Conquer Your Mountains

Send us Fan Mail In this live episode with a studio audience Joël and Rick talk about some key challenges parents face in leading their children -- young and old.

Send us Fan Mail Pastors are people too. They have ups and downs, biases and struggles. In they episode, Joël and Rick talk about some of the secrets you may have never known about pastors.

Send us Fan Mail There is ultimate truth. But it's not always obvious. It has to be sought out. In this episode, Joël and Rick talk about how to seek out truth.

Send us Fan Mail We live in a time when everything has been politicized. Plus, it's an election year. How do you keep from getting sucked into making everything about a political side? In this episode Joël and Rick talk about how to stay above the fray.

Send us Fan Mail If you want to go fast go alone. If you want to go far, walk with others. We aren't made to walk alone. In this episode, Joël and Rick talk about the challenges and benefits of walking with others in community.

Send us Fan Mail Our world is filled with noise. Even if you find a few moments of peace and quiet, it's hard to calm the noise in your head. Enter solitude. In this episode, Joël and Rick talk about some disciplines that can help you find peace even in the middle of chaos.

Send us Fan Mail We all have negative things happen to us. We can hold on to them and let them control us, or we can let them go and find really freedom. In this episode, Joël and Rick talk about how to let go of the bad (and the good) to live life in freedom.

Send us Fan Mail Freedom and growth come with responsibility. But taking responsibility can be a moving target. In this episode, Joël and Rick talk about how to know what is your responsibility and what isn't.

Send us Fan Mail We've all experienced disappointment. For some it leads to fear and anger. Others turn it to their advantage. In this episode, Joël and Rick talk about how to deal with disappointment in a healthy way.

Send us Fan Mail We all feel fear in different ways -- apathy, indecision, worry, and feelings of impending doom. But fear doesn't have to ruin your life. In this episode, Joël and Rick talk about how to face your fear and overcome it.

Send us Fan Mail When we get angry at something happening to us, it's always because of something happening inside us. Anger is a sign that we need to pay attention to our emotions. In this episode, Joël and Rick talk about how you can get anger working for you, instead of against you.

Send us Fan Mail With the right perspective you can get through pretty much any challenge. In this episode, Joël and Rick talk about how to keep a big perspective.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Joël talks with his mother about how to keep from passing fear on to our kids.

Send us Fan Mail Deep inside us there's a desire to do something significant. But often times, we feel limited or blocked in being able to accomplish those bigger things. In this episode Joël and Rick talk about what to do when you feel like you still have more to give.

Send us Fan Mail We've all had that one horrible boss. It can make miserable. In this episode, Joël and Rick talk about how to survive and thrive under bad leadership.

Send us Fan Mail Our words have power -- for good or bad. But just how much power do they have? In this episode Joël and Rick talk about how to use your words for good.

Send us Fan Mail Joël and Rick talk about their very different takes on how to stay focused and do your work in a world of chaos.

Send us Fan Mail We need community. Christians are called to gather together regularly. What about when you can't gather together in person... is online church an acceptable alternative to actually getting together? in this episode, Joël and Rick talk about the upsides and downside of online church.

Send us Fan Mail So you're married and you start to realize you and your spouse are completely incompatible... What do you do now? In this episode Joël interviews his parents Rick and Jana about what to do if you and your spouse are completely different.

Send us Fan Mail Maturity is something we should aspire to -- spiritually and emotionally. But the next step after maturity is rottenness! How do you avoid turning rotten? And how do you know if you are actually mature? In this episode Joël and Rick talk about what real maturity looks like. 

Send us Fan Mail Seasons change. When they do, it may mean it's time to find a new church. There's a wrong way and a right way to leave a church. In this episode Joël and Rick talk about how to know it's time to change and how to make sure you change churches well.

Send us Fan Mail Often times, we have to wait on God's time. Other times God is waiting on us to act. In this episode, Joël and Rick talk about how to make most of the waiting time between where you are and where you want to be and when to act.

Send us Fan Mail The United States grants freedom of speech to everyone. But is it always wise to speak your mind? Are there times you should just be quiet? In this episode Joël and Rick look at when you should, and shouldn't, speak your mind.

Send us Fan Mail Comfort is not the goal of life. In fact, comfort can actually keep you from moving forward and becoming all you can be. In this episode, Joël and Rick talk about how discomfort can be actually be a gift.

Send us Fan Mail No one likes criticism, but what if criticism is necessary to become all you can be. In this episode Joël and Rick talk about how to handle criticism well and use it to your advantage.