The Good Life With Dr Danny
The Good Life with Dr. Danny serves the New England Christian community and beyond by producing talk-shows that edify believers to love and good deeds, while offering outreach resources that feature people’s stories. The Good Life with Dr. Danny is a program of Danny Yamashiro Ministries and Formation Institute, divisions of Jesus Christ is Calling You, Inc. Foundational Scripture: Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. James 3:13
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Tuesday Nov 29, 2022
Tuesday Nov 29, 2022
"Renewed Vision and Strength"
Terry Looper
www.texonlp.com
How does God transform an engineer into the Founder and CEO recognized as Ernst & Young Regional Entrepreneur of the Year in 2012 who’s company, Texon, was #1 in Houston revenue for private companies in 2011? This is the story of Terry Looper and a Houston energy company.
Terry Looper is the founder and CEO of Texon. He is married to Doris.
Monday Nov 28, 2022
Monday Nov 28, 2022
"OAK: One of a Kind"
Caleb McCoy
www.egc.org
How does a boy who left the church in his adolescent years to run in the streets of inner-city Dorchester on a quest to find his identity, risk safety and sanity in youthful pursuit, only to find that God kept him? This is the story of Caleb McCoy, a man whom God brought back to into the church where he embraced the gospel as an adult. As in Ephesians 1:7, Caleb experienced redemption through the blood of Jesus.
Caleb McCoy is a Bostonian rapper, musician, and producer who has branded his style as OAK music. The OAK, or One of A Kind, is the commitment to a message that is deep-rooted, unique, and prolific. This is expressed in Caleb’s music and his mission. He graduated from Eastern Nazarene College in business management. Caleb expresses as the Marketing Manager at Emmanuel Gospel Center, where he promotes restorative work happening in the Greater Boston area.
Friday Nov 25, 2022
Friday Nov 25, 2022
"Volleyball Champion"
Dietre Collins-Parker
www.goaztecs.com
What does it take to win championships? What does it mean to be a winner in life? How does a relationship with God matter? Deitre Collins-Parker, a two-time national collegiate player of the year and AVCA Hall of Fame member, is the head volleyball coach at San Diego State University. In 2012, she led her Aztec squad to a 23-8 mark and a 13-3 ledger in the Mountain West as the Aztecs claimed their first-ever Mountain West title. She arrived at San Diego State after five seasons as head coach at Cornell, where she led the Big Red to three Ivy League titles and two NCAA tournament appearances.
At the University of Hawaii, Dietre Collins-Parker was a two-time Broderick Award honoree as national player of the year (1983, 1984) after leading the Rainbow Wahine to consecutive national titles and a 110-5 record in her final three seasons. She was twice named to the NCAA all-tournament team and still holds the record for solo blocks in one NCAA tournament (15 in 1982). Coach Collins-Parker is married to Dale Parker.
Thursday Nov 24, 2022
Thursday Nov 24, 2022
"25 Meters to God"
Tad Weiss
www.25meters.com
What does a father do when he receives a call from the other side of the world that his daughter has been hit by a bus while out on a run? This is the story of Tad Weiss, who wrote the book 25 Meters to God, where he shares the seven-year journey to healing and spiritual reawakening. As Isaiah 43:2 talks of God being with us when we pass through life's waters, rivers, and fires, Tad would say, “Amen.”
Tad Weiss is the author of 25 Meters to God. He went to college in Minnesota. He works as a Certified Financial Planner and is the president of Modus Advisors LLC, a registered investment advisory firm. He has served on the board of directors for Feed My Starving Children. He competes in triathlons. He is also a skier and golfer. Tad lives in Victoria, Minnesota with his wife, Wendy.
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
"On Mission"
Craig Parker
www.navigatorsboston.org
How does a man whose conversion story is also titled “The Vietnam Vet, the Cop, and the Atheist” wind up in the city of Boston with an influential Christian organization? This is the story of Craig Parker, a man who with his wife Nancy, has over 40 years of ministry in Virginia, Germany, Dartmouth College in New Hampshire and at Boston University.
Craig Parker is the City Director for the Navigators in Boston, giving oversight to numerous staff and volunteer leaders ministering among college students, internationals, incarcerated persons, and in neighborhoods and churches - all with a focus on life-to-life discipleship. Craig and his wife, Nancy, worship at Highrock Church Arlington. They have four children and ten grandchildren.
Tuesday Nov 22, 2022
Tuesday Nov 22, 2022
"Peer Servants"
Vivian Su
www.peerservants.org
How does God lead a woman, whose mother was a singer in Taiwan and whose father learned English from a Bible while studying for his PhD, to study School Psychology at two of America’s top universities? She now serves in an organization that facilitates microfinance, education, and youth empowerment. This is the story of Vivian Su, who like Christ in Philippians 2, empties herself for others.
