The Man Behind the Mayor with Neal Osborne

<p>What happens when you sit down with someone you&#39;ve never met and simply start asking questions?</p><p>In this episode of The Pulpit &amp; Porch, Tony Marr sits down with Neal Osborne, Vice Mayor of Bristol, Virginia, for a conversation that goes far beyond his public life.</p><p>Neal has served on Bristol City Council since 2018 and has served as both mayor and vice mayor. He also works with United Way of Southwest Virginia and is a father to a teenage daughter.</p><p>But this conversation isn&#39;t really about politics.</p><p>It&#39;s about the person behind the public role.</p><p>Neal shares about growing up in Bristol, surviving kidney failure as a young child, living with Type 1 diabetes, his relationship with his father, and how his father&#39;s battle with cancer and death in 2016 changed the direction of his life.</p><p>We talk about community, leadership, fatherhood, faith, loss, public service, and the things that shape us long before anyone knows our name or our title.</p><p>Most of all, this is a conversation about getting to know someone, not because we already know their story, but because we&#39;re willing to sit down and listen.</p><li><br></li><p><strong>Neal Osborne</strong> is Vice Mayor of Bristol, Virginia and works as Development Coordinator for United Way of Southwest Virginia.</p>