308 Brooke Ligertwood - Surprised by Ambition

Brooke Ligertwood is a Grammy award winning songwriter, producer and worship leader and is the head of Hillsong Worship globally. Brooke has called Hillsong Church home since 2004, serving the church through creativity and song whilst also enjoying a successful 15 year mainstream career under her maiden name (Brooke Fraser). She passionately asserts that all of life, for the follower of Christ, is ministry. She and her husband Scott (also a songwriter) along with their two young daughters, are based in Orange County and are part of Hillsong California. Brooke is obsessive about the marriage of theology and art, and as such has penned beloved congregational anthems like ‘What a Beautiful Name’, ‘King of Kings’, ‘Hosanna’ and ‘Man of Sorrows’ as well as devotional favorites like ‘Awake My Soul’, ‘New Wine’ and ‘None But Jesus’.

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Producer : Tatave Abeshyan

Producer & Co-host : Scott Schimmel

307 Joni Eareckson Tada - Enduring Faith

Joni Eareckson Tada is founder and CEO of Joni and Friends, an organization that provides Christian outreach in the disability community. Joni and Friends provides practical support and spiritual help to special needs families worldwide. Joni is the author of numerous bestselling books, including Joni and Ken: An Untold Love Story, Diamonds in the Dust, and the Gold Medallion Award-winning When God Weeps. Joni and her husband, Ken, reside in Calabasas, CA. For more information, visit www.joniandfriends.org.

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Producer : Tatave Abeshyan

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306 Jeremy & Adrienne Camp - Getting Your Ambitions Unstuck

Adrienne (Liesching) Camp is a South African-born singer/songwriter who was the lead singer of multi-GMA Dove Award-nominated pop/alternative rock band The Benjamin Gate, before retiring from the band to focus on her family. With five gold albums and more #1 radio singles on Billboard’s Christian AirPlay Chart than any other solo act, Jeremy Camp is one of the most successful artists in Christian music. His most recent album, The Story’s Not Over (2019), has already yielded two #1 radio hits, and three GMA Dove Award nominations.

In March of 2020, Jeremy and Adrienne partnered with Lionsgate and Kingdom Pictures for the release of I Still Believe, a biopic based on a portion of Camp’s life. The couple recently released In Unison (Harvest House Publishers), a marriage memoir with personal anecdotes and practical relationship tips.

They also recently released The Worship Project, a 6-song EP that declares a steadfast faith in a faithful God. It is the first time in their 16-year marriage, and in nearly four combined decades as artists, that the couple has ever released music as a duo.

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Producer & Co-host : Scott Schimmel

305 Kari Jobe - Declaring Truth Over Your Ambitions

About Kari For more than two decades, well-respected worship leader Kari Jobe has been using her gifts to lead people into the presence of God. When she began leading worship at age 13, she never imagined she would be nominated for a GRAMMY®, win multiple Dove Awards, have a RIAA Gold Certified single, or be praised by the ​New York Times​. She has sold more than 1.4 million albums (TEA) in her career and has more than one billion career streams. Originally from Texas and now residing in Nashville, she tours the country with her husband Cody Carnes and their two boys, Canyon and Kingston, and they both serve at their home church The Belonging Co.

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Producer : Tatave Abeshyan

Producer & Co-host : Scott Schimmel

304 Katie Spotz - Endurance for Ambition

Katie Spotz is a Christian adventurer, charitable ambassador, author and world-record holder. Katie is the youngest person to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean and was the first person to have swum the entire length of the Allegheny River. Katie recently finished her latest challenge, Run4Water, running 138-miles nonstop across Maine. To date, $400,000 has been raised for clean water projects as a result of Katie’s adventures. Katie’s story has been featured on CBS Morning Show, CBS Evening News, World News with Diane Sawyer, Anderson Cooper 360, New York Times, NPR, and other media outlets. 

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Producer : Tatave Abeshyan

Producer & Co-host : Scott Schimmel

303 Lecrae - Dreaming for Restoration

Lecrae is a Grammy award-winning hip hop artist, entrepreneur, activist, and New York Times best-selling author. He is internationally respected for his socially responsible advocacy work, from mental health awareness and suicide prevention to racial justice and police brutality awareness. His newest book, entitled I Am Restored: How I Lost My Religion but Found My Faith, released Oct. 13 from Zondervan. Lecrae lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with his wife and three children.

Not sure if you heard, but we’re in a global pandemic. We put together a free workbook for you- Dreaming Big in a Pandemic. Get it here.

