Carmen talks with Peter Kapsner about Maundy Thursday Holy Week weirdness and the need for wisdom in ministry today What’s actually being taught in our school about identity. Carmen admits she’s never heard of “Be an Ally Friday,” have you? Peter makes references to Power Point presentations given to 11-14 year old students across the […]
Maundy Thursday… The day of the last supper and the footwashing and the predictions of both Judas’ betrayal and Peter’s denial. It is on this night Jesus leads his disciples from the Upper Room to walk through the olive grove where Jesus talked about what it means to abide in Him. In talking about his […]
When you hear the word blessing what comes to mind? How about the word curse? Does God bless and does God curse? How can we live under the prior and not the latter? All that in Carmen’s conversation in the first half hour with Bill English. Then, we turn to the reality of […]
That headline sounds like an odd combo, but trust me, it works! I feel like I have discovered a new friend in Per Ewert. (Yes, I know EVERYTHING he as written to this point is in Swedish and no, I don’t speak nor read Swedish – which is why I suspect I have not known […]
(I don’t know what happened to this post but yes, there was an hour 2 in yesterday’s show! Here it is!) Dr. David Stevens shares the truth about what happened to Jesus following his arrest, up to and through the crucifixion. It is, literally, excruciating. Difficult to listen to and imagine? Yes. But we are […]
Carmen’s commentary: Notre Dame….described in French newspapers this morning as our Lady, our history, our heart. The iconic cathedral sits at the every center of Paris – distance is literally measured from it. But to be honest, the church has become a historic marker and has not been the living heart nor the center of […]
Dr. Linda Mintle joins Carmen for a conversation about kids, school shooting drills, stress and the need for adults to train kids to be resilient, not fearful. NBC news and other outlets have been highlighting the effects of school shooting drills on kids in America. Children – who are very safe – are being made […]
Game of Thrones spoiler alert: Jesus wins. G.O.T. may have been baiting their fans with threats of winter and tweets declaring, “The Great War is here,” but Christians know better. G.O.T. may have declared “You’re the true king” but all the while Christians around the world were heralding the arrival of the true King of […]
Many Americans are simply being crushed beneath the burden of medical debt. But hospitals are willing to sell that debt for pennies on the dollar. No one knows that better than Craig Antico and his partners who spent their careers on the collection side of the equation before their eyes were opened to all the […]
Brandon Showalter from the Christian Post returns to talk through several headlines, including: What Walt Heyer, a man who formerly identified as transgender but who has been redeemed, is saying about the damage we – as a culture – are doing to the next generation through chemical and surgical sex change efforts. The Missio Alliance […]