Good News Stories: Recent Episodes
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The Bible is a collection of stories. It is the Word of God for the people of God. Thanks be to God. As we study the Bible and listen to the Holy Spirit, we begin appreciating the thorns and thistles, the triumphs and enjoyments of those who have gone before. But we also have a lot to learn from one another, for in the end, Christians are victorious "by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony" (Revelation 12:11).
Hosted by Rev. James Ellis III, Trinity Western University's University Chaplain and Director of Student Ministries, this podcast is an opportunity to get to know students, faculty, staff, and others a bit more up-close, to hear wisdom about relationships, spiritual formation, vocational discernment – you name it.
We think that these stories are important insomuch as they point to the "good news" Jesus represents. We are who we are only because he bought us at a price (1 Corinthians 6:20), living and dying, and being resurrected by God the Father for our sake!
So, do yourself a favor and listen and then tell a friend to listen. After all, who doesn't like a good story?
Dr. Kent Anderson is President of Providence University College and Theological Seminary, located in Otterburne, Manitoba. Prior to this, however, he was both President and Professor of Homiletics at Northwest Baptist Seminary, in Langley, British Columbia (on the campus of Trinity Western University), which is a part of ACTS Seminaries. He is on the board of directors of the Association of Theological Schools as well as the Fellowship of Evangelical Seminary Presidents. Dr. Anderson completed his Ph.D. at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
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Steven Abraham has served in various ministry roles over the past 25 years. He and his wife, Shinnie graduated from a Bible School in 1996 (affiliated with Salt and Light Ministries), before serving as pastor over two city churches in South Asia. As a bi-vocational minister, he has also worked as a senior leadership and organization development specialist in the secular marketplace. His passion and calling are to equip the church and see God’s kingdom extend into the community.
Today, he serves as the pastor of The Kings Community Church, in Langley, British Columbia. Shinnie is an experienced Christian counselor. Their daughters, Sheena and Sara, are undergraduate students at Trinity Western University. Steven loves to go on nature walks whenever possible with his wife and Watson, their poodle or listen to music or read a book over a cup of good coffee.
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Dr. Felicia Wu Song is a Professor of Sociology and Interim Chair of the Sociology and Anthropology Department at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. Having trained at Yale and Northwestern, and the University of Virginia, she particularly studies cultural sociology, exploring the rapidly evolving technology industry and how the adoption of social media and digital devices fundamentally alters the landscapes of family, community, and organizations life.
Be sure to grab a copy of her latest book, Restless Devices: Recovering Personhood, Presence, and Place in the Digital Age.
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Michele Regehr is one of the coolest nurses you will know, having served for more than 20 years in critical care roles in Canada and the U.S. In following God’s call to the next chapter of life, she is retiring this summer of 2022 as the Director of Health Services at Trinity Western University.
Michele adores the outdoors (she lives on a farm) and is also a people person, who has served on disaster relief trips to places like Indonesia and Haiti. She met her would-be husband at TWU and went on earn a bachelor’s degree in nursing at Athabasca University, and then a master’s degree in nursing back at TWU in 2016.
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Aliya Coy is a 5’6” defender on Trinity Western University’s women’s soccer team, representing Calgary. With plans to graduate in the fall of 2022, she is a corporate communications major who desires to become a humanitarian journalist. Aliya is passionate about Jesus and drawing a wide circle of diverse friends and experiences to help her remain humble, inquisitive, caring, and balanced.
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Melissa Au is Trinity Western University’s Senior Marketing Manager. She has been here for about three years and before that worked primarily in secular spaces around marketing, branding, and business development.
As you will hear in this episode with The Rev., she and her husband have been married for almost 30 years (28 to be exact!) and they love spending time together at home. It saves money, helps them navigate pandemic safety well, and enables them to relax after long days. Melissa is a 1990 graduate of the BC Institute of Technology and is enrolled in an undergraduate degree completion program at TWU, able to rub shoulders with her son, who is in his third year.
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Rev. Dr. Toran Scott is the lead pastor of The Local Church, a congregation he began with a small group of believers in 2017 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is a pretty cool dude and with tattoos to prove it! Dr. Scott has over 20 years’ experience serving in various pastoral roles, having completed his bachelor’s degree at Cedarville University, master’s degree at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and Ph.D. in educational leadership at Western Michigan University.
As he shares with The Rev. in this episode, he married his college crush, Brenda, back in 1998 and they have gone on to have four kids. With a ton of hobbies and talents, he has been known to build acoustic guitars, train police dogs, ride motorcycles, and generally have lots of fun following Jesus and helping to make disciples.
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Harold Gutierrez is an ordained minister with experience in multicultural ministry, who is presently serving as the International and Indigenous Ministries Director of The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada’s (PAOC) British Columbia and Yukon District (BCYD), based in Langley, British Columbia. In recent years, he was the Senior Pastor of Iglesia Evangelica Pentecostal Emmanuel. Harold holds degrees from Oral Roberts University and Florida Atlantic University.
In the fall of 2021 and spring of 2022, TWU was blessed to have him preach in chapel on Esther 8:15-17 and Jude 1:8-16.
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Winnie Lui is Trinity Western University’s Director of Public Relations. She is also a TWU graduate, with a bachelor’s degree in International Studies, having had the opportunity to study at the Laurentian Leadership Center (LLC) in Ottawa and the Chinese Studies Program at Xiamen University in China. Winnie is working to tentatively complete her master’s degree in Christian Studies in 2022 at ACTS Seminaries.
Originally from Hong Kong, she now lives in British Columbia with her husband and daughter. You will learn that Winnie likes run and read books, and was kind enough to share her testimony in chapel with the TWU community in 2021.
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Rev. Dr. Rhonda Britton has been the Pastor of New Horizons Baptist Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia (Canada) since 2007. From Florida originally, she in due time found herself in the New Jersey/New York region, amassing a bachelor’s degree from Baruch College and master’s degrees at Rutgers University and Princeton Theological Seminary. Dr. Britton also has a Doctor of Ministry degree from Acadia University. Prior to vocational ministry, she worked in the corporate and government sectors, but left it behind in 1999 to follow God’s call to seminary and pastoral work.
She has traveled too many cool places to count now, but always remains open for a good road trip or flight to enjoy all that God has created.
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Dr. Ken Shigematsu has been the Senior Pastor of Tenth Church in downtown Vancouver since 1996. He is all about using props in his sermons, from a hamburger under a napkin to a music stand as a javelin. Originally from Japan, before full-time ministry began, Dr. Shigematsu worked for Sony in Tokyo. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Wheaton College, M.Div. from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and a doctorate from San Francisco Theological Seminary.
In 2013, he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Medal, which is awarded to Canadians for their outstanding contributions to the country. A contemplative and lover of reading, Dr. Shigematsu has authored two books, God in My Everything: How an Ancient Rhythm Helps Busy People Enjoy God and Survival Guide for the Soul: How to Flourish Spiritually in a World that Pressures Us to Achieve.
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Rev. Prince Thomas is from the twin island state of Antigua and Barbuda, located in the Caribbean and presently serving in Surrey, British Columbia as an ordained associate pastor at Pacific Community Church, a Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA) congregation. He enjoys playing sports, watching Netflix, and connecting with people from various sociocultural backgrounds. He has a Master of Divinity degree from Ambrose Seminary and a bachelor's degree in accounting from the State University of New York at Plattsburgh.
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Charis Goh has been with InterVarsity, a well-known parachurch organization, since 2009. After several years serving in Montreal, she has landed back in Vancouver as the region’s Staff Director, which is a coming home for her since it is where she from and her family remains. In her role, she oversees campus ministries in British Columbia by resourcing campus staff members and developing relationships with local churches and organizations.
In her spare time, Charis enjoys traveling and all kinds of games (competitive, cooperative, strategic, speed, memory, noisy), and she is no slouch when it comes to badminton and soccer. She is not to be tested. A key Bible verse she has been studying lately is Ecclesiastes 7:13-14 (ESV): “In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other, so that man may not find out anything that will be after him.”
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Dr. Jeffrey P. Greenman has been the President and Professor of Theology and Ethics at Regent College in Vancouver since 2015. Prior to that, he was their Academic Dean and Executive Vice President. He has a rich, diverse background, having worked at Wheaton College and Tyndale Seminary as well as had leadership roles in the U.S. government around education and juvenile justice. He is a Regent College alumnus of the M.Div. program and went on to earn his Ph.D. in religious ethics at the University of Virginia. Dr. Greenman has authored and contributed to a bevy of books, including Understanding Jacques Ellul, The Decalogue Through the Centuries, and The Pedagogy of Praise to name a few.
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Rev. Dr. Timothy Tennent began in 2009 as the President (and Professor of World Christianity) of Asbury Theological Seminary, located in beautiful Wilmore, Kentucky, after serving as the Professor of World Missions and Indian Studies at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Ordained in the United Methodist Church since 1984, he has pastored in Georgia and New England. As a skilled missiologist with a heart for true Kingdom diversity, he has written a number of books, such as Building Christianity on Indian Foundations, Theology in the Context of World Christianity: How the Global Church Is Influencing the Way We Think about and Discuss Theology, Invitation to World Missions: A Trinitarian Missiology for the 21st Century, and Christianity at the Religious Roundtable: Evangelicalism in Conversation with Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam. His most recent book is For the Body: Recovering a Theology of Gender, Sexuality, and the Human Body.
He met with wife, Julie, while they were students at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, where he completed his M.Div. and went on to earn the Th.M. at Princeton Theological Seminary. His Ph.D. is in non-Western Christianity with a focus on Hinduism and Indian Christianity from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.
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Ray Chang is the President of the Asian American Christian Collaborative and a Ministry Associate for Discipleship at Wheaton College (where he completed his undergraduate degree) in the Chaplain’s Office. Though in the Chicagoland area now, he has lived in Korea, Guatemala, Panama, Spain, and China. Prior to vocational ministry, he worked in for-profit and non-profit sectors, and served in the Peace Corps in Panama. Ray and his wife, Jessica, are on a mission to one day see a narwhal (also known as a narwhale), the “unicorn of the sea” that lives year-round in the Arctic waters around Greenland, Canada, and Russia. He has master’s degrees from Biola University and Trinity International University, and is in the process of completing his Ph.D. in Higher Education at Azuza Pacific University.
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Rev. John Snow is an Indigenous Minister serving the Pacific Mountain Regional Council of the United Church, supporting 200 congregations, and providing reconciliation efforts. With a master’s degree in public policy, law, and administration from the University of Calgary, previously through the years he was employed as an oil/gas consultant and contract instructor. Rev. Snow is a member of the Stoney Nakoda Tribe of Treaty 7, where he is a pipe holder and sun dancer.
The Rev. Dr. Chief John Snow, Sr., his late father, was ordained in the United Church in 1963 and played a memorable role in advancing Indigenous issues, particularly around the significance of Indigenous Christianity. These Mountains Are Our Sacred Places: The Story of the Stoney People, his book, continues to offer challenge, wisdom, and encouragement.
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Rev. Dr. Steve Norman is the author of The Preacher As Sermon: How Who You Are Shapes What They Hear. Though based on the west side of Michigan now, he is a Chicagoland native who for many years served in pastoral ministry in Detroit and Grand Rapids. Having served as a church planter, lead pastor, teaching pastor, and writer, he has a heart to help the people of God deepen their transformation in Christ. He completed his bachelor’s degree at Taylor University and then graduated twice from Fuller Theological Seminary with a master’s degree and doctorate in intercultural/multicultural and diversity studies.
He and his wife, Kelly (a nurse), have four super cool children, three girls and one boy.
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Cellus Hamilton is a Christian rapper based in NYC, but who hails from Atlanta and spent time in Washington, DC attending Howard University. He and his wife, Denya, have their own branding/marketing endeavor called Sow and Tell as well as a podcast. Washing Her Feet is Cellus’ 2019 album and he is also the author of a book, If Jesus Was a Rapper.
Join in as The Rev. chat with him in this episode about rap music, the beautiful craziness of obeying God, and family life.
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Jason VanDyck has been the Athletic Facilities Manager at Trinity Western University for 11 years. Born and raised in the lower mainland of B.C., he attended both the University of the Fraser Valley and TWU (where he played soccer for two years) for undergraduate studies before landing at the University of Victoria to complete his teaching certificate. He then went on to become a high school teacher.
Married now for five years, he also has three kids: 21, 19, and 16. In his conversation with The Rev., you will come to know that once upon a time Jason kept a small zoo of reptiles at his home to use for presentations at area schools and he did indeed has spent tine in the Peruvian jungle, helping a photographer from National Geographic and researchers catalogue various reptiles and amphibians.
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For 18 years, Dr. Minger has been an associate professor of preaching at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky. A graduate of Hope College and Alumnus of the Asbury Theological Seminary with her M.Div. and D.Min., she also has her Ph.D. from the University of Kentucky. Having pastored several churches through the years, particularly before full-time professor work, she was ordained in the United Methodist Church as an elder in 1991.
Dr. Minger is a wonderful preacher, professor, and fellow introvert, and one of the Rev.’s favorite people. Listen to their conversation about all things preaching. She has cats, likes soup, takes walks often, and is always happy to talk about what a joy and privilege it is to preach the Gospel.
