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BeTempered

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85 episodes

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Before Christmas rushes past, we press pause to ask better questions. What truly mattered this year? Where is God leading the mission of BeTempered? And how do we show up for people in ways that outlast trends, algorithms, and noise? Hosts Dan Schmidt and Ben Spahr reflect on a season of growth, clarity, and calling, and they officially welcome the newest BeTempered team member, Shawn Ruebush. This conversation shares why the team chose conviction over convenience when adding to the mission, ...

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Before Christmas rushes past, we press pause to ask better questions. What truly mattered this year? Where is God leading the mission of BeTempered? And how do we show up for people in ways that outlast trends, algorithms, and noise? Hosts Dan Schmidt and Ben Spahr reflect on a season of growth, clarity, and calling, and they officially welcome the newest BeTempered team member, Shawn Ruebush. This conversation shares why the team chose conviction over convenience when adding to the mission, ...

Show more...

Self-Improvement

Religion & Spirituality,

Society & Culture

Episodes (20/85)

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BeTempered Episode 84 - 2025 The Year That Clarified Our Mission

Before Christmas rushes past, we press pause to ask better questions. What truly mattered this year? Where is God leading the mission of BeTempered? And how do we show up for people in ways that outlast trends, algorithms, and noise? Hosts Dan Schmidt and Ben Spahr reflect on a season of growth, clarity, and calling, and they officially welcome the newest BeTempered team member, Shawn Ruebush. This conversation shares why the team chose conviction over convenience when adding to the mission, ...

1 day ago

50 minutes

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BeTempered Episode 83 - Building a Practice on Gratitude and Trust with Dr. Craig Hewitt

What if the hardest detours in life turn out to be the exact preparation you needed for a purpose you didn’t see coming? Dan Schmidt and Ben Spahr sit down with Dr. Craig Hewitt, a husband, father of five, and Navy trained dentist whose path runs from a small Catholic school to Parris Island, to Hawaii, and then back home to build a practice anchored in trust, gratitude, and faith. Craig opens up about moving in the middle of high school and how that shift shaped his sense of identity. He tal...

1 week ago

1 hour 47 minutes

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BeTempered Episode 82 - Inside the Support Systems That Change a Child’s Trajectory with Allie Shafer

What happens when a child cannot focus in class because the lights were shut off at home, there is no food in the cupboard, or their clothes have not been washed in a week. On this episode of BeTempered, hosts Dan Schmidt and Ben Spahr sit down with Eaton Community Schools Success Liaison Allie Shafer to shine a light on the non academic barriers that quietly shape whether a student learns or simply survives the day. Allie shares what her role looks like in real time as she listens without ju...

2 weeks ago

1 hour 24 minutes

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BeTempered Episode 81 - 'Small Choices, Big Impact' with Brian Ballenger, Mark Broeker, and the WC Leads Cohort

What makes someone worth following when no one is watching. In this leadership roundtable, that question sits in the center of the table as stories unfold from classrooms, locker rooms, offices, and quiet early mornings when no one else is around to see the work. On this episode of BeTempered, hosts Dan Schmidt and Ben Spahr sit down with guests Brian Ballenger, Mark Broeker, and members of the Wayne County Area Chamber of Commerce WC Leads Cohort to unpack leadership that is not about titles...

3 weeks ago

52 minutes

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BeTempered Episode 80 - The Journey From Addiction to Influence with Tim Clowers and the God Who Met Him There

A locked door at 3 a.m., a voice that asked one piercing question, and a church parking lot where a bag of drugs met a trash can. Tim Clowers’ turning points do not read like safe, polished faith stories. They read like real life. On this episode of BeTempered, hosts Dan Schmidt and Ben Spahr sit down with the Knoxville chef and creator behind Cook It With Tim to unpack an extraordinary arc, from addiction and anger after his brother’s death to Bible college, missions across 66 countries, and...

4 weeks ago

2 hours 6 minutes

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BeTempered Episode 79 - Aligning Business for Longevity with Erin Flynn, CEO of Cladwell

A great story does not skip the hard parts, and Erin Flynn refuses to. On BeTempered, hosts Dan Schmidt and Ben Spahr sit down with Erin to trace the real path from Indiana gym floors to Silicon Valley boardrooms. She chased a dream, ran into walls, and still chose to build a company and a life that actually fit. Her early chapters read like a crash course in grit. She graduated into the 2009 recession, rode a bus six hours a day to an unpaid internship, and turned a blog into a bridge betwee...

