Mark and Kristie open the phone lines! You'll hear stories from listeners and past guests that run the gamete, from hilarious to heartwarming, even life changing.

We all have favorite thoughts. If we ask someone, “What’s your favorite thing to think about,” we’ll most likely hear something like, “Oh, it’s lying on the beach… soaking up sun, and listening to waves rush ashore.” In other words, we’ll likely recount a pleasant event, a daydream, hope, or fantasy. It never occurs to us that these sweet reveries and fantasies are not our “favorite” thoughts. Our favorites are those we repeatedly bring to mind, and all too often are painful memories.

Mark and Kristie tackle the topic of child trafficking with guest Dana Priyanka Hammond, a victim of child trafficking who ended up in the USA. Hear her story of hope and longing to find the roots of her past.

Have you ever made New Year’s Resolutions? If so, did you continue until you met your goal? If you did, congratulations! If not, well, you have plenty of company. However, when we make resolutions but fail to honor them, we lose respect for ourselves. The reason is quite simple, but too often overlooked.

Mark and Kristie talk about ways that you can improve yourself.

Guilt arises from judgement and is the ugliest of emotions. It also prompts many other ugly emotions, such as fear, resentment, and anger. However, it is merely a signal, a “warning” that we should stop judging ourselves and others or we’ll make ourselves miserable and sick. However, that’s rarely our response. We are far more likely to absorb it deeply and return to it often.

Do you ever ask yourself "why does this keep happening to me" or "why does it always ends this way?". Mark and Kristie talk about patterns, how to identify and capitalize on the good ones and break the bad ones.

It has been said (and accepted as “true”) that those who forget history are destined to repeat it. If we pay attention to Christ’s teaching, however, we learn that as long as we remember the past, we are more likely to repeat it.

Dr. Wesley Bishop (professor of American history) joins with Mark and Kristie to discuss impeachment, what is it?, what is the process? and what could it mean for our country?

The Recipe, a short story by Othello Bach.