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Abby Hutto is the Director of Spiritual Formation at Story Presbyterian Church in Westerville, Ohio. She loves to study and teach God's Word and delights in helping others experience and know their Heavenly Father better. Abby is married to Ken, and they have two teenage children, Hannah and Harry. Abby is the author of God For Us: Discovering the Heart of the Father through the Life of the Son and The Rev. highly recommends it! He says, “Abby is gifted to convey biblical truth is ways that resonate with everyday folks struggling to make sense of the doldrums and pains of life, partly because she uses ancient stories to inform the modern ones that have our names in them.”
Learn more about Abby and her work at: www.godforusministries.com
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Dr. Karen Swallow Prior is Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary’s Research Professor of English and Christianity and Culture, as well as a writer, sometimes runner, wife, splendid conversationalist, and chicken and dog wrangler. She has written several books like Booked: Literature in the Soul of Me and On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Books, and also served as co-editor (with Joshua D. Chatraw) of Cultural Engagement: A Crash Course in Contemporary Issues.
Naturally, she is a spirited columnist and regular contributor, with her work appearing in cool publications like Christianity Today, The Atlantic, First Things, Relevant, and The Washington Post, to name a few. Be sure to follow her podcast, Jane and Jesus.
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Orane is Jamaican born and raised, and proud about it! He and his wife, Dana, landed in Canada in 2012 to pursue graduate degrees at Trinity Western University, through ACTS Seminaries and the Canada Institute of Linguistics, respectively. As you will hear on this episode, they are sweethearts of the highest degree and former members of Wycliffe Bible Translators, where Orane urged young people to consider participating in global missions and Bible translation. While working on his master’s degree at TWU, Orane worked in the maintenance department doing carpentry and then continued on after graduating in 2016.
Those who were around during that season know Orane hardly meets a stranger and is quick to brighten your day with his big smile and suggestions of where to get the best oxtail, jerk chicken, callaloo, or something else tasty from the island whose motto is: “Out of Many, One People.” Orane now runs his own construction business. He and Dana are parents to two boys and actively serve their church in the praise and worship ministry.
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JongDuk oversees Student Ministries’ audio and video production at Trinity Western University. Though born in South Korea, he was raised in B.C. throughout his childhood. Before joining TWU in 2021, he worked at Grace Hanin Community Church in Surrey, first as a volunteer and then a paid staff member of the media team. JongDuk is a 2019 graduate of Simon Fraser University with a bachelor’s degree in psychology.
He has been fencing for over 10 years and in 2014 began serving as the administrator for the Musketeers Fencing Society. Additionally, he led a group of high school students and young adults who desire to grow in their faith and learn multimedia techniques. JongDuk also goes by "J.D." and loves getting to know people and listening to their stories.
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Phil Vischer is a follower of Jesus, filmmaker, and a founding architect of VeggieTales, the groundbreaking children’s series that sold more than 65 million copies. If you have never heard of Bob the Tomato or Larry the Cucumber, you are forgiven, but please stop right now and take some time to learn about them. They are awesome! Though quite successful, in 2003 Phil’s company, Big Idea Productions, entered bankruptcy. However, it did not extinguish the desire to use his storytelling and computer animation gifts to help people, especially children, better understand the Bible. Read more about his sojourn in his book, Me, Myself, & Bob: A Grown Up Book About God, Dreams, and Talking Vegetables.
Residing in the Chicago area with his wife, grateful for their three adult kids and a few acres of grass to mow when it isn’t snowing like crazy, Phil is always cooking up new ideas. Be sure to catch the podcast he co-hosts with Skye Jethani, Holy Post.
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Dr. Ekpedeme Wade believes deeply in holistic health and care done in Jesus’ name. She is an assistant professor of biblical counseling at Dallas Theological Seminary, with her own private practice that focuses on treating the whole person (Twelve-Two Christian Counseling), alongside being a Board Certified Family Physician, who has been practicing medicine for over 15 years. After completing her bachelor’s degree at the University of Missouri at Columbia, she went on to earn M.D. there, and then eventually also finished her master’s degree in biblical counseling at Dallas Theological Seminary.
Born in England, Dr. Wade is Nigerian American and after living in Nigeria for some time eventually settled in Houston, where she currently resides with her husband and two kids.
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Grace Khasar is a communicator, connector, connoisseur of 90’s R&B music, and the world’s biggest fan of fried chicken. As a woman who wears many hats comfortably, she has been overseeing the middle and high school, and young adult ministries at Living Word International Christian Church in Silver Spring, Maryland for a few years, but is moving on to a new job on the west coast of the U.S. She was born in Nigeria and grew-up in San Francisco, California. Grace completed undergraduate studies at California State University, East Bay and earned a master’s degree in social entrepreneurship from Hult International Business School in London.
Having lived many lives as an entrepreneur, teacher, musical theatre actress, and social media consultant, she is grateful for the multifaceted ministry God has called her to. If there are ever K-Dramas that need someone to shake the cherry blossom trees for a scene, Grace will happily be the first to find a tall person for the job!
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A native of Arkansas, The Rev. Dr. Chris Davis has been the senior pastor of the historic St. Paul Baptist Church in Memphis, Tennessee now for more than 20 years. He is also a professor and associate dean at Memphis Theological Seminary and the president of the Tennessee Baptist Missionary and Educational Convention. Being such a lifelong learner, he has a doctoral degree from United Theological Seminary and is presently completing his Ph.D. in leadership at Anderson University.
Dr. Davis is a busy man! He absolutely loves the Lord and his family and is a consummate pastor-scholar. In addition to all his other commitments, he serves on the Board of Trustees at Lemoyne-Owen College and West Africa Theological Seminary in Lagos, Nigeria, where he is also an adjust professor of preaching.
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Pastor Laurel Bunker is someone you should get to know. For roughly 14 years, she served Bethel University (Minneapolis, Minnesota) in several influential roles, with increasing responsibilities, from Dean of Campus Ministries to Vice President of Christian Formation. In having recently transitioned into a new chapter beyond Bethel, she is working on her Ed.D. in Higher Education, researching the struggles and staying power of African American women who navigate predominately White Christian institutions where they aren’t well represented in leadership positions. Pastor Bunker has served in parish life as well as the parachurch sector with Young Life, for example, and is a graduate of Luther Seminary and Hamlin University.
If you don’t know what grits are, be sure to ask her! It was a pleasure for The Rev. to catch-up with her, share some of their connections to the First Baptist Church of Glenarden, and highlight how proud they are of the grit, faith, courage, and continued compassion those rooted in the Black Church tradition continue to display in spite of assorted challenges. Take a listen!
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On this episode, The Rev. introduces us to Jay Black and Kabronicka Ellis (no relation to The Rev.) from Kingdom & Will, a Christian apparel company based in Montgomery, Alabama. They sell premium garments “to stimulate and initiate dialogue concerning King Jesus and his kingdom.”
As you will learn, Kabronicka is from Montgomery, whereas Jay made his way there years ago from Flint, Michigan for his university studies. Montgomery has a lot to offer. For example, it is the home of The Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration and The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, not to mention the historic Alabama State University.
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Rachel Afeaki-Taumoepeau is a New Zealand born Tongan, who since 2019 has served in leadership with the World Evangelical Alliance, as the South Pacific Regional General Secretary. She has worn many hats in her career, from consultant and chairperson to the business owner of FaceNorth Promotions. Her professional background is largely rooted in strategic business management and operations, and advocacy in the community sector.
With a master’s degree from The University of Auckland, she resides with her husband and their four boys in Hamilton, New Zealand. She graciously shared her testimony in chapel in the fall of 2021, and we now get to hear even more about her life and call from God to be a light.
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Dr. Priscilla Kim serves ACTS Seminaries at a Graduate Enrollment Advisor. She is a very cool woman you should get to know, who is multilingual (Mandarin, Korean, and English) and an artful preacher. We were blessed to have her preach on Esther 4:9-14 last fall (2021). Dr. Kim and her husband met in Seoul before eventually immigrating to Canada. She has a Ph.D. from National Taiwan University in political science, and then also master’s degrees in Christian Studies and Education. And not only that, but she is presently working her way through ACTS Seminaries D.Min. program. Dr. Kim is passionate about mentoring students, especially international students.
She loves to read, go camping with her family, and reminisce about the days she and her husband bonded about Christian rock music.
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Dave Dack is a graduate of California State University, Fresno and Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, and since 2011 has been the pastor of Lemoore Presbyterian Church in Lemoore, California. He and his wife, Melody, have two wonderful boys, who absolutely love to roll and play in, and possibly throw, yes, dirt. In the fall of 2021, TWU was blessed to have Dave preach in chapel, virtually, on Esther 2:1-7 and Esther 2:8-14. Dave is into videography and photography, cycling, chess, and writing, and every so often can be found creating cool YouTube content and talking theology.
In this episode, The Rev. chats with Dave about how he and Melody got together, what it has been like pastoring during a pandemic, and the beauty of the book of Esther.
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Today, The Rev. and Renata celebrate 15 years of marriage. Woo-hoo! Now, we don’t know if they will be singing “It’s Our Anniversary” all day, representing that classic 1993 hit from Tony! Toni! Toné!, but maybe they should. Regardless, in this episode they stop in to chat about, well…marriage, what it is and what it isn’t, and how much hard work, grace, and love it takes to make it through. They are not experts, but are grateful for how God continues sustaining them, despite their many hiccups along the way.
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Ty’Ann Brown is affectionately known as the “Sneaker Preacher” in certain circles! She is, well, a preacher, who often enough wear sneakers, with an M.Div. (New York Theological Seminary) and M.B.A. Originally from Harlem, New York, she now lives in Connecticut and works at the Vice President of Outreach Ministries for Guideposts, after a career in marketing, content editing, and broadcast production at companies like Fisher-Price and Song BMG. Ty’Ann has tons of energy, is on fire for Jesus, and humbly desires to reach others by using all that God has given her. Faithfully stewarding those gifts combined with the favor of God have taken her to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Israel, India, Istanbul, and the Dominican Republic.
Not only does Ty’Ann preach, however, she also can carry a tune, and has provided backup vocal support to artists like Michael Bublé, Patti LaBelle, and Hezekiah Walker. But her favorite artist of all-time is Beyonce.
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In this episode, The Rev. has a conversation with Karen Stiller and, wouldn’t you know it (surprise, surprise), his wife, Renata, about their shared experiences being married to pastors. Karen is an accomplished writer, senior editor of Faith Today, and the author of The Minister’s Wife: A Memoir of Faith, Doubt, Friendship, Loneliness, Forgiveness, and More. And she loves to laugh. In Renata’s former career, she worked in the trenches of urban education (earning two master’s degrees along the way), as a Special Education teacher and administrator. She is passionate about authentic Christian community, discipling young women, and ice cream! Oh, and she also loves to laugh.
Being married to a pastor is challenging for lots of reasons. It can be isolating, riddled with inequity, unstable, and draining. But there is another side, as well. Holy moments are experienced, and holy relationships of mutuality and accountability can be built, like what we see between Renata and Karen. What a joy it is when pastor’s wives find listening ears and sisters-in-Christ to share life with.
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Dr. Mark Bauerlein matriculated all the way through the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) from an undergraduate student to earn his Ph.D. in English in 1988. He would eventually find his footing in Georgia, however, where he is now holds Professor Emeritus statis in the Department of English.
As you might imagine, he has authored several books. A few to get you started are The Digital Divide: Arguments for and Against Facebook, Google, Texting, and the Age of Social Networking (TarcherPerigee, 2011), Negrophobia: A Race Riot in Atlanta, 1906 (Encounter, 2002), and The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future (Or, Don’t Trust Anyone Under 30). In addition to all he has done and continues doing, Dr. Bauerlein is also Senior Editor at First Things.
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Dr. Marion Taylor is passionate about the Bible and especially the Old Testament, which is understandable since she is a Professor of Old Testament at Wycliff College in Toronto, Ontario. As someone who absolutely loves teaching and research, she has published extensively through the years, including Let Her Speak for Herself: Nineteenth Century Women Writing on Women in Genesis and Handbook of Women Biblical Interpreters. She is working on a book on seeing Paul through the eyes of women from the sixteenth century to the nineteenth century and has a book co-authored with Dr. Joy A. Schroeder, Voices Long Silenced: Women Biblical Interpreters through the Centuries, that will be released in 2022.
She is always pumped to spend time with her husband, her adult children, new grandbaby (congrats!), and dog (a doodle), and enjoys getting away to the family cottage to rest and read.
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Greg Strom works in Trinity Western University’s Marketing and Communications department, as the Director of Events and Productions. On any given day, you can find him wearing headsets overseeing the details of an event, training staff on a piece of equipment, or editing something. He knows lots of people, has lived and traveled extensively, and is passionate about being a grace-filled presence. Greg has managed bands worked as an audio engineer and communications director, and even presently serves as the President of Gospel Music Association (GMA) Canada.
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An accomplished songwriter and singer, and gifted worship leader, in addition to being the Interim Associate Chaplain for Worship at Trinity Western University, Jenni McGrew is the worship pastor in Abbotsford at Hope City Church. Along with her husband, Jake, she is a mentor, confidant, leader, teacher, and nurturer, who has come to know for herself that the Lord is good and true, and reliable. Jenni has led worship across Canada in various capacities for several decades now, having founded Worship Leaders Collective in 2015, a globally connected equipping station and platform for worship leaders that she continues to lead.
Jenni is awesome, loves the outdoors and working out, and spending time with her family.
