Matt Hyam started Southhampton Vineyard Church at the age of 23, and led it for 29 years. Matt has a passion for learning and teaching theology, because he believes it should be simple, and that the task of theology is to dig through the dirt to recover that simplistic faith. He's influenced by Anabaptist and Orthodox theology and has a particular …

What if we got real? Really real, first with God and ourselves, then with others. What would change? How would we change? How would our churches change? How would the world around us change. In It's what we're discussing in a new series on Project Pastor. In this first episode we talk with Todd Morrison, pastor, author husband , dad and recovering …

John is a follower of Jesus, husband to Andrea, and father to four great kids. He holds degrees in Bible, Education, and Counseling, is a certified speaker, trainer and coach with the John Maxwell Team, and serves as the Lead Pastor of Core Creek Community Church in Langhorne, PA. John is an adjunct professor at Cairn University, where he teaches c…

A cross over interview brought to you by This Undivided Life.Andrew Arndt is the Lead Pastor of New Life East (one of seven congregations of New Life Church in Colorado Springs), where he also hosts the Essential Church podcast, a weekly conversation designed to strengthen the thinking of church and ministry leaders. Prior to joining New Life’s tea…

Dr. Dee Stokes is a spiritual advisor, speaker, coach, author, and educator who focuses on ministry, purposeful leadership, and education in an effort to "Build Influential People Who Change the World and Live Out the Gospel Practically." Dr. Stokes has spent over 25 years in higher education as a basketball coach and professor. After 18 years as a…

We talk about Matthews new book, Hope Always. It is the first practical, biblically-based, scientifically-grounded book that takes a holistic view of suicide. It explores why God is unequivocally for life, and what forces tempt us to choose death. Through the stories of patients and timeless truths of Scripture, it equips us to ask questions, seek …

Doug Bursch co-pastors Evergreen Foursquare Church with his good friend pastor Dan Behrens. Along with pastoring, Doug is an evangelist and writer. He is the author of Posting Peace: Why Social Media Divides Us and What We Can Do About It and The Community of God: A Theology of the Church From a Reluctant Pastor. He also occasionally teaches theolo…

Daniel Grothe is married to Lisa Carol, and moved to Colorado Springs as a newly married couple in July of 2005. He has spent all of those years working at New Life Church where he serves as an associate senior pastor. He’s the author of Chasing Wisdom: The Lifelong Pursuit of Living Well He’s married to Lisa and has three children—Lillian, Wilson,…

Is it possible to live a crazy happy life? Yes. Join Troy as he interviews Daniel Fusco, husband, father of three, pastor and author of multiple books including Crazy Happy: Nine Surprising Ways to Live the Truly Beautiful Life. We talk food, Jazz, beauty, gratitude, joy and the keys to living a whole and integrated life. A life of joy and true hap…

Troy interviews Brad Gray the senior pastor of Stonington Baptist Church in Paxinos, Pennsylvania, where he lives and serves with his wife Natalie, daughter Lydia, and son Braxton. He is currently pursuing an M.Div. from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He blogs regularly at Grace Upon Grace and hosts a podcast, Ministry Minded.…

What if the church, specifically the Western American church fuly embraced its role? What would society look like? How would it change? We discuss this and more with Pastor Jesse Bradley at Grace Community Church in the Seattle area. He's a former professional soccer goalkeeper (played in Zimbabwe Africa, Aberdeen Scotland, and Minnesota), radio ho…

John Lynch is a speaker, author, and former pastor. After 27 years as the teaching pastor at Open Door Fellowship in Phoenix, Arizona, John joined Trueface in 1997 and began speaking nationally and both authoring and coauthoring many resources such as The Cure and TrueFaced, and his own story in On My Worst Day. As an outlet for his love of writing…

Tony Miltenberger is the lead pastor of Restoration Church Centerville, a thriving United Methodist congregation in Ohio. He is also the host of The Reclamation Podcast, a show that “helps busy people reclaim good practices of faith and life,” and the co-author of “UnBreakable: Forging a Marriage of Contentment and Delight,” one wife 3 kids. which …

Scott and Troy discuss pastoral isolation. They talk about the why's and how's of becoming isolated and some ways to embrace our own humanity which can lead to healing. By embracing our weaknesses we come to rely on Christ as well as community. We take a quote from Jamin Goggin and Kyle Strobels book The Way of the Dragon or the Way of the Lamb We …

Lo Alaman is a spoken word poet, writer, preacher, and He is the Director of Community Life at The Harvest Church in The Woodlands, Texas, but his passion and gift is bringing words to life His most recent creative work is We Sang a Dirge on the subject of lament, and he shares with us the inspiration behind this project, and more on the intersecti…

David Zach is the lead singer and songwriter for the rock band Remedy Drive as well as an advocate in the fight against human trafficking. The band has recorded two concept albums to shine a light on slavery and to celebrate the modern day abolition. The band's community and fan base has contributed around $350,000 in donations and in-kind donation…

Rich Villodas is the Brooklyn-born lead pastor of New Life Fellowship, a large multiracial church with more than seventy-five countries represented in Elmhurst, Queens. Rich holds a Master of Divinity from Alliance Theological Seminary. He enjoys reading widely, preaching and writing on contemplative spirituality, justice-related matters, and the a…

Adam Weber lives in Sioux Falls (that’s in South Dakota). He’s the founder and one of the pastors at a multi-site church called Embrace. He quips that he still can’t believe he’s a pastor. He’s written two books Talking With God and most recently have Love Has A Name. He’s married to his beautiful wife Becky and has 4 kids: Hudson, Wilson, Grayson,…

Scott and Troy discuss how covid has changed the way we approach ministry. Some of it's challenges, with not meeting in person to our often reliance, maybe even addiction to the building we met in. What Now, What Next Video link.By troy mclaughlin

Through writing, speaking and leading, Thom has served the faith community for 40 years. He’s the founder of Group Publishing and Lifetree Café. He’s the author of many books, including “Why Nobody Wants to Go to Church Anymore.” Thom also directed the documentary film “When God Left The Building.” And he’s the founding director of Group Serves, wh…

Dr. Dee Stokes is a spiritual advisor, speaker, coach, and educator who focuses on ministry, purposeful leadership, and education in an effort to "Build Influential People Who Change the World." She is the new CQ director for Fresh Expressions Dr. Stokes has spent over 25 years in higher education as a basketball coach and professor. After 18 years…

The Rev. Chad E. Jarnagin is a recognized musician, priest, & speaker. He is host of The Luminous Podcast as well as the Learning to BE Podcast, and the Founding Rector of Luminous Parish, an Anglican Mission to Nashville | Franklin, TN. He is an ordained priest within the Anglican Communion (via AMiA). He is also a postulant to the Rule of Saint B…

Matthew Sleeth is an author, speaker, and advocate of creation care. A former emergency department physician, Sleeth wrote his first book, Serve God, Save the Planet, in May 2006. Since then, he has spoken more than 900 times in churches, schools and to media outlets about the biblical mandate to care for the Earth.…

Dr. Glenn Previn Packiam, is a Malaysian-American Christian musician, guitarist, pianist, worship leader and pastor, who serves as an Associate Senior Pastor at New Life Church and the Lead Pastor of New Life Downtown in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

KEN HARRISON serves as the Chief Executive Officer of WaterStone, an organization that releases resources to support Christian humanitarian efforts worldwide. Currently WaterStone oversees donations of millions of dollars per month and manages a fund of $400+ million. He started his career as a Los Angeles police officer in the infamous 77th Divisi…

Scott and Troy discuss their favorite books of 2018. Scott even adds a great one for the "geeks, nerds and gamers" or for anyone who likes a fun novel. Here's a list with a description of each book. Trust For Today: By the Trueface Team This 365 day devotional from the Trueface team invites you to experience trust each day, from the mundane to the …

Scott and Troy discuss the question...How is your relationship with Jesus different than it was at the first of the year, and how would you hope it becomes different in the coming year?

