Good work in the wrong season is bad work.

Your most important offering to the kingdom of God is a self that is becoming whole, honest, and grounded in the love of God. Listen to the full episode of the Formation Podcast where Steve Cuss discusses the difference between striving to be enough and learning to live from a place of wholeness.

Ron Johnson on the most important thing you bring to work and the most important thing you bring home from work. The full conversation is available now.

Your nervous system is a harp, and false needs pluck one string. An excerpt from our conversation with Steve Cuss on the Formation Podcast.

Prayer to God is intelligent conversation about matters of mutual concern. - Dallas Willard

Kara Powell's most depressing stat: Are you surprised? The full conversation is available now.

"Though I am hard pressed on all sides, I will not be crushed. Pain, you can't crush me because I've got Jesus." An excerpt from our conversation with Joni Eareckson Tada on the Formation Podcast. Out now wherever you get your podcasts.

I once asked Dallas: “What’s the main reason why we should go to church?” I thought he’d have some deep answer about corporate worship or the importance of biblical preaching. But no. He said the main reason to go to church was to find people to bless. We can worship on our own. We can learn on our own. But we cannot bless others on our own.

What looks like confidence in a leader is often something else wearing a disguise. Steve Cuss on the fear that hides underneath the surface.

God's idea of "good" goes a lot deeper than the surface. Thank you to Joni for her incredible perspective in this conversation on the Formation Podcast.

Ron Johnson on the vote that changed how he saw himself. The full conversation is out now!

What does Jesus see about the church that you don't?

We can trace the whole idea of cool back to Genesis. Looking effortless is just hiding the thing that is actually true about us.

Ron Johnson on the bus ride that made him feel invisible. The full conversation is out now.

If I can't die, show me how to live. Thank you to Joni for this conversation on episode 007 of the Formation Podcast.

When do you feel closest to God? The full conversation with Kara Powell is available now.

Ron Johnson on meeting Steve Jobs. The full conversation is out now!

Our latest guest on the Formation Podcast: Ron Johnson helped transform Target, built the Apple Store alongside Steve Jobs, and later became CEO of JCPenney. Across a career spent reimagining some of the biggest names in retail, he came to believe that your most important contribution at work is something no résumé can capture: your inner voice. It’s the perspective you discover when you get still enough to realize what you actually believe. The full conversation is available now.

Here's to friends who keep us afloat.

False needs make you wildly unreliable. You can no longer see what the situation requires and you are acting out of your own need. From our conversation with Steve Cuss.