spark talks

spark talks

Spark: Ideas to ignite your life
happening every weekend June 29-July 28

Spark is a series of inspiring talks from experts, thought leaders, and people like you with new speakers each weekend. Attend a location near you or stream online.

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Spark Talks

Won’t You Be My Neighbor

Matt Castleman (West Side)

Grown Men Should Cry

Josh Wade (Uptown)

📺+🍕+🚽=🙏🏻

Austin Livingood (Uptown)

The ‘Not So Good News’ O Jesus

Griff Ray (Georgetown)

God Healed Me At A Trailer Park

Mignelis Lazcano (Georgetown)

Something Happened On The Road To The DMV

Mark Stecher (Lexington)

Why I’ll Never Say ‘Never’ Again

Malcolm Henderson (Florence)

I Want A Divorce

Kacie Bryant (Florence)

I’m Pretty Good At Hustling

Patrice Burlew (Lexington)

How To Love Your (Next Door) Neighbor

Greg McElfresh (East Side)

How To Use Your Platforms For Good

Jamie Simms (East Side)

How To Live A Life Of Purpose

Lena Schuler (Anywhere)

Where I’ve Found My Greatest Joy

Meghan Pope (Anywhere)

The Path Less Traveled To Prosperity

Brian Tome (National)

Overcoming Fear For The Crazy Dream Of Adoption

Tim Senff (Mason)

Adversity Can Lead To A Deeper Relationship

Anthony Munoz (Mason)

The Key To Making A Difference Is Breaking The Rules

Mark Fisher (Oakley)

Pray A Dangerous Prayer

Chuck Mingo (Oakley)

What Pirates Taught Me About Compassion

Lisa Kuhn (Oxford)

Aggressive is Not a Dirty Word

Brian Tome

When Hard Work Isn't Enough

Solomon Wilcots

The Role of Sports and Media in Society

Brian Tome & Solomon Wilcots

I Want Your Kids to See Me

Jen Kendall

I Died, Went to Heaven, and Came Back

Mary Neal

How to Seize the Day

Chuck Mingo

Being a Pro Athlete Couldn't Cure My Loneliness

Jeremy Affeldt

The One Word That Changed My Life

Otis Williams

Where the Beatles Got It Wrong

Kim Botto

God Still Does Miracles

Brian Tome

I Still Believe in Miracles

Chris Goddard

We Experienced A Miracle

Scott & Natalie Dotson

Watching a Man Die Taught Me About Grace

Grant Doepel

On The Other Side of "Yes"

Chuck Mingo

Get Your Kids to Love You More than Mom

Terry Phillips

5 of a kind God

Greg McElfresh

I Can't Ask God to Heal Me Again

Lori Stansbury

Moments That Leave A Mark

Mark Stetcher

The Power of Encouragement

Tim Senff

Doing the One Next Thing

Robin Wientge

Going to Church Sucks

Matt Castleman

When You Don't Know What To Do

Fred Luter

I've Never Prayed Out Loud Before

Lynn Watts

Leaping into the Unknown

Johnmark Oudersluys

Success, Conviction, and Redemption

Betty Rushing

Deciding What You Hate

Jason Haubner

Like a Squirrel in the Zoo

Emily Chang

The Radical Middle

Brian Tome

How we should think about depression

Mark Pruden

Why we need to talk about pain

Michael Chitwood

I'm fine. I'm also drowning

Leslie Pancham

When God's plan stinks

Paco Pancham

Not all heroes wear capes

Andy Lay

How to beat loneliness

Craig Dockery

Stuck in the middle

Micahn Carter

The Disciples Would’ve Been Millennials

Kyle Ranson

Craft cake artisan

James

The Artist

Keith Neltner

What to do when everything's normal?

Alli Patterson

Worship is a weapon

Steven Manuel

5000 miles to move 10 blocks

Matt Castleman

Who's your daddy?

Jo Saxton

How a mojito and a cigar can lead to reconciliation

Lewis Diaz

Illusion of Control: A story of Infertility

Chris Stewart

The God of option b

Chuck Mingo

Grieving the loss of my comfortable life

Jamie Simms

Why God changed everything... again

Jason Haubner

What the bar taught me about Jesus

Josh Wade

How I die for my wife

Keith Partridge

Why we all need more parents

Lena Schuler

How my community changed my reality

Macy Early

My life got better when I got more greedy

Mark Stecher

Let's start a movement

Matt Welty

Finding freedom beyond the mirror

Raelynn Deangelis

How I'm Learning Not to be my Son's Older Brother

Tim Senff

What I learned from my sabbatical

Chuck Mingo

The intersection of faith, science and model rockets

Greg Boyd

God told me to give... my kidney

Pam Frink

How an addict in utter despair finds hope

Kurt Platte

In praise of failure

Brian Wells

Your goals are too small

Brian Tome

Why getting rejected was the best thing for me

Natasia Mallaihollo

Woodworker Extraordinaire

Dan

Family first from a traveling executive mom

Julie Washington

Five marks of a dad

Brian Tome

I forgave the people who tried to kill me

Catie Castleman

I invited 1,000 people to a place I once hated

Matt Castleman

Two words that saved my marriage

Alli Patterson

Why my daughter will fail statistics

LaTasha Patrick

How a suitcase and $800 changed my life

Paco Pancham

The unparalleled power of community

Matt Welty

Discovering why God made you

David Kinnaman

What teenagers taught me at summer camp

Kim Botto

Physics and finding God

Kyle Ranson

Questions are better than answers

Mark Stecher

We are drowning in information but starving for wisdom

Tim Schigel

The soulcraft of technology

Chuck Mingo

God is leading me to be a reconciler

Lewis Diaz

Jesus rescued me from poverty

Greg McElfresh

I hated running. God used it to change me.

George Kazaklis