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We The TrustDon't You Do You with Nick StavlundAnglican priest. Father of four. Married for 18 years. Army officer. Currently living out my vocation as an Army Chaplain for the last 15 years. M.Div from Fuller Seminary and D.Min in Science and Theology from Pittsburgh Seminary. Current academic and ministry work is focused around following Jesus in what philosopher Charles Taylor calls the Secular Age but what I’ve come to call the You Do You era.
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2024-09-241h 04
Inspired Human PodcastThe Epilogue: Ep9Friends! This is it. The final episode of Season 3. Let's call it an Epilogue, but it's really a conclusion with a ton of "what do we do now" kind of stuff. It's a wrap-up, so in many ways, it could have made a great intro episode as well. Whether this is the first episode you've heard, or the final one of the season... enjoy!/////////Throughout this season, we want to remove the cultural scales from our eyes using insight from:Alan Noble (You are Not your Own)Andrew Root (Ministry in th...
2024-01-2443 minInspired Human PodcastParenting in the You do You Era: Ep8Season 3, episode 8: "Parenting in the You Do You Era."This episode is our attempt at re-focusing parenting on raising disciples of Jesus.To that end, we draw from parenting "fails" that stem from the junk values of the YDYE, and ultimately encourage Christian parents to help their children see themselves in God's story. Helping our kids see themselves in God's story allows us to help them "figure out who they are and what they want" in light of their identity as a child of God./////////Throughout this season, we want to re...
2024-01-0545 minInspired Human PodcastLove and Marriage in the You Do You Era: Ep7Season 3, episode 7: "Love and Marriage in the You Do You Era."When relationships are simply an additional tool for you to be "your best self" or to find who you are...then you know you're living in the You do You Era. Today we chat about how love, and marriage itself, has been influenced by the junk values of the YDYE. But, we don't just whine and complain. We also turn to the New Testament, especially Paul's theology of submission, in order to beckon Christians back to a cross-centered foundation for our most intimate relationships.
2023-12-1534 minInspired Human PodcastTechnology in the You Do You Era: Ep6Season 3, episode 6: "Technology is Forming You and Failing to Transform You."Your phone is not a tool. It is not neutral.Your phone is a cash-cow device designed to get you to pick it up, use it, never put it down, and in the process, make other people lots and lots of money.Friends, we are being formed by an algorithm, created by neuroscientists and computer programmers in California, on full display across all major social media platforms. Our eyes and our minds get pulled into video after video, feed upon feed, all ba...
2023-11-2033 minInspired Human PodcastDepression in the You Do You Era: Ep5Season 3, episode 5: "Depression thrives on the You Do You Era's narrative."Humans have never had more access to self help media and mental health drugs than right now. And yet, depression and anxiety are the hallmark pathologies of the You Do You Era. All the statistics show the same thing: We're more depressed, more anxious, and less happy, even though we have more creature comforts than ever in human history. Why is this?Obviously, the answer is very complicated....more complicated than what we could cover in this episode.But here's the...
2023-11-0939 minInspired Human PodcastEnchantment in the You Do You Era: Ep4Season 3, episode 4: "The World has Lost its Enchantment."Key to the You Do You Era's self-focused ideas for what it means to be a human is this: The world is disenchanted; everything has a natural explanation; God is cool and all, but he can't be involved in the world and in our lives because it sounds dumb to say it out loud. How do we talk about God in light of scientific discoveries? Did God heal my loved one from cancer, or was it the oncologist? How should I think about words like "...
2023-10-1638 minInspired Human PodcastFaith in the You Do You Era: Ep3Season 3, episode 3: "How the Concept of Faith has been Distorted and Makes us More Selfish."Friends! Faith is a private matter, and God just wants you to do what feels good, be the best version of yourself, and be a good dude, as long as you aren't hurting anyone. Right? These are the claims about FAITH that the You Do You Era preaches. And these claims are shallow, unfulfilling, erase the need for a Messiah like Jesus, and it leads only to more self-centered living.But there is a better way! To...
