode Links 🌐 Learn more about Dr. Michelle Dickens → faithmadegenuine.org 📖 Sacrificial Love: The Marriage I Didn't Say I Do To (book she co-authored) → Available in her online store 📓 Remember, Recall, Rest: 31-Day Journal → Available in her online store After listening, take a moment to reorient and recalibrate with the Lord in your being, doing, and multiplying. Being How is Jesus inviting me to receive His presence and peace today, instead of striving to earn value? Doing What is one small step I can take this week to “lift my foot off the gas” and move two miles slower in my daily rhythms? How can I practice Sabbath rest—not just as inactivity, but as a posture of trust in God? Multiplying Who in my life needs to see a picture of rest that leads to joy? How can I model that for them? What would it look like for my leadership and mission to overflow from rest and intimacy with Jesus, so others are drawn to Him rather than to my busyness?

42 min
09/17/2025

Unlocking Kingdom Potential with Rich Robinson

What does it take to lead in a world of disruption, complexity, and rapid change? In this conversation with Rich Robinson — coach, author, strategist, and co-founder of Movement Leaders Collective — we explore how leaders can cultivate movements, unlock kingdom potential in themselves and others, and live faithfully in a time of cultural chaos. Whether you’re leading a church, a team, or simply longing to live more missionally, this episode will stir your imagination and call you deeper into faithfulness. Rich shares wisdom on: What God is doing globally in post-Christian contexts Why discipleship is shifting from platform-driven to grassroots The difference between catalysts and celebrities in leadership How to unlock potential in yourself by unlocking it in others Staying resilient and grounded when everything around you is changing After listening, take a moment to sit with the Lord and see how God might be inviting you to reorient or recalibrate in your being, doing, and multiplying. BEING: Where am I being invited to slow down, listen, and deepen my own rootedness in Christ so that my leadership is an overflow of my intimacy with God? DOING: How can I take one intentional step this week to call out potential in someone else — encouraging them to step further into God’s mission? MULTIPLYING: What small act of obedience could I take today that, if multiplied, might catalyze others toward movement in my church, team, network, or community? Links Rich’s Book: All Change: Unlocking Kingdom Potential in a World We Weren’t Prepared For Movement Leaders Collective Catalyse Change

28 min

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Welcome to Missional Mayhem — where mission, innovation, and movement collide in a changing world. I’m Tiffany Smith, your host, and this is the space where we explore what it means to live life on mission for Jesus in the middle the chaos as well as the opportunities of our time.

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