Guest Patrick Melder first learned about Bitcoin in 2013 but made his first purchase in 2018 and has HODLd ever since. He’s written extensively about Bitcoin’s truths and the impact it has on believers and non-believers. His essays can be found on Medium ti67corvette. Patrick also hosts the Mission Bitcoin Podcast where he and his guests discuss the intersection between Bitcoin and Christian faith.

After undergraduate studies at Houston Baptist University and medical school at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Patrick became an Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) surgeon and sleep specialist. He trained at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and was on active duty with the US Army for 13 years. In 2006 he left the Army as a Lieutenant Colonel and started his private practice career. A serial entrepreneur, Patrick holds nearly thirty US and international patents. He has been involved in church ministry (elder, lay missions pastor), has been on numerous missions trips, and is passionate about God’s mission to the ends of the earth. He has written The Christian Case for Bitcoin and The Philosophy of Bitcoin and Religion.

Reverend Dr. Ed Glover shares about the huge difference the Urban Impact Foundation is having in the lives of the fatherless and the widows in inner city Pittsburgh. We also discuss Urban Impact’s 10th annual ManUp Conference on June 11, 2022.

Urban Impact partners with Pittsburgh Steeler’s head coach Mike Tomlin to bring together thousands of men in Pittsburgh to help them maximize their impact in their homes, neighborhoods, and city. Keynote speakers, local pastors, and sports personalities challenge men to be the best godly leaders they can be and raise awareness of the devastating impact of fatherlessness among youth today.

Ed and his wife, Tammy, founded Urban Impact in 1995 after moving into the neighborhood on the North Side of Pittsburgh. Ed is a leader, a visionary, an evangelist, and a motivational speaker who has had a tremendous impact in the city of Pittsburgh through Urban Impact for over 25 years.

I hope you’re ready to be inspired! Richard Buckley (email, LinkedIn), Regional Vice President for Corporate Chaplains of America, sits down with us and shares amazing stories of God’s redemptive impact in the marketplace. Whether you own your own business or you are a valued employee, you won’t look at the workplace the same again. Richard talks about how Corporate Chaplains of America is coming alongside businesses to care for their employees and promote healthy workplace cultures.

Want to shape the culture in your workplace? Read this article, which is based on this episode.

We spoke to Stuart Kellogg about his book The Post Covid Church: An Action Plan to Thrive, Not Just Survive and how we, as men, engage in the church today. You hear some great perspective stemming from Stuart’s extensive research, as well as some practical steps to help your church thrive.

A graduate of Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Public Communication and Wesley Biblical Seminary, Stuart (LinkedIn) is a retired TV executive who now focuses on Christian ministries. Beginning in spring 2020, Kellogg interviewed almost 100 pastors, lay leaders, and leadership experts to discover what it takes for a church to serve as the hands and feet of Christ despite pandemic-induced shutdowns. His project includes a website, podcast, YouTube channel, Facebook Group, and app.

Stuart and his wife of 42 years, Beth, have two grown children and four grandchildren. Beth is a retired school teacher who subsequently ran her own authors’ PR firm and speakers’ bureau.

In case you haven’t noticed, there is a shortage of men’s resources being produced by Christian publishers today. Or at least that is the perspective of literary agent Dan Balow. We learn about how the publishers have more incentives to produce books and resources for women rather than men.

Dan helps us see this as an opportunity, especially for men who have a desire to become an author. You’ll gain great perspective on the publishing industry and motivation for those of you who’ve thought about writing a book on any topic.

Dan Balow started in Christian publishing in 1983 and has been involved in marketing, sales, foreign and domestic rights management, audiobooks, digital publishing, and acquisitions. While he was at Tyndale House Publishers for over a decade, he developed a wide-ranging perspective on the industry by working with hundreds of authors and thousands of books. He has been with The Steve Laube Agency since 2013, with a two-year break to focus on a publishing-related venture he owned. Dan is a graduate of Wheaton College (IL) with a degree in Communications and has been married to Carol for 40+ years. They live in Wheaton, Illinois and have four grown children and five granddaughters.

Most of us men are terrible at making space in our lives for rest. As we rush from one thing to another trying to accomplish so much, we often neglect the most important things.

Our guest today, Daniel Sih, talks with us about his book Spacemaker: How to Unplug, Unwind, and Think Clearly in the Digital Age, which won the Australian Business Book of the Year 2021 (Personal Development) and was a finalist for Best Technology Book.  Daniel provides very helpful principles and steps to take to find calm in the midst of the storm.

Based in Tasmania, Daniel has 15 years experience working in senior leadership and strategic consulting roles. As a trainer, coach, and keynote speaker, he has worked with CEOs, executives, and other senior professionals throughout Australia and beyond, ranging from global corporations and businesses to universities and non-profits. He has a broad professional history, including leadership roles in physiotherapy, health management, project management, and Christian ministry. Daniel is also an accredited Top 5 CliftonStrengths® coach with the South Pacific Strengths Network, and co-creator of Email Ninja eLearning®.

Daniel is the founding Director of Spacemakers. He and his wife Kylie are missional directors at Together Church. They have 3 children and 18 chickens.

A lot of pastors think online preaching doesn’t matter that much. They’re focused on getting real people into their real churches, not some cyber-campus in the Metaverse.

But online sermons are your church’s new welcome center. Souls are at stake. The future of your church and your preaching ministry depends on your ability to communicate online.

That’s where guest David Murrow (author of the bestseller Why Men Hate Going to Church) wants to help through his new project, The Online Preaching Coach. He shares some of the common pitfalls for pastors trying to communicate online and offers ideas to draw in more people through compelling online preaching.

If you are not a pastor, you will benefit from this interview in three ways:

1. You will grow in empathy toward the challenges your pastor is facing in preaching the gospel.
2. You will be exposed to some of the dialogue that takes place in most churches “behind the curtain” as it relates to communicating the gospel online.
3. You will learn how to approach your pastor about this issue and possibly come alongside him in spreading the gospel more effectively.

Do you feel like you and your wife have a strong marriage or a weak marriage? Do you feel connected to your wife? In this episode author and speaker Oliver Marcelle gives us a helpful framework to begin to learn about how we, as men, contribute positively or negatively to our marriages. Oliver reveals some secrets from his book that have helped many marriages grow.

Oliver and his wife Denise are the co-founders of Denoli, LLC (YouTube) where they offer coaching, mentoring, speaking, and facilitating services for couples and events. Oliver is the author of  the book Overcoming the Man Laws: For The Man Who Wants to be His Best Despite What He Was Taught. Oliver and Denise also co-authored the couple’s journal Have a Conversation, which helps couples learn to discuss difficult or uncomfortable topics.