Episode 126 Clarrissa Stephens - "Shreveport-Bossier: My City, My Community, My Home"

Shreveport-Bossier: My City, My Community, My Home

Like so many of my guests, Clarrissa's journey is an instructive one and so rich with valuable lessons for us all. You can find our full discussion here.

Here are the questions I asked:

0:28 1. You and I first met about a year ago. As I have mentioned several times here, I currently chair the advisory board for LSUS’ Institute for Nonprofit Administration and Research (or INAR as most people know it).

You were one of 15 nonprofit leaders selected to participate in an important INAR initiative, its first capacity building cohort.

Tell me both about your nonprofit, Uniforms For All, and why the cohort was an important initiative for you to be a part of.

4:04 2. For the past 14 years, you have been on staff at Northpoint Community Church in Bossier City where you currently serve as the Connections and Community Relations Pastor. Talk to me if you would a little about the church – its values and focus.

5:47 3. You found the church by way of a fairly circuitous path – having been a victim of domestic abuse, struggling with drugs, even finding yourself incarcerated at one point.

I have heard you talk about how God gave you the grace to care. And I have heard you cite Romans chapter 8, verse 1,”There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.”

For those listening today, talk to me a little about how the church has given you a reboot and allowed you to completely take your life to a different place.

10:07 4. Somewhat unknown fact - you are a WWII buff. If you could, tell me what it is about WWII that is so fascinating to you and perhaps share 1 or 2 of the stories from the war that you find most instructive.

13:27 5. I’ve heard you talk about the “circle check”. Talk to me some about this.