As a world-class communicator, John is a vital Trueface staff member. In addition to speaking internationally with the Trueface team since 1997, John has co-authored The Cure, Bo’s Café, Behind The Mask, and his own story, On My Worst Day. John also powerfully delivered the classic Two Roads Two Rooms allegory, which the co-authors created for The …

Ken knows the stress overload of pastoring from the inside. After hitting a wall as the Senior Pastor of a large church, he went through a painful exit and sought counseling and spiritual direction. His season of personal healing, reconciliation, and learning opened up a new intimacy with Jesus for him and propelled him into a ministry of helping p…

Scott and Troy discuss the question... Are you grateful in all circumstances? Not for all circumstances but in all which is a huge difference.

Scott and Troy discuss the question ....What is the state of your spiritual life?

Scott and Troy discuss the question...Are you living a prioritized life?

Scott and Troy discuss the question...Who or what do I need to see in a different way?

Scott and Troy discuss the question.... what is the most important work you're involved in?

Scott and Troy discuss the question... When you struggle do you ask God to for an escape or to walk with you? Are you looking for yo God as a cosmic escape button, or are you depending on Him?

Scott and Troy discuss the question...Are you going thru your day mindful or mindless? Are you thinking, or are you just going through the motions throughout your days? Have you taken the time to pause, seek solitude at times and commune with God, or are you so busy that business fills even those in between moments?…

Scott and Troy discuss and ask the question...Are you depressed? We talk about how leaders, especially pastors are vulnerable. In Barna's latest state of the pastor's study they noted that nearly half of all pastor's suffer from depression.

Scott and Troy discuss the question....How did we get here? Often as individuals and as organizations we find are selfs where we don't want to be, we get off track, lose our way.

Paul Angone is the author of three books including his latest 101 Questions You need to Ask in Your Twenties (and let’s be honest your thirties too). He is a national speaker at universities and organizations, frequent contributor for publications such as Business Insider, Huffington Post, and Relevant Magazine, a business consultant with a master’…

Scott and Troy discuss some of their favorite books, movies and stories.

Scott and Troy the question...What are your three nonnegotiables in life & work? And how are you filtering your decisions through those nonnegotiables?

Brad Gray is a Christian husband and father who’s adamantly resolved to sharing the gospel of “grace upon grace” for the weary and the worn out. Brad currently serves as the Assistant Pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Southwest Ranches, Florida. Brad's mission is to encourage lives with the eternal truths of the gospel of grace, which alone can tra…

Scott & Troy discuss the question... What does it mean to be hospitable? How does it affect our lives as well as others.

Rusty George is the Lead Pastor at Real Life Church in Southern California; a multi-site church with campuses in Canyon Country, Valencia and a large online community. Under Rusty’s lead, Real Life has become one of the fastest growing churches in America–growing by 111% in 2011 alone. Beyond leading his church of 6,000+ members every weekend, Rust…

Scott & Troy discuss the question... What is it about what we do for church that causes people to value it so little? We talk about the attitudes and views towards gathering together in community. How are own selfishness gets in the way of becoming the body of Christ.By troy mclaughlin

Scott & Troy discuss the question... Are we using words the same? in other words, do the words we use to communicate have the same meaning we intend or are others interpreting other meanings from them.

Our problem as humans, we want our ministers to be perfect and they're not, never will be. We are all broken and would be better off accepting someone who stands before us and speaks of God as just a regular "Joe" with warts, pimples and yes ear rings, or nose piercings, tattoos. When we polish something, then it takes continual polishing, that wil…

Scott & Troy discuss the question... where do you find find refuge?

Scott & Troy discuss the the question... Are there those who you believe don't deserve grace? or is Grace conditional?

Karl Vaters is a small church pastor. He could be accurately called a small church champion. After nearly 25 years of ministry as a small church pastor he finally discovered this. He's written two books The Grasshopper Myth and his latest book Small Church Essentials. If you're a small church pastor you should be following anything Karl writes. Bel…