The Conversation with Adam Weber

In this enlightening discussion, Jon Acuff, author of 'All It Takes Is a Goal,' shares invaluable advice on helping teens achieve their aspirations. He emphasizes practical strategies to foster a positive mindset while also addressing common pitfalls parents should avoid. Joining him is Hudson, the teenage son of the host, who adds a fresh perspective on the challenges teens face today. Together, they explore the importance of mentorship, setting measurable goals, and adapting plans, all while encouraging a supportive environment for young dreamers.

Welcome to part 4 of our 4-part series on how to approach the upcoming election season without losing your mind (or your soul)! Throughout this series, we’ve heard from different voices across the political spectrum. It’s been an INCREDIBLE lineup! Today’s episode is the last in our series and I have a conversation with South Dakota Senator and Senate Minority Whip, John Thune. Senator Thune gives us his advice on how to best engage in politics and what ways voters can be most effective from his perspective.  While he shares that these are definitely turbulent times, Senator Thune believes politics should be less about preying on people’s fears and more about appealing to people’s hopes - which is true whether you’re a US Senator or a US citizen. Listen to Part 1 of the Politics & Faith series with NewsNation political contributor Denise Gitsham here. Listen to Part 2 of the Politics & Faith series with former Obama Staffer Michael Wear here. Listen to Part 3 of the Politics & Faith series with America’s Government Teacher Sharon McMahon here. Thanks to our amazing partners on this episode: Tommy John & Vern Eide Tommy John has thousands of five star reviews for a reason! They sell the most comfortable undershirts, modern polos, and loungewear you’ll find. I promise you are gonna love it! Check them out today at tommyjohn.com Vern Eide Motorcars is a growing employee-owned company that offers sales, service, and financing of automotive, motorcycle, and power sports lines, including Acura, Ford, Chevy, GMC, Honda, Hyundai and Mitsubishi brands. Whether you live locally or across the country, visit verneide.com Subscribe to The Conversation on YouTube and watch the full interview with Senator Thune: youtube.com/@adamaweber  Sign up for The Crew: adamweber.com/thecrew 

Welcome to part 3 of our 4-part Politics & Faith series on how to approach this election season without losing your mind (or your soul)!  Today’s Conversation is with Sharon McMahon, a former high school government and law teacher who earned the reputation of “America’s Government Teacher” for using Instagram to educate the general public on political misinformation and inspire people to learn more about history, government and law.    Her Instagram Account @SharonSaysSo has over 1.1 million “Governerds” (followers) who together have raised more than $9 million for a number of important causes!  During our time together, Sharon gives us hope by discussing how this is NOT the worst our country has ever been and gives some of the easiest advice I’ve ever heard for surviving election season (it may surprise you).  Don’t miss this encouraging episode! Pre-order a copy of Sharon’s book: The Small and the Mighty Listen to Part 1 of the Politics & Faith series with NewsNation political contributor Denise Gitsham here: https://link.chtbl.com/tsuwsio8  Listen to Part 2 of the Politics & Faith series with former Obama Staffer Michael Wear here: https://link.chtbl.com/dgibUoKm  Thanks to our amazing partners on this episode: International Justice Mission & Vern Eide International Justice Mission is a global nonprofit working to end slavery and violence around the world, taking special care of survivors from the moment they’re rescued all the way through their healing and restoration. To learn more and to partner with this amazing organization, visit ijm.org  Vern Eide Mitsubishi is a growing employee-owned company that offers sales, service, and financing of automotive, motorcycle, and power sports lines, including Acura, Ford, Chevy, GMC, Honda, Hyundai and Mitsubishi brands. Whether you live locally or across the country, visit verneide.com Subscribe to The Conversation on YouTube and watch the full interview with Sharon: youtube.com/@adamaweber  Sign up for The Crew: adamweber.com/thecrew