1 month ago

1 hour 29 minutes

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BeTempered Episode 78 – Robert Rogers Lost His Entire Family in a Flash Flood and Still Chose to Praise God

Some stories knock the wind out of you and then hand you back your breath. On this episode of BeTempered, hosts Dan Schmidt and Ben Spahr sit down with Robert Rogers, who in one devastating moment lost his wife and four children in a sudden flash flood and yet, in the very room where he identified their bodies, chose to lift a hand and trust God. This is not a tidy arc. It is a raw, lived map through catastrophe where scripture becomes a lifeline, counseling becomes a compass, and service bec...

1 month ago

1 hour 46 minutes

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BeTempered Episode 77 - Leah Schmidt on What Matters the Most in Life

Senior year can feel like standing on a cliff’s edge, and Leah Schmidt brings us right to that moment with clarity, humor, and heart. Hosted by Dan Schmidt and Ben Spahr, this conversation follows Dan’s daughter as she wraps a long soccer journey, weighs college athletics, and chooses something rarer: a future built on faith, family, and balance. From small town sidewalks to country life, 4-H chores, and the day a goat didn’t make it, Leah shows how responsibility and loss shape character lon...

1 month ago

56 minutes

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BeTempered Episode 76 - How Faith and Grit Silence Imposter Syndrome

Doubt has a way of sounding smart. It whispers that you’re a fraud, that you got lucky, that someone else would have done it better. On this episode of BeTempered, hosts Dan Schmidt and Ben Spahr challenge that voice head-on as they unpack how labels, setbacks, and perfectionism feed imposter syndrome and how faith, community, and honest storytelling cut it down to size. We start with the hard truth that many of us chase achievement while starving for fulfillment. A bank’s refusal once said, ...

1 month ago

45 minutes

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BeTempered Episode 75 - What Do You Do After the Final Goodbye? Rebuilding through faith one step at a time.

When someone says, “Brian’s dead,” life divides into a before and an after. For Chuck Winings, it divided twice. What began as an ordinary Super Bowl Sunday became a season of heartbreaking loss. First came the passing of his father. Soon after came the fight no family is ever ready for, when his wife Rhonda was diagnosed with triple negative metastatic breast cancer. On BeTempered, hosted by Dan Schmidt and Ben Spahr, Chuck opens his heart and tells the story from the very beginning: high sc...

2 months ago

1 hour 24 minutes

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BeTempered Episode 74 - Love, Loss, and the Power of a Kept Promise with Shirley Thacker

The wind through pine branches can sound like a lullaby, or the whisper of survival. That’s where Shirley Thacker loved to sit with her husband, Rich—a farm kid turned teacher, veteran, and fighter—dreaming about the book she would someday write. In this powerful episode of BeTempered, hosts Dan Schmidt and Ben Spahr sit down with Shirley to trace the hard and luminous arc of her life: a small Indiana farm in the 50s and 60s, a ten-year-old’s stolen safety and the silence that followed, the m...

2 months ago

55 minutes

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BeTempered Episode 73 - “No Peace, No Decision” – The Rule That Shaped Greg Jackson’s Ministry

The first thing Greg Jackson will tell you is simple: no peace, no decision. That quiet rule has guided him from a teen revival moment in Dayton to decades of faithful pastoring in Camden, Ohio—through false starts at the post office, a bi-vocational grind, and the messy, beautiful work of building a church that truly serves its town. In this episode of BeTempered, hosts Dan Schmidt and Ben Spahr sit down with Greg to explore what a small, faithful life looks like when it’s lived at full stre...

2 months ago

58 minutes

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BeTempered Episode 72 - Processing Tragedy in a Divided World

Raw vulnerability fills this deeply moving episode of BeTempered, where co-host Ben Spahr courageously opens up about processing a personal tragedy that has shaken his faith community to its core. When someone you’ve shared life with commits an unthinkable crime, how do you reconcile the good memories with their devastating actions? Where was God in the middle of all this heartbreak? Ben allows listeners into the raw and uncomfortable reality of his journey—sharing the guilt, anger, confusion...

