Dr. Dan Allender joined us today on The StoryField.

Ever found yourself in a big conflict with your spouse because they did something that just set you off?

Maybe your marriage is full of consistent, slow boiling conflict under the surfaces due to the differences between you both.

Dr. Allender pressed deep into marriage, conflicts, and helping us think entirely differently about it while discussing the book he wrote with Dr. Steve Call entitled 'The Deep Rooted Marriage: Cultivating Healing, Intimacy and Delight which can be found HERE.

Listen in today and be encouraged.  There is hope for your marriage and healing will begin when you begin considering a few things we covered in this episode:

• the story you brought into your marriage
• your desires
• find out what is blinding you
• how do you hide in marriage
• becoming very curious about your spouse.

You will love this very authentic episode with Dr. Allender – he even told us about the recent big conflict in his marriage over a baked potato.

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Pastor Ed Dittfurth joined us today on The StoryField. 

Here is the deal.  Pastoring requires bearing a lot of burdens.  It requires counseling, hospital visits, death and funerals, constant calls of crisis or problems, weddings, and many many hours with people.

Its easy to see how Pastors or ministers can get numb, neutral, and burned out. 

We were honored to interview Pastor Ed today. He has served as Pastor of Cornerstone Church in Stephenville, Texas for over 26 years, but served it for 30+ years.  

Pastors, Ministry Leaders – this episode is a must-listen for you.  

Ed walks through his advice on maintaining “ministry rhythm” so you don’t burn out.  Talks about hard lessons learned and how to bear people’s burdens and gives us some practical advice on hospital visits; funerals; and counseling.

At God’s request, Ed has been asked to focus his efforts “outside the walls of the church” and let God handle the congregation.

Listen today for the encouragement you need from a long-term Pastor of a single church in one community.

You can reach Pastor Ed by email at [email protected].  Shoot him an email and give him some encouragement.

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Mike McHargue joined us today on The StoryField.

Mike has coached leaders and teams for over 25 years. 

He is the Founder/President of his consulting firm - Mike McHargue Consulting and is a Principal Consultant with Patrick Lencioni’s Table Group.  

He has worked with thousands of leaders and 500+ leadership teams during his career.

You must check out Mike’s recent book titled “That’s On Me: Seasoned Executives Confess Their Rookie Mistakes” where he collected stories of almost 40 seasoned C-suite veterans who share wisdom learned from big mistakes. 

Grab a copy of his book HERE.

If you are a business leader then tune in as Mike unpacks 5 big mistakes that if you stop making today, it will feel like shortcut for your business. 

PS.  Want more information about Mike – check out 
www.mikemchargueconsulting.com

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Sue Becker joined us today on The StoryField.

Sue is an expert on the incredible benefits of whole grain nutrition and baking with fresh milled flour.  The results are proven—your health and life will completely change if you start eating bread the way God intended – fresh milled. 

But don’t worry if you have no idea what that means.  We asked Sue!  

Milling your own flour is way easier than you think and eating its bread has been shown to be incredibly helpful to your health (even to the point of reversing major conditions) just by adding this miracle bread to your diet.

Sue is the founder of The Bread Beckers – check them out at https://www.breadbeckers.com/. There you can find REAL FOOD; ideas on complete nutrition lifestyle; and order everything you need to make God’s bread.

Don’t forget to grab a copy of Sue’s book The Essential Home-Ground Flour.

PS: Still have questions – check out https://www.youtube.com/@BreadBeckers for a ton of helpful videos. 

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We sat around the table with Charles Davis – a man who lives 3571 miles away in Petersburg, Alaska.

Charles is the owner and captain of an 84ft yacht known as the “Alaskan Legend”. If you have ever wanted to visit Alaska or spend some time on a Yacht, check out www.alaskayacht.com.

Charles loves Jesus; hears the voice of God; and has lived fearless in his very adventurous life.

Listen in today when we ask Charles about being one of the first people to ride a jet ski from Seattle, Washington through the Canadian and Alaskan inside passage into the Bearing Sea then across to Russia. They made a TV series about the adventures called Dangerous Waters – you can watch them on Amazon Prime here.

Finally, you do not want to miss Charles give his testimony how tithing changed everything for him and his businesses. 

Do not miss this amazing episode with this fearless man of God.

PS. Don’t forget to checkout www.alaskayacht.com to get information and book a trip on the Alaskan Legend.

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AJ Chambers joined us today on The StoryField.

