Heart to Heart: Faith Seasons Podcast

Today’s story seed is The Correct Answer.

From the Book of Genesis chapter 37:4
When his brothers saw that their father loved him best of all his sons, they hated him so much that they would not even greet him.

Fifth grade can be a wonderful year of school for many children, but it wasn’t for Roberta. She was a new kid at her school and didn’t yet have friends.

When the teacher asked, “What city is the capital of New Mexico?”
A hand shot up from the girl sitting next to Roberta. She answered, “Albuquerque.”

“No,” said their teacher. “Who knows the correct answer?”

Slowly Roberta raised her hand. It was the only hand to go up. “Santa Fe,” she said timidly.

“That is correct,” the teacher said. “What a smart young lady you are.” 

Roberta smiled and the teacher smiled back. The whole class seemed to notice, but especially Cyndi, the girl who had answered incorrectly.

It was true; Roberta was a smart young lady. Time after time, she was the one who knew the right answer when the teacher asked a question. She was often first to finish her math worksheets.

When the teacher designated Roberta to be the class helper to pass out papers, her fate was sealed. Cyndi and the other girls refused to have lunch with Roberta or to let her play with them at recess. One frigid winter’s day, they locked Roberta out of school as the class came in from recess. Cyndi told Roberta to go get the ball that was left on the playground, and when she came back with the ball, the door was locked.

Roberta had to trudge through the snow on the long walk around the school to get to the front door and be let inside. While she was out, the girls laughed and Cyndi said, “I hope she freezes.”

Later that year, Roberta led the girls as they defeated the boys in a spelling bee contest. The prize was a pizza, and the girls fixed Roberta’s plate with the smallest piece of pizza.

When the year finished, Roberta still had no friends. Cyndi made sure of that.

What’s a lesson you learned in grade school that can help you today?

You may well remember situations like this from your grade-school experiences. Who’s in the in-group and who’s not? Who’s the teacher’s pet? Ruthless kids who exclude the people they don’t like?

Aren’t we glad we have grown out of that? Except, of course, many of us haven’t. Jealousy, envy, pettiness, distrust, revenge—sometimes we have days where this is all we think about.

We find ourselves not liking people and everything they do bothers us. It’s not our fault. Those people are rude, or self-serving, or deceitful, or always have to have the spotlight shining on them.

In actuality, those people may be all those things, or they may not. It is not our job to fix them. Our job is to work with God to be the best person we can be. Our job this Lent is to draw closer to God.

God invites us to focus our attention on ourself, so that when we do reach out to others, it is not to place blame or ridicule; it’s to be kind, caring, and forgiving. That’s always the correct answer.

Now let’s take 30 seconds to water the seed…

What's a lesson you learned in grade school that can help you today?

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Today’s story seed is Into the Oven.

From the Book of Daniel 3:19-20
King Nebuchadnezzar ordered the furnace to be heated seven times more than usual and had some of the strongest men in his army bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and cast them into the white-hot furnace.

The man knew he hadn’t hit his goals for the year. He had discussed this with his boss, who was behind him 100 percent. They were taking a long-term approach as they tried to woo some of the top clients from the industry.

It seemed like a solid plan, and they were making progress, but last month when the quarterly numbers were reported to the central office, his boss got fired.

Late last night, he received a text to report to his new manager first thing in the morning. He was watching TV with his wife when he read the text. “I’m about to be fired,” he said to her.

“You’re kidding? They just sent that to you in a text?”

“No,” he said. “I’ve been told to report to my new manager first thing in the morning. I’m pretty sure that can only mean one thing. They will let me go as soon as I arrive.”

She said, “Let’s pray about this.”

They held hands and closed their eyes. He prayed, “Lord, help us to get through this and to trust that you will walk with us in this period of uncertainty.”

Going up in the elevator in the morning, he was surprisingly calm. When he sat down in his manager’s office, she smiled at him. “I’m sorry to have to do this, but we have to let you go. We appreciate your work over the last seven years.”

A security guard stepped into the office. “Officer Maxwell will accompany you while you empty your desk and leave the building. There are boxes in the storage closet if you need them.”

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Today’s story seed is The Greatest Principal.

From the Gospel of Matthew chapter 20:26
Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you shall be your servant.

Two principals in the same school district wanted to be great, to be well thought-of, to be respected, and liked, to be leaders in their school and in the district.

One of them signed her picture which was displayed in the front office. She wore exceptionally stylish clothes. This principal had an expensive car and a special parking spot with a sign that read: RESERVED FOR PRINCIPAL. She demanded that her teachers perform to the highest standards. When guest speakers came to the school, the principal always introduced them to the students and talked at length before handing the microphone over to the featured speaker.

The other principal had her picture displayed in the office as well, and next to it she placed a picture featuring the student of the week. Her clothes were modest, as was her car. She didn’t have a special spot reserved for her to park. She monitored the performance of her teachers closely and would often invite them into her office to support them when they were having unusual challenges. Whether guests came to the school or not, this principal was insistent that the school be clean and tidy. When she saw the janitor was having a particularly busy day, she would grab a broom or mop and help out with the cleaning.

The first principal would ask the students, “Who’s your favorite principal?” She loved to hear them say, “You are!”

The other principal would say to every student she saw, “You’re one of my favorite students and don’t forget it!”

When a child had a behavioral issue, the first principal often told the child, “I don’t have time for this nonsense. Shape up or ship out.”

The other principal was more sympathetic. She would ask the kids to tell her what happened. She would connect with them and not shame them, and when she saw that they were ready to listen, she would explain the consequences of their actions.

The district had a contest for the greatest principal. Every family in the district got a vote. The first principal reminded the students for a full week to make sure their parents placed a vote for her. She sent home a special flyer to help her win the contest.

The second principal never mentioned the contest to her students or parents or faculty. She told her secretary, “It’s a silly contest. Let’s not spend effort on it.”

When the votes were tabulated, the first principal won by a landslide. She put her first-place ribbon on her autographed photo. She was very proud.
As the years rolled by, students would occasionally come back to the first school and say hi to their principal.

But at the second school, on a regular basis, students would reach out and thank their principal for being so wonderful. That principal remained at the school for 38 years. High schoolers, college students, and some parents would all return to school to say hi to the greatest administrator they had ever known.

We can all see the basic difference between these two principals. All of us have a bit of both sides in us—the proud, and the humble. If we want to be a leader, Jesus invites us into servant leadership.

Tap into that place inside of yourself that wants to see others succeed. Find ways to help others. Authentically model what you want others to do. Follow Jesus’ example, and you, too, can get your picture up on the office wall as student of the month.

Now let’s take 30 seconds to water the seed…

What is one way that you can joyfully serve others?

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Isaiah 1:16-17
Wash yourselves clean! Put away your misdeeds from before my eyes; cease doing evil; learn to do good.

When I was 14, my family took a trip to Europe. On the day we were to leave, all five kids and our parents were doing our final packing. The youngest two in our family, Tom and Steve, were five and seven years old and dressed in matching striped shirts and shorts.

Little Tom had his own suitcase and was carrying it all around the house and getting in the way of everyone else. So, my Dad told him to go for a quick bike ride and use up some of his energy.

Tom rode his red sting ray bike over to the new park which was two blocks from our house. An Olympic-sized swimming pool was being built. My little brother rode up to the temporary fence around the construction site, got off his bike, and noticed a hole in the fence. Even though he had been told to stay out, he wiggled his way through the fence, and climbed down a ladder into the pool, which at this point was only a hole in the ground. It had been raining throughout the week and so the whole site was covered in mud and deep puddles of water.

My five-year-old brother was careful to walk on the large boards which the workers used to keep out of the mud.

But…he slipped and one of his feet ended up in the mud. When he pulled his foot out, one of his new shoes was missing. Now Tom was an exceptionally smart five-year-old, and he knew he couldn’t go home without that shoe. He laid down on the board and reached his hand into the mud to fetch his shoe.

