The Flip Side with Noah Filipiak

Noah Filipiak interviews Pastor Tyler St. Clair about his upcoming

church plant on the NW side of Detroit, the neighborhood Tyler and his

wife both grew up in.  Tyler's target location is one of the "bad parts"

of Detroit, with all of the symptoms of urban poverty ever-present. 

After being guided to plant in other more financially viable areas,

Tyler discusses why he is staying committed to this needy area.  Noah

and Tyler discuss white privilege and the challenge of ministry

fundraising as a black man.  They also discuss the lost emphasis

Scripture puts on loving and ministering to the poor and the need for

the Church to be the body and not hoard all of the resources in suburban

areas.  They also discuss how a lot of church planting movements want

to make it look like they are ministering in the poor parts of Detroit,

when they really aren't.  Tyler also shares about a season of his life

where he rejected black preaching and theologians, and how God brought

him back to his roots and ethnic identity by introducing him to many

spiritual giants of the Christian faith who come from the

African-American Church.

Noah Filipiak interviews Pastor Tyler St. Clair about his upcoming

church plant on the NW side of Detroit, the neighborhood Tyler and his

wife both grew up in.  Tyler's target location is one of the "bad parts"

of Detroit, with all of the symptoms of urban poverty ever-present. 

After being guided to plant in other more financially viable areas,

Tyler discusses why he is staying committed to this needy area.  Noah

and Tyler discuss white privilege and the challenge of ministry

fundraising as a black man.  They also discuss the lost emphasis

Scripture puts on loving and ministering to the poor and the need for

the Church to be the body and not hoard all of the resources in suburban

areas.  They also discuss how a lot of church planting movements want

to make it look like they are ministering in the poor parts of Detroit,

when they really aren't.  Tyler also shares about a season of his life

where he rejected black preaching and theologians, and how God brought

him back to his roots and ethnic identity by introducing him to many

spiritual giants of the Christian faith who come from the

African-American Church.

Andrew Maxwell compiled an impressive career as Michigan State University's quarterback, his biggest season coming as the starter in 2012.  Maxwell finished his MSU career with 3014 passing yards, 14 touchdowns, and a 105.5 quarterback rating in 26 total games played.  After going undrafted, he had tryouts with the San Diego Chargers and New England Patriots in 2014. 

In this interview, Andrew and Noah Filipiak discuss what it was like emotionally for Andrew to be benched in Michigan State's bowl game in favor of Connor Cook, what that off-season was like, and what it was like to be benched again his senior season.  Noah and Andrew discuss all the ways we find our identity in things other than who we are in Christ, football a primary culprit of this in Andrew's life, the hard lessons God has taught him about trusting God, as well as why fans say such awful things toward players. 

Andrew Maxwell compiled an impressive career as Michigan State University's quarterback, his biggest season coming as the starter in 2012.  Maxwell finished his MSU career with 3014 passing yards, 14 touchdowns, and a 105.5 quarterback rating in 26 total games played.  After going undrafted, he had tryouts with the San Diego Chargers and New England Patriots in 2014. 

In this interview, Andrew and Noah Filipiak discuss what it was like emotionally for Andrew to be benched in Michigan State's bowl game in favor of Connor Cook, what that off-season was like, and what it was like to be benched again his senior season.  Noah and Andrew discuss all the ways we find our identity in things other than who we are in Christ, football a primary culprit of this in Andrew's life, the hard lessons God has taught him about trusting God, as well as why fans say such awful things toward players. 

The church Jeremy Dowsett started 10 years ago closed its doors in

2015.  In this interview with Noah Filipiak, Jeremy takes us behind the

curtain of how he's handled this emotionally and spiritually.  Every

church planter who has gone through this experience is going to be

unique and Jeremy is no exception.  The interview walks through the

flaws in Evangelical Protestantism that Jeremy experienced and how that

eventually led him to convert to Catholicism.  We also discuss the

emotional weight of pastoring a church plant and what it's been like to

be away from that weight, as well as if it's possible for a church

planter to truly experience the freedom of the gospel of grace while in

the midst of shouldering the load of church planting, or if the two are

mutually exclusive. Jeremy also wrote a blog post in 2014 that got so many hits it broke the Internet, making Noah jealous, which we also discuss.

Visit www.atacrossroads.net/podcast for more links and commentary about this interview.

The church Jeremy Dowsett started 10 years ago closed its doors in

2015.  In this interview with Noah Filipiak, Jeremy takes us behind the

curtain of how he's handled this emotionally and spiritually.  Every

church planter who has gone through this experience is going to be

unique and Jeremy is no exception.  The interview walks through the

flaws in Evangelical Protestantism that Jeremy experienced and how that

eventually led him to convert to Catholicism.  We also discuss the

emotional weight of pastoring a church plant and what it's been like to

be away from that weight, as well as if it's possible for a church

planter to truly experience the freedom of the gospel of grace while in

the midst of shouldering the load of church planting, or if the two are

mutually exclusive. Jeremy also wrote a blog post in 2014 that got so many hits it broke the Internet, making Noah jealous, which we also discuss.

Visit www.atacrossroads.net/podcast for more links and commentary about this interview.

Authors, veteran church planters, retreat leaders, and marriage and ministry leadership coaches Tom and Sandi Blaylock (Pawleys Island, SC) share with honesty, grace and transparency the many struggles they've endured as a married couple in ministry.  These experiences have given Tom and Sandi a wealth of wisdom on how married couples can heal their marriages.  This interview truly goes "behind the curtain" of the Blaylock's lives as ministry as host Noah Filipiak walks with Tom and Sandi through topics of working long hours, insecurity, woundedness, using ministry as a mistress, and what to do when a minister's spouse is not interested in doing ministry.  

Many people assume ministry leaders shouldn't have marital problems when in fact the position of ministry leadership innately brings with it unique marital opposition.  

Find Tom and Sandi at LifeWorthImitating.Blogspot.com and get a free copy of Chapter 1 of their book Marriage on Mission at MarriageOnMission.com

Authors, veteran church planters, retreat leaders, and marriage and ministry leadership coaches Tom and Sandi Blaylock (Pawleys Island, SC) share with honesty, grace and transparency the many struggles they've endured as a married couple in ministry.  These experiences have given Tom and Sandi a wealth of wisdom on how married couples can heal their marriages.  This interview truly goes "behind the curtain" of the Blaylock's lives as ministry as host Noah Filipiak walks with Tom and Sandi through topics of working long hours, insecurity, woundedness, using ministry as a mistress, and what to do when a minister's spouse is not interested in doing ministry.  

Many people assume ministry leaders shouldn't have marital problems when in fact the position of ministry leadership innately brings with it unique marital opposition.  

Find Tom and Sandi at LifeWorthImitating.Blogspot.com and get a free copy of Chapter 1 of their book Marriage on Mission at MarriageOnMission.com

Susie Finkbeiner has written three novels, with her recent A Cup of Dust

being released today, October 27th, with Kregel Publishers.  In this

episode, Noah Filipiak interviews Susie about exhaustion, how to handle

exhaustion, the superficiality of "puppy hug and rainbow kiss"

Christianity (and Christian fiction), politics and how to stay grounded.

Susie Finkbeiner has written three novels, with her recent A Cup of Dust

being released today, October 27th, with Kregel Publishers.  In this

episode, Noah Filipiak interviews Susie about exhaustion, how to handle

exhaustion, the superficiality of "puppy hug and rainbow kiss"

Christianity (and Christian fiction), politics and how to stay grounded.