Forging Honor

Banjo and JJ wrap up the year with a big announcement.

Banjo and JJ wrap up Challenge 33 of the show!

Banjo and. JJ discuss the Lord's Prayer.

Banjo and JJ discuss how the current challenge is affecting every part of their lives.

Banjo and JJ interview pastor Mike Fennema. Mike, who grew up in the south suburbs of Chicago, serves as an assistant pastor. Mike received his Bachelors degree from Calvin college (grand rapids, MI) and his masters of divinity from reformed theological seminary in Orlando. In his more than 15 years of ministry, Mike has served as a youth pastor, senior pastor, and church planter. He suffered a sp...

Banjo and JJ discuss how the challenge is affecting their day-to-day lives.

Banjo and JJ discuss how the challenge is affecting their prayer.

Banjo and JJ start a new challenge to explore true rest.

Banjo and JJ have fun discussing their views on sports and conversation.

Banjo and JJ close out Challenge 32 with a discussion about what they learned.

Banjo and JJ interview Beck Oterson about his life as a PHD student, how his interests have dictated his pursuit of learning, and about his advice to those seeking to grow their learning capabilities. Beck Otersen is Currently pursuing a Ph. D. at Westminster Theological Seminary in Hermeneutics and Biblical Interpretation with a major in Old Testament. His dissertation investigates the nature of...

Banjo and JJ discuss when to take a break from learning, some ideas about how different seasons of learning might look, and have some fun discussing practical ways to learn.

Banjo and JJ interview Dave Raymond. We discuss passing on what we love through teaching, how we learn to teach, and give some practical aids. Dave Raymond has taught humanities in middle Tennessee for more than 20 years. He owns and operates Quiller tutorials. His history curriculum is available online at mycompassclassroom.com . He married his college sweetheart and they been together for 20 yea...

Banjo and JJ interview Dr. George Grant. We discuss the life of learning, curiosity, planning for learning, reading and notetaking, as well as the differing perspectives Islam and Christianity have on education. Dr. George Grant is the Pastor Emeritus of Parish Presbyterian Church and the Founder of Franklin Classical School, the Comenius School, Bannockburn College, and New College Franklin. He i...

Banjo and JJ interview Kelly Knowlden about the distinctive aspects of Christian education, how the word of God is foundational to loving education, and how we can have a posture of humility when learning. Lots of excellent resources are mentioned along the way! Kelly Knowlden is a veteran of Christian Education. Graduating from Geneva College with a bachelor's degree in Elementary Education, and...

It's time for a challenge and a new season! Banjo and JJ venture into reading and writing to learn the habit of a life of learning.

Banjo and JJ close out Challenge 31 with some time reflecting on how it went, what they learned, and how they hope to use their tech going foward.

In this episode Banjo and JJ discuss their latest experiences with technology, some generational differences, and how they plan to finish the challenge.

Banjo and JJ do a quick check in to discuss how the challenge is going and what they've learned so far.

Banjo and JJ sit down with Ben Scoones to discuss some of the philosophy and and theory behind our technology. We learn about information and what it actually is, and about how AI works, and about some of the direction AI may (or may not) be headed in.

Banjo and JJ get to interview Jon McCallum - a young man who ditched his smartphone over a year ago. We learn what benefits he has had and difficulties he has faced in that time. We also learn about his full time work as a poet and how that has being free of the digital world has helped that endeavor.

Banjo interviews JJ for this episode to discuss technology and offer some advice on where to start in taming your smartphone.

New Challenge! Banjo and JJ launch a new season of Forging Honor with the latest challenge: Turn your phone off for one hour every day.

In this first ever episode of Forging Honor: After Hours, Banjo and JJ get into some books they've been reading, how action and habits have shaped their lives since they started Forging Honor, and wrap up with some podcasts they are currently enjoying.

In this final episode of the season Banjo and JJ discuss what they learned.