FAITH FUN and MOTIVATION

As we close out this season we thought it would be really fun to get with Pastor Mike & Baby Lu of TikTok, to share with us their story, their ministry, and their heart to help people laugh while getting them to search the scriptures for truth. Thank you for helping us make SEASON 4 a special one, and we pray this episode blesses you to laugh as much as we did, and consider letting the WORD of GOD change you as it has each of us.

Every living person has been impacted by one of God's crowning jewels of all humanity: a woman! Join your three favorite podcasts hosts as the interview and up and coming influential woman of God (R. Cotton) who has purposed her life and business to empower women to live and lean into their best selves by empowering them to empower others. We hope this interview inspires you to communicate your appreciation to a woman that has been very pivotal in your life. #FaithFunandMotivation #FFM

Every February all of America, makes a concerted effort to highly the contributions to the greater good that African Americans have added to the betterment of society, but at what costs? Will this someday become a thing of the past, or will we forever be relegated to being acknowledged during the shortest month of the calendar year? Tune in to hear your favorite TRIO discuss their take on the month. Thanks for tuning in!

Every year around February 14th much of the western world is clamoring for flowers, cards, and candy for their beloved, their boo thang, or their bae...and for what? To express their love and affection for one another, right? What about the other 364 days a year? Is this all about showing love for the women only? What about the guys? Join us as we talk about the foolishness that goes on for this particular "holiday" and maybe we can help save your marriage, your relationship, your sanity, or maybe even your bank account before Valentine's Day get's here. Thanks for tuning in to Faith Fun and Motivation!!!!

In America, we wear busyness as a badge of honor. But to whose benefit is this type of lifestyle? Sure we have more stuff or really more debt....We have more stress/anxiety. We have more mental & physical health issues, while our family infrastructures are crumbling under the pressure to earn, make, and do more. Join your favorite TIK TOK trio, as they discuss how to remain sane while being fully engaged in their families. Thanks for tuning in!

With blended families making up more than 50% of the American households, and over 70% of those ending in divorce, it's past time we talk about it and give attention to a much-needed construct that is as old as the Bible itself. Join your favorite Tik Tok Trio as they have a real honest, transparent, and funny conversation about a neglected ministry opportunity. Thanks again for tuning in!!!

Happy New Year FFM family listeners......well we've completed another revolution around the sun, and it's the third Monday in January in most places is a national holiday of remembrance of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. but is that true for you? If you do celebrate it, how do you celebrate/remember him? Join your favorite Tik Tok Creator trio as they walk through and talk through their own personal convictions and ways in which they remember Dr. King. Thank you for tuning in, and welcome back.......Season 4 is sure to be a haymaker!!!

What FFM has come to is absolutely uhmazing to each of us, and we wanted to spend an episode talking about our gratitude to each one of you, and inviting a few special guests. We pray you all had a THANKFUL holiday season with those closest to you, and if you are struggling like some of us with the loss of life over this year, we will all get through this together. Blessings to each of you and thanks for tuning in!

What would happen if the next time you picked up your Bible, you actually understood what was happening in it? Well the Faith Fun And Motivation trio, have a little Bible Study, first understanding how the Bible is structured, and then how to actually read a text and break it down so they actually can apply it to their lives. We really do pray you find this episode helpful as we show our Faith in the WORD, have fun together while reading it, and watching it motivate each of us to live our BLESSED LIFE! Thanks for tuning in!!!

Prov.22:6 says "train up a child in the way they should go.."but what are we actually preparing our kids for? Intentional or not, we are training up the next gen, but the question is exactly what and how are we training them for? We're looking forward to your feedback regarding this podcast since out children are actually our future. Thanks for tuning in.....

Remember the campaign sparked by Sean "Puffy" Combs to encourage GenXers to vote in 2003-2004 to (register to) VOTE or (by not registering to simply) DIE? When you consider the totality of things occurring in our present-day culture if you want to affect change the ability do so starts at the local level. Join us as we discuss and encourage you to take more of an active role of making your city better, so that can possibly lead to bettering the state, which may one day lead to changing our nation but we have to start somewhere and all do our part. Thanks for listening!

