Back Corner

Our wives join us today for the season 2 finale! Melanie Ingersoll is the loving wife and sometimes sparring partner of host Brent Ingersoll. She is also a mother of 3, a nurse, a spin-class enthusiast, and a junk-food connoisseur.  Kelly Thomas is the wife of host AJ Thomas and the primary reason he is a more-or-less functional adult human. Kelly is also a mother of 3, serves as pastor of Connect...

Our guests in the Back Corner today are no strangers to the dozens. In fact, they hold the distinction of appearing on more episodes of the Back Corner than anyone else in history. They love each other, and you love it when they disagree. They have been friends for 2 decades, co-workers for two years, and co-hosts for 59 Episodes. Your BC hosts, AJ Thomas and Brent Ingersoll, are by themselves as...

Cory and Jennifer are graduates of Kingswood University and close friends of our host, AJ. They live in Mongolia - yes, that Mongolia. We’ll talk about how they got there and what they are doing, as well as some of the hottest takes we've heard yet. Find out more information about Cory and Jennifer and support them here . Thanks for joining us in the Back Corner! Write to us or pick up some D...

Lynsey Foster originally hails from world-famous Lincolnton, North Carolina, but now calls the Saint John area of New Brunswick her home. She has a soothing accent that makes everybody think she likes them, and most of them are right. Lynsey walked away from a glamorous career as a clam harvester to follow the call of Jesus on her life and now serves as the Assistant Pastor of Recovery Ministries...

Justin and Amy Howard are no strangers to the back corner. They were some of our first guests, and Amy was back for a second visit just over a year ago. Amy is the Executive Director, and Justin is the CFO of Encounter Culture Mission Collaborative - a ministry that is committed to empowering ordinary believers to embody the gospel of the Kingdom. They do some amazing work helping people to find a...

Pastors Anthony Moore and Mike MacNiel join us once again to talk about all things in the news, the importance of praying for others, and how much a Christian should make. Thanks for joining us in the Back Corner! Write to us or pick up some Dozens merch at our website: https://www.backcornerpodcast.com/

Justin Allen is the pastor of the Salt Mine here in Saint John, NB, and a leader in the Generation of Prayer movement. Since his last visit to the Back Corner, Justin has married his lovely wife, Debbie, and become a dad. He shares with us what he has learned over the past year about God and himself through these experiences. Thanks for joining us in the Back Corner! Write to us or pick up some Do...

Gordie McMillan joins us this week for a wide-ranging, unfiltered conversation that moves from gym habits and life rhythms to deeper questions of purpose, faith, and transformation. Gordie shares how life can quickly go from enjoying the thrills of weekend parties to being in shackles on the way to prison. It's through this experience that he has a powerful encounter with Jesus. Thanks for jo...

Jonathan Lewis is an entrepreneur and author of the books More Than Money (2021), on the good stewardship of our time, talent, and purpose; and Deep Water (2018), about his faith journey after witnessing the death of his father when Jonathan was a youth. A devoted husband and father whose own family alienation spurned the founding of Fathers for Fathers, Jonathan volunteers, raises funds, and advo...

Pastor Léonce Crump is an author, international speaker, and co-founder, along with his wife Breanna, of United Church in Atlanta. Along with a busy and highly impactful church and speaking ministry, Leonce and Breanna have five kids. Before committing his life to pastoral ministry and civil rights activism, Léonce was a collegiate All-American wrestler, nearly making the World Team, and was also...

Pastor Dan Lamos has been serving Jesus in the Saint John region and at Kings Church for a long time. He currently serves Kings as a Sr. Associate Pastor, but he’s done pretty much every job here between that and janitor, though not in the sequence you might suspect. In addition to his faithful service here, he has been a significant influence on generations of Christians in general and on pastors...

Sarah Kingston is not just a former employee of the legendary Gateway Meat Market in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Sarah is just about to finish her first year at Kingswood University, where she is studying Pastoral Ministry. Sarah’s journey to Jesus and to pursuing His call on her life has been pretty atypical all around and is full of conviction and inspiration for us all. Thanks for joining us in the...

