EPISODES

The Miracle on the Hudson, with Mike Kollmansberger – Ep. 15
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Episode 15
This Sunday (Jan 15, 2023) is the 14th anniversary of one of the most storied events in commercial aviation history. When an airplane lost both of its engines and had to land in the Hudson River, the nation was riveted.Â
Mike Kollmansberger was on that plane, and his first-person account is compelling. Mike tells not just the story of that day, but also how it is impacted his faith and perspective in the years since.Â

AP Sports Writer John Zenor – Ep 14
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Episode 14
John Zenor is the Associated Press sports writer who covers sports in the state of Alabama. Some clips of John were used in Episode 10 of this podcast, but John and I talked about so much more. I decided to do a stand-alone episode with John, where we hear about how a sports writer works hard to find and tell stories, how he became a writer, the role his faith plays in his work, and about the powerful influence of a mentor.

Become a Better Person through Theater – Interview with DeAnna Stone – Ep. 13
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Episode 13
“To become a better performer means to become a better person.” This is a guiding principle that was repeated throughout my interview with DeAnna Stone, who is a director with North Texas Performing Arts, a Dallas-area youth theater organization. DeAnna’s philosophy for theater, and the seamless way she integrates the values of her faith with theater, is something we can all learn from, whether we are active in the arts or not.

Island Life with Jason Huwe – Ep. 12
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Episode 12
What possibly led Jason Huwe and his wife Michelle to leave their nice midwestern life and move to a teeny tiny island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean? And is island life all it’s cracked up to be?
Jason Huwe joins the podcast this week, telling about how they reached the decision to move, and how this decision ultimately transformed them, giving them the strength to trust God so much more in the future.

A Coke and a Smile: An Interview with Corporate Leader Preston Poore – Ep. 11
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It was during the second half of his tenure at Coke that a transformation took place. A radical shift happened in his heart, and it changed him, his perspective on how he did his job, and it changed those around him.… Read the rest

A Football Story – Ep. 10
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It’s football season!
And for those of us who are fans, we’re not just watching the score. We’re following story lines, lines that are etched deep. Where does this come from? Why do we care so much? And what does this have to say about God?
A panel of experts include a super fan, a sports writer, a university athletics director, and a pastor/author.

The Faith Journey Thus Far: Three College Kids – Ep. 9
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Season 2, Episode 1
Reports don’t look good. Young people are fleeing organized religion and faith in droves. Church attendance post-Covid has not recovered. The “Rise of the Nones” – people who check “none” on forms asking for their religious affiliation – is a real thing.
So when I heard one of our church staff bragging on some of our young adults at the church, I wanted to find out where this was coming from.

My Summer in Kyiv – Ep. 8
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Stories Heal Trauma – an Interview with Stacey Conard – Ep. 7
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Can stories play a part in healing?
Trauma is a reality for many people. And we’re often unequipped to know how to respond when we see it in others.
More than 300,000 kids have been in a school when a shooting took place since Columbine. Let that sink in. There are those who may be killed or wounded by bullets, but there are hundreds of thousands who experience trauma, which affects us psychologically, physiologically, and spiritually.

Clown Blood Runs Deep: an Interview with Steve Hogue – Ep. 6
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Steve Hogue did what many children dream of doing: He ran off and joined the circus. And not just any circus, but The Greatest Show on Earth. He became a clown with Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus.
This podcast is about story telling in its many forms. And clowning is indeed a story telling medium. Steve’s a scholar of the history of clowns and the circus, and shares his story of becoming a clown, what makes something funny, and even the story told through the makeup a clown chooses to wear.