Embracing Life Ministries

Podcasts

A series of interviews led by Jonathan Hunter, Director of Embracing Life Ministries. Causal conversation with invited guests, covering a variety of topics from a Christian perspective.

Jonathan Hunter with Chris Myers

Jonathan Hunter with Katie Comiskey

Jonathan Hunter and Katie Comiskey

Jonathan has a lively conversation with goddaughter  Katie Comiskey, now Director at Large at Desert Stream Ministries (DSM)– the ministry founded by her father, Andrew Comiskey, over 45 years ago.  Katie shares what it was like growing up in and, after working as a teacher in Kansas City for several years, deciding to become involved in DSM fulltime. She also describes with candid transparency the arc of her personal healing journey in the process of becoming a leader at Desert Stream.  

Katie has a long-standing connection to Desert Stream’s Living Waters ministry, having served for years in leadership facilitating groups in her local community. She currently serves as Director at Large at Desert Stream Ministries helping support and expand the work nationally. Her work is rooted in the power of the Cross to transform lives – beginning with her own – and in the commitment to living and promoting chastity.

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Jonathan Hunter with Chris Myers

Jonathan has an engaging conversation with longtime friend and recent author, Chris Myers. The two recall their initial meeting some 35+ years ago and Chris’ participation in the early days of Embracing Life, then known as AIDS Resource Ministry(ARM).  Chris discusses how his extensive background in design and love of travel, together with a lifelong passion for journaling, all came together in the recent publication his book, The Power of Journaling and the ARISE workshops. 

Chris Myers is an inspirational author, engaging facilitator and lifelong creator of immersive experiences, having notably worked with Disney, Mattel and Universal. He has a Bachelor’s degree from Rhode Island School of Design, and a Masters of Practical Theology and Honorary Doctorate from New Covenant University. Chris recently published The Power of Journaling and offers ARISE workshops for novices and experienced alike to engage in journaling as a means for deepening the relationship between God and self. 

Jonathan with Glynis Brookbanks

Jonathan Hunter with Glenys Brookbanks

Jonathan sits down with longtime friend, Glenys Brookbanks, a renowned artist and exhibiting painter in New Zealand. She has also been a pioneer leader in relational healing groups in New Zealand. 

 Glenys and her husband Warren live in close community with their adult family in Auckland, New Zealand. She has led many Embracing Life groups as well as those of Desert Stream Ministries over several decades. Her passion for Jesus, the Cross and the Church is abundant in her teaching.

She is a co-author, along with Jonathan and Andrea Hunter, on the upcoming book, More Power! Understanding and Experiencing the Cross.  

Jonathan Hunter