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The newly married Cheryl Dennis (formerly Welfing) is the Project Lead for Trinity Western University’s Campus Services team and loves all manner of buildings, seeing them grow from a concept to something tangible and able to positively impact people’s lives. She has been part of the TWU community for four years, two in the CFO’s office and two within Campus Services. Given the massive RGK building project that is currently in its final phases, she spends most of her time on that right now, and she is excited to see it take shape and finally be put to good use. Cheryl graduated from the University of the Fraser Valley with a bachelor’s degree in political science and is excited about the master’s degree program she is in at TWU.
She is a big fan of long walks, relaxing at home watching Netflix, and most especially spending time with her husband, Kyle. They met in May of 2020 (yes, in the middle of the pandemic!), were engaged by March and then were married in October of 2021. She is happy to receive any belated wedding gifts anyone wants to send their way!
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An accomplished political theologian, Dr. David Koyzis taught for 30 years at Redeemer University College in Ancaster, Ontario and is currently a Global Scholar with Global Scholars Canada. He has attained a Ph.D. in Government and International Studies at the University of Notre Dame, master’s in Political Theory at Toronto’s Institute for Christian Studies, and bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota. Dr. Koyzis has authored We Answer to Another: Authority, Office, and the Image of God and Political Visions and Illusions: A Survey and Christian Critique of Contemporary Ideologies.
Now retired, he makes his home in Hamilton, Ontario with his wife and daughter.
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Dr. Sonya Grypma is the Vice Provost, Leadership & Graduate Studies and Dean of GLOBAL at Trinity Western University. She joined TWU in 2007 as a faculty member in the School of Nursing, and was promoted to Full Professor in 2012. She served as Dean of Nursing from 2013-2019.
Both a nurse and historian, Dr. Grympa has been a research fellow at UBC, University of Pennsylvania, and University of Virginia. Her program of research for the past 20 years has focused on transnational nursing history, particularly the intersection of Canadian, American and Chinese nursing networks developed through philanthropic, missionary and nursing organizations prior to 1948. She has been an invited keynote speaker on four continents, and has published several schools books on missionary history: Healing Henan: Canadian Nurses at the North China Mission, 1888-1947 (UBC Press, 2008), China Interrupted: Japanese Internment and the Reshaping of a Canadian Missionary Community (Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2012), and Nursing Shifts in Sichuan: Canadian Missions and Wartime China, 1937-51 (UBC Press, 2021).
Dr. Grympa is also a member of the TWU Executive Leadership Team, and is currently serving as the TWU Senior Health Advisor. She is Past President of the Canadian Association for Schools of Nursing--Association canadienne des écoles de sciences infirmières.
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Dr. John G. Stackhouse Jr. is an award-winning scholar, teacher, and public communicator who has spent years mapping our complex cultural terrain, identifying both its worthy achievements and zones of confusion. His research draws sources from many spheres, as he corrects popular interpretations and connects audiences with information they can immediately put into practice. He aims to serve as a trustworthy guide in helping believers chart a course through the prospects and impasses of modern society. Our world demands our best, and Dr. Stackhouse helps us think it and do it.
As a leading interpreter of Christianity, he has lectured on contemporary Christianity at renowned universities like Edinburgh, Fudan, Harvard, Queen’s, Stanford, and Yale. Dr. Stackhouse has also led seminars for Christian conferences, churches, and student groups from Virginia to Vancouver. Take a listen to this conversation with Dr. Stackhouse.
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Vania Levans is a pastor, teacher, musician, and spiritual director. She has talents upon talents and we are grateful to know her. Today, she serves as the Lead Pastor at Marineview Chapel Christian(since 2017) and a faculty member at Regent College. She is passionate about encouraging and nurturing sanctification—the life-long process of maturing in Christ—and sharing Christ’s Good News with others. One of the items of corporate worship she continues to study and teach is how to lead Christ-centered corporate worship, so that it better reflects the diversity and beauty of the body of Christ.
From early-on, Vania has maintained a strong desire to share the love of God with everyone, and participate in God's work of reconciliation by extending a particular welcome to the marginalized or those on the periphery. After formative childhood years in Ottawa, in 2002 she landed in Vancouver for her Master of Divinity at Regent College. She loves mentoring and discipling, hearing people's stories, and walking alongside them as they recognize and grow in their gifts.
Vania is drawn to the beauty of Vancouver and enjoys experiencing the ocean, mountains, and trees on walks or the occasional kayak trip. She also delights in connecting with friends, curling up with a good book, learning a new language, or listening to—and and creating!—jazz.
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Cameron Côté serves as the Western Outreach Director for CCBR, overseeing outreach activity throughout western Canada, and is the co-host ofThe Pro-Life Guyspodcast, a program dedicated to equipping pro-lifers with the tools they need to change minds, save lives, and transform culture. Cameron has been involved in equipping pro-life individuals and groups from around the world, most notably campus, community, and national pro-life organizations in Canada, the USA, and England. He has been the keynote speaker at dozens of galas and banquets, featured as a speaker at LifeCanada’s 2019 National Pro-Life Conference and the Virtual Catholic Apologetics Conference in 2020.
Growing up in a pro-life family, he was launched into action after being exposed to the reality of abortion in 2009, where involved in hosting a debate between CCBR’s then Executive Director, Stephanie Gray Connors, and Dr. Eike Kluge, a philosophy professor from the University of Victoria. After watching a graphic video of abortion itself, Cameron realized that this act was happening over 100,000 times every year in Canada, and that he needed to do everything that he could to end such age-based discrimination. Take a listen to our conversation.
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Kate Muchmore Woo is a director/actor with credits from around the United States and now here in B.C.! Holding it down for SAMC Theatre, as the Department Chair and Associate Professor of Theatre, with shows like The Game of Love & Chance, The Cover of Life, Jane Eyre: The Musical, Twelfth Night, The Illusion, and As Little Children. Other directing credits include A Wrinkle in Time, The Mousetrap, Enchanted April, The Women of Lockerbie, Crime & Punishment, Hairspray, and Auto-da-Fé. As an actor, her resume is littered with many roles, including Tartuffe, The Wizard of Oz, The Sound of Music, and several through Taproot Theatre Company's Road Company in Seattle, Washington. She holds a teaching certification in the Meisner Technique from Larry Silverburg’s True Acting Institute, a M.A. in Theatre Arts from Western Washington University, and a M.F.A. in Directing from the University of North Carolina Greensboro.
Kate is married to her Canadian sweetheart, Derik. They love to travel, eat really good food, and watch Ohio State Football and Canucks Hockey. They also like to hang out with their rambunctious and energetic dog, Sherlock.
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Dr. George Yancey is a Professor of Sociology at Baylor University. He has published several research articles on the topics of institutional racial diversity, racial identity, academic bias, progressive Christians and anti-Christian hostility. Some of his many books include One Faith No Longer: The Transformation of Christianity in Red and Blue America (NYU), Beyond Racial Gridlock: Embracing Mutual Responsibility (IVP), Transcending Racial Barrioers: Toward a Mutual Obligations Approach (Oxford University), So Many Christians, So Few Lions: Is There Christianophobia in the United States (Rowman and Littlefield), Compromising Scholarship: Religious and Political Bias in American Higher Education (Baylor University), What Motivates Cultural Progressives?: Understanding Opposition to the Political and Christian Right (Baylor University), and There is no God: Atheists in America (Rowman and Littlefield).
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Dr. Gene Getz's story began more than seven decades ago on a dairy farm in northwest Indiana. As a youth, he began to question the teachings and practices of his church. And his search for greater understanding led him to Moody Bible Institute where he gained a solid understanding of the Bible. He continued to build on that foundation, completing his bachelor’s degree at Rocky Mountain College, a master’s degree at Wheaton College, and went on to obtain a Ph.D. in 1968 at New York University. Moody Bible Institute awarded Gene an Honorary Doctorate in 2012, for his successful completion of the historicLife Essentials Study Bible, a seven-year effort resulting in the first ever Multimedia Study Bible.
Dr. Getz’s efforts over the years have directly impacted the lives of millions of people and he has written more than 60 books most of which grew out of his experience as a pastor. Gene’s primary focus today is to reach both old and new audiences around the world with the Word of God.
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Since 2014, Rev'd Elyse Brouwer has served at the Community Engagement Pastor at Westwinds Community Church. With the people and resources at WCC, she has been able to bless the Surrey community through school lunch programs, outreach, and community connections.
Rev'd Elyse graduated from Summit Pacific College in 2013 with a bachelor’s degree in Pastoral Theology. She grew up in Vancouver, B.C., where she accepted Christ as a teenager and felt called to vocational ministry shortly after. Today, she is pursuing her M.A in Theological Studies from Regent College.
Away from the classroom and the her vocational commitments, Rev'd Elyse loves reading, thrift shopping, and eating any kind of food, but especially sushi and Vietnamese. Moreover, she loves the church and is passionate about helping people develop an authentic and maturing relationship with Jesus Christ. Take a listen to our conversation together.
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Natasha Craine is a national speaker, author, blogger, and podcast host whose passion is to help Christians think more clearly about the biblical worldview amid an increasingly challenging secular culture. She has written three apologetics books for parents: Talking with Your Kids about God: 30 Conversations Every Christian Parent Must Have (Baker), Talking with Your Kids about Jesus: 30 Conversations Every Christian Parent Must Have (Baker), and Keeping Your Kids on God’s Side: 40 Conversations to Help Them Build a Lasting Faith (Harvest House). Her fourth book, Faithfully Different: Regaining Biblical Clarity in a Secular Culture, is set for release in February 2022 (so keep your eyes locked for that pre-order!). Natasha's articles have been featured in outlets like Focus on the Family magazine and the Christian Research Journal, as well as interviewed on radio shows across the U.S. and Canada.
Aside from writing and wearing other hats, Natasha and her husband have three kids, and together enjoy most things southern California has to offer. Take a listen to this insightful episode of Good News Stories, featuring Natasha Craine.
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John Elmore is the Senior Director of Pastoral Care and re:generation at Watermark Community Church's Dallas campus. Through re:gen, he journeys with people trying to move forward from the pain of their past into new life and peace through Jesus Christ! As a recovering alcoholic now fifteen years sober, John knows firsthand the wreckage that comes with living a life disconnected from God and isolated from His people. But much more than that, he now knows Jesus’ promise of a new, full, abundant, cruciform life. It is better than we ever dreamed life could be and now it's his life purpose to "point people to the Healer, Redeemer, Creator and Deliverer.” He says, “I’m just one beggar telling another where to get the Bread." (John 6:35).
Earlier in 2021, John released the book, Freedom Starts Today: Overcoming Struggles and Addictions One Day at a Time (Baker). He says, “I decided to write the book I needed when I was zero days sober.” But this is not a book you read, it’s a book you do; it’s a ten-minute-a-day for 90 days path to healing and freedom from struggles or addiction by the power of the Holy Spirit alongside another believer.
John is happily married to his wife and best friend, Laura. Together they have three kids (boy, girl, boy) and have been blown away by how God is using their little ones to teach us about the depth of love the Father has for us and how to daily die to self. (Galatians 2.20)
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Dr. Serena Wu is an Associate Professor of Accounting at Trinity Western University and we are so grateful to have her here. Before landing at TWU, for nine years she was a faculty member at Queen's University. Dr. Wu has taught at all levels of financial accounting, from introductory and intermediate to advanced. Today, Dr. Wu shares her story of coming to faith in Jesus, and how from then on, her life transformed more than she could have ever imagined. Take a listen.
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Karen Stiller has been a writer for a milestone of 25 years with publications featured in The Walrus, Reader's Digest, Faith Today, and In Trust. She is a senior editor of Faith Today (Canada's Christian magazine) and host of the Faith Today podcast. Karen's writing usually has to do with the intersections between faith and the world, social issues, and matters of justice. Those interests have led her to refugee camps in South Sudan and Uganda, and opportunities in community development projects places like Senegal and Cambodia.
As you'll hear in the episode, Karen is a big believer in doing what scares you almost to death! And so, every now and again, she tries to put herself into situations that give her a jolt of sheer terror (which she can only get through with the grace of God). Some of those experiences resulted in her spiritual memoir, The Minister’s Wife: a memoir of faith, doubt, friendship, loneliness, forgiveness and more.
Today, Karen lives in Ottawa with her husband, Brent, who is an Anglican priest. Together, they have three adult children and a dog named Dewey. Take a listen.
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Carolyn Arends is the Director of Education for Renovaré, a far-reaching organization that encourages and nurtures personal and spiritual renewal. With 12 albums released, 3 critically acclaimed books, 2 Dove Awards, 3 Juno Nominations, Carolyn has blazed a path in Contemporary Christian music.
In addition to her busy touring and speaking schedule, Carolyn has been a regular columnist for Christianity Today, Faith Today, and CT Women, and has served as an adjunct professor at Trinity Western University, Regent College, ACTS Seminary, Pacific Life Bible College, Columbia Bible College, and Prairie Bible College. She has a bachelor’s degree in Psychology and English from Trinity Western University and a Master of Arts in Theological Studies from Regent College. She lives in Surrey, BC with her husband, Mark, and their young adult children Benjamin and Bethany. Carolyn continues to be available on a select basis for speaking, retreat facilitation, concerts, worship leading, and songwriting and performance seminars.
