Paul Andries is the pastor of the Washington (D.C.) Seventh Day Baptist church. This episode we discuss how Christians have responded to racial issues in America. He shares some of his personal experiences and we seek to bridge the divide that seems to be part of American Christianity.  You can email Rev. Paul R. Andries at [email protected]

Jeremiah Owen is the Director of Communications for the Seventh Day Baptist General Conference and serves as President of the Acton Town Council in Acton, CA. On this podcast we talk about Christianity and its relationship to media. You can email Jeremiah Owen at [email protected]  You can follow SDBs on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube

Paula Morrison-Smith is a certified drug and alcohol therapist and is a resident chaplain at major hospital in Philadelphia. In this episode we talk about her story of faith and how God used her history of adversity and drug addiction to build a ministry. You can email Paula at [email protected]

Carl Greene is the Executive Director of the Seventh Day Baptist General Conference. In this podcast we talk about vision casting and what that looks like denominationally and on the local church level. You can email Carl at [email protected]

John Pethtel currently lives in Colorado Springs, CO and serves as Director of Church Development & Pastoral Services for the SDB General Conference. You may contact him at [email protected]

Jamie Knight is a singer, songwriter, and pastor. She has been on star search and even recorded a song with Jay-Z. We talk about how she made the hard choice to leave the music industry when it conflicted with her Christian values and how she has continued to be faithful to Jesus and music since then. Follow Jamie on Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, and Spotify

Lori Stanley Roeleveld is an author, speaker, and disturber of hobbits who enjoys making comfortable Christians late for dinner. She’s authored four encouraging, unsettling books. Her latest release is The Art of Hard Conversations: Biblical Tools for the Tough Talks that Matter. She speaks her mind at www.loriroeleveld.com.

Daniel Appel is a good friend and professed atheist. This week on the podcast we talk about why he became an atheist and how that relates to his journey with mental health.

David Stall is the senior pastor at First Hopkinton Seventh Day Baptist Church in Ashaway, Rhode Island. In this episode we talk about the importance that accountability makes in the Christian faith and how he grew his church by committing to covenant living.   You can email Pastor Dave at [email protected]

Karissa Bornemann is a social worker specializing in youth mentoring. She lives and works in Wisconsin. This episode deals with the sensitive subject of abuse and the church's response to it. Though this is not a subject that we enjoy talking about, we know that it is something that the church needs to address. You can email Karissa here. Books discussed in this podcast: Trauma and Recovery The Cry of Tamar Sexual Violence