# Ep. 324: Remembering our Ministry Mentors Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/trench-talk-4428/ep-324-remembering-our-ministry-mentors Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/trench-talk-4428/ep-324-remembering-our-ministry-mentors.md Podcast: [Trench Talk](https://stenobird.com/podcast/trench-talk-4428) Published: 2026-05-19T08:09:52+00:00 Episode link: https://practicalshepherding.com/trenchtalk/324 Audio file: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d93a9a2d9f11575968dc322/t/6a0f20a26fe6b25598907701/1779376387817/Remembering+our+pastoral+mentors-esv2-70p-bg-8p-music-10p.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/trench-talk-4428/episodes/ep-324-remembering-our-ministry-mentors Duration seconds: 2358 ## Resource Contact us. We’d love to serve you Request a stay at a Shepherd’s House Location Give financially to support the work of helping pastors thrive Write a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify (03:30) Hebrews 13:7 and the Call to Remember Our Leaders (06:30) Biography of Pastor Al Martin & His Ministry Path (11:00) How Pastor Martin Shaped Jim’s Life and Theology (16:00) Memorable Preaching Stories & The Weight of the Pulpit (19:30) Pastor Martin as Shepherd & Christian Gentleman (23:00) Brian’s Mentor Jackson Boyette & Learning to Love People Well (27:30) Additional Lessons from Mentors: Convictions, Affections, and Thinking Against the Grain (33:30) Grief, Spiritual Fatherhood, and Exhortation to Seek and Be Mentors (38:30) Final Word & Prayer ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/trench-talk-4428/episodes/ep-324-remembering-our-ministry-mentors/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/trench-talk-4428/ep-324-remembering-our-ministry-mentors.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.