Zach sits down with Andy Stephenson, the Carmel Campus Pastor at Northview Church, to discuss how to best utilize our time and energy at work and at home. Time is the great equalizer for all of us! Zach & Andy discuss how we can create healthy habits, incremental changes, and a "one degree of change" to maximize our time, energy, and leadership. This episode is a must-listen for any leader!

Andy has done ministry for over 25 years and has led national and international student ministry movements and has served at Northview in his current role for three years. He has been married to Candace for 15 years and they have two daughters.

The Power of Full Engagement

Atomic Habits

Zach and Adam Coleman, the founder of Tru-ID Apologetics, chopped it up about apologetics: what it is, why it's important, and how necessary it is for following Jesus and answering the toughest questions from our culture. They also talk about what questions different people and communities bring to the Bible and how it has the answers for those questions. Adam is a SHARP dude and we believe you'll learn so much from him in this episode.

Adam is a social worker by trade after earning his Master's degree from VCU in social work. He is married and has four children.

Adam's YouTube Channel - Tru-ID Apologetics

Adam's Podcast - The Tru-ID Podcast

Adam's Book - Urban Apologetics: Restoring Black Dignity With The Gospel (he was a contributing author!)

Zach sits down with Phil Vischer - animator, writer, puppeteer, speaker, and original creator of Veggietales, What's In The Bible, and The Mr. Phil Show - to discuss the lessons he's learned about teaching the Bible to kids and what his recent viral videos on racism, abortion, the history of evangelicalism, and more have taught him about faithfully engaging culture. Phil is a co-host on "The Holy Post Podcast" and is a thoughtful voice of biblical truth in a world of polarization and extremism. We are honored that he would join us for a conversation!

Phil's Website

Phil's Podcast

Phil's Book

Zach and Dr. Ray Sylvester reflect on part of the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 7, judging without being judgmental, discuss how to bring correction to our culture graciously and directly, and...how Ray has NEVER EATEN A PB&J!!

Ray is a professor of marketing and personal branding at Anderson University in Anderson, IN. He was a senior lecturer and leader of two music business programs at Buckinghamshire New University. He co-wrote the first music business program in Europe in 1996. Ray has presented across both Europe and the US on the topic of personal branding. He is also published through academic books, in both the US and the UK. He is a Chartered Marketer and holds an MSc in Behavioral Science and an MA in Management. As a personal branding coach, Ray works with executives, professional athletes, and chart-topping artists/musicians. Ray’s doctoral research was in personal brand management.

Zach sits down with Northview Campus Pastors, Nate Nupanga and Dave Fladung, to candidly talk about the joys and challenges of being a dad. Between the three of them, they have 7 kids who are five years old and younger. Parenting littles can be tough!

One-Year Bible for Kids

Family Framework

Zach sits down with family ministry expert, Lisette Fraser, and discusses how parents and families can raise their kids and teenagers with resilience and how to spiritually lead them in their homes. This interview was recorded in the fall of 2019 when Lisette served as the Family Ministry Pastor at a church in California. Now, Lisette is the COO and one of the pastors at Hillsong Atlanta, a new church plant in 2021, and is serving alongside Pastors Sam & Toni Collier. 

Lisette's Instagram

Zach sits down with Northview Students High School Director, Micah Davis, on the topic of digital margin. In a world full of constant digital content, they discuss how to prioritize disconnecting from technology, best practices on how to do that, the traps of smartphones and social media, and how disconnecting from technology can bring spiritual health into your life.

Micah oversees the high school ministry at the Carmel Campus of Northview Church. He is married to Rylei who is a second-grade teacher.

Northview Students Carmel Campus Instagram

Micah's Website

Micah's Instagram

Gerald Fadayomi and Zach discuss senior year - the final chapter of high school. Listen as they unpack ways to help seniors in high school take ownership of their faith and what steps they need to take to continue that faith once they move on from high school.

Gerald is the pastor of church.gathering, a ministry for college students and young adults. He is also the former high school pastor at North Point Ministries in Atlanta, Georgia.

Gerald's Instagram

geraldfadayomi.com

mysenioryear.org

onmyteam.org

Books by Gerald - When Life Gives You Lemons, Starting Now: A 30-Day Guide to Becoming Who You Want to Be in College, Before You Go: Following Jesus and Growing in Your Faith After High School

In Part 2 of our deeper dive into the world of preteens, Dan Scott (with over 20 years of preteen ministry experience) talks with Zach about how parents & families can “lean in” during the difficult parts of the preteen phase. They talk about the changes to a preteen's brain, how families can create spaces for them to ask questions about faith and have spiritual conversations, and why families should prioritize faith development in their preteen.

Dan's Instagram

Dan's Book - Caught In Between

Dan's Website

Preteen ministry expert, Bobby Ikebudu, talks with Zach about the crazy world of preteens! They discuss the unique phase of being a preteen and how families and churches can most effectively lead these students to deeper faith.

Bobby is the Director of Church Engagement for The reThink Group and is one of the best leaders in preteen and children’s ministry in the country. Throughout the past decade, he has been a NextGen Pastor, middle school science teacher, communications/marketing director, and camp host & speaker.

Bobby on Instagram

Caught In Between: Engage Your Preteens Before They Check Out - Dan Scott