Episode #11 of the “Behind the Curtain” Ministry Podcast is here! In this episode, Noah Filipiak interviews the starting tight end for the #4 ranked Michigan State Spartans football team, redshirt junior Josiah Price. Price has 13 career touchdowns at Michigan State, a record for a tight end, including 3 in the first 3 games […]
Podcast Interview with Noel Heikkinen on Anxiety, Avoiding Burnout & Guarding Against Ego and Sexual Sin
Episode #10 of the “Behind the Curtain” Ministry Podcast is here! Noah Filipiak interviews Noel Heikkinen, one of the pastors at Riverview Church in Holt, Lansing and East Lansing, MI. Riverview is a church made up of around 3000 – 4000 people that has 4 venues in the Lansing area. Noel and Noah discuss the […]
Podcast Interview on why Pastors Look at Porn & Have Affairs, with Covenant Eyes’ Luke Gilkerson
I interview Covenant Eyes‘ Luke Gilkerson on why pastors look at porn & have affairs. Applicable to men, women, pastors and churchgoers, this is a must listen for the Church. Luke is the Educational Resource Manager at Covenant Eyes, he also runs the Covenant Eyes blog where he is also a frequent author. Luke’s personal […]
Podcast Interview with “Lansing’s Happiest Homeless Person” Chris Pruett
Episode #8 of “Behind the Curtain” Ministry Podcast is here! I interviewed Chris Pruett, the self-titled “Happiest Homeless Person in Lansing.” Chris attends my church and does a great job of shedding the light of love and humanity onto homelessness. Learn about homelessness from the eyes of a homeless person. Chris is intelligent, creative and […]
Podcast Interview with Pastor / Author Zachary Bartels
Episode #7 of “Behind the Curtain” Ministry Podcast is here! In this interview I talk with Zachary Bartels on the balance of being both a pastor and a Christian fiction author. We talk about the required “self-promotion” of the author world and the safeguards that have to be put in place to make sure this […]
Podcast Interview with Recording Artist Jessa Anderson
Episode #6 of “Behind the Curtain” Ministry Podcast is here! Recording artist Jessa Anderson and I talk about the tension in the Christian music industry between making good music with good theology, how all of life’s struggles can’t be fixed in a 3 and half minute song with a pretty bow at the end of […]






