Ep. 4 Jon Sherman: Reversing Parkinson’s, Engineering a Solid Teaching & Overcoming Distractions

Jon Sherman of 119 Ministries and We Have Parkinson’s gets personal about leaving Costa Rica and finding community in the US, confronting and reversing Parkinson’s disease and the detailed system he’s helped create to vet 119 Ministries' hundreds of in-depth Bible teachings. We talk about what Shabbat is like in the Sherman house, the good and bad of “testing everything,” the Torah observant Wild West and remaining un-distracted. We also dive into how he started a hydroponics business with his children using a futuristic shipping container grow lab to produce 4,000 heads of lettuce per month.

Connect with Jon:

- 119 Ministries: https://www.119ministries.com/

- Access All 119 Teachings Offline: https://119flashdrive.com/ols/products/119-flash-drive

- We Have Parkinson’s: https://wehaveparkinsons.com/

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Timestamp:
00:00 Introducing Jon Sherman
1:14 Life since The Way documentary - Costa Rica to Florida to Arkansas
08:37 Starting a hydroponic farming business for his kids
18:33 Putting down work to rest on Shabbat
20:42 Making sense of his Parkinson’s diagnosis + stopping its progression
38:59 Bringing Six Sigma Black Belt & Processes Engineer Mindset to Bible study
46:00 Telling friends and family about Torah and starting 119 Ministries
49:00 Lack of love and the need for repentance
51:09 Is Torah observance growing?
53:34 How is a 119 Ministries teaching put together?
01:08:34 Changing his mind
01:11:27 Distractions, the main point + the downside of testing everything
1:14:30 Getting the green light from God about 119 Ministries
1:17:40 Advice for someone new to Torah
1:20:53 Shabbat in the Sherman house
1:24:38 Objections to Torah
1:26:22 Encouragement for believers