Episode #7 of “Behind the Curtain” Ministry Podcast is here! In this interview I talk with Zachary Bartels on the balance of being both a pastor and a Christian fiction author. We talk about the required “self-promotion” of the author world and the safeguards that have to be put in place to make sure this […]
“Behind the Curtain” Podcast Episode 3 – Mike Morter of Churchill
Episode #3 of “Behind the Curtain” is here! (If you missed them, check out episode 1 with pastor / author Ken Wytsma and episode 2 with author Ted Kluck) In episode 3, we are interviewing Mike Morter, co-founder of the band Churchill: Churchill’s hit single “Change” was released in 2012. The Change EP reached #9 […]
“Behind the Curtain” Podcast Episode #2 with author Ted Kluck
Episode #2 of “Behind the Curtain” is here! (Check out Episode 1 with Ken Wytsma here if you missed it) Ted Kluck is the author of 15 books, including Why We’re Not Emergent and Why We Love the Church with Kevin DeYoung, autobiographies of Robert Griffin III, Jeremy Lin and Jim Kelly, and most recently […]
Inaugural “Behind the Curtain” Podcast Episode featuring Ken Wytsma
I started a new podcast that looks at the emotional, psychological and spiritual burden of being in ministry leadership. Each episode will feature an interview with a pastor, author, athlete, musician or non-profit leader. I hope the podcast is helpful for you and the Church at large. I think it offers something honest, raw and […]
What Madonna, Ted Kluck, and I have in common…
Finding God in the Dark includes a quote from Madonna: “I have an iron will, and all of my will has always been to conquer some horrible feeling of inadequacy…My drive in life is from this horrible fear of being mediocre.” (p.57)
The Reason We Take Things Into Our Own Hands…
I recently posted on reading the book, Finding God in the Dark and that I’d be following up on several helpful quotes from the book… Page 30 of Finding God in the Dark states, “The reason we take things into our own hands is we don’t believe God’s hands are really at work.” This truth […]