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You want multiplication, but your calendar keeps producing events. Mark and Dave argue the issue is not vision, it is the daily patterns quietly shaping what people actually become.They show how Jesus built movements by embedding repeatable practices into ordinary life, not by running bigger gatherings.If you feel stuck between strong intention and weak follow through, this conversation will give you a way forward you can start this week.Join the Signal Group: To connect with others living the co-vocational lifestyle, share wins/challenges, and get early access to event updates: https://forms.gle/TWB6kGRQWdpgbvFu8Visit covomultipliers.com for upcoming training, immersions, and resources.Find Dave on Substack here: https://substack.com/@damillertimeAnd Mark on Substack here: https://substack.com/@multiplyingdisciples

Gen Z will talk about Jesus all day and still disappear tomorrow. In this episode, we name the tension leaders keep running into: real spiritual openness paired with zero follow-through. We unpack what we’re seeing on the ground in New York and Oklahoma City, why ghosting isn’t just annoying but formative, and how digital-first relationships are warping discipleship. If you’re trying to move people from conversation to commitment, this episode saves you a lot of confusion and wasted effort.Join the Signal Group: To connect with others living the co-vocational lifestyle, share wins/challenges, and get early access to event updates: https://forms.gle/TWB6kGRQWdpgbvFu8Visit covomultipliers.com for upcoming training, immersions, and resources.Start 2026 with clarity and a plan: Use The CFC Worksheet HERE

Most disciples don’t struggle with belief. They struggle with starting the conversation. In this episode, Mark breaks down the Conversation Box, a simple, repeatable way to move from small talk to real gospel conversations without being awkward or needing to be a natural evangelist. If you’ve ever thought “I wouldn’t know what to say next,” this gives you handles you can actually use this week. This is about confidence for ordinary believers and momentum for multiplying disciples.Join the Signal Group: To connect with others living the co-vocational lifestyle, share wins/challenges, and get early access to event updates: https://forms.gle/TWB6kGRQWdpgbvFu8Visit covomultipliers.com for upcoming training, immersions, and resources.Start 2026 with clarity and a plan: Use The CFC Worksheet HERE

Most leaders don’t fail because they’re lazy. They miss their goals because they’re unfocused. In this episode, we break down in 19 minutes how to choose the one or two activities that actually move the work forward, based on the phase you’re in right now. If 2026 already feels busy but not effective, this will snap things into focus fast.Join the Signal Group: To connect with others living the co-vocational lifestyle, share wins/challenges, and get early access to event updates: https://forms.gle/TWB6kGRQWdpgbvFu8Visit covomultipliers.com for upcoming training, immersions, and resources.Start 2026 with clarity and a plan: Use The CFC Worksheet HERE

Most leaders don’t need more content, they need a place to actually practice the way of Jesus with other people. In this episode, Dave breaks down how a weekly dinner-table “community of practice” is forming disciples through a year-long, chronological walk through the Gospels. You’ll hear the simple structure, why it’s working, and how shared practice (not polished teaching) is producing real ownership, honest questions, and momentum.Join the Signal Group: To connect with others living the co-vocational lifestyle, share wins/challenges, and get early access to event updates: https://forms.gle/TWB6kGRQWdpgbvFu8Visit covomultipliers.com for upcoming training, immersions, and resources.Start 2026 with clarity and a plan: Use The CFC Worksheet HERE

When culture feels chaotic and leadership decisions feel heavy, the church doesn’t need new strategies—it needs to recover an ancient precedent. In this episode, Mark and Dave call leaders back to the New Testament pattern of the Word of God, the Spirit of God, and the community of God working together to discern the way forward.Using Acts 15 as a case study, they show how the early church resisted centralized authority and instead elevated the priesthood of the believer. If you’re tired of opinion-driven leadership and longing for clarity rooted in Scripture, this conversation re-centers decision-making where it was always meant to live: in Jesus, through His Word, among His people.Join the Signal Group: To connect with others living the co-vocational lifestyle, share wins/challenges, and get early access to event updates: https://forms.gle/TWB6kGRQWdpgbvFu8Visit covomultipliers.com for upcoming training, immersions, and resources.Start 2026 with clarity and a plan: Use The CFC Worksheet HERE

