With changing ourselves for the New Year hanging so heavy in the air right now, here's some food for thought about how—and whether—we see each other that's important all year long.

Aggression is its own reward. But, thankfully, the story doesn't end there. If you've wondered why it sort of feels good to get angry, but also leaves you hoping for a deeper, more peaceful way of being in the world, here are some thoughts that might be helpful. 

Gavin Rogers, pastor and missionary, recently went to Mexico City to join and travel with the caravan from Honduras. It's a great story and a perspective we have to have if we're to be people looking to take compassion and care as far as they're supposed to go.

For more information about getting involved, check out www.raicestexas.org and Interfaith Welcome Coalition at www.facebook.com/texasiwc

Isn't it contagious when someone's at peace with who they really are? Isn't your best competition yourself? Isn't Santa an unmitigated jerk? This episode covers all this and more. If you've ever felt like you and your ideas are too strange to embrace, author, leader and encourager in the difference-making ways of Weird, CJ Casciotta can help you start rethinking all that and dare to start moving away from Same.

"Everything that happens, we interpret through a lens, and the lens is the story we have been born into."

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Jeff Polish, founder and Executive Director of The Monti, talks with me about storytelling, its popularity, and what sharing personal stories with a room full of strangers says about what we know we need. 

“The Monti is an extraordinary experience that goes beyond insightful storytellers and wonderful stories—but please don’t come, it is hard enough to get tickets as it is.”

Can we learn how to keep actively caring, to keep compassion and kindness in motion long after the storm passes? What if there are no other obvious demands upon our best selves? Can we become...generally compassionate?

(Novemeber 8, 2016) Steve's Daugherty and Claybrook wax philosophic on Satan, Love and a little Electoral subtext.

(November 4, 2016) Steve, Stephen and Brandon chat with Science Mike from "The Liturgists" and "Ask Science Mike"