Every kid day dreams about the day when he or she graduates from school and never has to do home work again.  But thats not really the way it goes is it?  Life is really enrollment in the school of Hard knocks and most of us have earned a PHD in hard lessons.  Pastor Joe takes Bea and the Stranger back to school to learn a whole new calculus.  Life is about learning and you never know what you will learn from The Parlay.

In this episode, the Stranger meets the family.  Will the self-proclaimed matriarch of the family approve?  Fast fired questions from the elder female members of the group probe for weakness and are fired for effect.  Will they uncover a hidden fault or clever deception?  What if its just a simple unexpected kindness that tips the scales in the tall stranger's favor?  Be a fly on the wall during this tale from The Parlay.

In our experience there are only a few people who make an extraordinary mark on the direction of our lives. No doubt you can think of a teacher, mentor, or other person who influenced the pathway of your life. In this episode Bea will tell you about a man who spoke truth from the Spirit and made wisdom his friend. Bea has her own home-spun wisdom that makes everyone she meets feel like a cherished friend…. ever wonder who Bea looks to for her wisdom and guidance? Well by the end of this story you will surely know, and may find it a light for your own life from the Parlay.

Bea takes a road trip to Huntsville to meet a Stranger, however a misunderstanding of the cartographic kind almost sends her in the wrong direction.  Ambrosia keeps it real, keeping the silence filled with random wisdom.  Could you tell if that moment when a stranger met in a hotel lobby might be the moment when your life changes direction forever?  See if you can spot that moment in Bea's wedding story during this weeks episode of The Parlay.

Its that time of year when calories have no meaning and we sit down to arguably the best meal of the year.  Bea talks about Thanksgiving at her house and it might surprise you how little of her story revolves around the meal.

So come on in and join us at the table, there is a place set just for you.  All families are the same, whether yours looks like a Norman Rockwell painting on a Sunday afternoon, or more like a National Lampoon holiday special, your time with the family is what the holidays are all about.

Give us your best turkey gobble and join in the fun for Thanksgiving in The Parlay.

Friends can sometimes read between the lines and know - without knowing - that something or someone is occupying the random thoughts in our private mind.  Some call it the glow of love, others a cheshire grin… in any case, even when you think you are hiding a secret, chances are you have given yourself away to those who know you best.

If you have a friend like that then chances are you will sympathize with Bea as she relates the next episode of The Parlay.

The purchasing power of the dollar has changed quite a bit since the 1960s.  In harder times, some purchase are too frivolous to contemplate.  What Bea tells us is that the cost of some losses is incalculable.  What is the cost of a cut glass punch bowl and would you pay the price?

In this episode, Bea fills in the missing details from the letters from the attic.  You might be surprised at how much more meaningful things that are not said can be over those words that are spoken, and how those details can inform mysterious and meaningless family actions.

Could you suspect that such a unlikely purchase was insurance against a future catastrophe?

There are no ghosts or ghouls in our seasonal fall story, but Bea reminisces about childhood halloweens, costumes and other spectral what nots.

Living a glamorous life is never what it seems from the outside and there is always a price to pay.  Bea informs us that the Hollywood love story has a darker, lonelier side that is left on the editing room floor.  However each redacted clip in actuality gives the movie greater depth and is what really makes the story one we can relate to on a more personal note.

In this installment Bea begins her own wedding story by introducing a bigger than life personality that would literally drop of of the sky.  Bea challenges the stranger to woo her with stories.  Can the stranger meet the challenge?  Bea has high standards and isn't easily impressed with a thin retelling of someone else's story.  Will his stories be a dud or more like 1001 Arabian nights?