Michael Brumbaugh, a native of Harborcreek, Pennsylvania, exemplifies a life of service, leadership, and unwavering faith. Growing up, Michael spent 14 years playing competitive ice hockey, culminating in reaching the elite AAA level with the Erie Travel Hockey League. After graduating from high school in 2000, he briefly pursued a degree in criminal justice at Mercyhurst College Northeast. However, he soon felt a greater calling and enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in January 2001, marking the start of an exceptional military service. Michael completed bootcamp at Parris Island, South Carolina, and the Infantry Training Battalion in North Carolina before joining Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines at Camp Pendleton, California. His military service included a deployment with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (SOC) in 2002 and two combat deployments to Iraq in 2003 and Al Fallujah in 2004, where he served as an operations specialist. Following his honorable discharge in 2005, Michael pursued higher education, earning an Associate's Degree in Business Marketing and Management from Tri-State Business Institute. In late 2005, Michael experienced a spiritual transformation, accepting Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior at a Weekend to Remember event by FamilyLife. He publicly affirmed his faith through baptism in 2006 at Erie First Assembly of God in Erie, Pennsylvania. That same year, on May 27, 2006, Michael married Liz (Sabulsky), committing to build a Christ-centered family. The couple welcomed their first child, Caleb, in Pennsylvania. In January 2009, the Brumbaugh family relocated to Colorado, where Michael began working for the Colorado State Department of Corrections. In October 2010, he transitioned to the U.S. Department of Justice and earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Behavioral Science, graduating summa cum laude from Colorado State University. During this time, the family welcomed their second child, Paige, further enriching their lives. Michael now serves with the Department of Homeland Security, where he has made a significant impact through his dedication and expertise. In 2021, Michael and his family became active members of Brave Church in Colorado. His passion for serving God and others flourished as he stepped into roles such as Corps Director, a member of the Emergency Response Team, and currently as a Shepherding Elder. He also leads a weekly men’s Bible study at his home, affectionately called "Tun Tavern 2," where he mentors and disciples other men in their spiritual journeys. Guided by the principles of serving his family, loving his wife as Christ loved the church, and raising his children in faith, Michael exemplifies a life of purpose and integrity. His unwavering commitment is anchored in the words of Joshua 24:15 (NASB): “But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” This verse encapsulates his devotion to living a life that honors God in all aspects. Uncommon Disciple helps everyday men build an eternal legacy. We believe God created men to be leaders of honor, integrity, strength and grace. The probelm is that while many men desire to become all God has called them to be, they burn out along the way. Fathers desire to be godly examples to their children but carry the guilt and shame of their failures. Young singles may be full of vision, but they lack the wisdom and endurance to stay on course to fulfillment. These all-to-common stories are the reason we believe God is calling us to build uncommon disciples. Much more than resources, conferences, and community groups, Uncommon Disciple is a movement of men seeking sustainable life change. Make sure you subscribe and stay tuned to everything we are doing. Want to get more training? - https://bomjitsu.com Need support? https://uncommondisciple.com Follow us on: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Uncommon.Disciple Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@uncommondisciple

Matt Stack is a Marine Corps veteran, author, speaker, and devoted family man. He is the author of Killing Chaos: How Veterans Can Win The War They Didn’t Even Know They Were Fighting, a transformative book that helps veterans overcome self-sabotage and find healing after their service. Matt is also the founder of two impactful organizations: Healing Chaos, which supports veterans on their journey to recovery, and Reindeer Games, a Christmas video game charity bringing joy to children during the holidays. Deeply committed to his community, Matt has run for city council, served on a city board, been a Pastor and was a member of the Military Affairs Council, advocating for service members and veterans. Married to his wife for 13 years, Matt is a proud father of four and strives to inspire others through his faith, family, and service. Uncommon Disciple helps everyday men build an eternal legacy. We believe God created men to be leaders of honor, integrity, strength and grace. The probelm is that while many men desire to become all God has called them to be, they burn out along the way. Fathers desire to be godly examples to their children but carry the guilt and shame of their failures. Young singles may be full of vision, but they lack the wisdom and endurance to stay on course to fulfillment. These all-to-common stories are the reason we believe God is calling us to build uncommon disciples. Much more than resources, conferences, and community groups, Uncommon Disciple is a movement of men seeking sustainable life change. Make sure you subscribe and stay tuned to everything we are doing. Want to get more training? - https://bomjitsu.com Need support? https://uncommondisciple.com Follow us on: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Uncommon.Disciple Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@uncommondisciple

Join Michael and repeat guest, Jimmy Graham, as they discuss the dangers of thinking we've arrived either vocationally or spiritually.

