The Compass Chronicles Podcast: Guidance-Journey-Faith
The Compass Chronicles Podcast: Guidance, Journey, Faith is hosted by Javier Malave and Mickey Woolery, bringing listeners into meaningful conversations about life’s direction, personal growth, and the role faith plays in navigating both the highs and lows of the journey.
At its heart, the show is about real stories from real people. Each episode features guests from diverse backgrounds—creators, entrepreneurs, authors, and community leaders—who share their experiences, lessons learned, and defining moments. Through these conversations, The Compass Chronicles reminds us that no matter where we come from, every path has purpose and every voice carries a story worth telling.
Expanding beyond the main show, The Compass Chronicles has grown into a network of companion podcasts under the Compass umbrella, each offering its own unique perspective:
The Pew and The Couch Podcast explores the intersection of faith and mental health, creating honest and thoughtful dialogue around spiritual life, emotional well-being, and the challenges many face in balancing both. It’s a space where real conversations happen—bridging what’s often discussed in the pew with what’s processed on the couch.
The Multiverse Guild Podcast dives into fandom culture—comics, anime, gaming, and science fiction—celebrating the creativity, imagination, and storytelling that bring these worlds to life.
Sips & Scripts: Writings from the Middle of the Grind shines a light on authors and writers, exploring the craft of storytelling, the realities of publishing, and the journey of building stories that truly connect with readers.
Together, these shows form a vibrant community centered on faith, creativity, storytelling, and the many paths we walk in life. Whether you’re seeking guidance, inspiration, or simply a great conversation, The Compass Chronicles and its companion podcasts offer a place to listen, reflect, and grow.
Episodes
106 episodes
Forged in Faith, Day Two: Discovering Your Purpose | Sips and Scripts
Purpose can feel like a spotlight you never asked for, especially when everyone around you looks like they have a plan. We’re back on Compass Chronicles for Sips and Scripts, and I’m Javier walking through Day 2 of Forged in Faith, a men’s devo...
When the Pew Feels Heavy
Some Sundays you’re not walking into a sanctuary, you’re walking into a test of how well you can pretend. You smile, sing, and say “I’m good,” while something inside you is cracking. I call that the heavy pew, and if you’ve ever felt it, you’re...
Sips & Script: Forged in Faith, Chapter 1, Building a Solid Foundation
In this week's Sips & Script devotional segment, host Javier reads from his book Forged in Faith: A Daily Devotional for Men. Chapter 1 tackles what it means to build a solid foundation of faith, not just as a belief but as something you li...
When Your Adult Child Walks Away: Faith, Healing & Hope with Marit Welker
A grown child can disappear from your life while still walking around in the world, and that kind of loss messes with your mind, your faith, and your body. We talk with Marit Welker, a guide for Christian estranged mothers, about why adult chil...
Fallout Faith: How God Rebuilds What the Church Broke
Church hurt can turn the place that once felt like home into a wasteland. We know that moment, the “vault door” opens, the light hits your eyes, and suddenly you’re asking whether it’s even worth rebuilding faith after spiritual trauma, betraya...
The Multiverse Guild Podcast With Peter Gunn: Creating Sigma Squad
Something shifts when a person survives a moment they weren’t supposed to survive. Javier sits down with creator, poet, composer, and entrepreneur Peter Gunn to trace how a near-death experience at seven turned into a lifelong mission: make art...
The Compass Chronicles: Javier and Mickey discuss Recovery and Redemption with Jessica L. Morris
A clear sky, a cigarette in the cold, and a question screamed upward: “When do I get to have my turn?” Jessica L. Morris takes us back to the moment her life cracked open, then walks us through what came after, including years of depression, su...
The Compass Chronicles: Finding Your Purpose and Leading With Heart with Mr Yu.
In this episode, we sit down with Mr. Yu. to discuss the importance of aligning with one's purpose. We explore his transition from being a professional chef to helping people address life's bottlenecks. Mr. U shares the vision behind the ...
Sips & Scripts with Terrence Rotering on Godwinks, Faith, and Writing an Epic Multiverse
A 10-book, 5,000-page multiverse doesn’t happen by accident, and Terrence Rotering’s story proves it. We talk with Terrence, an Air Force veteran who spent years behind the scenes of real-world defense, about how his love of movies, comics, and...