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Peace, love, soul, and good news! Abdu Murray is a Christian Apologist, author of Saving Truth: Finding Meaning and Clarity in a Post-Truth World, and president of Embrace the Truth; a ministry dedicated to offering the truth of the Christian gospel to Muslims. Being a former skeptic and critic of Christianity, it could be said that his journey of coming face-to-face with truth is faithful evidence of God's passionate and very patient mercy. For most of his life, Abdu was a proud Muslim, who studied the Qur’an as a follower of Islam. After a nine-year investigation into the historical, philosophical, and scientific underpinnings of the major world religions and views, however, the Holy Spirit convicted him that Christian faith answers questions of the mind as well as the longings of the heart. Take a listen.
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Nadia Stewart’s love for news has taken her from coast to coast. These days, you’ll find her both in front of the camera and behind for Global BC, where she works as a video journalist. When starting her journalism career, she wanted to somehow connect her faith to her profession. Soon becoming aware of the challenges ahead, Nadia decided to raise the industry’s standard to new levels. When it comes to being a leader, she wondered, “What if it was about building people up so that they can reach their highest potential?"
Her ambition would eventually to her earning a master's degree in leadership from Trinity Western University. Nadia's media career has included contributions to a variety of outlets across Canada, including Rogers, CBC, CTV, and The Weather Network. She is also the Executive Director of the Canadian Association of Black Journalists. Today, we're diving into how and why she got started in journalism, how her journey with Christ took shape, and the greatest advice she would give to the young adult crowd.
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Today we're with Jen Pollock Michel, an award-winning author of titles including Surprised by Paradox, Teach Us to Want,Keeping Place, and her latest release,A Habit Called Faith. An American living in Toronto, Jen is a wife and mother of five. She is the lead editor for Imprint magazine, published by The Grace Centre for the Arts, and host of the Englewood Review of Books podcast.
In her private and public life, Jen has been intentional to create space for herself and others to lean into unanswered questions and complex emotions. She says, "[it has] always been the stories of Scripture that have interested me most: of Abraham and his doubt; of Hannah and her grief; of David and his failure. To think of Jesus, the still point of God’s turning story is to recall the parables he told and the Passion he lived. Though many turn to the Bible for what to believe and how to behave, I’ve come to think that it offers us something even more expansive and beautiful and imaginative."
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We're back with another episode, this time with the fabulous Janaya Hall, a third-year humanities student at TWU. With many interests and passions, she chooses to focus much of her energy on ministry, a love of the written word, good food, and building meaningful connections with people. As a Discipleship Coordinator within Student Ministries this past year, Janaya has been able to experience firsthand the blessing that purposeful community can bring, as we take steps each day toward a genuine, maturing relationship with the Lord, ourselves, and others.
Although representing deep and proud roots in Bermuda, Janaya has spent a fair amount of time elsewhere, investigating how God might have her use her gifts. She says, "I want to tap into [the] potential that I believe God knits into the very essence of our being. As I discover what I am capable of and made for, I want to share my experience with [others]." Preach on, Janaya!
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Dr. Estera Boldut is the Program Director of the Master of Christian Studies in Marriage and Family Therapy at ACTS Seminaries. She also teaches cultural diversity, spiritual integration, and clinical courses. Additionally, Dr. Boldut runs a small private practice as a Marriage and Family Therapist, working primarily with families whose child has developmental disabilities, brain injuries, or chronic illnesses.
Throughout her career, Dr. Boldut has sought to bring out the best in people. Having served in social work settings and orphanages, she has developed a deep compassion for the vulnerable and forgotten. Even more, she has learned that God will most likely throw a curve-ball or two at you, to assess your faithfulness and nimbleness for Kingdom service. But, those surprises will lead to things we couldn't have imagined. Together with her husband and daughter, Dr. Boldut is transforming one life at a time and climbing mountains on the side.
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Brent Ingersoll is the Senior Pastor at Kings Church, one of Canada's fastest-growing churches, with a leading and growing presence throughout the Atlantic provinces. Brent has a passion for revival and is committed to seeing the local church bring forward a transforming, life-giving presence everywhere.
When Brent stepped in to begin leading Kings, it catalyzed a restart for the church. New things happened, new people came in, and the congregation is now experiencing more health and spiritual momentum than ever. Through his season in this role, Brent learned that the fruit of his leadership would be a reflection of his inner life. Along with this, he learned that crises can be an ally that helps the church build uncompromising discipleship in the name of Jesus Christ and gear up for how He may be leading them next.
Apart from ministry, Brent is a passionate Toronto Raptors, Star Wars, LOTR, and Matrix fan. But above all of that, he loves Jesus and longs to trust Him more as Risen Lord, friend, and brother. Currently, Brent lives in in Saint John, New Brunswick, with his wife Melanie, and their three kids—Ava, Aden and Alexander.
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Peace, love, soul, and good news! We've got Trinity Western's very own Dr. Kevin Schuton the line. He serves as the Chair of TWU's Department of Media + Communication and is the lead for the Game Development program, which he founded in 2019. As a Game Studies scholar and author of Of Games & God: A Christian Exploration of Video Games(2013), his work highlights the intersection of communication, culture, media, technology, and faith. Dr. Schut's research addresses a number of exciting topics within the gaming industry, such as fantasy-role-playing and masculinity, morality and ethics, myth, historical presentation, and the influence/perspectives of video games in the evangelical community.
If you've ever been in one of his classes, Dr. Schut is quite personable. All that said, he uses his natural temperament and passion for his work to share a lively, balanced, and informed Christian take on video games and video game culture. He expertly engages a variety of issues, encouraging his students to consider both the perils and the promise of this major cultural phenomenon. Dr. Schut grew-up in Edmonton, Alberta and still cheers for the Oilers. After graduating from Calvin College, he taught overseas in schools for missionary kids in Cote d'Ivoire (on the south coast of West Africa) and Hungary for three and a half years. He is married with three daughters, who have much in common with their dad: a love for games and media.
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Qinqin Zhang is an Assistant Librarian at Trinity Western whose expertise is information literacy, e-learning, and e-resources. With deep roots in the tech industry (engineering, instructional technology, library and information science), she brings a refreshing passion and insight to her role. Qinqin holds a bachelor's in computer science (told you she is really smart!) and two master's degrees that directly support her current role providing reference assistance and managing the electronic resources of TWU's library. Her big personality and welcoming smile should inspire us all to hit the library more often, and to ask for help when we need it.
Qinqin has had an extensive education all over the world (from Hong Kong, to Pennsylvania in the U.S., and British Columbia). It was actually on her school campus in Hong Kong that she got snatched by the Holy Ghost (a.k.a. "saved"). From then on, with the scales removed from her eyes, she had a new lens through which to view the world and imagine what she could contribute to it in the name of Jesus. Her presence around campus definitely adds some refreshing lightness. Take a listen to our conversation about how she came to faith, her career, and some of her must have foods.
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Peace, love, soul, and Good News! Dr. Janet Epp-Buckinghamis a professor at Trinity Western and the Director of the Laurentian Leadership Centre (LLC), an Ottawa-based, live-in, extension program focusing on leadership in public policy, business and communications. She writes and researches about religious freedom in Canada as well as internationally, and is interested in the relationships between faith, public policy, and the legal system.
Dr. Buckingham has lived and studied in England, France, and South Africa, graduating in 1998 with her doctorate in law from the University of Stellenbosch, as both the first woman and first non-South African to do so. Before teaching at TWU, she was the executive director of Christian Legal Fellowship (1991-94) and worked with the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada as general legal counsel (1999-2003) and then also their director of law and public policy (2003-2006). See Dr. Buckingham's book, Fighting Over God: A Legal and Political History of Religious Freedom in Canada.
She has a passion for young students that flows through everything she does at the LLC. And believing that the key to lifelong learning and impact centers on trusting fully in God, she is confident in her calling from God and the commitment to do more than merely "get the job done" with her many responsibilities.
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We're chatting today with Gemma Hunt, the Children's BAFTA nominated TV presenter, entertainer, and voice-over artist. If you have seen Alpha, you might also recognize her from having co-presented the 2016 Alpha film series (it's pretty incredible, check it out).
Gemma has been working in TV since 2003, and since graduating with her First Class Media Performance degree from The University of Bedfordshire, she has worked with CBBC, "CBeebies," the award-winning pirate game show "Swashbuckle," and has also presented in festivals around the UK (including Big Church Day Out) and hosted a BBC radio show. Gemma has also been involved in theatre productions for youth and children.
Native to Trowbridge, Wiltshire, Gemma proudly wears blue, red, and white (UK). Although her journey into and through the entertainment industry has been filled with life-changing experiences, she tries to always remind herself that she is in fact where she is meant to be. In spite of personal insecurity and doubt, the call on her life has continually been affirmed by God and those around her. Take a listen to our conversation about Gemma's faith and career, BIPOC culture moments, and why painting nails might be the most satisfying hobby she has come across yet!
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Dr. Maxwell Ofosuhene co-chairs the Department of Geography and Environment at TWU where he is also an assistant professor of Geography. Although an expert on regional and community economic development, rural development, land use and planning, and cities in developing countries, his journey to where he is now might catch you by surprise.
Native to the land of gold, cocoa, and much-debated jollof rice (Ghana), Dr. Ofosuhene is no stranger to a vibrant and disciplined upbringing. If you've had the pleasure of meeting him in person or being in one of his classes, you've no doubt experienced his heart towards young people and the impotence he places on empowering emerging generations to make a meaningful difference. In our conversation, you'll hear about the roller-coaster ride of his career path and how some tremendously frustrating situations worked to soften his heart to trust God's leading. Take a listen.
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Tegan McArthur is a third-year student at Trinity Western and a faithful member of TWU's women's basketball team. As a student and athlete, she has journeyed through two very different spheres of influence. Like many other groups on campus, her team and fellow student-athletes enjoy an internal culture that is thick, essentially spending A LOT of time together training, struggling, and learning together (which could drive some people bonkers, but praise the Lord that they enjoy it).
In this episode, we're talking about Tegan's faith journey, what her experience has been like playing basketball, and some issues of race that many young people like her, who are or are not student-athletes, sometimes face. Listen, share, repeat!
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Cheryl Jean-Paul is the head women's basketball coach at TWU. Since joining the TWU family, she has built the Spartans program into a perennial playoff contender, highlighted by the 2017-18 season when they posted a 16-4 record, finishing fourth overall in the Canada West playoffs. Her team has been in the playoffs in five of the last six seasons.
Internationally, in 2019 Cheryl was the head coach of Canada’s FIBA U16 Women’s America’s Championship team, winning a silver medal. She has also been a key coach within Basketball BC, as the head coach for the U14 girls’ red team in 2011, the U15 girls’ red team in 2012, and the U16 girls’ team in 2015. Furthermore, as the assistant coach for the U17 girls’ team, they won silver at the 2013 Canada Games.
In this episode, we had a good, long conversation with Cheryl (be sure to grab a cup of coffee or take a break as needed), covering both highlights and challenges of the life of a coach, sports leadership in a context of Christian faith, and BIPOC (black, Indigenous and people of color) issues that young athletes (both at TWU and beyond) may face. Take a listen, share, repeat!
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In Fall 2020, Trinity Western announced the appointment of Dr. Phil Laird, as the Vice President of Innovation, Global and Academic Partnerships. Along with assuming his new role, Dr. Laird has joined the University’s Executive Leadership Team.
Operating as the Chief Innovation Officer, with a significant institutional responsibility for international recruitment and engagement, Dr. Laird maintains a large and growing network of international relationships for TWU and represents the University at key international events with universities and governments worldwide. In his role, Dr. Laird will continue to provide inspirational and visionary leadership in facilitating micro and macro-innovative thinking and implementation at TWU.
Dr. Laird also supports Trinity Western’s FAR Center development efforts by providing marketing materials, and strategic insight to support the development and management of each FAR center. “The future of universities will depend on their ability and willingness to adapt to technological, global, and demographic changes. Innovative and collaborative thinking will be critical to our future,” said Laird.
Take a listen to this episode as we talk through some important questions about the future of education, and the demands of COVID-19 on technology and institutional leadership.
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Nicola A. Menzie is the founder and editorial director of Faithfully magazine. She got her start as a religion reporter in NYC and her bylines have appeared in the Religion News Service, The Christian Post, CBS News, and Vibe magazine. Her brainchild, Faithfully magazine is a news and culture publication centering on Christian communities of colour. Its mission is to amplify conversations, issues, and events that impact diverse communities.
With extensive experience in journalism and media, Nicola is using her industry experience and insight to inspire and challenge a generation. Having worked with various media publications throughout her career, she has witnessed first-hand how often diversity suffers in mainstream news; and mainstream Christian news for that matter. Now with Faithfully, she hopes to shine a light on the issues, people, and neighborhoods that have so often been overlooked.
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Today, we're chatting with Dr. Phil Collins, executive director of Training and Content Development at the Taylor University Center for Scripture Engagement (TUCSE) and general editor for The Abide Bible. As a part of this work, he leads workshops on how to effectively engage with the Bible, having said, “[e]ngaging with Scripture, ever since I was a boy, has been the most powerful and consistent catalyst for spiritual growth that I've experienced. It is as I meet and know God in his Word that I’m inspired to participate fully in his Kingdom.”
He has a bachelor's in Bible Literature and Christian Education from Taylor University, master's in Christian Education from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Purdue University. He also did Old Testament graduate studies at the Institute of Holy Land Studies, now Jerusalem University College. Dr. Collins served six years in youth ministry with Youth for Christ as well as 10 years as a youth pastor. Listed twice in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers and once in Who’s Who in America, Dr. Collins has used his vocational passion to inspire many young lives to read the Bible with critical, discerning eyes and hearts. He is married to Terri, and together they have two adult children, Luke and Katelyn.
