The Love & Lead Podcast

Brotherhood Beyond the Chair: Building Community, Legacy & Faith One Conversation at a Time

Most people think a barber shop is about haircuts. But behind the chair, life happens. In Episode 4 of the Love & Lead Podcast, Ryan Gause sits down with master barber, entrepreneur, father, and Grandfather Tim Clough, owner of Cuts & Creations Hair Studio. Together they discuss brotherhood, accountability, fatherhood, legacy, faith, purpose, and what it means to become a good man. Key Scriptures: Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 Proverbs 27:17 Romans 10:14 Love & Lead Podcast — Helping men love well, lead boldly, and walk with Jesus.

Coaching Beyond the Game: Building Men Through Leadership, Identity & Influence

Episode Title: Coaching Beyond the Game: Building Men Through Leadership, Identity & Influence Episode Purpose: In this episode of the Love & Lead Podcast, Ryan Gause sits down with Coach Allen Whitehart—NHSCA National Coach of the Year and a leader of leaders in high school basketball—to talk about leadership, identity, and influence in shaping young men and how influence can be used to form men who lead like Christ.

The Love & Lead Podcast Episode 2 "Work as Worship"

What does it look like to love and lead like Jesus in your work, your calling, and your influence? In this episode of The Love & Lead Podcast, host Ryan Gause sits down with basketball coach and trainer Charles Pack, co-owner of Double Trouble Training, to explore faith, discipline, leadership, and witness in the marketplace. From the meaning behind “Blessed to Hoop” to mentoring young men through sport, this conversation helps men connect spiritual formation to everyday life and leadership.

What It Means to Love and Lead Like Jesus

This episode establishes the theological and spiritual foundation of the podcast. The goal is to help listeners understand that loving and leading like Jesus flows from spiritual formation and identity, not performance, position, or cultural models of masculinity. This episode sets the tone: formation before function, before doing, abiding before leading.