The Perspectives Podcast

Alaina – Friend and Family Services professional in the state of Texas joins us on the podcast. We are able to have a little child care talk, family service talk, psychology talk, mental health talk, and marriage talk. A lot of topics, but was a great conversation to have!   Alaina shares about her story, her years studying and interest in psychology, how she became involved in foster care and fam...

Josue and Chase sit down to share where they and the new episodes have been over the last couple months! We discuss the rest and rhythms the Father has led us to during this time, making time for other priorities in life, balancing the goal of consistency and honoring the prompts of the Spirit, battling weariness, apathy, procrastination, doing things unconventionally, and trusting the Lord will p...

Hulvey – Husband, Son, and Recording Artist at Reach Records joins us on the podcast. Chris shares some thoughts and lessons related to how he's balanced his marriage and career, how he's pursued being his authentic self rather than meeting peoples' expectations, how he discerns if an opportunity is of the flesh or of the Spirit, God telling him to "Quit Music," and what inspired his recent album...

Josue and Chase sit down to celebrate hitting Two Years for the podcast! We discuss the funniest moments of the past year, how we grew, Josiah sharing what it's been like to live with Chase and Josue over the last year, Thomas sharing how he's grown from filming the podcast, the lessons and realizations of the last year, and what we look forward to for the next year.   YouTube:  The Perspectives P...

Josh – Traveler and Global Pastor at Gateway Church joins Josue and Chase on the podcast. He recaps his summer leading the Gateway Global Ministry Experience – a 5 country in 10 weeks trip, some of the best moments of the trip, miracles healings and salvations on the trip, what I was like traveling during COVID, the experience of taking his family on the trip, and lessons he learned from the cultu...

Inspired by a conversation with our previous guest Segun, Josue and Chase sit down to share their thoughts on being a young, single leader trying to walk in integrity and purity. We discuss this being a DIFFICULT journey, it applying to both relationships and opportunities, things internally and externally, walking in integrity while doing your job/role well, 1 Timothy 4:12, having a humble postur...

Lani Rose – a recording artist, Christian, and current roommate flips the tables on Josue and Chase as he joins them for this podcast. Normally, we would have a conversation about his life, different aspect of life, and how God's been moving. But, this time, Lani asks Josue and Chase questions on his mind, to give the listeners a behind the scenes look on what someone who lives with them would lik...

Tedashii – a Christian, rapper signed with Reach Records, and returning guest joins Josue and Chase on the podcast. Tedashii shares the uniquenesses of Samoan culture, how it shaped him, and the process of "finding his people" and identity with being from a multiethnic family. He also gives us some insight into the music he's been working on, what's inspired the music, and other passions he's disc...

Wande – a Christian and rapper signed with Reach Records joins Josue and Chase on the podcast. Wande shares what it's been like over this last season in improving her creative process and receiving the vision for her creativity from God, her motto for this season "Win Within," the story of how she started in music, and how her Nigerian culture and family have shaped her character.   We discuss the...

Fogtavious Vandross – a rapper, Christian, and professional smooth dude joins Josue and Chase on the podcast. Foggie shares the story of moving from Ghana to the States at the age of 5 with his family, how he started in music, what it looked like at the start of his career, what it's like to gain traction in music while still honoring God, and shares his heart and the reason why he feels comfortab...

Josue and Chase sit down to share their thoughts on unity, since is it so central to the heart and vision of Perspectives. We discuss what unity is, our definitions of unity, what it looks like, the characteristics of it, and what we think is currently hindering or standing in the way of unity such as preferences, immaturity, lack of humility, and not defining what we're unifying around.   YouTube...

Vance – Young Adults Pastor at Victory Church in Atlanta and an entrepreneur joins us on the podcast. He shares some thoughts and lessons related to this season in life and a sermon series he recently finished preaching on talking about purpose, integrity, purity, surrender, leadership, and sacrifice.   We discuss figuring out purpose in young adulthood, our purpose not being self-contained, the m...

Paul – an entrepreneur based in Dallas and friend joins us on the podcast. He shares the story behind his relationship and recent engagement to Caroline, how he's pursued her while honor his other responsibilities in life, his experience on the World Race and it's long term impact, as well as what he thinks Filipino and American cultures could learn from one another.   We discuss contentment with...