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Shane Claiborne is a prominent speaker, activist, and best-selling author. Shane is a champion for grace which has led him to some of the most troubled regions of the world – from Rwanda to the West Bank – and he’s been on peace delegations in Afghanistan and Iraq. Now grace fuels his passion to end the death penalty and help stop gun violence.
Together with his friend Tony Campolo, Shane heads up Red Letter Christians, a movement of Christians committed to living out the Gospels "as if Jesus actually meant what He said". Shane is also the visionary founder of The Simple Way, an organization in inner city Philadelphia that has helped birth and connect radical faith communities around the world.
Shane writes and travels extensively speaking about peacemaking, social justice, and Jesus. His books include Jesus for President, Red Letter Revolution, Common Prayer, Follow Me to Freedom, Jesus, Bombs and Ice Cream, Becoming the Answer to Our Prayers, Executing Grace, his classic The Irresistible Revolution, and his newest book,Beating Guns. He has been featured far and wide in a number of films, TV programs, magazines, and news outlets, including Another World Is Possible, Ordinary Radicals,Esquire, SPIN, Christianity Today, TIME, The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Fox News, Al Jazeera, CNN, and NPR. In short, Shane's life has inspired and challenged many non-believers and Christians to consider a more simple, yet abundant way of living.
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Chris Boyko is a seasoned coach, trainer, and sports specialist, with a strong focus on core fitness and physical health. Highly productive, dedicated to his athletes, and full of energy, he sees his relationship with the Lord as the bedrock that keeps him standing on firm ground. In his various roles, he brings his full self to the task and looks to help those he trains do the same. Until recently, for the past 13 season Chris was the strength and conditioning coach for the BC Lions, a team in the Canadian Football League (CFL), who last won the Grey Cup in 2011.
Chris has experienced his share of ups and downs in his personal and professional life, but God has seen him through. Years ago, after his wife shared the Gospel with him, he eventually surrendered to Christ and began the slow work of being transformed into a new man. As you'll hear in the episode, he is not ashamed of the Gospel and its power to save. Today, Chris continues working with fitness clients, serving in his church, and loving his wife and kids, while also helping to coach the Langley Mustangs Track and Field Club.
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Miss Tytus2 is a rising YouTube influencer who produces "urban apologetics" videos. On her channel, you'll find her discussing various topics surrounding pop culture and its influence on the church. She is passionate about serving the people of God with biblically informed and culturally relevant multi-media resources; more especially for congregations within the African American tradition. With Southern U.S. roots and having become a Christ follower at an early age, she is passionate about ministry that is done with honor, dignity, and accuracy that rightly reflects the full counsel of God. In this episode, we're chatting about how Miss Tytus2 got started, her take on some recent social justice issues and a few other noteworthy nuggets.
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Whitworth physics professor, Kamesh Sankaran is known to his colleagues at NASA for his expertise in space propulsion. His students appreciate the foundational faith commitments he has, alongside aerospace smarts. This and more can be credited to his studious diligence, extroverted personality, and foremost, humble walk with Jesus.
Dr. Sankaran hails from a town in southern India about two hours outside the city of Chennai. At only 17, he received a scholarship to come to the Illinois Institute of Technology, so he packed his bags and moved to Chicago. And from there, he would go on to study at Princeton University. "It was the most significant phase of my life," he says. After a fellow research student shared the gospel with him, he began following Jesus and became involved in campus ministry while flourishing in his academic career; earning masters' degrees and a Ph.D. in mechanical and aerospace engineering, and Plasma science and technology.
Since joining the Whitworth University, Dr. Sankaran has been honoured as their Most Influential Professor (2014), featured in Christian Today Magazine, received the Dean’s Junior Faculty Award (2006) and an Academic Mentoring Award (2012), authored and co-authored numerous articles on spacecraft propulsion, and has been an active reviewer for the Journal of Propulsion and Power and the IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. Even with these lofty accomplishments, and many more, one of his favourite joys is to just have lunch with his students and listen to their stories. "The one thing that stands out is God's goodness," he says, "and the many ways I've been blessed, first and foremost, with relationships with my colleagues and my students."
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Dr. Desmond Henry serves the Luis Palau Association as their Director of the Global Network of Evangelists, and is a missional thought-leader, professor of missiology, author, and speaker. With a background in global missions, he previously taught at the Baptist Theological College in Johannesburg, South Africa. He was also part of ‘Face the Nation’, a non-profit that trains students from the University of Botswana for peer-based ministry in high schools throughout Botswana. This initiative won the WillowCreek Courageous Leadership award in 2008 for being the most innovative faith-based ministry to people with HIV in Africa.
Dr. Henry is a consulting elder at his church, Ridgecrest Family Church, where he has been strategically involved since the early 2000s. He also serves as honorary teaching pastor of Crosspoint Family Church in Gaborone, Botswana, mentoring the pastoral staff and helping to guide their leadership team.
Desmond is also happily married to Lara, and together, they have three daughters; Gabriella, Olivia and Annabella.
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Rachel Johnson is a fourth-year Nursing at Trinity Western. With a heart for people and a mind for medicine, Rachel is pursuing what she believes to be her God-given calling.
Originally from Kamloops, Rachel would tell you that she grew up in one of the best places in BC. The experiences she built up in her hometown soon led her to explore TWU and later enroll. From that point on, she grew to love the community and sought opportunities that would challenge her faith, expand her experiences, and deepen her relationships. Today, Rachel is finishing up her degree at Trinity and journeying forward to wherever God would take her.
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Laura Stead is a third year Nursing student at Trinity Western. If you've seen Laura around the Langley campus, you'll probably remember her giving you a big smile or warm hug. But beyond her positive attitude, Laura is an avid learner of the world around her, and a passionate disciple of Jesus Christ.
A native to Langley BC, Laura has always been loved the mountains, the water, and fresh air. As Laura would tell you herself, she could see herself living here for quite some time. Living in Langley also exposed her to an opportunity to study at TWU. Although, there were some obvious hurdles in her path; which only motivated her all the more to attend. Today, Laura is studying to inspire patients with her smile and her faith. How God will use her on this journey, only time will tell.
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Honoured as one of “Seven People Doing Powerful Ministry Through Worship” (RCA, 2017), Bre Harris is a worship leader to keep an eye on. Bre was born and raised in the south-side suburbs of Chicago where the church and worship ministry grew deep roots in her life. Her parents are both ministers at Kingdom Life Worship Center in Markham, Illinois. At 5 years old, she started singing in the church’s adult choir as its youngest soloist and later became involved in other choirs, praise dance teams, and worship touring around the States.
Throughout her childhood, Bre's passion for music and songwriting became more disciplined. After studying Worship Arts at Cornerstone University in Grand Rapids, Bre went on to serve as Worship Director at a church in Holland, Michigan, and later release her debut album, Chapter 24 , alongside Dove Award-winning producer Tommee Profitt. You'll also find her creative influence on Pillar Church's album, Theophilus: Songs from the Book of Luke. In the past, she has also directed the gospel choir and other special music ensembles with Hope College's Campus Ministries team.
In addition to mentoring students over the years, inspiring them to deepen their relationship with Christ through worship, she serves as an instructor for Awaking, a summer program that encourages high school students to engage in ministry through local churches.
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Cheryl Nembhard is an award-winning Filmmaker, Playwright & Social Advocate who uses her incredible talents in the Arts to tackle some of the toughest societal topics. Her dedication to community service includes working with at-risk youth, former gang members, sexual assault victims & teenage mothers. Her not-for-profit Educational Theatre Company, EMG Education has performed special assemblies on topics like mental health, bullying, and racism in over 150 High Schools across Ontario, impacting over 70,000 students and counting. CBC Canada has recognized her as one of '150 black women who are making Canada a better place'.
As a social advocate, Cheryl was honoured as the 2017 recipient of the Harry Jerome Award for Social Advocacy. You can also find Cheryl sharing love as a co-host on See, Hear, Love, a nationally televised women's talk show on YES TV. She recently founded & developed The Lighthouse Project, a faith-based mentorship program, where she currently mentors over 40 people. Cheryl is an active Board Member with Brave Canada, a catalytic movement for at-risk girls, and she sits on the national steering committee for Power of Her, a World Vision initiative for marginalized women and girls globally.
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Tenielle Neda's journey in music started when she was a small girl, recreating songs from church on her mom's electric organ. After being gifted her first guitar, she began songwriting and has never looked back. Tenielle has had the opportunity to work with some highly regarded writers and producers from all over the world and in 2013 (under the moniker Neda) she released the folk/pop EP Daylight Disguisethrough Universal Music/Island Records. More recently, she has taken a new direction as an independent artist and has written a beautiful collection of songs inspired by her faith in Jesus. Mercy is the debut single off the forthcoming EP. Based in remote Western Australia, Tenielle has been described as having a "heartbreaking catch to her voice” and her heartfelt, moving songs resonate with fans all over the world.
In this episode Tenielle shares a very honest testimony about her faith journey in Jesus and music career. As she describes, Tenielle had spent a good amount of life being fulfilled from everything but Jesus. Even still, something was stirring in heart to say "there has to be more than this." As you'll hear, she went on a quest to figure that out and eventually came to a saving faith in Jesus Christ.
Today, Tenielle and her family are taking it slow down over in Aussie land, writing music, living life, and navigating this year with hope as all of us are too.
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Trey McLaughlin & the Sounds Of Zamar has undoubtedly made a name for themselves in the music industry by performing with gospel greats like William McDowell, Kierra “Kiki” Sheard, Brian Courtney Wilson, and James Fortune. What you may not know, however, is how Trey got started in Gospel music and journeyed through God's calling on his life.
Trey grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, singing in the church pews. Soon enough he dove into the music scene at his church and took off with directing music for Gospel choirs both in church and in his schools. Although music was Trey's first love, there were a number of paths he considered taking, eventually inspiring him to start the music group Sounds of Zamar and releasing his own solo records.
Trey McLaughlin and the Sounds of Zamar released their first project, Limitless in November 2012 and have since carved out a lane of their own, giving what has become known as "the Zamar Experience." McLaughlin and SOZ are known for their rich harmonies and beautiful blends, putting together intricate arrangements and contemporary gospel. Trey McLaughlin and the Sounds Of Zamar is one of the brightest and prolific groups on the gospel scene.
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Shaila Visser is the National Director of Alpha Canada, Global Senior Vice-President for Alpha International, and Executive Producer of both The Alpha Youth Film Series (2013) and The Alpha Film Series (2016). Before joining Alpha, she was on staff with Power to Change and in vocational ministry for over 20 years. Shaila has been studying evangelism and evangelistic responses in non-profits and the church for many years, which give her a unique perspective into the needs of people outside of most churches.
Ask a friend or colleague of Shaila and you'll know soon that strategic leadership is her sweet spot. She is recognized as one of the Top 100 Most Influential Christian Women in Canada. Her extensive experience in outreach and leadership has made her a household name in evangelistic ministry. Currently, Shaila lives in Vancouver, BC with her husband Ryan (a K9 Unit Police Officer), and two four-legged family members, Blade and Talon.
Alpha Canada produces videos for interactive small groups that deal with questions of life, faith and Jesus. It’s an experience embraced by Canadian churches from coast to coast. Alpha is designed to be a space, online or in person, where people are excited to bring their friends in on a conversation about life’s biggest questions.
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Susie Gamez is a speaker, writer, and as she puts it, "reconciler." Canadian by birth, Korean by heritage and Mexican/American by marriage, it's no wonder she is so passionate about issues surrounding culture, diversity, and justice. You may also recognize her when she spoke at Chapel (Why Being Different Matters, and Trust Issues) in early 2020. In this episode, we chat about the imperative for Christians to be salt and light in the world and take action on the ills that plague our communities. In order to do that, though, we need to embrace the sometimes unpleasant, but oh so joyful reward of discomfort.
After 14 years serving as a youth pastor and church planter in South Central Los Angeles, she now lives in Long Beach, CA where she is on staff with Light and Life Christian Fellowship (fun fact: she and her former team once transformed an old warehouse into a two-story teen community center for the neighbourhood). Susie and her husband, Marcos, met at Fuller Theological Seminary while earning their M.A. in Intercultural Studies and now have four awesome LatAsian babies who have lots and lots of energy.
Susie sensed God calling her to a life of Kingdom work in high school. Eventually, the Lord won over her heart for full-time ministry and ever since she has sought to help young and old alike understand that they are created in God’s image; created for a purpose.
Apart from ministry, Susie is crazy about her family, Korean food, and movies with epic plot twists. Take a listen, share and repeat!
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Michelle Stephen is a TWU alum (13') with an exuberant personality and an even crazier heart for Jesus. As a former student and staff member at TWU, she fell in love with the community and soon found it a launch pad for her ministry, personal development, and relationship with her husband, Ricky.
Michelle, raised in Kamloops and with South African heritage in her family, has never been one for a conversation that doesn't get to the point. In this episode we're chatting about something we each can find challenging, but something oh so important for our walk with God and general sanity. Sincerity seems to frighten people. Why is that? As you'll hear her say, it is because walking in sincerity before God, yourself, and others demands a plunge into the practice of vulnerability. Even so, we need to understand who we are and who we are not. A big part of being fully human is being yourself in the best ways possible. Understanding who we are as a created and beloved child of God, what we are feeling, and the gifts God has given us to glorify Himself and authentically minister in Jesus' name, is vital if we are to walk as people of peace.
