Experts estimate that 2/3rds of Western wealth will be in the hands of women by 2030. What does that mean? Is it possible that women have the opportunity to use wealth as a tool for global good? Will women be ready and willing to steward their power in new and beautiful ways? Strong women strong world at world vision is believing for exactly that. Both guests today, Charity Wallace (founder of Wallace Global Impact) and Emily Nielsen Jones (founder of Imago Dei Fund) are working hard to make...

When we say 'play' what comes to your mind?  We want to introduce you to someone who takes play seriously!  Cari Higgins is a 23-time USA Cycling National Champion & known in the cycling world as a fierce competitor. She’s travelled the world representing the USA from 2006-2016. After multiple World Cup & Pan American medals, she was part of the USA Olympic “long team” leading up to the London Olympics. Cari is now the Chairwoman of the USA Cycling Board of Directors (the first female...

Emily Ogutu and Shannon Marquez are smart. Super smart. Their academic research and educational aptitude is a gift they are using to benefit others around the globe, particularly women and girls in Africa. They have offered an incredibly rich contribution to  robust evaluation and focuses on women’s and girls’ empowerment-centred interventions that are integrated and sequenced in a new way.They along with their partner at World Vision, Strong Women Strong World want to understand what is...

A powerful interview with Mother and Son, Leisle and Caleb Chung!! These beautiful people are living their legacy and breakdown for us the impact of empathy; embracing a thriving business as a way to impact the world AND their employees as well; and how a 10-year-old Caleb convinced his parents (and recruited 6 other kids his age) that he could run a half marathon since girls his age walked that distance to get water everyday! How do you raise kids with that kind of impulse? Well, both Leisle...

From a successful life in technology, Margo Day went from the top of her game at Microsoft (after 35 years in the tech industry) to launching a lifetime fight to end child marriage and stop FGM (female genital mutilation). Her work with World Vision in Kenya is a dream (and the project we'd like to highlight is literally called Kenya Big Dream!) worldvision.org/kenyabigdream. If you want to be inspired to live a beautifully big and rich life you will want to listen and learn from Margo's...

This episode is FULL of wisdom and experience and takes a deep dive into LIVING our hopes and dreams now. Dale Hanson Bourke is an award-winning author, and her latest book Strong Girls Strong World, hits the bullseye of the kind of global change we long to see. Dale has travelled to 62 countries and has extensive experience in governance and business and is sharing her best strategies to see real transformation through the way she lives her life today. But even more than her expertise - in...

I'm not even sure how to explain the force that is Kathryn Compton. She has been LIVING an incredibly meaningful life and her impact is literally stunning. Her deep commitment and love for the poor and marginalized people of the world are evident in everything she does and touches everyone she meets profoundly. From raising millions of dollars to mobilizing, educating, and informing, individuals, corporations, foundations, community leaders, and the media - I mean this woman!! Also, she is...

This EPISODE is the intro to our season called A Living Legacy in partnership with Strong Women Strong World. I explore Maslow's hierarchy of needs and why he regretted it, Matthew Perry's request before he died and why it might matter to think about what we are doing with this one wild and beautiful life NOW instead of later. Enjoy. What does it mean to LIVE a legacy? This is the question we are exploring. So much of our ideas of legacy are about what happens when we die but what if spent...

Welcome to God at the Movies!  We're glad you're here.  Co-hosts Danielle Strickland and James Sholl spend this season diving deep into popular movies and TV shows and what's being said about culture today.  The base from which they approach this task is found in the belief that God is at work redeeming all things everywhere.    This weeks content is on the ShondaLand hit Bridgerton spinoff, Queen Charlotte.  The spin-off miniseries revolving around Queen Charlotte consists of two plot lines:...

Welcome to God at the Movies!  We're glad you're here.  Co-hosts Danielle Strickland and James Sholl spend this season diving deep into popular movies and TV shows and what's being said about culture today.  The base from which they approach this task is found in the belief that God is at work redeeming all things everywhere.    This weeks content is on the 2023 movie The Woman King.  In the 1800s, a group of all-female warriors protects the African kingdom of Dahomey with skills and...

Welcome to God at the Movies!  We're glad you're here.  Co-hosts Danielle Strickland and James Sholl spend this season diving deep into popular movies and TV shows and what's being said about culture today.  The base from which they approach this task is found in the belief that God is at work redeeming all things everywhere. This weeks content is on the Netflix Korea hit TV Show, Squid Game. This episode features guest Hannah McNeilly, creator of the God at the Movies Discussion...

Welcome to God at the Movies!  We're glad you're here.  Co-hosts Danielle Strickland and James Sholl spend this season diving deep into popular movies and TV shows and what's being said about culture today.  The base from which they approach this task is found in the belief that God is at work redeeming all things everywhere. This weeks content is on the movie The Menu. The Menu (2022) is a dark comedy thriller film about a group of wealthy people who paid for an experience to taste...

