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What motivates you to speak to Catholic audiences?  Is it part of a job?  A calling or gifting?  Would you do it for free?  Do it for fun?  

In today’s episode my guest, Connor Flanagan, asks me straight up: Do I write talks for fun? And after stammering a bit, and being caught off guard I realized he was onto something.  Do I love the craft, the art and science of sharing about Jesus, do I love the people I am speaking to - Is SPEAKING to CATHOLIC AUDIENCES simply a means to an end (a paycheck, a line in a job description) - OR IS IT SOMETHING that is worthy of my best effort - even if I was speaking to an audience of one?  Is it something I work on because God gave the gift and I want to always give God and others my absolute best OR am I tempted to mail it in, share the minimum viable product and move on?

Connor Flanagan is a hip-hop artist passionate about encouraging others to step into God’s dream for their life. In a world where people are crippled by fear, scared of the unknown, and longing for purpose; Connor desires for his career to serve as a witness of what can happen when you don’t settle for what the world offers, and instead allow God to breath life into your gifts. From a small farm in Richfield, OH (where he performed multiple “back-deck” lip sync concerts with his siblings) to opening for David Crowder and having two records debut in the top 10 on the iTunes chart; Connor knows first hand the hard work, hustle & unshakeable faith it takes to step out and pursue a career in music.

Over the past 5 years, Connor has been working side by side with DJ/producer Ric Robbins (who has worked with DC Talk, Grits, Kelly Clarkson) to make music that adequately expresses the joy that he has found in & through Jesus. 

If you want to learn more about Connor or connect with him online - check out connorflanaganmusic.com or @connoflanaganmusic on Instagram or TikTok. 

And for a an audio-visual explosion check out the DJ/Video mentioned in the episode: Ben Bohmer live in Cappadocia over Turkey. 

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