Solid Steps Radio

CHOOSE A LINK TO LISTEN to the Solid Steps Radio podcast for January 26, 2019. For iTunes use https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/solid-steps-radio/id1086366166?mt=2 For Soundcloud use

Five minutes. That’s about how long it takes to go though the drive thru at a restaurant or to brush your teeth. What about spending time with God? Can God do a work in someone in only five minutes a day? On this week’s show, Kurt and Chad welcome former NFL champion Amos Martin as he discusses his new book Time Out for God. Part autobiography, part devotional, part journal, but all pointing in the direction of God and His transforming power.

“‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’”-Jesus The man standing at the end of the offramp when you come to the red light, is holding a cardboard sign that says “Homeless please help.” What do you do? What do you think? On this week's show, Kurt and Chad talk to Norm Minnick and Wally Kendrick, leaders of Lost Sheep Ministries of Louisville. They talk about their care of the homeless population. From a hot meal to a warm blanket, there are multiple ways to help the homeless and near homeless. The most important thing they can minister to is the heart and soul of people, not just their physical needs. Once a week, with the help of volunteers, the homeless will get shelter from the cold, a warm meal, and hopefully some good conversation. How can all of us play a role in ministering to the less fortunate?

In 1988 the Kentucky deer herds had grown beyond carrying capacity in some areas and biologists were encouraging additional doe harvest. This led to discussions between a few avid hunters who wanted to oblige wildlife management but had concerns about what to do with extra venison that they didn't have room to store or would exceed what their small families could consume. Sharing nature's bounty with those less fortunate seemed a natural choice and after a bit of research they discovered that donating meat to the needy was the answer. That fall Hunters for the Hungry was born as hunters joined with processors and food banks to supply donated meat to the needy. (From the website: www.kyhuntersforthehungry.info ) On this week’s show, Kurt and Chad welcome Ky Hunters for the Hungry President Roger Lapointe about how KHftH has helped to serve millions of meals for Kentuckians. From the field dressing of the deer to the plates of those in need, the guys talk about God’s provision through deer and people.

CHOOSE A LINK TO LISTEN to the Solid Steps Radio podcast for December 22, 2018. For iTunes use https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/solid-steps-radio/id1086366166?mt=2 For Soundcloud use

“I learn more from my losses than my wins.” People have been arguing for decades who the best basketball, football, or baseball player in history has been. In track and field, it’s really simple: Look at the clock. The fastest is nearly impossible to debate when your time is better than everyone else’s. On this weeks show, one of the fastest men on the planet ( https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PrQYSuhZyDs), 2017 60m national champion Ronnie Baker, talks about his beginnings - from running track for the first time as child, to a high school track meet that helped open his eyes to the possibility of going places he never considered, to having his sights on Olympic gold. Ronnie talks about the challenges along the way - the power the love, faith, and intentionality a mom can have to point a child in the right direction, possibly to the top of the platform with gold around his neck. But knowing that he does not get there outside of going to the Cross first. The most important race that he is running is not on a track field.

CHOOSE A LINK TO LISTEN to the Solid Steps Radio podcast for December 15, 2018. For iTunes use https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/solid-steps-radio/id1086366166?mt=2 For Soundcloud use

When you hear the words “foster care” what do you think about? Or more importantly, who do you think about? The child? The social worker? The birth parents? Foster parents? If it sounds complicated, you’re right.. So what can you do to help change a complicated situation into a blessing? On this week’s show, Kurt and Chad welcome three men who have been involved in the foster care process. They give a father’s perspective on how society (including those in the church) have either intentionally or unintentionally turned a blind eye toward a problem that effects so many.

Cru·ci·ble - a situation of severe trial, in which different elements interact, leading to the creation of something new. Not exactly an inviting “situation” that a man would want to experience. But can a severe trial make something new inside of a man when he chooses to enter the trial? On this week’s show, Kurt and Chad welcome 3 men who went through (not “to”) a men’s retreat called The Crucible Project. This ministry grew out of the longings a handful of pastors and lay leaders to push beyond the limits that characterize men’s relationships in the church. It’s built on the foundational beliefs of radical honesty and truth-telling, focusing on one’s own faults instead of on other’s faults, and learning to be a student of oneself. The retreats are like a ‘boot camp for the soul.’” www.thecrucibleproject.org

“It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.” Galatians 5:1 NIV If we are free why do we sometimes feel like we are living in bondage? Condemning thoughts, compulsive behavior, personal conflict, and spiritual despair can be struggles we all face on a regular basis. Is that just something we have to live with? On this week’s show, Kurt and Chad talk about a rich resource called The Steps to Freedom in Christ by Neil Anderson (Freedom in Christ ministries (https://ficm.org). Truth, forgiveness, submission, humility, freedom. How do we experience those in a world that seem to be going in the opposite direction? (To schedule available times with Kurt or find out more about having a freedom appointment, go to furtherstillministries.org)

CHOOSE A LINK TO LISTEN to the Solid Steps Radio podcast for November 24, 2018. For iTunes use https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/solid-steps-radio/id1086366166?mt=2 For Soundcloud use

On this weeks show, Kurt and Chad talk with Jaime Saint. Jaime’s dad, Steve, is the son of martyr Nate Saint, a jungle missionary pilot. Nate was speared to death in the Amazon Rainforest of Ecuador in 1956 by the Waodani tribe. Jaime grew up in a family that participated in mission ventures in Ecuador as well as in Mali, West Africa. After graduating from high school in 1995, Jaime moved with his family to the Amazon Rainforest to help the Waodani tribe learn to do for themselves what outsiders had been doing so that the Waodani could reach their own people with the Gospel.

What kinds of retreats have you been on? Corporate retreats? Staff Retreats? At the end of the weekend, were you so emotionally spent that you needed a “retreat from the retreat”? On this weeks show, spiritual director Tim Reist joins Kurt and Chad to talk about the what, why and how of retreats. Tim points out that we, as spiritual beings, need to have aspects of retreat in our life - individually and with other people.

When you hear the word “sabbath”, what do you think of? A day of full of rules about what you can and cannot do, or is it a day of things you get to do? Could it be that when we do less we are actually able to do more? On this week’s show, Chad and Kurt welcome Mike Amos and Ross Knecht to discuss what God intended for Sabbath. In addition, the guys talk about the ancient practice of Lectio Divina (“Divine Reading” in Latin). Lectio Divina teaches that reading and reflecting on smaller portions of scripture can reap big benefits for our souls, and for those around us. Observing the Sabbath, Lectio Divina, and much more will be covered at the Soul Transformation retreats put on by Further Still Ministries (beginning again) in January 2019.