Vivian Su is Chair of Institutional Donor Relations for Peer Servants. She worked in School Psychology as a School Psychologist. She is also an independent consultant at The Pampered Chef. She graduated from Cornell University in psychology and earned her master’s in school psychology at Teacher’s College, Columbia University. Vivian is married to Jimmy. They have two sons, Jasper and Cooper.
Monday Nov 21, 2022
Monday Nov 21, 2022
"Deconstructing Deconstruction"
Pastor Stephen Sharkey
www.granitecity.org
What is Deconstruction? Why has the term become relevant in the context of “Deconstructing Christianity”? Is this a new term or an application of a philosophical idea adopted by Christians who are disheartened and disillusioned or hungry for authenticity? Is there a difference between deconstruction and deconversion? Pastor Stephen Sharkey joins us from Granite City Church. He has grappled with the subject, aware that while the term may be elusive, the impact on Christians and families requires engagement. As in Matthew 7:24-29, it is a matter of building on rock or sand.
Pastor Stephen Sharkey is the Lead Pastor at Granite City Church in Quincy, Massachusetts. He and his wife Kathleen have been married since 2004. They have three boys. Stephen is a graduate of North Park Theological Seminary and is ordained in the Evangelical Covenant Church.
Friday Nov 18, 2022
Friday Nov 18, 2022
”Pathway to Medicine Program"
Dr. Alphonso Brown
www.icanpathwaytomedicineprogram.com
How does a boy in New York with a younger brother who was sick most of his life and whose parents didn’t have a lot of money become a Harvard Medical School professor? How does that same professor become the founder of a program that inspires and trains inner city high school students to one day become medical doctors? This is the story of Dr. Alphonso Brown, whose life as a mentor is a reflection of Jesus and his disciples (Matthew 13:36).
Dr. Alphonso Brown is an assistant professor and clinical researcher in gastroenterology at Harvard Medical School. His practice is at Cambridge Health Alliance, a Harvard Teaching Hospital.He runs a clinical addiction practice and New Beginning Health PC. He is the founder of ICAN Pathway to Medicine Program. He is on the Advisory Council of UA SAFE Schools. He graduated from Harvard Medical School, with a residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and did his fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania with a master’s in biostatistics and epidemiology.
Thursday Nov 17, 2022
Thursday Nov 17, 2022
"Love Your Neighbor Maternity Home"
Jeanette Davis
www.loveyourneighbormaternityhome.com
How does God prepare a woman throughout her life to start a home to help pregnant women who feel backed into a corner, lonely and scared, who think abortion is the only way? This is the story of Jeanette Davis—a story of faith from a woman who prays then takes action—one that sees God’s hand providing and guiding every step of the way. In Matthew 7:7 Jesus said, “Ask and you shall receive.” Jeanette asks God to help her save babies and bring hope to distressed pregnant women. God answers.
Jeanette Davis is the founder of Love Your Neighbor Maternity Home. She is a member of Westgate Church in Weston, Massachusetts, where she attends with her husband Ray and grandson, Kriztofer.
Wednesday Nov 16, 2022
Wednesday Nov 16, 2022
"In Christ Alone"
Rev. Basil Yarde
www.finalthrust.org
How does God take a boy who grew up as one of nine siblings under the watchful care of a single mom in Barbados, become the church relations director in Boston for a national corporation? This is the story of Rev. Basil Yarde. It is a story of God’s miraculous provision, including raising rabbits, along with the cultivation of a musical gift that blesses people to this day. As Isaiah 40:31 says, “But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength, they will soar with wings like eagles.”
Rev. Basil Yarde grew up in the West Indies before going to Bible college in Trinidad where he graduated from West Indies School of Theology. He pastored Abundant Life Assembly in Barbados. He is the Director of Church Relations at Salem Media Boston and Senior Elder of Final Thrust Kingdom Community. He is married to Marion E. Blades. They have sons Basil Patrick and Brandon Paul and three grandchildren.
The Good Life With Dr Danny
Danny Yamashiro is the radio and podcast host of The Good Life with Dr. Danny, a daily Christian talk show in New England on WEZE and WROL of Salem Media Group Boston. He is a chaplain at MIT and co-chairperson of the Cambridge Roundtable on Science and Religion. He has ministered in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe, the Middle East, North America, South America, in the Pacific and Atlantic islands. He earned his Ph.D. from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School with research on the formation of American presidents at the intersection of childhood trauma and religious education. His master’s with a concentration in government is from Harvard Extension School. Earlier degrees are from Talbot School of Theology and Biola University. Danny miraculously survived falling 400 feet from a cliff in Hawaii while free climbing, at age 18. He is the founder at president of JCCY, Inc., with Formation Institute, a division based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Danny is married to Jamie. They have three adult children.