This week, Brandon drags himself from the depths of illness to talk with AJ. They start with a conversation about Brandon's entry into Tolkien's Silmarillion. After that, they find that they keep coming back to the Valar and Melkor when discussing their own struggles with selfishness and answering God's calling.
Episode 175 – Fear of Failure
This week, AJ and Brandon talk about one of the main obstacles to carrying out our mission, the fear that it won't work, and what that failure may mean for us.
Motivation and Mission
This experience with motivation felt different and I think it's because of all the work I've been doing on my calling. I have finally had someone speak affirmation into me and that helped break down my imposter syndrome. That imposter syndrome was causing me to not take action. So, when I got a jolt of motivation, I imploded.
Episode 173 – AJ Calling
This week, AJ takes a turn talking through his journey to his call in teaching. The journey isn't complete, but every part of it matters.
Episode 172 – For The Kingdom
This week, AJ and Brandon keep talking about the idea of mission, but this time they wrestle with our selfishness in the mission. How do we make sure we are doing what we can for the sake of the Kingdom of God instead of out of our selfish motives?
Highlights – Christopher Priebe
In this week's Highlight interview, Brandon sits down with Christopher Priebe, founder of Cultivate Coffee as well as a pastor, about how he has come to fulfill the mission he always knew he had in serving Christ. Make sure to give this a listen, because Christopher has a lot of incredible insights to share.
Highlights – Amber Hunter
On this week's Highlight interview, Brandon sits down with Amber Hunter to discuss her journey through loss to music to help lead others to God and how she has come to offer her music as her "tears and prayers."