Reverend Jill Davis Carr is a Staff Chaplain at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. She is a Board of Trustee member of Memphis Theological Seminary and a board member for Missouri Presbytery of both Christian Education and Camp Cumberland. Jill holds an Master of Divinity from Memphis Theological Seminary and an MBA from Missouri State University. She has served in leadership roles with young people for over 30 years, especially at CPYC and Camp Cumberland. Jill has one daughter, Allison, ...
Sep 19, 2023•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 144
Rev. Joy Warren grew up in South Carolina and was ordained by Nashville Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. She served nine years as Associate Pastor at First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Murfreesboro Presbytery. Now, she works for NFP as a Design and Consulting Specialist, modeling funding of non-qualified plans for bank executives. Joy continues her ministry in the Murfreesboro, Tennessee area and beyond. She serves as Treasurer of the National Farm Workers Ministry and has ...
Aug 29, 2023•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 143
Edward H. Adair, a 1985 graduate of the University of Kentucky College of Law, is a former Federal Law Clerk and Special Assistant United States Attorney for the Department of the Interior. He is currently a Licentiate under the care of the Presbytery of East Tennessee and works for the Oak Ridge National Laboratory as a Privacy and Regulatory Specialist. Music is provided by Pierce Murphy, Caldera Blue . Source: https://www.freemusicarchive.org/music/Pierce_Murphy/through-the-olive-branches/cal...
Aug 15, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 142
Rev. Daniel Barkley is in his twelfth year as the minister at the Gadsden Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Gadsden, Alabama. He is married to Jamie, his high school sweetheart for 27 years, father of three sons (youngest is a senior in college), two daughter-in-laws, one grandson and a granddaughter who will be making her appearance by the end of August 2023. He was born and raised in Paducah, Kentucky and is a graduate of Bethel University and Memphis Theological Seminary. He is the assistant ...
Aug 08, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 141
Rev. Dr. Anne Hames is the Senior Chaplain of Bethel University. Dr. Hames graduated from Bethel in 1982 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in religion. She earned a Master of Divinity degree and a Doctorate of Ministry degree from the Memphis Theological Seminary. Dr. Hames also teaches religion classes on campus. Music is provided by Pierce Murphy, Caldera Blue . Source: https://www.freemusicarchive.org/music/Pierce_Murphy/through-the-olive-branches/caldera-blue Comments: http://freemusicarchive.o...
Aug 01, 2023•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 140
Rev. Ellen Hudson Clark is currently a chaplain resident with Ascension St. Thomas in Nashville, Tennessee, where she lives with her husband and partner in ministry Rev. Dr. Tommy Clark. They have two dogs, Beatrice and Jameson and a cat named Nina. She is a graduate of Bethel University with her Bachelor in Science in Biology and Memphis Theological Seminary with a Master of Divinity. She serves on the Board of Christian Education for Columbia Presbytery and has a particular passion for creatin...
Jul 25, 2023•1 hr 52 min•Ep. 139
Heather Hennessee is a life long member of Bates Hill Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Warren County, Tennessee where she serves as worship leader, bulletin creator, Sunday school teacher, and Women’s Group President. Heather writes: I am married to Douglas Hennessee for 6 years and have a beautiful stepdaughter Bella. We complete our family with Hank Tater Bug Hennessee the Cow Dog. Yes, that is his name. I work full time for the 31st Judicial District Public Defenders office. I am mainly in G...
Jun 20, 2023•55 min•Ep. 138
Steve writes: "Reverend Steve Delashmit and Faye Delashmit have five children, twelve grandchildren, three great grandchildren and share a love for music, travel, and the Lord. I was born a Cumberland Presbyterian and have served churches in Kentucky and Tennessee for 44 years. I am currently serving the New Hope Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Lebanon, Tennessee and look forward to many years of ministry to come." Music is provided by Pierce Murphy, Caldera Blue . Source: https://www.freemusi...
Jun 13, 2023•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 137
Rev. Tyler Lindsey writes, "I was born on August 1st, 1994 to David and Ashley Lindsey. I am a life-long Cumberland Presbyterian and the grandson of Rev. Cordell Smith. I am the oldest of 3 siblings, and I am celebrating 7 years of marriage with my lovely wife, Heather (Hamblin) Lindsey. I spent most of my childhood in Bowling Green, Kentucky and attended the Bowling Green Cumberland Presbyterian Church. I was ordained in Cumberland Presbytery on June 13th, 2021." Music is provided by Pierce Mur...
Jun 06, 2023•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 136
Savannah writes, "My name is Savannah Lamb. I have been a Cumberland Presbyterian my whole life. I am a member of the St. Luke Cumberland Presbyterian church in Nashville, Tennessee. I am in college at the University of Tennessee Knoxville, majoring in Kinesiology to become a Physical Therapist. While at school, I worship with the Beaver Creek Cumberland Presbyterian congregation. I currently serve on the CPWM Executive Committee in a new role as a Young Woman Ambassador." Music is provided by P...
May 30, 2023•58 min•Ep. 135
Hailing from Rogersville, Alabama, Darren Kennemer attended the University of North Alabama and Bethel University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology, minoring in Religion and Philosophy. He also holds a Master of Divinity Degree from Memphis Theological Seminary and was ordained by West Tennessee Presbytery in 2003. He is currently a member of Robert Donnell Presbytery. He completed his clinical residency and a fellowship in mental health chaplaincy at the VA Medical...
May 23, 2023•55 min•Ep. 134
Reverend Judy Madden is minister of Pastor of Care at Pathway Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Burleson, Texas. As Pastor of Care, Judy oversees pastoral counseling, funerals/memorials, hospital visits, support groups and is the primary contact for those in crisis or death. Judy has been endorsed by Red River Presbytery for election as Moderator of the 192nd General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian denomination. Music is provided by Pierce Murphy, Caldera Blue . Source: https://www.freem...
May 16, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 133
Lynndon (Lynn) Thomas is currently the Director of Global Missions for the Missions Ministry Team of the Cumberland Presbyterian denomination. Lynn's introduction to the mission field took place in his teenage years. He later attended Bethel and then Memphis Theological Seminary. After seminary, he married Nona Young Thomas, and they moved to Colombia, South America as missionaries. They returned in 1998 to the USA after eleven years on the mission field, where Lynn assumed the position of Direc...
May 02, 2023•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 132
Veronica Ent writes; "I reside in the small town of Hardinsburg, Kentucky. I attend church at Garfield Cumberland Presbyterian Church were I am active in Cumberland Presbyterian Women's Convention (CPWM) and serve as Children’s Church teacher. I have served as CPWM President on both the local and regional level, and presently serves as Convention President. Born into a Christian family who were sharecroppers, I have always been a part of a church family. I asked Jesus to come in to her heart at ...
Apr 25, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 131
Rev. Daniel Ignacio Headley was born in Mexico but raised in the United States of America. Daniel is a mechanical engineer and a Cumberland Presbyterian minister. God is showing him how to live pastorally in the workplace. Music is provided by Pierce Murphy, Caldera Blue . Source: https://www.freemusicarchive.org/music/Pierce_Murphy/through-the-olive-branches/caldera-blue Comments: http://freemusicarchive.org/ Additional comments: modifications made to shorten and loop song for introduction and ...
Apr 18, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 130
Rev. Daniel Ignacio Headley was born in Mexico but raised in the United States of America. Daniel is a mechanical engineer and a Cumberland Presbyterian minister. God is showing him how to live pastorally in the workplace. Music is provided by Pierce Murphy, Caldera Blue . Source: https://www.freemusicarchive.org/music/Pierce_Murphy/through-the-olive-branches/caldera-blue Comments: http://freemusicarchive.org/ Additional comments: modifications made to shorten and loop song for introduction and ...
Apr 11, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 129
Rev. Lisa Oliver is the pastor of Mt. Tabor Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Murfreesboro, Tennessee in Murfreesboro Presbytery. Lisa serves as Vice President of the Historical Foundation Board of Trustees, Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Cumberland Presbyterian Women's Ministry, on the Still Waters Family Ministry Board in Murfreesboro Presbytery, and volunteers for Sacred Sparks in the Loads of Love Ministry. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with family and friends, croc...
Apr 04, 2023•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 128
Rev. James Byrd is a Cumberland Presbyterian minister and serves the New Providence Presbyterian Church in Harrodsburg, Kentucky. He is a graduate of Bethel College (University) and Memphis Theological Seminary. He has served congregations in Mississippi, Tennessee, and Kentucky. James writes: "I have been in the ministry for 53 years. Mall call to the ministry came sometime before I responded. While in high school, I felt God working in my life. Through it all, I have learned to trust God movin...
Mar 21, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 127
Debbie Shanks writes: "I have been married for over 50 years to Roy: we have three children by birth, three children by marriage, and twelve grandchildren. Roy is from Casey Illinois and I am from Louisville Kentucky. We met and married in Louisville and spent the next eighteen months in southern Italy (Air Force), spent one year in Indiana, and then seven years in Tennessee before moving to Illinois 40 years ago. I have been a church musician since I was twelve years old. I started out as the p...
Mar 07, 2023•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 126
Jodi Rush writes: I grew up in the McKenzie Cumberland Presbyterian Church but began life attending a Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Chicago, Illinois from the time I was born until we moved to McKenzie, Tennessee when I was five. I was very active in leadership at the McKenzie Church serving as a Sunday school teacher, VBS director, and as an ordained elder while in high school. I attended Bethel College where I met my husband Kip and graduated from Bethel with Christian Education degree. I ...
Feb 28, 2023•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 125
John Pyon is a part of the "GJH Ministry" new church development located in Duluth, Georgia and is currently working at the Air Force ROTC department at University of Georgia as an Instructor and serves in the United States Air Force as a Captain. He is also attending Memphis Theological Seminary to pursue a Master's Degree in Divinity and praying to become a chaplain following graduation. John loves to golf and exercise and is happily married to Hyeji and they have one dog: Daisy, and one cat: ...
Feb 14, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 124
Dusty Taylor writes: My name is Dustin, my family and camp friends call me Dusty. I am a have Associate in Applied Science in Land Surveying and that is what I do for a living. I grew up in the Walnut Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church in the middle of nowhere Arkansas. My mother’s brother was our preacher, and my dad’s family has been attending since the start of the church in the 1930s. Also, my dad’s cousins are elders and the session clerk of the church. We moved to the Cumberland Presbyte...
Jan 31, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 123
Rev. Dr. Peggy Jean “PJ” Craig serves as Senior Pastor at the Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Germantown (CPCG) in Germantown, Tennessee. Before coming to CPCG, Peggy Jean was the Assistant Director for K12 Partnerships at Rutgers University-Camden, New Jersey. She oversaw the university’s civic engagement strategic priority, while also leading Rutgers-Ignite, a STEM-based after school program; Rutgers Future Scholars, a pre-college scholarship program for first generation college students, th...
Jan 24, 2023•50 min•Ep. 122
Rev. Dr. Courtney Krueger is fortunate in that he grew up in a family that helped him experience Jesus’ love in many and various ways. He was born in South Carolina to a Roman Catholic father and a Baptist mother. He was raised in the Baptist church and went to a Baptist college (Furman University). He then went to a Methodist seminary for his master’s degree (Duke Divinity School) and a Presbyterian Seminary for his doctoral degree (Columbia Theological Seminary). He served as a pastor in two B...
Jan 17, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 121
Rev. Dr. Ron McMillan states: "I was raised on a farm in west-central Missouri and graduated from Centerview Elementary School in 1960 and the former College High School of Warrensburg, Missouri, in 1965. After high school, I graduated with a B.S. in History from Bethel University in McKenzie, Tennessee. Also, I have a Masters of Arts from the Presbyterian School of Christian Education of Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, Virginia, a Masters in Divinity from Memphis Theological Seminary of...
Jan 10, 2023•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 120
Reverend Emily Trapp Young is a pastor in the Cumberland Presbyterian Denomination. She serves at Allsboro Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Cherokee, Alabama with her husband of four years, Ryan Young. Emily also works for Room in the Inn-Shoals which is a non-profit that provides emergency shelter for people experiencing homelessness. She has a passion for ministry with youth, children, and those society views as marginalized. She loves to watch movies, eat sushi with her friends, and go on wa...
Jan 03, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 119
Sherry Poteet is a retired and working music educator having spent 29 years as middle school band director in Texas. After retirement, she continues to serve area schools as a mentor, consultant, and band adjudicator as well as supervising student teachers for Stephen F. Austin State University. She is an Elder at Elmira Chapel Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Longview serving on the session and is the session clerk. She has taught Sunday school, served on the Fellowship and Mission committees ...
Dec 20, 2022•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 118
Rev. Mark Craven is a Cumberland Presbyterian minister, biologist and the Dive Safety Officer at the Tennessee Aquarium. He is a graduate of Moody Theological Seminary in Chicago and is the pastor of the Jasper Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Jasper, Tennessee. He and his wife, Katrina, live in Chattanooga and have two children. Music is provided by Pierce Murphy, Caldera Blue . Source: https://www.freemusicarchive.org/music/Pierce_Murphy/through-the-olive-branches/caldera-blue Comments: http:...
Dec 13, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 117
Rev. Greg Tucker is the minister at the Faith Fellowship Cumberland Presbyterian Church near Knoxville, Tennessee. He is a native from Milan, Tennessee and he and his wife, Rhonda, have two children and three grandchildren. He is a graduate from North Greenville University and Beeson Divinity School. He has served congregations in Tennessee, South Carolina, and Alabama. Music is provided by Pierce Murphy, Caldera Blue . Source: https://www.freemusicarchive.org/music/Pierce_Murphy/through-the-oli...
Dec 06, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 116
Rev. Wes Johnson is Tennessean by birth but Texan by choice, having moved to Texas in 1982. Born and reared in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Wes accepted God’s gift of salvation during a Fifth Sunday Youth Rally at Richard City Cumberland Presbyterian Church at age 13. Nurtured in the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in his hometown, Wes was influenced by many ministries and mentors, including the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Campus Crusade for Christ (now Cru), Kay Arthur of Reach Out Ranch ...
Nov 22, 2022•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 115
