Chasing Sunday

It all starts with the soul: what is it, how do you care for it, and how important is it to our life and longevity in ministry?

Welcome back to Chasing Sunday! This season, Brian & Paul unpack the core tenets of The Green Room, TCA’s new spiritual formation and coaching platform for worship leaders. 

Mark S. Dorn is Professor of Music at Colorado Christian University, as well as a private practice counselor. In his work at CCU, Mark leads the Symphonic Band and Jazz Ensemble, teaches trumpet lessons, and actively mentors undergraduate students. He is both a freelance musician and conductor, as well as author. With a longtime investment in discipleship and counseling, his curiosity about how knowing God can lead to personal transformation has propelled him into counseling, writing, and a lot of musing about the journey. He is married to Jill, with four grown children and ten grandchildren, and lives in Morrison, Colorado, where he is never far from his next mountain adventure.

Daniel is a composer, songwriter, and musician. He composes music for film and stage, enjoying writing for orchestra, choir, folk instruments, and electronic music. He also teaches music both privately and as a professor of music at Colorado Christian University, as well as regularly leads worship at churches along the front range in Colorado. He has been married to his wife Mariana for 15 years and they have 3 growing boys.

Stephen Redden was one of the founding pastors of NDC in 2009. He’s no longer on staff but is still part of the community and serves in so many important ways. Stephen currently works as the Director of Strategic Projects at Marrow, a small business that starts and operates small businesses. He is also the director of The Church Cooperative of Denver, the local church network NDC helped launch in 2017. Stephen is a graduate of Mississippi State University (B.S. Computer Engineering, M.B.A.) and Dallas Theological Seminary (M.A. Biblical Studies). He is married to Kate and they have two teenage sons, Ethan and Andrew. Stephen loves football (Go Broncos and Hail State!) and futbol (Go Rapids and Gunners!), snowboarding, and considers himself a geek at heart.

Chuck Blakeman is a successful entrepreneur, best-selling business author, TED Speaker, and world-renowned business advisor who built twelve businesses in eight industries on five continents, and now uses his experience to advise others. His company, Crankset Group, provides outcome-based mentoring and peer advisory for business leaders worldwide. Chuck sold one of his businesses to the largest consumer fulfillment company in America and led three other $10-$100 million companies.  He presently leads the Crankset Group and a for-profit business based in Africa, focused on developing local economies to solve poverty. Mr. Blakeman is a results leader with decades of experience leading companies in multiple markets. Chuck is also the host of the GOTT Podcast for dentists, one of the top three dental podcasts in the profession. Some of Chuck’s customers have included Google, Microsoft, Apple, Eli Lilly, TAP Pharmaceuticals, Sun Microsystems, Tyco Healthcare, Johns Manville and many more Fortune 500s and smaller businesses. He is a convention speaker, writer, and non-profit board member.  Recent speaking appearances include England, Kenya, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Italy, and across the US. 100+ times a year.  Recent print and online appearances include Inc. Magazine (regular contributor), Success Magazine, Entrepreneur Magazine, CNNMoney.com, NYTimes.com. He was cited in Dr. Stephen Covey's last book, The 3rd Alternative 

Thom is the author of five books and numerous articles on leadership, team building and mentoring and has over 40 years experience in leadership, consulting and organizational development across several industries including church planting, business development, training and corporate development. Now Thom is Chief Transformation Officer for 3to5 Clubs and he sells homes to raise money to underwrite sustainable water projects in 3rd world Villages. Thom is married to the love of his life, Sandra. They have successfully raised four girls and have 4 incredible grand-children. He's an avid motorcyclist, horseman, reader and of jazz and blues enthusiast.

Sandy Corrigan is an author, coach, speaker, podcast host, writer, singer Sandy was a co-owner of a company that implemented mentoring solutions for large distributed Fortune 500 Companies. She and her team spearheaded a complete turn around for a large real estate franchise and a assisted the product launch of several major cosmetic brands as a Nationaql Training Director. She has coached over 100 CEO’s and Leaders of Business Teams with Revenues of 100 million plus. Sandy, with her husband, Thom are the Founders of Transformation Companies, LLC, providing real estate and coaching services. She is Passionate about animals, especially for horses and dogs, Sandy has expanded her coaching practice as an Equine Inspired Coach and is in the process to become the first Qualified Practitioner of the Trust Technique for Colorado, “Helping humans and animals to build Trust and Confidence”. She and her husband Thom are also licensed to deliver Virtual Training with Teaching Horse, Helping Leaders Navigate Uncertainty. Sandy is currently Chief Conation Officer, with Crankset Group, has her focus on engaging small business owners and coaches to bring 3to5 Clubs to their cities across the globe. 

Dave King is a lifelong musician, currently working as the senior AV manager at the Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO. Dave also has experience in the church and nonprofit world, serving as Director of Worship Arts for two churches and as Executive Director for a nonprofit. Dave's interest in music and technical audio started at a young age. With severe hearing loss from birth, he's always been fascinated learning the science behind sound and the way that these waves interact with ears and brains, work together to create music, and impact emotional responses. His passion is building relationships with others and being in a support role, ensuring that all the technical aspects and musical aspects of an event, service, or live experience match up to create a consistent, high-quality end product.

Josh Gaffga has spent his professional career navigating between the worlds of worship ministry, theater and film performance and directing, and K-12 education. His experience in these three worlds has allowed him to create bridges between church, theater, and educational institutions and to borrow best practices from each realm. Currently, Josh is a Middle School Performing Arts teacher at Dawson School in Lafayette, Colorado. In addition, he has a private vocal and acting coaching business and also serves as part of Invia Collective's worship leading team.

Josh is also internet-famous for having a photo of him and his brothers go viral on the website Awkwardfamilyphotos.com You can see him in all his glory in the photo humbly titled “The King” right here: