WellSpring SoulCARE

James K. A. Smith is professor of philosophy at Calvin University, where he holds the Gary & Henrietta Byker Chair in Applied Reformed Theology and Worldview. Trained as a philosopher with a focus on contemporary French thought, Smith has expanded on that scholarly platform to become an engaged public intellectual and cultural critic. An award-winning author and a widely traveled speaker, he has emerged as a thought leader with a unique gift of translation, building bridges between the academy, society, and the church.

Brian is one of our teaching pastors at PBC Cupertino when it opened in 1985, and has a special love for Hebrew, Psalms, poetry and Romania. With his wife Emily they have three daughters, two son-in-laws, and six grandchildren.

Climbing With the Psalms Worksheet

Prayer Walks

Breath Prayer Walk

Life Lesson Walk

Six Step Prayer Walking Exercise

Personal Encounter Prayer Walk

Adam Peacocke is a lifelong Santa Rosa, CA resident who has been a passionate leader in the recovery efforts from the 2017 October wildfires that devastated Santa Rosa and surrounding Sonoma County. Out of the devastation, Adam saw the potential for his county to find new, more effective ways of providing disaster relief. After pastoring for 15 years, Adam resigned to found Rebuilding Our Community Sonoma County, a 501(c)(3) non-profit ministry designed to help local churches increase the effectiveness of their service and giving to their community and connect non-profits and faith community groups to offer practical assistance and hope. ROC Sonoma County has established and maintained a collaborative network connecting faith-based, non-profit, governmental, business, and other organizations to provide coordinated disaster recovery efforts. Adam and his wife, Jo, have four children.

Three vignettes into the gift of the SoulCARE experience.

Daniel Stid is the former Program Director of U.S. Democracy at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, leading the foundation’s grantmaking to support the key values and institutions of U.S. democracy–in particular Congress, the first branch of government–in our polarized age.

Previously, Daniel was a partner at The Bridgespan Group, a nonprofit consultancy, where he helped coordinate the organization’s work with federal, state, and local government agencies and advised nonprofit and foundation clients supporting children, youth, and families. Daniel began his career as a political scientist teaching at Wabash College and served as a Congressional Fellow on the staff of the House Majority Leader. He is the author of The President as Statesman: Woodrow Wilson and the Constitution.

A graduate of Hope College, he holds an MPhil in politics from Oxford University and a doctorate in government from Harvard University. Daniel is proud to have been commissioned an honorary Kentucky Colonel for his service to the Commonwealth.

Additional Resources/Reading

One America Movement

Braver Angels Organization

Daniel Stid Article:

Upcoming Article from the Atlantic

Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum article on partisanship

Andrea Coli serves as the Executive Director of Lead Bold, and she is passionate about affirming and activating female ministry leaders. She has been in ministry for over 25 years and currently serves as the Teaching Pastor at CrossWinds Church in California's Bay Area. Andrea is part of the teaching team for Preacher Chicks United, an incubator for women of color to cultivate their gifts of preaching and teaching. She loves connecting with women leaders. You can find her on Facebook or Instagram.

Register for Lead Bold's Inspired to Lead Virtual Event on Saturday 4/30 at 9:00am -12:00pm PT. Use promo code WELLSPRING for $15 off your ticket.

Inspired to Lead is a virtual gathering of ministry leaders eager to connect and learn together. Most of us have figured out how to muster up some confidence…or even fake it when needed. But how do we authentically nurture leadership confidence and lead boldly wherever God has called us?  

For the past 11 years, Anthony was the Executive Director and Pastor for the Center Ministries at Peninsula Covenant Church (PCC) in Redwood City. Prior to joining the PCC staff, he spent nearly 21 years in high tech as an enterprise software sales executive and as a marketing executive. Anthony joins the Wellspring team as the new executive director. This is his SoulCARE story.

Celebrated Christian author Philip Yancey discusses his latest release, a book he calls a "kind of prequel to everything else I’ve written," — his memoir, Where the Light Fell.

Bishop Hunter has expressed his kingdom-Spirit-formation-church-culture focus in various settings. He the founding bishop of The Diocese of Churches for the Sake of Others, a diocese of the Anglican Church in North America. Bishop Hunter is past President of Alpha USA, former National Director for the Association of Vineyard Churches, and retired founding pastor of Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Costa Mesa, California. He is the author of Christianity Beyond Belief: Following Jesus for the Sake of Others, Giving Church Another Chance, The Outsider Interviews, The Accidental Anglican, Our Favorite Sins and Our Character at Work.

Bishop Hunter is also the founder of the Center for Formation, Justice and Peace. The Center’s interdenominational community seeks to develop the Christlike character necessary to activate justice, leading to a life of deep peace for all people. In addition, Bishop Todd serves as founder and president of The Telos Collective, an organization dedicated to forming leaders at the intersection of gospel and culture.

AJ Sherrill (DMin, Fuller Theological Seminary) has more than twenty years of experience as a pastor, including as lead pastor at Mars Hill Bible Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is now lead pastor at St. Peter's Church in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. He is an adjunct professor at Fuller Theological Seminary, where he teaches popular courses on transformational preaching and the Enneagram.

His latest book, BEING WITH GOD, is available now.