In Awe by Bruce

“And when you find Him, He will pull you close and feed you until you feast until you laugh until you

cannot help but pull others close too. The fed becomes the feeder.”

In this absorbing literary memoir, a young woman suffering from a famine of body and soul is led

by the poor to the greatest feast on earth. Emily T. Wierenga, author of Atlas Girl, takes readers

through her own vulnerable journey and invites all who are broken to join her at the table, feast on

the God Who Became Bread, and never go hungry again.

Described as “poetic, raw, and achingly beautiful,” Emily Wierenga’s memoir draws readers into her

intricate and profound world, transporting them from memories of her painful past with anorexia

and troubled relationships, to sacred moments as a wife and mother, to a fellowship of suffering in

African villages. Her deepest hunger is satisfied by the God Who Became Bread—who welcomes us

all to His table so that He can fill us, and then, through us, satisfy the hunger of the world.

Throughout her journey, Emily addresses the difficult topics of food, body image, the brokenness of

the evangelical church, the supernatural joy found in impoverished communities where people are

truly starving, and our gospel responsibility as the church to feed the hungry.

Emily writes, “It is Christ who will fill us, like a Person stepping into us, like the flame from a candle

consuming us, filling every broken part with light.” God Who Became Bread invites everyone to expe-

rience healing, reawaken their hunger for something greater, and discover joy and fulfillment anew

in Jesus’s love and acceptance as we are filled by Him.

Offering rich lessons wrapped in a heart-wrenching narrative, Emily’s story will rejuvenate aching

souls and inspire readers as they find themselves welcomed back to God’s endless and loving feast and

encouraged to feed others in turn.

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EMILY T. WIERENGA is an award-winning journalist, a columnist for the Christian Courier, a blogger, and a commissioned artist. She is also the author of the memoirs Atlas Girl and Making it Home, and the self-help resource Chasing Silhouettes: How to Help a Loved One Battling an Eating Disorder. Her writings have appeared in various print and online publications, including Christianity Today.

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AN UPLIFTING DEVOTIONAL ENCOURAGING READERS TO TAKE HOLD OF EACH DAY AND MAKE THE MOST OF EVERY MOMENT.

None of us knows how long we have on this earth. We can’t be sure how many tomorrows God has

planned for us. But we do have today. What if we looked at today in a new light? What if we consid-

ered today as a verb, an action that we can use right now?

In Today Is a Verb: Open the Gift of Now in Every Ordinary Moment, author Carol McLeod asks us

to grab hold of God’s endless gift of time—past, present, and future—and make the most of every

moment and every minute. She calls for each of us to “roll up your sleeves and tackle the business of

living a passionate lifestyle with no regrets,” because “there is no such thing as an unremarkable day

when you know the Lord.” As Carol explains, each moment can be something profound, purposeful,

and precious. We can choose each day to pray, to serve, to hope, to trust, to overcome—the possibil-

ities are endless.

“If you have been thirsty for a joy that is foreign to your personality and seems to be only a mirage in

the desert of life, I hope this scintillating philosophy will stir up what has been lacking in your life,”

McLeod says. “Perhaps, with me, you would be brave enough to determine to take at least one vibrant

step toward the life for which you have been aching.”

Today Is a Verb can be read as a thirty-day devotional or as a way to revolutionize your life. Each

chapter is based on a key word and includes a life quote, a verse from Scripture, a practical applica-

tion, and a daily declaration.

Carol McLeod

President and CEO of Carol McLeod Ministries CAROL MCLEOD is a best-selling author and popular speaker at women’s conferences and retreats, where she teaches the Word of God with great joy and enthusiasm. She encourages and empowers women with passionate and practical biblical messages mixed with her own special brand of hope and humor. Carol’s Significant Women podcast, which encourages women in every season of life that their story matters, ranks in the top 10 percent of all podcasts internationally.

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With their latest collaborative project, Return to Love, Shana & Melinda are calling the church back to its true purpose—returning to the heart of Christ’s love and rejecting the distractions of political idolatry.

Shana Wilson-Williams

Shana Wilson-Williams is not just a worship leader and songwriter; she’s a voice for transformation in the church. Born in Detroit and raised in a family of faith, her powerful songs like Press In Your Presence and Give Me You have led believers into deep worship experiences for years.  As the youngest daughter of Bishop Samuel and the late Lady J Wilson, founders of Community Christian Fellowship Church, Shana’s ministry is deeply rooted in her faith and family legacy.  

Now, she’s ready to unveil her newest project, Return to Love, which calls for a profound reconnection with Christ’s love in a time of division.