It was then that he slipped off the board and toppled into the mud. He never did find that shoe. When he arrived home, pedaling his bike as fast as he could, the whole family was waiting for him in the driveway.

My father was so upset he couldn’t talk. My mother shouted, “What have you done?”

“I lost my shoe,” Tom said. “I was checking out the new pool, and I slipped into the mud.”

My parents did a knowing glance at each other. They seemed to be alarmed. Then my mom went and washed Tom off with the garden hose, got him clean clothes, and we made it to the airport without further trouble.

We can feel uncomfortable when we hear the words of the prophet Isaiah today, “Wash yourself clean, put away your misdeeds from before my eyes, cease doing evil, learn to do good.”

For a moment, I invite you to think of it in terms of what happened to Tom. He clearly needed to be washed, and just as clearly, he had been told to stay out of the construction area and he hadn’t listened. He had broken the rules. So, he was in trouble.

And you can be darn sure my parents wanted him to cease this behavior.
But there is something else more important here. It came in the knowing glance that my parents exchanged when they found out what their five-year-old son had done. You see, they realized he could have easily died in that pool which was a quagmire of mud. He might have slipped off that board and never climbed back on.

When you do something you know you shouldn’t do, you may worry that God sees you and is mad at you, angry with you, disappointed in you.

What most of us don’t remember is that God always loves us, like my parents loved their youngest child who was covered in mud. The mud makes almost no difference to them compared to losing their child.

So don’t worry about your new shoe stuck in the mud. Save your life and climb the ladder out of the pool.

Now let’s take 30 seconds to water the seed…

What is a time you were upset with someone you love for doing something unsafe?

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Today’s story seed is First Prize.

Luke 6:37
Jesus said to his disciples…Stop Judging and you will not be judged.

There was a 19-year-old woman who entered her pumpkin pie in the county fair pie contest. She won first prize. It was only her first attempt at competing. She was thrilled. Congratulations came pouring in. Everyone had something good to say about her and her delicious pie.

She won the next year as well, and the year after that. As the years continued, she didn’t always win. Some years she didn’t even place in the top three.

Although her pies were delicious, she became bitter and hyper-critical. She could no longer enjoy her own cooking. She found fault with every pie she made. In fact, no one could make a pie good enough for her. The crust was too hard, the filling too sweet, not enough cinnamon, slightly over cooked…the list of possible criticisms became seemingly endless.

It wasn’t just about pies. The salad didn’t have enough carrots. The meat wasn’t basted sufficiently. The soup was salty.

Like a virus it spread from the kitchen to the whole house—the lumpy couch, the fading paint—and onto everyone she came in contact with—her husband’s jokes, her colleagues lack of punctuality.

And finally, her harsh judgement turned upon herself. She noticed her teeth were yellowing. Her hair was graying. Her clothes never fit right.

Do you know someone like this? Do you recognize yourself in this story? Do you have some advice for this person?

Jesus offers advice for all of us. Stop judging. Scripture tells us no one is perfectly good but God. We all have faults. Let go of the judgements and you won’t be judged. Stop looking for perfection and just try to do well.

The lady in our story did just that. She heard the message in church one day. That night at supper when she realized the corn on the cob was not as sweet as she liked, she let go of her dislike and accepted the corn in her hand for what it was—pretty good, but not perfect. It was still fairly sweet, had a pleasing color, and had just the right crunch.

About a month later while looking in the mirror, she decided she liked her hair with gray in it. She was of that age when gray hair enters one’s life. There was nothing to be ashamed of. She even felt a sense of confidence as she looked at herself.

It was only a week later that she laughed at one of her husband’s bad jokes. She thanked God that she married a man with a sense of humor.
She never entered the pie contest again, but she loved to go to the fair and enjoy any piece of pie she could get to taste.

Stopping our judgements isn’t just about getting into heaven after our death. When we are able to stop judging, we are kinder to ourself and others. It makes life on earth as it is in heaven.

