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
Episodes
Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
Miracle Work
Dr. Jordan Seng, PhD
www.bluewatermission.org
Mark Dahle wrote about the book Miracle Work by saying, "When people are suffering, they don't need normal. They need something different. Fortunately, God provides it through you. The great coaching in this book will explain how you get involved in miracle work and bring God's love to the world."
Dr. Jordan Seng is the author of Miracle Work: A Down to Earth Guide for Supernatural People. He has been engaged in teaching, healing and prophetic ministry, worship, small groups, missions and church planting for the last twenty-five years for every major denomination and numerous para-church and missions organizations in America, Europe, Latin America, Asia and the Caribbean. Before helping to begin Bluewater Mission, he served for four years in the Presbyterian church and about sixteen years in the Vineyard association of churches. He holds degrees from Stanford University and the University of Chicago, with a Ph.D. in Political Theory. He was a National Security Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. He is the pastor at Blue Water Mission. Jordan and his wife Sonya have two children.
Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
Life Church Boston
Pastor Rocklyn E. Clarke, Sr.
www.lifechurchboston.org
What happened to a student at MIT on April Fools’ Day in 1979? Was there a crisis in his life? Was he upset about something? How important was that day in his spiritual journey? This is the story of Rocklyn E. Clarke, Sr., a life of one who recognizes the collective gifts of God and the privilege of fulfilling the Lord’s calling with love and joy!
Pastor Rocklyn Clarke is the Senior Pastor of Life Church Ministries in Boston. He and his wife Eva founded Life Church Ministries in 2003. Rocklyn was ordained under Church Without Walls International (now Jubilee Christian Church). Rocklyn is an alumnus of MIT where he received his bachelor of science in Physics. He and Eva live in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston. They have a son, a daughter, and five grandchildren.
Monday Apr 03, 2023
Monday Apr 03, 2023
Take My Healing to the Nations
Bob Fitts
www.bobfitts.com
How did God prepare a young man, who began leading worship during his high school days in Southern California, to bring hope and healing to people all over the world? This is the story of Bob Fitts. You may know his songs, some that you’ve been singing for years, Blessed Be The Lord God Almighty, Take My Healing to the Nations, He Is Lovely and He Will Come And Save You.
Bob Fitts and his wife, Kathy, have made their home in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii since 1981. They have traveled to over 50 nations to lead worship and teach at schools, events, conferences, ministries and churches. Because of their extensive international travels, they make their church home at New Creation Church in Singapore, where they have had pastoral relationships since 1991.
Friday Mar 31, 2023
Friday Mar 31, 2023
My Mentor Walks on Water
Donna Johnson
www.mentordonnajohnson.com
Why would a successful business woman write about mentors? What did she overcome to be the woman she is today? Who is her mentor? This is the story of Donna Johnson, a woman who, with God’s help, ended a cycle of generational abuse and entered a new life of influence.
Donna Johnson is the author of My Mentor Walks on Water: Spirit-Led Mentorship in Every Area of Your Life. She and her husband Thomas reside between Wisconsin, Arizona, and Sweden. She has five children: Nathaniel, Nicole, Joseph, Olivia, Alexandra and step-son Max, along with eight grandchildren. Their charity “Spirit Wings Kids” funds Orphanages in India and Africa along with a Permaculture farm and soccer academy in Uganda.
Thursday Mar 30, 2023
Thursday Mar 30, 2023
Abundant Grace
Pastor David Hill
www.agcboston.org
How does God transform a student at an Ivy League school, empower him by the Holy Spirit, and lead him to serve as a pastor in New England for decades? This is the story of Dave Hill.
Pastor Dave Hill is the founding and current pastor of Abundant Grace Church in Brighton, Massachusetts. He attended Dartmouth College where he was part of the Dartmouth Area Christian Fellowship. Dave was also one of the founders and leaders - for seventeen years - of the Greater Boston Prayer Summit, a coalition of Boston area churches and ministries dedicated to prayer, unity, and spiritual awakening. He and his wife, Ingrid, have six children and eight grandchildren.