2 months ago

43 minutes

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BeTempered Episode 71 – Inside Shawn Ruebush’s New Book 'Turning Pain into Purpose'

What does it take to transform your deepest pain into purpose? Shawn Ruebush knows firsthand. After first sharing his life story on Episode 24 of the BeTempered podcast with hosts Dan Schmidt and Ben Spahr, Shawn took the courageous step of writing his memoir, Turning Pain into Purpose—a raw, unflinching account of tragedy, struggle, and ultimate redemption. Shawn’s journey began with unimaginable trauma at just eleven years old, an event that forever altered the course of his life. For decad...

3 months ago

51 minutes

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BeTempered Episode 70 - How God Moves in Small Communities with Pastor Justin Wiegand

What happens when a young pastor with no money but unwavering faith decides to plant a church in a town of just 1,800 people? On this episode of BeTempered, hosts Dan Schmidt and Ben Spahr sit down with Pastor Justin Wiegand to uncover an extraordinary story of courage, obedience, and small-town ministry. Justin’s journey takes him from making pizza dough in Kentucky to leading five thriving church campuses across rural Ohio, proving the life-changing power of listening to God’s call—especial...

3 months ago

1 hour 15 minutes

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BeTempered Episode 69 - Doug Macias: Finding Faith, Community, and Recovery

What happens when a successful executive's carefully constructed facade finally crumbles, revealing decades of addiction, pain, and self-deception? Doug Macias knows this journey all too well. For more than 20 years, he was trapped in cycles of alcoholism, drug abuse, and emotional isolation. His story is raw, unflinching, and proof that even the most outwardly successful lives can mask unimaginable pain. In this episode of BeTempered, hosted by Dan Schmidt and Ben Spahr, Doug takes us back t...

3 months ago

1 hour 51 minutes

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BeTempered Episode 68 - From Drug & Alcohol Addiction to Ultra-Marathons with Alan Bair

What happens when a life built on fear, alcohol, and self-destruction finally crumbles? On this episode of BeTempered, hosts Dan Schmidt and Ben Spahr sit down with Alan Bair to share a story that is as raw and honest as it is inspiring. Alan grew up in a home overshadowed by dysfunction, where fear and insecurity became the lens through which he saw the world. Even with an elite prep school education and later an engineering degree, those internal struggles followed him into adulthood. When ...

3 months ago

1 hour 33 minutes

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BeTempered Episode 67 – 9 out of 10 startups fail. Mine didn’t. Justin Bayer of Welcome to College explains why.

What does it really take to defy the odds when nine out of ten startups fail? On this episode of BeTempered, hosts Dan Schmidt and Ben Spahr welcome Justin Bayer, founder of Welcome to College, for a raw and inspiring conversation about perseverance, setbacks, and finding meaning in the grind of entrepreneurship. Justin opens up about his 15-year journey building Welcome to College, a company born out of a single transformative moment—a campus tour at the University of Dayton that changed the...

4 months ago

1 hour 34 minutes

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BeTempered Episode 66 - Lessons in Faith, Family, and Grit From the Rite of Passage

What makes a leader? Is it the title, the position, or something deeper? In this powerful episode of BeTempered, host Dan Schmidt sits down with Tucker Perkerson to unpack the experiences, challenges, and defining moments that shaped his leadership journey—from a small-town childhood in Atlanta to making an impact in both education and corporate America. Tucker reflects on the lessons learned growing up immersed in sports and community, and how those early values carried forward into his adul...

4 months ago

1 hour 17 minutes

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BeTempered Episode 65 – The Fight, The Mountain, and the Man Who Wouldn’t Quit

Some stories are about survival. This one is about transformation. In this unforgettable episode of BeTempered, hosts Dan Schmidt and Ben Spahr welcome Ray Mackelson—a man whose life was once confined by invisible walls. For decades, anxiety ruled everything. Ray couldn’t drive more than an hour from home without facing crippling panic. Normalcy, freedom, and adventure felt like distant dreams—out of reach, beyond reason, and completely unattainable. But then, something changed. Through a c...

4 months ago

1 hour 44 minutes