Give it a try this Lenten season. Give up judging. It’s not easy, and if you stumble while attempting it, be kind to yourself. God will give you another try. God will help guide you to improve, but remember, there is no perfection. Nobody permanently takes first prize, but everybody gets a slice to enjoy.

Now let’s take 30 seconds to water the seed…

What judgment have you made that is hurting your relationship with others or yourself?

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Luke 9:35
Then from the cloud came a voice that said, “This is my chosen Son; listen to him.”

Howard Storm died and lived to tell about it. Storm, the chair of the art department at Northern Kentucky University was on a trip in 1985 to view artwork in Paris when he had a medical emergency. He was rushed to the hospital with a perforation in his stomach. He and his wife were told that his life expectancy was two hours unless the hospital could find a doctor to operate on him.

It was 10 hours before the operation took place. In the meantime, Storm experienced death, and yet survived. He described his experience in a book, My Descent into Death, and a series of interviews available on Youtube. His near-death experience started when he woke up in the hospital room and felt better than ever, but he saw himself lying on the bed and his wife crying. He couldn’t communicate with her.

People called to him, and he got up and went to them in the hallway. They led him down a gray hall which little by little became totally dark. When he refused to go further, they began to pull him, punch him, and eventually rip at his skin. Storm says that he was entering hell and he didn’t know what to do. Lying on the floor he felt he would be there forever, and although he was an atheist, a song verse from his youth came into his mind. He said out loud, “Jesus loves me.” When he said those words, he saw the people tormenting him back off.

This adamant atheist was confused. As a child he believed in Jesus, and felt a deep love for his savior, but as an adult he had denounced that belief. In that moment, he felt an overpowering yearning to feel the love for Christ he had experienced as a child. He said, “Jesus, please save me.”

“And with that, a tiny light appeared in the darkness and it got very bright, a white light brighter than the sun and it was overwhelming because it was so bright. I wasn’t afraid, but I didn’t know if it was going to consume me. It was so bright. But instead, it was wonderful—filled with love. So, it wasn’t really light but a radiance, and out of it emerged hands and arms and he reached down and touched me.”

Held in Jesus’ arms, he became aware that they were traveling upward and eventually came to see what he described as “trillions of beings of light. God was there.” Storm called it, “God’s House.”

Jesus remained with him, and angels, beings of light, showed him scenes of his life. There was nothing about his honors or successes. “What they were showing was how I interacted with other people.” He saw how much he hurt his mother, and how he rejected attempts by his father to reconcile their differences.

Storm said he didn’t want to see any more. Jesus said to him, “You really need to see it. You need to understand.”

It became time for Storm to return to his life. Jesus instructed him “to love the person he was with.” Storm said to Jesus that he would build him a shrine to honor him. Jesus responded, “I don’t want you to do that. I don’t need a shrine. I just want you to love the person you’re with.”

He asked, “What good will that do?” “It will change the world,” Jesus said.

Storm awoke in pain but to the good news that the doctor had arrived and the operation was about to happen. He lived, and the atheist art professor decided to go to divinity school. After that, he became a pastor at St. Mark’s United Church of Christ in Northern Kentucky.

Storm listened to what Jesus said to him. Few of us will have an experience as vivid as his, yet each of us has a chance to answer as clearly as he did. 

What feeling does Jesus give you in this very moment?

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Today’s story seed is In the Church Parking Lot.

Matthew 5:23-24
Therefore, if you bring your gift to the altar, and there recall that your brother has anything against you, leave your gift there at the altar, go first and be reconciled with your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

It started out as such a good day. As the sunlight streamed through the window, the man quietly got out of bed as to not disturb his wife. It was Sunday, his favorite day of the week.

As was his custom on Sundays, he put on his running shorts, socks, shoes and shirt. He did a few stretches. Then off he went on a five-mile run. The birds were singing, the sky was blue, and he felt at peace.

When he got back home, his wife was still sleeping. After showering and putting on his church clothes, he kissed his wife on the cheek to wake her up. This was the only day of the week she got to sleep in. She smiled at him and dragged herself out of bed. He went to the kitchen and began to read the news on his computer.