The symptoms of such thinking include complacency, complaining and criticizing. We tell you how to navigate these symptoms and what to do about them.

In this episode Mike and Jarrod sit down to discuss a recent comment they had in a public space saying its cool to see other undercover Christians blending in. We discuss this concept and as men are we supposed to blending in? Are we called to live different? We discuss this and more.

A native of north central New Jersey, Pastor Mark Nigro has spent the last 30 years serving the Lord around the world. After being part of a church-planting team in Serbia in the mid-‘90s, Mark returned to the US in 1997 with his wife, Renata to serve as missions pastor at Calvary Chapel Old Bridge. In 2001 the Lord led them to Italy, where Mark initially served as assistant pastor at Calvary Chapel Montebelluna before planting and pastoring Calvary Chapel Treviso from 2005 – 2013. Following their tenure in Italy, they returned to the US and Mark served both as the Director of Operations at Calvary Chapel Bible College and as associate pastor for Cross Culture Ministries. Since 2020, the Nigro family resides in Howell, NJ where Mark serves as Executive Pastor with Cornerstone Church. A musician, writer and motorcycle enthusiast, Mark has a BA in Theology from South African Theological Seminary, and a MA in Executive Leadership from Liberty University. Mark and Renata are proud parents to their son Luka (17) and daughter Matea (15).

Nick was born and raised In Las Vegas by a strong godly single mother. He grew up in the church and played a very active role at Cornerstone Christian Fellowship. Once he turned 18, his choices led him on a path of destruction. His mom being a very strong woman of God saw his path and where he was heading and gave him an ultimatum.  Go to college, join the military or choose life on the streets of Vegas. His decision was the military and a week later he was on his way to San Diego to the Marine Corp Recruit Depot in November of 2000.

After bootcamp, he was assigned to Infantry. He thought it was going to be an easy 4 years since he joined during peace time but all of that changed on Sept 11, 2001. He was sent to Iraq during the initial invasion and spent almost 3 years in active combat. He was in Nasiriyah during the initial push and experienced some pretty intense life changing events. He Also fought in Fallujah losing numerous friends and his convoys were frequently hit by IED’s. The experience of real combat pushed him farther into spiritual darkness.

After leaving the military, he received a job at a nightclub making great money. He would end up becoming Director of Security for many clubs and also worked in private armed security for high profile individuals and as a bounty hunter. After one of his bounty jobs went bad, he found himself with a heavy legal liability that almost cost him 30 years prison. During that time as he waited for the trial, he moved to California to attempt to his act together and build his relationship with God. Things didn’t go as planned and he ended up losing his apartment and was homeless for almost 3 years. During that time, he was drinking heavily and began smoke marijuana to deal with the physical and emotional pain of war. This all led to a suicide attempt where his weapon misfired by God’s grace.

This began new beginning and a new walk with God. He moved back home, went to court and all of his legal charges were dropped. He started to go back church, surrounded himself with Godly men began to volunteer at the Church. There met and married his wife Katie and they moved to Colorado. God led him to Reach Church where he devoted his life to full time ministry. He is the father of 3 beautiful girls and serves in various aspects of ministry.

Kevin Utile became a Christian in 2004 and began serving about a year afterward in youth ministry. He then moved on to become the youth director and bible teacher for teenagers in 2006 at Calvary Chapel Santa Cruz. Soon after he moved his family to Costa Mesa, CA to do music ministry full time and we began attending Calvary Chapel San Juan Capistrano, CA.

He became the Jr High pastor and marriage pastor in 2012 for CCSJC. Three years later God called him to plant a Calvary Chapel in Boulder, CO. After a couple years of planting and plodding in Boulder he was asked to take the pastorate at Calvary Chapel Broomfield in 2018.  They changed the name of the church to Reach Church in 2020. In addition to pastoring full time, Kevin started Doulos Coffee Co with his executive pastor as a way to evangelize our community while providing financially for the ministry. Kevin and his wife Ashley have been married for 15 years, and they have four boys Titus, Ezra, Zion, Judah and their baby girl Adeline.

