4:00 PM to 4:10 PM **The Top 4 at 4**

4:10 PM to 4:25 PM This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Biden addresses inflation worries / makes case for infrastructure ... + ... GOP unhappy with provision in bipartisan infrastructure deal ... + ... COVID cases increase ... + ... US transfers Gitmo detainee ... + ... Haiti / Biden says no plan for US troops ... + ... FLOTUS plans to attend Olympics) ... GUEST Greg Clugston ... SRN News White House Correspondent

4:25 PM to 4:35 PM **Domino's Fans Are Confused By This Fish & Chips Pizza (Mashed)**

4:35 PM to 4:50 PM Western PA Covid-19 Update ... GUEST Dr Rick Zimmerman ... is a COVID-19 researcher collaborating with the Centers for Disease Control ... He clinically tests and treats Coronavirus patients, and has decade-plus experience as an infectious disease epidemiologist

4:50 PM to 5:00 PM **Passport backlog surges to 2.2M as applicants wait up to 24 weeks, senator says (Fox News)**

5:00 PM to 5:10 PM **PG INVESTIGATION | Troubled Transparency: Most Pennsylvania hospitals fail to reveal their prices to the public — as required by federal mandate (PG)**

5:10 PM to 5:25 PM Worship from a Young Adult's perspective: why it's important to be in a local church, and in-person ... GUEST Lisa Anderson ... Director of Boundless and Young Adults at Focus on the Family, and hosts “The Boundless Show” weekly podcast and radio show

5:25 PM to 5:35 PM **Study shows 'mom brain' is real (WTOL.com)**

5:35 PM to 5:50 PM EVERGREEN: The danger of Christian Celebrity ... GUEST J. Warner Wallace ... Dateline-featured Cold-Case Detective, Senior Fellow at the Colson Center for Christian Worldview, Adjunct Professor of Apologetics at Biola, Author of “Cold-Case Christianity,” “God’s Crime Scene,” “Forensic Faith,” and Creator of the Case Makers Academy for Kids

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4:00 PM to 4:10 PM **The Top 4 at 4**

4:10 PM to 4:25 PM Returning to church ... GUEST Michelle Van Loon ... author of several books, including "Born to Wander: Recovering the Value of Our Pilgrim Identity," and her most recent, "Becoming Sage: Cultivating Meaning, Purpose, and Spirituality in Midlife" ... Michelle is a regular contributor to Christianity Today's women's blog, In Touch magazine, and is the co-founder of a website for midlife women and men ... (Since coming to faith in Christ at the tail end of the Jesus Movement, her Jewish heritage, spiritual hunger, and storyteller's sensibilities have shaped her faith journey and informed her writing)

4:25 PM to 4:35 PM ** Los Angeles County to require masks indoors — regardless of COVID-19 vaccination status

4:35 PM to 4:50 PM My sister & I are on a mission to Try New Things as we all emerge from lockdown (and podcasting about it). I'm determined to keep adventure in my life after leaving my adventurous life in Indonesia 2 yrs ago ... GUEST Rebecca Hopkins ... GUEST Rebecca Hopkins ... a journalist living in Colorado ... She spent 14 yrs in Indonesia and writes about international nonprofit work.

4:50 PM to 5:00 PM **World’s happiest country seeks migrants (Barrons) ... + ... **Making deer glow to prevent cars from hitting them (BoingBoing)**

5:00 PM to 5:10 PM **Parents who never stopped searching (NYT)**

5:10 PM to 5:25 PM Don’t believe in systemic racism? Let’s talk about the sexual revolution ... GUEST Dr Karen Swallow Prior ... Research Professor of English & Christianity & Culture at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary ... She is the author of, most recently, "On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Literature" ... She is also co-editor of "Cultural Engagement: A Crash Course in Contemporary Issues," and has contributed to numerous other books. 

5:25 PM to 5:35 PM ** Kraft Unveils New Mac & Cheese Ice Cream Mac & Cheese Mashup: The Brooklyn-based Van Leeuwen Ice Cream is unveiling a Kraft Macaroni & Cheese- flavored ice cream.

