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Steve Bell - a Winnipeg-based singer-songwriter who has released 21 albums over a 30-year career, with album sales exceeding 400,000 units. Add four concert videos, five songbooks, and more than 3,000 live shows, and you have a body of work equaled by few artists in any genre. Steve was recognized with the Order of Manitoba, and in 2022, he was inducted into the Order of Canada. Steve shares his story of inviting Christ into his life at 8 years old; going from making music as a family ministry to being thrown into crisis and how that turned a “giving” ministry to a need to receive; going to church in a federal prison as a child and a inmates teaching him how to play guitar; having the perspective that every single person is “God’s good idea” and that everyone is bearing gifts for one another; the importance of feeling seen and valued; being willing to receive someone’s gift; the song that continues to be a mentor; Canadian and American mindsets; the dynamic between artist and audience; the honour receiving the order of Canada; and what does hope look like “now”.

https://stevebell.com/

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Vivian Gomes - General Manager & Chief Design Officer at Shnorh - shares his fascinating story of growing up without a father in a Christian home in India, with a hardworking mother that wanted to provide the best in difficult financial times; working five jobs at the age of sixteen; working for Hewlett-Packard (HP); going from living the high-life to being humbled; living in his car; a bull offering as a desperate attempt to get his life back on track; a wolf and an owl that saved his life; turning to a lay-preacher at the request of a friend; witnessing healing and the impact of being prayed over; a car that ran on fumes; how God has turned his life around; what it means that “designers are peacemakers” and defining human-centered design; how we can use Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Kingdom purposes; starting his morning with the Lord and more.

https://www.shnorh.com/

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Kent Chevalier - Chaplain for the Pittsburgh Steelers (Athletes in Action) and Keynote Speaker - navigates us through how he surrendered his life in Orlando at 17; being equally as guilty in the hypocrisy he saw in the Church; the impact of discipleship; the weight of stewarding the Word of God; God’s timing being just as important as His direction; planting a church that “failed wonderfully”; the challenges a pastoral call can bring; being a “follower of Jesus”; the need to mend a divided Church; that feeling of “needles in the nest” when you feel God is about to move; becoming the Chaplain of the Pittsburgh Steelers; and what it looks like to “do it afraid”.

https://www.kentchevalier.com/

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Bianca Smart - TDT Client Relations Manager with Takealot.com (Cape Town, South Africa) - shares her powerful story of growing up with certain rules in church but not seeing the same at home; heartbreaking abuse at home and leaving home at 16; meeting her husband and the impact her father-in-law had in her life and her journey to forgiveness; the power of faith and desperation; the faith-strengthening presence of her son; an unexpected Holy Spirit-led pause in the podcast to speak a word of value and encouragement; selfishly serving others and being a bridge between heaven and earth; the protection of music and the escape and peace that silence can bring; her box of faith messages; the power of the movie “The Shack”; if you want to see a change, be the first change; pouring into and inspiring youth group and more!

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Nobles Darby IV is the Chaplain for the Cleveland Browns and Cleveland Cavaliers. In this episode, Nobles shares his story of being filled with the Holy Spirit at a young age; coming from a long line of preachers; what it looks like to trust Jesus when you can’t trace Him; positioning yourself to hear God’s voice clearly; his appreciation for the guardrails put in place by his parents; the start of Full Court Press; numbing the pain of the loss of his grandfather and how it turned him back to the Lord; appreciating his name and legacy; how divine interruptions can help us see our purpose; what a professional sports Chaplain does; and his love for the city of Cleveland.

https://www.clevelandfca.org/full-court-faith

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Dr. Tony Warrick - Director of Community Enrichment at the College of Southern Maryland and Author - shares his journey of the challenges of growing up in Washington, D.C.; the murder of his brother; staying in the shadows because of his past and then coming to accept his past so that he could fully become who he is called to be; capitalizing on his gift of speed to get out of DC; how calculus helped steer his college major; his passion for serving the community; becoming an author of "Jesus and Coffee" (even though he doesn't drink coffee!); how his life has to be the best sermon he ever preaches; and trusting God to direct his steps.

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Lisa Morrel - Behavioral Health Professional, Health & Life Coach - shares the profound experience as a camp counselor at 16 that brought her closer to Jesus and steered her toward becoming a counselor; Stumbling upon a message on a Christian radio station and a Holy Spirit revelation; Going from broadcasting to counselor, using her faith as a guide; navigating the “dark night of the soul”; the impact of presence; the power of hope; being a light in the darkness of the world that causes division; turning to prayer and faith during a turbulent time in the workplace; a gift in strange wrapping paper and more.

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Barbara Villasenor - Economics at Google and the Founder of the Google Inter Belief Network - takes us inside her life of faith after hopes, dreams and a relationship dissolved; how this adversity propelled her into her strong relationship with Jesus; an opportunity she saw for Google to bring all faiths together "at the table" and encouragement for others to do the same.

Barbara is speaking for herself, as an individual, and not as a Google representative.

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