Derwin and Vicki Gray have a remarkable story of grace and redemption. Their lives are well designed for them to be the founding pastors of Transformation Church, a church which exemplifies the power of diversity. We discuss their remarkable story, how God has used their experiences and racial challenges.

Derwin has written several books, his most recent being The Good Life, an excellent treatment of the Beatitudes.

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Sharon Hersh is a Licensed Professional Counselor, author, speaker, seminary professor and recovering addict. Not necessarily in that order. Her recent book Beloved: Finding Our Way Back To One Another explores essential topics of shame, contempt, acceptance and love.

On this episode Sharon takes us deep quickly and helps us see how we get in our own way and how to break free and experience true connection with each other.

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Pete Scazzero is, in many ways, the modern Godfather of Family Systems Theory in the Church. In this episode Pete vulnerably shares about the power of genograms, differentiation of self and his own journey of emotional health.

Here is access to Pete’s genogram resources.

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JR Rozko is the Executive Director of The Telos Collective. He leads the Telos team in developing strategic vision, ministry initiatives, and relationships that reflect and extend the formational aims of Telos.

After 12 years of ministry in diverse local church contexts focused on youth, young adults, and congregational formation, JR co-founded Missio Alliance, a trans-tribal, partnership-driven initiative helping thousands of diverse church leaders connect and engage in formational theological conversations related to God’s mission in our day. During his 8.5 years as Missio’s National Director, he also served as chief convener of a landmark meeting, A Confessing Church Consultation: Discerning a Kingdom Way Forward for American Evangelicals, which produced the book, Calling for a Kingdom Evangelicalism.

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Scott Erickson is a touring painter, performance speaker, and creative curate who mixes autobiography, mythology, and aesthetics to create art and moments that speak to our deepest experiences.

Learn more at https://www.scottericksonart.com/

For more information about group coaching or custom webinars for your organization, email [email protected]

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Wesley Hill is associate professor of biblical studies at Trinity School for Ministry in Ambridge, Pennsylvania and a deacon at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Pittsburgh. His PhD in New Testament is from Durham University in the UK. He is the author of Washed and Waiting: Reflections on Christian Faithfulness and Homosexuality (Zondervan, second edition 2016), Paul and the Trinity: Persons, Relations, and the Pauline Letters (Eerdmans, 2015), Spiritual Friendship: Finding Love in the Church as a Celibate Gay Christian (Brazos, 2015), and The Lord's Prayer: A Guide to Praying to Our Father (Lexham, 2019). You can find those books here. A contributing editor for Comment magazine, he writes regularly for Christianity Today, The Living Church, and other publications.

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Wesley Hill is associate professor of biblical studies at Trinity School for Ministry in Ambridge, Pennsylvania and a deacon at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Pittsburgh. His PhD in New Testament is from Durham University in the UK. He is the author of Washed and Waiting: Reflections on Christian Faithfulness and Homosexuality (Zondervan, second edition 2016), Paul and the Trinity: Persons, Relations, and the Pauline Letters (Eerdmans, 2015), Spiritual Friendship: Finding Love in the Church as a Celibate Gay Christian (Brazos, 2015), and The Lord's Prayer: A Guide to Praying to Our Father (Lexham, 2019). You can find those books here. A contributing editor for Comment magazine, he writes regularly for Christianity Today, The Living Church, and other publications.

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Jimmy Mellado is president of Compassion International and is simply one of the finest leaders I’ve met. Compassion International is of course known for its incredible child sponsorship program, but it is equally a champion of church leaders around the world, including leaders in western countries.

In this interview, Jimmy shared about his own journey and how his personal narrative profoundly impacts his leadership. Compassion International has churches around the world waiting for partnerships to help serve kids and communities. Your church can learn more here.

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Dr. Henry Cloud is a leadership expert, clinical psychologist and New York Times bestselling author. His 45 books, including the iconic Boundaries, have sold nearly 15 million copies worldwide. He has lived and led in the intersection of leadership, theology and psychology longer than some of us have lived.

He recently launched churchesthatheal.com to equip churches to navigate the ever increasing mental health crisis. Henry gave concrete guidelines on how to stay well in ambiguity and his wife Tori even joined for the Gauntlet Round.

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