This Undivided Life

Dr Derwin L. Gray is the founding and lead pastor of Transformation Church a multiethnic, multigenerational, mission-shaped community in Indian Land, South Carolina, just south of Charlotte, North Carolina.
He’s married to Vicki, They have been married since 1992 and have two adult children, Presley and Jeremiah. After graduating from BYU, he played professional football in the National Football League for five years with the Indianapolis Colts (1993–1997) and one year with the Carolina Panthers (1998).
Gray is the author of Hero: Unleashing God’s Power in a Man’s Heart (2009), Limitless Life: You Are More Than Your Past When God Holds Your Future (2013), Crazy Grace for Crazy Times Bible Study (2015), and The High-Definition Leader (2015). And His newest book The Good Life: What Jesus Teaches about Finding True Happiness.

Joel Comm is a New York Times bestselling author, professional keynote speaker, social media marketing strategist, live video expert, technologist, brand influencer, futurist, and eternal twelve-year-old.

With more than two decades of experience harnessing the power of the web, publishing, social media, and mobile applications to expand reach and engage in active relationship marketing, Joel is a sought-after public speaker who leaves his audiences inspired, entertained, and armed with strategic tools to create highly effective new media campaigns.

His latest serendipitous project is as co-host of the Bad Crypto Podcast, a top cryptocurrency show making the future of digital payments easy for others to understand.

We talk about his new book The Fun Formula.

Troy talks about his story. He relates part of his story about his father who died at 46 of colon cancer. He also shares how his father continues to influence him in positive ways.

Scott Perkins, co-host of This Undivided Life shares a bit of his story. Growing up in New England moving to Florida, his sister's accident and early death. I mentioned it was episode 14, but it's 15.

Mike McHargue is a public educator trusted by millions to use empathy and deep scientific insights to help them navigate some of the most difficult parts of the human experience. He’s the host of Ask Science Mike, is the bestselling author of Finding God in the Waves, and You’re a Miracle (and a Pain in the Ass), and works as a science advisor and story consultant for film and television working with clients including Marvel Studios and Pete Holmes.

Mike has been featured in The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, The Huffington Post, and scores of other notable publications. Mike is an in-demand speaker appearing all over the world—including appearances at Google and MIT. Mike’s next book You are a Miracle (and a Pain in the Ass) comes out on April 28, 2020.

Mike co-founded The Liturgists and was a host of The Liturgists Podcast, but left the company and the podcast in 2019.

Mike lives in Los Angeles, CA with his wife Jenny, his daughters Madison and Macey, and their beloved dog, Ruby.

Carlos Whittaker is a People’s Choice Award winner, a former recording artist signed to a major label, a social media maven, and currently spends the majority of his time writing books and speaking on stages around the world. It really began when the Whittaker’s found their family in America’s spotlight with appearances on shows like CBS Early Morning, The Today Show and more when their viral video “Single Ladies Devastation” went viral. But for Carlos, his wife Heather and their three children, this viral moment was just a snapshot of the bigger picture.

Gerald serves as the Founder and President of the Stello Initiative, a 501c3 organization that mobilizes young adults to serve through service based conferences (For God So Loved Tour). Gerald’s passion for the next generation is best expressed by preaching biblical truth to students and adults around the globe. This passion has allowed him to speak to students at camps and conferences across the country including North Point Ministries, Bigstuf Camps, Passion City Church, Calvary Chapel, Momentum Conference, Orange Conference and many other events.

Gerald is the author of “Before You Go,” a resource designed to help students follow Jesus and grow in their faith after high school. He also co-authored Starting Now, a devotional for college freshman. And his third book, When Life Gives You Lemons: 3 must ask questions for navigating seasons of adversity.

Prior to his current role, Gerald spent 3 years doing non-profit work for the YMCA of Metro Atlanta, and 4 years as a student pastor at Browns Bridge Church.

Gerald is happily married to his beautiful wife Kiley and is father of twin girls Wesley Grace and Zoey Faith Fadayomi, he loves spending his free time cheering on Lebron James and browsing through the SNKRS app. They live in Atlanta.

Scott and Troy discuss the power of our positive words. The power of words that encourage and build up. We explore the ways in which these words can and do build a better world.

In this episode Scott & Troy discuss the power of our words. This episode is part one where we discuss the destructive power of our words. In next weeks episode we'll discuss how good words, positive words, encouraging words give us life.

Seth is a writer and photographer who loves the Ozarks, his wife and four boys, and a good collection of poems. He's the author of two books, both of which touch on addiction, sobriety, and spiritual formation. You can pickup a copy of The Book of Waking Up: Experiencing the Divine Love That Reorders a Life and the award winning book Coming Clean: A Story of Faith wherever books are sold.

We talk, art, books, creativity, photography and a love for good food. And yes we even talk about the hard stuff like addiction and pain.