30 Days And 30 Ways Of Doing Good

Welcome to the weekly podcast of "My Brother's Keeper," inciting a conspiracy of kindness and good deeds. This podcast of our weekly radio program is your opportunity to get informed and to join the conspiracy. We try to make certain that each podcast features information, lessons, insights and interviews concerning such issues as homelessness, hunger, and people in crisis. Our goal goes beyond talking about issues.  We want to combine practical solutions with personal encouragement and offer a challenge to our listeners to get personally involved. While our perspective is that of historic Evangelical Christian faith, and while much of our audience is Christian, the issues we discuss and the solutions we offer go far beyond the walls of any Church or religious organization. We hope you will listen, become part of the conversation, and join our growing conspiracy of kindness and good deeds.

“Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you can.”  - John Wesley

This Week's Program Notes

Welcome to another weekly "Radio Roundtable." Our Roundtables air on Saturday mornings at 10:00AM on the 5 stations of the American Christian Network.  Find our full program schedule here!   All of our programs are also available as a FREE podcast subscription through  iTunes.

It’s a distasteful topic that most of us would probably prefer to avoid. But it’s our silence on the subject that gives this problem it’s power.  The theme of today’s program is Human Trafficking, and here to help us explore this uncomfortable topic are three people who are having an impact on this issue in our community. The first is Mabel Elsom, Anti-Human Trafficking Coordinator with Lutheran Community Services in Spokane, Mark Kadel, Director of World Relief Spokane, and Rich Schaus, Director of the Union Gospel Mission Women’s Crisis Shelter. 

Additional Resources:

The Long Night -  a feature film by Tim Matsui and MediaStorm, gives voice and meaning to the crisis of minors who are forced and coerced into the American sex trade. The film weaves together the stories of seven people whose lives have been forever changed by this issue.

The Polaris Project

The Coalition to Abolish Human Trafficking in the Inland Northwest 

Welcome to the weekly podcast of "My Brother's Keeper," inciting a conspiracy of kindness and good deeds. This podcast of our weekly radio program is your opportunity to get informed and to join the conspiracy. We try to make certain that each podcast features information, lessons, insights and interviews concerning such issues as homelessness, hunger, and people in crisis. Our goal goes beyond talking about issues.  We want to combine practical solutions with personal encouragement and offer a challenge to our listeners to get personally involved. While our perspective is that of historic Evangelical Christian faith, and while much of our audience is Christian, the issues we discuss and the solutions we offer go far beyond the walls of any Church or religious organization. We hope you will listen, become part of the conversation, and join our growing conspiracy of kindness and good deeds.

“Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you can.”  - John Wesley

This Week's Program Notes

Welcome to another weekly "Radio Roundtable." Our Roundtables air on Saturday mornings at 10:00AM on the 5 stations of the American Christian Network.  Find our full program schedule here!   All of our programs are also available as a FREE podcast subscription through  iTunes.

How creative are you when it comes to reaching out beyond your own four walls and connecting with those in need in our community? The theme of today’s program is Creative Outreach, and here to help us think creatively are three creative people who are very active in outreach throughout our community. The first is Amanda Hepper, Director of Community Engagement at Life Center Foursquare Church on Government Way in Spokane. Next is Tiffany Riddle, Director of Vocational Advancement & Aftercare for Union Gospel Mission, and Rob Bryeson, Pastor at The Gathering House in the Garland District of Spokane.

Aditional Creative Outreach Resource: The Spokane Homeless Coalition

Next  Week's Roundtable

Next week's Roundtable is entitled Human Trafficking.  Join us then! 

Welcome to the weekly podcast of "My Brother's Keeper," inciting a conspiracy of kindness and good deeds. This podcast of our weekly radio program is your opportunity to get informed and to join the conspiracy. We try to make certain that each podcast features information, lessons, insights and interviews concerning such issues as homelessness, hunger, and people in crisis. Our goal goes beyond talking about issues.  We want to combine practical solutions with personal encouragement and offer a challenge to our listeners to get personally involved. While our perspective is that of historic Evangelical Christian faith, and while much of our audience is Christian, the issues we discuss and the solutions we offer go far beyond the walls of any Church or religious organization. We hope you will listen, become part of the conversation, and join our growing conspiracy of kindness and good deeds.

“Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you can.”  - John Wesley

This Week's Program Notes

Welcome to another weekly "Radio Roundtable." Our Roundtables air on Saturday mornings at 10:00AM on the 5 stations of the American Christian Network.  Find our full program schedule here!   All of our programs are also available as a FREE podcast subscription through  iTunes.

In his book, “In The Day Of Thy Power,” Wallis declared, “If you would make the greatest success of your life, try to discover what God is doing in your time, and fling yourself into the accomplishment of His will and purpose.” Today's Program is what it means to be a leader during times of transition and is entitled "15 Reasons To Do Good - Part 2."  It's based on Chapter 4 of Program host Maurice Smith's book, "The Least of These." 

Next  Week's Roundtable

Next week's Roundtable is entitled Creative Outreach.  Join us then! 

Welcome to the weekly podcast of "My Brother's Keeper," inciting a conspiracy of kindness and good deeds. This podcast of our weekly radio program is your opportunity to get informed and to join the conspiracy. We try to make certain that each podcast features information, lessons, insights and interviews concerning such issues as homelessness, hunger, and people in crisis. Our goal goes beyond talking about issues.  We want to combine practical solutions with personal encouragement and offer a challenge to our listeners to get personally involved. While our perspective is that of historic Evangelical Christian faith, and while much of our audience is Christian, the issues we discuss and the solutions we offer go far beyond the walls of any Church or religious organization. We hope you will listen, become part of the conversation, and join our growing conspiracy of kindness and good deeds.

“Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you can.”  - John Wesley

This Week's Program Notes

Welcome to another weekly "Radio Roundtable." Our Roundtables air on Saturday mornings at 10:00AM on the 5 stations of the American Christian Network.  Find our full program schedule here!   All of our programs are also available as a FREE podcast subscription through  iTunes.

In his book, “In The Day Of Thy Power,” Wallis declared, “If you would make the greatest success of your life, try to discover what God is doing in your time, and fling yourself into the accomplishment of His will and purpose.” Today's Program is what it means to be a leader during times of transition and is entitled "15 Reasons To Do Good - Part 1."  It's based on Chapter 4 of Program host Maurice Smith's book, "The Least of These." 

Next  Week's Roundtable

Next week's Roundtable is entitled "15 Reasons To Do Good - Part 2" and is Part 2 of a two-part series with program host, Maurice Smith, based on Chapter 4 of his book, "The Least Of These." Plan to join us then! 

Welcome to the weekly podcast of "My Brother's Keeper," inciting a conspiracy of kindness and good deeds. This podcast of our weekly radio program is your opportunity to get informed and to join the conspiracy. We try to make certain that each podcast features information, lessons, insights and interviews concerning such issues as homelessness, hunger, and people in crisis. Our goal goes beyond talking about issues.  We want to combine practical solutions with personal encouragement and offer a challenge to our listeners to get personally involved. While our perspective is that of historic Evangelical Christian faith, and while much of our audience is Christian, the issues we discuss and the solutions we offer go far beyond the walls of any Church or religious organization. We hope you will listen, become part of the conversation, and join our growing conspiracy of kindness and good deeds.

“Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you can.”  - John Wesley

This Week's Program Notes

Welcome to another weekly "Radio Roundtable." Our Roundtables air on Saturday mornings at 10:00AM on the 5 stations of the American Christian Network.  Find our full program schedule here!   All of our programs are also available as a FREE podcast subscription through  iTunes.

On February 9th, Spokane Mayor Condon announced a nine month initiative that is a part of the national Mayors Challenge to End Veteran Homelessness. In light of this initiative, this week's program is timely and is entitled "My War Never Ended." The topic is Veteran Issues and features a Roundtable of four people actively engaged in working with our Vets. They include Mike Zorn, State Director for Pointman International Ministries, Tennille Lightfoot, Program Manager with Pioneer Human Services and Pioneer Victory House, Heather Alexander, Director of Marketng with Goodwill Industries, and Beth Kerr, Veterans Program Manager with Volunteers of America.

