Welcome to the Encouragers United Podcast! Your source for simple yet profound inspiration from Pastor Charlie Grimes, former university level athlete, coach, administrator and self-proclaimed encourager. Listen in to Pastor Grimes' teaching and interviews for energetic, positive and enthusiastic passion to live life as an encourager! Teachers, coaches, pastors and mentors working in Christian leadership will be enriched to hear our stories! Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/encouragers-united/support
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episode 17: Laughter is good medicine, with Dave Ebert
Dave Ebert is a former professional wrestler, comedian, improv coach, credentialed minister, and podcast host based in the Chicago suburbs. He and I talk about his long-time battle with depression and how laughter can indeed be good medicine-- you wont' want to miss it!
After nearly two decades of battling with depression and suicidal thoughts, Dave Ebert made the life-changing decision to pursue God. He says, “At that point, I wrestled with this choice: I could take my life…or I could give my life. I finally made the right decision and gave my life to the Lord.”
Shortly after this decision, Dave relocated back to Chicago in 2013, when he founded Well Versed Comedy, an improv comedy ministry troupe. Doing comedy is his primary passion for reaching people, either to uplift and encourage fellow Christians, or to bring light, laughter, and joy to non-Christians. Most of his life, Dave covered his depression with humor. He used it to make others feel better while disguising how he truly felt inside. Dave often tells his testimony by saying, “I used to use comedy to hide who I was, but now I use comedy to reveal Who He is.”
On top of performing improv, Dave volunteers at an organization for women who have survived sex trafficking. There, he teaches improv to the survivors to help improve communication skills, creativity, self-confidence, and, if nothing else, give the women a chance to laugh without care for an hour a month.
He married his wife Bobbie in June 2015, and they live together in Crest Hill, Ill., with their three cats.
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