The Plain Values Podcast EP #29 – Turning Wheelchairs into Witness, One Restored Life at a Time
In this episode of The Plain Values Podcast … Joni Eareckson Tada was 17 when a diving accident in 1967 left her quadriplegic. What followed was not defeat. She learned…
The Plain Values Podcast EP #28 – An Amish Preacher and a Former Real Estate Guru Walk Into a Hospital
In this episode of The Plain Values Podcast … Most of us have felt it… that quiet exhaustion when the body is running on empty and the spirit feels even…
The Plain Values Podcast EP #27 – The One Question That Changed an Entire Movement
In this episode of The Plain Values Podcast … It was in his hometown church where Ryan Wolfe grew up and was drawn early to adults with intellectual disabilities who…
The Plain Values Podcast EP #26 – Nobody Talks About It. Melissa Brown Will Never Stop Fighting It.
In this episode of The Plain Values Podcast … Melissa Brown never planned to lead Ohio’s largest faith-based residential home for teen survivors of sex trafficking. A Catalyst conference umbrella…
The Plain Values Podcast EP #25 – She Miscarried, Then God Called Her to Save Lives She Never Expected.
In this episode of The Plain Values Podcast, Bekah Hilty, executive director of the Pregnancy Care Center of Wayne County (in Ohio), shares her unexpected path into ministry. From a…
The Plain Values Podcast EP #24 – An Absolute Miracle, Lived in Six Irreplaceable Years
In this raw and unforgettable episode of The Plain Values Podcast, photographer Eric Brown opens his studio in rural Eastern NC and his life. He talks with Marlin about his…
The Plain Values Podcast EP #23 – He Saw Too Much as a Paramedic … Then the Land Started Healing Him
Jake Drumm, a longtime paramedic now running Drumm Emergency Solutions and managing Watauga Flats Farm in East Tennessee, sat down for a raw, beautiful conversation. He shares stories from the…
The Plain Values Podcast EP #22 – More Than Coffee: How Muletown Coffee Revived a Town Square and Built Real Community
In this warm, heartfelt episode, Chris and Kelli Coyne (owners of Muletown Coffee in Columbia, Tennessee) share the unlikely story of how a small coffee roasting operation became the spark…
The Plain Values Podcast EP #21 – The True Heroes of This Life … Foster Parents
In a raw and moving episode of The Plain Values Podcast, Kevin Hewitt, CEO of Christian Children’s Home of Ohio, pulls back the curtain on a lifetime devoted to foster…
The Plain Values Podcast EP #20 – From Castro’s Cuba to the Operating Room: The Extraordinary Life of Dr. Roberto Matthew
In this remarkable conversation, we sit down with Dr. Roberto Matthew — born in Cuba, shaped by revolution, exile, poverty, and perseverance to trace a life marked by danger, resilience,…
The Plain Values Podcast EP #19 – From Atlanta Highways to New York Hayfields: Buck Alford’s Unlikely Journey
In this episode, we sit down with Buck Alford, an Atlanta native who traded suburban life for the wide-open fields and beauty of upstate New York. Buck shares the unexpected…
The Plain Values Podcast EP #18 – Kent Ernsting’s 35-Year Calling to Walk With the Wounded
In this week’s conversation, we sit down with therapist Kent Ernsting, a man shaped by a lifetime of caring for wounded hearts. Trained in Marriage and Family Therapy and Theology…










