Wayne and Jadeth talk, then we hear a song that sounds eerily familiar...and oddly not.

After being out of the studio for several weeks, Nathan and Keith are back. Live in Churchhouse Studio. At least for now. We get caught up on what’s been keeping us busy over the holidays. Audio drama production, Christmas parties and family get togethers.

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Main topic

In trying to answer what it means to “Lose your religion,” or to “Lose your faith,” Keith refers to a classic author who had that same question.

We reveal who this author is later in the show, but just know that he is a well known, famous author who has long been deceased. Still, his experience is right out of our modern society. His questions about leaving his faith are just as relevant now as then. His depression and anxiety over the futility of life are as ageless as the writer of Ecclesiastes, and just as current as those who are tortured over the meaning of life’s emptinessthat many have today.

Born in a home where he was raised in the Eastern Orthodox Church, he began doubtting his religious training as early as age 11. By age 18, he left it altogether. But bnot after going through the motions, learning the catechism, and paying surface politeness to that religious ethic.

He was well educated, and made perfectionism in his ttrade as a top author his focus. All the moral things he learned to value as a youth, he discovered were considered useless to fit in with his peers. Much of what he was taught as being immoral, he found his peers valued highly. But he discovered that though he rose to fame, it wasn’t worth anything in answering the big questions of life:

* “Why am I here?”

* “Who am I?”

* “What purpose does my life serve?”

We discuss these, and more of the moral dilemma’s that drove him to the brink of sanity. His purpose in his job no longer satisfied. His purpose in his family no longer satisfied. Not even his wealth or fame did it any more.

Nathan and Keith discuss the real purpose and hope in life. Our author eventually found it as well, but it took him 30 years of searching, once he parted ways with his religion. Find someone who can guide you back to God. Forget religion. Rediscover who God is, and his plan he has for you and all humanity.

If you’rre searching too, don’t wait for 30 years. y

The Doctor (What) meets his future self (WHAT?!)

You heard me!

Elevator Troubles, hacking a corporate complex, a cranky secretary....all part of the next installment of this grand tale!

Another December Christmas message.

In our final installment in our Christmas special, we look at the joy that God shared in a humble way.

Both Nathan and Keith offer thoughts on Joy, and how this special birth is more than just the typical birth.

Read Luke 2:8-20;

to see how angels celebrated the event, and the lowly shepherds they shared the news.

A promised Messiah would be known as the Prince of Peace, but having peace doesn’t mean there won’t be troubles.

Keith shares thoughts on the ordeal Joseph faced in some of the storms of his times. Through the turmoil, he had guidance to keep his family safe. Nathan comments on the topic to round things out.

Read Matthew 1:18-25; 2:13-14; 2:19-20; Philippians 3:13-14; 4:7, and see how Joseph was led each step of the way.

When you really want to show love, one good way to do it is with a gift. The best gift of all came to the world in the form of a baby, and the special way his birth was announced pays tribute to the unique nature of the promised Messiah.

After Keith shares a few thoughts on the topic, and the Retrobots show up to read the scripture, Nathan offers his own thoughts on Love.

Read the passage in Luke 1:26-38; 46-55 to learn how the angel announced to Mary about the coming child, and her song of praise.

The first in a short series. A special departure from our regularly scheduled podcasts.

The advent of Christmas is all about hope, love, peace, and joy. Today we take a brief look at the topic of hope, and how it relates to the Christmas message.

We often hope for things from the frivolous to the profound. Sometimes our hopes are unfulfilled, leaving us feeling empty. Other hopes are fulfilled, and are like a fountain of blessing. One hope that folks in the old testament times had was in a coming Messiah. Prophets fortold that he would come. A hope that was satisified when Jesus was born.

There are still hopes that we have today. We have an assurance that when we cclaim Jesus as our lord and savior, that we have a place in eternity in his kingdom. We have the hope that he will come again to set the world right.

By looking back at promises that were made, and later fulfilled, we can rest assured that when God promises a thing, it will happen. A hope that you can be sure will be met in a satisfying way.

Merry Christmas!