Pastor Mark shares how his recent experience, of being the victim of a hit and run, became a perspective changing moment for Him and how perspective changing moments change us and make us stronger.    

If you have a prodigal child who has walked away from you and their faith you will want to hear this episode where Pastor Mark interviews Rob Rienow, Director of Visionary Family Ministries (www.visionaryfam.com) and author of "Never Too Late".  In this episode Rob shares practical things parents can do while they continue to parent through the difficult prodigal years.  

It is becoming increasingly difficult to have spiritual conversations in our world today yet Deuteronomy 6 makes it clear that we have been called to "talk" about the ways of God "when we sit at home, walk along the road, lie down and get up" which means...all the time!  How do we have spiritual conversations with others today in a way that does not lead to fights or division?   In this episode, pastor Mark interviews Pastor Gary Rohrmayer, author of Spiritual Conversations: Creating and Sustaining Them Like Jesus & 21 Days to Increase Spiritual Conversations who provides some very helpful ideas and resources that can help us have healthy spiritual conversations with others.   

Would you like to hear from teenagers how the pandemic has been impacting their mental health?  In this episode, Pastor Mark interviews two teenage leaders from the Lighthouse Project in Brainerd, MN who share the research they have done to discover how the mental health of teenagers has been impacted by the pandemic.  www.lhpmn.org  The Lighthouse Project is a student lead nonprofit dedicated to the focus and improvement of mental health, especially in schools through providing counseling sessions and eradicating the stigma around asking for help.

Pastor Mark interviews speaker, author and resiliency expert Tasha Schuh.  This episode will amaze and inspire through the life story of Tasha who was paralyzed from the neck down as a teenager in a theatre accident and has gone on to become a nationally recognized speaker that challenges and inspires people of all ages to overcome and persevere.  For more information about Tasha go to www.tashaschuh.com    

How has the pandemic impacted mental health in people of all ages?  What can we do if we are struggling as a result of this pandemic?  What can we do to help others?  In this episode, Pastor Mark interviews Sue Abderholden, Director of NAMI Minnesota (National Association of Mental Illness), where she answers these questions and many more.  Be sure to checkout www.namimn.org which has a wealth of resources to help you and others.  

Pastor Mark interviews his friend and coauthor of the book Home Sweet Dysfunctional Home, Dr. Mark Smith and together they discuss how every family is dysfunctional yet all can be functional as there is hope for crazy, messed up families.  

Mark Holmen talks with seasoned pastor and grandparent John Coulombe.  Until his recent retirement, John Coulombe served for more than thirty years as the InterGen pastor at the Fullerton Evangelical Free Church where he worked with “experienced” adults and other age groups as well.  John has been featured on Focus on the Family, TBN, TLN, and CBN television networks and Christian radio talk shows.  As a gifted communicator and relationship-builder, he now serves as the Director of Development for The Legacy Coalition. He and his wife Jacque have two sons and eight grandchildren.  For more information, go to www.legacycoalition.com.

"God, why don't you do something?" is a common question we can find ourselves asking.  In this episode, Pastor Mark shares not only the answer God gives to that question but the challenge He has for us as well.  Get ready for a great Kingdom Assignment you can "do."