Today, we continue our series, titled “Heart & Soul.” Pastor Dustin gives a message on the importance of serving the hurting and the blessing that it brings. Website: https://journeychristian.com New Here? https://journeychristian.com/new Need Prayer? https://journeychristian.com/prayer Next Steps: https://journeychristian.com/nextsteps Instagram: …

This week I am honored to be joined by author, trainer, and 2 time Swedish National Champion, GM Tiger Hillarp Persson. Tiger has a unique background for a GM, as at the age of 26, when he was not yet an IM, he decided to pursue chess professionally nonetheless. From there he made rapid progress and has been an active player ever since. But Tiger i…

Today Pastor Harvey Carpenter continues our Home Run Life series as we look at 2nd Base: Winning with Others. Website: https://journeychristian.com New Here? https://journeychristian.com/new Need Prayer? https://journeychristian.com/prayer Next Steps: https://journeychristian.com/nextsteps Instagram: https://instagram.com/fljourneychurch Facebook h…

The 2024 FIDE Chess Olympiad begins September 11, 2024 in Budapest, and will feature many of the world’s top players. It is always a fun tournament for players and fans alike with its unique format and the opportunity for players to represent their countries. Joining me to help preview this year’s edition is 14- time British Chess Olympian, author,…

Today Pastor Dustin continues our Home Run Life series as we look at 1st Base: Winning Within. Website: https://journeychristian.com New Here? https://journeychristian.com/new Need Prayer? https://journeychristian.com/prayer Next Steps: https://journeychristian.com/nextsteps Instagram: https://instagram.com/fljourneychurch Facebook https://www.face…

On September 6, almost two years to the day after their fateful game at the Sinquefield Cup, Magnus Carlsen and Hans Niemann will meet at Chess.com’s Speed Chess Championship. They will play in front of an audience in Paris, France. Joining me to discuss the history of this feud, and the details of this match is popular commentator, YouTuber and Tw…

JulesGambit is a popular Twitch streamer and YouTuber who rediscovered chess while at university and has seen rapid growth in her rating and her online following. Jules joined me shortly after competing in the BotezChessCamp, a unique tournament where she lived in a house with other female chess stars like the Botezes and Anna Cramling and competed…

Today is opening day of our Home Run Life series! Pastor Dustin starts us off at Home Plate: Winning Dependence. Website: https://journeychristian.com New Here? https://journeychristian.com/new Need Prayer? https://journeychristian.com/prayer Next Steps: https://journeychristian.com/nextsteps Instagram: https://instagram.com/fljourneychurch Faceboo…

GM Pontus Carlsson is a Grandmaster, trainer, entrepreneur, and the founder of the non-profit Business Meets Chess & Kids. Pontus is always forthright and entertaining, and in his third visit to the podcast, we caught up on chess topics including: The unique stress of being World Chess Champion, and Pontus’ thoughts on the upcoming match Pontus’ ad…

Today Pastor Dustin finishes our Heart & Soul series by highlighting the importance of developing leaders through mentorship and discipleship. Website: https://journeychristian.com New Here? https://journeychristian.com/new Need Prayer? https://journeychristian.com/prayer Next Steps: https://journeychristian.com/nextsteps Instagram: https://instagr…

FM Kamil Plichta is a renowned opening theoretician, Chessable author, trainer, and blitz/bullet specialist. In our conversation, Kamil highlights several important chess improvement-related topics: The value of learning by emulating those slightly higher rated than you Knowing when to withdraw from a brutal tournament Advice for choosing openings …

As the co-founder of Quality Chess Books and Killer Chess Training.com, GM Jacob Aagaard is always a busy man. This year, the award-winning author and trainer has been even busier. It was recently announced that his company, Quality Chess Books is acquiring two of the biggest chess publishers (New in Chess Books and Everyman Chess) from Chess.com. …