Wednesday Mar 29, 2023
Wednesday Mar 29, 2023
Post Traumatic Stress
Pastor Ed Choi
www.birdwellfoundation.org
Why would God have a boy from Seoul, Korea immigrate to the U.S. at the age of 5 - who grew up in the Southern California - to eventually serve in the U.S. Army and today minister as a pastor and coordinator in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder? This is the story of Ed Choi, who acknowledges Christ as his hope!
Pastor Ed Choi served in the United States Army as a Chaplain and retired in 2013. He is the lead pastor at Lifepoint, a church in Buena Park, California. Ed graduated from Biola University with a degree in Biblical Studies and a Master of Divinity at Golden Gate Theological Seminary. He worked as the Veteran Coordinator of King County, Seattle Washington for the PTSD Foundation of America. He is now Executive Director and Chapter Director of California for the Birdwell Foundation. He’s married to Kathryn. They have four children: Titus, Faythe, Emily, and Christian.
Tuesday Mar 28, 2023
Tuesday Mar 28, 2023
Magnify
Dr. Dan Chun
www.himonline.org
What happened on a Greyhound bus in 1983 that led to one of the longest standing annual international Christian conferences in the world? How did a conference in Illinois illuminate a vision for revival in America’s 50th state, where missionaries from New England first spread the Gospel in the 1820’s? This is the story of Dr. Dan Chun whose worldwide ministry from Hawaii offers perspective on the Body of Christ past, present, and future.
Dr. Dan Chun is the Senior Pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Honolulu and Co-Founder and President of Hawaiian Islands Ministries. He is also a Trustee at Fuller Theological Seminary. Dan earned his Doctorate of Ministry and Master of Divinity at Fuller Seminary and his Master of Arts in Cinema from the USC School of Cinematic Arts. He is married to Pam. They have three adult children.
Monday Mar 27, 2023
Monday Mar 27, 2023
Biblically-Centered Education
Dr. Barry Corey
www.biola.edu
How does a native of Massachusetts who lives among the rural poor in Bangladesh as a Fulbright Scholar become the president of one of America's premiere evangelical Christian universities? This is the story of Dr. Barry Corey who became the eighth president of Biola University in 2007, the year of Biola's centennial celebration. It's a story of leadership, vision, mentorship - centered on Jesus Christ and spreading his message everywhere in the 21st Century.
Under President Corey, the Biola University Center for Christian Thought; the Center for Christianity, Culture and the Arts; the annual Imagination Summit event; and Open Biola — an online database for free educational content was created. He has overseen the launch of the School of Education and the introduction of online learning. He received a B.A. in English and biblical studies from Evangel University, an M.A. in American Studies and a Ph.D. from Boston College in curriculum, instruction and administration. He and his wife, Paula, have three children: Anders, Ella and Samuel.
Friday Mar 24, 2023
Friday Mar 24, 2023
"Pearls of Promise"
Lisa Burkhardt Worley
www.pearlsofpromiseministries.com
How does God lead a successful sports broadcaster from ESPN and HBO to a ministry that helps women overcome past and current dysfunction? This is the story of Lisa Burkhardt Worley. A story of pain, success, fame, career change, faithfulness to God and a life of deep satisfaction through Christ.
Lisa Burkhardt Worley is the founder of Pearls of Wisdom Ministries. She is a popular speaker and ten-time award-winning author of ten books. She is the Executive Producer and Co-host of a television and radio show POP Talk with Dr. Lynette Simm and Rosemary Legrand.
Thursday Mar 23, 2023
Thursday Mar 23, 2023
"Evangelicalism and Immigration"
Ruth Melkonian-Hoover
www.gordon.edu
What do ripe peaches, well-painted homes, interesting history lectures, challenging exams, thoughtful Sunday school lessons, contented grandchildren, and happy neighbors tell us about God and immigration? This is the story of Dr. Ruth Melkonian-Hoover who lives out a legacy, one that continues to glorify God and enjoy Him forever.
Dr. Ruth Melkonian-Hoover is a professor in the Political Science Department at Gordon College. She graduated from Biola University before earning her M.A. and Ph.D. from Emory University. With Lyman Kellstedt, she co-authored Evangelicals and Immigration: Fault Lines Among the Faithful (2019).
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.