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 dispatchers from across the state. In this episode of Courageous Crossroads, Brian sits down with host Jeff to unpack a hard-earned, faith-shaped view of courage, tracing his journey through professional setbacks, traumatic line-of-duty incidents, depression, and a painful divorce that pushed him to the edge before friends and family intervened and he sought help through counseling and a supportive church community. With candid humility, he defines courage as facing the hard thing head-on and choosing to do what’s right for the right reasons, shares how his Christian faith (especially Isaiah 43) steadied him through fire and flood, and explains how those experiences deepened his empathy and changed the way he shows up for others, including encouraging people not to isolate, to take life one week at a time, and to be the kind of presence that knocks on the door instead of merely saying, “Call me if you need anything.”
Thank you for listening! We hope you feel inspired and encouraged by our conversation today. If you did, be sure to share this episode with others.
Let's stay in touch:
See you in the next episode! Be blessed!
