Ep. 98: Run toward the storm - turn anger into faith & fuel w/father, coach, & friend Ervin Anderson

I sit down with my fantastic friend Ervin Anderson, a husband, father of 2, high school math teacher, and ⁠Diablo Valley City College basketball coach⁠. We have a real conversation about what it was like growing up on the DC/Maryland border during the crack epidemic and the anger Erv carried as a teenager. He shares how faith, basketball, and his parents' discipline turned that anger into fuel instead of fear.Erv opens up about what it was like living on the edge of DC, where kids stayed in the yard instead of the neighborhood. He remembers the metal detector at school feeling like safety instead of fear, and recalls how the game of basketball became both an escape and the reason his grades turned around. He talks candidly about the anger he carried as a black teenager who felt like a target everywhere he went. Erv shares how he learned to place that anger instead of burying it, and how his understanding of God shifted from fear of hell to a genuine, steady faith. Erv now leans on this faith to make decisions in his life.In this conversation, we talk about: -Growing up on the DC/Maryland border during the crack epidemic, and what his parents did to keep him safe -How basketball and construction work with his dad turned into real-world lessons in math and discipline -The anger he carried as a teenager, where it came from, and how he learned to "place it" instead of letting it control him -His dad's line that changed everything: "you don't complain unless you plan on fixing it" -The bull vs. cow analogy for facing a storm head-on instead of running from it -Why "I've been here before" and looking to Jesus's life as a template for adversity changed how he copes with hard moments -How he moved from fearing God to trusting God, and what that shift unlocked in his marriage and parenting -His advice for anyone who wants to know God but doesn't know where to start: "just move"Connect with Erv on InstagramMeet Erv's incredible wife, Kendal Anderson, author of the children's book "Different," in ep. 76Grab Kendal's book, "Different"This episode of Adventures in Adversity is sponsored by DIVINI, a honey-based sparkling kombucha tea. Visit LiveDivini and use discount code Breanne10 at checkout for a discount!Follow Adventures in Adversity on Instagram & Facebook#AdventuresInAdversity #Faith #TraumaToTestimony #BlackMaleTeacher #BasketballCoach #MentalHealth #Resilience #ChristianPodcast #DCUpbringing