Sometimes life falls apart and we get stuck somewhere we don't want to be. It will happen, probably many times in life and it will feel like everything has stopped and there is no way forward. I've had plenty of moments like this and this week I tell you about a few of them.  

I reference the story of Rahab from Joshua 2 and Peter's disbelief of the women in Luke 24. The bible is filled with stories of people stuck in moments. Sometimes God intervenes in a miraculous and unfathomable way. Other times it seems we're all alone on this planet.

The backing track is from a the Vaughn Roberts Big Band and is a beautiful tune called Debbie's Thought. Unfortunately it isn't on Google Play so I can't share a link, but I can load you the MP3 I have from the original CD. The song is U2, Stuck in a Moment which you can listen to here or on the My 3 Sons playlist.

It easier to tell others what they should be doing than it is for us to do the right thing. Change doesn't come easily and it has to start with the person in the mirror. Of course realising change might be a long process and without reflecting you will never know how far you've come. 

This week features a quote from Mahatma Gandhi. Read more about him on wikipedia or some more of his quotes here. I talk about some personal change and closes with the Michael Jackson song, Man in the Mirror. Listen to the song by itself here, or as part of the play list of all the songs from this podcast here. 

Backing tracks this week start with Die to Live by Steve Vai, and ends with You Saved My Life by Joe Satriani.

This week I wonder why the world won't change. I should probably wonder more about why I don't change and just expect others to do exactly what I won't. The John Mayer song, waiting on the world to change (listen here), had me consider what faith should look like when we live such sanitised lives with little obvious need and hurt around us. 

Background track is Fuzz Universe by Paul Gilbert (listen here). 

All tracks from the podcast are available on the Google Play Music playlist, My 3 Sons.

Finally I get season 2 underway with secular songs that influenced me and my faith. This week I briefly reflect on our little OE from last Christmas and play the Joan Osborne song, What if God was one of us? This question is still one I ask as I think it not only impacts people who believe and follow but also demands an answer from those who don't. 

Either way the historical evidence is clear that Jesus did live so we must pause and consider whether that demands a response from us. If God was sitting beside us on the bus what would we do? Believing does mean change!

Verses this week are taken from The Passion Translation.

Find and listen to the music on Google Play:

A few thoughts for Christmas that hopefully kickstart me to record series 2 sooner rather than later! I know the Christmases we have made for you 3 boys and hope that some of the hope of Christmas carries on in your lives. It isn't about family, or gifts, or road trips even though these things were present in the first Christmas. But what do we actually think it should be? What do we hope you have learned from us and the Christmases we've had as a family?

It is hard to pick a favorite Christmas carol to play in this episode, but I do love It Came Upon a Midnight Clear and this arrangement by MercyMe is superb. https://play.google.com/music/m/Tlx6nhi2bl5ftwyzh4l65hnoc5u?t=It_Came_Upon_a_Midnight_Clear_-_MercyMe