The Door to Peace
The Door to Peace is a podcast of inspiring messages highlighting how the Peace of God has infiltrated people and situations in dramatic and beautiful ways to transform lives.
As a listener, your heart and soul will be touched. You’ll learn how to listen for God’s “knock at the door” and how to accept his loving invitation. The chains of anxiety and hopelessness will be replaced with a Peace that comes from knowing the reality of eternal life in the perfection of heaven as well as a loving Father to guide our lives here on earth.
The podcast is hosted by Pastor Tom Stephen. Guest interviews/stories are the cornerstone of the podcast in addition to Tom sharing key messages of Peace from scripture or news which reflects the Peace of the Holy Spirit in our lives.
Episodes
34 episodes
From Dischord to Divinity: Music's Escape to God's Peace
Growing up in South Central Los Angeles during the turbulent 1960s and ’70s meant living through riots, the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and the rise of gang violence. It was a time of confusion and hardship for many....
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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1:09:07
Rooted in Hope: Testimony with Bishop Huggins
What is hope? "Hope is a rope. Hope is the rope that God gives us when we are falling off of the cliffs of life. Despite how far down you fall into the depths of despair, there is always a sense of knowing that God will ...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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47:00
Life After a Mass Shooting: A Father’s Story of Grief and Grace
"Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead..." (Philippians 3:13).Paul isn’t asking us to erase the past. He’s showing us how to live with hope, even when the past carries deep pain. In today’s episo...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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36:46
God's Longterm Work in Community Disaster - Part 2, Rev. Dr. Kate Wiebe
God meets us in all seasons of life. Recovery from human-made community trauma (ex. mass shootings or sudden political changes) to natural disasters that impact entire communities (ex. fires, floods, hurricanes) follow patterns or p...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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28:03
Community Devastation and God's Presence - LA Wildfires Recovery 2025, Dr Kate Wiebe
Rev. Dr. Kate Wiebe and our host, Rev. Tom Stephen, dive into collective trauma related to recent wildfires in Southern California. Kate contextualizes the fires through the lens of losing senses of community and examines how people can come to...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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44:02
Counter Cultural Christmas - Peace in the Midst of Crazy
The four weeks before Christmas can make you crazy. So much to do. So many expectations. So many disappointments. Is Peace even possible? In this podcast you'll hear an inspiring and informative conv...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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50:17
Peace Through Tough Conversations: Really?
Have you ever avoided a tough conversation? Sometimes we fear hurting someone's feelings, so we put off having a direct conversation about a growing problem. Our desire to be "nice" allows that problem to contin...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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48:00
Testimony of Near-Death Experience In Heaven
Mike Amato joins the podcast and speaks to our host, Tom Stephen, about his near death experience of meeting Jesus in Heaven. He speaks of the conviction that Jesus gave him to “tell the story” of the peace of Christ. Over the y...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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40:19
Surrender, Sacrifice, Service with Nita Hanson (Ukraine Update)
“We cannot truly love unless we give up our right to be right” - Nita Hanson"Surrender has everything to do with trust. I cannot surrender to something I don't trust." - Nita HansonTom Stephen is joined by longtime frie...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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49:06
Death With Dignity: Navigating the Death of a Loved One
“We need to prepare for death the same way that we prepare for life."In this podcast Mickey Fenn offers practical insights for those who facing the death of a loved one. As a hospice chaplain and someone who has encounte...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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48:14
Making Space for Conflict: A Path Forward from the Chaos
Conflict at home? At work? In your faith community? You might be surprised at what lies at the core of most conflicts. Jen Fraser joins the Door to Peace podcast to share practical tools of w...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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50:53
Curiosity Over Judgement: A Better Way to Share Peace - Conversation with Jon Ritner
How can followers of Jesus bring the peace of Christ into a world that sees Christians as judgmental, hypocritical and hateful?Jon Ritner advocates for a shift from some traditional Christian behaviors to living mor...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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45:16
Untangling Christianity to Experience Christ: A Conversation with Fawn Parish
"Our hearts are restless until they find rest in Thee," wrote St. Augustine in his ConfessionsFinding peace in the presence of God is not always easy within Christianity. Many have discovered that in order t...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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46:30
Seeds of Success - Setting Your Mind and Heart for a Great Day
Do you want to being your day with a fresh and restored mind that will influence all that you do?Do you want to start each day with a God-given confidence and expectation? In this podcast, you'll learn a simple process of b...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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25:19
From Anxiety to Peace - Rev. Dr. Garrett Andrew and Linda Trapp, PhD
Rev. Garrett Andrew is back! And he brought a friend and co-writer with him.Out of passion to help those isolated during the pandemic, Linda strongly encouraged Garrett to write a book with her to help those experiencing fear, dep...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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48:54
Lavish Love on the Cancer Coaster: Amy's Story
Diagnosed in April 2011 with stage 4 breast cancer, which spread to her lymph nodes and liver. Amy was told, "get your affairs in order." The cancer would eventually spread to lymph nodes near her heart, lungs, skin,&nb...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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49:52
Finding Peace By Following God's Voice, Part 2 with John Viella
Knowing, hearing and acting on God's direction brings peace not only in your life but in the lives of others. In this podcast, you'll see how it can literally save lives.As a surfer and father, John has learned over the years to ...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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43:39
More Than Conquerors Surf with John Viella
Changing lives one wave at a time,Surfing, surf culture, the surf industry defined John Viella's life for many years. God planted a seed in John's life at a very young age that would take John's love for surfing and u...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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43:26
Another Grief Observed with Larry Smith
When Larry Smith received the phone call from his daughter that his 18 year old granddaughter had died in a car accident - he felt horror.In this intimate and meaningful podcast, Larry Smith and Pastor Tom explore the impact and ...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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56:20
49 Minutes of Pure Inspiration with Rev. Lorenda Barber - Part 2
Listen to this every week. Rev. Lorenda Barber speaks from experience when she says, "Check the record of your life. You'll see that you have survived and that God has a plan for you and that plan is good."If you ar...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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49:42
From Surviving to Thriving, Rev. Lorenda Barber's Story
Why do horrific things happen to good people? Why do innocent children suffer abuse? Have you ever cried out to God and asked, "Why so much? Why did I have to suffer so much?"Rev. Lorenda Barber has experienced horrif...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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36:16
Healing In Our Lowest Places: Powerful Biblical Wisdom with Rev. Dr. Kate Wiebe
Get ready to experience practical and powerful wisdom that has been helping people out of difficult circumstances literally for thousands of years. God has designed a pathway for carrying you through and bringing you out of t...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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49:31
COVID Hangover Recovery, Insights from Rev. Dr. Kate Wiebe
The effects of the massive COVID hangover continues. Preschool and elementary students having an abnormally hard time at school.College students and young adults feeling a general malaise about their future...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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40:03
Part 2 - 7 Non-Crazy Practices to Peace with Rev. Dr. Garrett Andrew
What do you think about these thoughts from Garrett Andrew? “We are the most depressed, medicated, addicted, obese people who have ever existed...a Digital Detox allows us to disconnect from the tree of knowledge of good and evil (...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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38:40
7 Non-Crazy Practices to Peace with Rev. Dr. Garrett Andrew, Part 1
In response to a friend's request to experience the Christian season of Lent in a life giving way, Garrett wrote on Facebook,"Someone asked me for some practical, non crazy, practices they could try during Lent. This is what I off...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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37:42