After talking through a heavy subject matter (mental and emotional abuse) on our last podcast we decided to have a little fun on this episode and lighten things up, by laughing at one another. So, when you get a physicians/mortician, and motivational speaker, and pastor together to play this dangerous game of Never Have I Ever..........well.....you get........tune in and see!!!!! Thanks for tuning in again, to Faith Fun and Motivation.

No seriously, how are you doing mentally? In this episode, we are delving into the every increasing topic of mental health during the most awkward time of our lives as we navigate COVID-19 and other traumas that have depression on the rise!!! I pray you not only join us but you consider partnering with us in prayer for folks that are struggling with our current realities.

What happens when your bleeding heart for the least of these daddy ,brings home more peaches than you got room to store? Join us as we highlight another content creator on TikTok, and SoCal Small Business Owner Renita Smith and her organic & healing drinks. STAY TUNED season 3 is soon to come........ #DrinksbyExplosive #FaithFunandMotivation #FaithFunMotivation

Near the end of every television talks show hosts season, they do a show talking about, and sometimes giving away to their audience, a few of their favorite things. Well, we are still in our formative years and aren't giving anything away, other than insight into who we are....join us as we prepare to STELLABRATE Erica turning the big 5-0 as we laugh and talk through a few of our favorite things.

When we decide to talk about current affairs, anything is liable to end up being a topic of discussion from the Olympics, the shockwaves of the insurrection to even the Delta Variant....tune in, and see/hear what we think about current affairs......you can be sure to leave motivated, challenged to engage your faith, and motivated to engage the world around you with boldness. Thanks for tuning in!

What do you look for when you think of a Pastor? What qualities are must-haves, and which ones can you forgo? Join us in the discussion as we talk about what we've experienced and have learned when it came to choosing our spiritual leaders. #FAITHFUNandMOTIVATION

Have you ever wondered what would it be like if your three favorite podcast hosts reported or talked on & about current affairs? Tune in as we cover COVID -19 and the new variant responses, to Cosby's release, to employment issues and even the Olympics......We hope you enjoy!

When you stop, and consider this week: What was the most encouraging/discouraging thing said to you this week? Do you realize that your words have the power to give life and as well destroy it? Join us as we explore the power of the WORD and our words through the lenses of FAITH, FUN, and MOTIVATION. Thanks for tuning in!!!

It's a reality none of us can escape, we are all born into this world, and all have an expiration date, that many of us don't know of until it's that time. So, how can we prepare well? What is one to do, when a loved one passes unexpectantly, and what if that loved one is us? Join us as we have a serious conversation peppered with FAITH, FUN, and MOTIVATION. I think it's one of our best, if not the best, podcasts of FFM to date. You be the judge and let us know.......

The first actual social media site was released in 1997 called Six Degrees and after that MySpace, FACEMASH, that became THE FACEBOOK, and they dropped the "the" and went with just FACEBOOK and since then we have many options for social connection and interaction but for what? What is the point and purpose of social media for you? Why did you get on it to begin with? Do you find yourself stressed out by the management of all the sites, or not? Join your favorite trio as they discuss their introductions to social media as well as the blessings and lessons they've learned being on it. Thanks for tuning in to FAITH, FUN, and MOTIVATION.

How would your life be different if you actually began to live the best version of yourself? What would it take? Who would you need to bring into your life to help you engage that life? We pray that you tune in to this podcast as your Faith, Fun and Motivation podcasters are joined by Anglela Hines a fantastic nutritionist/dietician and atheletic trainer.

Why do we struggle to accomplish what we really desire to accomplish? We set New Year's resolutions, only to allow them and ourselves to fall by the wayside by March. So, what's the difference between people that make goals, and people that actually achieve them? Join us for a conversation on what it takes to set goals & accomplish those same goals.

When you think of winning teams, what comes to mind? Maybe the Chicago Bulls of the 90's. Maybe storied franchising like the Packers, the Steelers, or maybe America's Team the Dallas Cowboys....or maybe it's not even sports-related. Maybe it was a work team or a study group that you participated on that really affirmed your gifts and talents while you complimented the other team members. Whatever it was, or wherever it was at could you have completed the task without a team? Do we even need teams or is life something we can do, or even should do on our own? Join us as we enter a discussion about the importance of teams. Thanks for tuning in.....

