The finale of our second season! After our adventure through a wide range of interviews, it's time to bring it all together into a meaningful final picture. I'd say this is as political as I get, and as symbolic. Buckle your safety belts everyone (or better put, snap on your life jackets). *Story written and read by Wes Young.

Today’s episode looks at missions: the movement and desire of the Church to reach out. Our pastor interviewee is Rev. Glenn Jakes of Perry Presbyterian Church in Perry, GA. Find them online at perrypres.com, on Facebook @pcaperrygeorgia, and on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyhG9VAZhSje-xy6ajTidRg. Their physical address is 1111 Second Street, Perry, GA 31069.

This East and Wes episode spotlights a pastor and former police chief in Vidalia, GA. Pastor BL Horne of South Thompson Baptist Church explores the oft misunderstood topic of the “churched” and the “unchurched.” What does that mean? How are these two groups related? Etc. Find South Thompson on Facebook by searching for “South Thompson Baptist Church,” or try this link: https://www.facebook.com/souththompson.baptistchurch.35/timeline?lst=89400036%3A100018003947596%3A1600078383. South Thompson’s physical address is 225 South Thompson Road, Vidalia, GA 30474.

This episode of East and Wes investigates the varied worship styles of the Church, exploring both what this variety means and how we should navigate it. Today’s feature pastor is Chad Hendley of Cottondale Baptist Church in Eastman, GA. Find out more at www.cottondalebaptistchurch.com. Cottondale’s physical address is 5930 Leitch Street, Eastman, GA 31023

Today we explore the definition of the Church, capital C. What is this thing, and what part do we play in it? For answers, we turn to our feature pastor for Episode 3, Jay Moore of Limestone Baptist Church in Cochran, GA. Find out more at limestonebaptistchurch.org. Limestone’s physical address is 874 Highway 257 Cochran, GA 31014.

Today we look at the Church and its relationship to the community around it. Our feature pastor for Episode 2 is Dennis Watson of Harp's Crossing Baptist Church in Fayetteville, GA. Find out more at harpscrossing.com. As a bit of a bonus, this episode ends with some new music from Fayetteville musicians Eli and Nick Akin. Find them at brothersabiding.com.

East and Wes is back for Season 2! This premiere episode looks at the Church as a real and relevant player in current events. Most of Season 2 will feature interviews with Georgia pastors (interviews I am very excited to share), but this first episode is my own preliminary examination of the state of the Church, and the often erroneous popular perspectives concerning believers.

Storytelling is so much more than entertainment. This storytelling episode, “Live from Waleska,” gives a taste of my new novel as presented at Reinhardt University in Waleska, GA on July 9, 2020. *NOTE: The Georgia Outdoor News website (referenced in this episode) is www.gon.com. You can find all my published work at www.wesyoungwriter.com.

"In those days it was not safe to travel about, for all the inhabitants of the lands were in great turmoil" (2 Chronicles 15:5). Take a self inventory. At what point, for you, would enough be enough? And if that point came, what would you do about it? "But in their distress they turned to the Lord, the God of Israel, and sought him, and he was found by them" (2 Chronicles 15:4).

Who (or what) steers the ship of our culture? And how, exactly? This stand-alone bonus episode of East and Wes includes a recording of my recent lecture at Reinhardt University on allegory, literature, and C. S. Lewis. We need to wake up to the forces making us who we are.