Episode 148: When Narcissism Comes to Church with Chuck DeGroat (Pt. 2) (3/23/2023) - In this episode we sit down with therapist and educator Chuck DeGroat to talk about the phenomenon of narcissism; what it is, how to spot it, and how to address it in our communities. Chuck is the author of When Narcissism Comes to Church. This is part 2 of 2. Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube Channel and follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter to stay connected with us throughout the week! An emotionally intelligent leader is able to differentiate himself from you and doesn’t need to draw from you for his own ego… We base our idea of narcissism Read More
Episode 147: When Narcissism Comes to Church with Chuck DeGroat (Pt. 1) (3/16/2023) - In this episode we sit down with therapist and educator Chuck DeGroat to talk about the phenomenon of narcissism; what it is, how to spot it, and how to address it in our communities. Chuck is the author of When Narcissism Comes to Church. This is part 1 of 2. Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube Channel and follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter to stay connected with us throughout the week! When we’re talking about narcissistic personality disorder, one of the things you see is an incapacity to empathize with others… Some people say that narcissism is born in Read More
Episode 146: Steve Carter – The Gift of Pain (3/9/2023) - In this episode we sit down with author and pastor Steve Carter to talk about times of crisis and what it looks like to receive the good gifts of God in them. Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube Channel and follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter to stay connected with us throughout the week! I wouldn’t wish what I went through on my worst enemy… but I also never had felt so close to God… the nearness of God was a surprising gift to me… That season was bizarre because it created such cognitive dissonance… I’m a competitive Read More
Episode 145: Re-enchanting the Text – A Conversation with Cheryl Bridges-Johns (2/20/2023) - In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Cheryl Bridges-Johns, author of Re-enchanting the Text: Discovering the Bible as Sacred, Dangerous, and Mysterious (releases May 16), to talk with her about what it means to read the Bible in the wildness and power of the Spirit. Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube Channel and follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter to stay connected with us throughout the week! I’m a fourth generation Pentecostal… it was a safe and sacred place and people told me they sensed God’s hand on my life… I preached my first sermon at sixteen… Read More
Episode 144: A Conversation with Sharon & Ike Miller (2/15/2023) - In this episode we sit down with Sharon and Ike Miller, co-pastors of Bright City Church in Raleigh-Durham, Carolina to talk about life, ministry, and what they’re learning about leading well together. Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube Channel and follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter to stay connected with us throughout the week! I didn’t think I was going to be a pastor… but Ike kept saying to me, “I think God wants us to do something together…” Leading together is a constant learning process… when we launched, we were so driven by adrenaline and were ultimately Read More
Episode 143: Katelyn Beaty – Celebrities for Jesus (1/19/2023) - In this episode we sit down to talk with Katelyn Beaty about her book Celebrities for Jesus—on the perils of celebrity in the evangelical world and what we can do to counteract it. Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube Channel and follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter to stay connected with us throughout the week! My goal in writing this book was to help the church heal and better reflect the integrity and wholeness of the gospel… I’m tired of seeing the headlines of celebrity pastors failing and the damage that does to people… I’m trying to help people Read More
Episode 142: Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies with Marilyn McEntyre (12/8/2022) - In this episode we sit down with writer and teacher Marilyn McEntyre to talk with her about why our speech is so important and how sanctified speech and sanctified lives are connected. Check out her book Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies. Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube Channel and follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter to stay connected with us throughout the week! Some of the urgency of this matter is self-explanatory at this point… I don’t know anyone of any theological or political persuasion who doesn’t recognize that our public discourse is in trouble… There Read More
Episode 141: The Love That is God – An Interview with Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt (12/1/2022) - In this episode we sit down with Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt to talk with him about his book The Love That is God: An Invitation to Christian Faith. Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube Channel and follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter to stay connected with us throughout the week! God is love is the radical claim of the Christian faith… but Jesus fills this out by saying that no greater love has a man than this: that he lay down his life for his friends… so the love of God suddenly takes on a hard edge… My students sometimes Read More
Episode 140: Equipping our Youth for the Mission of God (11/10/2022) - In this episode we chat with Greg Stier, the founder and CEO of Dare to Share, which equips youth leaders and students in relational evangelism. We chat with him about best practices for doing just that. You can learn more about Greg HERE. And also download a free copy of his e-book “Gospelize Your Youth Ministry” for Kindle HERE or iPad HERE. Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube Channel and follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter to stay connected with us throughout the week! What I try to remind everyone of is that everyone’s story is a radical Read More
Episode 139: The New Landscape of Church Leadership with Sean Morgan (11/3/2022) - In this conversation we sit down with Sean Morgan, founder of The Ascent Leader, to talk with him about some shifts he’s seeing in the landscape of church leadership over the last few years. You can check out Sean’s work with The Ascent Leader HERE. Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube Channel and follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter to stay connected with us throughout the week! A lot of leadership energy is being spent right now dealing with disgruntled staff… it seems we are losing the ability to disagree in a healthy way… The question isn’t whether we Read More