How to guard your physical (and mental) health thru the holidays GUEST Drew Dyck … acquisitions editor at Moody Publishers  … author of “Just Show Up: How Small Acts of Faithfulness Change Everything (A Guide for Exhausted Christians)” & “Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible & Brain Science,” “Yawning at Tigers: You Can’t Tame God, So Stop Trying,” and “Generation Ex-Christian: Why Young Adults Are Leaving the Church… & how to Bring Them Back”

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Dealing with loss with renewed hope and perspective  … GUEST Doug Bursch …  writer, podcaster & pastor … the author of “Posting Peace:  Why Social Media divides us and What we can Do about It”.

God doesn't ask us to do anything that he hasn't already done himself… GUEST Father Tom Soroka ... pastor of St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, Mckees Rocks, PA.

The star of Bethlehem and the wise men!!! Proof that science and faith do not contradict, but rather complement one another ... GUEST Father Jason Charron ... Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church, Carnegie PA.

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This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (drone fever hits DC … + … Congress racing to avoid shutdown on Friday … + … Trump holds 1st post-election news conference … + … annual Christmas poem! )… GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent.

Combatting sex trafficking in Pgh ... GUEST Linda Kricher ... Acting Executive Director, Refuge for Women Pittsburgh refugeforwomen.org/pittsburgh/

… GUEST Amy Julia Becker … helps people reimagine the good life through her writing and speaking on disability, faith, and culture …author of “To Be Made Well,” “White Picket Fences,” “Small Talk,” and “A Good and Perfect Gift” … guest opinion writer for national publications and hosts the Reimagining the Good Life podcast.

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Why are Cooling Towers shaped like that? … GUEST Ralph Crewe … Head Writer & Producer for Practical Engineering and co-boss of Nerd Nite Pittsburgh … a generally Curious Person.

 Books .… GUEST Byron Borger … owner, Hearts and Minds Bookstore, Dallastown PA

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Comfort in the Ashes: Explorations in the Book of Job to Support Trauma Survivors (new book) … GUEST Michelle Keener … associate research fellow with the Kirby-Laing Centre for Public Theology and the director of discipleship for a growing church in Las Vegas.

Hope in the midst of struggle … GUEST Keith Kondrich  … permanent Deacon for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pgh, formerly an Allegheny County Jail chaplain for The Foundation of HOPE, a local faith-based nonprofit helping men and women successfully re-enter their communities and reconnect with their families after being incarcerated .

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4:10 PM This Week in the Nation’s Capital… GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent

4:25 PM Personal priorities in public life: Restoring confidence in DOJ and FBI … GUEST Paul J McNulty, 9th president of Grove City

5:10 PM Silence & Peace, War and rumors of War: why are our hearts are so restless? … GUEST Rev Kurt Bjorklund ... Senior Pastor, Orchard Hill Church

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  The Theology of Christmas Carols … GUEST Dr Richard Mouw ... professor of faith & public life at Fuller Theo Seminary in Pasadena, CA, where he served as president for 20 yrs ... written numerous books, incl “Adventures in Evangelical Civility,” “Uncommon Decency,” “Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport,”“The Smell of Sawdust,” and the newest “Restless Faith:  Holding evangelical beliefs in a world of Contested Labels”.

Young Evangelicals & Deconversion … GUEST Dr Tim Muehlhoff ... Professor of Communication at Biola University ... He’s the author of “Winsome Conviction: Disagreeing Without Dividing the Church,” winner of the Award of Merit in Christianity Today’s Best Books of 2022 list … Tim’s “Winsome Persuasion: Christian Influence in a Post-Christian World."

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Spiritual warfare … GUEST Rev Bill Glaze ... Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood.

Faith & Science:  Christian unity in scientific issues (Acts 15)  … GUEST Dr Sy Garte ... biochemist who has taught at NY Univ, the Univ of Pgh, and Rutgers Univ ... He's the author of "The Works of His Hands:  A Scientist's Journey from Atheism to Faith," “Science & Faith in Harmony: Contemplations on a Distilled Doxology,” and the upcoming “Beyond Evolution”.

Healthy Calling: From Toxic Burnout to Sustainable Work (new book) … GUEST Dr Arianna Molloy … Assoc prof of Organizational Communication at Biola Univ,, where she researches meaningful work, work as a calling, and the connection between humility and burnout in the workplace.

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Friendship: do some just die off? How to prevent this from happening? What are the causes of friendships fracturing?… GUEST Dorothy Little Greco ... writer & photographer who lives outside Boston ... The author of "Making Marriage Beautiful," and most recently, “Marriage in the Middle:  Embracing Midlife Surprises, Challenges & Joys” … Dorothy & her husband lead marriage workshops/retreats, speak at conferences nationwide.

“Our Church Speaks: An Illustrated Devotional of Saints from Every Era and Place (new book)” … GUEST DJ Marotta … priest and the founder of Redeemer Anglican Church in Richmond, VA and author of “Liturgy in the Wilderness: How the Lord's Prayer Shapes the Imagination of the Church in a Secular Age”.

The real Santa … GUEST Frederica Mathewes-Green  .. she's the author of "The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes the Heart to God," and "Welcome to the Orthodox Church: an Introduction to Eastern Christianity"

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