{"podcast":{"title":"Inspired... with Simon Guillebaud","slug":"inspired-with-simon-guillebaud-5032537","podcast_index_feed_id":5032537,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/inspired/","website_url":"https://www.simonguillebaud.com/inspired-podcast/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/e843d16f-32a5-4b0b-b568-01ce75020daa/Inspired-Cover-26-1mb.jpg","author":"Great Lakes Outreach","episode_count":269,"summary":"Upbeat and uplifting, ‘Inspired’ introduces us to a stunning variety of people from all walks of life. It celebrates perseverance, overcoming, and costly faith. In a world full of bad news, these powerful, hope-filled stories of adventure and risk-taking will stir you to imagine new possibilities. Hosted by Simon Guillebaud, author, speaker and founder of Great Lakes Outreach. New episodes each Thursday. simonguillebaud.com | greatlakesoutreach.org","last_synced_at":"2026-06-11T12:19:48.306232+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inspired-with-simon-guillebaud-5032537"},"episode":{"title":"Never Beyond Hope! | Mez McConnell","slug":"never-beyond-hope-mez-mcconnell","published_at":"2026-04-23T01:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inspired-with-simon-guillebaud-5032537/never-beyond-hope-mez-mcconnell","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inspired-with-simon-guillebaud-5032537","url":"https://inspired.captivate.fm/episode/never-beyond-hope-mez-mcconnell","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/2e25c3da-e562-4ad4-b8fe-0d793b5fca41.mp3","summary":"A rough childhood spent in numerous foster homes led to drug addiction to crime to maximum security prison, but Mez McConnell’s extraordinary story shows that nobody is beyond hope. He’s been planting churches now for the last two decades in the toughest parts of Scotland and seeing long-term costly transformation. Get ready to be very challenged, inspired and stirred. What a listen! ▶️ Watch this episode as a video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/g1NLoTuQoXI For those wanting to hear more, we did a bonus Part 2 which you can watch here today, or listen on this channel tomorrow. Check out: 20schemes.com Of all Mez’s books, if you want to engage with poverty and church-planting in the UK, go for The Least, The Last and The Lost: Understanding Poverty in the UK and the Responsibility of the Local Church --- ❤️ Support our work in Burundi: greatlakesoutreach.org/inspired ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- ▶️ Subscribe to us on YouTube 📸 Follow us on Instagram: @inspiredwith.sg 📲 Weekly episode WhatsApp link: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠greatlakesoutreach.org/whatsapp 📧 Weekly email notification: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠greatlakesoutreach.org/inspiredemail⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🇧🇮 GLO Burundi WhatsApp Channel For more from Simon, visit: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠simonguillebaud.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Choose Life daily or weekly email to stir your faith: chooselife.org.uk --- 🌍 Produced by Great Lakes Outreach - Transforming Burundi & Beyond:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠greatlakesoutreach.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠","meta_description":"A rough childhood spent in numerous foster homes led to drug addiction to crime to maximum security prison, but Mez McConnell’s extraordinary story shows…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3474,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/inspired-with-simon-guillebaud-5032537/episodes/never-beyond-hope-mez-mcconnell/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inspired-with-simon-guillebaud-5032537/never-beyond-hope-mez-mcconnell.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}