2023-10-0539 minInspired Human PodcastDethroning Ourselves in the You Do You Era: Ep2Season 3, episode 2: "Seeing Yourself in God's Story...not the other way around."Friends: To be fully human is to be authentic to yourself and your inner voice above all others...That's the mantra of the You Do You Era. But, this way of being human overpromises (that you'll be happy and whole!), and it under delivers (we end up unfulfilled).One way we attempt to break free from the You Do You Era's hold on our lives is by seeing ourselves as characters in God's story of redemption, not the other way around.W...
2023-09-2635 minInspired Human PodcastFollowing Jesus in the You Do You Era: Ep1Following Jesus in the You Do You Era.Season 3 is here!Be true to yourself...Follow your heart...Be authentic to yourself...Live your best life...You are the captain of your fate...Chart your own path...Walk your own way...Live your life for yourself...Friends- Welcome to the You Do You Era: Where listening to your own voice above all others, and expressing yourself in whatever way you want (as long as it doesn't hurt anybody and is authentic) is the most vital way o...
2023-09-1426 minInspired Human PodcastWhen Your Plans Fail // Lemons that don't make LemonadeNick and Dairus team up to talk about "When Things in Life Just Don't Work out." - When you move the chess pieces of your life the right way, but you still don't get the job or assignment or position.- When you marry the right person and have a great family, but you still find yourself lonely and tired and wondering if life is supposed to feel this way.- When you find out that the ancient church had a way of describing this phase of your identity-formation: The Desert Way. In th...
2022-01-1837 min
Inspired Human PodcastDr. Matthew Sleeth // Sabbath and Suicide?Welcome to Dr. Matthew Sleeth!Dr. Sleeth:- Former ER physician and Chief of Medical Staff.- Resigned to teach about faith and health.- His uncle wrote a book with J.R.R. Tolkein!!- His first religion was the American Dream.- Then, after embracing Christian faith, he and his family sold their huge house and moved to a place the same size as their old garage and started a new life.Dairus talks to him about Sabbath and Suicide and 9/11 and health and faith. I kno...
2021-12-2157 minInspired Human PodcastThe Long One with John GarlandDairus sits down with John Garland, pastor in San Antonio, TX.John has spent his entire career in ministry serving in places with extreme poverty and suffering, notably along the southern border.They talk about:- Suffering as a pit.- The Gospel as a path.- Using the Psalms in your prayers.- The difference between trauma management and stress management. - Why and how Christianity has transformed instruments of trauma in redemptive ways.
2021-11-171h 04
Inspired Human PodcastDave Bowlus // Reflections on 20 years of Army MinistryHello friends! Nick sits down with senior chaplain for U.S. Special Operations Command, Dave Bowlus.He and I reflect on the low points and high points of his ministry over the last 20 years, and chat about how families might “keep the wheels on the bus” in the midst of military life. As a reminder: The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speaker(s), and do not necessarily represent the views of the DoD or its components.
2021-10-1540 min
Inspired Human PodcastCrossFit Games Athlete Chandler Smith // Overcoming SetbacksDairus sits down with 3x CrossFit Games athlete, former Army Officer, former West Point collegiate wrestler, and all-round INCREDIBLE human being, Chandler Smith.We chat about set backs...how they surprise us, and how an active reflective practice combined with a trustworthy circle of like-minded friends is the pathway through the pain.Did we mention how much we love Chandler Smith yet?
2021-09-1247 minInspired Human PodcastMike Sanders // Human Performance wasn't EnoughWelcome Mike Sanders, former Strength and Conditioning coach at the University of Denver, and current Human Performance Coach for U.S. Special Operations Forces. Mike's an OG. He's been around. I absolutely love his wisdom, probably even more than his feats of strength.We chat about human potential, that feeling we get after accomplishing something great and assuming it was going to do more than it promised, and why vocation and identity are a dangerous marriage.
2021-05-1048 min
Inspired Human PodcastAward Winning Producer Justin Roberts // No Greater Love“Behind every act of valor, there is love.” Dairus talks with award winning documentary producer Justin Roberts. While serving in Afghanistan as an Army Chaplain in the 101st Airborne Division’s “NO SLACK” battalion, Justin armed his Soldiers with Go Pro cameras. He wanted to capture their experiences.But the war was far more intense than he imagined it would be.And their experiences needed to be shared and processed and seen.The result: An award winning film called No Greater Love. No Greater Love layers real war footage with intervi...
