"I'm Glad You Said That" - Jim Minnery Talks Faith & Politics

Today on Family Matters, I'll be chatting with Alaska's newest State Senator, Josh Revak. Representing South Anchorage, Revak replaces Senator Chris Birch who passed away unexpectedly. A veteran and musician, Revak is an even keeled conservative walking into a very fragmented Legislature. He is seen as a critical vote on both sides of a divided Senate but who will he stand with ?

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Today on Family Matters, I'll be interviewing Michael King, Director of Community Alliances for the Massachusetts Family Institute. We'll be discussing the recent victory in the Bay State to keep Planned Parenthood's radical sex ed curricula out of public schools in Worcester, the second biggest city in the state. The victory proves that even in a very blue state, when parents stand up...change can happen. You won't want to miss this conversation.

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Today on Family Matters, I'll be interviewing David Fowler, President of Family Action Council of Tennessee and the creative and legal mind behind an effort called God Given Marriage. This initiative will be the first effort of its kind to remove from Government the power to control and redefine marriage and give it back to the people.  It will be a fascinating discussion about how and why Biblical marriage supporters should stay engaged in an issue that God cares deeply about. Hope you can tune in !

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On today's Family Matters Radio Show, I have the great privilege of interviewing my long-time friend Suzanne Downing with MustRead Alaska. Suzanne's witty, acerbic and insightful news on policy, culture, politics and poetry have made her one of the top news sources in our state. We'll chat about yesterday's elections and what's going on with the Alaska Senate.

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Today on Family Matters, I'll be interviewing Autumn Leva, Vice President of Strategy for Family Policy Alliance.  We'll discuss a recent new rule adopted by the Trump Administration that allows faith-based adoption agencies and foster care groups to once again receive federal funds for placing kids in homes.

The Obama Administration, unfortunately, had set up a roadblock during the final days of his Presidency, to prevent these agencies from operating according to their deeply held convictions that animated them to be in the adoption arena in the first place. This is a major victory for people who care about liberty and those who believe there should be more, not less, opportunities for children to be placed in forever homes. 

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"When Isabella Chow, a student senator at the University of California, Berkeley, decided to abstain from a pro-LGBT vote and instead explain her Christian views, she knew she’d have to weather a storm. She just didn’t expect that storm to involve a torrent of F-bombs and demands for her resignation. Her campus political party broke ties with her. Groups she once represented disavowed her. More than 1,000 people signed a petition calling for her resignation because of her “blatantly homophobic and transphobic views.”

A club she’d been a member of since freshman year voted her out. Berkeley’s main school newspaper, The Daily Californian, ran an editorial criticizing her, while refusing to publish an op-ed she wrote explaining her decision. The paper said the op-ed “utilized rhetoric that is homophobic and transphobic by the Daily Cal’s standards.” Taken from a World Magazine article by Sophie Lee.

On this episode of Family Matters, I have the distinct pleasure of interviewing Isabella Chow for our radio show today. You won't want to miss it.

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Our guest today on Family Matters is Leigh Sloan. She is a motivational speaker, podcaster and writer who enjoys having and setting up hard conversations. Conversations that we should have but are often too emotionally charged up to have in productive ways.

From her website - "What you’ll find on my blog is an interesting mix of psychological, philosophical, sociological and spiritual ideas that make an impact on our culture.

I am a passionate worshipper and follower of Jesus Christ and have been so for as long as I can remember. I have spent most of my life serving the body of Christ in various forms as a children’s director, small groups leader, church planter, and executive/teaching pastor. While I have an undeniable passion for the church, I also believe that the presence of the church extends beyond its four walls into realms of business, government, arts, education and all other public sectors. My desire is to shift paradigms in our culture to reflect kingdom truths."

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"Ten years ago, Becket Cook was a gay man in Hollywood who had achieved great success as a set designer in the fashion industry. He worked with stars and supermodels, from Natalie Portman to Claudia Schiffer, traveling the world to design photo shoots for the likes of Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar. He attended award shows and parties at the homes of Paris Hilton and Prince. He spent summers swimming in Drew Barrymore’s pool. 

A decade later, Cook has moved on from that life—and he doesn’t miss it. What changed for Cook? He met Jesus" Taken out of "From Gay To Gospel: The Fascinating Story of Becket Cook" on the Gospel Coalition website.

I'm honored today to chat with Becket Cook about the irresistible power of the Holy Spirit to transform a guy from Hollywood who seemingly had everything. You won't want to miss it. 

His book, now available on most venues, is called A Change of Affection and details the "powerful, dramatic story of how a successful Hollywood set designer whose identity was deeply rooted in his homosexuality came to be suddenly and utterly transformed by the power of the gospel."

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Today on Family Matters, I interview Clayton Trotter, a Professor of Business Law at the University of Alaska Anchorage and an Alaska Family Council Board member. Clayton is also very involved in the pro-life, Christian community at UAA and is involved in the grass roots movement to "detach Assembly District 2 from the Municipality of Anchorage and create an independent community, a new local self-government that is more accountable
and responsive to the people." EaglExit

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Today on Family Matters, I'll be interviewing Terrisa Bukovinac, an atheist, feminist, vegan, Democrat who is also a "consistent life activist." She heads up a group called Pro Life San Francisco - "a millennial led non-profit human rights organization for pro-life people from across the political ideological, and generational spectrum. We are dedicated to creating a culture of peace where the pre-born members of our human family are protected from the violent and lethal discrimination of abortion."  This will be a fun conversation.

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