Bart Patton joins us today to talk about his passion of shifting the focus of seminary to lifelong learning. Instead of looking at education as an end goal of attaining a degree, rather creating a community of lifelong learners. Bart also shares some encouragement from Philippians 2:12b-15 as he talks about how God has called us to be stars.

This week we are joined by Jason Scott, found of theministryfinder.com, a website that helps people looking for ministry jobs find churches looking to fill ministry roles. Jason also talks about the idea of perspective and perception and how moving just six inches to the left or the right completely changes how things look.

This week we are joined by Mike Ratliff as he talks about the importance of focusing on the relational aspects of youth ministry. He also shares with us the ways he finds to listen to God's call on his life and how he uses photography as a way to share that with the world.

David Thompson from Trinity UMC joins us this week and starts off with a discussion on entering a season of rebuilding after a worldwide pandemic. He shares the parable of the three servants from Matthew 25 as we talk about the struggles you can face when answering the call to serve God.

This week, Marc Baugh from Auburn United Methodist Church talks about how they maintain small groups as the center of their youth ministry. He also talks about the two rooms where we find Jesus in the book of Luke and how those moments are mirrored in life.

This week, Jeremy Steele sits on the other side of the mic to talk about the difference between building a youth ministry vs. ministering to youth. Jeremy shares the story of Ehud in Judges and discusses the importance of seeing value in all people.

This week we are joined by Curt Franklin as he talks about connecting churches and helping them collaborate with other churches. Curt shares how he is redefining work and taking a true sabbath. He shares the steps he took to trust God and His timing.

This week we sit down with Aileen Jimenez from UMComm in Nashville, TN to talk about the struggles and challenges facing the Latino church during the pandemic, as well as her experiences growing up as a preacher's kid (PK). Aileen discusses hope and how it's playing a role in our communities at this particular time in the world.

Psalm 118:24 says "This is the day that the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it." (NLT) Trip Lowry joins us to talk about the neuroscience behind positive and negative thoughts, and how the brain holds on to each. Your brain is like velcro to negative thoughts and teflon to positive thoughts. Trip talks about how we can make positive thoughts stick more than negative ones.

As president of Youthworks, Erica Schimelpfenig shares how they are adjusting what they're doing to help mission teams and the communities they are serving stay safe during the pandemic. Erica talks to us about facing difficult circumstances rather than running from them, much like Shadrack, Meshack, and Abednego, and trust that God will see you through.