Josh Huisman is joined by Dr. Charles McGowan for episode 6!

In this episode Josh and Dr. McGowan will discuss what an Apostolic Council is and why more non-denominational churches need to create this position in their church. Charles will also discuss his time as a caregiver to his wife and his many ups and downs of pastoral ministry.

Charles McGowan is a retired Senior Pastor with 57 years of ministerial experience. He believes God has called him to use his vast network of ecumenical contacts, his years of ministerial experience, and his love for the Kingdom of God to address one of the most important issues facing the many churches in America, finding the right Pastor.

He is a graduate of Davidson College and served in the U.S. Army and in the Office of Naval Intelligence as a Special Agent in counterintelligence. He is a graduate of Columbia Theological Seminary and has served as a Senior Pastor for churches in Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee. He has planted churches and grown congregations significantly throughout his ministry. Dr. McGowan served as Moderator of the General Assembly for the Presbyterian Church in America.

Josh Huisman is joined by Martha Bolton for episode 5!

Josh and Martha will talk about creative writing and the great stories from her latest book, Dear Bob, a collection of personal letters and correspondence between Bob Hope and soldiers during multiple wars. A perfect episode for 4th of July week!

Martha Bolton is a prolific author of 89 books, an Emmy nominee (Outstanding Achievement in Music and Lyrics, 1988), a Dove Award nominee (Children's Musical, 1999), and a "with" author on three New York Times bestselling books. She was nominated for a Writers' Guild Award for her work on the Emmy-winning Bob Hope--The First Ninety Years. She was Bob's first full-time female staff writer, and wrote for his television specials (over 30 hours of primetime programming and fifteen years of his personal appearances and special events). As a staff writer for Bob Hope, Bolton had the opportunity to write scripted lines for a virtual Who's Who in entertainment, sports, and politics.

Bolton also wrote for Phyllis Diller for many years, and her series of books for those over fifty include, Didn't My Skin Used to Fit?, Cooking with Hot Flashes, and The Whole World is Changing and I'm Too Hot to Care. She has also written for many Christian comedians such as Mark Lowry (including parodies and co-writing his Piper the Hyper Mouse series), Chonda Pierce, Jeff Allen, and numerous others.

Martha's stage work includes writing the script for The Confession, based on Beverly Lewis' best-selling Confession trilogy; co-writing both Half-Stitched, based on Wanda Brunstetter’s bestselling book The Half-Stitched Amish Quilting Club and Our Christmas Dinner with director/composer Wally Nason; Josiah for President and BGM’s newest musical, The Home Game. Both Josiah for President and The Home Game have accompanying novels penned by Bolton, and were adapted for the stage by the Blue Gate Musical's creative team.

Josh Huisman is joined by Nick Hiter for episode 4!

Nick Hiter is the founder of Team Hiter, a business enterprise focused on helping entrepreneurs drive growth. He attends New Hope Community Church in Brentwood and calls Josh Huisman his pastor. Nick played an instrumental role in persuading Josh to start the Josh Huisman Podcast, and they'll have this conversation right at the top of this episode.

Nick is the host of a weekly Podcast called The Hitstreak with Nick Hiter. He also serves as the Executive Vice President at RAC Financial, where he oversees strategic partnerships for a leading 8-figure payment processing company. His work supports a network of 100+ strategic partners supporting major brands such as Planet Hollywood, Brio, and Buca di Beppo to name a few.

As a thought leader on entrepreneurship himself, Nick’s insights have been featured in major media such as CBS, NBC, FOX, The New York Times, and Yahoo to name a few. In addition, as the host of The Hitstreak podcast, he talks weekly with top performers to break down their playbook to success so his audience of over 200 thousand can get to that next level too. Nick is also the voice of SiriusXM’s “Y’allternative” radio station!

In his prior company, Nick launched over 150 insurance agencies that generated 100 million dollars in just over 5 years. His latest venture, dubbed “The Hitlab”, is focused on creating a physical space for thought leaders to come together, share, and distribute breakthrough ideas at scale.

Beyond business, Nick is a husband to Rhiannon, and father to Ethan and Ansleigh. Nick is a former pro athlete and gives back regularly to local philanthropic organizations in the Nashville area.

Both Josh and Nick have a heart for helping and encouraging people to stretch themselves to achieve new heights, both spiritually and physically.

Josh Huisman is joined by Gordon Kennedy for episode 3 of The Josh Huisman Podcast.

You must go to Gordon's website (www.gordonkennedymusic.com) to read all about his extensive music background. It's simply too huge to list here! He was the lead guitar player on Josh's favorite Christian album growing up, Freedom by Whiteheart (1989). But he then went on to become a highly decorated songwriter and producer. Becoming a guitar player and producer for Peter Frampton and Ricky Skaggs. He is currently a lead guitar player on tour with Garth Brooks!

In this episode Josh and Gordon will take a closer look at how God ordains our steps and takes us to places in ways we never thought possible. We all like to make plans for our lives and we think our ways are the best, but Gordon will share how God has proven time and again that His plans far exceed what we have in mind for ourselves.

Other topics will include Gordon's time in the Christian band Whiteheart. His various songwriting partnerships. Growing up with a father who produced or played guitar on some of the most well-known songs in music history. And what led to Eric Clapton cutting the song Change the World. A song Gordon co-wrote with Tommy Sims and Wayne Kirkpatrick, which would go on to win a Grammy for Song of the Year in 1997!

The highlight of the conversation is when the topic turns to Mosaic, and album Gordon wrote and produced for Ricky Skaggs. The stories behind these songs will bless you, and we'll get a live performance of Can't Shake Jesus.

Gordon also brought some guitars along for the ride! We'll get to hear him sing and play a little bit.

Josh Huisman is joined by Michael Tait and Jeff Frankenstein of the @newsboystv for episode 2 of The Josh Huisman Podcast.

In this episode Josh Huisman and Michael Tait & Jeff Frankenstein of the Newsboys discuss growing up as pastor's kids and how it prepared them to take a step of faith in the Christian Music Industry.

The ups and downs of ministry will be explored and how Michael Tait and the Newsboys found each other when both were at a low point. Other topics include how both men began their music careers and how God was at work, the latest trend of worship music in the CCM world, the disappointment of "deconstruction" in the CCM world, and even some bonus conversation on the beginnings of dcTalk.

Don't miss this fantastic episode!