Larry Glines is a man of God and has been married to his wife Yvonne for almost 30 years. Larry speaks about his transition from being a successful burned-out businessman with his plumbing business to a jiu-jitsu academy owner. He has 5 children and 4 grandchildren. He loves the outdoors in NE Florida and enjoys surfing, fishing and Jiu Jitsu. He is the owner of FOYA Jiu Jitsu Academy in St Augustine, FL and received blackbelts in both Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Judo.

Returning to the podcast is Pastor Mike McCarrick.

Pastor McCarrick has been involved in ministry for as long as he can remember. Mike was raised in New Jersey in a Christian home. He developed a genuine love for Jesus and began serving the Lord at a young age. He grew up as a pastor’s kid, watching his home church of Cornerstone Calvary Chapel grow from a small gathering in his family’s living room to a thriving ministry in Howell, New Jersey. 

In the teen years, Mike’s passion and commitment to Jesus grew, as did his love for worship music. He began leading worship regularly in his school and church, and in 2004, at age 18, he became the full time worship leader at Cornerstone. He took a brief break to complete an intense four month discipleship and Bible training  program in Montana in 2005. He returned to New Jersey to lead the youth ministry and continue  leading worship, and in 2008 he was officially ordained. The Lord had transformed Mike’s dream of  playing professional baseball into a desire to devote his life to serving the Lord in ministry. 

Mike married his high school sweetheart, Lauren, in 2007. Two years later, they answered a call to the  mission field and served with a discipleship ministry in both The Bahamas and Brazil for a year, bringing  their first baby, Hannah, along for the adventure. During that time, they felt a strong calling from God  that they would be returning to New Jersey where Mike would one day pastor Cornerstone, the church  that his father, Chris McCarrick, had founded in their living room in 1994.  

Mike and Lauren moved back to New Jersey in 2010. They served in ministry at Cornerstone as the Lord  grew their family, and they now have four beautiful, energetic children. Mike fulfilled the role of  assistant and worship pastor under his dad for ten years. In 2020, during the height of the pandemic,  Mike took on the role of lead pastor at Cornerstone Calvary Chapel, now Cornerstone Church. The Lord  grew his passion for teaching God’s word, and God continues to strengthen Mike with joy and wisdom  as he faithfully serves the family of God.

On today's episode of Uncommon Disciple, Michael is joined by 2x Super Bowl champion Lee Rouson.

Lee is from Greensboro, NC. He attended Page Senior High School. Lee varsity-lettered in several sports and was an integral part of the Page Pirate community. He went on to receive a full scholarship to the University of Colorado where he played for Coach Bill McCartney. Lee was the 4th all-time leading rusher at Colorado from 1980 - 84. He was a key factor in turning the Colorado Buffaloes’ program around to become a National Champion.

Lee was drafted by the New York Giants and played under Bill Parcells for six years and won two Super Bowl rings with the Giants. He was Special Teams player of the year in 1986. Lee's Professional Football career was ended because of ankle injury. In his final year in the NFL, he was a starting Full Back and Tight End with the Cleveland Browns under Coach Bill Belicheck.

Lee has worked as a professional speaker with Sports World Ministries for over 20 years. He has served as Director of North Jersey for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes for 15 years, and presently sits on the board, serving North Jersey FCA. Lee helped to plant the New Horizon Church Ministry serving as Associate Pastor and praise and worship leader under the leadership of Pastor Michel Faulkner beginning in 2006.

Lee recently worked as manager for the mentoring and leadership program in the Mount Olive Township School District. He serves as a board member for Legacy Minded Men and a Board Trustee for Pillar College. Lee obtained a BA in Business Management at Malone University in Canton, Ohio. Also, Lee has an MBA with a concentration in Workplace Conflict Management. Currently, Lee is the Principal Executive for an LLC; Move Your Chains, a consulting company that looks to work within the educational and business industries. Lee works tirelessly throughout the community encouraging everyone from the youth to the elderly with the message of Hope.

Lee and his wife, Lisa, have four children and five grandchildren.