Confessions of A Reformer

The story of God's hand on my life and how I ended up where I am today.

Today I talk about how matter holds memory.

One day my little sister was hanging out at my place and she said to me (talking about my facial hair), “dude, you gotta clean that up.” And I thought, yeah, she’s right. Completely forgetting my conversation with Seth a few weeks prior to this, I went into the bathroom and shaved the bottom half of the goatee but left the mustache. So I went out and showed her and my roommate at the time, Micah,...

Some time went by after doing video announcements, and my identity changed in our environment. It’s like people didn’t know I had a name anymore and just called me “Bethel Man.” They’d see me at Trader Joe’s, the gas station or movie theatre and say, “Hey, are you Bethel Man?” And it was so surprising to me because I wasn’t expecting to be noticed like this AT ALL. I also had my mustache while all...

I learned at a young age that Jesus commanded us to make disciples so that they can go disciple nations. When I was growing up, however, I was constantly wondering where the rabbis and mentors were around me, and I was eager to find them. This discipleship piece was in the Bible but I wasn’t seeing it in my life. Be searching for it and know what you want. Get around people who have things you wan...

In this episode, I go back and share some of my origin story. From religion to authentic intimacy with Jesus, there are some notes I took away from church culture and Christianity in general. I explore the reason and value behind why Numa Culture is the way that it is.  Want more information on Numa? Check out my website: https://www.mikemaeshiro.com/about 

I don’t want to be the only one influencing the environment. If I can’t replace myself, I’m not doing a good job. I want to be able to duplicate myself and not just be “the guy,” I want to teach others to do this too.  Without something to contribute and to own, people’s value and understanding of their role in the world in their space tends to diminish and, when they don’t feel super connect...

In this episode, I talk about why I started this podcast and where this journey began!  I have an intimate relationship with the nature of Truth Himself and He moves me, we negotiate things and He’s always right. Obviously there’s an exchange here; there’s a place where I get to willingly and triumphantly lay down things that I thought had value when He shows me something better. He reveals t...