4:10 PM - This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Biden-Putin summit on Wed ... + ... Biden wrapping up first foreign trip ... + ... Netanyahu out of power ... + ... Trump Justice Department secretly seized records from Dem lawmakers and journalists) ... GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent

4:25 PM **Average age of vehicles hits all-time high: Cars, trucks, SUVs getting older as used car prices soar USA Today

5:10 PM to 5:25 PM Dante in 2021 … GUEST Matthew Lee Anderson … assistant research professor of ethics and theology at Baylor University

5:35 PM to 5:50 PM .. GUEST Tony Woodlief ... lives and writes in North Carolina ... His short fiction has appeared in Image, Ruminate, Saint Katherine Review, and Dappled Things, while his essays about parenthood and faith have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Comment, and The London Times ... He runs a website for fathers called Intentional Fathering, and he can occasionally be found on Twitter

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4:10 PM - Live Like There's No Yesterday: Discover the Freedom of Leaving the Past Behind (new book)… GUEST John Westfall … a former radio show host, an ordained pastor, and an adjunct professor at Fuller Theological Seminary … John’s other books include “Getting Past what you’ll never Get Over,” and “I didn’t sign up for This: Find Hope when Everything is Going Wrong”.

4:25 PM **This or That**

4:35 PM - The Ascension … GUEST Frederica Mathewes-Green ... wide-ranging author, whose work has appeared in such diverse publications as the Wash Post, Christianity Today, Smithsonian, the LA Times .. she's the author of "The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes the Heart to God," and book, "Welcome to the Orthodox Church: an Introduction to Eastern Christianity" … (It has always seemed to me so poignant when the Apostles say, "Will you at this time restore the fortunes of Israel?”).

4:50 PM **Pulitzer prizes were given today**

5:00 PM **Here are some top vacation getaways for PA travelers this Summer (Trib)**

5:10 PM - A Beautiful Diaster... GUEST Marlena Graves ... author of “The Way Up Is Down: Finding Yourself by Forgetting Yourself,” and “A Beautiful Disaster: Finding Hope in the Midst of Brokenness”.

5:25 PM **10 in-person things to do in June in Pgh (NextPgh)**

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

5:50 PM **Hit a golf ball at Yellowstone Park? Seemed like a good idea at the time (WSJ) ... + ... **Jeff Bezos will fly aboard Blue Origins first human trip to space next month (NYT)**

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4:10 PM - Live Like There's No Yesterday: Discover the Freedom of Leaving the Past Behind (new book)… GUEST John Westfall … a former radio show host, an ordained pastor, and an adjunct professor at Fuller Theological Seminary … John’s other books include “Getting Past what you’ll never Get Over,” and “I didn’t sign up for This: Find Hope when Everything is Going Wrong”.

4:25 PM **This or That**

4:35 PM - The Ascension … GUEST Frederica Mathewes-Green ... wide-ranging author, whose work has appeared in such diverse publications as the Wash Post, Christianity Today, Smithsonian, the LA Times .. she's the author of "The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes the Heart to God," and book, "Welcome to the Orthodox Church: an Introduction to Eastern Christianity" … (It has always seemed to me so poignant when the Apostles say, "Will you at this time restore the fortunes of Israel?”).

4:50 PM **Pulitzer prizes were given today**

5:00 PM **Here are some top vacation getaways for PA travelers this Summer (Trib)**

5:10 PM - A Beautiful Diaster... GUEST Marlena Graves ... author of “The Way Up Is Down: Finding Yourself by Forgetting Yourself,” and “A Beautiful Disaster: Finding Hope in the Midst of Brokenness”.