On the episode:

Producer : Tatave Abeshyan

Producer & Co-host : Scott Schimmel

302 Natalie Grant - Creating Something for Others

Eight-time Grammy nominee Natalie Grant has remained one of Christian music‘s top-selling artists with more than 500 million streams and multiple number 1’s on the Billboard albums and singles charts. Most recently, Grant launched her newest album No Stranger, which set a 20-year milestone and gave the singer the biggest first week debut of her career. 

A fierce advocate for social justice, Natalie is also the co-founder of Hope For Justice, an international non-profit organization with 32 offices spanning 10 countries that works to end modern day slavery.

Over her 20-year career, Natalie’s prayer and mission has remained consistent: that people would experience faith and hope in everything that she does.  Though her reach and responsibilities are vast, she continues to focus on her number one priority - family. Grant and her husband, Grammy award-winning songwriter/producer Bernie Herms, live in Nashville with their three daughters Bella, Grace and Sadie.

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On the episode:

Producer : Tatave Abeshyan

Producer & Co-host : Scott Schimmel

301 Dreaming Big is what Love Does

Season 3 is now live, and we’re so excited to share it with you. This season, we’re going to dive deep with each conversation into the nitty gritty of bringing an ambition to life. We want to know what it’s really like to go from dream to reality.

Also, to celebrate the launch of Season 3, we’re offering all of Bob’s digital courses for a big discount, for the next week only. Go to dreambigframework.com/courses to explore the digital course library.

On the episode with Bob:

Producer : Tatave Abeshyan
Producer & Co-host : Scott Schimmel

229 Season Finale Episode with Bob Goff

It’s a wrap on Season 2 of the Dream Big Podcast with Bob Goff and Friends. We’ve been through quite a bit together throughout the past few months with this season. Political division, global pandemic, economic shutdown, racial injustice...throughout all of it we’ve continued to carve out time each week to engage in thoughtful conversations about pursuing big ambitions. Thank you for being a part of the podcast family!

Don’t worry, although we’re taking a break for a few weeks, recording and production efforts have already begun on Season 3 with a unique twist...so stay tuned!

Bob’s new book, Dream Big,  is now available.

Also on the episode:
Producer: Tatave Abeshyan
Engineer: Jackson Carpenter
Producer & Co-host: Scott Schimmel

228 Jeremy Courtney - Dreaming for Love and Unity in a Divided World

Jeremy Courtney is founder and CEO of Preemptive Love Coalition, a “first in, last to leave” community of peacemakers who provide front lines relief and long-term development in Iraq, Syria, and other areas of polarizing conflict. He is the author of Preemptive Love: Pursuing Peace One Heart at a Time. Preemptive Love Coalition is regularly featured on CNN, FOX, ABC, NBC, PBS, CBS, Al-Jazeera, the BBC, and in The New York Times and USA Today. Jeremy has written for The Washington Post, TIME, and The Daily Beast.  Jeremy has lived in Iraq with his wife, Jessica, and their two children since the middle of the Iraq War.

Bob’s new book, Dream Big,  is now available.

Also on the episode:
Producer: Tatave Abeshyan
Engineer: Jackson Carpenter
Producer & Co-host: Scott Schimmel

227 Jamie Ivey - Finding the Courage to Pursue Your Ambitions

Jamie Ivey is a podcaster, author, and speaker from Austin, Texas. She and her husband, Aaron, are parents to four kids, three of them being teenagers, so they are primarily Uber drivers. Jamie loves to encourage women to love Jesus with all of their heart, soul, and mind. She believes stories change the world! She reveals this through her popular podcast, The Happy Hour with Jamie Ivey, and through her bestselling book “If You Only Knew: My Unlikely, Unavoidable Story of Becoming Free.” Her new book, “You Be You: Why Satisfaction and Success Are Closer Than You Think” (B&H Books), will be released October 1, 2020 and is now available for pre-order. Connecting with Jamie is easy, @jamieivey on Instagram and Facebook, or visit www.jamieivey.com for more. 

Bob’s new book, Dream Big,  is now available.

Also on the episode:
Producer: Tatave Abeshyan
Engineer: Jackson Carpenter
Producer & Co-host: Scott Schimmel

226 Scott Sauls - Dreaming as Peacemakers in a Time of Conflict

Scott Sauls is the senior pastor of Christ Presbyterian Church in Nashville, Tennessee, co- founding pastor of the Nashville Institute for Faith and Work and author of “Jesus Outside the Lines,” “Befriend,” “From Weakness to Strength,” and “Irresistible Faith.” He previously served at New York City’s Redeemer Presbyterian Church as a lead and preaching pastor alongside Dr. Timothy Keller. His work has been featured in Christianity Today, Relevant, The Gospel Coalition and more.

