Today, Richard and Linda turn their discussion to the most important topic of all--love. And they explore the word as a verb and suggest starting the day with the question of "how or who can I love more today." They ponder two phrases from the Second Great Commandment: "like unto it" and "as thyself," and suggest that simply thinking more about love as a verb can change every day of our lives.

In this episode, the Eyres explore Richard's new article in Meridian Magazine (latterdaysaintmag.com) called Paradigm Shifts on the Road to Exaltation, and discuss how important it is to see religion and faith institutions as support mechanisms for our relationships and human connections--as the means to the end of loving each other in ways that bring us joy, particularly in our families.

On today's episode, Linda and Richard talk about one of their websites called eyresfreebooks.com where about half of their 60 published books can be found, and read, for free. Once the copyrights and publishing rights revert back to the Eyres from the publisher, they make it free and put it up on this website and today on the podcast they discuss their motives for doing this.

As the Eyres move into their 14th season (there have now been over 600 podcast episodes) they return to their series on Three-Letter Lessons. KFB represents KNOW, FEEL, and BELIEVE and the discussion is about how these three concepts work together and co-exist under the umbrella of Faith. Richard and Linda's objective today is to get us all to think more about all three.

Today's episode is essentially a tribute to books, and Richard and Linda talk about their lifetime love affair with books, quoting Ben Franklin who advocated that a person should always carry two books, the one he is reading and the one he is writing. The Eyres get a little personal and tell about the books they are working on right now.

It's a big subject, but the Eyres zoom in this episode on how parents and grandparents talk (and don't talk) about the financial aspects and lessons of life with children; and about what family systems can be put in place to help kids of all ages become financially responsible and avoid the Entitlement Trap. It's important to think it through and have a plan within your family!

PROPINQUITY means "the state of being intimate and close to someone--as in close family kinship," and in this episode the Eyres discuss how we can build more propinquity into our 3-generation families through parents and grandparents working in synergy and even symbiotically together as managers and consultants with the common goal of the well being of the children.

This first podcast of Season 14 begins the new year with some ideas on forming effective and happy 3-generation families, and working in teamwork as parents and grandparents for the best benefit of our children. Also announced is the MasterClass the Eyres will teach in January, details at GrandparentsAcademy.com.

This episode concludes Season 13 of Eyres on the Road, and next week begins the podcast's 14th year, so the Eyres focus today on how we can all better-set our resolutions for 2024; and mention three alternative frameworks for setting effective goals for the year ahead, and for working with children of various ages on setting their own goals and hopes and resolutions for the New Year.

Santa or Jesus, commercial or spiritual, peaceful or spiritual, peaceful or frantic, getting or giving, hard-times or joy, closer or more distant to Christ. The dilemmas and conundrums of Christmas are many, and they are different for each of us. In this episode, Richard and Linda give some thought-solutions that may help us all to solve the dilemmas and cure the conundrums.