Next  Week's Roundtable

Next week's Roundtable is entitled "Fifteen Reasons To Do Good" and is Part 1 of a two-part series with program host, Maurice Smith, based on Chapter 4 of his book, "The Least Of These." Plan to join us then! 

Welcome to the weekly podcast of "My Brother's Keeper," inciting a conspiracy of kindness and good deeds. This podcast of our weekly radio program is your opportunity to get informed and to join the conspiracy. We try to make certain that each podcast features information, lessons, insights and interviews concerning such issues as homelessness, hunger, and people in crisis. Our goal goes beyond talking about issues.  We want to combine practical solutions with personal encouragement and offer a challenge to our listeners to get personally involved. While our perspective is that of historic Evangelical Christian faith, and while much of our audience is Christian, the issues we discuss and the solutions we offer go far beyond the walls of any Church or religious organization. We hope you will listen, become part of the conversation, and join our growing conspiracy of kindness and good deeds.

“Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you can.”  - John Wesley

This Week's Program Notes

Welcome to another weekly "Radio Roundtable." Our Roundtables air on Saturday mornings at 10:00AM on the 5 stations of the American Christian Network.  Find our full program schedule here!   All of our programs are also available as a FREE podcast subscription through  iTunes. This week's Roundtable in on Teen Homelessness and features host Maurice Smith along with guests who are actively involved in working with Teens who are homeless. Maurice's guests include Bridget Cannon Director of Youth Services with Volunteers of America, Leslie Camden Goold, McKinney-Vento homeless liason for the Central Valley School District (including their "HEART in Hand Fund" and their Food for Thought Program), and Ryan Brown, Youth Outreach Director for the Union Gospel Mission.

On Next  Week's Roundtable

Next week's Roundtable is entitled "My War Never Ended" and will focus on Veteran's issues. If you are or know a Veteran, tune in for practical help and great discussion.

Welcome to the weekly podcast of "My Brother's Keeper," inciting a conspiracy of kindness and good deeds. This podcast of our weekly radio program is your opportunity to get informed and to join the conspiracy. We try to make certain that each podcast features information, lessons, insights and interviews concerning such issues as homelessness, hunger, and people in crisis. Our goal goes beyond talking about issues.  We want to combine practical solutions with personal encouragement and offer a challenge to our listeners to get personally involved. While our perspective is that of historic Evangelical Christian faith, and while much of our audience is Christian, the issues we discuss and the solutions we offer go far beyond the walls of any Church or religious organization. We hope you will listen, become part of the conversation, and join our growing conspiracy of kindness and good deeds.

“Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you can.”  - John Wesley

This Week's Program Notes

Welcome to another weekly "Radio Roundtable." Our Roundtables air on Saturday mornings at 10:00AM on the 5 stations of the American Christian Network.  Find our full program schedule here!   All of our programs are also available as a FREE podcast subscription through  iTunes. This week's Roundtable features host Maurice Smith and Rick Haffner, Pastor of Open Heart Chapel in Spokane. Together we discuss frequently offered reasons why Christians and Churches should limit their good deeds and service efforts to those within the Church. Maurice and Rick respond to real objections and then suggest that, unless the Church embraces its call to serve the greater community, the Church may find itself "left behind" by our Postmodern culture.

Here's a link to the NBC News Story on the "Hashtag Lunchbag" movement which Maurice mentioned on the program. 

On Next  Week's Roundtable

Next week's roundtable will focus on the issue of Teen Homelessness with a Roundtable of people actively working with homeless teens.

Welcome to the weekly podcast of "My Brother's Keeper," inciting a conspiracy of kindness and good deeds. This podcast of our weekly radio program is your opportunity to get informed and to join the conspiracy. We try to make certain that each podcast features information, lessons, insights and interviews concerning such issues as homelessness, hunger, and people in crisis. Our goal goes beyond talking about issues.  We want to combine practical solutions with personal encouragement and offer a challenge to our listeners to get personally involved. While our perspective is that of historic Evangelical Christian faith, and while much of our audience is Christian, the issues we discuss and the solutions we offer go far beyond the walls of any Church or religious organization. We hope you will listen, become part of the conversation, and join our growing conspiracy of kindness and good deeds.

“Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you can.”  - John Wesley

This Week's Program Notes

Welcome to another weekly "Radio Roundtable." Our Roundtables air on Saturday mornings at 10:00AM on the 5 stations of the American Christian Network.  Find our full program schedule here!   All of our programs are also available as a FREE podcast subscription through  iTunes. This week's Roundtable is the first of several planned Roundtables on Women's Issues. We are entitling this series, "Women In Crisis." Today's program is Part 1 of that series. Today's Roundtable features my interveiw with four individuals who are actively involved in serving Women in crisis in the Spokane area. Rich Schaus is Director of the Union Gospel Mission's Women's Crisis Shelter; Jan Bowes Martinez is the Founder of Christ Kitchen; Stephy Nobles-Beans is the Founder and Director of Fields of Diamonds House of Blessings, and Ginger Johnson is Associate Director of Abuse Recovery Ministry & Services (A.R.M.S.).  

On Next  Week's Roundtable

Join us then!

Welcome to the weekly podcast of "My Brother's Keeper," inciting a conspiracy of kindness and good deeds. This podcast of our weekly radio program is your opportunity to get informed and to join the conspiracy. We try to make certain that each podcast features information, lessons, insights and interviews concerning such issues as homelessness, hunger, and people in crisis. Our goal goes beyond talking about issues.  We want to combine practical solutions with personal encouragement and offer a challenge to our listeners to get personally involved. While our perspective is that of historic Evangelical Christian faith, and while much of our audience is Christian, the issues we discuss and the solutions we offer go far beyond the walls of any Church or religious organization. We hope you will listen, become part of the conversation, and join our growing conspiracy of kindness and good deeds.

“Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you can.”  - John Wesley

This Week's Program Notes

Welcome to another weekly "Radio Roundtable." Our Roundtables air on Saturday mornings at 10:00AM on the 5 stations of the American Christian Network.  Find our full program schedule here!  This week's Roundtable is our Pastor's Roundtable and is entitled "Equipping To Serve." It features an interveiw with three local Spokane area pastors who lead by example when it comes to both equipping and serving.  Bill Dropko, Pastor of Greenacres Christian Fellowship on Barker Road, Jack Wood Pastor of Northwest Bible Church of Mead, and Ian Robertson, Former Pastor of Valley Church of the Nazarene and currently with the Christian Service Teams and the Inland Northwest Fuller Center For Housing.

On Next  Week's Roundtable

Next week's Roundtable will be a "Women's Roundtable" featuring people working with women emerging from poverty, homelessness, domestic violence and human trafficking in our community. They'll be joining me at the table for a wide-ranging discussion concerning the importance of serving "the least of these" throughout our community. Join us then!

Welcome to the weekly podcast of "My Brother's Keeper," inciting a conspiracy of kindness and good deeds. This podcast of our weekly radio program is your opportunity to get informed and to join the conspiracy. We try to make certain that each podcast features information, lessons, insights and interviews concerning such issues as homelessness, hunger, and people in crisis. Our goal goes beyond talking about issues.  We want to combine practical solutions with personal encouragement and offer a challenge to our listeners to get personally involved. While our perspective is that of historic Evangelical Christian faith, and while much of our audience is Christian, the issues we discuss and the solutions we offer go far beyond the walls of any Church or religious organization. We hope you will listen, become part of the conversation, and join our growing conspiracy of kindness and good deeds.

“Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you can.”  - John Wesley

This Week's Program Notes

Welcome to another weekly "Radio Roundtable." Our Roundtables air on Saturday mornings at 10:00AM on the 5 stations of the American Christian Network.  Find our full program schedule here!  This week's Roundtable is entitled "Give Me Shelter" and features an interveiw with Directors of local area homeless shelters including Rusty Barnett from VOA-Hope House (women), John Robertson from VOA-Crosswalk (teens) and Rich Schaus from UGM Women’s Crisis Shelter.  . 

On Next  Week's Roundtable

Next week's Roundtable will be a "Pastor's Roundtable" featuring local area pastors who are involved in serving those in need throughout our community. They'll be joining me at the table for a wide-ranging discussion concerning the importance of serving "the least of these" throughout our community. Join us then!