5:25 PM **10 in-person things to do in June in Pgh (NextPgh)**

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

5:50 PM **Hit a golf ball at Yellowstone Park? Seemed like a good idea at the time (WSJ) ... + ... **Jeff Bezos will fly aboard Blue Origins first human trip to space next month (NYT)**

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4:10 PM - Recovering from Biblical Manhood and Womanhood: How the Church Needs to Rediscover Her Purpose (new book) … GUEST Aimee Byrd

4:35 PM **Should you paint your house black? A trendy debate (WSJ)**

4:50 PM **Man who slapped Macron sentenced to 4 months in prison (WSJ)**

5:00 PM t**Sacrificing sleep to make time for yourself? Tips to stop “revenge bedtime procrastination” (NYT)**

5:10 PM - “The finite cannot contain the infinite” (finitum non capax infiniti); or can it??? Confession Concerning Christ’s Supper (1528) ... GUEST Pastor Eric A ... Campus Chaplain, Lutheran Student Fellowship of Pittsburgh (LSF) & First Trinity Lutheran Church, North Oakland.

5:35 PM - Sex Scandals: Is the evangelical view of sex at the root of them? It was not celebrity culture that taught Ravi Zacharias, Carl Lentz & countless other pastors to objectify women. Our evangelical culture primed them for it … GUEST Sheila Wray Gregoire … award-winning author and marriage & sex blogger at ToLoveHonorandVacuum.com.

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4:10 PM - Recovering from Biblical Manhood and Womanhood: How the Church Needs to Rediscover Her Purpose (new book) … GUEST Aimee Byrd

4:35 PM **Should you paint your house black? A trendy debate (WSJ)**

4:50 PM **Man who slapped Macron sentenced to 4 months in prison (WSJ)**

5:00 PM t**Sacrificing sleep to make time for yourself? Tips to stop “revenge bedtime procrastination” (NYT)**

5:10 PM - “The finite cannot contain the infinite” (finitum non capax infiniti); or can it??? Confession Concerning Christ’s Supper (1528) ... GUEST Pastor Eric A ... Campus Chaplain, Lutheran Student Fellowship of Pittsburgh (LSF) & First Trinity Lutheran Church, North Oakland.

5:35 PM - Sex Scandals: Is the evangelical view of sex at the root of them? It was not celebrity culture that taught Ravi Zacharias, Carl Lentz & countless other pastors to objectify women. Our evangelical culture primed them for it … GUEST Sheila Wray Gregoire … award-winning author and marriage & sex blogger at ToLoveHonorandVacuum.com.

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4:10 PM - Pope Widens Church Law to Target Sexual Abuse of Adults by Priests and Laity ... GUEST Father Lou Vallone ... was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Pgh in 1973 ... Since his ordination, Fr. Lou has shepherded the faith communities of 9 diff parishes, 6 of them as pastor ... Now retired as a Pastor & Adjunct Professor at Duquesne University.

4:35 PM - What the Plummeting Fertility Rate Means for Churches … GUEST Philip Jenkins … Professor of History at Baylor University and co-director for Baylor’s Program on Historical Studies of Religion in the Institute for Studies of Religion.

4:50 PM **Pgh’ s Gulf Tower has been condemned (Trib)**

5:00 PM **Watch out for the cicadas! Biden takes a hit to his neck (NYT)**

5:10 PM - Touching This Leviathan (new book) … GUEST Peter Wayne Moe … Associate Professor of English at Seattle Pacific Univ … (in August 2020, I led 158 volunteers in hanging a whale skeleton in his university’s science building).

5:35 PM - Live music post-Covid: What does a concert promoter do? How did that work during COVID? … GUEST Brian Drusky … Drusky Entertainment.

5:50 PM to 6:00 PM **Save your Skin: How the shower matters.

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4:10 PM - Pope Widens Church Law to Target Sexual Abuse of Adults by Priests and Laity ... GUEST Father Lou Vallone ... was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Pgh in 1973 ... Since his ordination, Fr. Lou has shepherded the faith communities of 9 diff parishes, 6 of them as pastor ... Now retired as a Pastor & Adjunct Professor at Duquesne University.

4:35 PM - What the Plummeting Fertility Rate Means for Churches … GUEST Philip Jenkins … Professor of History at Baylor University and co-director for Baylor’s Program on Historical Studies of Religion in the Institute for Studies of Religion.

