Embracing Brokenness

Jay Payleitner is one of the top freelance producers for Christian radio, having worked on Josh McDowell Radio, Today's Father, Jesus Freaks Radio, and Project Angel Tree with Chuck Colson. Jay is a long-time affiliate with the National Center for Fathering and Iron Sharpens Iron. He speaks at men's retreats, marriage weekends, writers' conferences, and weekend services. Jay has sold m...

Michael Kurtz joins Steve on this episode of the Embracing Brokenness Podcast to discuss the process toward transformation in Christ. If you have been on this journey for any length of time, you know that miraculous process of transformation that begins when we say “I do” to Jesus and invite him to sit upon the throne of our hearts. It is a process. Michael shares a recent article he wrote as our...

Chuck Girard joins Steve in this final episode of a 3-Part Embracing Brokenness Podcast series. Chuck shares how he met his wife, Karen, his struggles with alcohol, and how God saved him and moved him and his fellow Love Song bandmates to join Chuck Smith at Calvary Chapel, bringing the beginning of contemporary Christian music to all of us. He discusses his solo career and what will be his first...

Chuck Girard joins Steve on Part 2 of this 3-Part Embracing Brokenness Podcast. He discusses his life and experience of the Jesus Movement as chronicled in his book, Rock and Roll Preacher, and a host of other topics you won't want to miss. Singer, Songwriter, Recording Artist, and Worship Leader, Chuck is a Pioneer of Contemporary Christian Music, Member, and Co-Founder of the CCM group '...

Chuck Girard joins Steve on Part 1 of this 3-Part Embracing Brokenness Podcast. Singer, Songwriter, Recording Artist, and Worship Leader, Chuck is a Pioneer of Contemporary Christian Music, Member, and Co-Founder of the CCM group 'LOVE SONG.' Born in Los Angeles, and raised in both Southern and Northern California, Chuck began playing music at an early age. In his teens, he formed a group...

In Part 2 of this podcast, Steve asks Alisa to define Progressive Christianity and the dangers that exist when truth becomes relative and the inerrant Word of God is questioned. As a lifelong church-goer, follower of Jesus, and former CCM recording artist with the Dove award-winning group ZOEgirl, Alisa Childers experienced a period of profound doubt about her faith in her mid-thirties. She felt a...

As a lifelong church-goer, follower of Jesus, and former CCM recording artist with the Dove award-winning group ZOEgirl, Alisa Childers experienced a period of profound doubt about her faith in her mid-thirties. She felt as though she had been tossed in a stormy ocean of uncertainty with no life jacket or lifeboat in sight. Alisa didn’t know where to find answers to her questions, or if answers ex...

Joseph Grenny is a New York Times bestselling author of eight books, including the communication classic, Crucial Conversations. His work has been used by nearly half of the Forbes Global 2000 and has helped millions of people achieve better relationships and results. He cofounded Crucial Learning (formerly VitalSmarts), one of the world’s most respected learning and organization development firms...

On today's Podcast, Steve and Colleen ask the question of whether it's possible for humanity to truly flourish on this side of heaven without Shalom. The discussion turns to the broader definition of Shalom as intended in scripture, not simply defined as Peace . In Hebrew, it means peace, harmony, wholeness, completeness, prosperity (not necessarily financial), welfare, and tranquility. Ac...

The experience of anyone that finds themselves without a home, without a meal, and most importantly devoid of relationships that would prevent such an experience, is a unique one. This condition is often misunderstood. After nearly 12 years of service to those experiencing homelessness in our community, Colleen has much to share about the conditions of poverty and those most underserved among us....

Steve is joined by special guest, Preston Poore to discuss integrity in leadership as a Christ follower. Preston has more than two decades of upper-level management experience in the Consumer Packaging Industry. He is a Certified Maxwell Leadership Team Keynote Speaker, Facilitator, Trainer, and Executive Coach. Preston wrote two books, his most recent is Discipled Leader (2022 Selah Award-winning...

