Episodes
6 days ago
#100: The three with Parkinson’s
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6 days ago
“Parkinson’s Disease is a gift,” said Michael J. Fox. “It’s a gift that keeps taking because it’s really opened me up to more compassion.” Another person with Parkinson’s explained, “Stories can connect with people in a way that facts and scientific reports can’t.”
This Thursday you can hear the stories of three people with Parkinson’s, and the founder of Bridges for Parkinson’s.
The three with Parkinson’s are . . .
Wes Yoder – owner of Ambassador Speakers Bureau and Literary Agency, Wes started and is director of Middle Tennessee New Canaan Society . . . and your friend.
Joel Anderson – one of the best graphic artists I know. He is probably best known around here for his Spirit of Nashville posters and best known nationally for his National Parks posters, books, calendars, and gifts.
Bob Gurich – a Christian marriage and family counselor from Spring Hill. You may know Bob because he has been a regular with us at Puckett’s.
And Colleen Bridges, an amazing personal trainer who eight years ago began Rock Steady Boxing to help those with Parkinson’s maintain strength, balance, and endurance.
Chances are you won’t get Parkinson’s. One percent of people over 60 get it; most are men. But you do have friends with Parkinson’s Disease. You owe it to yourself and them to hear these stories. And to hear Rich Gootee’s song about living with Parkinson’s, go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDtbvzIVkEg. Rich, a Nashville singer-songwriter with Parkinson’s, works out at Rock Steady Boxing.
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#99: Andy Andrews
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Andy Andrews is a gifted storyteller and author. His The Traveler’s Gift, The Noticer, and How Do You Kill 11 Million People were all NY Times bestsellers. His The Bottom of the Pool was named by Forbes as “One of the Seven Books Every Entrepreneur Should Read.”
When Andy was 19, both his parents died – his mother from cancer; his father from an auto accident. Andy was homeless and hung out in a library reading more than 200 biographies of great men and women and came to realize there are seven decisions that determine a person’s success. Andy has shared what he learned with 20 million readers of his 26 books and, according to a NY Times reporter, “has quietly become one of the most influential people in America.”
Last month he delivered a course on Critical Thinking to the U.S. Naval War College. Listening to Andy were the Commanding Major Generals of the Army, Air Force, Space Force, Marines, Coast Guard and military heads of 16 U.S. allied countries.
Wednesday Apr 17, 2024
#98: Derek Young
Wednesday Apr 17, 2024
Wednesday Apr 17, 2024
“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.