5:35 PM to 5:50 PM EVERGREEN: Practicing mindfulness online ... GUEST Doug Bursch ... copastor of Evergreen Foursquare Church in Auburn, Wash ... the host and producer of The Fairly Spiritual Show radio program and podcast (from May 21, 21)

5:50 PM to 6:00 PM **Fun Stuff in Pgh coming up**

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4:00 PM to 4:10 PM **The Top 4 at 4**

4:10 PM to 4:25 PM Returning to church ... GUEST Michelle Van Loon ... author of several books, including "Born to Wander: Recovering the Value of Our Pilgrim Identity," and her most recent, "Becoming Sage: Cultivating Meaning, Purpose, and Spirituality in Midlife" ... Michelle is a regular contributor to Christianity Today's women's blog, In Touch magazine, and is the co-founder of a website for midlife women and men ... (Since coming to faith in Christ at the tail end of the Jesus Movement, her Jewish heritage, spiritual hunger, and storyteller's sensibilities have shaped her faith journey and informed her writing)

4:25 PM to 4:35 PM ** Los Angeles County to require masks indoors — regardless of COVID-19 vaccination status

4:35 PM to 4:50 PM My sister & I are on a mission to Try New Things as we all emerge from lockdown (and podcasting about it). I'm determined to keep adventure in my life after leaving my adventurous life in Indonesia 2 yrs ago ... GUEST Rebecca Hopkins ... GUEST Rebecca Hopkins ... a journalist living in Colorado ... She spent 14 yrs in Indonesia and writes about international nonprofit work.

4:50 PM to 5:00 PM **World’s happiest country seeks migrants (Barrons) ... + ... **Making deer glow to prevent cars from hitting them (BoingBoing)**

5:00 PM to 5:10 PM **Parents who never stopped searching (NYT)**

5:10 PM to 5:25 PM Don’t believe in systemic racism? Let’s talk about the sexual revolution ... GUEST Dr Karen Swallow Prior ... Research Professor of English & Christianity & Culture at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary ... She is the author of, most recently, "On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Literature" ... She is also co-editor of "Cultural Engagement: A Crash Course in Contemporary Issues," and has contributed to numerous other books. 

5:25 PM to 5:35 PM ** Kraft Unveils New Mac & Cheese Ice Cream Mac & Cheese Mashup: The Brooklyn-based Van Leeuwen Ice Cream is unveiling a Kraft Macaroni & Cheese- flavored ice cream.

5:35 PM to 5:50 PM EVERGREEN: Practicing mindfulness online ... GUEST Doug Bursch ... copastor of Evergreen Foursquare Church in Auburn, Wash ... the host and producer of The Fairly Spiritual Show radio program and podcast (from May 21, 21)

5:50 PM to 6:00 PM **Fun Stuff in Pgh coming up**

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4:00 PM to 4:10 PM **The Top 4 at 4**

4:10 PM / 4:10 PM (EDT) to 4:25 PM / 4:25 PM (EDT) Ask the Pastor ... GUEST Rev Chris Marshall ... New Life Christian Ministries, Saxonburg PA

Location: live in studio & taking calls
4:25 PM to 4:35 PM Part 2 Ask the Pastor ...

GUEST Rev Chris Marshall

4:35 PM to 4:50 PM Part 3 Ask the Pastor ... GUEST Rev Chris Marshall

4:50 PM to 5:00 PM **Companies target a new market: the stressed out (WSJ)**

5:00 PM to 5:10 PM **How a NASA tweet stoked a religious divide (Vice)**

5:10 PM to 5:25 PM 25% of regular churchgoers have no plans to go back just yet ... GUEST Dr Richard Land ... Executive Editor of The Christian Post

5:25 PM to 5:35 PM **Does this make Sense? **

5:35 PM to 5:50 PM **New LadyOfLaVange statue expected to attract faithful around the Vietnamese diaspora (Yahoo) ... + ... **It’s Hollywood Barbie’s moment & she’s bringing her friends (NYT)**

5:50 PM to 6:00 PM **Snacks you ate as a child**

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4:00 PM to 4:10 PM **The Top 4 at 4**

4:10 PM / 4:10 PM (EDT) to 4:25 PM / 4:25 PM (EDT) Ask the Pastor ... GUEST Rev Chris Marshall ... New Life Christian Ministries, Saxonburg PA

Location: live in studio & taking calls

4:25 PM to 4:35 PM Part 2 Ask the Pastor ...