Today, Michelle and Ricky are adventuring through life and ministry together, being sure to pause in the places and spaces where they are needed most.
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Olivia Francis-Akolo ('20) is a TWU grad with a big dream, but more importantly, a journey marked by the Creator's fingerprints. If you've been a student at Trinity in recent years or are from Alberta, you may recognize Olivia from her many times sangin'(yes, that's right, sangin') at Open Mic Nights, sharing her creativity through graphic design, or winning the 2014 Peace Country Idol. Either way, it's clear that Olivia bleeds artistic energy.
Olivia is a London (England) native, with roots in Nigeria and an eclectic family tree. Her parents (a medical doctor father and mother who is a former midwife), raised Olivia and her brother in London until journeying to Alberta for a new start in a new country. Like many young adults, high school graduation brought with it new ideas and uncertainties for Olivia's future. When Trinity Western came into the picture, her passion for music and design became a life dream that was no longer just a distant imagination; this could be her career, if she chose it. The freedom of options that Olivia discovered through Trinity inspired her to pursue music and design intentionally, which eventually led her to start OSANII Designand work with some amazing organizations.
Take a listen as we chat about her journey to Trinity Western, creative pursuits, and her faith journey. Listen, share, repeat!
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Dr. Todd D. Still serves as The Charles J. and Eleanor McLerran DeLancey Dean and The William M. Hinson Professor of Christian Scriptures in the George W. Truett Theological Seminary of Baylor University. In addition to serving as Truett’s fifth dean, a position that he has held since 2015, Dr. Still, who joined Truett's faculty in the fall of 2003, teaches courses in New Testament Studies and Greek. Before coming to Truett, Dr. Still taught at Gardner-Webb University’s School of Divinity in Boiling Springs, NC, where he occupied the Bob D. Shepherd Chair of New Testament Interpretation. Dr. Still’s first academic appointment was at Dallas Baptist University in Dallas, TX, where he served from 1995-2000. Dr. Still has also served as an Honorary University Fellow at the University of Exeter in Exeter, England (2008), and he served as a Barclay Fellow at the University of Glasgow in the spring of 2019.
Dr. Still is the author of Conflict in Thessalonica and the co-author of Thinking Through Paul. He has also written three commentaries (on Philippians, Colossians, and Philemon respectively), and some fifty articles that have appeared in such venues as New Testament Studies, Journal of Biblical Literature, and Catholic Biblical Quarterly. He has also edited or co-edited ten volumes (including the award-winning Lightfoot Legacy Set) and has made over one hundred academic presentations. Presently, he is under contract to write a guide to the Thessalonian Letters (T&T Clark), a reading of 1-2 Corinthians (SPCK), and a companion to Pauline interpretation (T&T Clark). Dr. Still presently serves as Assistant Secretary of Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas and as Past President of the Southwestern Region of the Society of Biblical Literature.
In addition to his administrative and academic work, Dr. Still is committed to and involved in local churches. A licensed and ordained Baptist minister, he has the opportunity to preach and teach in many congregational and conference settings and has served in a variety of ministry capacities, including church custodian, music minister, youth minister, college minister, education minister, pastor, and interim pastor (of twelve different churches in North Carolina and Texas).
Dr. Still is married to Carolyn, his wife of twenty-nine years. They, along with their two sons, Samuel (a second-year student at Truett) and Andrew (a junior at Baylor), live in Waco. Apart from work, Dr. Still enjoys gardening, golfing, watching Baylor Bear athletics, playing with his family’s dogs, and traveling.
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Philip Yancey is an American author whose work pertains primarily to the spiritual issues of our generation. His books have sold more than fifteen million copies in English and have been translated over fifty languages making him one of the best-selling contemporary Christian authors. We're also chatting with special guest Kim Evans, CEO ofEffect:Hope. For 16 years, she worked at Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship of Canada, a ministry dedicated to inspiring students, youth and graduates to follow Christ. Prior to that, she practised law for 17 years.
Growing up in a strict, fundamentalist church in the southern USA, a young Philip Yancey tended to view God as “a scowling Supercop, searching for anyone who might be having a good time—in order to squash them.” Yancey jokes today about being “in recovery” from a toxic church. “Of course, there were good qualities too. If a neighbor’s house burned down, the congregation would rally around and show charity—if, that is, the house belonged to a white person. I grew up confused by the contradictions. We heard about love and grace, but I didn’t experience much. And we were taught that God answers prayers, miraculously, but my father died of polio just after my first birthday, despite many prayers for his healing.”
For Yancey, reading offered a window to a different world. Ever since, Yancey has explored the most basic questions and deepest mysteries of the Christian faith, taking millions of readers with him. Early on he crafted best-selling books such as Disappointment with God and Where is God When it Hurts?while also editing The Student Bible. He co-authored three books with the renowned surgeon Dr. Paul Brand and has earned13 Gold Medallion Awards from Christian publishers and booksellers. He currently has more than 15 million books in print, published in over 50 languages worldwide.
But away from writing, Philip enjoys ice cream (A LOT), skiing, climbing mountains, mountain-biking, nature, theology (in small doses), politics, and classical music (just to name a few).
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Professor Quonekuia Day is an accomplished professor at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Boston. You might remember her time speaking as a guest in Chapel (go listen, it was good). Today, as a full-time instructor of Old Testament & Biblical Hebrew at Gordon-Conwell (Boston campus and the Hispanic Ministries Program at South Hamilton, MA). Professor Day inspires young people to love God with all of their soul, heart, and mind. Boston campus and the Hispanic Ministries Program at South Hamilton, MA.
Prof Day is also a public speaker specializing in the area of Old Testament and Sexuality. She has led many seminars and workshops, sharing on Old Testament, sexuality, mental wellness, conflict resolution, and leadership development. You can also catch her sharing on Jude3project podcast and as a guest panelists for the Courageous Conversations Conference. Prof Day is the author of “Feminist, Womanist and Gospelist Interpretations of the Daughters of Zelophehad: Bridging the Gap amongst competing traditions,” in the multi-authored book Gospel Haymanot.
Professor Day has a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Emmanuel College, a Master of Social Work from Boston University, a Master of Divinity, and a Master of Theology from Gordon-Conwell. Her doctoral studies have been at London School of Theology in Northwood, England. Professor Day is an ordained minister of the Church of God, Cleveland, Tenn. She has over 25 years of ministry experience as a teacher, counselor, outreach minister, and most recently, as the Director of Ministerial Care and Development at Deliverance Temple Worship Center, Dorchester, MA.
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This Time Don't Bow
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Mo Isom Aiken is the founder of BOLDLIFE INITIATIVE and bestselling author of Sex, Jesus, and the Conversations the Church Forgot. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Mo's ministry exists to challenge, encourage, and equip Christ-followers to relentlessly pursue holy and BOLD lives. Through timely Word-rooted and Spirit-led communication, Mo and her BOLDLIFE team strive towards a revival of depth, intimacy with God, and sanctification in the Body of Christ. The heartbeat of this ministry is to courageously communicate the full Gospel with authenticity, compassion, and fresh revelation. We want to see the lost found and the professed followers of Christ activated and drawn deeper into the glory of God. Jesus came to set the captives free—and whether it’s through written or spoken word, BOLDLIFE is focused on being a mouthpiece for the hard conversations about freedom and holiness.
Mo is a former competitive athlete, and if you've read her book you'll know that God has taken her on quite the journey since then. You may have read some of her work on The Gospel Coalition or even seen her share her story on The 700Club. Today Mo inspires thousands of readers and listeners to find freedom in Jesus and live BOLD lives.
In this episode the Rev and Mo chat about seeking God and allowing Him to lead you to the RIGHT relationships. Listen, share, repeat!
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Rev. Tony Lee is the founder and Senior Pastor of the Community of Hope A.M.E. Church in Hillcrest Heights, MD. Community of Hope is recognized throughout the region for its innovative ministry, social engagement, and community outreach. The growing church has gained national recognition for its work around HIV/AIDS, violence prevention, community/police partnerships, and educational advocacy. Their work has also been highlighted in the documentary The Gospel Of Healing.
Rev Lee is the writer of an upcoming book, Relevant (Spring 2020), and a contributor for the books Being A Black Man: At The Corner Of Progress And Peril and Reach: 40 Black Men Speak On Living, Loving & Succeeding. Rev. Lee also serves as the Board Chair for the Naylor Road/Branch Avenue CDC, convener for the National Coalition Of Black Civic Participation’s Black Male Initiative, member of the Board Of Visitors for the Howard University School Of Divinity and is an HIV Ambassador for the NAACP.
Maybe (just maybe) you've heard him on the radio in the DC area on Entercom Radio’s WPGC 95.5 FM, on BET’s Joyful Noise, or at Bishop TD Jakes' 2019 International Pastors & Leadership Conference.
In this episode, we talk about flourishing in your calling. Part of reflecting the "imago deo" (image of God) that is innate in each of us, is to learn how to be ourselves wherever we go. No one's mission or personality is the same. Listen, share, repeat!
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Peace, love, soul, and good news! Dr. Edith Humphrey is the William F. Orr Professor of New Testament at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary (PTS). Prior to serving at PTS, she was the Professor and Dean of Scripture at Augustine College, and a lecturer at several post secondary schools in Canada.
Dr. Humphrey's ministry began in her twenties when she became a pastor in the Salvation Army. From there, her journey has led her to call the Anglican Church 'home'. As Dr. Humphrey will tell you herself, she was drawn to liturgical worship and catholic order, and was confirmed in the Anglican communion, where she served for almost 25 years.
Dr. Humphrey is also an avid writer with four books, including The Ladies and the Cities: Transformation and Apocalyptic Identity in Joseph and Aseneth, 4 Ezra, the Apocalypse and The Shepherd of Hermas(JSOT; Sheffield, 1995), Joseph and Aseneth(GAP; Sheffield Academic Press, 2000), Ecstasy and Intimacy: When the Holy Spirit Meets the Human Spirit(Eerdmans, 2005) and And I Turned to See the Voice: The Rhetoric of Vision in the New Testament (Baker Academic, 2007).
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Gary Thomas is a bestselling author and international speaker whose ministry aims to draw people closer to Christ and to others. He uses the study of Scripture, church history, and the Christian classics to foster spiritual growth and deeper relationships within the Christian community.
Gary is the author of several books, including When to Walk Away: Finding Freedom from Toxic People, that have established him as a thought-leader in the areas of marriage, parenting, and spiritual formation. He also serves on the teaching team (and Writer in Residence) at Second Baptist Church, Houston, and is an adjunct faculty member at Western Seminary in Portland, Oregon, and Houston Theological Seminary in Houston Texas. Gary’s writing and speaking ministry has led him across the globe, with broadcasts on national television and radio programs, including multiple appearances on Focus on the Family and Family Life Today.
In this episode, we chat about developing spiritual defenses and guarding your calling. How do we make the most of our lives, and using the example of Jesus to feel free to walk away from toxic relationships? How do we make the most of our time to move us forward in our God-given Kingdom mission? We dive into Scripture to see what Jesus had to say about just this. Listen, share, repeat!
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Dr. Vince Bantu is an assistant professor of church history and Black church studies at Fuller Seminary in Oakland, California. Dr. Bantu teaches primarily on Fuller’s Houston campus, where he also serves as a liaison to the William E. Pannell Center for African American Church Studies and networks with African American churches, pastors, and students.
Prior to coming to Fuller, Bantu taught in various capacities at a number of colleges and institutions, including Nyack College, New York Theological Seminary, North Park Theological Seminary, the Center for Early African Christianity, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and Covenant Theological Seminary. He has years of pastoral experience in African American, Asian American, and Hispanic churches, as well as extensive involvement in multicultural urban communities. Dr. Bantu's deepest passion, "is to make the resources of the theological academy available to [his] community."
He is the author of A Multitude of All Peoples: Engaging Ancient Christianity's Global Identity, as well as numerous articles on global Christianity. Dr. Bantu is also a host of FULLER Studio (a podcast that walks through the books of the Bible).
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Reconcile, aka Ronnie Lillard, is a rap artist based in Miami, FL. While trying to make sense of a rough childhood and young adult life, the harsh realities he inherited kept him hostage: depleted resources, constant trauma, family dysfunction, incarceration, violence, drugs and firearms. South Florida raised him. But encouraged by a deep passion for his people and love of music, he eventually began using rap to craft a message for his generation.
Encouraged by a deep passion for his people and love of music, he eventually began using rap to craft a message for his generation. Reconcile’s words champion the forgotten and serve as the rhythm hidden in the pulse of those getting by on hope. One soul at a time. Reconcile states, “As I began seeking a real relationship with the Lord, my life changed and the value of everything else in my life began to decrease as my desire and passion to know Jesus intimately and follow him grew. The gospel of Christ brought perspective and hope out of the pain I had endured. I wanted to go and tell people about the one who has redeemed me, I wanted to share this hope with those who are from broken homes, trailer parks, and the projects…that Jesus can save them too.”
RECONCILE has charted #3 on iTunes Hip Hop and debuted on the Billboard charts, landing placement on the Top Rap Albums at No. 20. Reconcile’s latest EP CATCHING BODIES debuted #30 on the Billboard Christian charts. The Miami native not only challenges our views on faith and race in America but he also is an advocate for juvenile justice and serves on the Miami Circuit Advisory Board in attempts to curve juvenile recidivism and violence.