2021-03-2231 minInspired Human PodcastMadeleine Davis // Best Selling Author // All about ParentingWe are talking all things Parenting and Self Awareness.Madeleine is a multiple #1 international best selling author, a TedX speaker, and the founder of Fast Results Now Training and Coaching Solutions. She has over 30 years experience in the areas of parenting and life solutions strategies.We discuss:- Why parenting starts with actually knowing what you want.- Why joy can be elusive for parents with young kids.- Why routine is great for families and how routine starts with self-awareness. She was highly successful in business…then she became a p...
2021-03-1041 minInspired Human PodcastAdam Tietje // Un-civil Religion // Duke Divinity SchoolLongtime friend, Duke Th.D candidate, Purple Heart recipient, author, and fellow chaplain Adam Tietje is here.Adam served for ten years as an active duty army chaplain, in 3rd Special Forces Group, 101st Airborne, and as a Hospital Chaplain in the DC area. He's now at Duke pursuing a Th.D. Stuff we explore:- Why is it that in the first few hundred years of Christian literature, no author is endorsing or encouraging Christians to join the military?- What the heck is civil religion?- How do we c...
2021-02-2638 minInspired Human PodcastBrian McCroskey // I Gave my Life to God in Mogadishu // Leading With Character“I gave my life to God in Mogadishu.”From basic training to Airborne School, from Ranger School to the Ranger Regiment, and then… to Mogadishu, Somalia: That’s how Brian McCroskey’s military career started.He was a young enlisted Ranger in the battle of Mogadishu, where he earned the Purple Heart. He was forced to medically separate from the military as a result of those wounds, but eventually returned as an Infantry officer. As an officer, he served in the 82nd Airborne Division, the Ranger Regiment, and as a Ranger Instructor at 6th Ranger Training B...
2021-02-1847 minInspired Human PodcastTim Spayd // Ranger Hall of Fame // Living with ALSDairus sits down with our friend Tim Spayd!Tim shares his experiences as a young Ranger with JTF 1-79, Operation Eagle Claw, Charlie Beckwith (founder of Delta), touring and playing with the band Foreigner (“I wanna know what love is!”), how he became a Christian, and living with Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS). Tim is in the Army Ranger Hall of Fame. He continues to support chapel services and ranger patrols at 6th Ranger Training Battalion in Florida.
2021-02-0336 minInspired Human PodcastSight and Awareness and Seeing and Water, ep.1Christianity, in its best form and most mature traditions, teaches you how to die-in-life, how to see, and how to come alive.Death, sight, and life.In the ancient traditions, these experiences are called the Desert, the Mountain, and the Cloud.Let's talk about how to see, and "continuous partial attention," and water!
2021-01-2419 minInspired Human PodcastSeeing and Sight and Awareness and Water, ep. 1Christianity in its best form, in its best traditions (and the best of religion in general), teach you how to die-in-life, how to see, and how to come alive. Death, sight, and life.These experiences, in the ancient traditions, are called the desert, the mountain, and the cloud.Let's talk about seeing, and "continuous partial attention," and water!
2021-01-2420 min
Inspired Human PodcastFatherhood, Emotional Health, and the Power of Forgiveness with CSM(R) Chris Fields and DairusDairus Barnes sits down with his friend and former colleague, CSM(R) Chris Fields. Chris served 30 years in the Army as an Infantryman, and is now a licensed counselor who works in full time ministry at a local church in Clarksville, TN.
2021-01-1139 minInspired Human PodcastNew Year's Bro Session with Nick and DairusTwo friends interview each other. It feels like a bro session (it is), but instead of lifting weights and yelling “light weight baby!!” we’re discussing the things that have formed and shaped us:School. Kids. Family. Military life. Books. Pain. Jesus.Happy New Year, friends!
2021-01-0129 minInspired Human PodcastWaiting and Wanting: A Sermon w/Dairus Barnes!Are you literally waiting for 2020 to be over? Do you find yourself hoping for 2021 to bring something new? We are all in a season... a very long season, of waiting, wanting, and hoping. Listen and discover the grandest story .. the story that helps make sense of your own story, and of your waiting, wanting, and hoping.
