Chats Under the Sun

Chats Under the Sun

By Jacob ValkReligion & SpiritualityChristianity
Download on the App Store

Chats Under the Sun episodes

  • 44: Running a Children’s Home in Mexico & Missional Living with Davin Post
    Davin visited Pan de Vida in Santiago de Queretaro Mexico for the first time on a missions trip when he was 15. Since then he has spent a couple of years there on and off and has recently been promoted to a position managing the home and maintaining the relationships and funding between Canada and Mexico. Davin is planning on going down and running the orphanage for the next ten years and I think that is pretty incredible.
    Learn more about Pan de Vida here: https://www.casahogarpandevida.org/en/our-orphanage/
    Follow Davin on Instagram @casahogarpandevida
    I am on Instagram @itsthevalk
    Cheers
    53 min
  • 43: Journey to Ministry, Reading on Cultural Issues, & Jiu Jitsu with Daniel Ventura

    Daniel is one of the pastors of Living Water Reformed Church in Brantford Ontario. He spent a bit of time at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary before going to Westminster Seminary in California. We talked about his journey to the pastorate and the books he is reading at the moment. I have a lot of respect for Daniel and I really enjoyed our conversation.

    Find out more about LWRC and Daniel at https://www.livingwaterreformedchurch.com/leadership/

    I am on Instagram @itsthevalk

    Cheers Fam.

    1 hr 5 min
  • 42: Songwriting, Musical Inspiration & Working with Producers with Hannah Sloots

    Hannah is an emerging singer-songwriter from Hamilton Ontario. We talked about everything related to the songwriting process from inspiration to mastering. She sent me some of the songs from her upcoming EP and they are absolutely fantastic. Hannah is a great conversationalist I really enjoyed discussing music with her. I can’t wait for the full EP coming early next year.

    Support Hannah with a coffee at buymeacoffee.com/?via=hannahsloots

    Find Hannah on Instagram @hannahsloots

    I am always @itsthevalk

    Love you all. 

    1 hr 29 min
  • 41: Muslim Hospitality, Parenting Overseas & Serving Refugees with Matt Reynolds

    Matt is the Executive Director of Refuge International, an organization that partners with local churches to help refugees and immigrants. We talked about Matt’s mission work overseas and how Refuge is working with the new influx of Afghan Refugees.

    Like I mention at the beginning of the podcast, I screwed up the audio quality pretty bad, but there are so many valuable insights in the conversation that I had to post it.

    Find Refuge on Instagram @refuge_intl

    Their website is: https://www.refugeintl.org/

    I am always @itsthevalk

    Love y’all.

    50 min
  • 40: How to Translate a Bible & The Relevance of Church History with Jeffrey Dockall

    Jeffrey is the president of Bible Translators in Training here at Southern Seminary. We talked about some of the complexities that go into translating the  Bible, how different languages interact with each other, and how someone's worldview will radically affect their translation choices. I love the biblical languages, and I love this chat. 

    Find Jeffery on Instagram @jm_dockall

    Find the BTT on Twitter and Insta @BTT_SBTS

    I am always @itsthevalk

    Peace fam.

    1 hr 31 min
  • 39: Bible Studies with Surfers in Africa & Liberal Theology with Cam Parham

    Cam has served as a missionary in Africa in various capacities for several years. Pretty much every time I talk to him he has a new story, so I knew I had to have him on. In addition to a bunch of gnarly athletic exploits, Cam is seriously well-read and we chatted about liberal theology and the church in North America and Africa.

    Find Cam on Instagram @_cameronparham

    I am always @itsthevalk

    Peace fam.

    1 hr 28 min
  • 38: Being a Same Sex Attracted Christian, Celibacy, & Identity with Jonathan Truman

    I knew right away that this would be one of my favourite conversations. Jonathan is currently a Boyce student here in Louisville, a talented pianist and a good friend. We had a long and complex discussion about his story, SSA, LGBT, Christian Identity, the Gospel and witnessing. These are complex issues and I am sure we didn’t nuance one point or another as good as we might have, but this conversation is incredibly valuable and Jonathan’s story is inspiring.

    Jonathan can be found on Insta @jonthetruman

    I am always @itsthevalk

    Cheers fam

    1 hr 19 min
  • 37: C.S. Lewis, Working on The Briefing, & the Church Fathers with Sam Bankson

    Sam is an M. Div. Student at Southern who works in the President's Office and the Bookstore. He is one of the interns who work on The Briefing podcast by Albert Mohler and we talked about what goes on behind the scenes. We also discussed a ton about books and a bit about the church fathers. Sam is an insightful dude, and I really enjoyed talking with him.

    I am always @itsthevalk

    Cheers Fam.

    1 hr 30 min

About Chats Under the Sun

From the publisher's feed

I love talking about what following Jesus means to pastors, CEOs, homeless, nerds, filmmakers, philosophers, entrepreneurs, missionaries, storytellers, moms, rocket scientists, artists and travellers.