Stephen James is the founder and executive director of Sage Hill Counseling and the creator and CEO of The Leadership Lab. But he’s also a generous man, a brilliant thinker, someone who tells the truth and is fiercely curious - even when those things may get him into trouble. Which means he’s a perfect guest for our show. This week we unpack things like hope and grief, stress, addiction, trauma and the human experience of feeling stuck.

Our dear friend and SOSL Pastor, Shannon McLaird joins us this week to share her testimony of escaping her childhood trauma when she met Jesus and healthy community. This episode is marked explicit because of the subject matter of sexual abuse and we've marked certain chapters of the episode with warnings if this topic may cause secondary trauma. Shanon's story ends well and will be a huge encouragement for everyone, no matter your background.

Matt is a pastor, worship leader, husband, dad and around super chill, super wise fellow. This week we invited him on to share his story of how he found Grace Center, did the school and became a pastor. We love him and are pretty sure you will too.

David Campbell returns to the show (previous episodes 99 and 210) and drops some of the most practical wisdom you’ll hear this week. David is a leader of leaders and pastor of pastors who has responsibility for nearly 150 churches in the UK. On this episode he shares wisdom on problem solving, identity, truth, spiritual warfare and forgiveness.

Oh boy. Transition can be exciting, but also terrifying! Stepping out into something new is full of intense feelings. On this week's episode we are joined by Ben Jackson. Ben, and his wife, Sarah have just quit their job, sold their house in Canada, packed all their belongings in a shipping container and are moving to England. Why? Because God invited them to. What will they be doing? God hasn't told them that part yet. As you listen to their story, we bet you'll find parts of your story in theirs.

Today is Martin Luther King Jr. day. Honestly, we were largely ignorant of most US holidays when we moved here, but this year we want to get better at it. So we invited our friend Remington to come on the show and talk about what Dr. King meant to him and how best we can honor the Doctor on this day.

This week our friend Sarah Jackson joins us from Toronto to share with us five things she didn’t know about dream interpretation. As a bonus, if you’re one of those people who are like, “I never have dreams” Sarah prays for our listeners to start having dreams and being given keys to interpret them too.

Steve Long is one of our favorite people. He's been one of the most consistent leaders we've ever known and he's not only a great practitioner of healing, he's a great a teacher of healing. On this week's episode he shares five things he didn't know about healing and then prays for healing at the end of this episode. Enjoy!

Prophets are a wonderful gift from Jesus to his church. But prophets are generally misunderstood. What even is a prophet? What do they do? Do prophets ever get things wrong? If so, then what? Can prophets read my mind? What about those prophets that prophesied Trump 2020? These are just some of the questions you wanted us to ask a prophet. So we did. And our dear friend David Wagner answered them. Enjoy!

Dr. Chip Dodd is a feelings expert. He literally wrote the book on it. For the past 10 episodes we've explored what he wrote in his breakthrough book, "The Voice of the Heart". This week we were thrilled to sit down and ask him your questions on feelings. Join us on this wonderful, meandering conversation with a brilliant man with a beautiful soul!

Our beloved pastor, Jeff Dollar, joins us this week to talk about his new book, Letting Go of the Need to be Right. We talk about why it’s so hard to say sorry, why we often refuse to let go of being right even when we know we’re wrong and one of the keys to breakthrough.

Danny & Sheri Silk are known around the world for their books Loving Our Kids on Purpose and Keep Your Love On. They are part of the senior leadership team at Bethel Church in Redding, California. This week we sat them down to play the dating game, and seek out their wisdom for new parents, new grandparents, navigating change and what 40 years of history with Bill Johnson has been like.

Authority gets a bad rap, but it’s one of God’s greatest gift to us. This week we invite David Campbell, a leader to leaders, onto the podcast and ask him questions regarding authority plus it’s our 10 year anniversary in the United States of America!

Ever wonder the purpose of pain? Or how sorrow fits into friendship with God? On this week’s episode, author and speaker Dr. Jack Deere sits down and talks about a life filled with pain and tragedy and how it ultimately led him to friendship with God.

In episode 2 of the Back to Basics series we are talking about the Holy Spirit with our friend Steve Long. Steve is the senior leader of Catch the Fire Toronto and has 25 years experience of ministering in the power of the Holy Spirit. Learn how to get more of Holy Spirit as Steve prays a prayer of impartation.

This week's guest is one of the finest men you could ever hope to meet. Blake is a brilliant thinker and we invited him to answer a listener's question about self promotion and marketing. Listen as Blake talks about why sales, marketing and promotion don't have to be slimy.

Allow us to introduce you to our friend Quinn. This is one man's story of traveling thousands of miles to get more of God. From an intellectual faith protected by cynicism to an abandoned encounter with the Father Heart of God, Quinn and Alyn go on a 20 year journey in just over an hour.

This week our friends Sam & Tink join us to talk about the beauty of serving, pursuing your destiny and just generally drop bits of wisdom here and there. Also, AJ gets her iPhone X and it's birthday celebrations for a little boy.

A lot happened since we last talked: new iPhones, new Mario game and the Heaven Declares conference. We kidnapped our friends Gary & Sarah Morgan and asked them to talk about their School of Prophets - a brilliant online school for those who want to learn to prophesy.

Nobody is immune from being discouraged. Some of the greatest men and women in the Bible and in history have had navigate disappointment. This week our friend Alaina Stratton joins us to share her story of finding the gold by navigating disappointment well.

Oh boy, do we have an episode for you! Our dear friend, Gary Morgan joins us this week to give us a behind-the-scenes look at prophetic ministry. Fresh after ministering at Grace Center, Gary sits down and goes through each word of knowledge he got that morning. From dates of birth to first names, nick names and last names, this is a rare insight into the mind of a prophet.

Our friends, marriage experts, inner healing specialists and all round good guys Mike & Phyllis Best stopped by to talk healthy relationships. These guys are the real deal. They spend their life ministering to people who feel stuck and specialize in marriages. Join us on this special episode to get all you need about marriage.

Jessie Early: voice of a thousand angels. If you've ever been to emanate or at Grace Center while Jessie's leading worship, you'd know it. But behind the worship leader is a wonderful friend, a beloved wife, an accomplished singer/songwriter, creative whirlwind and independent artist in the truest sense of the words. On the week of the release of her new EP - Wild Honey - we sat down with Jessie and asked her a wide range of questions from how she arrived at Grace Center, to the creative process of making Wild Honey to the most important one: "What's your favorite Peter Gabriel song?". Thank you Jessie, we love you! Enjoy.

This week our friend Steve Long joins us all the way from Toronto, Canada to share on the Holy Spirit and healing. Steve is one of the best ministers we've ever heard teach on healing and has a way of simplifying complex truths into practical steps. All of this plus some follow up from last week's episode on the election.

Brett & Shailey have an incredible story of the faithfulness of God. From a marriage ruined by alcohol addiction and hidden sin, to the pressures of being a pro athlete in the NFL we talk to these guys about the journey of discovering the Lord, why they chose the presence of God over everything else and what it means to live life contentedly.