GUEST Rev Chris Marshall

4:35 PM to 4:50 PM Part 3 Ask the Pastor ... GUEST Rev Chris Marshall

4:50 PM to 5:00 PM **Companies target a new market: the stressed out (WSJ)**

5:00 PM to 5:10 PM **How a NASA tweet stoked a religious divide (Vice)**

5:10 PM to 5:25 PM 25% of regular churchgoers have no plans to go back just yet ... GUEST Dr Richard Land ... Executive Editor of The Christian Post

5:25 PM to 5:35 PM **Does this make Sense? **

5:35 PM to 5:50 PM **New LadyOfLaVange statue expected to attract faithful around the Vietnamese diaspora (Yahoo) ... + ... **It’s Hollywood Barbie’s moment & she’s bringing her friends (NYT)**

5:50 PM to 6:00 PM **Snacks you ate as a child**

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4:00 PM to 4:10 PM The Top 4 at 4

4:10 PM to 4:25 PM The conversation we're
missing in communion... Caleb Batchelor ...
Youth & Families minister at Desert Springs
Church in Albuquerque, NM

4:25 PM to 4:35 PM **A music-lover’s guide
to Pgh (CityPaper)**

4:35 PM / 4:35 PM (EDT) to 4:50 PM / 4:50
PM (EDT) Church attendance is down …
GUEST Doug Bursch … copastor of Evergreen
Foursquare Church in Auburn, Wash … the
host and producer of The Fairly Spiritual Show
radio program and podcast

4:50 PM to 5:00 PM **Dreading a return to
your commute? These tips may make it less
terrible (WashPo)**

5:00 PM to 5:10 PM Are you eating out? Has
your tipping changed since COVID? ... + ...
Survey: Gen Z and millennials are terrible
tippers (Yahoo)**

5:10 PM / 5:10 PM (EDT) to 5:25 PM / 5:25 PM
(EDT) Visceral Sin: A Grace-Centered
Approach to Addressing Deeply Embedded
Sin (new book) ... GUEST Zach Sewell ...
Minister to Young Adults at the Overland Park
Church in Overland Park, KS ... He is the
author of “A Time to Preach” and “Prisoners
in the Bible” ... lives in the Kansas City area
with his wife & kids

5:25 PM to 5:35 PM **Does this make Sense?
**
5:35 PM to 5:50 PM Shem, Ham, and
Japheth : Are you my cousin? ... GUEST Toni
Turner ... Pittsburgh-based pastor, counselor
and teacher from The Gracism Task Force

5:50 PM to 6:00 PM **Olymnpic athletes to
put on own medals at Tokyo ceremonies
(AP)**

 

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4:00 PM to 4:10 PM The Top 4 at 4

4:10 PM to 4:25 PM The conversation we're

missing in communion... Caleb Batchelor ...

Youth & Families minister at Desert Springs

Church in Albuquerque, NM

4:25 PM to 4:35 PM **A music-lover’s guide

to Pgh (CityPaper)**

4:35 PM / 4:35 PM (EDT) to 4:50 PM / 4:50

PM (EDT) Church attendance is down …

GUEST Doug Bursch … copastor of Evergreen

Foursquare Church in Auburn, Wash … the

host and producer of The Fairly Spiritual Show

radio program and podcast

4:50 PM to 5:00 PM **Dreading a return to

your commute? These tips may make it less

terrible (WashPo)**

5:00 PM to 5:10 PM Are you eating out? Has

your tipping changed since COVID? ... + ...

Survey: Gen Z and millennials are terrible

tippers (Yahoo)**

5:10 PM / 5:10 PM (EDT) to 5:25 PM / 5:25 PM

(EDT) Visceral Sin: A Grace-Centered

Approach to Addressing Deeply Embedded

Sin (new book) ... GUEST Zach Sewell ...

Minister to Young Adults at the Overland Park

Church in Overland Park, KS ... He is the

author of “A Time to Preach” and “Prisoners

in the Bible” ... lives in the Kansas City area

with his wife & kids

5:25 PM to 5:35 PM **Does this make Sense?

