Forge Podcast: Conversations for the Journey

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When Control Breaks Open – A Conversation with Chubbs Part 1 (Audio) Jan 27, 2026

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What happens when the thing you’ve been holding onto the tightest finally slips from your grip?

In this episode of the Forge Podcast, Chubbs shares his journey from self-reliance to surrender—and how God used community, marriage, and hard truth to reshape his heart. What began as a desire for growth slowly revealed deeper struggles with control, pride, and identity. Through Forge, marriage ministry, fasting, and an honest reckoning with his own limits, Chubbs discovered that freedom doesn’t come from trying harder—it comes from letting go.

This conversation explores what it looks like to step into spiritual leadership, confront hidden strongholds, and trust God with every area of life—from faith and food to marriage and purpose. It’s a story of breaking open so God can build something better.

If you’ve ever felt stuck between faith and control, this episode is an invitation to loosen your grip and take the next step forward.

When Control Breaks Open – A Conversation with Chubbs Part 1 (Video) Jan 27, 2026

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What happens when the thing you’ve been holding onto the tightest finally slips from your grip?

If you’ve ever felt stuck between faith and control, this episode is an invitation to loosen your grip and take the next step forward.

Finding Home in Community – A Conversation with James Jan 22, 2026

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In Part 3, James reflects deeply on our universal longing to belong and why so many men struggle to find it. Drawing from his own journey, cultural insight, and Scripture, he explores how identity, community, and vulnerability intersect—and why the church, imperfect as it is, remains God’s primary invitation into true belonging.

James unpacks the difference between public, social, personal, and intimate spaces, showing how Jesus intentionally meets us in each one. He challenges the idea that belonging happens automatically and instead invites men to take courageous, practical steps toward being known—through friendship, presence, and honest community.

This episode is a compelling reminder that healing and transformation don’t happen in isolation. They happen when men move toward one another, risk vulnerability, and discover that their deepest freedom often becomes someone else’s hope.

If you’ve ever felt on the outside looking in, this conversation will encourage you to take the next step—toward connection, toward brotherhood, and toward the kind of belonging only Christ can offer.

Finding Home in Community – A Conversation with James Jan 22, 2026

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From Collapse to Calling – A Conversation with James Jan 21, 2026

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How far does God have to go to get our attention—and how far is He willing to go to bring us home?

In Part 2, James shares the turning point of his story: a season marked by addiction, depression, and consequences that finally brought everything to a halt. From jail time and broken relationships to a deep fear that life was slipping away, James opens up about the moment when running out of options became the doorway to real hope.

Through unexpected conversations, Scripture, and the steady presence of God, James encountered a truth that changed everything—Jesus was not just an idea or a safety net, but a Savior calling him into new life. His baptism, spiritual awakening, and eventual return to the very church where his journey began reveal the beauty of redemption and God’s long, patient pursuit.

This episode is an honest reminder that no story is too messy, no failure too final, and no past beyond the reach of grace. If you’re wondering whether God can redeem what feels broken in you, James’s story is proof that He already is.

From Collapse to Calling – A Conversation with James Jan 21, 2026

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How far does God have to go to get our attention—and how far is He willing to go to bring us home?

Formed in the In-Between – A Conversation with James Jan 20, 2026

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What happens when your story feels fractured before it ever feels whole?

In Part 1 of this conversation, James invites us into the early chapters of his life—growing up between cultures, navigating family brokenness, and searching for belonging in the middle of instability. From New York to Arizona, from creativity to confusion, James reflects on how formative wounds, fatherhood pain, and identity questions quietly shaped his heart long before he could name them.

This episode explores the tension of living “in the in-between”—between who we were and who we’re becoming—and how God often begins His work long before we recognize it. James reminds us that even the moments that feel disorienting or unfinished can become sacred ground when God is at work beneath the surface.

If you’ve ever felt displaced, overlooked, or unsure of where you fit, this conversation will encourage you to trust that God is still forming something meaningful in your story.

Formed in the In-Between – A Conversation with James Jan 20, 2026

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What happens when your story feels fractured before it ever feels whole?

If you’ve ever felt displaced, overlooked, or unsure of where you fit, this conversation will encourage you to trust that God is still forming something meaningful in your story.

Becoming Men Who Build the Church – A Conversation with Kevin - Part 2 (Audio) Jan 13, 2026

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What does it look like for ordinary men to live out an extraordinary vision together?
In part two, Kevin returns to explore how Forge is shaping a community of men who are rooted in Christ, strengthened through brotherhood, and sent into the world to make a difference. He shares how honest conversations, shared burdens, and practical service move men from passive attendance to active engagement.

Kevin also opens up about learning to pray with his wife, the spiritual maturity that comes from pursuing God together, and how Scripture—especially the Old Testament—reveals a Father whose love and patience run deeper than we realize. This episode offers a compelling look at the men God is forming through Forge: humble, courageous, willing to serve, and eager to grow.

May this conversation stir your heart toward deeper devotion, fuller community, and a greater readiness to join the work God is doing around you.

Becoming Men Who Build the Church – A Conversation with Kevin - Part 2 (Video) Jan 13, 2026

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May this conversation stir your heart toward deeper devotion, fuller community, and a greater readiness to join the work God is doing around you.