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Flint to Grace
Flint to Grace is a Christ-centered podcast based on the book Flint to Grace – Real Struggles, Redeeming Grace by Dr. T.J. Klein, published by WestBow Press. Rooted in stories shaped by growing up in Flint, Michigan—amid gritty streets, closing factories, hardship, and resilience—this podcast reflects on what happens when real life collides with the redeeming power of Jesus Christ. Through Scripture, testimony, and honest reflection, Flint to Grace explores faith formed in adversity, grace that meets us at rock bottom, and a Savior who redeems what the world considers broken. This is a companion for the weary, the searching, and the hopeful—reminding us that no matter where we come from, Jesus is still writing stories of restoration.
Episodes
14 episodes
Episode 14 - Renters or Owners: The Posture We Bring to the Mission
Episode 14 – Renters or Owners: The Posture We Bring to the MissionIn this thought-provoking episode of the Flint to Grace Podcast, Dr. TJ Klein reflects on a powerful lesson learned during a recent administrator i...
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Episode 13 - First Presbyterian Church: Silent Night on Saginaw Street
There is a specific kind of cold that only exists in Michigan in December, a cold that doesn't just sit on your skin, but gets into your bones. Yet, for those who grew up on the Eastside of Flint, that winter chill was always the backdrop for s...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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14:16
Episode 12 - The Bum Woods: Whispers Among the Trees on the Eastside
In Episode 12 of Flint to Grace, Dr. TJ Klein returns to the hidden places of his childhood, specifically a stretch of woods on Flint’s Eastside that the neighborhood kids called the Bum Woods. It was a world of secret trails, d...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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11:18
Episode 11 - Copeman Boulevard: Fire, Family, and the God Who Protects
In Episode 11 of Flint to Grace, Dr. T.J. Klein takes us back to a small, gray house on Copeman Boulevard in 1975. What began as a childhood of Saturday morning superheroes and the neighborhood pride of a father respected by cit...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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12:30
Episode 10 - Hunting Season: The One Who Didn’t Hunt
In Episode 10 of Flint to Grace, Dr. TJ Klein reflects on Michigan’s hunting season, not for the deer he never chased, but for the spiritual lessons hidden in the stillness. Growing up in Flint, everyone around him hunted, yet he never...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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12:01
Episode 9 - Missouri Avenue: Praising God When the Thunder Rolls
In this powerful and personal episode of Flint to Grace, Dr. TJ Klein takes listeners back to Flint’s Eastside and a small white house on Missouri Avenue, where childhood memories, patched blue jeans, and a father’s steady prese...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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9:56
Episode 8 - Okinawa, Japan: Still Learning to Love the Church
In Episode 8 of the Flint to Grace Podcast, Dr. T.J. Klein gets deeply personal and reflects on what it means to follow God when you feel like the least qualified person in the room.From growing up in church to a life-cha...
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12:37
Episode 7 - Flint Weather Ball: A Memory of Faith and Forecasts
In Episode 7, this nostalgic and faith-filled episode of the Flint to Grace Podcast, Dr. T.J. Klein takes listeners back to downtown Flint, where the glowing Weather Ball once forecasted tomorrow long before smartphones and weat...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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13:45
Episode 6 - Phoenix, Arizona: From Rock Bottom to Standing Firm
In Episode 6 of the Flint to Grace Podcast, Dr. T.J. Klein and his wife, Dani, share the true story of how their relationship began at a place literally called “Rock Bottom”—and how God used an ordinary, rainy night to remind th...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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19:48
Episode 5 - Spider Lake: Anchored in Love, Fire, Faith, Family
In Episode 5 of the Flint to Grace Podcast, Dr. T.J. Klein invites listeners to leave the cracked streets of Flint and travel north to Spider Lake—where family, rest, and spiritual formation quietly took root. In this ref...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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12:20
Episode 4 - Flint’s Eastside: When Souls Connect
In Episode 4 of the Flint to Grace Podcast, Dr. T.J. Klein discusses how friendships feel like they were formed before we ever met, easy, honest, and soul-deep. In this episode, we revisit the Eastside of Flint, Mich...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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9:37
Episode 3 - Rock Park: When the Lights Come On
In Episode 3 of Flint to Grace, titled Rock Park: When the Lights Come On, Dr. T.J. Klein takes listeners back to a small diamond-shaped park on Flint’s east side, a place where summer days felt end...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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11:52
Episode 2 - Flint, Michigan: When God Redeems Hard Places
In Episode 2 of the Flint to Grace Podcast, Dr. T.J. Klein discusses when you hear the word Flint, you might think of hardship—broken systems, closed factories, and a water crisis that shattered trust. But f...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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10:38
Episode 1 - Flint to Grace: A Story of Real Struggles and Redeeming Grace
Flint to Grace is a storytelling podcast hosted by Dr. T.J. Klein that explores how God’s grace redeems the hardest places of our lives. In Episode 1, the launch episode, T.J. shares how growing up in Flint, Michigan shap...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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