The Perspectives Podcast

In this episode, Josue and Chase celebrate reaching the One Year mark for the Podcast!   They share their favorite memories and the personal, creative, and spiritual lessons that God has taught them through the podcast over the past year.   We discuss trips we've taken for the podcast, the best stories from some of our guests, the business side of Perspectives and the podcast, consistency, the res...

In this episode, Josue and Chase conclude our panel series by sharing their own perspectives on the cultural conversation surrounding faith, race, systemic racism, and previous injustices.   We share personal, spiritual lessons they learned during this series, follow up on topics they want to add to from previous conversations, the conclusions they came to as a result of the conversation, and solu...

In this episode, Josue and Chase have David Miranda join us to add his perspective on the cultural conversation surrounding faith, race, systemic racism, and previous injustices.   We discuss racism being a sin, the difficulty in measuring when it comes to racism, both policies and cultural attitudes we have to pay attention to, taking the approach of incremental progress and reducing of racism th...

In this episode, Josue and Chase have Nico LaHood and Raul Garcia join us to add their perspective on the cultural conversation surrounding faith, race, policing, and the justice system.   We discuss improvements that can be made to the justice system, initiatives that Nico support during his time being District Attorney in San Antonio, the proper approach to take to reduce racism, the real scope...

In this episode, Josue and Chase have George join us to add his perspective on the cultural conversation surrounding racial tension, culture, tension in the Church, and meeting needs in our country.   We discuss God being with us in the midst of this tension, the need for Christians to be bridges between people to make way for unity and conversation, the idolizing of comfort in America preventing...

In this episode, Josue and Chase have a panel of young leaders in Dallas Church join us to add their perspective on the cultural conversation surrounding racism, culture, policing, and injustice. On the panel for this episode is: David Miranda, George Orellana, and Nico LaHood.   We discuss unity doesn't mean not challenging ideas, the need for both proactive and reactive approaches to crime/viole...

In this episode, Josue and Chase have a panel of young leaders in Dallas Church join us to add their perspective on the cultural conversation surrounding racism, culture, policing, and injustice. On the panel for this episode is: David Miranda, George Orellana, and Nico LaHood.   We discuss the differences in the role of government and the role of the Church, the proper hope for us as Christians t...

In this episode, Josue and Chase have a panel of young leaders in Dallas Church join us to add their perspective on the cultural conversation surrounding racism, culture, policing, and injustice. On the panel for this episode is: David Miranda, George Orellana, and Raul Garcia.   We discuss the standard us Christians should be held to in this conversation, the role of the Church in this conversati...

Josue and Chase travel to Atlanta to highlight the great work being done by our friends at Be Compelled (BC), a nonprofit organization. We were joined by Chris Miller and Lawrence Brown, Co-Founders, Darren Dowdell, Coach at BC and current Winston-Salem State football player, as well as Demetris and Michael, two young men who participate in Be Compelled's programs. We discuss what it's like growin...

Jordan, native Australian and friend of the podcast joins us. He shares his story of growing up in Australia, traveling to America on holiday, and the crazy journey of faith and love that God took him on while he was in the States. We discuss the fruit of patience, the uniquenesses of Australian culture, a possible collective motive behind the American focus on work, the valuable role of Hillsong...

Hey Everyone! Hope everything is going well. We just wanted to release a quick update to let ya'll know of everything that has been going on with Perspectives and the Podcast. Please be praying for Josue and his health, let us know if you'd like to join us in one of our upcoming outreach events in the DFW area, and subscribe to keep up to date with future episodes! Thanks for all the support!   We...

Stephania, native of Colombia and friend of the podcast joins us. She shares her story of her family immigrating from Colombia to the United States as a child and her thoughts on the positive parts of Colombian and American cultures. We discuss the struggles of a child in a new culture, the journey of identity, rooting our identity in Christ, preserving parts of your native culture, the sacrifice...

Penielle, native of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and childhood friend of Josue joins us. Penielle shares her story of family immigrating from Congo to Belgium to the United States and her thoughts on the positive parts of Congolese and American cultures. We discuss the available opportunities in America, how to live in a multicultural society, and the need for equal, but not equitable, rep...

