Close to Home Podcast

I believe God has placed a deep longing in our hearts for the mysterious, the transcendent and the extraordinary. I hope this episode encourages and guides you to have an extraordinary and purposeful week!

My hope and prayer today is to see God do what only he can do. Just some encouraging thoughts heading into Sunday!!

We all tend to think we operate with the necessary information to make the important decisions in our lives...but quite frequently we find ourselves leading others and not truly understanding where they’re coming from. Here are some quick leadership thoughts I gained from a somewhat humbling experience.

Some people are famous and not great while others are great, but not famous. In this episode, I use some of my story to talk through this simple, but important distinction.

September 24, 1992 was one of the most defining days of my life. It’s the day my mom, Joan Russo passed away. I use this extended episode to share with you some of the processing I’ve done and how I believe God can bring beauty from the ashes of our lives. (Isaiah 61:3)

A lot of times we fail to see God in the mundane day to day details of our lives. Here’s some simple advice from a prolific author that may help cure a strong case of the Mondays.

If you desire to follow God, part of the deal is repeatedly walking into circumstances and opportunities that are way too big for you. The comfort in this is that’s when trusting God becomes the only way to persevere. I believe this is the place God wants us to live in because that’s when his power shows up the most clearly.

Most of us tend to take the “What if?” question in the wrong direction. We imagine the worst case scenarios and are filled with unhelpful and harmful anxiety. What if we used “What if” to our advantage and spun it around in the opposite direction? Hope this episode encourages you!

Many of the divisions in our world today are caused by men and women who are so certain of they’re opinions, that everyone else must be wrong. Humility is needed, here and I hope this episode helps to encourage the lost art of being teachable.

In our fast paced, overly connected world, we have to be more intentional than ever when it comes to creating margin. I hope this episode encourages you to create the space your soul desperately needs.