4:50 PM **Pgh’ s Gulf Tower has been condemned (Trib)**

5:00 PM **Watch out for the cicadas! Biden takes a hit to his neck (NYT)**

5:10 PM - Touching This Leviathan (new book) … GUEST Peter Wayne Moe … Associate Professor of English at Seattle Pacific Univ … (in August 2020, I led 158 volunteers in hanging a whale skeleton in his university’s science building).

5:35 PM - Live music post-Covid: What does a concert promoter do? How did that work during COVID? … GUEST Brian Drusky … Drusky Entertainment.

5:50 PM to 6:00 PM **Save your Skin: How the shower matters.

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@ 0:11:33 - Checking in w the Kellers ... GUESTS Tim & Kathy Keller

@ 0:36:30 - Dwell on These Things: A Thirty-One-Day Challenge to Talk to Yourself Like God Talks to You (new book) … GUEST John Stange … lead pastor of Core Creek Community Church in Langhorne, PA as well as an adjunct professor at Cairn University, where he teaches courses on counseling, theology, and church planting.

@ 0:48:54 **NYC plans a Central Park mega concert to celebrate re-opening (NYT)**

@ 1:00:02 **A herd of wild elephants wandering across China captivates millions (WSJ)**

@ 1:09:05 - The Broken and Beautiful Church Behind Aretha Franklin’s National Geographic’s biopic offers a glimpse into the congregation that formed the “Queen of Soul” ... GUEST Kutter Callaway ... Associate Professor of Theology and Culture at Fuller Theological Seminary and co-director of Reel Spirituality ... most recent book is “The Aesthetics of Atheism: Theology and Imagination in Contemporary Culture”.

@ 1:30:07 **Does this make Sense? **

@ 1:36:21 - The role of Deacons… GUEST Father Tom Soroka ... pastor of St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, Mckees Rocks, PA.

@ 1:49:53 **Charles Stanley not selling CBD ... + ... RIck Warren announces retirement**

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@ 0:11:33 - Checking in w theKellers ... GUESTS Tim & Kathy Keller

@ 0:36:30 - Dwell on These Things: AThirty-One-Day Challenge to Talk to YourselfLike God Talks to You (new book) … GUEST John Stange … lead pastor of Core Creek Community Church in Langhorne, PA as well as an adjunct professor at Cairn University, where he teaches courses on counseling, theology, and church planting.

@ 0:48:54 **NYC plans a Central Park mega concert to celebrate re-opening (NYT)**

@ 1:00:02 **A herd of wild elephants wandering across China captivates millions (WSJ)**

@ 1:09:05 - The Broken and Beautiful Church Behind Aretha Franklin’s National Geographic’s biopic offers a glimpse into the congregation that formed the “Queen of Soul” ... GUEST Kutter Callaway ... Associate Professor of Theology and Culture at Fuller Theological Seminary and co-director of Reel Spirituality ... most recent book is “The Aesthetics of Atheism: Theology and Imagination in Contemporary Culture”.

@ 1:30:07 **Does this make Sense? **

@ 1:36:21 - The role of Deacons… GUEST Father Tom Soroka ... pastor of St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, Mckees Rocks, PA.

@ 1:49:53 **Charles Stanley not selling CBD ... + ... RIck Warren announces retirement**

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4:10 PM - This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Biden’s 1st foreign trip ... + ... Dem. Sen. Manchin blocks Dem voting bill ... + ... Trump weekend speech ... + ... Pence raises visibility ... + … Infrastructure back/forth (not a ton new, in case you want to skip) ... GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent

4:35 PM **Nun story (Twitter)**

4:50 PM **$ of our favorite thrift stores in Pgh (Pgh Mag)**

5:00 PM **Vaccines push the question: Are you going back to Church? (WashPo)**

5:10 PM - Enjoying the Bible: Literary Approaches to Loving the Scriptures ... GUEST Matthew Mullins ... is associate professor of English and History of Ideas at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, NC ... He is also author of "Postmodernism in Pieces"

5:35 PM - Helping Young Adults Find Their Dream Job … GUEST Lisa Anderson … Director of Boundless and Young Adults at Focus on the Family, and hosts “The Boundless Show” weekly podcast and radio show

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