Melinda Watts

Known for her inspiring daily “pep-talks” and powerful music ministry, Melinda Watts is a voice that many women turn to for encouragement. Melinda Watts is an Atlanta-based Family, Lifestyle & Travel creator, international prophetic worship leader, and sought-after speaker known for her inspiring daily "pep-talks" and music ministry. She serves as a worship leader at Change Church-Atlanta and New Seasons Church in Sacramento, CA, and has been nominated for multiple Dove and Stellar awards. Melinda is the founder of the Made for More Academy, which supports women of faith in growing their businesses. Melinda has collaborated with major brands like Pampers, Target, and Walmart, and has shared the stage with renowned artists such as Kirk Franklin and Tasha Cobbs.

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Using the Power of Music for Reflection and Growth, Bill Mullin brings you to look deep inside with “As I Recall F()REVER.”

As a collaborative, The Next Humanity assembly of cast and crew create a synergy to have the work gain a life of its own. The origin of the work starts with Bill Mullin, who is a life-long producer of marketing campaigns, music for media application, tech solution application dev and creative living. From his song writing, he’s found orchestrators and arrangers to complement the intended emotional moments to portray.

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Adaptation, agility and keen awareness provide a mindset for innovative thinking and discipline by design. Life, and therefore work, is a constant creative process of growing with what you’ve got and receiving vision to make things better.

From Rock & Roll drumming, to Recording studio engineering, TV-Radio station producing, Mobile DJ'ing, Live audio and Studio designing & installing, Music publishing managing, Manufacturer rep'ing, AV integration designing and selling, Sales team managing, Brand developing and marketing, CEO level stewardship to solution & business consulting, Bill has had to transform to keep relevant and working.

Bill celebrates 40 years of marriage to a very artistic and savvy woman who has been a gospel singer, ad agency writer-producer, marketing manager, active loving mother, painter and apparel designer. Her aesthetic has brought an environment of beauty and joy. Their adaptability and G-D’s guidance created an enduring kind of love.

Along the way, Bill made a study of positive mentality and success factors as he gained the insights to apply change-agent factors to given situations. His strategic thinking and practical implementations led to growing an organization's stock value 5x over three years and to double annual revenue to $244 million. He navigated the acquisition sale and successful sustaining of that company’s culture.

Bill Mullin is now the president of Significant Media & Music, an outgrowth of the music-for-media publishing company he maintained over 40 years parallel to his technology track. Placements included The Pelican Brief, Wyatt Earp and The Gilmore Girls.

Significant is the producer of music collaboratives, most notably “As I Recall F()REVER”, a first-of-its-kind Podcast Musical, having contribution of writing the primary works of the musical, coordinating arranging, overseeing the technical recording, selecting of talent and engaging support services.

Bill resides in Kansas City, Missouri. He is a member of two homeless mission boards, an advisor and contributor to a women’s recovery home organization, while on a service team at Abundant Life church and sitting in with a Catholic & Protestant fellowship called the Breakfastarians. Bill loves discipleship as a student, apprentice and mentor to Christ.

Bill is a conservative in the true sense of the root word for conservation. He is not trying to have us go back to some former time, but is committed to bringing forward goodness and Godly living, which are foundations of human heritage, survival and sustainability, not the least of these being G-D’s creation. Like one of his songs says “don’t look left or right; look up!” Those are core mission attributes of The Next Humanity musical collaborative Bill shepherds.

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Ephesians 2:10 says that we are His workmanship, designed for good works He has prepared in advance for us to do... yet many of us feel unsettled or dissatisfied with where we are. In fact, estimates are that the

average career stay is just 5 - 7 years. We all want a sacred calling, but we’ve often settled for a stagnant career. Time for something better.

The STRIDE framework guides people through discerning their next steps vocationally, relationally, and spiritually, using insightful Biblical teaching. Finding Your Stride can be condensed to a keynote talk, or packaged as 3 session retreat (complete with workbooks for each participant). Josiah is also available to create a custom talk that fits your unique needs.

“In Stride, Josiah provides a framework to move forward. If you’ve ever felt stuck, like your life is not having the impact you’ve been made for, then this book is for you!”

Bob Goff, author of four NYT Bestselling author of Love Does, Everybody Always, Dream Big, and Undistracted

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Exploring themes of direction, discernment, resilience, and purpose with wisdom and humor.

Josiah (JJ) is the CEO of an international nonprofit, an executive leadership coach, and a frequently sought out speaker.

He is also the co-host of The Flop podcast, and the author of STRIDE.

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Phone: 719. 235. 8580.

After 9 days, Jonathan and I were able to complete the rest of our podcast. Thank you for listening, and God Bless!

Bruce

Jonathan Feldstein

Jonathan Feldstein was born and educated in the United States and immigrated to Israel in 2004. He is married and the father of six. Throughout his life and career, he has become a respected bridge between Jews and Christians and serves as president of the Genesis 123 Foundation.

