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This week's conversation is with Vincent, who I spent a lot of time with because we both majored in Industrial Engineering for our bachelor's and master's degrees. We talk about his superpower: ordering Chinese food for large groups, about Kaleo ministry, and about what it's been like working in Silicon Valley for the past decade while doing ministry.

Here's a picture from Vincent's wedding with our college friends together

And here’s the picture from his Taiwan mission trip I reference in the episode: (Vincent is the one talking into the mic)

I'm starting up a new series where I'll interview some of my peers from our network. First up is Dan, who ministers to international students in College Park, MD. We talk about his transition to our church and how impactful serving in children's ministry was; we talk apologetics and how he grew in that; and we talk about balancing work with ministry and life!

Here's a picture of Dan and some of our friends when they visited Chicago, and I gave them a tour of UChicago (the tall one in the back right)

UPDATE: I added in a special recording at the end coming to us from the Philippines!

Tof, Bia, Cata, and I talk about our recent mission trip to the Philippines. And we hear from a bunch of the Philippines mission trip members as well!

We just got back from ATL! We'll take you through our journey there and back: 1500 miles of driving, many hours of basketball, lots of calories, really spicy calories, and many gospel conversations!

This series is all about coming back to the basics of Christian living, and what would be a series on the basics without an episode on prayer? I talk with Stephen, Vivian, and Genji about prayer, what is it, what's hard about it, any cool answer-to-prayer stories, and some tips for growing in prayer life!

This series is all about coming back to the basics of Christian living. This week's topic? Paul and Timothy relationships (i.e., mentor/mentee relationships)

I talk with Agape, Marie, and Jeanette about why we need these, what's hard about them, and how we've personally come to appreciate having mentors over the years!

We're starting up a new series -- Basics -- which is all about coming back to the basics of Christian living. The first topic? The Word of God.

I talk with Ben, Amy, and Nicholas about everything from what they found difficult about reading God's word to things they're trying even now to grow in their knowledge of the Word.

This week, we’re featuring an episode from Noah’s Arkives, a podcast started by our friend Noah, who was one of the church planters who started our ministry here in Hyde Park. He interviews Jayden (a UChicago alum) and Nick about their spiritual journey from atheism/agnosticism to faith. I think you’ll find this episode fascinating!

Our ministry took a spring break trip to the Bay Area in California last week, and so this week on dPod, DP, Genji, and Tofunmi talk about trips and why they're an essential part of our ministry rhythms. We wrap up the episode with audio recordings from people who went on the spring break trip--what was memorable and what they're thankful for!

We have Kevin Huang on for BTS this week! Kevin is the pastor / lead of our church in Evanston, doing ministry on the Northwestern University campus. We talk about full time life, his two stints in Taiwan, and also talk together about our vision for the Chicago church!

In BTS (Behind the Staff) episodes, we interview different staff mentors to hear their faith journeys, and the stories that make them who they are today. Have suggestions for future episodes? Or have a question you want answered? Ask at bit.ly/dpod-ama