Switch Leader Podcast

Week two of The Priorities of Heaven tackles spiritual pride through the lens of perfectionism, and Josh and Kaitlyn remind Switch Leaders that perfection isn’t a prize we earn but a promise we receive in Jesus. Before Wednesday night, they challenge you to go first in dropping the mask by naming an area where you’re pretending to have it all together, and to bring students into Colossians 1:21-22 to ask whose "enoughness" their holiness really rests on. Show up prayed up and expectant, because breakthrough conversations may be coming!

Josh and Kaitlyn kick off the new series, The Priorities of Heaven, with week one: Lukewarm Commitment. Walking through Romans 12, they unpack what it means to be fully devoted, which means giving God all of you rather than some of you. They also show how to help students identify where they are on that journey, because you can’t meet students where they are until you know where that is.

In the final week of Gospel Shaped Relationships, Josh and Kaitlyn unpack “Without Hindrance” and why the greatest hindrance to our influence is pride, whether it shows up as arrogance or insecurity. Looking at Paul proclaiming the gospel boldly even under house arrest, they explore what it looks like to live with humble confidence and to see people the way Jesus does. Switch Leaders will leave with practical questions to help students name their pride and insecurity, plus a challenge for the week. It’s also a reminder that you can only dare students toward being one degree more devoted if that devotion is alive in you through your own spiritual disciplines.

In week three of Gospel Shaped Relationships, Josh Baldwin and Kaitlyn Caffrey tackle the topic of influence through the story of Simon the Sorcerer in Acts 8. They unpack three filters for distinguishing godly influence from worldly influence - serving others versus elevating self, God’s will versus personal desire, and integrity versus approval, and challenge leaders to examine their own influence with the students they shepherd. A powerful reminder that the Kingdom of God expands when leaders lead with godly influence, and a call to use the influence you’ve been entrusted with to love students the way Jesus does.

Week two of Gospel Shaped Relationships takes Switch Leaders into Acts 2:42-47 to see what it looks like for the early church to be devoted to Jesus together. Kaitlyn and Josh walk through the 3-2-1 for this week's message: three barriers to godly community (the enemy's plan, pride, and past pains), three truths to live into, and two small group questions to get students talking honestly. Then comes the challenge: leaders go first by picking one thing to be devoted to for a week, then walking alongside their students as they do the same.