When the Fire Burns: Navigating the Prophet Gift with Sydney

Join Ben and our guest Sydney as they explore what it means to carry the prophet spiritual gift—its struggles, wins, and how to tell God’s prompting apart from personal emotion. Topics include learning your gifting, praying before you speak, biblical roots for prophetic care, shepherding the church, and practical examples of discernment and reconciliation.

Expect honest stories about mistakes and growth, guidance for younger prophets, the role of Scripture in prophetic life, and reflections on loss as a prophetic voice leaves the community.

Mercy in the Mountains: Desi’s Journey from Exterminator to Soul Care.

Join us in a snowy Montana morning as Ben interviews Desi about discovering his mercy charisma gift and how that calling reshaped his life—from blue‑collar jobs and sales to serving staff and leaders at Refuge. The conversation traces his early instincts to help, surprising past as an exterminator, and how everyday roles revealed his gift long before he named it.

Topics include the practical work Desi leads at Refuge (the Servant Academy), one‑on‑one check‑ins with young staff, building discipleship through care and action plans, partnership with Wild at Heart, and candid stories of spiritual warfare and deliverance prayer. He also shares how men can balance masculine strength with compassionate vulnerability and the emotional costs of carrying others’ struggles. Men can have the mercy charisma gift as often as women do, while allowing God to blend their masculinity with compassion. 

Expect personal stories, practical mentoring tools, encouragement for young men seeking purpose, and a reminder that God’s timing and community shape growth—plus book and podcast recommendations for those wanting to go deeper.

Desi's interview on Wild At Heart Podcast can be found here 

Leadership Development across Africa; hear Pastor Jalomi’s Vision to Transform a Nation and the Continent. 

Pastor Jalomi explains his work with The Leadership Farm, sharing a long-term vision to raise servant leaders and empower African youth to transform communities, break dependency, and steward natural and human resources wisely. He uses biblical examples—Joseph, Daniel, and Jesus—to illustrate strategic nation-building, value creation, and the importance of bridging salvation with societal transformation.

The conversation also covers concrete leadership practices—training pastors, developing practical skills, disrupting unproductive situations calmly, franchising wisdom across communities—and encouragement for emerging leaders to serve, volunteer, learn by doing, and build international partnerships to accelerate sustainable change.

From Skeptic to Servant: Jeff’s Journey with the Giver Gift.

In this episode of Navigate My Gift we sit down with Jeff, a recent Navigate graduate, to explore his discovery of the Giver gift. Jeff shares how skepticism turned into clarity as the program helped him connect past choices—like volunteering with Habitat for Humanity and long-term philanthropy—to a consistent pattern of intentional service. Topics include decision-making as a giver, using gifts wisely in later life seasons, and examples of practical stewardship in family and community.

Key takeaways include the value of group learning in Navigate, advice to discover your gift early, the shadow-side challenge of prioritizing external generosity over family, and Jeff’s next steps: potential board service, family legacy planning, and supporting evangelistic efforts. Expect honest reflection, actionable encouragement, and a model of openness to what God is calling you to do next.

Embracing the Exhorter: From Burnout to Boundary-Bold Living

In this episode of Navigate My Gift, Em shares her journey from counselor burnout to discovering and stepping into her spiritual gift. Em discusses how the Exhorter gift shaped her counseling work, the challenges of relational tension and burnout, and the practical boundaries and rhythms that helped her heal.

Topics covered include identifying spiritual gifts, using exhortation in everyday life, building supportive inner circles, and navigating highs and lows. Em offers personal stories—inviting a neighbor to church, reconnecting friends for mutual blessing, and the powerful transformation of students she counseled—and explains how journaling, photos, and trusted mentors sustain her. She also talks about launching a lifestyle wellness brand, Linea speaking engagements, and how listeners can support or connect with her.

From starting a business, to remembering what's in each of 250 pallets David explains how he has used his Spiritual gift of teaching as practical advantage. David helps us differentiate between the leader gift and the teacher gift, and how the distinction has brought so much freedom and clarity in how he serves God. David is a fantastic example to learn from, thank you David!

Dave The Noticer has the servant gift. If you're lookin' for good story tellin' in a thick Wisconsin accent - let Dave serve you, and your ears. He has learned many lessons about this gift through the years, and heard directly from God about how he is to use it. Thank you Dave for serving God, serving others and letting us enjoy you. Thank you for your transparency, laughs and even a bonus story of a deer hunter out of Shawano.

Stephanie openly shares how she's learning to use the prophet gift in her life. From "immature" mistakes to bringing goodness to the world around her, Stephanie shares the lessons she's learning as well as the deep passion to use her gift effectively. 

Casey had her mercy gift actively discouraged and attempted to be shut down early in her life. Today, she’s courageously embracing it by sitting with people in their deepest pain—listening without judgment, offering tears, compassion, genuine care, and the powerful extension of mercy - her presence.

In this honest and vulnerable conversation, Casey shares how mercy-gifted people can move from exhaustion and resentment into healthier rhythms. You’ll discover practical ways to set emotional boundaries with destructive people and finally release the heavy pain you’ve been carrying for others.

Get ready for a fresh, hope-filled perspective on what it really looks like to live freely in the gift of mercy.

Damian has embraced the Leader gift for decades, now leading leaders across his home state. Be prepared to not only learn about the Leader gifting, but how the Lord would use a humble leader to live a lifetime of leadership and influence. 

Head to https://damianmlacroix.com/ to book coaching, speaking or workshops with Damian!