Catalyst Conversations

David shares his story of coming back to faith and battling cancer. Then Matt and David discuss their shared interest in creating unity among the local churches.

Matt talks with Richard Johnson about Rebuild Ministry's work in the 9th Ward. Richard shares about growing up in New Orleans, the importance of family, and how he approaches discipleship. Matt and Richard also discuss how churches can further partner together to impact this generation of youth in both the 9th and St Bernard.

Matt sits down with Pastor Rigo to learn about Encounter Church. Pastor Rigo shares his journey of moving from someone very far away from God to now leading people into deeper faith with God and how Jesus changed his life and those around him.

In today's Catalyst Conversation Matt sits down with Trevor Truit from Celebration Church in St. Bernard and 9th Ward. A great discussion breaks out about addiction, Celebrate Recovery and the need for God in the midst of trauma.

In todays episode, Matt sits down with Chris Lodriguss from World Prayer Tabernacle. They discuss Chris' roots and where he sees the future of WPT. They also dive into the texts of scripture while looking at ways to influence our community. The 4His Glory conference is also discussed and the planning stages were being set for what alreay took place January 11. This podcast was prerecorded.

Bishop Henry Ballard sits down with Matt to discuss the upcoming conference 4His Glory. Also they talk about the spiritual needs of St. Bernard Parish and what can be done better as a church.

We return to the book of Acts with Rustin and discuss the ideas of interpretation and how they influence not only how we read an ancient text but then how we apply them to our lives. 

Catalyst Conversation episode 2 of season 2 we continue our conversation about the story behind the book of Acts and how it applies to us today. We begin discussing chapter one and some of the historical details found outside this book and we see how so many things still coorelate to what we are experiencing today.

In today's podcast, Catalyst Conversations focuses on the fourth pillar of a good society, fatih. Over the next several weeks we will be discussing one of the most pivot and sometimes misunderstood books in the Bible. Acts of the Apostles isn't just history, it is a very relevent book for a people of faith living in a community.

Todays guest is Fire Chief Earl Borden. We have a great conversation about family, leadership, education and the need for personal and professional growth. We also talked about the upcoming millage.