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Sam Hailes is editor of Premier Christianity magazine. You can also hear him on Premier Christian Radio’s ‘The Profile’ (also available as a podcast) where he interviews well known Christian leaders about their life and faith.
After graduating with a BA (Hons) in Journalism in 2011, Sam freelanced for a variety of magazines and websites as a journalist and social media manager before joining Premier, first as the magazine's news and features journalist, then as deputy editor. He succeeded Justin Brierley as editor of Premier Christianity in January 2018.
Sam has interviewed hundreds of stars, leaders and trend setters in everything from entertainment to politics. Highlights have included conversations with adventurers Bear Grylls and Sir Ranulph Finnes, Christian leaders Tony Campolo and Elaine Storkey, chart topper Owl City, racing driver Jaime Alguersuari and Grammy award winning artists including Israel Houghton, Mary Mary and Matt Redman. He’s written major cover stories for Premier Christianity on a variety of subjects including theological deconstruction, the refugee crisis in Lebanon, church growth in London and the explosion of Hillsong.
When he’s not planning another major interview or feature article, Sam enjoys reading, running (he tries not to do both at the same time), filling his appetite at The Cheesecake Factory, and serving his local church. He lives in south London with his wife Stacey and daughter Evelyn.
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Miranda Williams is a fourth year student at Trinity Western. You might have run into her before if you've lived on campus. But anyone who knows her knows that not only does she love Texas (her home state), but she has a deep Gospel love for people; especially those who look and act different than herself.
At a younger age, Miranda was drawn close to God through an unfortunate season in her family. From then, her faith has served as a beacon for others. Having served with the Global Engagement team here at TWU, Miranda has brushed shoulders with people from many different cultures. These experiences, she shares, has only helped her investigate her biases, and deepen her compassion. Miranda is passionate about racial reconciliation, and as you'll see, for her it's a "no-brainer" as a follower of Christ.
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Shala W. Grahamis an entrepreneur with many talents, and overall, a passion to spread the name of Jesus in the marketplace. As the founder of Creative Colony, a professional photographer, a writer for Proverbs 31 Ministries, and the Youth and Small Groups Pastor at The Bridge Church, Shala has used her wide creative and business experiences to help other self-starters, companies, and organizations thrive and expand their influence.
Shala graduated from Howard University (Bachelor of Fine Arts in Electronic Studio Art, 2004), and completed a Master of Arts in Graphic Design (Savannah College of Art and Design, 2011). Soon after, she was hired by Johns Hopkins University and Howard University as a professor. Not far into her career, Shala decided to switch her focus and invest in her personal business.
Take a listen and you'll soon find out why Shala values intentional time spent building God's people and taking naps. Listen, share, repeat!
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Josh Clemons is the Executive Director of OneRace. Through prayer and fasting, relationship and collaboration, OneRace exists to displace the spirit of racism and release a movement of racial reconciliation across Atlanta, the Southeast, and the whole of America. OneRace operates with the belief that God desires a young adult movement that will counter the tide of racial division in our city and nation. “And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth…” – Acts 17:26.
Josh joined the OneRace Movement in 2017. He is also an adjunct professor at Oral Roberts University, where he received his Master of Divinity in Biblical Studies, as well as Beulah Heights University. Currently, Josh resides in Atlanta with his wife Lakisha, and their sons Langston and Ellington. Take a listen, share, repeat!
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Jeff Gamache is the Director of Athletics at Trinity Western. Being somewhat new to the block, Jeff has loved the opportunity to develop young athletes to find their purpose beyond their sport.
Jeff ('95) is a former captain of the Spartan men’s volleyball team (1992-1995), an alumni sport coordinator with the Spartan Foundation, Vice President of BC Boys Volleyball, coordinator of Fraser Valley Junior Boys Volleyball, and is a leadership team member of the BC Boys Volleyball Championships. In addition to his leadership expertise, Gamache has over 14 years of coaching experience as a high-school and club coach. In 2014 he was the Fraser Valley Volleyball Association Coach of the Year. Now serving as TWU's Director of Athletics, Jeff has used his position to infuse faith into every aspect of the Spartan experience, all the while developing values of perseverance, teamwork and goal setting. This, he believes, is the secret to building a valuable education and sport environment.
Away from athletics, Jeff has a wonderful family and a booming Christmas tree farm. Take a listen, share, and repeat!
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Christa Eisbrenner is a missionary, speaker, church planter, and Dean of the School of Women in Ministry. Her years of vocational experience has taken her to various countries, and has helped her develop the lives of diverse peoples around the globe. Christa's heart for mission, but ultimately for Jesus, is what drives her to stop for the one no matter whee she is. Take a listen, share and repeat!
Through her various experiences, Christa has grown in her love for Jesus and love for others inside and outside of the church. She desires to see those who don’t know Jesus come to a personal and saving relationship with him, and for those in the church to grow in their faith and compassion for the whole world.
Christa grew up loving Jesus, and left her farm on the prairies to share the love of Jesus with African village girls, Middle Eastern princesses and disgruntled immigrants in Europe and North America for 16 years. The last place Christa thought she would follow Jesus to was home in Canada by way of marriage and a family thereafter. But, even in this, Christa has stewarded the call of God on her life. These days Christa follows Jesus by being intentional with her family and culturally/religiously diverse community. She teaches Christians how to better engage their religiously diverse communities and teaches women to be grounded in their value and purpose as an image bearer of God.
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On this episode, we're chatting with Hannah Lau - founder and Managing Director of Astera Asiaand author of Wherever You Go: A Conversation About Life, Faith, and Courage. Her experience in organizational development has made her a golden asset for non-profit organizations and small businesses and her expertise has been found to be especially helpful in situations that require careful navigation of cross-cultural nuances.
Originally from Canada, Hannah’s background is in business administration with a specialty in marketing/branding. She has built her career in Asia, first working for international advertising agencies in the corporate sector that exposed her to a diverse range of clients across different countries and cultures. Since then, she has been applying her experience in organizational development and marketing & communications to help those in non-profit organizations and small businesses. Her expertise has been found to be especially helpful in situations that require careful navigation of cross-cultural nuances.
The part of her job she enjoys most is in helping clients gain clarity in direction and empowering them to take the necessary next steps to move forward. Her creativity is fuelled by crosswords, film festivals, and well-timed witty comments.
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Dr. Laura Onyango is an Assistant Professor of Microbiology at TWU. With a rich background in scientific research and vibrant faith, Dr. Onyango is a presence of wisdom and grace. Her research covers anything from Microbiology (clinical, environmental, industrial), Human microbiome: Health & Disease, Immunology, Epidemiology, to Virology.
Having had a wonderful childhood in Nairobi, Kenya, Dr. Onyango sought to study her Ph.D. (Microbiology) at the University of Newcastle, after receiving a Graduate Diploma in Science (Microbiology) there as well. Her cultured background affords her a tasteful view of the world and diversity.
In this episode we chat about what other cultures can teach us about worship, issues in race, and all things spice. Take a listen, share, and repeat!
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Margaret Tam is the Executive Director of Human Resources at Trinity Western overseeing the University-wide Human Resources function. She develops and implements policies and programs that advance the University’s mission through an engaging and high performing people culture. Margaret has over 16 years of leadership experience and is passionate about transformative change management. She is a life-long learner with a Master of Business Administration, Master of Science, and Bachelor of Commerce degrees. She is certified as a Chartered Professional in Human Resources, Project Management Professional and PROSCI change agent. In her free time, Margaret volunteers for professional associations and non-profit organizations, and serves as a worship leader in her local church. She also enjoys reading and traveling to relax and unwind.
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Dr. Juli Slattery is a clinical psychologist, author ofRethinking Sexuality: God's Design and Why It Matters, speaker, and president/co-founder of Authentic Intimacy. From writing to teaching, and co-hosting on different platforms, Dr. Slattery has devoted much of her life to helping people understand and reclaim God’s design for sexuality. She earned her college degree at Wheaton College, an MA in psychology from Biola University, and an MS and a Doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology from Florida Institute of Technology.
From 2008-2012, Dr. Slattery served at Focus on the Family writing, teaching, and co-hosting the Focus on the Family Broadcast. In 2012, she decided to pioneer Authentic Intimacy, a ministry focused on "sexual discipleship" for people of a variety of ages. Through her ministry, Dr. Slattery and her team answer questions and teach God's truth about sexual issues, and provide practical content on sexuality and intimacy for small groups, communities, and conferences.
With multiple books, webinars, and a weekly podcast calledJava with Juli, Dr. Slattery has helped many find clarity and truth on issues surrounding sexuality. But away from work, Dr. Slattery is a fast-swimming mom of three, married to her husband Mike, and a homebound explorer of Akron, Ohio.
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Today, we're chatting with Cheryl Martin - author, speaker, and broadcaster. Maybe you've heard of Cheryl from her days representing as a news anchor on Black Entertainment Television (BET). Today, Cheryl lives to inspire hope and ignite passion in the hearts of people who are just trying to figure out the life God has called them to. Her books Becoming Distinctly You and 1st Class Single have helped audiences live with purpose, build strong relationships, take proactive steps to success, and train their skills in media.
Whether it’s before thousands or in an intimate setting like today, Cheryl always shows up with a word that is thoughtful, transparent, and enriching. Through television, radio, conference meetings, and writing, Cheryl shares her passion and wisdom about how to live excellently. Her desire to cultivate the God-given dreams on her heart and that of others speaks loudly through everything she does. This bold commitment led her to walk away from a successful career in broadcast journalism with BET. Since then, she has become a communications coach, author, and popular inspirational speaker for churches, colleges, corporations, communities and government institutions. Her background includes a B.S. in Radio-Television and a Master’s degree in Broadcast Journalism from Northwestern University. She was also elected to the Mortar Board Senior Honorary and Kappa Alpha Pi Junior Honorary Societies and was among the first alumni inducted into the School of Journalism’s Hall of Achievement. Onwards from there, she ventured into work with NBC and BET as an anchor, reporter, and producer.
What you may not know, however, is that while growing up in the inner city of Houston, Texas, Cheryl had come to know and accept Jesus at a young age. That event has shaped her life and pursuits. From then on, she was committed to knowing God intimately, fulfilling His will for her life, and pursuing excellence in all her endeavors. Cheryl knows firsthand that when God places His dreams in your heart, they will be accomplished despite the odds. But away from the media, Cheryl is a passionate Christ-follower who loves Tex-Mex, good books, and a good laugh with friends.
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Nona Jones is considered a global thought-leader at the crossing of faith and tech and serves as a voice of hope and healing to victims of trauma due to her own history as a survivor of physical and sexual abuse. Nona is an acclaimed author with titles such as Success from the Inside Out and From Social Media to Social Ministry, which are equipping church leaders and individuals to harness their potential and realize their purpose. Nona Jones is recognized as one of the world’s foremost experts on building The Kingdom through social technology, motivating thousands of church leaders each year to reimagine social media as a strategic tool for ministry.
With zero background in the Christian faith, Nona met Christ in grade six after being invited to a Sunday church service. From that point on, her world was flipped and her life was never the same. From serving as Chief External Affairs Officer for PACE Center for Girls, building Facebook's global faith-based partnerships strategy, partnering with the largest churches in America and abroad, co-producing the Billboard charting album Take Me, founding the Christian movement Faith and Prejudice, and receiving the American Public Power Association’s Robert F. Roundtree Rising Star Award as national peer recognition of her leadership while under the age of 35, Nona is considered a thought-partner to many of the world's most influential faith leaders and tech thinkers.
Nona has been profiled by ESSENCE Magazine as an “Under 40 Woman to Watch” and Florida Trend Magazine as one of Florida’s “30-Something All-Stars.” She currently serves as President of the Gainesville (FL) Chapter of The Links, Inc and serves on the University of Florida Digital Advisory Council. She most recently served as Secretary of the Florida Juvenile Justice Association Board of Directors and on the Georgia Statewide Human Trafficking Task Force. She is a graduate of Leadership Florida and the Presidential Leadership Scholars Program, a unique leadership development initiative led by President Bill Clinton and President George W. Bush.
But away from all of that, Nona is a regular mom and wife to her husband Tim, who leadsOpen Door Ministries in Gainesville, Florida. And most importantly, she is a Christ-follower with an inspiring story to share.
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Melanie Cogdill is the Managing Editor at Christian Research Institute(CRI); a multi-platform library that curates reliable resources for Christians and seekers in ends of presenting Gospel truth for the questions of our "post-truth" world. CRI exists to provide Christians worldwide with carefully researched information and well-reasoned answers that encourage them in their faith and equip them to intelligently represent it to people influenced by ideas and teachings that assault or undermine biblical Christianity and the essentials of the historic Christian faith.
Melanie is also the author of Beyond the Roles: A Biblical Foundation for Women and Ministry, which brings together an ethnically & generationally diverse group of authors to respond to modern issues. Together, they remind us of the importance of ministry rooted in the gospel truths and they give readers the tools to contextualize our ministries while remaining anchored to God’s Word.
With Japanese heritage in her blood, childhood years in Honolulu, Hawaii, and now living in North Carolina, Melanie has been 'round the block, so to speak. Her eclectic appreciation for various cultures and her rooted passion to equip people with biblical truth comes through in the work she pursues, the relationships she forms, and her wild adventures with food many of us would probably loooove to take.
