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#98: Derek Young
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“Derek Young, a former executive at Dollar General and Cracker Barrel, was hands down the most popular keynoter and executive coach we used when I was working with Tennessee State government,” said Bucky Rosenbaum, one of the brothers on our Franklin NCS leadership team. “An experienced stand-up comedian and solid Christian, Derek would be comfortable talking to a room full of CEOs or to the guys at Puckett’s.”
When Bucky tells you something, you can take it to the bank. This Thursday you’ll have a chance to see for yourself when Derek joins us at breakfast at Puckett’s.
A native of St. Louis and a lifelong Cardinals baseball fan, Derek Young is a corporate consultant and a community advocate in Nashville by his involvement with March of Dimes, Nashville Symphony, and Nashville Chamber of Commerce.
Tuesday Mar 26, 2024
#97: Matt Davis
Tuesday Mar 26, 2024
Tuesday Mar 26, 2024
Palm Sunday -- the beginning of Passion Week when we celebrate Jesus’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem – is this coming Sunday. Most of us don’t think about the fact that the roots of Passion Week go all the way back to Genesis. This Thursday Matt Davis will show us the Passion Week through Jewish eyes, linking it to the Old Testament. Matt explains, . . .
“It’s like a two-act play. The Jewish people showed up for the first act of a play and left at intermission. The Christians showed up at intermission and watched the second act of the same play. The two groups passed each other in the lobby during intermission and never saw each other again.”
Matt Davis, a Messianic Jew who leads a ministry called The Jewish Road, will put it all together for us, bridging the gap between the Old Testament and the New. He promises that you’ve never heard the story told this way.
Tuesday Mar 12, 2024
#96: Scott Lehman
Tuesday Mar 12, 2024
Tuesday Mar 12, 2024
If you enjoy golf, you will want to join us this Thursday to meet Scott Lehman.
And if you are not a golfer, you will still be glad you came this Thursday to Puckett’s to meet Scott Lehman.
Scott is founder and president of In His Grip Golf (www.inhisgripgolf.com/), a ministry that builds communities of men who enjoy golf and want to deepen their relationship with Jesus. Think of it as a group of guys just like us at NCS that meets on a golf course instead of at Puckett’s.
Scott has been an avid golfer all his life. In 1997 he was a spectator for the first time at the Masters; when he got home his wife, Leslie, told him their marriage was over. The very short version is that they both dedicated their lives to Christ and have now been married 28 years.
Monday Feb 26, 2024
#95: Don Miller
Monday Feb 26, 2024
Monday Feb 26, 2024
You probably know Don best for his book Blue Like Jazz: Non-Religious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality, which was made into a movie and named one of the 20 best books of the decade. But that was twenty years ago.
Since then Don has helped people understand the importance of their story and wrote another best-selling book, Building a StoryBrand; Clarify Your Message so Customers will Listen.
This Thursday Don will tell us his story – from the time of self-discovery in Blue Like Jazzto realizing the importance of our stories and how great leaders invite people into a story.
Monday Feb 12, 2024
#94 Mika Edmondson
Monday Feb 12, 2024
Monday Feb 12, 2024
No snow this Thursday and high in the low 50s. It sounds like a perfect morning for NCS breakfast at Puckett’s.
Mika Edmondson, lead pastor at Koinonia Church in Nashville -- who was scheduled to be with us on January 18 -- will join us this Thursday. Mika was founding pastor of New City Fellowship, an Orthodox Presbyterian congregation in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and was called to Nashville a few years ago.
Friday Jan 12, 2024
#93: Steve Gilreath
Friday Jan 12, 2024
Friday Jan 12, 2024
We’re all busy. Life is chaotic. Many of us navigate through tough times thinking we’re stressed from work and family, but some of us actually have something else gnawing away at a little corner of our brain that keeps us off balance. Something from deep in the past. It can affect us in ways we can’t acknowledge or anticipate.
