Bring It Out

On Episode 8 of the Bring It Out podcast, Ben and Rich Villodas have a conversation that covers identity, anxiety, and how we can discern our vocations for the next season of life. Rich is the Lead Pastor of New Life Fellowship in Queens, New York. He is the author of The Deeply Formed Life and Good and Beautiful and Kind (releases July 2022).

To launch season 2 of the Bring It Out podcast, Ben sits down with Josh Howerton to talk about how we can step into a new assignment even when we don't feel ready for it. Josh is the senior pastor of Lakepointe Church in the Dallas area. Josh shares how we can honor the people we are replacing, why people with great vision also need great systems, and how you should pursue relationships with peers and mentors. Josh also opens up about a season he went through that was filled with anxiety and panic attacks.

In Episode 6 of the Bring It Out podcast, Ben sits down with Christian Huang to talk about where vision comes from and how it expands. Christian is the Founder of Mobilize Love and he's also the chaplain for the San Francisco Giants. We dive into these topics: how vision can only expand if we're faithful with the little we have in the beginning, why you should be willing to raise funds for your vision, and how to encourage yourself when things get hard. Christian shares how we care too much about what others think of us and how this keeps us from pursuing our purpose.

Ben shares what he's been learning during a season of delays in his own life. He talks about the difference between waiting passively and waiting actively. He shares how we can keep our confidence while our vision is delayed. What do you do while you're living in the space between a dream and the fulfillment of that dream? He also speaks to how we can balance patience and urgency as we pursue our visions.

For this episode, Ben has a fascinating conversation with Henry Kaestner about how he knew he was an entrepreneur, why he started faith-driven entrepreneur, and the power of partnership. Henry Is a co-founder and partner at Sovereign’s Capital, a private equity and venture capital management company that invests in faith driven entrepreneurs in Southeast Asia and the US from its offices in Silicon Valley, Washington DC and Jakarta, Indonesia. Henry also was a co-founder and CEO of Bandwidth. And he co-founded the Faith Driven Entrepreneur and Faith Driven Investor ministries.