The Bridge After Hours

About The Bridge After Hours

After Hours is a podcast from The Bridge Church in Chino, CA. In this podcast we dive deeper into our current Sunday sermon series through dialoguing about the intersection of the Bible, faith, culture, and some light-hearted banter. From time to time, we bring in guest speakers and congregants to share stories of how God is moving.

Publisher

The Bridge

Category

religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

25 Sept 2023

Latest episode

26 Nov 2025

Latest episodes

37 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   26 Nov 2025

   Stories That Shaped Us

   This week the boys talk about the twists and turns that quietly shape a life—those ordinary days, hard seasons, and “I might’ve just made a mistake” moments that end up changing everything. Instead of walking through a sermon series or a big theological topic, they swap personal stories: Brock’s unexpected call into a major youth ministry organization, Josh’s formation as a musician and tech wizard, and Mark’s health scare and relocation that altered his entire ministry trajectory. Along the way they touch on calling, career doors that open and close, the messiness behind “dream jobs,” and how relationships and chance connections (or what feels like chance) move them from one chapter to the next.Underneath all the stories is a bigger theme: God quietly weaving a tapestry through both the beautiful and the painful. They reflect on tragic loss, confusing detours, long interview processes, and even COVID disruptions, and how each of those eventually led to new opportunities, new communities, and ultimately to the three of them serving together and even making this podcast. By the end, the conversation lands on hope and sovereignty—how God can bring good out of dysfunction, disappointment, and grief, and how you, like them, might still be in the middle of a story that isn’t finished yet. Have any questions? We would love to hear from you! Please email your questions to afterhours@thebridgechino.org (mailto: afterhours@thebridgechino.org). Subscribe on iTunes (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bridge-after-hours/id1708939908) or Spotify (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebridgeafterhours) Follow The Bridge on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/thebridgechino/?img_index=1) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/thebridgechino/): @thebridgechino

2. 

   15 Nov 2025

   Navigating Sexuality with Your Kids

   In this episode, the boys dive straight into God, sex, and parenting. They answer the question a lot of parents are asking during the God & Sexuality series: *When should I start talking to my kids about this, and how do I do it without freaking them (or myself) out?* Their core argument is: start early and keep talking. Age-appropriate conversations about bodies, desire, dignity, and identity can begin as early as 4–5, long before explicit content or “the talk.” The goal is to form identity—“you are sacred, loved, a temple of the Holy Spirit”—rather than just hand down a list of rules. They warn that if you wait until middle school or a sermon on sex to start, it’s jarring, awkward, and usually too late; kids already know far more than parents think, whether from Christian school, public school, media, or friends. They emphasize open, shame-free communication where questions are welcomed, kids confess without fear of being crushed, and parents share their own journeys appropriately, modeling that nothing is off-limits in conversation.Then they get very practical. They urge parents to be proactive, not reactive: build habits like weekly 1:1 time with each child, teach consent, boundaries, and respect for their own and others’ bodies early, and talk explicitly about pornography *before* kids stumble into it. Underneath it all, they keep coming back to a few non-negotiables: culture *will* disciple your kids if you don’t, comfort can’t be king, secrecy and shame are deadly, and in a Christian home the family motto should be, “No one struggles alone; we talk, we ask questions, and mom and dad—not the internet—are the primary disciplers of our kids’ sexuality.” Have any questions? We would love to hear from you! Please email your questions to afterhours@thebridgechino.org (mailto: afterhours@thebridgechino.org). Subscribe on iTunes (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bridge-after-hours/id1708939908) or Spotify (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebridgeafterhours) Follow The Bridge on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/thebridgechino/?img_index=1) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/thebridgechino/): @thebridgechino

3. 

   6 Oct 2025

   Navigating Singleness

   This week the boys tackle singleness in the Christian life head-on. They argue that Western church culture often idolizes marriage and family, which sidelines singles and treats singleness as a deficiency. In contrast, the New Testament—highlighting Jesus and Paul—presents singleness as a legitimate, often advantageous path for mission, offering freedom that marriage doesn’t. They stress that early Christians viewed this as normal and sometimes preferable, and suggest reframing the core question from “Are you called to be single?” to “Are you called not to be?” with allegiance to God’s kingdom as the primary filter.They also critique how churches segregate people by life stage (married with married, singles with singles), which deepens loneliness and undermines community. Their remedy is integrated, intergenerational life together marked by “deep-spirited friendship,” where singles and couples regularly share meals, support, and mission without stigma. Practically, they encourage normalizing hospitality across relational statuses, strengthening friendships that function like family, and recovering a mission-first mindset where relational status serves the kingdom rather than becomes the goal. Have any questions? We would love to hear from you! Please email your questions to afterhours@thebridgechino.org (mailto: afterhours@thebridgechino.org). Subscribe on iTunes (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bridge-after-hours/id1708939908) or Spotify (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebridgeafterhours) Follow The Bridge on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/thebridgechino/?img_index=1) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/thebridgechino/): @thebridgechino

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

62,612

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

15 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

14 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 38 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

17

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

71

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.