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How do you have hope in the darkness? If you’ve ever been up at 4am, you know it looks like it’s the middle of the night. But in reality— it’s morning. Join John and the people that inspire him as they talk about what it means to live in hopeful defiance, no matter what it looks like outside.
Episodes
Tuesday Sep 22, 2020
Rewriting Society's Death Sentences (Erika Brown)
Tuesday Sep 22, 2020
Tuesday Sep 22, 2020
A black girl from South Dallas, pregnant at 20 by a potential felon from the North Side of Houston decide to start a life together,....
How would you complete that sentence? Erika Brown, a real estate and business mogul in the making shows how she’s rewriting society’s death sentences. Her story isn't just possible for people like her, it's PROBABLE!
Sunday Aug 30, 2020
SNOOZE: Performance-Based Identity is a Dead End
Sunday Aug 30, 2020
Sunday Aug 30, 2020
Dr. Crawford Loritts talks about how to get free from the trap of a life motivated by being twice as good as the people around you.
Wednesday Aug 26, 2020
Connectedness: An Antidote for Cynicism (Dr. Crawford Loritts)
Wednesday Aug 26, 2020
Wednesday Aug 26, 2020
How you experience the present climate is wholly shaped by your past experiences. I talk with Pastor Crawford Loritts in how he's been able to fight off cynicism in our current cultural climate.
Wednesday Aug 19, 2020
Grief Doesn't Have an Expiration Date (Raven Thomas)
Wednesday Aug 19, 2020
Wednesday Aug 19, 2020
Everyone's prepared for the earthquake of grief, it's usually the aftershock that catches them off guard. My dear friend Raven Thomas talks about the uniqueness of life as an orphan and expectant mother.
Tuesday Aug 11, 2020
Success & The Doom Called "Safety" (Andy Mineo)
Tuesday Aug 11, 2020
Tuesday Aug 11, 2020
Everyone knows that depression comes after people whose life has fallen apart, but how do you deal with depression when you have the life of your dreams? Andy Mineo, award-winning hip hop artist and producer, talks about his journey through success and the doom called safety.
Tuesday Aug 04, 2020
Leave Some Hope in my Commissary (Jordan Rice)
Tuesday Aug 04, 2020
Tuesday Aug 04, 2020
Hope comes to us through the most unlikely people in the most unlikely places. I talk with lawyer and pastor Jordan Rice about finding hope in a maximum security prison.
Thursday Jul 30, 2020
SNOOZE: Insecurity is a Thief
Thursday Jul 30, 2020
Thursday Jul 30, 2020
If you're anything like me, whenever you walk in to the front door of a new interest, you're greeted by insecurity. Let's spend a little time this morning talking about why it's always there and how we can evict it. Enjoy this first snooze until we meet again for another full episode.
Thursday Jul 23, 2020
Permission to be Human (Shawndra Onwuchekwa)
Thursday Jul 23, 2020
Thursday Jul 23, 2020
On my 36th birthday, I reflect with my wife, Shawndra Onwuchekwa about how easy it is to build prison walls around your humanity while trying to build houses of hope for other people. She reminds us how we all need permission to be human.
Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
Dear 2020, I am NOT Reasonable (Joseph Solomon)
Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
"Our past is bleak. Our future dim. But I am not reasonable. A reasonable man adjusts to his environment. An unreasonable man does not. All progress, therefore, depends on the unreasonable man" - Toni Morrison
I have a conversation with Joseph Solomon about the world changing, how this new world has changed us, and how we want to return the favor and change the world!
Friday Jul 03, 2020
Rise & Shine: Welcome to Four in the Morning
Friday Jul 03, 2020
Friday Jul 03, 2020
Let's live while we wait for our circumstances to catch up.