The Together Inspired Podcast

Alex Bryan interviews Jade Tuleu, Amy Lasher and Brendan Collins, three emerging leaders on the Mission Integration team. They discuss the value of diversity of thought in the workplace and relationships.

Alex Bryan interviews Jade Tuleu, Amy Lasher and Brendan Collins, three emerging leaders on the Mission Integration team. They discuss how celebrating diversity in the work place and what it means to be a organization that is welcoming.

A team from Adventist Health Lodi Memorial and Adventist Health Roseville traveled to Ethiopia to meet with government officials and tour local medical facilities in Addis Ababa and Bahir Dar. During the the group's time in Ethiopia they experienced a traditional coffee ceremony. The ceremony provided many lessons in hospitality.

Shelly Trumbo, Community Wellbeing executive, talks about what she learned from owning a coffee shop. She encourages people to audit their space to develop a warm and welcoming environment.

This week the world slows down to celebrate Christmas. Pastor Alex reflects on our hope in Jesus and what it means to be a light.

“Don’t worry about if you get the credit, or if your resume is built up enough. Just be faithful and be a little bit of light today. That is the Christmas story.” -Alex Bryan

Merry Christmas from The Together Inspired Podcast team.

This week, Alex Bryan interviews John Beaman, chief business officer at Adventist Health, about what it means to be a force for good. John shares stories of Adventist Health associates how live this guiding principle out at work and in their own lives.

“One thing that has always amazed me is when people take the time to be a force for good even when it isn’t part of their job description or normal work hours,” says John Beaman.

Shelly Trumbo, Community Integration executive, talks about the journey to her dream job. Shelly leads the Community Integration team at Adventist Health, where every day she has the opportunity to help change and impact the 80+ communities that Adventist Health serves on the West Coast. 

“Community transformation is about turning on lightbulbs one person at a time,” says Shelly Trumbo.

Miriam Cardenas-Aleman is a force for good in her community. In this episode she shares how a school-based medical clinic is impacting the California Central Valley and the Kings Canyon Unified School District.

“When you come to a situation where it feels like the lights have been turned off and you don’t really know how to find your way out, you need God’s love,” says Miriam Cardenas-Aleman.

This week we pause in our culture of love series to talk about how to be thankful and making thankfulness a habit. As we enter the holiday season, let us pause and give thanks.

“I think that being thankful is a habit. If its conditioned on circumstances I think we always find reasons not to be thankful.” -Alex Bryan

As we look at the guiding principle of "Be a force for good," Pastor Alex Bryan talks with Elder Ricardo Graham, president of the Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.

“When we are a force for good, we are actually a force for God.” -Ricardo Graham

In episode 62, Alex and Dustin Aho talk about the guiding principle, Be a force for good. The episode can be found here, https://www.adventisthealth.org/blog/2019/september/the-together-inspired-podcast-be-a-force-for-goo/