Kirk Smith is the assistant pastor for Kingdom Life at Kings Church. Before joining this team, Kirk served in various contexts, including most recently as the leader of the Eastgate House of Prayer here in the Saint John region. The prophetic has been a huge part of his ministry for many years now. Thanks for joining us in the Back Corner! Write to us or pick up some Dozens merch at our website: h...

James Cann is a zookeeper at the Magnetic Hill Zoo in Moncton, NB, which is Atlantic Canada’s leading zoo, educating and inspiring conservation action. The zoo is home to all kinds of animals from all over the world, but most importantly, it is home to tiny monkeys. He is also a seasoned Dozen, having listened to every single episode all the way back to 1 BC. Thanks for joining us in the Back Corn...

Marc Kennedy is one of the people in your neighbourhood. A mailman, to be specific. He’s also one of the people in your gym and probably the buffest guy I know. But beyond that, he’s also a guy who came to faith later in life and has been doing a pastoral residency with us here at Kings as he has been processing a call to pastoral ministry. Thanks for joining us in the Back Corner! Write to us or...

At this point, Dr Ben MacDonald doesn't need an introduction. In the back corner for his fourth time, Ben joins us to talk in depth about sacred spaces, catering our worship services to cultural moments, and how to actually read the Bible.  Thanks for joining us in the Back Corner! Write to us or pick up some Dozens merch at our website: https://www.backcornerpodcast.com/

Kari Broad is the Associate Pastor of Ministries here at Kings Church. That means she oversees a whole lot of stuff from Kids and Youth ministries to Alpha and Home Church.  She is that rare combination of an organisation and operational wiz who has deep compassion for people and a true shepherd's heart. She has a pretty amazing story of healing, redemption, and God's guidance and provis...

For the second time, Jon Thompson is with us in the back corner to talk about revival. Pastor Jon Thompson serves as Senior Pastor of Sanctus Church, a vibrant multi-site congregation in the Greater Toronto Area, where he has served in leadership for over 25 years.  Jon spent his early childhood in Ecuador as the son of missionaries, and today is a leading voice in the Church in Canada. Jon is a s...

With us today in the back corner is our friend Pete Stubbs. Pete is a former law enforcement officer with the RCMP and now serves as the Lead Pastor of Kings St Stephen. He'd rather be alone in the woods with his chainsaw, but we asked him to join us to talk about the latest news in the church world and his big decision to leave the RCMP to follow God's call on his life. Thanks for joini...

Our guest today is a living legend in local church leadership in Atlantic Canada. Pastor B led the Wesleyan Church in Moncton, NB (now called Tidal Church) for over 40 years and transformed it from a typical small church into a growing, vibrant, evangelistically effective congregation that, for many years, was the largest in the region. Since his retirement from leading that congregation, he has d...

Father James Mallon is a Roman Catholic Priest in the Diocese of Halifax-Yarmouth and serves as the pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Fr James founded Divine Renovation - a worldwide ministry (with national offices in Canada, the UK, the US, Australia, and Germany) focused on parish renewal by helping parishes move from maintenance to mission. He has served on the w...

Our guests today are no strangers to the Back Corner. Our friends Anthony Moore and Mike MacNeil return in our mid-season premiere to catch up on various things in the news, crazy conspiracies, and Mike's recent health scare.  Thanks for joining us in the Back Corner! Write to us or pick up some Dozens merch at our website: https://www.backcornerpodcast.com/

Before we take a break for the holiday season, we have to have a very special Back Corner Christmas episode. We get a little festive in this episode with some Christmas cryptids, karaoke, a Mountainous Top 4 of Mountainous Top 4s, and a very special Christmas reading. So grab a chair, a warm beverage, and a tasty treat, and join us as we celebrate Christmas in the Back Corner. Thanks for joining u...

Jason Ballard joins us in the back corner this week to talk about West Coast cryptids, church productions, Advent, and the exciting things he is seeing in churches across Canada.  Jason is quickly becoming one of the most influential voices in the Canadian church. He is a pastor, a communicator, a church-planter, and honestly, one of the best thinkers on renewal and discipleship in our generation....

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