Welcome to God at the Movies!  We're glad you're here.  Co-hosts Danielle Strickland and James Sholl spend this season diving deep into popular movies and TV shows and what's being said about culture today.  The base from which they approach this task is found in the belief that God is at work redeeming all things everywhere. This weeks content is on the 2023 Netflix TV Drama, Beef. Created by Korean director Lee Sung Jin for Netflix, it stars Steven Yeun and Ali Wong as Danny Cho and Amy...

Welcome to God at the Movies!  We're glad you're here.  Co-hosts Danielle Strickland and James Sholl spend this season diving deep into popular movies and TV shows and what's being said about culture today.  The base from which they approach this task is found in the belief that God is at work redeeming all things everywhere. This weeks content is on the 2020 Apple TV+ hit show, Ted Lasso.  Ted Lasso is an American college football coach. So, naturally he’d be great at coaching an English...

Welcome to God at the Movies!  We're glad you're here.  Co-hosts Danielle Strickland and James Sholl spend this season diving deep into popular movies and TV shows and what's being said about culture today.  The base from which they approach this task is found in the belief that God is at work redeeming all things everywhere. This weeks content is around this years best picture nominees. In this episode you'll find the second half of the Oscars Best Picture Nominees! Included in this...

Welcome to God at the Movies!  We're glad you're here.  Co-hosts Danielle Strickland and James Sholl spend this season diving deep into popular movies and TV shows and what's being said about culture today.  The base from which they approach this task is found in the belief that God is at work redeeming all things everywhere.  This weeks content is around this years best picture nominees. Half are covered this week, keep your ears open for next weeks part 2 of the Oscars Best Pictures!...

Welcome to God at the Movies!  We're glad you're here.  Co-hosts Danielle Strickland and James Sholl spend this season diving deep into popular movies and TV shows and what's being said about culture today.  The base from which they approach this task is found in the belief that God is at work redeeming all things everywhere.  This weeks content is around the new hit show The Last of Us. ’After a global pandemic destroys civilization, a hardened survivor takes charge of a 14-year-old girl...

Welcome to God at the Movies!  We're glad you're here.  Co-hosts Danielle Strickland and James Sholl spend this season diving deep into popular movies and TV shows and what's being said about culture today.  The base from which they approach this task is found in the belief that God is at work redeeming all things everywhere.  If you watch and listen closely, popular movies and tv shows are exposing the deep seated questions of our time. This is an invitation into humanity’s collective...

Trigger warning: abuse, sexual violence & self-harm The movie discussed in this bonus episode is the Oscar-nominated film "Women Talking" Guests on this episode are Lori-Ann Thompson and Angela Lam. Lori Anne Thompson is Survivor. Storyteller. Student. She holds a BSCH Kinesiology from Queens University and a MA in Child Advocacy and Policy from Montclair State University. Her bravery in exposing the abuse of Ravi Zacharias is considered to be one of the catalysts for the #churchtoo...

Guest - Jonathan ClemensFor a comprehensive account of Yoder’s abuse and subsequent responses to it, read https://www.bishop-accountability.org/news5/2015_01_Goossen_Defanging_the_Beast.pdfHillary Scasella’s response to why so many have missed the mark in response to Yoder’s abuse is brilliant - https://www.abc.net.au/religion/not-making-sense-why-stanley-hauerwass-response-to-yoders-sexual/10095168 The essay Jon mentioned by Villegas can be found here -...

Guest - Anna ChadwickAs a survivor of Clergy Sexual Abuse, Anna understands this type of abuse at a very personal level.  In order to help others, she is attending graduate school to study trauma and abuse at The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology.  Additionally, she co-founded and serves as a co-director for Restored Voices Collective, a community of survivors healing together.  The restored voices website can be found here www.restoredvoicescollective.comA link to recommendations for...

Guest - Kyle Howard

Guest - Michael ButtreyMichael Buttrey is a PhD candidate in Christian Ethics at the University of Toronto, where he studies moral improvement and corruption. In 2022 he co-founded #ACCtoo, an advocacy group for survivors of sexual abuse in the Anglican Church of Canada. A brilliant article on this -https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2022/july-web-only/rape-david-bathsheba-adultery-sexual-sin-prophet-nathan.htmlThe movement seeking reform in how the Anglican Church of Canada responds to...

Guest- Lori Anne ThompsonLori Anne Thompson is Survivor. Storyteller. Student. She holds a BSCH Kinesiology from Queens University and a MA in Child Advocacy and Policy from Montclair State University. Her bravery in exposing the abuse of Ravi Zacharias is considered to be one of the catalysts for the #churchtoo movement Lori's web-site - https://loriannethompson.com/Lori's victim impact statement - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xyl6jzg5ldcAfter initially siding with RZIM, Christianity...