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Equipped with Chris Brooks
February 12, 2025
Stories, Food, and Faith of Black Americans
Chris Brooks drops by for a quick visit and then guest host Collin Lambert sits down with author and fellow foodie Trillia Newbell to share her favorite family recipes and highlight inspiring Black Christians you should know. Don’t miss this uplifting conversation as we explore the power of food, faith, and storytelling around the table. Tune in and be part of the celebration!
Today's resource: Celebrating Around the Table: Learning the Stories of Black Christians through Readings, Fellowship, Food, and Faith
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This month's featured resource: His Needs Her Needs: Making Romantic Love Last
IN THIS EPISODE
Trillia Newbell
Trillia Newbell is the author of several books including, A Great Cloud of Witnesses, Sacred Endurance, If God is For Us, Fear and Faith, and the children's books, Creative God, Colorful Us and God's Very Good Idea. She is the host of the podcast 52 Weeks in the Word and hosts the weekly radio program Living by Faith from Moody Radio.
When she isn't writing, she's encouraging and supporting other writers as the Acquisitions Director at Moody Publishers. Trillia is married to her best friend, Thern, they reside with their two children near Nashville, Tenn., where they enjoy hiking and eating lots of bbq.
Collin Lambert
Collin G. Lambert is the founder and president of Lambert Creative Media. With almost 42 years of engagement in media, Collin brings a world of experience to his work with organizations and businesses of every size. Previously, Collin served as Vice President of Moody Radio, the not-for-profit media arm of the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Collin served with Moody for over 15 years, serving as Vice President for the last 7 1/2 years. In his role at Moody, he also planned, executed and instructed numerous international media training events in Africa and Eastern Europe.
In addition to his duties with Lambert Creative Media, Collin currently serves on the Board of Directors of the National Religious Broadcasters, as the Director of Radio Products for Resource Global, Host and producer of Missions Today, Host of various video podcasts at Lambert Creative Media's YouTube Channel, and afternoon announcer on The Bridge Austin (AM1120/101.1FM). Collin and his wife, Patti, have three grown children and live in their hometown of Austin, Texas.
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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.
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