All Things Made New

This week, I interviewed Melissa Scott-Dixon.

Melissa Scott-Dixon is a Licensed Professional Counselor, writer, and seminary student who’s passionate about de-stigmatizing mental health conversations in faith spaces. She writes and presents regularly on recovery, mindfulness, faith, and feminism. She’s currently a candidate for ministry in the United Methodist Church with dreams of creating radically open and inclusive spaces for worship, community, and activism. She lives in Birmingham, AL with her husband and three cats.

Twitter: @methodist_mel

Insta: @melissa.scott.dixon

This week, I had the absolute pleasure of talking to Jonathan Puddle.

Jonathan is the 2020 winner of the David Mainse Award for Best Blog of the Year, and is also a children’s church speaker, and host of the popular interview show, The Puddcast. Jonathan spent 13 years in the Canadian Christian Charitable sector as a business leader, before launching into podcasting and writing full-time. Born in New Zealand and having lived in many nations, Jonathan teaches from a culturally rich & spiritually inclusive framework.

Jonathan and his family reside in Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

Visit Jonathan online at jonathanpuddle.com and follow on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook at @jonathanpuddle.

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Today, I talked to my good friend Brandon Johnson.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/OldSongNewDance

Today I got to interview a long time friend Matthew Ryan Wuestenberg.

Matthew is a missionary from Detroit, Michigan preparing for ministry in Alaska. He and his wife are foster parents with 5 adopted daughters and plan to continue fostering in Alaska. Their primary focus is serving children with congenital disabilities, especially Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD).

Email: [email protected]

This week I got to interview my good, long time friend Ethan Bryan.

Ethan D. Bryan is convinced that good stories bring people together. His baseball stories have landed him an invitation to the White House, an invitation to speak at the National Baseball Hall of Fame, and brief appearances in two documentaries.

Ethan lives in Springfield, Missouri, with his wife, Jamie, and daughters, Kaylea and Sophie. He still dreams of playing baseball for his beloved Kansas City Royals. His writing can be found at ethanbryan.com.

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Twitter: @Ethan_Bryan

Facebook: @EthanBryanStories

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Jennifer Neyhart. 

Jennifer Neyhart has been studying the Bible, theology, and C. S. Lewis for most of her life. As a preacher’s kid, she practically lived at church and was immersed in Scripture at home and church. In 2009 she earned her Master’s in English but in 2014 she sensed a call to go to seminary. She completed her Master’s of Theological Studies in 2019 and is now going back to seminary to get her Masters of Divinity degree at Louisville Seminary. Follow her on Twitter @JenniferNeyhart and her website where she occasionally writes: www.JenniferNeyhart.com 

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/JenniferNeyhart 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/JenniferNeyhart/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JenniferNeyhart/ 

Note: Audio background noise provided by my family.

Today, I interviewed Traci Rhoades, a blogger, author, and church explorer.

Traci writes on her blog, Traces of Faith, from her kitchen table in rural Michigan, not far at all from Lake Michigan’s shoreline. She dreams of a world where Christians live out Jesus's prayer found in John 17:21; that we would all be one. Her first book, Not All Who Wander (Spiritually) Are Lost, is out now.

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A quick introduction to Aaron and the question.