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by Bart Wilbanks
Summit After the Storm is a leadership and faith podcast for anyone navigating adversity, transition, or rebuilding. Hosted by Bart Wilbanks, author of Summit After the Storm, the show explores real lessons forged through hardship—including climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, surviving a near-death experience on the mountain, leading through crisis, and rediscovering faith and purpose. Each episode blends personal storytelling, leadership insight, and spiritual reflection for leaders and professionals seeking clarity, resilience, and strength after the storm. Keep Climbing! Pole Pole.
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- 2 days ago7 min
Episode 180: Take the Long Way Home | When God Leads You Toward What Looks Like a Dead End
Sometimes God takes you the long way home on purpose.When God led the Israelites out of Egypt toward the Promised Land, there was a shorter route.God didn't take it.Instead, He led His people the long way around toward the Red Sea.And from where they were standing, the Red Sea probably looked a whole lot more like a dead end.An army behind them.Water in front of them.No apparent way through.They could have easily wondered, “God, did we go the wrong way?”But they weren't lost.They were being led.And the place that looked like a dead end became the place where God delivered them from the enemy chasing them.In Episode 180 of Summit After the Storm, we connect that story to Kilimanjaro, traveling through Europe, our obsession with taking the fastest route, and those seasons when life seems to be taking much longer than we planned.The long way led to what looked like a dead end.The dead end became a doorway.And the doorway became their deliverance.If your life feels like the long way right now, this episode is for you.Don't confuse a dead end with a wrong turn when God is the One leading you.📖 Summit After the Storm releases in less than two months. Learn more and preorder at SummitAfterStorm.comAnd have a great weekend. Keep climbing. Pole pole.#Faith #God #ChristianPodcast #Jesus #Bible #ChristianLiving #TrustGod #GodsPlan #RedSea #Exodus #FaithOverFear #ChristianEncouragement #LifeLessons #Purpose #SummitAfterTheStorm
- 3 days ago8 min
Episode 179: More | Why Having More Never Feels Like Enough and What a Maasai Boy Taught Me About Being Rich
More is a strange word. No matter how much you have, it always asks for something else.More money. More success. More followers. A bigger house. A better car. The next promotion.But when is more finally enough?In Tanzania, I saw families living in homes made from straw, mud and dung. Then one day, I saw a young Maasai boy running alongside us with a staff in his hand.He was smiling and waving.He wasn't trying to sell us anything. He wasn't asking us for anything.He just wanted us to wave back.Here was a child with dramatically less materially than my children had back home, yet he seemed completely full of joy.That moment challenged something I'd spent much of my life believing: that happiness was waiting somewhere on the other side of more.In Episode 179, we talk about ambition, success, contentment, the constantly moving finish line and Paul's words in Philippians 4:11:“I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.”You don't have to stop climbing to appreciate where you are.Maybe sometimes wealth is measured by how little you need in order to smile.📖 My book, Summit After the Storm, releases in less than two months. Learn more and preorder at SummitAfterStorm.com#Contentment #Gratitude #Faith #ChristianPodcast #ChristianLiving #Happiness #Purpose #LifeLessons #PersonalGrowth #Success #Leadership #Philippians4 #Tanzania #Kilimanjaro #SummitAfterTheStorm
- 4 days ago8 min
Episode 178: What Would You Do Without the Noise? | Is God Speaking, or Have You Forgotten How to Listen?
