Maybe I'm Amazed

You know Roy Williams the basketball coach. Since 2003, Roy Williams has been the head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels, and has enjoyed plenty of success, including three national championships.

In today's episode of Maybe I'm Amazed, you'll get to meet Roy beyond the basketball court. Roy joins host Dr. James Howell, who have been close friends for many years. Roy talks about the recent passing of his father in law, and the lessons he learned from him about being a good husband, father and community leader, roles that Roy says come far before his head coaching duties. Tune in now to meet Coach Williams the man, not the coach.

Being a Pastor is no easy task. Particularly when you're tasked with local, national and even global outreach for your church. But that's what Nathan Arledge does for Myers Park UMC as Pastor of Missions and Community Engagement.

Pastor Arledge embodies the global mindset. He's travelled all over the US and the world on mission trips and community engagement projects. He's met thousands of diverse people in his travels, and impacted countless others with his tireless work. He also has a keen sense of how to connect with others who may not be like him.

In today's episode of Maybe I'm Amazed, Dr. James Howell talks to Pastor Arledge about what he's learned from his experiences in the world, and how broadening your perspective helps cultivate empathy for those around you.

Hear's Pastor Arledge's sermon from this past Valentine's Day.

Part of the purpose of this podcast is to highlight things that we find amazing. But what is amazing, and how do we define it? Surely a picturesque sunset is pretty to look at, but does it capture true beauty and amazement?

To help us answer that question, we turn to author and theologian Wendy Farley. Wendy has written extensively about truth, divinity and beauty, and in today's episode of Maybe I'm Amazed, speaks eloquently to that and more. Dr. James Howell speaks to Wendy about what beauty is, how we perceive it, and why true beauty is intangible.

In September 1957, Dorothy Counts Scoggins made a walk into Harding High School in Charlotte, NC that would forever change public schooling and racial segregation. Scoggins was one of four African-American students to be admitted into an all-white school as a result of the Pearsall Plan. Dorothy's walk from her father's car to the front door of the high school would only take a few minutes, but the effects of her actions are still being felt today. In today's episode of Maybe I'm Amazed, host Dr. James Howell speaks with Dorothy about that fateful day in 1957. Dorothy not only talks about that moment and the days leading up to it, but she also tells the story of how she ended up befriending one of the white boys who tormented her that day, and how through forgiveness she was able to forge a lifelong relationship with that student, even being present with him on his deathbed. Read Charlotte Magazine's 2017 profile of Dorothy Counts Scoggins here.