The Threshing Floor can almost get discount coffee at McDonald's! We are excited about our 61st episode. We have tons of great content geared up and ready for you. Our main discussion centers around some twitter conversations we have been having about missional priorities and how they can drive the decisions we make in church, leadership and worship. 

We also talk about;

• our eligibility for sr. citizen discounts
• Grey Beards
• The Hair Club for Anglicans
• Allan leather Bible's
• Merle Haggard's death
• Sturgill Simpson's new record
• Joshua sings
• Convoy
• Having a clear sense of calling
• What faithfulness means
• Highway of Holiness
• Are short term mission trips good?
• who is God calling you to be?
• The decisions that we make speak to the priorities that we have. 

We have a guest this week. The Threshing Floor sits down with Padre Dean Simmer. Dean is an Anglican priest, IT specialist and soccer enthusiast in Detroit, Michigan. We talk about the power of embedding yourself in a localized culture and serving as a witness to the presence of Jesus. You can get more from dean at @mojodean and deanpsimmer.com. 

In this episode, you can hear about;

• Joe Dongell's briefcase
• Bigfoot calls
• The Legend of Boggy Creek
• Paris Hilton
• Motley Crue vs. The Newsboys
• God's Not Dead II
• NES Duck Hunt
• Professional Soccer
• Detroit football
• Ordination to a community
• pastoring places and people
• The Northern Guard
• Church vs. Relationships
• Plato's cave
• Depression and openness
• Vulnerability

We also share more about our friends at the Parent Pastor Podcast, Mark Swayze and the dead grandma game and The Art of the Sermon's recent interview with Rob Bell