Welcome to part 2 of our 4-part Politics & Faith series on how to approach this election season without losing your mind (or your soul)! Just as a reminder, throughout this series, you’ll hear from different voices across the political spectrum.  Today’s episode features former staff member for President Obama, Michael Wear.  During his time working in the White House, Wear directed faith outreach for President Obama's historic 2012 re-election campaign and was one of the youngest White House staffers in modern American history, leading evangelical outreach and helping manage the White House's engagement on religious and values issues, including adoption and anti-human trafficking efforts. Michael is a leading thinker at the intersection of politics and faith. His Christian approach to politics can be boiled down to this: politics is a forum for loving your neighbor. As a part of this foundational belief, Michael says ​the ​kind ​of ​person ​you ​are ​in ​politics ​is ​just ​the ​kind ​of ​person ​you ​are… and if that truth hurts, it may be time to reevaluate the way you behave (especially if you are a Jesus follower)! We hope this series provides helpful wisdom and tools for navigating the upcoming election season with grace and hope! Grab a copy of Michael’s book: The Spirit of our Politics Listen to Part 1 of the Politics & Faith series with NewsNation political contributor Denise Gitsham here. Thanks to our amazing partners on this episode: Vern Eide & Generous Coffee Vern Eide Mitsubishhi is a growing employee-owned company that offers sales, service, and financing of automotive, motorcycle, and power sports lines, including Acura, Ford, Chevy, GMC, Honda, Hyundai and Mitsubishi brands. Whether you live locally or across the country, visit verneide.com Generous Coffee sells some of the best coffee in the world AND 100% of profits are donated to nonprofit organizations that are fighting injustice facing humans around the world. You can find out more (including purchasing in bulk) at generousmovement.com  Subscribe to The Conversation on YouTube and watch the full interview with Michael: youtube.com/@adamaweber  Sign up for The Crew: adamweber.com/thecrew

Welcome to part 1 of a 4 part series on how to approach this election season without losing your mind (or your soul)! Throughout this series, you’ll hear from different voices across the political spectrum. We have an INCREDIBLE lineup! Today’s episode features a conservative political commentator with News Nation, Denise Gitsham.  Denise brings a rich perspective being a second generation US citizen with Chinese and Canadian immigrant parents. She also has loads of experience in politics including roles at the White House for President George W. Bush, the US Senate, the Department of Justice - all while following Jesus. While many of us like to keep faith and politics separate, Denise says they can’t be separated for Christians. In fact, Denise feels Christians filled with light and love are the remedy to the dark political reality in America.  During this conversation, Denise gives us a roadmap for how to navigate the upcoming election season and shares some final advice that may make you uncomfortable!  We hope this series provides helpful wisdom and tools for navigating the upcoming election season with grace and hope! **Disclaimer: At the time of this recording, there had been no assassination attempt on President Trump and President Biden was still running for President. Grab a copy of Denise’s book: Politics for People Who Hate Politics  Thanks to our amazing partners on this episode: Vern Eide & Tommy John Vern Eide Motorcars is a growing employee-owned company that offers sales, service, and financing of automotive, motorcycle, and power sports lines, including Acura, Ford, Chevy, GMC, Honda, Hyundai and Mitsubishi brands. Whether you live locally or across the country, visit verneide.com Tommy John has thousands of five star reviews for a reason! They sell the most comfortable undershirts, modern polos, and loungewear you’ll find. I promise you are gonna love it! Check them out today at tommyjohn.com Subscribe to The Conversation on YouTube and watch the full interview with Denise: youtube.com/@adamaweber  Sign up for The Crew: adamweber.com/thecrew 

If you’re a regular listener to The Conversation, you’ve heard me talk about the International Justice Mission, an incredible global nonprofit organization working to end slavery and violence around the world. On today’s podcast, I sit down with Jim Martin who serves as the Vice President of Spiritual Formation for IJM. In this episode, Jim shares about the power of daily rhythms and how these intentional rhythms help fuel our daily mission - something we all need to not just maintain the status quo but to grow spiritually while in the workplace.  Whether you face kids in a classroom, patients in a hospital, cars in a shop or anything in between, you will get practical tools for fueling your vocational passion that you can implement today!  Jim also shares some beautiful insight on a personal challenge he’s facing: when your adult kids walk away from God. If this is something you’ve walked through, are currently walking through or if it’s something you worry about in the future, Jim’s encouragement will bring you comfort.  Look into becoming a Freedom Partner at ijm.org Thanks to our amazing partners on this episode: International Justice Mission & Vern Eide International Justice Mission is a global nonprofit working to end slavery and violence around the world, taking special care of survivors from the moment they’re rescued all the way through their healing and restoration. To learn more and to partner with this amazing organization, visit ijm.org  Vern Eide Motorcars is a growing employee-owned company that offers sales, service, and financing of automotive, motorcycle, and power sports lines, including Acura, Ford, Chevy, GMC, Honda, Hyundai and Mitsubishi brands. Whether you live locally or across the country, visit verneide.com Subscribe to The Conversation on YouTube and watch the full interview with Jim: youtube.com/@adamaweber  Sign up for The Crew: adamweber.com/thecrew