Philip – born in Ghana raised in America, friend, truck driver, and member of the serve team for Deep Love  joins us on the podcast. He shares what it's like the be a truck driver, the pressures, the joys. He also shares his testimony, coming to want a relationship with the Lord in college, and the story of his family's move to America that is still in progress.   We discuss the day in the life of...

Raul – Founder of Best Bodies for Life, First Bishop of Deep Love Ministries, and multi-time returning guest joins us on the podcast. He shares stories and lessons from his recent trip to Uganda with Go Overflow, the story of life leading up to the trip, crazy stories of people donating toward his trip, as well as the heart and story of Deep Love.   We discuss our tendency to think God speaks to u...

Woke up and the Devil lost again, as we were able to have Ronaldo - a Creative Director, friend, Angolan, and jokester, who is very very young, join us on the podcast. He shares his experience and the lessons from his third year as a leader at Pinecove Camp, the value of the mentorship he's received, the rare opportunities he's received at a young age, and the journey of moving from Angola to Amer...

What's up ya'll! Hope it's been a great summer. We wanted to release a brief, mid-year update to let ya'll in on what's been going on with Perspectives and the Podcast. We share the current mission of Perspectives, a financial update, our growing partnership with Alphalete, the purpose and role the Podcast plays in the nonprofit, our current travel, culture, and service opportunities, as well as w...

Edward, friend and Associate Student Pastor at First Colleyville joins us. He shares his experience in student ministry, how he's balanced marriage and career in his first 3 years of marriage, how he's been obedient to all his responsibilities, his encouragement to those who have youth that are away from God, and what El Salvadorian and American cultures could learn from one another.   We discuss...

Kennedy, friend, native of Nigeria, and Top 25 UFC Light Heavyweight based in Dallas, TX joins us. He shares his story of moving to America in 2010, his start in MMA in 2015, returning to faith in 2016, what it's been like to see all the African success in sports in 2021, where his toughness came from, his routines and life as a pro athlete, and what Nigerian & American cultures could learn from o...

Josue and Chase sit down to share stories and lessons from their recent trips to New York and Costa Rica, respectively. We discuss our takeaways: the importance of having genuine conversations, not assuming or thinking things of people, how to further unity in small practical ways, having our yes be yes, weighing the weight of our yes, having endurance, not overcommitting, especially as the world...

Kyle, friend, entrepreneur, and agent based in Austin, TX joins us. He shares the lessons from a recent retreat to Montana with the Refuge Foundation, his desire to see and vision for deep, meaningful community, how encouragement, community, generosity, and unity all relate, and lessons from his two years serving in Haiti.   We discuss how to balance care for others and self-care, seeing ourselves...

Angela, Jordan, Jaelen, and Bosa – members of the serve team of AXL Creative Co joins us to highlight AXL and share the purpose/vision of the group. AXL, a housed-vision under Mercy Culture is Fort Worth, exists to equip and empower sons and daughters to advance the Kingdom of God through their creative expressions.   We discuss how AXL has grown in their activities and in size, each of the guest'...

Segun, long-time friend and returning guest on the podcast joins. He shares the story of his family winning the lottery and immigrating from Nigeria to America, the process of learning things about the culture and social interactions as a child, growing in his appreciation for his culture, as well as what he thinks Nigerian and American culture could learn from one another.   We discuss giving our...

Yvann, long-time friend and previous guest/host on the podcast comes on to share the story of Honeycomb Creative House. He shares the heart behind Honeycomb, being rooted in God's word, recapping the launch party, what will be created at Honeycomb, and how he's managed the big vision God's given him for the company.   We discuss how to build a team that's bought into the vision, making sure it's b...

Mario and Vicente, believers, designers, and Co-Founders of Common Rags, a vintage clothing brand, joins us. They shares their story of how the collab between Common Rags and Maverick City Music came to be, what prepared them to be ready for the opportunity, where the name Common Rags came from, starting Common Rags when they were young, the influence of their family, their walk with the Lord over...