In this episode we unpack Nehemiah’s CFC—Commitment, Focus, and Consistency—and why it remains one of Scripture’s most practical leadership models. Through the story of rebuilding Jerusalem’s wall in just 52 days, they reveal how clarity is forged through prayer, responsibility attracts resources, and disciplined focus outpaces raw passion. This conversation challenges leaders who feel overwhelmed by the whirlwind of life and ministry to stop chasing more goals and instead commit to the right one. If you’re preparing for 2026 or a new season and want biblical clarity that leads to real progress, this episode provides a roadmap.Join the Signal Group: To connect with others living the co-vocational lifestyle, share wins/challenges, and get early access to event updates: https://forms.gle/TWB6kGRQWdpgbvFu8Visit covomultipliers.com for upcoming training, immersions, and resources.Show Notes: Episode Reference Guide (Use The CFC Worksheet HERE)

2026 will not be won by the leader with the biggest vision, but by the one who masters commitment, focus, and consistency (CFC). In this episode, we break down how to identify your highest-leverage actions, build daily rhythms, and create a leadership pipeline that multiplies disciples and leaders.You’ll discover practical ways to avoid spinning your wheels, overcome overwhelm, and stay faithful to what actually matters. Tune in to transform your leadership approach and start the year with traction that lasts.Join the Signal Group: To connect with others living the co-vocational lifestyle, share wins/challenges, and get early access to event updates: https://forms.gle/TWB6kGRQWdpgbvFu8Visit covomultipliers.com for upcoming training, immersions, and resources.***Show Notes: Episode Reference Guide (Use The CFC Worksheet HERE)Pick 2-3 episodes that expose your blind spots and listen before you build your 2026 plan. COMMITMENT EPISODES Wrestling with: Should I start something new or double down? Do I need permission? Am I missing what God's doing? Is Your Strategy Blinding You to God's Harvest (Mar 18)Is my plan preventing me from seeing where God's actually at work?How do I balance planning with Spirit-led responsiveness?What if my strategy has become a prison instead of a pathway?Repetition Over Innovation: Why Consistency Wins in 2025 (Jan 7)Should I try something new in 2026 or double down on what's working?How do I know if I'm being faithful or just stuck in a rut?What's the ONE thing I'm committing to repeat 50+ times in 2026?'Go Slow to Go Fast' Could Transform Your Leadership Pipeline (Jan 21)Why does my leadership pipeline keep producing shallow leaders?Am I moving too fast with my disciples?Am I willing to slow down my pipeline to speed up multiplication?Stop Waiting—Start Building Like a Founder (Jun 3)Do I need permission to start this thing God's put on my heart?What's the difference between being faithful in my role and being a founder?What would I start if I stopped waiting for organizational approval?FOCUS EPISODES Wrestling with: Why am I overwhelmed? What should I say no to? How do I create leverage? Content vs. Systems: The Game-Changer for Leadership Development (Jan 28)Why do my leaders know so much but do so little?What's the difference between training content and discipleship systems?What's ONE system I'll build in 2026 to replace content delivery?Margins is Your Superpower: How Covocational Leaders Stay Focused and Free (May 13)Why am I so overwhelmed and ineffective at the same time?What do I actually need to say no to?What three things will I eliminate in Q1 to create margin?Strategic Persistence: How to Plan for Decades and Live for Today (Feb 25)How do I hold a long-term vision without losing daily momentum?Why do I feel like I'm never making progress?What's my 10-year vision? What's my Tuesday action?The Apostolic Challenge: Mastering the Dynamics of Start, Strengthen, Sustain (Jan 14)Why does everything I start eventually stall out?What phase am I actually in and what does that phase require?How do I balance multiplying efforts with sustaining growth?CONSISTENCY EPISODES Wrestling with: Why do I plateau? How does MAWL work? Do I need community? Why do great leaders fail? Start, Strengthen, Sustain: Growing Leaders Who Multiply (Nov 4)Why do my leaders plateau and never multiply?What developmental rhythms do leaders need at each stage?What's the rhythm that moves my leaders from strength to multiplication?MAWL in Real Life: Ryan, Jereme, And The Path to Multiplication (Dec 2)How does MAWL actually work in real life, not theory?Why am I stuck at modeling and never releasing?Where am I stuck in MAWL? What rhythm will unstick me?The Missing Link: Why a Community of Practice Was Key to Andy's Growth (Feb 11)Why hasn't more training produced breakthrough?Do I really need other leaders or can I just execute alone?Who's in my community of practice for 2026?Why Great Leaders Fail: The Biblical Pattern You Can't Ignore (Feb 4)What causes great leaders to fail even with good vision?How did Noah and Abraham sustain obedience for decades?How do I avoid breaking covenant when the work gets hard?

