Meet the Team for Conversations with God

Doug Sherman’s combination of ministry and business experience has given him a unique perspective on what the average Christian needs to walk closely with Him in a secular world from years of personal lessons. He obtained his Master of Theology from Dallas Theological Seminary, has written seven books, spoken at over a hundred churches, ministries, and Christian conferences. As an entrepreneur, he has founded and led four companies and has been a pastor of a church. Walking with God in the crucible of business and ministry, a fifty-year marriage, three grown children, and ten grandchildren has put him in a position to collate and simplify all the lessons learned built on sixty-five years of experience in discipleship to help others walk with God all day, experience great encounters with Him, and grow in love and loyalty to Jesus.

Steve Kahle has served at Conversations with God in several different capacities from the executive director, small group leader, and board member over the years. He is blessed with a beautiful God-fearing wife and three amazing boys who happen to be his favorite disciples. Being hardwired at a young age with an operations and systems mindset, he enjoys helping organizations and individuals achieve greater results through technology and human-centered operational excellence. He also enjoys teaching 'Personal Execution Intelligence' to self-aware leaders and entrepreneurs who identify or aspire to be elite operators. This is what Steve has to say about Conversations with God's impact on him.

"I had a typical, ordinary relationship with Jesus. After, I see God much more clearly and live out an overflow from the active walk training I received from Doug Sherman and the Conversations with God teaching. The life-changing experience was like pouring jet fuel on my walk with Christ. The joy, peace, and sense of adventure I have today as a result of walking closely with the King of Kings is my most treasured gift - one that I battle for each day. It is a blessing beyond measure helping others find that same type of connection with Jesus."

Shad Haddox is blessed to serve as a board member for Conversations with God. Shad was raised in a Christian home, and he can trace back his early admiration for Jesus to listening to stories on his grandmother's lap. Though from this time he was always a Christian, through the Wholehearted discipleship program and the Conversations with God ministry, he has taken his faith to a new level of personal relationship with Jesus, where he walks with him daily. Shad is a men’s leader at Austin Ridge, where he shares his passion for walking with Jesus, with other men in the city of Austin. He is also blessed to lead Wholehearted discipleship trainings outside of church, as well as practice a Jesus following life at home with his wife and children.

Shad uses his skillset as a natural speaker and leader, and his devotion to Christ to invite others to experience the joy he has found from a more personal relationship with Jesus. He works every day to move from a fan to a follower and to spend time marinating in the scripture, which now speaks to him in new and more impactful ways. Inspired by the teachings of Doug Sherman, who has taught Shad to view Jesus as a loving Father, Shad is excited to bring his experience in the corporate world along with his heart for Jesus to grow the reach of Conversations with God and bringing new believers and Christians to a new level in their walk with God.

TJ Morelli has served faithfully as a board member for Conversations with God. He works in full time ministry at Austin Ridge Bible Church. Doug's teaching has had a profound impact on how TJ leads and disciples.

TJ and his wife, Rachel, have been attending ARBC since 2001. They have three kids, Jake, Emma, and Thomas. TJ grew up in Pittsburgh, PA and went to college in NY at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Upon graduation, he served as an Engineer Officer in the U.S. Army. After separating from the service, he ran a business for just over 13 years prior to coming on staff at the Ridge in 2010. TJ has a passion for marriages, for children, and most importantly, for showing Christ to those who are thirsting. He and Rachel love being involved in ministry in the City of Austin and feel blessed to be a part of the amazing things God is doing in the community.

DG has over 25 years of experience co-founding, leading, and acquiring multiple businesses in various industries. His industry experience includes travel management, technology, publishing, manufacturing, professional sports, and staffing.

DG’s degrees include a B.B.A. from Southern Methodist University, an M.B.A. from the Kelly School of Business at Indiana University, and a law degree from the Maurer School of Law at Indiana University. D.G. and his wife, Gini, live in Bloomington, Indiana, and have six children. DG was also the former Chair of The Navigators’ U.S. Board of Directors, an international Christian organization.

Dan is a successful businessman and owns Advantiv Solutions, a collaborative planning and procurement software company he founded in 1996.

Dan is a life-long Christian, active in church life from the earliest age. He has served as a musician, teacher, youth mentor, marriage mentor, marriage ministry leader, board member, and board chair. Through faith, Dan is passionate about the expression and extension of grace, love, and mercy to the unchurched and untended among us, and has always been willing to take necessary risks to achieve that mission.

Dan earned a B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations with a Computer Science minor in 1984 from LeMoyne College, a Jesuit school in Syracuse, NY.