Andi Chapman and I discuss what life is like after ending our professional careers. We compare how we coped and what learned and what new vistas have been created.  

She is an R.N. CDP. CCADCT, Certified Dementia Specialist, Naturopath, FNIP (Food as Nutrition Informed Specialist) CWCN (Certified Wound Care Nurse), and as of 2021, she started her own presentation, consultation company, SelectMed Seminars and Counseling which allows her to write programs for the state of MI assisting in education in facility care staff. 
 
Currently she speaks for Wayne State University; Lansing College in MI;Web MD; Stellantis and Chrysler worldwide, among other groups

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Andi Chapman and I have done previous podcasts about death at 

https://www.ucg.org/inside-united-podcast/inside-united-podcast-113-andi-chapman-discussing-death-part-1

https://www.ucg.org/inside-united-podcast/inside-united-podcast-114-andi-chapman-discussing-death-part-2

Also a video resources about anxiety, depression and despair having consequences  

https://www.ucg.org/members/news/new-video-resource-recorded-with-andi-chapman-anxiety-depression-and-despair-have-consequences

Steve Buchanan discusses his observation of living in Tucson, Arizona, only 60 miles from the Mexican border.  Very timely, up-to-date discussion about what's going on with the worst border crisis in history, in which 302,000 illegal aliens entered the United States in December alone.  

Two excellent Twitter sources mentioned in the podcast 

Les Booth is a Creative Collaboration Architect specializing in many diverse fields ranging from AI to Fly-fishing.  I have known Les for almost 28 years, and he helped me in the infancy of developing my first websites.  Here, he gives a knowledgeable perspective about AI, which is hot news yet a concept known for many decades.  

Part 1 tells us what AI is, its capabilities, and its very quick development as quickly growing computer memory and speed have made miraculous things happen.  

Listen to learn more about the importance of communication skills that you can learn that are vital for a leader's effectiveness and connectivity with those he leads.

The heart and core of most global conflict is a lack of communication skills.  We are not born with them. They must be learned.  We will discuss with you some basics of human communication and how we can begin to develop more positive skills. 

I’d like to go back to an address I made to the General Conference of Elders of the United Church of God on May 2, 2020.  This was to be our biggest conference yet, celebrating 25 years of the United Church of God’s existence.  We planned for 80% of the ministry to come to Cincinnati, OH for the special event.  As it turned out, this date was in the midst of the darkest days of COVID-19 pandemic.  The in-person conference was canceled.  I did speak to our ministry, but it was in an empty room with everyone listening online wherever they were in the world.

Our theme for Conference was Conviction, Commitment and Courage. 

I chose to speak about Courage as it applied to our outlook on the world and how we need to face challenges in doing our Work, such as in the time of COVID which we were in and didn’t know how things would work out. 

I was inspired to post this as a podcast because of a person who wrote to me how they found this message online and how it helped her face a current life’s trial.

So, here it is...going back to May 2, 2020 in Cincinnati, Ohio.

On Thursday July 13, 2023 Aaron and Michelle Dean and Bev and I were invited to the Church of God Seventh Day Conference held in Covington, Kentucky this year. About 1000 people were in attendance. We had dinner with Loren Stacy, President of the Church of God Seventh Day and his wife Karen as well as elder Mike Wallace.

This is my interview with Mike Wallace. 

At the conference we had a wonderful evening reminiscing about our “recent” relationship going back 30 years when first visiting the COG7 Headquarters in Denver, CO and further back to the days when Herbert Armstrong fellowshipped with them. It was good to talk about their work in training ministers and leaders in their ARTIOS Christian College which has a well-developed training curriculum. We also talked about evangelism and working with Young Adults where they have been successful. COG7 has 200,000 members worldwide. Wonderful evening. At the evening worship service I met many people with whom we’ve had contact with over the years.

The Flood was more than an epic event.  It communicated key messages in God's Plan of Salvation for a world without sin.  

Key elements identified 

1. A world coming to a dead end 1almost 1700 years after creation of man.

2. Fixing the blame. Christ preached to the demons

3. The need to start again. God's Way will prevail

4. Repentance 

5. Salvation

A great resource to understand I Peter 3:19-21 is a sermon by Mitchell Knapp

htt1ps://www.ucg.org/sermons/christ-preached-to-the-spirits-in-prison

Noah's flood was confirmed by Jesus Christ, Peter and Paul.  It's more than a story...it has end-time implications.  Don Hooser talks about the story of the flood from Genesis 6-8.  Part one of two....Part 2 coming soon.

I have known Steve Buchanan for about 40 years.  We have covered the same territory over this time.  Hear his candid impressions his career, changes of course, triumphs and setbacks.  

Steve is a multi-faceted and multi-talented peer whom I have admired over the years.  He publishes a newsletter World News and Prophecy  that you are welcome to subscribe to online at 

https://worldnewsandprophecyreview.com/

Steve can be reached at 

[email protected]

From Italy, a replay of a very popular podcast from October 2022   I spoke to a dear friend Paul Spenser who lives in Mjolby, Sweden.  He is originally from the Isle of Man located in the Irish Sea between Ireland and England.  We first met in 1995. 

This podcast was recorded in Italy in October 2022 at United Church of God’s Fall Festival in Saubaudia about one hour north of Rome.

Through unfortunate circumstances in his life, Paul has become a single parent.   He has three children who are growing now through their teen years.  My wife Bev and I really enjoyed seeing them last year.  

In this podcast he speaks about his life, his homeland the Isle of Man and about his life’s journey as an isolated Christian and tells us how he copes.