Multiplication sounds simple until it collides with the real world and its mess. In this episode, we dig into why the mission that started in Eden now feels like navigating a tornado. Jesus actually told us this would happen—and he trained his leaders to thrive in it, not fold under it. You’ll walk away seeing the whirlwind differently and knowing how to lead with both simplicity and shrewdness.Join the Signal Group: To connect with others living the co-vocational lifestyle, share wins/challenges, and get early access to event updates: https://forms.gle/TWB6kGRQWdpgbvFu8Visit covomultipliers.com for upcoming training, immersions, and resources.

Ryan and Jereme pull back the curtain on how MAWL actually works when you stop treating it like a diagram and start using it in real life. They walk through the messy, honest steps—modeling what they wanted to see, getting in the trenches to assist, backing off to watch people own it, and finally letting them run without hand-holding.You’ll hear the wins, the missteps, and the simple rhythms that turned two normal guys into multipliers. If you’ve been stuck in theory, this episode shows you the path forward.Join the Signal Group: To connect with others living the co-vocational lifestyle, share wins/challenges, and get early access to event updates: https://forms.gle/TWB6kGRQWdpgbvFu8Visit covomultipliers.com for upcoming training, immersions, and resources.

Ten years in #NoPlaceLeft stripped away the hype and left only the essentials. In this episode, Mark and Dave take an honest inventory of their journey: what ideas, vision, pathway, models they kept, what they ditched, and why some of it surprised them even after a decade of experience.They dig into the tensions and the lessons that rarely get shared, revealing what has actually stuck after practice in the field. This conversation gives you a front-row seat to the lessons only time reveals.Covo Multipliers:Join the Signal Group: To connect with others living the co-vocational lifestyle, share wins/challenges, and get early access to event updates: https://forms.gle/TWB6kGRQWdpgbvFu8Visit covomultipliers.com for upcoming training, immersions, and resources.

What shifts a zealous reformer into a true spiritual father? In this episode, Mark unpacks the “fulcrum moments” that transformed Peter and Paul from fiery reformers into grounded apostolic leaders who laid the foundation for multiplying movements. He draws a clear line between their journeys of surrender and the leadership breakthroughs we need today.If you’ve ever wrestled with burnout, overreaching ambition, or wanting to lead with deeper impact...this episode will hit home.Covo Multipliers:Join the Signal Group: To connect with others living the co-vocational lifestyle, share wins/challenges, and get early access to event updates: https://forms.gle/TWB6kGRQWdpgbvFu8Visit covomultipliers.com for upcoming training, immersions, and resources.

In this episode, we explore how leaders multiply when they’re given space to grow in their own backyard. Shawn and Ralana share how leadership scales through hands-on learning, mentoring, and support: invited into family, given a voice, and developed as they navigate the Start → Strengthen → Sustain journey.You’ll see why true multiplication comes from creating environments where leaders do, learn, and grow together. If you want practical strategies to develop leaders who can lead beyond you, this conversation is a must-hear.Covo Multipliers:Join the Signal Group: To connect with others living the co-vocational lifestyle, share wins/challenges, and get early access to event updates: https://forms.gle/TWB6kGRQWdpgbvFu8Visit covomultipliers.com for upcoming training, immersions, and resources. 4 Fields Training November 7-9 - SIGN UP NOW.

In this episode of the H3X Podcast, Dave Miller reflects on how an old FFA motto — “Learning to do, Doing to learn, Earning to live, Living to serve” — unexpectedly provides a framework for disciple-making and leadership development. Drawing from a recent marketplace ministry discussion, he explores the tension between training and learning, execution and essence, and how the “radical middle” bridges both worlds. Through stories of mentorship, engineering, and ministry, Dave illustrates how maturity and wisdom grow through action, reflection, and grace. Listeners will walk away with renewed clarity on how to integrate faith, work, and mission through a mindset of abundance rather than scarcity.Referenced Concepts and Tools:FFA Motto: Learning to do, Doing to learn, Earning to live, Living to serveThe “Radical Middle”: Balancing training with learning, execution with essence“Bucket and Drip” training approach — content download followed by long-term application“Practices and Principles” framework for disciple-makingMarketplace ministry tensions: mechanics vs. maturityAbundance mindset vs. scarcity mindset in leadership developmentReal-life illustrations: engineering mentorship, disciple training, and multi-city collaborationTakeaways:The harvest field is the great equalizer — practice reveals what training can’t.Wisdom is earned through the doing — grace fills the gaps.Unity grows when the mission focuses outward, not on competing paradigms.

