The Simple Reminder with Pat Lencioni

This week, Pat and Beau discuss what they believe it means to be poor in spirit.  

The holidays are stressful, but the more we stress, the further we stray from the reason we observe them in the first place.  This week, Pat and Karen talk about maintaining our peace.  

Pat and Tim discuss the idea surrendering to God's will.  

Now more than ever, it is important to surround ourselves with people who make us better.  This week, Pat and Tim discuss the idea of intentional community.  

This week, Pat and Beau revisit the concept of discipline in prayer, and offer a simple tool that they've found helpful in maintaining it.  

Our relationship with God does not have to involve pressure, guilt or undue obligation.  This week, Karen and Pat talk about discipline as it pertains to the way we pray.  

This week, Pat and Karen talk about prayer.  

If the Lord is our shepherd, why do we often treat him like a sherpa?  This week, Pat and Beau discuss our relationship with Jesus and His nature as our shepherd.  

The joy of the Resurrection is not confined to Easter Sunday alone!

This week, Pat sits down with Beau and Aaron to discuss the two types of 'Jesus goggles'.  

This week, Pat shares his thoughts about Lent.  

This week, Pat and Cody talk about the importance of spending time alone.  

When we intentionally remind ourselves of Jesus' death and resurrection, it separates us further from worldly concerns and allows more space for peace.  

In one of our longest episodes yet, Pat and Tim talk about the importance of loosening our grip.  

As we begin this new year, let's not allow our resolutions to encourage us to act out of willfulness.  This week on the podcast, Pat is excited to deliver this message with the help of author, speaker, close friend and fellow man of faith, Bobby Herrera.  

This week, Pat shares a prayer and talks about the Litany of Trust.  

Wishing all of our listeners a Merry Christmas.  

Prayer is a gift, yet we feel guilty if we forget to do it.  Let's take the pressure off and enjoy prayer for what it is.  

Why do we wait to turn to God in prayer?  

This week, Pat and Beau discuss the difference between empathy and sympathy, and how suffering allows us to better understand the pain of others.  

In this episode of The Simple Reminder, we look back on the topics we've discussed so far on the show, and how they all relate to each other.  

This week, Pat and Tracy talk about the idea of practicing for Heaven.

None of us are perfect, and we all struggle in our pursuit of Jesus.  This week, Pat and Cody talk about why we shouldn't get down on ourselves when we fall.  

Too often we are so focused on the future that we miss what God has for us today.

Some of life's greatest gifts are wrapped in packaging we don't expect.

Sadly, our society is divided around faith, now more than ever.  This week, Pat and Tracy talk about finding joy and peace amongst a sometimes disheartening reality.  

In this week's episode, Pat gives a short talk about the simplicity of the Gospel.  

Too often we value 'being nice' over telling each other the kind truth, especially within parishes and church organizations.  This week, Pat and Karen sit down to discuss why being nice can actually be a selfish act.  

What are your idols?  This week, Pat and Cody discuss the danger of having idols apart from Him, and how to identify them.  

This week, Pat and Laura talk about how we are all meant to suffer sometimes.  

This week, Pat and Chris talk about Hell.  

What can we learn from the early Christians in Rome?  The importance of community.  Growing in our faith should include growing together with others.  

If the goal is peace, we have to surrender to God.  This week, Pat, Cody and Tracy talk about the need to allow God to act through us.  

It can be a challenge to figure out what we need to do to grow closer to Jesus.  This week, Pat and Cody discuss how working backwards from our ultimate goal can make it much easier.  

It's never easy to tell the hard truth, but it's even worse to avoid it.  This week, Pat, Cody and Karen talk about the cruelty of allowing others to suffer.  

This week, Pat sits down to talk about peace.  

We always try to please everyone around us, when the only person we should be living for is Jesus.  Pat, Karen and Amy sit down this week to talk about the only face in the crowd we should care about.  

When spending time with friends and family over the holidays, it can sometimes be difficult to talk about our faith.  This week, Pat and Amy discuss one way that we can share the good news with those we love.  

Finding peace involves fully committing ourselves to the Lord.  So why do we tend to view those who do so differently?  This week, Pat, Karen and Jeff talk about how to be unwavering in our faith.  

Most of the time, it's better to keep things in moderation.  However, when it comes to our faith and prayer life, this isn't the case.  This week, Pat and Cody talk about the reasons why we struggle to fully live into our faith.  

This week, Pat and Laura discuss the idea of eternity, and why it's often difficult or uncomfortable to think about anything beyond the present.    

How often do we ask for Jesus and are we asking Him the right things?  Pat talks with Cody and Tracy about habits and prayer, and reflects on last week's episode.   

In the first episode of The Simple Reminder, Pat talks with some guests about the little things that can get in the way of our efforts to follow Jesus.  

A practical, engaging and relatable conversation for anyone who is – or wants to be – a follower of Jesus.  Neither a pastor nor a theologian, Pat Lencioni is a business thinker who applies his common-sense approach to the most important pursuit of life: God.  Without adding or subtracting anything from the teachings of his faith, Pat brings perspective, humor and insight gained from his own struggle trying to be a real Christian in a broken world.