Josue and Chase sit down to discuss cancel culture and disagreement in friendships. We also discuss the role of unbelievers in our life, examining teachings and the reality of false teachers, calling friends to sanctification and betterment, pursing unity in the midst of disagreement, Jesus walking with sinners, playing our roles, if freedom of speech is biblical, and cancel culture creating a lac...

Reward, Senior Advisor for Church Relations at World Vision and Host of Blackbyrd.tv joins us. He shares the meaning of Kingdom Perspective and how it should influence the conversation that is currently going on in the culture and the church. We discuss the lost message of the Kingdom, God's fundamental desire for unity, and how to walk in love in a culture that has a wrong understanding of love....

Raul, friend and founder of Best Bodies for Life joins us. We each share our perspective on the conversation on racism going on in our country at this time. We talk about how we think the Church has handled this conversation well and the areas where the Church might be mishandling this so far. We discuss the Black Lives Matter organization, the history of the category of race, the lies of implicit...

Josue and Chase share stories and their perspective on prejudices, injustices, and events that have occurred in our country. We discuss reconciliation through Christ and within the Church, discerning truth among the facts, pursuing forgiveness on both sides of the conversation, our proper hope as Christians, and the key of seeing people as individuals rather than just parts of groups. We hope this...

Chase travels down to Austin to record with Grayson, Director of Fundraising for Perspectives. Grayson shares what his season of quarantine has been like and his recent triathlon training. We the necessity of challenges and goals in life, "nothing changes if nothing changes," and consistency.   Website:  perspectivesworldwide.org IG:  @PerspectivesWorldwide Grayson IG: @GraysonHuskey Chase IG: @Wh...

Josue and Chase sit down to talk about Josue's trip to Rio de Janeiro in February. Josue shares what he did on the trip, about The Send in Brazil, and his conversations with friends in Brazil. We discuss Brazilian vs. American culture, the proper posture for worship, and the benefits of curiosity.   Website:  perspectivesworldwide.org IG:  @PerspectivesWorldwide Josue IG:  @ButtermanJosue Chase IG...

Maria, a friend, a Norwegian, a medical student in Cyprus and currently quarantining in Portugal joins us. She shares her experience when Cyprus announced the shutdown, rushing to get to Portugal and what this time has been like in Europe. We also discuss finding community on an island, bringing culture into the church, what us as Christians can invest in during this time, and her encouragement to...

Jordan, a recording artist and ORU alum joins us. He shares challenges that artists have been facing during this shutdown and what God has been walking him through recently. We discuss making the most of the time we have, using this season as preparation, our need for structure, isolation potentially aiding creativity, and being intentional about growing current friendships.   Connect with Jordan:...

Younessa, a Christian and friend of the podcast joins us. She shares what God has been walking her through during quarantine and about her gift of intercession. We discuss being a voice for the voiceless, how to hear the Lord, and the proper perspective to have during quarantine. (Zoom was having some issues so please excuse the echo at the start!)   Connect with Younessa: Younessa IG: @younessapa...

Ermmias, an entrepreneur and local church leader joins us. He shares his experience over the last few weeks and what it's been like to lead a small group during this quarantine. We discuss being intentional with loving others, welcoming new believers and nonbelievers to church, and holiness over happiness   Connect with Ermmias: Ermmias IG: @ermmias_tec   Website:  perspectivesworldwide.org IG:  @...

Bosa, a creative, storyteller, and spoken word artist joins us. She shares her experience during this quarantine and what God has been walking her through during this season. We discuss that idle time reveals idols, the importance of incremental improvement, God qualifying the called, and setting healthy boundaries during quarantine.   Connect with Bosa: Bosa IG: @itsbosa AXL IG: @axlcreativeco  ...

Mathias, a missionary with Jesus Revolution in Oslo, Norway joins us. He shares his experience during this quarantine and gives us insight on what it has been like up in Norway during this time. We discuss being a missionary with Jesus Revolution, changing our perspective on our plans that have been cancelled due to the virus, how he's using the extra time that he's been given, and not placing min...