About Justin
Justin Gerhardt is the creator, writer, producer, and host of the Holy Ghost Stories podcast. He also runs Hazefire Studios, the nonprofit home of Holy Ghost Stories.
When he created Holy Ghost Stories in January of 2021, Justin embarked with his wife and two teenage daughters on an adventure in global nomadism, traveling slowly around the world as a family. Places they’ve called home include the south coast of England, a Croatian island, South Africa’s Western Cape, central Belfast, the mountains of southern France, Ireland’s northernmost tip, and the Sinai Wilderness in Egypt. Recently, they’ve settled in the hills of the Ozarks.
Before Holy Ghost Stories, Justin spent 20 years serving as a pastor. He loves bringing people into fresh encounters with God and Scripture.
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Every 2 weeks or so, he publishes a newsletter about what he’s working on, what he’s thinking about, and his family’s latest global adventures. Check it out.
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You can contact him about speaking here or scheduling a Holy Ghost Stories live event here.
About Holy Ghost Stories
“Everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.”
-Romans 15:4
I created the Holy Ghost Stories podcast to help people experience the Bible in a way that honors its weirdness and wonder, its mystery and power. I believe the narrative portions of Scripture—especially those of the Old Testament—possess a dark luminescence, showing us who God is and who we are and what kind of chemistry we can expect when we come into contact with Him.
“The Bible is my birth certificate and my family tree... it is the living vein that connects me to my Maker, pumping me the stories I need to know about who we have been to one another since the beginning of time, and who we are now, and who we shall be when time is no more.”
-Barbara Brown Taylor
In the Middle Ages, artists employed by the Catholic Church would paint pictures to familiarize non-readers with the stories of Scripture. That’s what I want to accomplish with Holy Ghost Stories. I want to share the stories of the Bible in a way that 1) engages Biblically illiterate people and 2) adds new dimensions to the understanding of those already familiar with the narrative portions of Scripture.
I hope you love Holy Ghost Stories. But much more than that, I hope you discover (or rediscover) how much you love the God who shares His heart on the pages of Scripture.