2020-12-2526 min
Inspired Human PodcastNate Self // Battle of Takur Ghar // The War after the BattleLet's talk about March 4, 2002, merely six months after 9/11/01: The day Nate Self led a platoon of Rangers in a 15 hour battle on the top of a 10,000 ft. mountaintop in Afghanistan called Takur Ghar. From that battle, two people would ultimately earn the Medal of Honor, multiple would earn awards for Valor, Nate Self would earn the Silver Star, and 7 Americans would lose their lives.Nate reflects on the battle, his painful struggles after the leaving the military, God's incredible love, and how it took him and I ten years to have a face-to-face conversation. Oh, and...
2020-12-1235 min
Inspired Human PodcastKenneth Tanner is here! // Everything happens for a what? // God is humanGod sides with humanity against all who oppose it. All the dark powers and principalities. Against all inhumanity. God chose Mary; she consented. And God becomes human. A silent child who would have perished if Mary and Joseph did not care for him, feed him, and nurture him. God became human. God is human, forever, sitting at the right hand of the Father as one of us.We have the immensely articulate and insightful Father Kenneth Tanner on this episode. We chat about why we need to tap into the ancient voices of our...
2020-12-0143 minInspired Human PodcastDr. Rita Brock ep. 2 // Healing relates to action // Her father's story after VietnamWe are so, so thrilled that these last few episodes have been meaningful for you. I love hearing your stories, and how you are interacting with these topics. Keep the emails and messages coming! And please continue to let us know how to pray for you.This episode gets real personal for Dr. Rita Brock (see her bio here). She shares about her father, a 29-year Army veteran who served in Normandy (WWII) as a medic and later a Prisoner of War. He stayed in the Army and continued to serve for close to 30 years, in...
2020-11-0724 minInspired Human PodcastDr. Rita Brock ep.1 // Dumpster Fires // Moral InjuryWelcome the esteemed Dr. Rita Brock! She's the Founding Director of the Soul Repair Center at Brite Divinity School, the current Senior VP and Director of the Shay Moral Injury Center at Volunteers of America, and author of many books and articles on the topic of Moral Injury and soul care. - Why is our language for suffering in the western world is so limited?- Is our spirituality too thin to handle combat and trauma?- Why is 2020 a dumpster fire of a year?We talk a bit about combat, but it's n...
2020-10-2933 min
Inspired Human PodcastTom and Jen Satterly ep. 2 // God's in the Far Country, too // False Warrior CulturePart 2 with Tom and Jen Satterly: This conversation was absolutely incredible. Absolutely. Inspiring.We explore:- False Warrior culture;- Tom's death-in-life;- Jen: "When I became friends with some of the other Operators, every single one of them also talked about suicidal ideations";- Moral injury;- Why God lives even in the far country;- And, as always, we repeatedly misuse the English language.
2020-10-1951 min
Inspired Human PodcastTom & Jen Satterly // Battle of Mogadishu // War Reveals EverythingMeet Tom and Jen Satterly!- All Secure Foundation: https://www.allsecuremission.com- Retired Command Sergeant Major.- 20 years as a Delta Operator. - Fought in the battle of Mogadishu (Black Hawk Down). - Fought in the longest sustained firefight since Vietnam. - He was a part of the mission to capture Saddam Hussein in 2003.After retiring in 2010, he fell into depression, substance abuse, and nearly committed suicide in 2013.In this episode:How does Tom reflect on the Battle of Mogadishu now, 27 years to the month later?
2020-10-1429 minInspired Human PodcastThe Christ Card // Welcome Dairus Barnes!What is your anchor? Where is Jesus in your deck? Let's explore the relationship between Jesus and our identity alongside the Apostle Paul in his letter to the Philippians.
2020-10-1116 minInspired Human Podcast2AM Fire Alarms // Goals and Dreams // Who are you anyway?We're coming off of an incredible weekend of speaking and discussions. In this episode we discuss important questions: Who am I? What grounds me? Why is the fire alarm going off at 2AM? Is it actually raining?Along the way, we explore the Tyranny of the Urgent, the two great paths of transformation (i.e. the paths of suffering and love), the book Jesus, My Father, the CIA, and Me, why it is important to enjoy the journey, and why all great religion is about seeing.
2020-09-2815 min