When it was just about time to go to church, he called to his wife and asked, “Honey are you ready?”

“Almost,” she responded.

He waited a couple more minutes, and then impatiently said, “It’s time to go.”

“Just give me a minute. I’m brushing my hair.”

After another minute he knocked on the bathroom. “We’ve got to leave!”

“I’m going to the bathroom. For heaven’s sake, just give me minute.”

The ride over to church was rather chilly even though it was a warm day. He said, “I don’t know why every time we go to church you have to make us late.”

“We’ll be fine, and watch your speed you’re driving too fast.”

A traffic light turned yellow, and he accelerated through the intersection. “My God, why are driving so fast?”

“Because you’ve made us late. You always do this, and you don’t seem to care.”

They arrived at church not talking to each other. When they went in, they acted as if nothing had happened, but inside they were full of anger with each other.

And how about you? Or me? Do we go into church so upset we aren’t talking? Things happen and we get upset. No doubt God understands that. It is good to bring our problems to God. It’s not good to pretend everything is fine.

When we know what to do, it is best to take care of it. Do you know what this couple would have benefitted from before they went into church?  What works for you? Perhaps all it takes is to reach out and take your spouse’s hand. I have heard experienced couples say that “you can’t fight while your holding hands.”

Maybe what works for you is taking a few breaths to try to let the disagreement pass. A brief heartfelt apology can do wonders. Some couples like to call for a “do over” where they get a second chance at getting along.

Reconciling our differences is not a small thing, and it’s not a one-time event. Furthermore, it’s not something just for spouses. That’s why I know about it. The whole family gets in on this one.

And the lessons also apply to those who are in religious orders. We have to reconcile our differences about who was supposed to clean the kitchen, why is the TV up so loud, and who likes conversation in the morning and who doesn’t.

It could be a small thing you need to reconcile. It could be a large thing. Only you and God know for sure.

Stop and look at your life this lenten season. Ask yourself, “What do you need to reconcile?” And get a move on it. We don’t want to be late for church.

Now let’s take 30 seconds to water the seed…

What reconciliation are you longing or dreading to make?

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Today’s story seed is Shut the Window.

Luke 11:29
While still more people gathered in the crowd, Jesus said to them, “This generation is an evil generation; it seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it, except the sign of Jonah.”

Listen to today's story seed. A person learned something important about why they were always cold in the house. It came as an insight as the person wondered what was the problem. It was like a voice of remembering something long forgotten.

The voice said, “It’s winter, and your attic window is open. You must close it or the cold wind will continue to make you sick. Plus, not only is your window open, but look around; all the people in this town leave their attic window open. It makes sense in the summer, but not now. You must close your window and tell all your neighbors to do the same.”

The person said, “I can’t do that; my neighbors would think I was meddling in their business, peeping through their windows.”

But the voice persisted, and eventually that person closed the attic window and spread the word that others should do the same, and everyone found comfort and warmth from those words.

Yet many years later the attic windows were all open again during the winter. This time, the home builder himself relayed to them that the windows were not meant to remain open during the cold months of winter. Yet the people would not listen.

“You want to talk about my house, my windows. Really? I don’t think so. I’m not cold. We keep our heat on constantly. We don’t feel any draft.”

And so it is today. Some people listen. Some people don’t. We want to be open to God’s message. Perhaps that is why we open the window, but there are times to shut the window, to savor the graces that have been given to us, to be warmed by the Holy Spirit.

We can’t stay stuck in one position throughout our whole life, we must follow the seasons of God’s love in our house.

We can learn from the past so that we may be closer to God in the future, and more importantly, closer to God in this very moment. There may be something as simple as closing a window that you need to address.

Maybe you need to stop visiting a certain website, or perhaps put your credit card in a drawer, or lock your liquor cabinet. Some of us need to join a support group, make a phone call we’ve been postponing, or follow through on a promise we’ve made.

