In this introductory episode, Paul Miller, Jon, and Liz Voboril talk about some broad themes from Paul's A Praying Church book and set the stage for the interviews and stories that follow. For more information about the book, visit seejesus.net/aprayingchurch.

Lyle Caswell, Senior Pastor of Christ Community Presbyterian Church in Lakeland, FL, joins Paul, Jon and Liz to talk about A Praying Church. Our conversation centers on how a vision for having prayer at the center of a church affects how we might lead and manage. As Lyle put it, "It's one thing to look at a chart where the spirit of Jesus is in the center and there are all these squiggly lines going through everything, and another to sit at your desk and imagine what practically needs to happen for that chart to reflect the DNA of what you're doing!"

Steve Estes, author and pastor at Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA, joins Paul, Jon and Liz to talk about A Praying Church. "As we pray we access Jesus himself," as Steve put it. "We give lip service to the importance of prayer but don't really do much about it, and this separates us from Jesus himself... whereas his presence is the essence of what the church is, we being his body." Listen in as Steve and the team share their thoughts on how having the Spirit of Jesus at the center of the church changes everything.