Ground Up Faith

In this episode of the Ground Up Faith Podcast, please join us for our conversation with Dwayne Burks, Pastor and Founder of The Gateway Gaston. He has an inspiring story of Grace that saved his life and empowers his love of neighbor.

In this episode of the Ground Up Faith Podcast, we speak with Kimberly Truesdell who is a fascinating person.  She is involved in Youth Ministry, is a Triathlete, and has an inspiring story of weightlessness.  Take some time and listen to her story!

Welcome Back! After a time away The Ground Up Faith Podcast is back with Season 2! We had a great season to start with and I'm really excited about what follows with season 2! Check it out!

If you have questions about the podcast reach out at [email protected] and let's talk!

In this episode of the Ground Up Faith Podcast, we enter into "Part 3" of our series on Pastoral Burnout where we sit down with Bishop Tim Smith of the North Carolina Synod. He shares his own experiences with burnout as well as those he's developed as a Bishop. If you or someone you know is wrestling with burnout please talk to a trusted person. If you don't have a trusted person to talk with feel free to reach out to me at [email protected].

In this episode of the Ground Up Faith Podcast, we sit down and talk with Sarah Welch-Larson, Author of "Becoming Alien: The Beginning and End of Evil in Science Fiction's Most Idiosyncratic Film Franchise." We discuss the the intersection of Faith and Science Fiction, are there aliens and what it says about our faith, and the Alien movie Franchise!

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In this sermon we reflect on the story of Jesus feeding the 5,000 and what it has to say to us about noticing the presence of God in our lives.

In this episode of the Ground Up Faith Podcast, we continue with "Part 2" of our Series on Pastoral Burnout.  Today we sit down with Pastor Jay Gamelin who went through a season of burnout. He shares what helped him through and what is on the other side of burnout.

If you think you may be burned out make sure to talk with someone you trust, your Synod office or, if you have no one to talk to, feel free to reach out to me at [email protected].

In this sermon we reflect on Jesus' invitation to his disciples past and present to come away and rest and what it means for our stressed out, over worked, worn down world.

In this episode of the Ground Up Faith Podcast, we sit down with Pastor Laura Swanson; one of the pastors at St. Philip Lutheran Church in Roanoke Va. She and I both grew up in the same congregation, St. Luke in Florence SC. We sit down to talk about callings, what God is up to in the world and a whole lot more!

In this sermon we wrestle with the story of Amos. There was a dispute over the proper place to worship God; was it in the northern kingdom or the southern kingdom? In this context we consider the issues around disputes in the community of faith. How do we Christians fight? Not always well. The starting point for Christian discipleship and community is recognizing that we can be wrong.