AJ is the Associate Regional Director for the 83-year-old outreach ministry known world-wide as “Young Life”.

Young Life exists to introduce adolescents to Jesus Christ and help them grow in their faith.

What is the secret of Young Life?  We asked AJ pointedly—the answer:  Relationships. 

If you are around YL long enough, you know they deeply believe in “earning the right to be heard”.

Listen in today to learn from a Young Life veteran who has been reaching young people for Jesus for 18 years.  You’ll hear about “contact work”, “club”, “camp”, and “Campaigners”.

Our hope is you will be encouraged to jump in the mission and start introducing young people to Jesus – just like Young Life has been doing for 83 years.

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Joel Penton joined The StoryField today and shed some amazing light on what is available to public school kids DURING school--- Bible Education.

Yep, you heard it correctly.  

LifeWise Academy was formed in 2019.  In just a few short years they are operating in 24 states and 530+ schools with tens of thousands of children receiving Bible education during public school.

Joel and team have made it as easy as possible to get LifeWise Academy going in your community.  Check out LifeWise Academy to find out how!

Join us for this amazing interview to hear Joel’s story – one which includes playing football for the Ohio State University Buckeyes under Jim Tressel; speaking to thousands of students through the Speaker’s Bureau and Network he formed after graduation; and some more details about LifeWise’s large impact on many kids.

Joel is a husband; a father of 5 children; and the author of the book: “During School Hours: Why and How LifeWise Academy is reinstalling religious education into the public school day.” 

Grab a copy of his book here.

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Echo VanderWal joined the StoryField from Eswatini, the African country formerly known as Swaziland. 

Echo and her husband Harry moved to Eswatini in the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in 2005 the results of which left 20% of the entire country’s population orphaned. The country had the highest infection rate of HIV of anywhere.

They moved with 4-year-old triplets and a 1-year old daughter.

20 years later, we caught up with Echo and asked her about the origin story of The Luke Commission – www.lukecommission.org – which started with 8 local team members but now as a staff of 700 people; 45 departments; and operate out of the location called the Miracle Campus. 

The Luke Commission provides 1/3 of the entire country’s population with free, compassionate, patient-centered health care.  

If you need a faith re-charge then you must listen to this incredible interview and learn how God showed Echo and Harry how to scale a nonprofit with compassion and how faithful God has been at every “blind step of faith” as Echo says. 

Please consider supporting The Luke Commission by visiting www.lukecommission.org and becoming a partner today.

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If you knew Keven Hallock in years past, it would utterly shock you to know he is 2 years into his Christian journey and is walking so closely with Jesus.  What he knows about God is this – God’s love is unconditional. Keven has the story to prove it.

In fact, God calls Keven Hallock the “Son of a Shepherd”.

Once you hear of Keven’s story you will be encouraged to learn how patient and loving God is towards people.

Join us for this amazing in-person interview but here are some highlights:

• He left home at age 17.
• Lived in a hotel room in Las Vegas which was frequented by prostitutes.
• After being kicked out of Las Vegas for underage gambling, he drifted to California.
• Keven lived homeless in California for 4 years.
• Was a functioning alcoholic by age 18 and was a heavy drug user.
• Landed in Stephenville, Texas after his nation-wide journey of running away from his pain.

Keven just wanted to know where the Lord was in all the pain and trauma.  Well, he has an answer now. Listen to this fascinating story of complete devastation and destruction to complete transformation and redemption about the “Son of a Shepherd” and know that God loves you unconditionally. 

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I met Trey ages ago as our kiddos went to the same Daycare. Trey and Jen were just my type of crazy: loved the arts (band & theatre), loved the local community and encouraged kiddos everywhere they went to be better humans.

Trey has got do some amazing things in his life. March with The University of Texas
Longhorn Band, delivering some of the best cookies ever while running
Kevin’s Cookies, get to serve at local church and do some CHAOAWESOME things and then finally finding his sweet spot in helping local kids & those in Guatemala with basic food needs and malnutrition.

Join us for a journey through the ups and downs of kid born in Mississippi, to Del Rio, Texas to Austin, Texas, and to the mountainous areas of Guatemala.

Please consider supporting Ancora Ministries and all they work they are doing in central Texas and in Guatemala. 
AncoraMinistries.org

Ancora means “anchor” but is also means " Hope, Support, and Refuge"
- $5 feeds a Central TX child for a weekend. 
- $5 provides a month of nutrition for a child in Guatemala.

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