What if God isn't being silent? What if we just haven't hit mute?We fill almost every empty moment with something: our phones, television, music, podcasts, notifications, work and endless scrolling. But sometimes the noise we're surrounded by keeps us from hearing what matters most.In Episode 178, I share two moments when silence became powerful: walking through the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, where people seemed to become quiet without anyone telling them to, and waking around 4 a.m. in Tanzania with tears in my eyes and something on my heart I knew I needed to write.I turned on my flashlight, reached beside my sleeping bag, grabbed my journal and started writing.What came out wasn't comfortable.God was showing me the man I had become and the man I still wanted to be.Prayer matters. But prayer is often us talking to God. Sometimes we also need to stop talking, turn down everything else and listen.Not because God isn't talking. Maybe because we aren't listening.🎧 Episode 178 of Summit After the Storm Podcast📖 And my book, Summit After the Storm, releases in less than two months. Learn more and preorder at SummitAfterStorm.com#ChristianPodcast #Faith #God #ChristianLiving #Prayer #Bible #Jesus #ListenToGod #FaithJourney #ChristianEncouragement #PersonalGrowth #LifeLessons #Kilimanjaro #AnneFrankHouse #SummitAfterTheStorm
- 5 days ago7 min
Episode 177: When Did We Become So Easily Offended? | Standing for What’s Right Without Being Outraged by Everything
Maybe the problem isn't that we're too easily offended. Maybe we're offended by the wrong things.Nearly 30 years ago, I held a door open for a man and respectfully called him “sir.” His response stunned me: “Don't you call me sir! I can open the door for myself!”I learned that day that what one person intends as respect, another can receive as an insult.But today I'm asking a bigger question: Have we become more sensitive without becoming more discerning?Jesus wasn't afraid to get angry when something sacred was being dishonored. He overturned tables in the Temple. Scripture tells us to be slow to anger, but it also calls us to speak truth in love and stand for what is right.So how do we know the difference between something that's merely different, something that personally offends us, and something that's actually wrong?In Episode 177, we explore culture, faith, leadership, Europe, Kilimanjaro, and why Christians shouldn't waste their outrage on every disagreement—or become so afraid of offending someone that we stop standing for truth.Not everything that offends me is wrong. And not everything that's wrong offends me enough.🎙️ Summit After the Storm Podcast with Bart Wilbanks#Faith #ChristianPodcast #Jesus #ChristianLiving #SpeakTruth #StandForTruth #FaithOverFear #BiblicalTruth #ChristianEncouragement #Leadership #Courage #James1 #PersonalGrowth #LifeLessons #SummitAfterTheStorm
- 6 days ago6 min
Episode 176: The Stranger Beside You | My Wife Was Once a Stranger Sitting Next to Me on a Plane
What if one conversation with a stranger changed the rest of your life?Years ago, I boarded an airplane and started talking with the stranger sitting beside me. We talked about life, where they were from, where they had been, and where they were going.I had no idea that stranger would eventually become my wife, Amanda.Years later on Kilimanjaro, Amanda and I would meet another group of strangers. Those men became our team, and when our tent ripped loose in a violent storm, they ran toward us.Hebrews 13:2 reminds us not to forget to show hospitality to strangers. In a world of headphones, phones, and eyes constantly looking down, maybe it's time to look up again.A spouse was once a stranger. A best friend was once a stranger. A mentor was once a stranger. Every meaningful relationship has a first moment.You never know who God may place beside you.🎙️ Summit After the Storm Podcast with Bart Wilbanks#Relationships #Faith #LoveStory #Marriage #ChristianPodcast #ChristianLiving #GodsPlan #DivineAppointments #Hebrews13 #FaithJourney #LifeLessons #HumanConnection #Kilimanjaro #KeepClimbing #SummitAfterTheStorm
- 1 weeks ago10 min
September 11: 25 Years Later | Remembering the Moment America Changed Forever | Special Episode
Twenty-five years ago, at 8:46 a.m. Eastern Time, America changed forever.On September 11, 2001, I was in my mid-twenties, working at a manufacturing plant in Illinois. Someone told me a plane had hit the World Trade Center, and I rushed to the break room.Then I watched the second plane strike live on television.In that moment, I knew America was under attack.I remember the anger. The fear. The chaos. Gas stations running out of fuel. People wondering what would happen next.But I also remember something I have rarely seen since.We came together.Political labels mattered less. Churches filled. People prayed. Flags appeared everywhere. Americans asked one another a simple question:“What can I do?”I didn't have much money at the time, but I was proud to contribute to coworkers who were driving water from Illinois to New York for first responders and people who were suffering.It felt patriotic.It felt like we were one country.In this special 25th anniversary episode, released at the precise moment the first tower was struck, I reflect on what I saw, what I felt, the desire I had to serve, the people we lost, and the unity I pray we never need another tragedy to rediscover.We remember the people.We remember the courage.We remember the sacrifice.And we remember who we became afterward.Psalm 46:1:“God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.”May God comfort those who still grieve.May God protect those who serve.May God bring us closer together.And may God bless the United States of America.We will never forget.