What happens when you achieve the dream you've been chasing your entire life? Off his recent signing with the New York Islanders, hockey player Joey Larson joins Rico and Luke for an incredibly honest conversation about faith, success, and the responsibility that comes with making it to the highest level of professional hockey.

Joey opens up about his journey as a professing Christian navigating the intense world of professional sports. This isn't your typical "God blessed me with talent" conversation it's a raw discussion about what happens when success arrives and why achieving your biggest goals doesn't automatically sustain you.

In This Episode, You'll Hear:

• Joey's faith background and how it shaped his approach to hockey
• The reality of handling success when you've worked your whole life for one moment
• How to have hard conversations as a leader in competitive environments
• Practical ways to handle conflict in team settings while maintaining your values
• What it means to impact team culture as a Christian athlete
• Why success can actually create new spiritual and emotional challenges
• The difference between achieving your dreams and finding lasting fulfillment

Joey gets vulnerable about the unexpected struggles that come with reaching the top level, while Rico and Luke share their own experiences with the complex emotions of athletic success. Together, they explore how faith provides the foundation that performance and achievement simply can't.

Whether you're chasing your own athletic dreams, leading a team, or trying to figure out how to handle success in any area of life, this conversation will challenge you to think deeper about what truly sustains us when the victories aren't enough.

Perfect for: Current and former athletes, anyone in leadership positions, people navigating success and its challenges, and those wanting to understand how faith intersects with professional achievement.

This is more than a sports interview it's a masterclass in leadership, faith, and finding purpose beyond performance.

Joey's Instagram- joeylarsn

What does it actually mean to let Jesus take control of your life? In this powerful conversation, Rico and Luke sit down with Pastor Jeremy McKeen to explore what it looks like to move from the driver's seat to the passenger seat in your walk with faith.

Pastor Jeremy brings both theological depth and practical wisdom as the trio digs into the messy reality of surrendering control, especially for athletes who are used to grinding, performing, and making things happen through sheer will. They tackle the tension between working hard and trusting God, and why "letting go and letting God" is often easier said than done.

Perfect For: Athletes learning to trust God's plan, anyone struggling with control and surrender, people wanting deeper theological understanding of what it means to follow Christ, and those navigating big emotions in their faith journey.

Get ready for a conversation that's both theologically rich and practically applicable - exactly what you need to start reclining in Christ.

• ​Jeremy’s Church Plant- https://gospelcityfellowship.org
• ​Jeremy’s bible reading plan-

In this honest conversation, Rico and Luke dive deep into the messy, beautiful reality of faith beyond the scoreboard. If you've ever felt like your relationship with God resembles more of a coach and player dynamic than an authentic relationship, this episode is for you.

The guys get vulnerable about their own prayer lives, sharing how they've had to unlearn the "performance Christianity" mindset that many athletes fall into. Luke opens up about seasons when his prayers felt more like game plans than genuine conversations, while Rico discusses how his biggest spiritual breakthroughs often came during periods of intense doubt.

Welcome to the very first episode of Sustained! Meet Luke and Rico – two athletes who believe faith doesn't have to be boring, fake, or complicated.

In this inaugural episode, we're pulling back the curtain on why we started this podcast and what we're really about. No church-speak, no pretending we have it all figured out – just two guys sharing their real stories about how faith and athletics collided in their lives.

We dive into our individual journeys, talk about what "making faith normal again" actually means, and explain why our catchphrase "He turns our crimson stains as white as snow" became the foundation everything else is built on.

If you're tired of faith feeling distant, performative, or just plain boring – this conversation is for you. Whether you're an athlete, a believer questioning everything, or someone just curious about what authentic faith looks like, welcome to Sustained.

This is where the real talk begins.

Topics covered:

• Why we started Sustained
• Our athletic and faith backgrounds
• Making faith feel authentic again
• What listeners can expect going forward