Stephen Hester is a worship pastor, and singer-songwriter originally from Louisville, Kentucky but now living in Knoxville, Tennessee. Today, he joins Sam to talk about life and songwriting and share his newest song, "Christmas in Kentucky," a nostalgic meander between joy and longing that hangs on to all the hope and warmth of this season.

Check out Stephen on Spotify and listen to "Christmas in Kentucky."

Today's story is one of mine where I talk about Alabama football fans, get annoyed, and then decide to talk about something else: a time I got pulled over. 

On the podcast today is a story where I share with you one of my favorite roads in the world.

For the first episode of the podcast, I'm telling a story about the last time I ever went whitewater rafting (spoiler alert: I almost died).