In this follow-up conversation, Eric Voelker returns to the podcast for a candid, faith-forward check-in on what’s changed since his last appearance, reflecting on a season of waiting, family upheaval, and learning to release control so he can more clearly follow God’s lead; together, he and the host talk about hearing God through worship, the […]
Brian Albright is a 42-year-old Iowa native from Ankeny who has spent more than two decades in public safety, including years as a 9-1-1 dispatcher and continued service as a reserve police officer, and who now serves as office administrator and communications manager for the Iowa State Fair Police Department, leading a seasonal team of […]
In this episode of the Courageous Crossroads podcast, host Jeff Johnson sits down with Iowa native and devoted Cyclone fan Curt Gear to unpack what real courage looks like when life takes a hard turn. Curt shares his journey from growing up in small-town Iowa Falls to building a career in business development for precast […]
In this episode of the Courageous Crossroads Podcast, host Jeff Johnson sits down with Jay Knudson, a lifelong Iowan, devoted follower of Christ, and husband of nearly four decades, to talk about what real courage looks like when family, faith, and survival collide. Jay shares how growing up amid chaos, abuse, and serious childhood illness […]
In this episode of the Courageous Crossroads Podcast, Jeff Johnson sits down with JC Risewick for a raw and thoughtful conversation about courage, obedience, identity, and the hard choices that shape a life. JC, a lifelong Iowan and former president of his family’s 50-year-old company, Seneca Companies, shares how the most courageous decision he ever […]
Francis Collins isn’t just a brilliant scientist—he’s one of the most influential geneticists of our time. As the director of the Human Genome Project, Collins helped map the 3 billion letters of human DNA, advancing medicine and biology in ways once thought impossible. But perhaps even more compelling than his scientific achievements is his personal […]
Alister McGrath didn’t stumble into Christianity through emotion or crisis—he reasoned his way there. Born in Northern Ireland in 1953, McGrath began his academic life as a scientist, studying chemistry at Oxford. A brilliant scholar, he would go on to earn not one, but three PhDs from Oxford—in science, theology, and intellectual history. Today, he’s […]
For over 50 years, Antony Flew stood as one of the world’s most influential atheist philosophers. Long before Richard Dawkins or Christopher Hitchens became household names, Flew was the go-to figure for arguments against the existence of God. But in a surprising turn late in life, Flew publicly changed his mind—shifting from atheism to belief […]
Larry Sanger, best known as the co-founder of Wikipedia, spent decades as a committed skeptic. With a Ph.D. in philosophy and a deep background in analytic thought—where atheism and agnosticism are the norm—Sanger approached life with intellectual rigor and an unwavering commitment to reason. He wasn’t hostile to religion, but for over 35 years, he […]
Allan Sandage spent his life studying the cosmos—but it was that very pursuit that led him to Christ. Born in 1926, Sandage was one of the 20th century’s most respected astronomers. A protégé of Edwin Hubble, he carried on Hubble’s work and published the first reliable measurement of the universe’s expansion rate. Over a career […]
