Ridge University Podcast

When people think about the primary work of a church, they tend to picture a large gathering on Sunday morning. But Jesus envisioned something more. The church wasn’t meant simply to gather people together, but to scatter them into the world — building relationships, serving others, and showing people the love of God.

That work takes many forms. In this series, we’re sitting down with the people on the front lines of it: church ministry leaders. We’ll hear what God is up to in their corners of the world, learn about the people they’re reaching and discuss the challenges and joys of bringing faith to life beyond the church walls.

In this episode, host Neil Erredge talks with Will Herron about leading a community of young adults. These twenty-somethings are hungry for truth, full of questions, and deeply relational. 

When people think about the primary work of a church, they tend to picture a large gathering on Sunday morning. But Jesus envisioned something more. The church wasn’t meant simply to gather people together, but to scatter them into the world — building relationships, serving others, and showing people the love of God.

That work takes many forms. In this series, we’re sitting down with the people on the front lines of it: church ministry leaders. We’ll hear what God is up to in their corners of the world, learn about the people they’re reaching and discuss the challenges and joys of bringing faith to life beyond the church walls.

In this episode, host Neil Erredge talks with Will Herron about leading a community of young adults. These twenty-somethings are hungry for truth, full of questions, and deeply relational.

Each year, The Ridge supports missions work all around the world. In this series, we'll take you behind the scenes with some of our partners so you can catch a glimpse of the amazing, life-changing things God is doing in the mission field.

In season three, we're focusing on domestic missions, and in our final episode, we introduce you not to a missionary but rather to the parents of one, the people responsible for loving, supporting and encouraging from back home. Mark and Beth Densmore have watched their son Samson and daughter-in-law Chloe step into international missions work over the past year. Here, they talk about the mixed emotions that come with the territory and share some highlights from the past several months.

Each year, The Ridge supports missions work all around the world. In this series, we'll take you behind the scenes with some of our partners so you can catch a glimpse of the amazing, life-changing things God is doing in the mission field.

In season three, we're focusing on domestic missions, and in our second episode, we introduce you to Tara Erredge, director of KidsHope USA at The Ridge. Tara and her team of volunteers are making an impact in the lives of local school children by giving them individual attention on a regular basis. For at-risk children, the consistent presence of a caring adult can have profound impacts on their self-regulation, social skills and academic success.

Each year, The Ridge supports missions work all around the world. In this series, we'll take you behind the scenes with some of our partners so you can catch a glimpse of the amazing, life-changing things God is doing in the mission field.

In season three, we're focusing on domestic missions, and in our first episode, we introduce you to Craig Smiens whose work in disaster relief has shown him the importance of meeting both physical and spiritual needs of people in crisis.

Over the last number of years, the presence of AI technology has slowly and quietly permeated our spheres of work, leisure, and even faith. As is true of all technology, it carries both positive and negative potential. Question is: how should we go about using this technology in a God honoring way? What, if anything, does the Bible have to teach us about it?

Join your Big Questions of Faith hosts Dayne Logan and Will Herron as they explore these questions and more in episode three of our fourth season.

In the past eight years, gambling wagers in the United States have increased — you might want to sit down — 3,000 percent. No, that's not a typo! Americans are gambling a lot, and they're doing it in lots of new ways. Sports betting is the chief driver, but new prediction markets have taken wagers into the worlds of politics, pop culture, current events and much more. Let's hit pause for a moment to consider what the Bible has to say about gambling. Are Christians allowed to gamble? And, perhaps more importantly, why do we want to?

Join your Big Questions of Faith hosts Dayne Logan and Will Herron as they explore these questions and more in episode two of our fourth season.

Recent statistics show that the average American spends north of seven ours a day on a phone or computer with a little over half spent consuming video content. Truth is, we've never had access to more media content than we do currently. Yet how should we respond to these trends as Christians? How do we go about making decisions about our media diet: what we should/should not watch or listen to?

Join your Big Questions of Faith hosts Dayne Logan and Will Herron as they explore these questions and more in episode one of our fourth series.

In The Shift, we're exploring the impact of major life events on our priorities — including our commitments to faith and church communities. For some, these moments of change lead us closer to God and the family of faith; for others, these transitions put their faith and their priorities to the test.

In this episode, host Dayne Logan sits down with Bob Craig, a recent retiree, to discuss how we can find purpose beyond the 9-to-5 and the importance of leaning into faith and community in life's later years.

In The Shift, we're exploring the impact of major life events (marriage, new jobs, retirement, the birth of a child, etc.) on our priorities — including our commitments to faith and church communities. For some, these moments of change lead us closer to God and the family of faith; for others, these transitions put their faith and their priorities to the test.

In this episode, host Dayne Logan sits down with Daniel and Kendall Way, a young couple about to welcome their first child. They discuss the impact Young Adults Ministry has had on the couple, the growth that often comes through new experiences and the importance of showing up even when we're not entirely sure what God is up to.