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We're catching up with Natalie Brown; writer by trade, storyteller by choice. Natalie's heart for entering into the power, love, and purpose of God launched her venture into writing and speaking.
Soon after graduating from Hope College with Communications and Leadership, Natalie self-published her first bookFifty-Two Cups of Coffee: Weekly Reflections for the Contemplative Soul. This devotional pilot was written to help people listen, reflect, and respond to what God is saying. As Natalie puts it, "life is loud. Every day we are bombarded with the noise of simply being alive. In the midst of it all, it is easy to forget the voice that matters most. Through personal storytelling, honest insight, and Biblical study, this book will surely awaken your senses to the sounds of hope."
Today, Natalie finds herself on a mission of inspiring hope, cultivating curiosity, and unearthing greater expectancy (in God, herself, and others) through writing! That's just how she shows up to life; choosing to see, believe, and do all things through the eyes of faith.
When she's not speaking or writing, you'll probably find Natalie encouraging her followers over at her blog, dreaming of countries to visit, or taking some solo time with a cup of tea or coffee.
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Kristi is a gifted storyteller who inspires audiences with her hope-filled story and down to earth personality. Her humorous, yet honest tone has won over television audiences for over 25 years. Although Kristi launched her broadcasting career at an NBC affiliate in Dayton, Ohio, she eventually found her niche in Christian television. Kristi is known for her in-depth interviews with authors, celebrities, and public figures such as former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and movie mogul Tyler Perry.
Kristi's passion to move beyond the surface of people's stories has led her to produce and co-host the television program, Friend to Friend, create, produce, and host the weekly inspirational news magazine-style program, A Matter of Concern, as well as co-host a children’s program on a FOX affiliate in Dayton, Ohio. Her reports on medical missions with Operation Blessing have taken her to some of the most remote villages in the world. Throughout her career, Kristi has used lessons she has learned to mentor and develop aspiring television reporters so that they can find the heart of every story.
Today, Kristi shares her own story and messages of hope through Kristi Watts Ministries and her production company, Talk Yourself Happy Productions, LLC. Kristi's ministry spans across television, radio, online platforms, and women's conferences to teach people the basics of who God is, encourage them to learn about His character and heart, and so too experience the joy found in a relationship with Him, through His son Jesus Christ! Most recently, Kristi published the highly acclaimed book,Talk Yourself Happy: Transform Your Heart By Speaking God's Promises, which has earned top recognition on Amazon as Amazon's #1 New Release in Christian Personal Growth (Jan 6, 2017).
Away from ministry and cameras, you may find Kristi sitting beach-side with her son, a good book, and some guilty pleasure chocolate.
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Hosanna Wong is an Author, Bible-Teacher, and Spoken Word Artist, sharing captivating stories of a powerful God at churches, conferences, prisons, and other events around the US year-round. Her sermons and spoken word pieces are rooted in her upbringing on the streets of San Francisco where her first experiences with loss, hope, and redemption were had. Indeed, her passionate desire to see lives healed and restored by the power of Jesus bloomed during her time living life alongside the poor, powerless, and broken.
Hosanna is known for her Message Experiences, which weave spoken word poetry and academic preaching. This unique story-telling experience is a powerful way for communities to hear the story of Jesus in a fresh way. She is most known for her I Have a New Name Message Experience on identity, featuring the spoken word piece I Have a New Name. Watch the full experience here.
Hosanna currently serves as the Teaching Pastor at EastLake Churchin San Diego, and the Executive Director of Calvary Street Ministries - an outreach ministry that operates to share hope with homeless and low-income families in San Francisco. Under the name Hosanna Poetry, she has released two spoken word albums Maps, Boots, & Other Ways We Get There(2013) and Figless (2015), and authored two books, I Have a New Name(2017) and Superadded (2018). Hosanna also appears on Trinity Broadcasting Network’s daily show Better Together, airing weekdays at 1:30 PM EST.
When she is not on the road, Hosanna and her husband Guy (Co-Pastor at EastLake Church), can be found living simple, superadded lives, listening to podcasts, grilling chicken wings, & gardening too many plants.
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In this episode, the Rev chats with Dr. Ted J. Song. With roots in both the U.S. and Korea, Dr. Song is no stranger to learning how to adapt to new territories, while staying true to self. From serving as an ROTC cadet during his undergraduate years, working as an Air Defense Artillery Officer in the Republic of Korea Army, building a robust engineering portfolio with organizations such as Samsung Electronics, UNIDO-ICHET, and NEC Laboratories America, and now teaching electrical engineering at John Brown University, Dr. Song is one tough soul with an incredible testimony.
Since 2012, Dr. Song has served as an associate professor of electrical engineering at JBU (JBU Faculty Excellence Award, 2018). Apart from teaching, Dr. Song co-chairs the Faculty Affairs Committee which serves to facilitate communication between JBU faculty and administration. He also serves as Director of Innovation, seeking to make Christ-centered education more affordable and accessible through technology.
Dr. Song and his wife, Michelle, live in Siloam Springs, AR, and have three daughters: Leanne, Erin, and Kori. They are members at Siloam Springs Bible Church where Dr. Song leads College Ministry and serves as an elder. He recently received his Master of Theological Studies degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and is currently pursuing an M.Div. degree.
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In this episode, the Rev chats with Mark DeYmaz, a recognized leader in the Multi-ethnic Church Movement and founder of Mosaic Church in Central Arkansas, where Mark continues to serve as Directional Leader. In 2004, Mark co-founded the Mosaix Global Network with Dr. George Yancey and today serves as its president and convenor of the triennial National Multi-ethnic Church Conference. In 2008, he launched Vine and Village, a non-profit focused on spiritual, social, and financial engagement and transformation in Little Rock's University District and continues to remain active on its board.
With his written work, Mark has sought to provide timely solutions for the church's cultural issues. His works include: The Coming Revolution in Church Economics: Why Tithes and Offerings Are No Longer Enough, and What You Can Do about It(2019),
Repurposing the Church to Redeem the Community (2017),Multiethnic Conversations: An Eight Week Guide to Unity in Your Church (2016), Building a Healthy Multi-Ethnic Church (2007- finalist for Christianity Today Book of the Year Award in 2008 and recipient of Resource of the Year Award in 2008), reMIX: Transitioning Your Church to Living Color (2016),Leading a Healthy Multi-Ethnic Church (2010, 2013), and the e-Book, Should Pastors Accept or Reject the Homogeneous Unit Principle? (2011). In addition to books, he is a contributing editor forOutreach where his column, "Mosaic" appears in each issue.
Away from the rigor of ministry, you'll usually find Mark spending time with his family. He and his wife, Linda, with four children, reside in Little Rock, AR. Linda is the author of the best-seller Mommy, Please Don't Cry: There Are No Tears in Heaven, a resource providing hope and comfort for those who grieve the loss of a child.
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Peace, love, soul, and good news! In this episode, the Rev chats with Dr. Temple Smith, an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Social Work at Hope College and founder of Flamingo Society.Her passion for learning and teaching, paired with her vivacious advocacy for equal opportunities in education, is a halmark of her life's ministry. Being voted as Hope College's Professor of the Year (16') is enough said!
Dr. Smith's research explores college matriculation, race, social stratification, poverty and racial health disparities. Through her study, mentorship and support work, Dr. Smith empowers young adults to understand how poverty and systemic imbalances impair opportunities for themselves and others. Her research connects empirical findings to influence both pedagogical practices and collegiate culture and programming. Addressing systemic educational inequities is a fundamental premise of her work and Dr. Smith is dedicated to advancing retention capacity among college students who strive to overcome vulnerable circumstances due to systemic disadvantage.
When Dr. Smith is away from work and the rigour of academia, you may find her googling new coffee brands, inspiring her imagination in a world of non-fiction reads (and fiction alike), or exploring new terrains in her now-home of Holland, Michigan.
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In this episode, Rev.James Ellis III chats with Dan Seaborn. Dan is the founder ofWinning at Home, an organization driven to develop Christ-centered marriages and families through special events and various resources. Dan is an energetic speaker and the author of more than a dozen books including Parenting with Grace and Truth, The Necessary Nine: How to Stay Happily Married for Life, and several devotionals. His commitment to God and family captivates and challenges listeners of all ages.
As a featured speaker at various churches and large-scale events such as Promise Keepers weekends, American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC) conferences, and university assemblies, Dan has earned recognition as a powerful and passionate communicator. In addition, he is an active media personality on West Michigan television and national radio.
Currently, Dan is serving as the division leader for Marriage & Family at AACC and resides in West Michigan with his wife, Jane, and four children.
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Wherever you find yourself today, we're glad you're here! In this episode we invite Dr. Darrell Bock, New York Times Best Seller. Although gentle in heart, his extensive profile in education (Executive Director of Cultural Engagement and Senior Research Professor of New Testament Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary) and ministry work is one to take note of. With recognition as a Humboldt Scholar (Tübingen University in Germany), author of over 40 books, and work in cultural engagement as host of the seminary’s Table Podcasts, Dr. Bock is a man with much wisdom to share.
Dr. Bock has served as the president of the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS), a consulting editor for Christianity Today, and works on the boards of Wheaton College and Chosen People Ministries. With his written work appearing in leading publications, he is often an expert for the media on New Testament conversations. Dr. Bock is a New York Times best-selling author in nonfiction and is elder emeritus at Trinity Fellowship Church in Dallas. But beyond his work, Dr. Bock is a sports lover and family man. Married for over 40 years, he is a proud father of three children.
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J. D. Walt is the 'chief sower' and visionary for Seedbed. Demonstrating the Seedbed mantra of Sola Sancta Caritas (only holy love), he gives leadership to Seedbed’s vision, development, design, and tribe. Previously, J.D served as Dean of Chapel and Vice President for Community Life at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky. He has also worked alongside Chris Tomlin in giving leadership to a local congregation within The Woodlands United Methodist Church called “The Harvest” in Houston, Texas.
A published author and worship songwriter, J.D. has been a mentor to a number of worship leaders around the world both well known and unknown. His pastoral and teaching influence has also reached numerous people for the Gospel through the Passion movement and Worship Central. As well, J.D. is a licensed attorney and an ordained elder in the Texas Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church. When he is not writing, teaching, or leading his team at Seedbed, you can most likely find J.D. enjoying time spent with his wife Tiffani and their four children, David, Mary Kathryn, Lily and Samuel.
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Get ready for some real talk and good laughs. Mike Goodwin is a refreshingly funny comedian, speaker, and leader. A southern gentleman with a curious mind, love for people, and heart for God, Mike “The Bowtie” Goodwin is in a class all on his own. Offering strength and healing through joy is his life’s purpose and comedy is the vehicle that helps him realize that goal.
A native of Camden, South Carolina, Mike was raised in a family that had its share of dysfunction. He learned at an early age how to use laughter to pierce through tension and in some cases, ease pain. As a result, he developed an affinity for comedy and used it as a way to cope through difficult situations he faced as a child. Drawing upon his varied life experiences and career, he’s able to relate to audiences from all walks of life. His vibrant personality, wit, and professionalism make for a unique combination that keeps him booked on stages stateside and abroad, throughout the year.
Mike has appeared on Lifetime, BET, Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN), Daystar, USA, the Word Network and Circle TV. Mike has shared stages with Dr. David Jeremiah, Tim Hawkins, John Crist and Michael Jr., and participated in the USO Europe Comedy Tour. When not on stage, you can find him sharpening his skills as a writer for digital media outlets and platforms.
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In this episode of Good News Stories, we chat with Colin Smith, senior pastor of the Orchard Evangelical Free Church; a thriving, multi-campus church located in the northwest suburbs of Chicago, and president of Unlocking the Bible.
Born and raised in Edinburgh, Scotland, he trained at the London School of Theology where he earned his Bachelors of Theology and Masters in Philosophy. Colin is the author of several books including Momentum: Pursuing God’s Blessings through the Beatitudes; Heaven, How I Got Here: The Story of the Thief on the Cross; Jonah: Navigating a God-Centered Life; The One Year Unlocking the Bible Devotional; 10 Keys for Unlocking the Bible; The 10 Greatest Struggles of Your Life; as well as others. His preaching ministry is shared around the world through Unlocking the Bible.
Connect with Colin Smith
- Unlocking the Bible
- Open the Bible
- Heaven, So Near – So Far: The Story of Judas Iscariot, 2018
- The One Year Unlocking the Bible Devotional, 2012
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In this first episode of Good News Stories, we grab an "at home" chat with a dynamic woman of faith. Born in New York City, Rev Ebony S. Small accepted Jesus Christ as her Savior at the age of eleven, yet it wouldn’t be until she became a young adult that the reality of Jesus Christ as Lord of her life cemented her walk with God.
As she sheds some light into her story, Rev Ebony shares on her experiences as vice president of multiplication at PULSE Movement, a ministry committed to awaken culture to the reality of Jesus. Prior to her role at PULSE, she was the director of Movement Day expressions at MOVEMENT.ORG. and journeyed with this ministry for eight years, playing an integral role in the growth and development of Movement Day Expressions globally, which serves over 40,000 city leaders.
As you'll hear shortly, Rev Ebony serves passionately to bring the transformative power of the Gospel to the lives of people through mentoring, leadership training, and ultimately, high-level collaborative partnerships to impact cities and the globe for the cause of Christ.
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Learn more about Rev. Ebony's upcoming book, The Leader in You: Discovering Your Unexpected Path to Influence
and pre-order your copy.
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