Dream Big Podcast with Bob Goff and Friends

My friend Tasha joins us on the podcast today! She is a contemporary Christian musician who finds her identity and purpose in her personal relationship with Jesus. After four years touring as a backup vocalist for Katy Perry, Tasha was first named one of Billboard’s Top 5 female Christian artists of 2020 on the heels of her breakthrough single, “Into The Sea (It’s Gonna Be OK)". Tasha has her Mast...

Christine Caine joins me on the podcast today. You may hear me refer to her as 'Chris' in this episode, but that's just how great of a friend she is to me. She goes by her nickname! When she's not off spending time with her family or scaling mountains, she keeps herself busy as a speaker, activist, and best-selling author. She and her husband, Nick, founded the anti-human trafficking organization...

Laura McKowen is the author of the bestselling memoir, "We Are the Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life". In 2020, she founded The Luckiest Club, a global sobriety support community. She lives with her daughter and partner in Boston. Follow Bob: @bobgoff Follow Kim: @kimberly.stuart.writes Follow Laura: @laura_mckowen Learn more about Laura and purchase her latest book "Push Off From Her...

My dear friend Roma Downey joins me on the podcast today! Roma is an Emmy-nominated actress, producer and New York Times bestselling author who has been creating inspirational content for twenty-five years. Today we talk about memories, her newest book “Be An Angel” and the simple joys hidden in everyday life. Upon the release of her book, Roma is also a producer on a recent movie “On a Wing and a...

Crystal Paine is wife to Jesse, mom of six, the founder of MoneySavingMom.com, host of The Crystal Paine Show podcast, New York Times bestselling author of Say Goodbye to Survival Mode, and author of Love-Centered Parenting. Today we get to chatting about her newest book, "The Time-Saving Mom".  Her desire is to help women across the globe live with more joy, purpose, and intention in their e...

Christy Nockels is a singer-songwriter with a passion for leading others in authentic connection and communication with God. Together with her husband Nathan, she toured nationally as the duo Watermark, recording five albums and seven No.1 radio hits. As a founding member of Passion City Church, Christy served on the worship team alongside notable artists such as Chris Tomlin, Matt Redman, and Kri...

Ruth is a mother of five and has been a constant host to thousands of people over the years. Her and her husband Bob own a charming historic home just outside of Philadelphia. Hillside Farms is a lovely property with giant trees, rolling hills, an enormous barn, a chicken coup and a constant stream of friends and family. For one year, they documented their life at the farm through words and photog...

Craig Groeschel is the founding and senior pastor of Life. Church, an innovative multi-site church that created the free YouVersion Bible App. He is a New York Times bestselling author and has written fifteen books, including Winning the War in Your Mind and Lead Like it Matters. Known as a leadership expert, he hosts the top-ranking, “Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast” and regularly speaks for t...

My good pal Henry joins me on today's special episode! His new book, “Trust”, launched about a week ago and I wanted to shout it from the rooftops. Dr. Henry Cloud is an acclaimed leadership expert, psychologist, and best-selling author. He draws on his extensive experience in clinical psychology and leadership development, to impart practical and effective advice.  Follow Bob: @ bobgoff &nbs...

Katie Davis Majors is the bestselling author of Kisses from Katie and Daring to Hope. She is the founder of Amazima Ministries, an organization that desires to empower people in Uganda through authentic relationships, education, community strengthening, vocational training, and spiritual discipleship. Now living in Tennessee with her husband, Benji, and parenting their large crew together, Katie s...

I have Mark Batterson with me today and he’s got a new book coming out titled, “Please, Sorry, Thanks: The Three Words That Change Everything” on April 4th 2023! In today’s episode we reminisce old times spent together, dive into topics discussed in his new book and share lots of laughs along the way. Mark serves as the lead pastor of National Community Church in Washington, DC and is the author o...

Amy Seiffert is the author of "Grace Looks Amazing on You" and "Starved" (the book we get to chatting about in today's Bonus Episode) and is on the teaching team at Brookside Church. She is an affiliate Cru staff member and a regular YouVersion Bible teacher. She loves to travel and speak (and try new foods on all her adventures!). Amy is married to her college sweetheart, Rob, and they live in Bo...