There's an ebb and flow to the rhythms of life. There's also an ebb and flow to the process we experience in our own healing journey through Christ. Today Colleen and Steve invited Michael Kurtz to have a conversation about how we approach that journey and what those rhythms might look like in your life. But when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.  Now the Lord is the Spirit, and...

As Vice President of Programs at Water Street Mission , Colleen Adams joins Jack Crowley, President, to share a story of restoration with one of their former guests. See how God transformed Sharon's life, as He does with so many through the ministry of WSM. For most of us, it's difficult to love the marginalized and those experiencing homelessness in our society. We don't understand the struggles....

Steve is joined by special guest, Allen Arnold, to discuss the message and meaning behind his latest book, The Eden Option, Choosing a Story 1 Life in a Story 2 World. Allen is the Executive Director of Content at Wild at Heart  and is a noted creativity speaker, coach and author. His focus is helping people actively pursue their creativity with God. As a former Fiction Publisher with Thomas...

On today's Podcast, Steve joins Cristin Germaine on a regional radio program she hosts. WPFG's Community Issues and Missions is a program where people in our community share their personal journey, their ministry, or their organization.  During the interview, Steve provides personal insights on his spiritual journey but also that of Embracing Brokenness Ministries and the calling God has give...

Continuing on in our series of interviews with friends and allies, sharing God Stories from the past and present. Stories where our lives have been forever changed by a God who loves us and saved us each one. On today's podcast, Steve is joined by Author, Speaker, and Mom of many, Cathie Rosado. We'll discuss her book, among other topics, Choosing Plan A - A Mother's Adventure with Adoption, Accep...

Happy New Year everyone. We're back to our series of interviews with friends and allies, sharing God Stories from the past and present. Stories where our lives have been forever changed by a God who loves us and saved us each one. On today's podcast, Steve is joined by Singer/Songwriter, Author, & Speaker, Cristin Germaine. Cristin is the Founder and Event Planner of "Dream BIG! Ignite Your Pa...

Happy New Year everyone. Can you believe it? Princes’ song is rattling around in our head, 1999, released in 1982. Had to open with a few bars in the intro. 2022 is a done deal – in the books as they say - and we now look forward to the uncertainty waiting for us in 2023. Are you excited? The way you answer that question says a lot about where your heart is right now. And that’s not passing judgme...

We all have a story. If you're a friend of Jesus you've felt the power of God's presence in your life and been changed forever. In this series, Steve interviews ordinary people sharing extraordinary moments when God intersects their lives in unexpected ways.  Join us in today's podcast as we give God the glory in our redemption story and how He impacts our daily life.

Everyone has a story. In this series, we introduce you to God's people sharing God's stories in each of their lives. Craig tells of his incarceration and how Jesus met him in that place and changed his life. Listen in and be blessed by the amazing ways that God intersects our lives, in the good, bad, and ugly. But He gets the glory in our story.

If we don't talk it out, we'll act it out. What does it mean to be a peacemaker? What does the Bible say about conflict, and how we should best resolve our differences? We dig deeper into the subject of peacemaking on today's video podcast.

Brokenness is the state in which we enter this world. No one escapes the ravages of sin. What we do with that is paramount in our healing journey toward wholeness in Christ. On today's podcast, Michael Kurtz joins Steve to have a conversation on what it even means to embrace your brokenness and why you would even yield to the notion that embracing our condition of brokenness is a good idea. Music...

God is at work all the time. That means many different things to many different people. What often is missing in our understanding of that truth is the ability to notice Him. To notice Him in nearly every aspect of our lives as Believers. He wants to be in relationship with us constantly. Not just in an emergency. Even in the simple things. In today’s podcast, Steve discusses hearing from God from...

It’s been a rough couple of years. Most of us have experienced some level of trauma around a host of issues that can go unnoticed – until – something sets us off.  What is that something for you? What pushes your buttons and elicits an unexpected reaction?   Sometimes the reaction may be termed an overreaction. Many times our responses to the simplest annoyances can have severe consequen...

For many of us, the notion of dying to self is a foreign one. What does that even mean? Paul wrote in his letter to the Galatians "I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me." Luke quoting Jesus said, "And he said to all, 'If anyone would come...