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Equipped with Chris Brooks
July 08, 2025
Connecting with Others Through Conversation and Music
Do you feel isolated and lonely? If you're longing to connect with others, don't miss the next Equipped. Guest host Roy Patterson welcomes Dr. Heather Holleman. She will explore the six conversations that can help make inroads to forming relationships. Then we'll welcome the most-awarded female gospel artist of all time, CeCe Winans. Hear how God's been working in her life lately through her music and ministry. Don't miss Tuesday’s Equipped.
Featured resources:
The Six Conversations by Heather Holleman
More Than This CD by CeCe Winans
July thank you gift:
Surrendered Sexuality by Dr. Juli Slattery
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IN THIS EPISODE
Heather Holleman
Dr. Heather Holleman is an associate teaching professor at Penn State, speaker, and author. She designs advanced writing curriculum for the English department and loves helping students thrive professionally. She has written eight books, including the bestseller Seated With Christ: Living Freely in a Culture of Comparison; and an award-winning book on evangelism (co-written with her husband Ashley Holleman) called Sent: Living a Life that Invites Others to Jesus. Heather also serves with Faculty Commons in the professor and graduate student ministry of Cru. She has two daughters, three cats, and a podcast called "The Verb with Heather Holleman." When she's not writing or teaching, Heather is growing a plum orchard, looking for turtles in the woods, or gathering with friends for dinner and a movie.
CeCe Winans
The best-selling and most-awarded female gospel artist of all time, CeCe Winans has long since cemented her status as one of the most accomplished and celebrated women in modern music history. She has released a myriad of solo and collaborative albums that crossed genres and influenced generations of gospel and secular vocalists.
Her mantel today holds a staggering 15 Grammy Awards, 31 Grammy Nominations, 23 Dove Awards and 15 Stellar Awards. Staggering accolades include being inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame, and receiving stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Nashville Music City Walk of Fame. In addition to being named a Trailblazer of Soul by BMI and garnering multiple NAACP Image Awards, Soul Train Awards and ESSENCE Awards, this music pioneer continues to break through barriers. She has sold 17 million records world-wide, topping the gospel charts repeatedly while managing to cross over with smashes like "Count On Me," her stunning duet with Whitney Houston, which sold two million copies and cracked the Top 10 on the Pop, R&B, and Adult Contemporary charts. She touched millions more with inspirational performances everywhere from singing before the Pope to The White House. With her album "Believe For It" and the recently released deluxe edition, CeCe is adding her first ever live album called "More Than This" to her meteoric and expansive catalogue. She also released the book, Believe For It, in 2022, which explores what it means to pass along wisdom and faith to generations to come.
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Chris Brooks
Chris Brooks is the senior pastor of Woodside Bible Church, a multisite congregation across the Detroit metropolitan area. Chris served for 20 years as the senior pastor of Evangel Ministries, a thriving 1,600-member church in the heart of Detroit. He also served as the campus dean of Moody Theological Seminary in Plymouth, Michigan. A popular Detroit radio host since 2005, Chris is the author of Kingdom Dreaming and Urban Apologetics. He graduated from Michigan State University with a BA in Finance, completed his MA in Christian Apologetics at Biola University, and graduated from the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics. He is currently pursuing a Doctor of Ministry degree at Asbury Theological Seminary. He and his wife, Yodit, are the proud parents of six children: Christopher, Zewditu, Cameron, Judah, Sophia, and Christyana.
Equipped with Chris Brooks
Equipped with Chris Brooks encourages you to grow spiritually, think critically, and live compassionately in your community. Interact with Chris as he empowers you to live out the gospel in a rapidly changing culture. This live, one-hour program, airing weekdays at noon CT, features special guests and welcomes your participation by callling in and by plugging in through social media.