Today I welcome Rev. Rob Christ to the podcast. He is a pastor of a small congregation in the Presbyterian Church USA. He came to ministry after a long career in high-tech engineering, marketing, and sales. A lifelong learner of the Bible, theology, and Christian history, he regularly posts and comments on social media and his Real Bible Rob podcast. We look at the Presbyterian church history with Christian Nationalism.

Learn more about Rob at @realbiblerob on socials or @robchrist8999 on YT.

Anne Hedges from Montana Environmental Information Center joins the podcast to speak on the environmental concerns of AI data centers in Montana. She is coming to Great Falls, MT on Jan 8 at 5:30 to Haute Hive to join a panel of other MT enviro groups.

Learn more at MEIC.org.

Florida's 21st Congressional Candidate Bernard Taylor joins me today to about his campaign policies. Taylor is a paramedic fireman who is sick and tired of seeing the health insurance companies, healthcare systems, and prisons put profit over people.

For more, check out bernardtaylorforcongress.com or @bernardtaylorforcongress.

Ray’Chel Wilson is a Certified Financial Therapist who turns financial trauma into financial traction. She is the CEO of Raise the Bar Investments, where her team raises the bar for your mind and money, and she is co-founder of the initiative ForOurLastNames (please slowly enunciate word for word), an upcoming app empowering first-generation wealth builders to grow sustainable generational wealth.

Since her time as a high school personal finance teacher, Ray’Chel is the author of the internationally selling Black Wealth Freedom workbook series, now accessed by nearly 3,000 readers in 7 countries.

Named the 2024 U.S. Small Business Administration Young Entrepreneur of the Year for her state, Ray’Chel blends lived experience, the science of behavioral economics, the heart of interfaith womanist frameworks, and proven money strategies to close wealth gaps for individuals and institutions.

In this initial episode of Follow the Leighder, Pastor Cody Robinson, an enrolled member of the United Keetoowah tribe and pastor of a Methodist church in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, shares his insights on Christianity, queerness, and juvenile recidivism within native communities. We also touch on anti-racism, hopes for healing and liberation through the Methodist church, and identity. To learn more about Pastor Cody, you can check him out at www.themanicscribe.net or @mylordrobinson on Instagram.

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MT House District 20 Representative Jane Weber joins me to discuss public lands, teacher pay, and successes from her first year of serving her district.

Dylan Kunz, a 17-year-old running for House in Montana, and I chat Montana politics, including AI, public lands, and teacher pay.

Chaplain Linzey shares his experience serving in the US Army Reserve Chaplain Corps and switching to Active Duty in the Navy. He talks about the role of chaplaincy, what it's like to navigate a multi-faith workforce, and the influential impact a chaplain can have on their fellow Armed Forces members.

Find him @chaplainlinzey on socials!