The left pounced on the current president's use of the phrase illegal during last week's State of the Union campaign speech Guest host Jeff Stein suggests that if they don't like the term illegal then how about criminal because they violated the law by coming here See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

Near the dawn of the nineteenth century Mary McDowell lived worlds apart from the brutal stockyards of Chicago Although her home was just twenty miles away she knew little about the horrific labor conditions that prompted workers in the stockyards to strike Once she learned of the difficulties faced by them and their families McDowell moved in and lived amid them mdash advocating for better conditions She ministered to their needs including teaching children at a school in the back of a small shop Standing up for better conditions for others mdash even when not directly impacted mdash is something [... more]

Firefighters who booed anti-Trump Attorney General Letitia James will be hunted down and will be forced to undergo education training Rep Mike Collins Missouri State Rep Justin Sparks and Lynne Patton join the conversation See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

MAGA truck drivers have launched a grassroots boycott of New York City in protest of how they are treating former President Trump Lynne Patton Charles Thorngren Rep Clay Higgins and Tim Barton join the conversation See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

A co-worker once told me that her prayer life had improved because of our manager I was impressed thinking that our difficult leader had shared some spiritual nuggets with her and influenced her prayer life I was wrong mdash sort of My co-worker and friend went on to explain ldquo Every time I see him coming I start praying rdquo Her prayer life had improved because she prayed more before each conversation with him She knew she needed God rsquo s help in her challenging work relationship with her manager and she called out to Him more because of it [... more]

I felt my heartrate increase as I opened my mouth to refute the charges a dear friend was leveling against me What I had posted online had nothing to do with her as she implied But before I replied I whispered a prayer I then calmed down and heard what she was saying and the hurt behind her words It was clear that this went further than the surface My friend was hurting and my need to defend myself dissolved as I chose to help her address her pain During this conversation I learned what James meant in today rsquo [... more]

A mail carrier became concerned after seeing one of her customers rsquo mail pile up The postal worker knew the elderly woman lived alone and usually picked up her mail every day Making a wise choice the worker mentioned her concern to one of the woman rsquo s neighbors This neighbor alerted yet another neighbor who had a spare key to the woman rsquo s home Together they entered their friend rsquo s home and found her lying on the floor She had fallen four days earlier and couldn rsquo t get up or call for help The postal worker [... more]

During my morning walk the sun hit the waters of Lake Michigan at a perfect angle to produce a stunning view I asked my friend to stop and wait for me as I positioned my camera to take a pic Because of the position of the sun I couldn rsquo t see the image on my phone rsquo s screen before I snapped the shot But having done this before I sensed it would be a great picture I told me friend ldquo We can rsquo t see it now but pictures like this always come out good rdquo Walking [... more]

A few weeks after the death of a dear friend I spoke with her mom I was hesitant to ask how she was doing because I thought it was an inappropriate question she was grieving But I pushed aside my reluctance and simply asked how she was holding up Her reply ldquo Listen I choose joy rdquo Her words ministered to me that day as I struggled to push beyond some unpleasant circumstances in my own life And her words also reminded me of Moses rsquo edict to the Israelites at the end of Deuteronomy Just before Moses rsquo death [... more]

When a single mother had to find work to take care of her family in the s she took on typing jobs The only issue was that she wasn rsquo t a very good typist and kept making mistakes She looked for ways to cover up her errors and eventually created what rsquo s known as Liquid Paper a white correction fluid used to cover-up typing errors Once it dries you can type over the cover-up as if there were no errors Jesus offers us an infinitely more powerful and important way to deal with our sin mdash no cover-up [... more]

As the mask mandate requirements during the pandemic loosened I struggled to remember to keep a mask handy for where they were still required mdash like my daughter rsquo s school One day when I needed a mask I found just one in my car the one I avoided wearing because it had ldquo BLESSED rdquo written across the front I prefer to wear masks without messages and I believe that the word on the mask I found is overused But I had no choice so I reluctantly put the mask on And when I nearly showed my annoyance with [... more]

Bruce Patton Mike Huckabee Allen West Simulcast with Varney Co on FOX Business Peter Morici John Rich Sen Tim Scott R-SC Learn more about your ad choices Visit megaphone fm adchoices [... more]

As our adopted granny lay in her hospital bed after suffering several strokes her doctors were unsure of the amount of brain damage she had endured They needed to wait until she was a bit better to test her brain function She spoke very few words and even fewer were understandable But when the -year-old woman who had babysat my daughter for twelve years saw me she opened her parched mouth and asked ldquo How is Kayla rdquo The first words she spoke to me were about my child whom she had loved so freely and fully Jesus loved children [... more]

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On this episode of Our American Stories even before the U S British victory in the North African campaign in May there was disagreement among the Allies on the best strategy to defeat the Axis Eventually the U S and British political leadership reached a compromise in which both would commit most of their forces to an invasion of France in early but also launch a relatively small-scale Italian campaign Here's Stephen Ambrose with the story Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

