Carmen leads off by chronicling the competing narratives on race in America today. Then she talks with Justin Giboney from The And Campaign about Jacob Blake, the DNC platform, the coalition of Christian groups pushing for criminal justice reform and how people of faith must engage in the 2020 election process. In the second half, […]
Carmen comments on the resignation of Liberty University President Jerry Falwell, Jr. and calls for prayer for all involved. Carmen is joined in conversation by Dr. Mark Caleb Smith of Cedarville University for a discussion of the RNC day 1, highlighting speeches by Herschel Walker, Nikki Haley and Senator Tim Scott. They also discuss down […]
Prayers arise for neighbors along the Gulf Coast shoring up against coming storms, in California facing hundreds of fires, in Iowa following the derecho, in Kenosha, Wisconsin following another police shooting of a black man – seven times, in the back, with his three minor children in the car. Horrific headlines. Let us #PraytheNews. Carmen […]
Dr. Zach Jenkins returns with the this week’s round up of COVID headlines and then Dr. Adam Carrington joins Carmen for a conversation about the back to back political conventions. He offers a review of last week’s Democratic National Convention and a preview of what the GOP has planned for the Republican National Convention this […]
Carmen opens with the question: What are you watching? In the same way you might make a food journal to track exactly what you eat – to unmask mindless eating habits – what might happen if you kept a media journal to track exactly what you watch? From videos on phone, tablet and TV, what […]
Matthew Hawkins and Carmen explore the op ed by Jack Phillips in Newsweek juxtaposing the experience Jack had as a baker who refused to bake a cake and the experience a lesbian cake baker who similarly refused is now having. Jack was eviscerated by the media; the lesbian cake baker is being celebrated. Both refused […]
The response lines melted down after Carmen’s opening commentary today on the President’s recounting of a personal conversation with God in which God assures President Trump of divine favor and God’s commitment to help Trump rebuild the U.S. economy. Carmen talks with Dr. Peter Kapsner about the future of marriage and the future of Christian […]
Kamala Harris is the Democratic Party candidate to serve as the next Vice President of the United States. So, let’s get to know her as a person of faith, public figure and how she understands the intersection of faith and public life. Ben Johnson joins Carmen to discuss Kamala Harris’ faith and her limited vision […]
Bill English returns to discuss the 4 purposes for business and then Sally Clarkson joins Carmen to discuss her new book, Awaking Wonder: Opening your Child’s heart to the Beauty of Learning. Notes for the conversation with Bill: Why did God create businesses? Among other reasons there are at least these four – Products and […]
Carmen talks today with Tracy Berta who describes the harrowing 40 minutes she spent in the basement of a coffee shop in Cedar Rapids as the derecho passed overhead. First they heard the roof rip off, then the bricks fell from the sides of the historic house, then the trees in the park across the […]