Pastor Dustin begins a new series titled "Heart & Soul," with a message on how there’s never a bad time to share good news. Website: https://journeychristian.com New Here? https://journeychristian.com/new Need Prayer? https://journeychristian.com/prayer Next Steps: https://journeychristian.com/nextsteps Instagram: https://instagram.com/fljourneychu…

On this week’s Perpetual Chess, the popular and sometimes entertaining GM Jan Gustafsson returns! Jan, of course, is a popular commentator, Twitch streamer, Chessable author, and renowned opening theoretician. His last visit to the podcast was a mere four months ago, but a lot has changed since then. GM D Gukesh has qualified for the World Champion…

Today we wrap up our series on the book of James, titled "A New Way to Be Human." Pastor Russell Cushman gives a message on the power of patience and prayer as we explore James 5. Website: https://journeychristian.com New Here? https://journeychristian.com/new Need Prayer? https://journeychristian.com/prayer Next Steps: https://journeychristian.com…

This week’s guest is Aiden Rayner, a Melbourne, Australia-based chess trainer, blogger, podcaster, and the founder of the training site, Don’t Move Until You See It. Aiden became interested in chess improvement as an adult and quickly zeroed in on a need to improve his ability to picture a chess board in his head. In the subsequent years, he has de…

Today we continue our series through the book of James, titled "A New Way to Be Human." Pastor Josh gives a message on the importance of humility and surrender as we explore James 4, challenging us to live counter-culturally by submitting fully to God's will. Website: https://journeychristian.com New Here? https://journeychristian.com/new Need Pray…

This week’s guest is author, commentator, and Slavic Linguistics professor at the University of Oslo, IM Atle Gronn. Atle’s most recent book, Games and Goals: The Fascinating Chess and Football Careers of Simen Agdestein has recently been released in the English language and is one I have been greatly looking forward to reading. It did not disappoi…

Today we continue our series through the book of James called "A New Way to Be Human." Pastor Harvey gives a message on the power of our words and the importance of taming our tongues as we walk through James 3. Website: https://journeychristian.com New Here? https://journeychristian.com/new Need Prayer? https://journeychristian.com/prayer Next Ste…

This week’s guest is Russ Makofsky. Russ is the founder of both The Gift of Chess, and of Impact Coaching Network. The Gift of Chess is a global non-profit dedicated to changing lives by distributing free chess sets in overlooked communities. Impact Coaching Network is a New York City-based educational chess organization that facilitates school pro…

Today we continue our series through the book of James called "A New Way to Be Human." Pastor Tammy gives a message about living out our faith in a way that is active because of how the gospel has transformed our life. Website: https://journeychristian.com New Here? https://journeychristian.com/new Need Prayer? https://journeychristian.com/prayer N…

The Adult Improver Series of Perpetual Chess returns, as I am joined by Solveig Friberg, who streams on Twitch as “The Rookie Redhead.” Solveig is a relatively new chess player who discovered the game via a Norwegian national TV broadcast of one of Magnus Carlsen’s World Championship matches. A few years later, she has attained a rating of 1570 FID…

Today we continue our series through the book of James called "A New Way to Be Human." Pastor Harvey gives a message about the importance of not only listening to what Jesus says, but also putting His words into practice. Website: https://journeychristian.com New Here? https://journeychristian.com/new Need Prayer? https://journeychristian.com/praye…

This week’s guest is 21-year old former youth champion, GM Awonder Liang. As a scholastic player, Awonder broke many records including becoming the youngest US player to reach a rating of 2000 (USCF), the youngest to beat an International Master, as well the youngest to beat a Grandmaster. These days, Awonder is a student at University of Chicago a…

Pastor Dustin begins a new series titled "A New Way to Be Human," based out of the book of James, with a message on Tested Faith. Website: https://journeychristian.com New Here? https://journeychristian.com/new Need Prayer? https://journeychristian.com/prayer Next Steps: https://journeychristian.com/nextsteps Instagram: https://instagram.com/fljour…