Patrick Meyers is a spiritual director, counselor, and coach. Today, Patrick shares the story of God’s kind pursuit of his life. He shares how he initially rejected the Lord’s work in his life, how God finally got a hold of him, and the process the Lord used to make Patrick dependant on him. Patrick works in his ministry, Vector Ministries and helps others experience the relationship God has given him. Patrick’s story teaches us that God is always in hot pursuit of our hearts even when we doubt him.

Please listen to Patrick’s story today!

Stories Patrick shared:

• Growing up in a dysfunctional home in Nebraska

Great quotes from Patrick:

I definitely see God as the initiator of every good thing in my life.

Each period of my life has its own testimony.

It felt like my life was over but God was saying, “No, it hasn’t even begun yet.”

My passion with Victor Ministries is to introduce him to people and introduce them to the goodness I’ve experienced first hand.

Resources we mentioned:

• Patrick’s website, Vector Ministries

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Keith Giles is an author and previous guest on Halfway There. Today, Keith stops by to discuss his latest book, Jesus Unbound. We talk about some of the problems with an overemphasis on the Bible and how it may be keeping you from the kind of relationship with God he desires for you. Keith will challenge your ideas, make you think, and lead you closer to God’s heart as a result.

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Our conversation covers:

• Why he wrote Jesus Unbound: Liberating the Word of God from the Bible

Great quotes from Keith:

We are so stuck on what God was doing 2000 years or more ago that we are incapable of taking a step back and seeing what he might be saying and doing in our lives today.

One of the things we’re putting between us and God for this little safety net is the Bible.

As much as I love the Bible, I love Jesus a million times more.

Your picture of God needs to be Christ-shaped.

I don’t want a more biblical world; I want a more Christlike world.

Resources we mentioned:

• Jesus Unbound: Liberating the Word of God from the Bible

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Misty Phillip is a speaker, blogger, author, and podcaster. Today, Misty shares her story of falling in love with Jesus over and over again throughout her life. Sounds charming, right? Would be except the way God often leads us to himself is through suffering and Misty is no different. She describes the seasons of her life when one thing after another seemed to go wrong and how she learned to trust God during it all. Misty tells us how she learned joy through sorrow which catalyzed her into a career of writing, speaking, and ministering to others.

Listen to Misty’s story today!

Stories Misty shared:

• Realizing she had opportunities after her children started leaving home

Great quotes from Misty:

The Christian walk is not an easy walk but is those difficult, painful things that we experience in life that show us our desperate need for God and he’s there to comfort us and to guide us.

The Word of God was the only thing that I could count on; it was the salve to my soul.

I was truly able to count it all joy even though it was one of the worst experiences of my life.

Resources we mentioned:

• Connect with Misty on her website

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Caesar Kalinowski is an author, speaker and coach. Today, Caesar shares how he discovered the gospel that really is good news for the weary. He shares the story of how he got into full time ministry, how he served an elderly neighbor, and overcoming doubt in his daily life. Caesar’s story reminds us how important it is to live in community and to experience the grace of God from one another.

Listen to Caesar’s story today!

Stories Caesar shared:

• Helping people with their walk with God through writing, speaking, and coaching

Great quotes from Caesar:

Discipleship is, in fact, the mission.

Discipleship is the process of moving from unbelief to belief in every area of life.

Treat people like family instead of guests and they’ll act like family.

Resources we mentioned:

• Caesar’s podcast, The Life School Podcast

8 Day Experience

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Phileena Heuertz is a founding partner of Gravity, a Center for Contemplative Activism and the author of Mindful Silence: The Heart of Christian Contemplation. Today, Phileena shares her journey from Bible belt roots to learning from some of the last century’s greatest contemplatives. The journey made her confront great suffering, the masks she was wearing, and her own feelings that drove her work. Phileena works as a spiritual director and you will hear her care for those who need a light in the darkness to find themselves in Him.

Listen to Phileena’s story today!

Stories Phileena shared:

• Growing up as a pastor’s kid in the Midwest

Great quotes from Phileena:

I had a lot to learn as I made my way out of the Bible belt in the middle of America into a world with great suffering.

Jesus is not limited to words on a page. Those words are a gateway to the very living presence that is from the beginning and will be forever and ever. It’s that presence that we want to connect with.