**

5:35 PM to 5:50 PM Shem, Ham, and

Japheth : Are you my cousin? ... GUEST Toni

Turner ... Pittsburgh-based pastor, counselor

and teacher from The Gracism Task Force

5:50 PM to 6:00 PM **Olymnpic athletes to

put on own medals at Tokyo ceremonies

(AP)**

 

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4:15 Tim and Kathy Keller- Co-founders Redeemer Presbyterian Church, NYC

4:40 Alan Noble- Co-founder and managing editor at Christ and Pop Culture

5:15 Sloan Davidson- Founder and CEO of Hello Neighbor

5:40 J. Warner Wallace- Dateline featured Cold-Case Detective, "Cold Case Christianity"

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4:15 Tim and Kathy Keller- Co-founders Redeemer Presbyterian Church, NYC

4:40 Alan Noble- Co-founder and managing editor at Christ and Pop Culture

5:15 Sloan Davidson- Founder and CEO of Hello Neighbor

5:40 J. Warner Wallace- Dateline featured Cold-Case Detective, "Cold Case Christianity"

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4:00 PM to 4:10 PM **The Top 4 at 4**

4:10 PM to 4:25 PM Spiritual Practices: they don’t earn us anything, but are a process of de-cluttering our hearts and minds to experience what is there already ... GUEST Scott Erickson ... is a touring painter, performance speaker, & creative curate whose work appears on CNN, National Geographic, and various magazines, newspaper outlets, and book covers ... He is the co-author of “Prayer: Forty Days of Practice” and the author of “Honest Advent” ... (His current show, “SAY YES: A Liturgy of Not Giving Up On Yourself”, juxtaposes story- teaching, participation, humor, and image curation as Scott walks us through the very personal and universal conversation about the death of a dream and the overwhelming voice of Giving Up in our lives.

4:25 PM to 4:35 PM **This or That**

4:35 PM to 4:50 PM **If you had to cook a single meal to impress someone, what would you make?**

4:50 PM to 5:00 PM **A flight out of Hawaii is interrupted when multiple birds boarded the place and had to be guided out of the cabin (CNN)**

5:00 PM to 5:10 PM **Holding Tokyo Olympics w/o fans could hurt performance, organizers say (NYT) ... + ... **Athlete activism may be headed to Tokyo (WashPo)**

5:10 PM to 5:25 PM Walking Through Fire: A Memoir of Loss and Redemption (new book) ... GUEST Vaneetha Risner ... is a writer & speaker who helps people find hope in the midst of suffering ... Part of her story is losing her infant son, which was the inspiration for the hit song "Held," recorded by Natalie Grant ... She is also the author of “The Scars That Have Shaped Me: How God Meets Us in Suffering” ... Before she started writing, Vaneetha had a career in business & received her MBA from Stanford Grad School of Business ... Vaneetha is married to Joel & has 2 grown daughters ... (contracted polio as an infant, was misdiagnosed, & lived with widespread paralysis, in & out of the hospital for 10 yrs ... she became a Christian, w carefree college days, a dream job in Boston, and an MBA from Stanford where she met & married a classmate ... but life unraveled. Again ... She had 4 miscarriages; her son died because of a dr's mistake ... and she was diagnosed with post-polio syndrome, meaning she would likely become a quadriplegic ... & then her husband betrayed her & moved out, leaving her to raise 2 adolescent daughters alone ... This was not the abundant life she thought God had promised her. But, as Vaneetha discovered, everything she experienced was designed to draw her closer to Christ as she discovered "that intimacy with God in suffering can be breathtakingly beautiful”)

5:25 PM to 5:35 PM **For another year, the world’s most famous door-knocking ministry will stay home (RNS)**

5:35 PM to 5:50 PM **The Week in Review** 

5:50 PM to 6:00 PM **5 things to do in Pgh this weekend**

5:50 PM to 6:00 PM **Michigan man unearths 158 bowling balls under his porch (BoingBoing) ... + ... Ukraine’s army orders female soldiers to march in high heels (BoingBoing) .... + ... In 1961 the Yankees told her she couldn’t be a bat girl; 60 yrs later, it happened (WashPo)**

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