Today’s Guests

Daryl Crouch – Everyone’s Wilson & “For Our City” Blog

As we can have so many beautiful experiences in this life, and many of us do, it may make us ask the question, “How do we go on living when so many others are dying?” As we also look out into the world, we see a disunified church, particularly in the United States, so Daryl discusses Tim Keller’s call for unity in the American church. Finally, from his own blog, we hear about Four Kingdom Decisions for the Marketplace Leader which reminds Carmen of her conversation with Dave Hataj about his book, “Good Work.”

Lindsey Schubert – Writer for The Gospel Coalition

Lindsey tells Carmen some good church stories or rather, what it means to share our triumphs of faith in church rather than just our failures. Check out her Instagram here, where she shares more good church stories.

Today’s Episode

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Today’s Guests

Dr. Bret Nicks – Christian Medical & Dental Association

Carmen and Dr. Nicks bring COVID back into conversation, but today related to boosters and also children. They also pivot to a disease virtually none of us may have heard of, Melioidosis, which has made its way into a couple of people in the U.S. Finally, another pivot occurs, this time to kids diets of highly ultra-processed foods.

Todd Miles – Author of Cannabis and the Christian

Todd Miles is a professor of Theology at Western Seminary in Portland, Oregon where he teaches theology, church history, hermeneutics, and ethics. In his book, he addresses what the Bible says, or rather does not say, about marijuana, and helps us understand how to approach this substance when our decisions are not as straightforward as saying, “It’s illegal” so I won’t do it. For more information, click here.

Today’s Episode

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Today’s Guests

Nick Pitts – Fellow at the Institute for Global Engagement

Since Haiti’s earthquake, humanitarian aid has been sparse as their government has yet to provide much relief for individuals, churches and businesses. Nick and Carmen discuss the despair going on there as many are in need of mercy.

Luke Moon – Philos Project and Providence Magazine

We continue to travel around the world with Luke. This time, as one may expect, we go to Afghanistan where the Taliban has taken control of the government and citizens are in great need. As we continue our journey, we see that China has a secret jail in Dubai and that Taiwan is worried about the U.S. leaving its commitment to them as the Taiwanese see what is happening in Afghanistan.

Today’s Episode

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Today’s Guests

Dr. Linda Mintle – Dr. Linda Mintle Show

How do you score on the Anger Scale? Dr. Mintle helps us think through ways to break free from the grip of anger whether one tips the scale or barely makes it more. We move from anger to fairness and caffeine later in the conversation, trying to answer the questions, “It’s not fair, so now what?” and “Can you love your coffee too much?”

Walter Strickland II – SEBTS and Pastor of Imago Dei Church in Raleigh

Dr. Walter Strickland serves as associate vice president for kingdom diversity initiatives and assistant professor of systematic and contextual theology at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina. Today, he breaks down for us U.S. population trends from Census analysis and what it means for the church in America. 

Today’s Episode

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Today’s Guests

Carl Trueman – Grove City College and Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center

The last time Carmen had Dr. Trueman on, he was discussing his book, “The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self” Today, they rehash some of the content of the book, but also dig into new things that have transpired since their last conversation, such as the recent censorship he experienced on YouTube.

Daniel Bennett – John Brown University and the Uneasy Citizenship Blog

Schisms and wars seem to be in to conversation today, both inside and outside the church. There are rumors of an Evangelical break coming, one that has been due for a long time and mask battles have continued as mask mandates come in conflict between state and local leadrs.

Today’s Episode

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Today’s Guests

Carmen LaBerge – Carmen’s Corner

Carmen talks about her brother-in-law, Joe LaBerge’s, death and the need for intentional Christian community. She then pivots to a recent suicide story of a pastor’s wife, continuing the talk on Christian community.

Chris Martin – Terms of Service Blog

Chris argues that echo chambers are NOT the main cause of polarization on the internet. Rather, he argues, “What drives polarization on social media is not echo chambers as much as it is our unwavering will to fight. Can we agree to put down our pixelated swords to pursue peace so far as it depends on us?”

Today’s Episode

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Please pray for Carmen and her family today. Her brother-in-law, Joe, went home to be with Jesus today.

Today’s Guests

Peter Kapsner – 50 Shades of Truth

Peter and Carmen’s conversation takes a turn as Carmen finds out about the death of her brother-in-law right before coming on air with him. Thus, we are privy to the beautiful, painful, and joyful dialogue that ensues as only it can when we are confronted with death, but death is confronted by Christ’s life.

 Ashley Chestnut – Book Spotlight: “It’s Not Just You”

For many people, sexual sin is something only men deal with. Yeah, women might lust, but that’s not really their thing. That’s not true, and Ashley is here to affirm in women “It’s Not Just You” who have this struggle. Many women fight against this and need safe people and helpful resources in and out of the church in their fight against it and toward being like Jesus. For more information on this book, click here.

Today’s Episode

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Today’s Guests

Ben Johnson – Media Writer for the Daily Writer

Senate intelligence committee holds public meeting on the Chinese Threat because they want the American people to know that China has been hacking into average American’s personal info. In other news, a court tells Catholic couple…if you want to avoid LGBT indoctrination, remove your kids from public school.

Brett McCracken – The Gospel Coalition

Brett discusses with Carmen the details of his article posted at the Gospel Coalition website, titled: 5 Foundations  That Lead to Compromise on Sexual Ethics.

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Today’s Guests

Maureen Maurer – Author of “Wonder Dogs”

“Wonder Dogs: True Stories of Extraordinary Assistance Dogs” gives readers a glimpse into the lives of these “wonder”-ful service dogs, how they are picked and trained. In it, Maureen also gives us her story of second chances and finding her God-given purpose in teaching these dogs to help people with various disabilities.

Carmen LaBerge – Leftovers

Join Carmen as she figuratively gives you a glimpse into the leftovers in her fridge. I’ll leave the rest as a surprise!

Today’s Episode

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Today’s Guests

Kenneth Menendez – Pastor of Open Door Baptist Church in Anchorage, Alaska

This Baptist church meets in what used to be a former strip club. Kenneth gives us a glimpse into the desire he had to plant a church  and the unlikely, yet beautiful ways God fulfilled that desire.

Ruth Kramer – Mission Network News

Recently the Myanmar military coup leader declared himself to be Prime Minister of the country, all amidst continued protests and Covid deaths. In India, we are also seeing deaths from Covid continue alongside the continued suffering of religious minorities. We continue the Covid conversation, but pivot to China as Ruth tells us that China plans to test the entire population for the virus.

Today’s Episode

https://nwmedia-ondemand.streamguys1.com/mornings-with-carmen/20210811085035-08-11-2021-Mornings-with-Carmen-HR1.mp3