Stéphane Bancel is a guest on today’s Bonus Episode of Dream Big. He is a scientist, an amazing husband and father to an exceptionally loving family and has taught me a lot about living out his faith with kindness during times of challenge. Some people have known Stéphane as Moderna’s Chief Executive Officer for more than a decade, but others of us have known him as a kind, humble and trusted frie...

Lysa TerKeurst is a New York Times bestselling author of more than 25 books with more than 6 million books in print. Her most recent books include Good Boundaries and Goodbyes, Forgiving What You Can't Forget, and It's Not Supposed to Be This Way. She is president of Proverbs 31 Ministries and has a social media reach of more than 8 million followers. Lysa writes from her family's farm table in No...

Michael Hyatt is the founder and chairman of Full Focus and the author of several New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling books. Under his leadership, Full Focus has been featured in the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing companies in America for three years in a row and in 2020 the company was named to Inc.’s Best Work Places list. He enjoys The Double Win with his wife...

My dear friend Bill is fighting a courageous battle with cancer. I asked him to hop on this special episode to honor his legacy and allow others to hear his unique life perspectives. Bill is most renowned as a husband to Laurie, a father, and grandfather. On stage, he served as Senior Clinical Director at Onsite for ten years where he supervised over 70 therapists throughout the U.S., trained prof...

Kate Bowler, PhD is a three-time New York Times bestselling author, award-winning podcast host, and an Associate Professor of American Religious History at Duke University. She studies the cultural stories we tell ourselves about success, suffering, and whether (or not) we're capable of change. She is the author of Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel and The Preacher's Wife: The P...

Author and speaker Beth Moore is a dynamic teacher whose conferences take her across the globe. Beth founded Living Proof Ministries in 1994 with the purpose of encouraging women to know and love Jesus through the study of Scripture. She has written numerous bestselling books and Bible studies and can also be seen teaching Bible studies on the television program Living Proof with Beth Moore, aired...

Carlos Whittaker is a speaker, worship leader, social media personality, and self-professed "hope dealer" who appears at some of the largest churches in the country including Fresh Life Church, Embrace Church, and North Point Community Church, among others. In addition, he's been on stage at the Orange Conference, Catalyst, MomCon, Experience Conference, and many other key events. A People's Choic...

Ann Voskamp is the wife of a farmer, mama to seven, and the author of four New York Times bestsellers: The Broken Way, The Greatest Gift, Unwrapping the Greatest Gift, and the sixty-week New York Times bestseller One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are, which has sold more than one million copies and has been translated into more than twenty languages. Named by Christianity To...

Holding a Business Degree with an emphasis in marketing I worked in the corporate world for the first 15 years after graduating. It was at the end of those 15 years that I had the clear call of God on my life to enter vocational ministry and plant a church. So I quit my six-figure business career, the Senior Leadership Team of a $200M national healthcare company, and gave up my corner office. I bu...

After pastoring local churches for nearly thirty years, Rev. Eugene Cho is now President/CEO of Bread for the World, a collective Christian voice including individuals, churches, non-profits, and other partners, who work together to urge our nation’s decision makers to end hunger at home and around the world by changing the policies and programs that allow hunger to persist. Eugene’s passions invo...

Jessye Wilden lives with her husband, Ryan, and their children in Mount Shasta, California, where bears rattle the garbage cans and deer occasionally pose dramatically in the backyard. As a family they are passionate about snow skiing, adventuring in their camping trailer, and dancing in the kitchen. Jessye continues to write and speak to groups using her unique perspective and exciting storytelli...

In a career that has spanned more than three decades, Steven Curtis Chapman is the most-awarded artist in Christian music history. With 59 Gospel Music Association (GMA) Dove Awards, five GRAMMY Awards, an American Music Award, and 49 No. 1 singles, he has sold more than eleven million albums with ten RIAA-Certified Gold or Platinum albums to his credit.  In his career, he has collaborated wi...

Jason spent the first decade and a half of his career traveling widely as a speaker. In 2015, Jason and his wife, Andrea, moved to Fishers, IN to launch Parkside Church with an amazing group of people. Today, he continues to lead at the church and has recently written his first book, From Your Biggest Fan, about his passion to help others discover their God-given potential. He and Andrea live in t...