The CEO of a frozen treats franchise went undercover on the television series Undercover Boss donning a cashier rsquo s uniform Working at one of the franchise rsquo s stores her wig and makeup disguised her identity as she became the ldquo new rdquo employee Her goal was to see how things were really working from the inside and on the ground Based on her observations she was able to solve some of the issues the store was facing Jesus took on a ldquo humble position rdquo to solve our issues He became human mdash walking the earth teaching us [... more]

The summer after my sophomore year of college a classmate died unexpectedly I rsquo d seen him just a few days prior and he looked fine We and our classmates were young and in what we thought was the prime of our lives having just become sisters and brothers after pledging our respective sorority and fraternity But what I remember most about my classmate rsquo s death was witnessing my fraternity friends live out what James calls true religion The men in his fraternity became like brothers of the sister of the deceased They attended her wedding and traveled to [... more]

Just one Sunday after I rsquo d started working as a youth leader at a church and had met several of the young people I spoke to a teen seated next to her mom As I greeted the shy girl with a smile I said her name and asked how she was doing She lifted her head and her beautiful brown eyes widened She too smiled and said in a small voice ldquo You remembered my name rdquo By simply calling that young girl by name mdash a girl who may have felt insignificant in a church filled with adults [... more]

Moving from one home to another ranks as one of the biggest stressors in life We moved to our current home after I rsquo d lived in my previous one for nearly twenty years I rsquo d lived alone in that first home for eight years before I got married Then my husband moved in along with all his things Later we added a child and that meant even more stuff Our moving day to the new house wasn rsquo t without incident Five minutes before the movers arrived I was still finishing up a book manuscript And the new [... more]

As I scanned my social media feed in the aftermath of the flood in southern Louisiana I came across a friend rsquo s post After realizing her home would have to be gutted and rebuilt my friend rsquo s mom encouraged her to look for God even in the heart-wrenching work of cleaning up My friend later posted pictures of Bible verses she uncovered on the exposed door frames of the home apparently written at the time the home had been built Reading the Scriptures on the wooden planks gave her comfort The tradition of writing Bible verses on doorframes [... more]

While preparing a meal a young mother cut a pot roast in half before she put it in a large pot Her husband asked her why she cut the meat in half She replied ldquo Because that rsquo s the way my mother does it rdquo Her husband rsquo s question however piqued the woman rsquo s curiosity So she asked her mother about the tradition She was shocked to learn that her mother cut the meat so it would fit in the one small pot she used And because her daughter had many large pots the act of cutting [... more]

Wearing my new eyeglasses as I stepped into the sanctuary I sat down and spotted a friend sitting directly across the aisle on the other side of the church As I waved at her she looked so near and clear It felt like I could reach out and touch her even though she was several yards away Later as we talked following the service I realized she was in the same seat she always sat in I simply could see her better because of an upgraded prescription in my new spectacles God speaking through the prophet Isaiah knew that the [... more]

When we park our car near an open field and walk across it to get to our house we almost always get some sticky cockleburs on our clothes mdash especially in the fall These tiny ldquo hitchhikers rdquo attach to clothing shoes or whatever is passing by and ride to their next destination It rsquo s nature rsquo s way of spreading cocklebur seeds in my local field and around the world As I try to carefully remove clinging cockleburs I rsquo ve often thought about the message that admonishes believers in Jesus to ldquo cling to what is good [... more]

Barbecue chicken green beans spaghetti rolls On a cool day in October at least fifty-four homeless people received this hot meal from a woman celebrating fifty-four years of life The woman and her friends decided to forgo her usual birthday dinner in a restaurant choosing instead to cook and serve meals to people on the streets of Chicago On social media she encouraged others to also perform a random act of kindness as a birthday gift This story reminds me of Jesus rsquo words in Matthew ldquo Truly I tell you whatever you did for one of the least of [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Marilyn Jensen tells the harrowing story of when her father went on a supply run amidst a German bombing Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

ldquo Who rsquo s in the mirror rdquo the psychologists conducting the self-recognition test asked children At eighteen months or younger a child usually doesn rsquo t associate herself with the image in the mirror But as kids grow they can understand they rsquo re looking at themselves Self-recognition is an important mark of healthy growth and maturation It rsquo s also important to the growth of believers in Jesus James outlines a mirror recognition test The mirror is ldquo the word of truth rdquo from God James When we read the Scriptures what do we see Do we recognize [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories even before the U S British victory in the North African campaign in May there was disagreement among the Allies on the best strategy to defeat the Axis Eventually the U S and British political leadership reached a compromise in which both would commit most of their forces to an invasion of France in early but also launch a relatively small-scale Italian campaign Here's Stephen Ambrose with the story Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Best-selling author Adam Makos tells the story of two tank crewmen from opposite sides of the conflict Corporal Clarence Smoyers and Nazi tanker Gustav Schaefer who endure the grisly nature of tank warfare Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

