The Deep Practice Podcast

#016- In this time of instability, more than ever we need to cultivate spiritual habits to be our life preservers in the tumultuous sea that is the year 2020.

Becky, Father Dave, and Bob Beer to discuss how this year’s global pandemic has disrupted many of our usual daily habits, making it necessary for us to rely on spiritual habits to keep us grounded. The Church needs to help people to learn essential spiritual habits that have b...

#015: The experience of loss can be difficult for Christians who try to carry and bear more than they should.

In this episode of the Deep Practice Podcast, Becky is joined by Mike Parker, who has worked full-time in pastoral ministry for the past twenty years. Mike and Becky discuss the experience of loss that has been brought out by the current pandemic, and how Christians need the tools to have a relationship with the Lord that sp...

#014- Pastors and ministry leaders struggle to lead their parishioners deeper

Becky and Garnett continue discussing the need for deep and meaningful practices to be brought into the church. In their experiences as pastors, they found that people were unwilling to invest more time into church because they weren’t receiving much in return. With the help of the Deep Practice tools, people who come to church seeking help for their real ...

#013- Go-N-Do Team Member Garnett Slatton experienced profound healing and freedom through the practice of Forgiveness.

Garnett’s transformative experience with the practice of forgiveness illustrates that even ministry professionals can learn and grow through Deep Practice.

In today’s episode, Becky is joined by Garnett Slatton, a Go-N-Do Discipleship team member, who first experienced the work of Go-N-Do and Deep Practice when he w...

#012- Reading the Bible in a meditative and prayerful way can open a new window for grace and relationship with God. 

In this episode, Becky compares learning to hear the voice of God in our lives to a sailor learning to sail and applying what one has read and learned out on the water. Dr. Matt Lewis returns to the podcast to share a practice he has used successfully with many pastors throughout the world called Formational Reading....

#011- Pastors and leaders suffering burnout need soul-care, community, and resources.

Becky speaks with Dr Matt Lewis, another Go-N-Do team member, about his story, specifically his work walking alongside pastors locally and globally. They discuss the challenges pastors face as they seek to disciple their congregations, and the high rate of burnout that pastors suffer. Matt speaks to the underlying issues beneath these burnout stati...

#010- The solution to being paralyzed in the face of a new challenge is simply to begin.

Becky and Father Dave discuss the challenge of becoming overwhelmed and paralyzed by a seemingly insurmountable task. Many pastors have shared that their parishioners struggle to get involved with spiritual formation because they don’t know where to begin. Starting to practice prayer and spending time with God is like starting any athl...

#009- The Means of Discipleship

In this episode, Becky and Father Dave discuss focusing on the means of Christian formation and discipleship efforts in the Church, rather than the ends. If the end of formation is the total transformation of our souls into Christlikeness, what are the means? It can be overwhelming to consider this, but as Deep Practice teaches us, we can break things down into small and more manageable chun...

#008- The Familiar might be your biggest obstacle!

In this episode, Becky and Father Dave examine how the familiar can become an obstacle to success and excellence in any part of our lives, including our journey with God. Becky shares that in her pastoral work, she often noticed that people were disconnected from the idea that they actually could hear from God and believed that it wasn’t possible to have a life-giving rela...

#007- Accelerated Learning Please!

In this episode, Becky and Father Dave address the hectic, busy, maxed out lives of people today as one of the major challenges faced by pastors and ministry leaders in trying to equip their communities. They propose that the accelerated learning that accompanies Deep Practice and is also engaging, effective, and enjoyable can help people to undergo radical and meaningful changes in just ...

#006- The Fruit of Deep Practice
In this episode, Father Dave shares more about the lasting effects Deep Practice has had in his own life and in the life of his church community. Learning and applying the practices help those who learn them to actually know how to carry out Biblical principles. Father Dave described a powerful encounter he had with a woman in a truly difficult situation, in which she was able to recognize that ...

#005- Introducing Father Dave
This episode introduces Father Dave Nuss, the Catholic priest who was influential in helping the Go-N-Do Discipleship team find a way to instill the practices as recurring habits rather than stand-alone experiences. Becky and Father Dave discuss his background, and how he came to meet Bob Beer and learn about his mission to bring Deep Practice into the Church. Father Dave shares how he and his lead...

#004-  Repetition is key.
This episode concludes the three-part interview with Bob Beer, the founder of Go-N-Do Discipleship. Bob shares how the innovation of a Catholic priest from Toledo, Ohio provided a solution for the problem they had been having in truly instilling the practices contained in their book as habits people would turn to and actually use in their own lives. In focusing on one practice for a longer time period,...

#003- Overcoming the Motivation Challenge

In this episode, Bob Beer continues telling his story of applying Deep Practice to Christian formation and discipleship. Bob and his team faced the challenge of motivating people to learn and repeat the practices on their own. God brought to Bob’s mind an experience from his past involving a winter driving school, which led him to realize how essential the coaching aspect of learni...

#002 -Introducing, Bob Beer, the Founder of Go-N-Do Discipleship.

This episode introduces listeners to Bob Beer, the founder of Go-N-Do Discipleship, and how he discovered the concept of Deep Practice during his career in business. Bob came up with a process to accelerate learning to train editors to work for his company, and he later learned that this process had a name: Deep Practice. Bob explains that after he left his ...

#001 -What is Deep Practice? 

This episode introduces “the Deep Practice Podcast” and host Becky Przybylski. The concept of Deep Practice, the integration of hearing, seeing, and doing, is a powerful way to effectively learn any skill in a short amount of time. The Deep Practice Podcast will explore the role that Deep Practice can play in the equipping efforts of today’s church, and how the knowledge and tools cultivated b...

#Bonus

This episode introduces “the Deep Practice Podcast” and host Becky Przybylski. Becky shares a story of a powerful learning experience from when she was a soccer player. Her coach was able to combine hearing, seeing, and doing to create learning that has lasted, as thirty years later, she can still repeat the soccer moves. Go-N-Do Discipleship has studied this method of learning, called Deep Practice, and has been wo...