Duncan's journey isn’t just about following Jesus: it’s about being fathered, mentored, and learning how to pour life into others. In this episode, he shares the raw, real challenges of stepping into spiritual family, learning to disciple, and multiplying what he’s been given.Hear how love, patience, and mentorship transformed a young follower into someone raising up the next generation of disciples. This is a story about legacy, growth, and the unseen work of shaping lives that last beyond a single lifetime.Mudd and Rib Podcast: Listen Now on Apple PodcastsCovo Multipliers:Join the Signal Group: To connect with others living the co-vocational lifestyle, share wins/challenges, and get early access to event updates: https://forms.gle/TWB6kGRQWdpgbvFu8Visit covomultipliers.com for upcoming training, immersions, and resources. 4 Fields Training November 7-9 - SIGN UP NOW.

What if the call to mission isn’t somewhere out there...but right where you stand? In this episode, Mark and Dave sit down with Houston leaders Guy Caskey and Kristen Funderburg, who once dreamed of going overseas but discovered that obedience started in her own backyard—and eventually led her into Texas prisons. Hear how saying “yes” to God in small, ordinary steps opened doors to extraordinary church planting movements behind bars.Covo Multipliers:Join the Signal Group: To connect with others living the co-vocational lifestyle, share wins/challenges, and get early access to event updates: https://forms.gle/TWB6kGRQWdpgbvFu8Visit covomultipliers.com for upcoming training, immersions, and resources. 4 Fields Training November 7-9 - SIGN UP NOW.

We did an immersion—so was the juice worth the squeeze? In this episode, Mark and Dave debrief what really happened at the UPNA Conference and the first Covo Multipliers Immersion in Oklahoma City. You’ll hear what clicked for everyday covocational marketplace leaders, the lessons from failure and success, and why immersion may be the missing piece for breakthrough.Does immersion actually work to pass along vision and ownership?...here’s our honest take.Covo Multipliers:Join the Signal Group: To connect with others living the co-vocational lifestyle, share wins/challenges, and get early access to event updates: https://forms.gle/TWB6kGRQWdpgbvFu8Visit covomultipliers.com for upcoming training, immersions, and resources. 4 Fields Training November 7-9 - SIGN UP NOW.

What if grace is more than pardon—and actually the power that fuels multiplication? In this episode, Justus, a young professional leader in Oklahoma City, unpacks 2 Timothy 2:1–7 and shows how grace strengthens believers like fuel in an engine. Through vivid stories, soldier-athlete-farmer analogies, and real-life failures (like running out of gas on I-40), he reveals how God multiplies small acts of obedience into something far greater. You’ll walk away encouraged to push the pedal of faith and watch God fill the gap with His strength.Show NotesIn this episode we cover:Grace as more than forgiveness—grace as strength.How the soldier, athlete, and farmer shape our understanding of endurance.Why multiplication requires grace, not just effort.Dallas Willard’s insight: Grace is opposed to earning, not effort.Personal stories that make the theology tangible (like running out of gas).A new original song inspired by this lesson: Burnin’ Grace in Worn Out Boots.

When Jesus stepped into the synagogue at Capernaum, everything the Pharisees thought was stable was suddenly disrupted. In this episode, we explore the clash between positional authority and spiritual authority, and how Jesus’ response reframes leadership for His disciples and for us. You’ll discover why Jesus silenced demons who proclaimed Him as Messiah, how His authority flowed from relationship rather than position, and why power always serves mission—not platform.This conversation will help you rethink leadership in a way that frees you from striving for influence and instead positions you to walk in Kingdom authority.Covo Multipliers:Join the Signal Group: To connect with others living the co-vocational lifestyle, share wins/challenges, and get early access to event updates: https://forms.gle/TWB6kGRQWdpgbvFu8Visit MuddyBootsLeader.com for Mark’s writings mentioned in this episode

Many leaders inherit thriving churches, movements, or teams—but quietly carry the crushing weight of “keeping it all going.”In this episode, Dave and Mark unpack how spiritual fatherhood frees emerging leaders from simply managing legacy and empowers them to rediscover the first principles that birthed the work in the first place. They explore how Jesus modeled this through essence and execution, how anti-fragility is forged in the muddy realities of doing the work, and why success without first principles always collapses under its own weight.If you’ve ever felt pressure to sustain momentum without knowing how it was built, this conversation will give you language, hope, and a clear path forward.Visit MuddyBootsLeader.com for Mark’s writings mentioned in this episodeCovo Multipliers:Join the Signal Group: To connect with others living the co-vocational lifestyle, share wins/challenges, and get early access to event updates: https://forms.gle/TWB6kGRQWdpgbvFu8Prepare for an Immersion Experience During UPNA Conference: Details for the conference here - https://www.unreachedpeoples2025.com/