God will help you. Go ahead and shut the window.

Now let’s take 30 seconds to water the seed…

What small way are you being called today to change your life?

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Today’s story seed is God Knows But You May Not.

Matthew 6:8
Your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

There is more than one way to pray. Jesus taught us the Our Father, but it isn’t the only way to pray effectively.

There was a proud man who was very religious. He said a rosary each day. He never cheated or lied. He paid his taxes, raised his family, loved his wife, and yet, deep down, he was miserable.

He thought he needed more prayer so he said two rosaries each day. Of course, he increased the speed at which he prayed, but still he felt he was being sacrificial and his pride increased. His tolerance for others decreased. He had a short fuse and easily became angry. He alienated his children who no longer wanted to be around him.

His wife suggested that he might pray to God about his challenges. He responded, “God already knows what I need. To prove my faithfulness, I say two rosaries a day! What more could God want?”

“I am not sure,” his wife said. “Why don’t you ask God?”

The man dismissed this suggestion, but later he felt that he should listen to his wife. He knelt down, did the sign of the cross, and leaning on his bed, he began, “Lord, what do you want from me? How can I help you?”

The response was immediate. It came as a thought surfacing in his mind, “Tell me about your life. Tell me how I can help you. Spend time with me.”
Jesus doesn’t want us to babble on, using lots of superficial words in our prayer. But I hope you agree that Jesus encourages us to open ourselves fully to God, to share the intimate details of our life with our Lord.

Often times when we talk about ourselves and our lives, we recognize things that we had not yet understood about our own lives. Insight come to us as we share.

Try telling God today what’s on your mind, your concerns, hopes, fears. God wants to hear. When we pray about what matters most in our lives, clarity comes to us. We get to know ourselves better.

And as it turned out in our story, the man began to get along better with his kids, and neighbors. And his wife never even had to say, “I told so.”
No one knows us better than God, not even ourselves. Come, pray, and find out what God already knows.

Now let’s take 30 seconds to water the seed…

What do you want to share with God today?

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Matthew 25:35
For I was hungry and you gave me food,I was thirsty and you gave me drink…

Listen to this story seed. The Queen lost track of her child. The palace staff could not find the little one. No one was quite sure how it happened, but the girl was clearly missing and could not be found in the castle. The child was but 3 years old and had wandered off. Despite her royal upbringing, the child was not yet able to speak.

The daughter had no fear. She delightfully crawled through the mud of a stream bank near the castle, and rolled down a grassy hillside. She no longer looked like royalty.

Hungry and tired, the girl toddled into a poor village. Making her way down the street, a wagon driver shouted at her to get out of the road. This upset her. She saw people eating and went over to them. She motioned that she was hungry, but the adults at the table told her to go home and get her own food. She began to cry.

Others saw this vulnerable child and took her hand to comfort her. They fed her, gave her something to drink, and cleaned her up. They noticed that her mud-stained clothes were actually fine garments. When they heard the news that the Queen’s daughter was missing, they brought her to the castle.

The Queen was overjoyed. She said, “Whatever you have done for my little one, you have done for me.”

The people who had helped the child responded, “My queen, we would have done this for any child.”

It is easy to imagine that those people would be greatly rewarded by the Queen.

When we think a bit more about the story, we begin to understand that the people received another, more immediate reward as well. It is what happens to us when we help others.

Imagine what they felt inside when they saw this distressed girl stop crying, calm down, and begin to eat. The feeling from coaxing a child from tears to laughter should not be underestimated. We feel blessed and alive when we get to help people.

During this Lenten season, we are all surrounded by people who are lost, or in need of comfort, or hungry for something positive, or imprisoned by their circumstances.

When we help others, we don’t have to wait until God says, “Good job. You have done this for me.” The reward for helping others is today. Do something kind and notice how you feel afterwards.

Bless your day by helping someone else. You won’t need to look far. Opportunities to help arrive at your doorstep.

Now let’s take 30 seconds to water the seed…

What can you do today to bring love more fully into the world?

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