He writes regularly on major Christian websites about Israel and shares experiences of living as an Orthodox Jew in Israel, and hosts the popular Inspiration from Zion podcast. He can be reached at [email protected].
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The alarms were sounding all through our October 1, 2024 interview. The scare came around 20” into the talk. Jonathan had told me that US intelligence informed Israel of an imminent attack from Iran. And Jonathan’s alert went off as the bombs were landing just south of his home. He had to rush down to the bunker from his 7th floor home to meet his family. As you will hear in the interview, 5” before his alarm went off, his daughter said they needed to go to the bunker. Jonathan wanted to wait until his alarm warned him of an attack, so we kept talking. So glad Jonathan and his family are alright and that we were able to pick up where we left off. So please listen so you can separate fact from fiction and appropriately pray for this horrible situation and all the people involved. Blessings! Bruce

Jonathan Feldstein

Jonathan Feldstein was born and educated in the United States and immigrated to Israel in 2004. He is married and the father of six. Throughout his life and career, he has become a respected bridge between Jews and Christians and serves as president of the Genesis 123 Foundation.

He writes regularly on major Christian websites about Israel and shares experiences of living as an Orthodox Jew in Israel, and hosts the popular Inspiration from Zion podcast. He can be reached at [email protected].
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While many may recognize Emmy ® Award winner Steph Carse as a world-class vocalist, he is also a writer, editor, producer and director, songwriter, and music artist with multiple awards and accolades to his name. Having sold over half a million records and garnering fans and awards from around the globe, one would never imagine after his breakout success in (1993) he found himself at square one in 1997, with no money, living in his car, seeking his purpose

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Highlights of Steph’s Story

from living in a car to now:

*Christian music artist whose new worship song Almighty has already reached 540K+ views on You Tube

*His music special has been featured on Daystar TV, PureFlix, ChristianCinema and more.

*A successful country artist with over 500K albums sold and a Juno Award nomination for Male Vocalist of the Year.

*6 time Emmy Award-winning video producer and now filmmaker, with projects like The True Miracle of Christmas (available on Prime) and the upcoming movie UNDONE.

*Founder of the anti-bullying ministry YiCount, blending his passion for music with a powerful mission to combat bullying.

*His latest movie musical “The True Miracle of Christmas” is now available on Prime and has been translated into French, Spanish and Russian.

*Steph is currently directing and producing the movie UNDONE based on the life of Sherry Damron.

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Mercy Ships began their mission in 1978 to provide hope and healing to those in need. Each year they send hospital ships filled with volunteer professionals who selflessly provide FREE life-changing surgeries to children and adults who otherwise would go without. Together we are saving lives.

 Vision: Mercy Ships uses hospital ships to change lives and serve countries.

Mission: Mercy Ships strive to follow the example of Jesus, bringing hope and healing to the forgotten poor.

 Over 50% of the world's population lives near a coast. Our ships are the best way to reach people in great need.

Globally, 5 billion people lack access to safe surgery. Children, teens and adults suffer and die every day from treatable causes, and one child in eight will die before age 5.

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Writer / Editor / New Mercies Podcast Host

Raeanne, her husband, and 3 children joined Mercy Ships in 2019. After leaving everything behind in Southern California, they boarded the Africa Mercy in Las Palmas and made their way down to Dakar, Senegal for their first field service.On board, Raeanne volunteered in the communications department and later in chaplaincy. Currently, Raeanne works in the Mercy Ships U.S. Marketing department. Raeanne is the host of the New Mercies podcast, and is the voice of the Mercy Minute daily radio broadcast and serves as a staff writer.

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The Book of Judges narrates one of the most chaotic and morally dark eras of Israel's story. Into this morally-ambiguous time comes one of the most unlikely leaders of the biblical text—the prophet Deborah. Also a wife, mother, priest, and judge, Deborah responds to her call and transforms chaos into order by leading Israel in one of the most pivotal victories of her time.

Dr. Sandy Richter

Sandy Richter is the Robert H. Gundry Chair of Biblical Studies at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, CA. Richter earned her PhD in Hebrew Bible from Harvard University and her MA in Theological Studies from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. She is the author of The Epic of Eden: A Christian Entry into the Old Testament (IVP) and the much-loved series of video Bible study curriculums that have grown from that project. She has taught at Asbury Theological Seminary, Wesley Biblical Seminary, and Wheaton College. As her many students will tell you, Sandy’s particular gift is bringing the real people and real places of the biblical narrative to life. Richter is a member of the New International Version (NIV) Translation Committee, she has spent many years bringing student groups to Israel to study historical geography and field archaeology, and in her technical work often writes on the intersections between Syro-Palestinian archaeology, linguistics and Bible. Richter is also deeply involved in environmental theology. Her book, The Stewards of Eden: What Scripture Says About the Environment and Why It Matters (IVP), draws together more than a decade of technical work and activism. Sandy is married to Steven Tsoukalas and they share two perfect daughters, Noël and Elise. She is a sought-after speaker in many contexts, look for her newest curriculum on Deborah and the Book of Judges with HarperChristian Resources, and her forthcoming commentary on Deuteronomy with Eerdmans.

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