A hotel chain rsquo s commercial featured one little building standing amidst a dark night Nothing else was around The only light in the scene came from a small lamp near the door on the porch of the building The bulb cast enough illumination for a visitor to walk up the steps and enter the building The commercial ended with the phrase ldquo We rsquo ll leave the light on for you rdquo nbsp A porch light is akin to a welcome sign reminding weary travelers that there rsquo s a comfortable place still open where they can stop and [... more]

A man named James took an adventurous -mile journey down the West Coast of the US mdash biking from Seattle Washington to San Diego California A friend of mine met the ambitious biker near the cliffs of Big Sur miles from his starting point After learning that someone had recently stolen James rsquo camping gear my friend offered his blanket and sweater but James refused He said that as he traveled south into the warmer climate he needed to begin shedding items And the closer he got to his destination the more tired he became so he needed to reduce [... more]

I love a good game of Scrabble After one particular game my friends named a move after me mdash calling it a ldquo Katara rdquo I rsquo d been trailing the entire game but at the end of it mdash with no tiles left in the bag mdash I made a seven-letter word This meant the game was over and I received fifty bonus points as well as all the points from all of my opponents rsquo leftover tiles moving me from last place to first Now whenever we play and someone is trailing they remember what happened and hold [... more]

My elderly great aunt lay on her sickbed with a smile on her face Her gray hair was pushed back from her face and wrinkles covered her cheeks She didn rsquo t speak much but I still recall the few words she said when my father mother and I visited her She whispered ldquo I don rsquo t get lonely Jesus is here with me rdquo As a single woman at the time I marveled at my aunt rsquo s proclamation Her husband had died several years earlier and her children lived far away Nearing her ninetieth year of life [... more]

As I enter the final few minutes of my forty-minute workout I can almost guarantee that my instructor will yell out ldquo Finish strong rdquo Every personal trainer or group fitness leader I rsquo ve known uses the phrase a few minutes before cool down They know that the end of the workout is just as important as showing up for it And they know that the human body has a tendency to want to slow down or slack off when it rsquo s been in motion for a while The same is true in our journey with Jesus Paul [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Ryan Stewart shares his story of how canines have helped him get through life's adversities Rona Simmons author of nbsp The Other Veterans Of World War II Stories from Behind the Front Lines tells the story of Bill Scott an African American combat engineer and photographer from Alabama who became one of the black angels for prisoners at Buchenwald Concentration Camp Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate nbsp Time Codes - Life Beyond My Wildest Dreams Professional Dog Walker - One Black Troop's Trip to BuchenwaldSee omnystudio com listener for privacy [... more]

While attending seminary I was working full-time Add to that a chaplaincy rotation and an internship at a church I was busy When my father visited me he said ldquo You rsquo re going to have a breakdown rdquo I shrugged off his warning thinking he was of another generation and he didn rsquo t understand goal-setting I didn rsquo t have a breakdown But I did experience a very rough dry season in which I fell into depression Since then I rsquo ve learned to listen to warnings mdash especially from loved ones mdash more carefully That rsquo s [... more]

My mother shared with me how she chose not to attend college so she could marry my father in the s but she always held on to her dream of becoming a home economics teacher Three children later though she never received a college degree she did become a nutritionist aide for the state of Louisiana rsquo s health system She cooked meals to demonstrate healthier meal choices mdash much like a home economics teacher As she shared her dream with me after recounting the events of her life she proclaimed that God had indeed heard her prayers and given [... more]

No words Just music and moving During a -hour Zumba marathon amid the COVID- pandemic thousands of people from around the globe worked out together and virtually followed instructors from India China Mexico America South Africa parts of Europe and several other places These diverse individuals were able to move together without any language barriers Why Because instructors of the exercise craze Zumba created in the mid- s by a Colombian aerobics instructor utilize non-verbal cues Class instructors move and students follow their lead They follow with no words uttered or shouted Words can sometimes get in the way and [... more]

In in an effort to prevent clumsy or careless people from breaking items in a shop a Miami Beach storeowner posted a sign that read ldquo You break it you buy it rdquo The catchy phrase served as a warning to shoppers This type of sign can now be seen in many boutiques Ironically a different sign might be placed in a real potter rsquo s shop It would say ldquo If you break it we rsquo ll make it into something better rdquo And that rsquo s exactly what rsquo s revealed in Jeremiah The prophet reminds us that [... more]

The little red rectangular box was magical As a kid I could play with it for hours When I turned one knob on the box I could create a horizontal line on its screen Turn the other knob and voila mdash a vertical line When I turned the knobs together I could make diagonal lines circles and creative designs But the real magic came when I turned my Etch A Sketch toy upside down shook it a little and turned it right side up A blank screen appeared offering me the opportunity to create a new design God rsquo s [... more]

Welcome to Masculine Journey fellow adventurers This weeks topic comes along as a result of last weeks show on fear The guys are talking about fear of the Lord and how that fear of God has been shaped and changed over the years The clip used this week comes from the film Patton The journey continues so grab your gear and be blessed right here on the Masculine Journey Radio Show Be sure to check out Masculine Journey After Hours as well as the new podcast Masculine Journey Joyride [... more]

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