Scott’s new book, “A Gentle Answer: Our ‘Secret Weapon’ in an Age of Us Against Them” is now available. 

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Bob’s new book, Dream Big, is now available.

Also on the episode:
Producer: Tatave Abeshyan
Engineer: Jackson Carpenter
Producer & Co-host: Scott Schimmel

225 Levi Lusko - Waking Up to a Better Future

Levi Lusko is the author of the bestselling books “Through the Eyes of a Lion” and “Swipe Right.” He is also the lead pastor of Fresh Life Church – a multisite church located in Montana, Utah, Oregon, and Wyoming that he and his wife Jennie pioneered in 2007. Levi travels around the world speaking about Jesus. He takes pleasure in small things, such as black coffee, new shoes, fast Internet, and falling asleep in the sun. He and his wife have one son: Lennox, and four daughters: Alivia, Daisy, Clover, and Lenya, who is in heaven. His new book “I Declare War,”  is now available. Learn more about Levi at LeviLusko.com.

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Bob’s new book is now available.

Also on the episode:
Producer: Tatave Abeshyan
Engineer: Jackson Carpenter
Producer & Co-host: Scott Schimmel

224 Brad Montague - Creating a Better World for Kids

Brad Montague is a New York Times bestselling author, speaker, and the award-winning writer, director, creator of Kid President. As an artist, Montague’s illustration work is spread across the internet daily and can regularly be seen on newsstands in Joanna and Chip Gaine’s The Magnolia Journal. His work has garnered millions of views, been translated into countless languages, and caught the attention of people like Beyonce, Tom Hanks, and even the Obama White House. His book ‘Becoming Better Grownups’ will release from Penguin Random House’s Avery Books on March 31, 2020.

Montague Workshop is the creative agency Brad runs alongside his wife, Kristi. They serve as a ‘friendly bureau of imagination’ working to reimagine the future through the stories people tell and the ways they are told. From large brands and events to projects with Cartoon Network, the Walt Disney Company, the Fred Rogers Center and more, Montague Workshop is a joyfully rebellious breath of fresh air. With a special emphasis on finding ways kids and grownups can work together, their work is always about inspiring, encouraging and entertaining. 

Montague is the force behind ‘Socktober’ the worldwide annual drive connecting people to their local homeless shelters. Each year millions of people take part in providing basic human needs to men, women, and children without homes. It is a community-driven project where people take part for no reward or recognition, but strictly for the good of their neighbors who are homeless.

Social links: 

Instagram: @bradmontague

Twitter: @thebradmontague

Facebook: http://facebook.com/montagueworkshop

Becoming Better Grownups: http://beabettergrownup.com

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Bob’s new book is now available.

Also on the episode:
Producer: Tatave Abeshyan
Engineer: Jackson Carpenter
Producer & Co-host: Scott Schimmel

223 Rory Feek - The Joy of Helping Others Find Their Ambitions

Rory is one-half of the Grammy award winning country-music duo Joey+Rory. As a songwriter, he’s written multiple number-one songs including “Some Beach” by Blake Shelton and “Little More Country Than That” by Easton Corbin. His memoir This Life I Live is a New York Times Bestseller. As a blogger, Rory shares his heart and story with the world in real-time through his personal blog that has over 2.3 million Facebook followers. And as a filmmaker and storyteller, he recently signed on as the chief-creative-officer for the television cable network RFD-TV and oversees all new shows and production. He also writes, shoots, and edits his new television docu-series This Life I Live, that brings his blog-style storytelling to life in 50 million homes each Sunday night.

Rory and his 6-year-old daughter Indiana live an hour south of Nashville on a historic farm where she attends a one-room schoolhouse with a dozen other children from the community that was built on the farm.  

Bob’s new book is now available.