Where would you/we be without our mothers? Likely, if it wasn't for their lives alone, we wouldn't even exist. We all were brought into this world by women who chose life for us. Whether they did a stellar job or struggled to raise us, it's worth taking time to acknowledge their sacrifices and contributions to who we are today. Join us, as we reflect off of and appreciate those women through FAITH, FUN, and MOTIVATION.

How do you end the inaugural season of your first cooperative brainchild? I mean, how would you choose to end it? We've done giveaways. We've done some topical conversational pieces. We've checked in on each other. What's left......but to dream of the next seasons...that's right so tune in to hear some of the ideas we've put our heads together about the up & coming season 2. Thanks for engaging in this journey with us.....because FAITH FUN & MOTIVATION is just getting started!!!!

When Calvin Meadows stated a dream of having a podcast that would engage people through the lenses of FAITH, FUN, & MOTIVATION to Erica H. and Ray W. on a random live hosted by Ray W. little did he know how much it would impact them personally, and it's through the launching of this we've grown as creators, but also have endured hardships ourselves during the taping of these episodes. Join us as we prepare to wrap up our first season by simply checking in and on the health of one another and of each of you. ***Special Guest Bryant Thombs***

In the DC and Marvel Universe there a myriad of characters and Super Heroes that are born out of traumatic experiences, and one has to wonder if art is imitating life or if life is imitating art. Join us as we share some of our own personal traumas, and how they've shaped us to be who we are today, and who we are ultimately becoming.

Believe it or not, we all operate on faith....from children having faith in their parents to provide their basic needs to adults having faith in organizations to pay them only after they've worked a 40hr work week. So, what is it about faith that is so difficult or private that to speak about it puts people at odds? Listen in, as we affirm the need for faith & how it enriches our ability to prosper in this world.

What do you do for fun? If there's something we all needed during the pandemic was creative ways to connect with others and simply have fun, laugh, let loose, and who else is qualified to lead us through a discussion on fun, than good ol' Uncle Cal. Thanks for tuning in to participate in a discussion on the importance that having fun is successful living this side of eternity!!

What is motivation and is it important for everyday living? Join us as we begin to unpack why we believe FAITH, FUN, and MOTIVATION are essential to living everyday life. In this episode, Erica H. will lead us through the DNA of motivation while her two co-host chime in on why they too believe motivation is necessary for successful joy-filled living.

One of the hottest topics, that historically been ignored is Mental Health. Tune in to hear Erica, Calvin, and Ray discuss & apply the lenses of FAITH FUN AND MOTIVATION in hopes of helping us all navigating this tough topic that impacts us all.

The late Whitney Houston sang about "Where do broken hearts go...." and whether that heartbreak is over a job loss, a failed marriage/relationship, or the loss of a loved one, we can't stay heartbroken forever. So, how does one heal from that? Where do you or should we go for help and healing? Tune in and let's talk about it.

Do people still meet people in clubs, bars, restaurants,..................... or has everything moved to online dating platforms? How safe is meeting someone online? When should a physical meet and greet happen? Tune into this episode to hear from a married, a divorced & dating, and a single about how to do Relationships in the 21st Century.

What is Love? It's been defined as well as redefined and we've been left confused regarding is it a feeling, an emotion, a choice......well tune into this week's podcast to hear what our three creators have to say.

If it's one thing that COVID has taught us or reminded each of us, is of the brevity of life. That being said, we needed to all live life to keep short accounts with friends, family, and co-workers because tomorrow's not promised. In other words, forgive one another of offenses that we've caused or that have happened to us...but how.....tune in and prayerfully we can help you get there.

As many losses as there have been since the beginning of the pandemic 10 months ago, one of the many blessings is that people learned to connect in new ways. Listen, as three content creators on the popular app TikTok came together to birth a podcast that they hope grow people in their faith, get them to laugh at themselves and life for healing and holistic inspiration that will motivate them to love themselves and others to the Glory of God.