Apollos Watered Podcast

What do baby showers, bouncy babies, babies tied on a back, Orange Fanta, packed out apartments, and John 17 have in common? Adventure, ceremony, and building relationships even when we don’t understand one another’s specific cultures. Spoiler alert! It is going to be awkward! Second spoiler alert, awkward is AWESOME!

Time to go deep! Travis and special guest Derek Webster go deep discussing life, relationships, postmodernism, church planting in Europe, fame, celebrity culture, and they top it off with a discussion of Derek’s new book coming out on January 26th, Your Mess, God’s Masterpiece. We talk about Joseph and his life and how no one […]

What does a rich guy in Sewickley, PA, four words on U.S. currency, the Star Spangled Banner, a Chinese rooftopping daredevil, a dumb king who listened to the wrong guys, and the biblical book of Lamentations have in common? Trust. It’s all about who or what we trust in! Who do you trust? Join Travis […]

Building relationships cross-culturally requires eating the foods of different cultures. Join Travis discusses as he discusses some of the principles he has of eating foods when in a foreign land so he doesn’t throw up!

We welcome Jackson Wu to the podcast today! Join us as we explore the deep things of God and culture! Get your scuba gear on and be ready for a deep dive! Travis & Jackson talk stuff like culture and contextualization, double rearview mirrors, American individualism, honor/shame cultures (and what does that mean for us?), […]

Food is a wonderful thing, but what do you do when you need to eat something that is completely different than what you are used to? Join Travis as he talks about food, growing up in a small town, the difference between the Philippines and Philippians, as well as eating fertilized duck egg & Burmese […]

Join Travis as he talks about significance, Susan Boyle, Rick Warren, gazelles & cheetahs, Michael Jordan, drunks, C.T. Studd, Jim Eliott, Gladiator, The Dark Night (& the Joker), David Ring, Andrew Murray, Samuel Chadwick, E.M. Bounds, Charles Spurgeon, hospitality & being homeless, and Jesus as the Savior of the world, and the opportunity we have […]

Join Travis as he talks about the Discipline of Remembrance, sings a song, and recalls a story that involves a lost check, seminary, churches, moving across states, God’s provision and the ravens in our life! It’s a fun and encouraging time-you will not be disappointed!

What does a Guatemalan Quinceañera and a Burundian wedding have in common? Their view of time! Join Travis as he talks about how different cultures view time and the way to make sure everyone is on the same page regarding it. Hint, it involves airplanes 😉

1:00-5:30 The Need for Rhythm 5:30-8:22 Deep Currents & Disaster in our world when we are out of rhythm 8:22-10:00 Patterns of thinking that need to change deep down 10:00-15:00 Sabbathing, gathering together as God’s people, & dancing in Uganda. 15:00- 33:00 Worship as a community: Masks, safety, and principles to consider-individual freedom, idolatry, and […]