On today’s episode of the podcast, I have a conversation with my good friend, Carlos Whittaker.  Carlos is many things (pastor, speaker, author), but you might best know him through his Instagram @loswhit. Well, Carlos recently conducted a 7-week experiment where he didn’t look at a single screen. Think about that. Literally no screen (while traveling through airports, the tv in his home, maps on his phone… none of it!). Instead, he spent time with Benedictine monks and Amish farmers, learning the art of reconnecting with life beyond his screens. Listen in as Carlos shares the valuable things he learned and gives us super practical steps we can take to reset our relationship with screens and step into a life of real connection with one another. Note: We also talk about our world being offended! Grab a copy of Carlos’ book: Reconnected Thanks to our amazing partners on this episode: Mission Haiti & Vern Eide Mission Haiti is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to love Jesus, love others, and make disciples in the country of Haiti. They live out that mission by training and coming alongside current and future leaders for the cause of Christ. To learn more, visit Mission-Haiti.org Vern Eide Motorcars is a growing employee-owned company that offers sales, service, and financing of automotive, motorcycle, and power sports lines, including Acura, Ford, Chevy, GMC, Honda, Hyundai and Mitsubishi brands. Whether you live locally or across the country, visit verneide.com Subscribe to The Conversation on YouTube and watch the full interview with Carlos: youtube.com/@adamaweber  Sign up for The Crew: adamweber.com/thecrew

Today’s guest knows a thing or two about God, marriage and parenting.  Amy Groeschel has been married to pastor and author Craig Groeschel for 33 years, they have 6 children (which Amy home schooled) and 7 grandchildren. Together, Amy and Craig started Life.Church and pastor there to this day! Amy also personally leads women’s ministries and founded Branch15, a nonprofit housing ministry to help marginalized women.  Amy shares some wisdom about the ups and downs of marriage, parenting and life as a Jesus follower - and she tells us what she wished she could tell her 30-year old self! Thanks to our amazing partners on this episode: International Justice Mission & Generous Coffee International Justice Mission is a global nonprofit working to end slavery and violence around the world, taking special care of survivors from the moment they’re rescued all the way through their healing and restoration. To learn more and support their mission, visit ijm.org  Generous Coffee sells some of the best coffee in the world AND 100% of profits are donated to nonprofit organizations that are fighting injustice facing humans around the world. You can find out more (including purchasing in bulk) at generousmovement.com  Subscribe to The Conversation on YouTube and watch the full interview with Amy: youtube.com/@adamaweber  Sign up for The Crew: adamweber.com/thecrew 

On today’s episode of the podcast, I sit down with Rob Roozeboom to talk about how life isn’t fair. When Rob was 5 years old, he was diagnosed with Becker Muscular Dystrophy, a debilitating degenerative disease. Throughout his life he’s wrestled with God.  What do you do when life’s not fair? How do you grieve well instead of sitting in self-pity? Rob is the founder of RISEfest, an amazing annual outdoor music festival in Sheldon, Iowa. Get a copy of Rob’s book Broken Still Chosen.Want to join me at the Art of Leadership LIVE Conference? Learn more by visiting theartofleadershiplive.com Thanks to our amazing partners on this episode: International Justice Mission & Vern Eide International Justice Mission is a global nonprofit working to end slavery and violence around the world, taking special care of survivors from the moment they’re rescued all the way through their healing and restoration. To learn more and support their mission, visit ijm.org  Vern Eide Motorcars is a growing employee-owned company that offers sales, service, and financing of automotive, motorcycle, and power sports lines, including Acura, Ford, Chevy, GMC, Honda, Hyundai and Mitsubishi brands. Whether you live locally or across the country, visit verneide.com Subscribe to The Conversation on YouTube and watch the full interview with Rob: youtube.com/@adamaweber  Sign up for The Crew: adamweber.com/thecrew 

This is the fourth episode of the Rough Cut Thoughts series. This week’s thought: You’re not that important… but you do have infinite worth.  Both parts are true. You (and I) are not that important. The world doesn’t revolve around us. No one needs to metaphorically kiss our rear. But again, we do have infinite worth.  Which of these two parts do you need to hear? Listen in. Thanks to our amazing partner on this episode: Vern Eide Vern Eide Motorcars is a growing employee-owned company that truly strives to “Deliver Dreams and Transform Lives”. Vern Eide offers sales, service, and financing of automotive, motorcycle, and power sports lines, including Acura, Ford, Chevy, GMC, Honda, Hyundai and Mitsubishi brands. Whether you live locally or across the country, visit verneide.com Subscribe to The Conversation on YouTube: youtube.com/@adamaweber  Sign up for The Crew: adamweber.com/thecrew