For Steve Gilreath -- who is one of us at Middle Tennessee NCS -- dark memories of the past stayed buried for 39 years. The emergence of the memories was a difficult one. What could God’s plan be in a situation like this?
Steve is a producer and director, storyteller, and author. He’s spent time with two presidents (without causing an international incident!) and has been a leader in the men’s ministry and an Elder at Christ Community Church, leader with Young Life in inner-city Chicago, and is currently the Executive Director of On Demand Platforms for K-LOVE.
Tuesday Dec 26, 2023
#92: Josh Graves
Tuesday Dec 26, 2023
Tuesday Dec 26, 2023
What does it mean to follow Jesus with the explicit purpose of becoming the best version of yourself possible?
Josh Graves -- who, by the way, is the preaching and teaching minister at Otter Creek Church – has given this quite a bit of thought and will share those thoughts with us on Thursday morning. He says he wants to be with like-minded men who want to follow Jesus.
Josh’s most recent book, The Simple Secret, has a wonderful subtitle: “Choosing Love in a Culture of Hostility.” “According to Jesus,” says Josh, “the purpose of our existence is to love and be loved. . . . The secret of life, it turns out, is no secret at all.”
Monday Dec 11, 2023
#91: Henry Cloud
Monday Dec 11, 2023
Monday Dec 11, 2023
You’ve probably read at least one of Henry Cloud’s books. Boundaries (which he wrote with John Townsend) has helped more than 4 million people learn when to say yes and when to know how to say no. He’s written books on leadership, integrity, and his most recent is on Trust – “When to Give It, When to Withhold It, How to Earn It, and How to Fix it When it Gets Broken.”
Dr. Cloud is a psychologist from Southern California where he and John Townsend directed the Minirth-Meier Clinic for many years.
And like one or two others from California, Henry Cloud is thinking about moving to Middle Tennessee. So this Thursday let’s be sure to give him a warm Middle-Tennessee welcome, y’all.
Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
#90: Tom Moucka
Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
Have you ever felt as if the dreams you had for yourself would never be fulfilled? Perhaps you felt your life was spiraling out of control. Most of us have felt that way at one time or another.
Our God is a God of new beginnings. He said, “I will give you back what you lost to the swarming locusts. . . . Once again you will have all the food you want, and you will praise the Lord your God, who does these miracles for you (Joel 2:25-26).
This Thursday Tom Moucka will tell us his story of God’s restoring love and the second chance God gave him.
You may know Tom (he is one of us). You may remember him because he told us about the Samson Society last August after Nate Larkin told his story. (Tom is president of the Samson Society).
I knew Tom a number of years ago when he felt his life was spiraling out of control. This Thursday is a day I’ve been praying for . . . when Tom can praise the Lord who has done these miracles for him.
Thursday Nov 16, 2023
#89: Lance Villio
Thursday Nov 16, 2023
Thursday Nov 16, 2023
Lance Villio, Executive Director of the Governor’s Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, will be with us at Puckett’s for breakfast. Previously Lance was executive director of I am Second, video taping the stories of people who have overcome struggles by putting Jesus Christ first.
A little history -- In the 1990s faith-based groups had to have a secular affiliate before they could receive federal funding. Yet faith-based groups did a better job than government agencies at helping those with addictions and homelessness, with child welfare, and with other issues. In the 2000 presidential campaign, both major party candidates called for federal partnerships with faith-based organizations and George W. Bush (#43) issued a series of executive orders requiring equal treatment for religious organizations seeking federal funds to subsidize social programs. This let states open similar programs.
In Tennessee, Governor Bill Lee created in his first term an office that would work with faith-based groups. He said we are all called to feed the hungry, visit the sick and imprisoned, care for our neighbors, and provide healing to those who are suffering.
Lance Villio has been directing that office and will tell us about its work, what the opportunities and challenges are for a believer working in politics, and what we can do to help these organizations.