This episode is about the struggle of waiting, for anyone or anything - meeting participants, doctors, test results etc.  My experience waiting before cancer surgery and all the waiting connected to it was most difficult. Since he admits being TERRIBLE at waiting, The Gospel Coalition's President Mark Vroegop wrote the book in this episode's picture. My own Pastor Jared Bryant suggested I acquire it and I did. I will share exactly how I felt about waiting before and during my battle with cancer and how what I read and experienced is shaping what I believe today.

My exploration of the apparent mystery of leadership and those that have gained historical and current recognition, and why God enables some who don't believe.

In this episode, I take an honest look at fear—not just the fear of cancer, which I’m personally navigating right now, but the fears that show up in everyday life. Together, we’ll explore the physical and emotional reactions that come with cancer and with any fear that tries to take hold, even the ones others might dismiss as “nothing to worry about.” Join me as we unpack what fear does to us, why it feels so powerful, and how we can face it with clarity and courage.

This episode explores the events and emotions that emerge when discovering a person has cancer. I cover how my own discovery and decision to attend a support group overcame my own feelings that I really did not need help. Explore the emotions of hearing the C-word and hearing it from your own doctor. Intro and end song music by Martina McBride with comment contributions from celebrities that fought the fight or are still fighting the fight. 

This episode explores when lies originate, where we think the come from, what impact lies have, and help realizing that thinking about the lies we told last year might inspire us to lie less. And above all, don't claim Christ as your Lord if it is a lie, for lying about it serves no purpose.

This episode contains the insights of Dr. Rev. Ebenezer Oke from Akura, Nigerian. He is still a very close friend of mine that grew from my teaching trips to Nigeria from 2005-2010. Not all, but much of this content is from Ebenezer's 2-part essay he posted on Facebook.  It is about the absence of having real friends, what a real friend is like, and how to become a good friend. It is about how isolation from a few good friends begins to feel like poverty in the human experience. 

This episode was a challenge to produce, and I’ll share the reasons with you. My hope is that it inspires you to respond with spontaneous compassion when you encounter someone in need, and that you discover the blessings such actions bring to your own heart.

This episode is a short story of a couple of great comebacks that are still special to me, ... one from a woman in the Bible, another from Jesus Himself, and one of the best I heard in my lifetime,

This episode explores the differences in understanding the differences between Choice, Will, Willpower, & Freewill 

This short episode explores a new way of thinking about Pro-Life in light of God's Old Testament instructions to kill many nations of people.