We have to move from the head to the heart to the body.

Resources we mentioned:

• Mindful Silence: The Heart of Christian Contemplation

The first ever, Christian Podcast Summit is happening on June 15, 2019!

It's a virtual summit so no need to pay for flights, hotel, rental cars, etc. Just log in and watch from the comfort of your own home, office, or coffee shop.

What will we be talking about? Glad you asked!

• Michael Woodward of JumbleThink on Getting Great Guests

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Can't wait to see you there!

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Alex Lombard is an entrepreneur and Instagram expert. Today, Alex shares the story of the people who invested in him, how he was almost pulled away from Christ, and why he dove head first into entrepreneurship. Alex shares how personal development can be dangerous and almost took him in a direction he did not want to go. We also talk about the importance of apologetics for building a solid understanding of what Christian faith is based on. Alex is both young and successful with a heart for the honoring the Lord with both.

Listen to Alex’s story today!

Stories Alex shared:

• Born in St. Louis and growing up in Michigan

Great quotes from Alex:

The Bible is the greatest personal development book in the world.

99% of what you’re learning is true but you always have to remember who your Daddy is.

Live life by design.

Resources we mentioned:

• Impact Church in Scottsdale, AZ

The first ever, Christian Podcast Summit is happening on June 15, 2019!

It's a virtual summit so no need to pay for flights, hotel, rental cars, etc. Just log in and watch from the comfort of your own home, office, or coffee shop.

What will we be talking about? Glad you asked!

• Michael Woodward of JumbleThink on Getting Great Guests

How do you get access to this summit?

Click here for more information. Early bird pricing is at $49 and available until May 19, 2019. After that the price goes up.

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Cari Jenkins is an author, spiritual director, and Executive Director of Urban Skye. Today, Cari shares how hard it was to find a mentor who listened to Jesus, her five years of undoing, and learning to sing the song of identity in Jesus. She found Jesus to be completely faithful, even accounting for her unwillingness to listen. Cari’s tender love and experience of him will encourage you to seek his love and your identity in him, too.

Listen to Cari’s story today!

Stories Cari shared:

• Becoming the Executive Director of Urban Skye and their work

Great quotes from Cari:

I want to invest in people who want to invest in people.

I am untethered much of the time from the things that at one time I put my identity.

Identity is the song I’m meant to sing.

When we begin to know the voice of the shepherd, we can actually begin to know what does he say about who we are; it will always lead to goodness, truth, and beauty. Always.

Resources we mentioned:

• Listen and Live: Through the Gospel of John by Cari Jenkins

The first ever, Christian Podcast Summit is happening on June 15, 2019!

It's a virtual summit so no need to pay for flights, hotel, rental cars, etc. Just log in and watch from the comfort of your own home, office, or coffee shop.

What will we be talking about? Glad you asked!

• Michael Woodward of JumbleThink on Getting Great Guests

How do you get access to this summit?

Click here for more information. Early bird pricing is at $49 and available until May 19, 2019. After that the price goes up.

Just click All Access Passes to register.

Can't wait to see you there!

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In this bonus conversation, Marc Schelske talks with Eric about his journey of discovering what is really in his heart and why emotions matter. We also talk about the body and how learning to listen to our bodies is an essential skill for flourishing but somewhat neglected among Evangelicals.

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Or get Marc’s book, The Wisdom of the Heart here.

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Stories Marc shared:

• Growing up as a Seventh Day Adventist pastor’s kid which required a lot of moving

Great quotes from Marc:

I’m in a place where my belonging is settled.

I was living on credit in relation to my family.

The reality that I was living based on performance pulled the rug out from under me.

Asking for help is the opposite of performing.

Resources we mentioned (all links to Amazon are affiliate links that send a portion of the sale back to me):

• The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The first ever, Christian Podcast Summit is happening on June 15, 2019!

It's a virtual summit so no need to pay for flights, hotel, rental cars, etc. Just log in and watch from the comfort of your own home, office, or coffee shop.

What will we be talking about? Glad you asked!

• Michael Woodward of JumbleThink on Getting Great Guests

How do you get access to this summit?

Click here for more information. Early bird pricing is at $49 and available until May 19, 2019. After that the price goes up.

Just click All Access Passes to register.

Can't wait to see you there!

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