#September11 #NeverForget #911Anniversary #PatriotDay #September11th #GodBlessAmerica #Remember911 #Faith #ChristianPodcast #FirstResponders #AmericanHeroes #UnitedWeStand #Psalm46 #HonorTheFallen #SummitAfterTheStorm
- 1 weeks ago5 min
Episode 175: Don’t Miss the View | Stop Chasing What’s Next and Start Living the Day God Gave You
Sometimes we're so busy trying to capture the moment that we forget to actually live it.Our family traveled thousands of miles through Europe to stand in front of places we'd dreamed about seeing:The Colosseum.The Acropolis.The Eiffel Tower.The Vatican.The canals of Amsterdam.And what did we do?We pulled out our phones.Sometimes I caught myself looking at something incredible through a screen six inches from my face.Think about how strange that is.I traveled thousands of miles to see something with my own eyes, then watched it through my phone.But this episode isn't really about phones.It's about how easily we can live our entire lives focused on what's next.The next promotion. The next vacation. The next milestone. The next season.Kilimanjaro taught me the same lesson. For months, Amanda and I focused on one thing: the summit.But the summit picture lasted seconds.The journey took days.Psalm 118:24 says, “This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.”Your children are this age today.Your spouse is sitting across from you today.The people you love are here today.So keep climbing. Keep pursuing the destination.But every once in a while...stop and look at the view.Because someday, the thing you're rushing through today may be the thing you wish you could come back to.🎙️ Episode 175 of Summit After the StormAnd to my daily listeners: have a great weekend. Put the phone down for a little while, spend time with the people you love, and don't miss the view.#BePresent #Faith #ChristianPodcast #ChristianLiving #ChristianEncouragement #Jesus #Gratitude #Psalm118 #LiveInTheMoment #Family #LifeLessons #PersonalGrowth #Kilimanjaro #KeepClimbing #SummitAfterTheStormViral Hashtags
- 1 weeks ago7 min
Episode 174: What Are You Training For? | The Work Nobody Sees Prepares You for the Moment Everybody Does
We live in a world where almost everything is getting faster. But some things still can't be rushed.Same-day delivery. Instant answers. AI. Thirty-second highlight reels.Technology keeps eliminating waiting.Life keeps requiring preparation.You can't Amazon Prime character. You can't download experience. You can't ask AI to do your push-ups. And you can't cram for a crisis.Standing inside the Colosseum in Rome reminded me that worthwhile things take time to build.Kilimanjaro taught me the same lesson.Everyone sees the summit picture of Amanda and me. They don't see the months of walking, training, testing gear and carrying weighted backpacks that came before it.The work nobody saw prepared us for the moment everybody sees.In 1 Corinthians 9:25, Paul writes, “Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training.”So if you're waiting for the next job, opportunity, breakthrough or open door, ask yourself:If God opened that door tomorrow, would I be ready to walk through it?Episode 174 of Summit After the Storm is about what happens before the opportunity arrives and why the ordinary days, quiet work and preparation nobody applauds may be building exactly what you'll need when your moment comes.You don't become ready when the moment arrives. The moment reveals how ready you've become.#Motivation #PersonalGrowth #Leadership #Faith #ChristianPodcast #ChristianLiving #TrustGod #Purpose #Preparation #SuccessMindset #Discipline #1Corinthians9 #Kilimanjaro #KeepClimbing #SummitAfterTheStorm
About Summit After the Storm | Leadership, Faith and Resilience Podcast
Summit After the Storm is a leadership and faith podcast for anyone navigating adversity, transition, or rebuilding. Hosted by Bart Wilbanks, author of Summit After the Storm, the show explores real lessons forged through hardship—including climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, surviving a near-death experience on the mountain, leading through crisis, and rediscovering faith and purpose. Each episode blends personal storytelling, leadership insight, and spiritual reflection for leaders and professionals seeking clarity, resilience, and strength after the storm. Keep Climbing! Pole Pole.
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