Some ideas on how choosing to assume the best in others HELPS YOU. (Also, if you feel you can't do it, this will teach you how).

Johnathon: Hey, what's your favorite song on our radio station?

His 9-year-old son: "I don't know. I prefer hip hop"

Lindsey has weight loss tips for the first time ever.

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If you haven't heard the song "You Keep Hope Alive" by Mandisa, we highly recommend it.

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Lindsey has a mission to make a certain kind of tenderloin bun. One that will match the size of the tenderloin. We know, we talk a lot about tenderloins.

St. Augustine was reported to have said something to the effect of "Love God and Do What You Please" as a certain kind of life guidance. Let's find out what the whole quote was.

You've got to hear Steven Curtis Chapman's bluegrass album. They sell it at Cracker Barrel so you know it's good. We gave him a call and listened to his very cool bluegrass and life stories.

Lindsey promotes grits regularly. She likes them. She gave some away on the air at one point. We called our friend Riaan in Mumbai, India to ask if they eat grits there.

Johnathon here. Hello. If you are ever in need of pretty-good-food-making ideas, I feel that Lindsey is usually a pretty good source. Especially when you kind of want to make food sort of an "Event." This episode is no exception.

This is an off-air episode so we had the chance to share feelings about the struggle of returning to school. Lindsey's friend said a helpful. Johnathon has some "mean Christian" friends who seem to just be making matters worse.

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Check out scotlongyear.com for more from our guest about his new book about living the vibrant spiritual life you have always imagined. Vibrant. What a great word. He talks with us today about how to make decisions, like big life decisions.

Johnathon told the staff he dropped his phone in the river but was just kidding. Actually he powered it down and plans to let it sit on the shelf for weeks. There's a reason.

Parenting: Listen to Lindsey's almost-5-year-old sing Waymaker.And Johnathon is inspired by Jay Payleitner and one of his "52 Things Kids Need From A Dad."

Not everybody is skilled in smalltalk. Johnathon is someone who isn't. Lindsey is. She gives him (and all smalltalk-strugglers) some tips and tricks and training in the area of small talk.

Perhaps you've heard Panera is giving away free coffee this summer. We have the deal on that.

"Righteousness and justice are twins, whenever we choose between the 2, we miss the heart of God. The church must do the work to fix what’s broken. We represent the kingdom of God. Justice is what love looks like in public." - Tony Evans