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The Multiverse Guild Podcast With Derrick & Wendy Carrick-Hadinger
What if the comics and films you loved as a kid were training you to face the darkness you’d meet as an adult? We sit with Derek and Wendy—an illustrator–author duo whose faith and fandom collide in surprising, life‑giving ways—to explore how h...
The Power Battery
What if your burnout isn’t a failure of grit, but a wiring problem? We take a charged journey through Green Lantern lore to uncover a freeing truth: you weren’t built to be the battery. From Hal and John’s finite rings to the infinite central p...
Freiren Beyond Journeys End A conversation on Time, Friendship & Appreciation
What if the person you love lives on a different clock? Our latest conversation dives into Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, a gentle, devastating anime about an immortal elf who outlives her heroic friends and learns, too late, what unspoken love...
Fandom, Faith, and the Road to Tomorrow
What if your love for comics, anime, games, film, and music could deepen your faith instead of competing with it? We’re charting a course where fandom serves a bigger story—one that keeps God at the center while celebrating bold imagination, ho...
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When Your Faith Feels Like A Side Character with Guest Bethany Bacon
What if the real reason your faith feels thin isn’t rebellion, but busyness dressed up as responsibility? We dug into that hard truth with our friend Bethany and found a hopeful path back to center: small, steady habits that put God first and k...
Our Obsession With SuperHeroes With Guest Wanda Dipaolo
What if the capes, rings, and shields we love are really breadcrumbs leading us toward a bigger story? We dive into the space where fandom meets faith, tracing how Superman’s steady rescue, Captain America’s moral courage, and Green Lantern’s w...
Social Media's Double Edged Sword: How it's Shaping Faith And Fandom
What if the apps shaping our days are also shaping our discipleship? We dig into the promise and peril of social media with a creator and coach who has built multiple podcasts and helped countless hosts grow with purpose, not just noise. From t...
What Is Your Idol?
Some idols wear team jerseys, others glow in your hand at 6 a.m., and a few look a lot like your best intentions. We dive into the messy middle where good gifts—family, friends, phones, fandoms, and creative passions—quietly slide onto the thro...
The Dynamic Duo Begins Co-Hosts Assemble
What if your favorite stories could sharpen your conscience instead of dull it? We’re kicking off Season 3 by building a space where faith and fandom can breathe together—no gatekeeping, no yelling, just honest talk about the movies, comics, an...
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The Year God Rebuilt Me: An Honest Reflection from The Compass Chronicles
Start with a blank screen, a knot in your chest, and a whisper that says try again. That’s where our year truly began—not with a viral theory or a perfect outline, but with a fragile step of obedience that reshaped everything that followed. Wha...
Power & Responsibility: Spider-Man's Secret to Living Out Your Faith
Ever felt the weight of responsibility sitting on your chest like a stack of bricks? We take Spider-Man’s most famous line and hold it up to the light of Scripture to see why it still cuts through the noise: with great power comes great respons...
Why the Bible Outshines Every Anime, Comic & Movie Ever Made
What if the stories that move you most are tracing a much older arc? We connect the Bible’s sweeping narrative to the epics you love—from anime twists to superhero origins—and show why Scripture isn’t just sacred text but the master blueprint f...
Faith, Fandoms And Fallout::Healing When Church Hurts
What if the ache you carry isn’t the end of your story, but the start of rebuilding? We open the door from Vault to valley and walk through church hurt with Fallout as our map and Scripture as our compass, tracing how light returns to places th...
The Creator and the Code: Can Faith and AI Co-Exist?
What happens when fast, smart tools collide with a slow, sacred calling? We dive into the tension between AI and the creative life to find a path that doesn’t trade wonder for speed. From the first brushstrokes in Exodus to digital canvases and...
Solo Leveling Faith: Rising When No One's Watching
What if the most important growth in your life is happening where no one can see it? We dive into the slow, steady work of God that turns weakness into strength, linking the grind of Solo Leveling with the courage of David, Esther’s surrender, ...
Lies, Laughter, and Liberation: Escaping the Joker’s Trap
What makes the Joker Batman's most compelling adversary isn't just his unpredictable violence, but his embodiment of chaos as a philosophy. His rejection of rules, morality, and order serves as a powerful spiritual mirror of what unchecked sin ...
