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Stephen is our first triple-hitter guest. What’s that say about him or us? No clue, but hey, it is what it is. Stoked to have him back on the show though. Join us as Stephen shares about some of the new elements in his journey and his training in spiritual direction. He shares with Josh and David about his new work he is calling “Soul Care – Tending to those in Helping Professions.” Soul Care…

Nathan Riley, Elder at Red Sea Church, joins Josh and David and shares about some of the ups and downs of ministry, what it is like to be a church planter of a church that blows up, and then the different life cycles a church goes through. They also spend some time talking about the North Portland community and what it means to be really present and to be a community pastor.

Josh and David are joined by two amazing people doing some amazing work in the North Portland Community. Marissa and Tyler run an after school homework club and serve one of the most diverse communities in our city. They talk about some of the joys and struggles of serving a community for the long haul and what it is like living amongst the kids and families you serve.

Josh and David are joined in this episode by Darrell Grenz, a St Johns native, Roosevelt Alumni, and over the top TicToker. Darrell and Josh reminisce about growing up in St Johns and talk about the change for the better and worse that has happened and share about some practical ways in which we can continue to embrace our community and continue to make it a better place to live. You can catch up with…

Josh and David are joined today by a repeat guest, Matt Clark. Matt opens up and shares about some of his journey with mental health and depression. Living with depression is difficult and figuring out how public to be with our own journeys, especially when your professional roles require or ask of you a certain level of vulnerability. Matt, David, and Josh all share practices and disciplines they have found that help them with this…

David and Josh are joined by the one and only amazing Marty Mertz. They talk about working with vulnerable populations and the often thankless job of Social Work and navigating the hurdles with faith, non-profit, and civic communities.