Pastor Damian rsquo s schedule included hospital visits to two people nearing death who rsquo d chosen two different life paths In one hospital was a woman beloved by her family Her selfless public service had endeared her to many Other believers in Jesus had gathered around her and worship prayer and hope filled the room In another hospital the relative of a member of Pastor Damian rsquo s church was also dying His hardened heart had led to a hard life and his disheveled family lived in the wake of his poor decisions and misdeeds The differences in the [... more]

Let Your Scars Speak Not Your Wounds One of the things that we've developed in our culture is this mentality of putting everything out there that doesn't need to be put out there You know you can blame it on Jerry Springer but it actually goes back a lot further than that But we have this I don't know there's some kind of sick fascination with getting out there and blurting out stuff that really needs to be kept private and needs to be dealt with And we as caregivers live with raw wounds And the easy thing for us [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories we hear the story of Alan Brown and his mother Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

Have you ever had a year-old for a child They're tough to manage aren't they You don't want them wrecking the house but you also don't want them wrecking your car It's a hard life In Chronicles we come to an incredible story that is really very hard fo us to believe -- especially those of us with teenagers A year-old boy is on the throne in Jerusalem and He is proving to be one of the godliest leaders Israel has ever seen Let's join Stephen as he introduces us to this boy-wonder Listen to the full-length version of this [... more]