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Presence Matters: Level Up How You Show Up

A leadership and faith podcast from E. Derrik Porter—where ministry meets education and presence becomes practice. Level up how you show up. ederrikporter.substack.com

  1. Answer the Question

    6d ago

    Answer the Question

    Two questions. Thousands of years old. Still open. Wilt thou be made whole? Jesus asked it at a pool of healing — to a man who had been lying on a mat for thirty-eight years. Why sit we here until we die? A leper asked it at a gate between two certainties of death. Neither question needed an answer from God. Both needed one from you. Watch the clip and… Answer the question. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ederrikporter.substack.com/subscribe

    6 min
  2. Find Your Spine

    May 31

    Find Your Spine

    We watched it happen live. And we recognized it. That is the part nobody wants to say out loud. We watched a room full of educated, formed, credentialed people compete to offer praise to power — and something in us recognized the feeling. Isaiah 1:17 has been waiting for this moment for centuries. Learn to do right. Not as inspiration. As correction. In today’s Elevate message — Find Your Spine — I walk through five layers of what that actually means. What it costs. What makes it possible. And why the week after Pentecost is exactly the right moment to say it. This is not a comfortable word. But it is a necessary one. Watch. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ederrikporter.substack.com/subscribe

    4 min
  3. Still Ringing

    May 18

    Still Ringing

    There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself. If you cannot hear it, you will never find whatever it is for which you are searching… if you cannot hear the sound of the genuine in you, you will all of your life spend your days on the ends of strings that somebody else pulls. Howard Thurman said it decades ago. Acts 2 said it first. The question hasn’t changed: What is ringing in you? Not the curated version — the genuine one. That’s the signal worth following. spirit / substance / style This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ederrikporter.substack.com/subscribe

    2 min
  4. You can sit down. Too.

    May 10

    You can sit down. Too.

    This one is for the mothers first. You have been in the kitchen — literally and every other way — for a long time. The world applauded you for it. Which made it harder to stop. Today Jesus has a word that hasn’t expired: One thing is needed. Not your list. Not your output. One thing. And then, gently — you can sit down. This word isn’t only for mothers. It’s for anyone who has confused their service with their worth. Luke 10. Martha works herself into resentment in her own house. Mary sits at the feet of Jesus. Martha wants her sent back to the kitchen. Jesus says — Mary chose what is better. And it will not be taken from her. Here’s what I heard the Lord say this morning: Earnestly. Not easily. The better thing is never the easy thing. But what you choose in the presence — that stays. Full message at the link. Share it with someone who needs permission to sit down today. 🤍 And if this is the kind of word you want every week — rooted, honest, built for the moment we're actually in — subscribe to Elevate on Substack. Every Sunday message, every Refined Friday drop, every piece of content we build lives here first. Real. Rooted. Ready. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ederrikporter.substack.com/subscribe

    8 min
  5. Three words can change everything...

    May 4

    Three words can change everything...

    Three words changed everything. “But Daniel resolved...” Not performed. Not announced. Not posted for applause. Resolved. Before the pressure arrived. Before the offer was on the table. Before the empire had a chance to rename him, reshape him, or sand down the parts of him that didn’t fit the system — Daniel made a quiet, internal determination about who he was going to be. And I think that’s the word a lot of us need right now. We are living in a moment that is asking us to be more polished than we are honest. To clean up the edges. To make ourselves more legible to rooms that aren’t sure they want what we actually carry. To trade the real version of ourselves for a version that creates less friction and takes up less space. But Daniel 1 says something different. It says the thing that qualified Daniel wasn’t his conformity. It was his refusal. It was the quiet, costly decision to stay recognizable to God even when the empire was doing everything it could to make him unrecognizable to himself. Don’t pressure yourself to be more polished than you are honest. That’s the thesis. That’s the word. And in this clip from Sunday’s Elevate broadcast, we get into exactly what that means — and what it costs — for anyone trying to stay faithful in a moment like this one. Watch the clip below. And if this is the kind of word you want every week — rooted, honest, built for the moment we’re actually in — subscribe to Elevate on Substack. Every Sunday message, every Refined Friday drop, every piece of content we build lives here first. Real. Rooted. Ready. — EDP This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ederrikporter.substack.com/subscribe

    8 min
  6. Your Life is Still Worth Living

    Apr 6

    Your Life is Still Worth Living

    This Resurrection Sunday I said something I want to make sure you heard. “Your life matters to God. Your life is still worth living — despite the failures, despite the disappointments, despite the missteps and the mistakes. You still matter to God. And He still believes in you.” That is not a motivational phrase. That is the testimony of an empty tomb. The full Resurrection Sunday message is above. Anchored in Mark 16:7 — the angel’s instruction at the tomb, and two words that change everything. And Peter. Watch and share with someone who needs this word today. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ederrikporter.substack.com/subscribe

    16 min
  7. If You Know Where You're Supposed to Be. Why Aren't You There?

    Mar 29

    If You Know Where You're Supposed to Be. Why Aren't You There?

    There is a place you have not arrived at yet. Not because you are disqualified. Not because you missed it. But because there — by definition — is where you are not yet. And the question this Palm Sunday is not whether the place exists. The question is whether you are deliberate enough to get there. Jesus was. Watch the full message above. Then ask yourself: Am I deliberate about getting there? The Presence Collective spirit / substance / style This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ederrikporter.substack.com/subscribe

    7 min
  8. They don't even know how to blush.

    Mar 24

    They don't even know how to blush.

    Facebook flagged this video. A Bible study on Jeremiah 6:15. A 2,600-year-old text about corrupt leadership, seared consciences, and the cost of silence. I'll let you sit with that for a moment. They Don’t Even Know How to Blush An Expository Bible Study — Jeremiah 6:15 · SALTY Series What happens when our inner alarm stops sounding?Jeremiah 6:15 contains one of the most confrontational verses in the prophetic tradition — and one of the most relevant to where the Church finds itself right now. God looks at a community of leaders, priests, and prophets and asks a question that has been following me ever since I read it: "Are they ashamed of their detestable conduct? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush." This is not a word about deliberate rebellion. It is a word about drift. About the slow, quiet process by which wrong starts feeling normal — until the internal signal that says something is off here simply goes quiet. In this MasterClass Bible study, we walk through three prophetic points that emerge from this single verse: 01 — The question is the warning.God asks what He already knows — to give you a chance to hear yourself answer. The feeling of conviction is not condemnation. It is mercy. 02 — Shamelessness is not strength.A person who can still blush is a person who can still be restored. Guard the mechanism. Guard the internal witness. 03 — You cannot fall alone.But you cannot rise alone either. The direction you choose right now has a radius that reaches farther than you know. This session is part of the SALTY series — a study of legacy, character, and what it means to be salty in a world that keeps losing its flavor. Salt that cannot sting has lost its function. A conscience that cannot blush has lost its witness. If this landed — share it with someone who needs to hear it. And if something stirred in you while you were watching, drop it in the comments. We are doing this work together. That is why this community exists. Substance Matters · The Presence Collective MasterClass real. rooted. refined. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ederrikporter.substack.com/subscribe

    50 min
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A leadership and faith podcast from E. Derrik Porter—where ministry meets education and presence becomes practice. Level up how you show up. ederrikporter.substack.com

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    Presence Matters: Level Up How You Show Up
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
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