Marriage is like the turning colors of leaves in the fall. Ever changing but still abundantly beautiful. Take a listen to this episode w/my forever Valentine Bri, as we embrace the journey of marriage through several highs and lows discussed.

The only thing worst than death is living a life with no purpose. The term purpose has become cliche in our culture— however plugging into your purpose really can be the key to living a most fulfilled life.

Anthony Collier is the Student Body President and the Class of 2022 G. Rollie White Public Service Scholar at Texas Law. Anthony is a Lead Student Counselor for the Texas Law Expunction Project and volunteered with Law For Black Lives. Anthony also serves as a board member for the National Black Law Students Association, and as Chair of the Southwest Black Law Students Association (SWBLSA). SWBLSA consists of four states and 19 law schools. Anthony is currently an NAACP 2020 Kellogg’s Law Fellow.

Anthony graduated from Texas Southern University in Houston with a BA in Political Science and Communications. He has served as a policy analyst with the Texas Senate, and as a legislative director at the Texas House of Representatives. He’s interested in criminal justice reform and community empowerment.

The launch of the “Hey, Mr. Wise Guy” podcast comes in the midst of the most unprecedented times in our nation. While we may have hoped for a promising and optimistic start to a brand new decade, we were confronted with the news of a deadly virus, a full on pandemic, quarantined life and now racial tensions at its worst in a country where many would say we’ve come so far. And while that may be true, the recent deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmad Arbrey have forced our wild to engage in such a necessary conversation. Join me today as I feature a longtime friend of mine, Donnie Petty in a conversation on about racism, generational perspectives on race and the church’s role in leading the conversation towards healing.

Donnie has a truly wide reaching experience both in Church, corporate, and non-profit spaces. For the better part of the last decade, Donnie has been a Pastor on staff in various roles ranging from Youth/Young Adults, to Associate and E-Campus Pastor positions. Donnie also has vast experience in the corporate world working for electronics retailer Best Buy in both store and district level leadership—overseeing hiring, culture shaping initiatives, training high level management teams, and growth strategy implementation—regularly being recognized company wide as one of the top ranked leaders.

Today—Donnie travels around the world preaching & teaching at churches, conferences, and conventions, as well as teaching at Bible Schools, and consulting with growing churches to ensure missional focus, visioneering growth strategies, and helping church staffs reach all God has called them to accomplish in the most effective way possible.

Donnie brings his passion and experience to an already accomplished GroupOne39 team to ensure churches have “The right people, in the right seats, on the right bus”, so that both churches, and the Kingdom advances in a truly impactful, eternal way.