Also on the episode:
Producer: Tatave Abeshyan
Engineer: Jackson Carpenter
Producer & Co-host: Scott Schimmel

222 Johnnyswim - Dreaming Big for Family and Friendship

JOHNNYSWIM—Abner Ramirez and Amanda Sudano—translate the memories, moments, and milestones on their journey as a married couple into spirited, slick, and soulful anthems steeped in singer-songwriter tradition, yet amplified by alternative experimentation, rock energy, and pop ambition. Building a fanbase through constant touring, 2013’s ​Heart Beats ​EP spawned “Don’t Let It Get You Down,” which clocked 17 million-plus Spotify streams. Their first full-length, ​Diamonds​, arrived in 2014 as its single “Home” famously became the theme to HGTV hit ​Fixer Upper.​ The 2016 follow-up ​Georgica Pond​ yielded another fan favorite “First Try” as the duo sold out dates around the world. Along the way, they garnered acclaim from ​Rolling Stone,​ ​NPR,​ ​The New York Times​, ​Huffington Post​, ​Nylon​, ​Du Jour​, and ​VH1​ in addition to performing on ​The Today Show​, ​CONAN,​ and more. Produced by GRAMMY​®​ Award-winning powerhouse Malay [Frank Ocean, Sam Smith], the group’s 2019 third full-length, ​Moonlight [Britannia Row Recordings/BMG], shines a light on the strength of their bond, the scope of their musical palette, and spirit of their stories together.

Bob’s new book, coming June 23rd, is now available for pre-order. 

Also on the episode:
Producer: Tatave Abeshyan
Engineer: Jackson Carpenter
Producer & Co-host: Scott Schimmel

221 Morgan Harper Nichols - Learning to Listen to the Stories of Life

Popular Instagram poet and artist Morgan Harper Nichols has created her life’s work around the stories of others. Morgan’s popular Instagram feed (@morganharpernichols) has garnered a loyal online community, and she is the author of All Along You Were Blooming, a book of poems and art she created in response to the personal stories submitted by her friends and followers. Known for its lyrical tone and vibrant imagery, Morgan’s work is an organic expression of the grace and hope we’ve been given in this world. Morgan has also performed as a vocalist on several GRAMMY-nominated projects and written for various artists, including a Billboard #1 single performed by her sister, Jamie-Grace. Morgan is often on the road creating, teaching, and performing, in hopes of spreading her unique inspirational message and inviting others into her creative process. Morgan currently resides in Orange County, California, with her family.

Bob’s new book, coming June 23rd, is now available for pre-order. 

Also on the episode:
Producer: Tatave Abeshyan
Engineer: Jackson Carpenter
Producer & Co-host: Scott Schimmel

220 Lauren Akins - The Courage to Walk Through Open Doors

Lauren Akins is a devoted mother, wife and philanthropist who lives in Nashville, TN with her husband, Country superstar Thomas Rhett and their three little girls Willa Gray, Ada James and Lennon. Lauren has been a passionate supporter and active volunteer for years and is enthusiastically continuing to support children in Uganda through her efforts with Love One International. 

Bob’s new book, coming June 23rd, is now available for pre-order. 

Also on the episode:
Producer: Tatave Abeshyan
Engineer: Jackson Carpenter
Producer & Co-host: Scott Schimmel

219 Donald Miller - How to Pivot Quickly and Wisely

Donald Miller has helped thousands of businesses clarify their marketing messages so their companies grow. He’s the CEO of StoryBrand, the cohost of the Building a StoryBrand Podcast, and the author of several books, including the bestsellers Blue Like Jazz and A Million Miles in a Thousand Years. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee, with his wife, Betsy, and their dogs, Lucy and June Carter.

Bob’s latest digital course, Author Class with Bob Goff, is now available for a limited time.

Also on the episode:

Producer: Tatave Abeshyan

Engineer: Jackson Carpenter

Producer & Co-host: Scott Schimmel

218 Jen Hatmaker -- Becoming Fierce, Free, and Full of Fire

Jen Hatmaker is the author of 12 books, including the New York Times bestselling “Of Mess and Moxie: Wrangling Delight Out of This Wild and Glorious Life,” “For the Love: Fighting for Grace in a World of Impossible Standards,” and “7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess.” Jen is also the creator and happy host of award-winning For the Love! Podcast with Jen Hatmaker, delighted curator of the Jen Hatmaker Book Club and sought-after speaker who tours the country every year speaking to women. She and her husband, Brandon, founded the Legacy Collective and also starred in the popular series “My Big Family Renovation” and “Your Big Family Renovation” on HGTV. Jen is a mom to five and a zealous resident of Austin, Texas, where she and her family are helping keep Austin weird. For more information, please visit www.JenHatmaker.com.

Make sure you pick up a copy of Jen’s latest book, Fierce, Free, and Full of Fire: The Guide to Being Glorious You.

Bob’s latest digital course, Author Class with Bob Goff, is now available for a limited time.

Also on the episode:

Producers: Tatave Abeshyan and Haley King

Engineer: Jackson Carpenter

Producer & Co-host: Scott Schimmel