Take Root

Brandon Heath is a singer- songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee where he lives with his wife and two little girls. He has received an Emmy Award, five Grammy nominations and and an American Music Award nomination. He has been honored as a six-time GMA Dove Award recipient, including back to back Male Vocalist of the Year awards for Give Me Your Eyes and Love Neve Fails. His music continues to reveal his deep faith, and powerfully tells the story that God is writing in his life and the lives of others.

https://brandonheathmusic.com

Heather Tuininga is a Principal at 10/10 Strategies where she offers Philanthropic advising. She has a heart of generosity, and a deep desire to live her life by abiding in Christ. She and her husband Eric are parents to an adorable little girl named Kate, and live in Issaquah, Washington.

Rick Newell is the founder of M.U.S.T.  (Mentoring Urban Students and Teens), the owner of  Fairway Studios, and founder of Hope Herd, a new ministry focused on caring for foster children.  In 2012, Rick took a huge leap of faith out of a successful career in technology to follow God's calling to to start M.U.S.T., a mentoring program designed to help youth graduate from high school on time and go to college.   Rick has recently founded a new ministry called Hope Heard, using a similar model of mentoring to support foster families.  He is also the incredibly creative author of Life in the Trap (a golf comic strip), and he is passionate in his role as husband to Rebecca and dad to their four boys.  

https://mentoringisamust.org

https://hopeherd.org

https://lifeinthetrap.com

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Tim Mackie is the Co-founder/ Chief Education Officer of the Bible Project who has a deep passion for helping people to understand how the overall biblical story works together and leads us to Jesus.  With a degree in theology, and a PhD in Hebrew Bible and Jewish Studies, Tim has the unique ability to explain scripture and make the stories come alive (along with the artistry of dear friend and colleague Jonathan Collins).

 https://bibleproject.com  

Tim also hosts a podcast called "Exploring My Strange Bible" -   https://bibleproject.com/tim-mackie/

Sebastian Rogers is the CEO of Peripheral Vision, a documentary film production company that seeks to empower the vision, narratives and leadership of marginalized people, and use the power of story to help us see them in a new way.  Still on a journey of healing from his own childhood trauma, he is a lover of people and is passionate about being a loving husband and dad.  

Listen in as he humbly invites us to see others as God sees them.   

www.pvpdx.com  

www.higheaglefilm.com   (documentary in progress)

Marilyn Vancil is a Spiritual Director, Life Coach and Certified Enneagram Professional. She is the author of Self to Lose, Self to Find, which gives a biblical approach to the nine Enneagram types.  This mother of four and grandma to 11 has ample wisdom to share about how people can discover their core identity.     

Margo Jarvies-Engberg is President and CEO of Pinkabella Cupcakes and PB Franchising. She and her husband Doug have raised five beautiful children, four of whom are adopted. You will be amazed at the story of how the vision for a business came out of a desire to adopt and a passion for kids to experience the simple joy of a birthday cupcake.

Dr. Gregory Jantz is the founder of The Center • A Place of Hope, the author of over 40 books, and a go-to media source expert on a range of behavioral-based afflictions, drug and alcohol addictions, and more.  In this episode he shares thoughtful insights and resources which are especially helpful in these challenging times.  

Find out more at: https://www.aplaceofhope.com

Margo Jarvies-Engberg is President and CEO of Pinkabella Cupcakes and PB Franchising. She is married to Doug, and they have raised five beautiful children. In this episode, you will be blessed by the story of how Margo's vision for a business came from her passion for ALL kids to experience love and celebration in their lives.

Bob Lonac planned to be a businessman, but God led him down a very different path.  He was a Senior VP at Young Life for 32 years, then the COO of International Justice Mission, and most recently the CEO of CRISTA Ministries. Now Bob is a coach, consultant and teacher with a wealth of experience and wisdom to share. He is the author of Live Large! Seven Lasting Lessons for Navigating Life's Twists and Turns and is currently learning new life lessons from his precious granddaughter.