Raw Spoon

A story of a young orphan seeking the minds behind the hardest puzzles, and longing for a father.

A story about a woman who finally lets herself bring what the world has counted against her, to God.

A story of a young pirate, and how reaping our own consequences is sometimes God's way of bringing us back to Him. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/raw-spoon/support

A radio host demonstrating unconditional love for his wayward son. A reinterpretation of the Prodigal Son --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/raw-spoon/support

A story about a dog and her owner, who is trying to understand her dog's signals about a strange neighborhood kid. Also about how to approach scriptures when it is hard to understand. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/raw-spoon/support

A story that illustrates how the battlefields in the mind could be spiritual forces with intelligence and personality working against us. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/raw-spoon/support

A pastor realizes where he's going to take his sermon, as soon as old Miss Margaret hobbles into the back row. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/raw-spoon/support

If the love you worked so hard to give is not appreciated, just know that your love is seen by someone, and is NOT IN VAIN. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/raw-spoon/support

A little domestic disturbance as an anecdote teaching us the problem with worship on Sunday leading to careless sin when we get home. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/raw-spoon/support

Short story about a young man gaining hope from seeing the desperate need his great grandfather was in at one point. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/raw-spoon/support

Do we actually fear the words of spells more than we invoke the power of the words in the Bible? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/raw-spoon/support

How another overdose brought a family to a breakthrough in humility and vulnerability. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/raw-spoon/support

A man is threatening to leave his wife for not keeping up, until he realizes he has done the same at work. Be careful how you judge others, for you may be judged with the same words. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/raw-spoon/support

A first person take on Jesus entering Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/raw-spoon/support

The psalms call God to seek revenge on our enemies, but maybe our enemies aren't the flesh and blood we think they are. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/raw-spoon/support

A pastor who doesn't listen to people is confronted with some truths he was never aware of before. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/raw-spoon/support

The brokenhearted have something to teach as well... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/raw-spoon/support

A man is taught by his Down's Syndrome brother, what their mother really had in mind for them to be. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/raw-spoon/support

The story of a young woman who's superhuman strength came from not allowing any sin into her life. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/raw-spoon/support

A story of a devoted country singer marries a loose woman who doesn't seem right for him by anyone. But some hidden motivation is driving him to do it. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/raw-spoon/support

Antonio asks God why life and ministry is so hard. God's response gives him hope. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/raw-spoon/support

What if trying a little harder, for a little longer, would have made your life into the epic we all hope for? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/raw-spoon/support

A woman, bitter from her husband leaving to raise a handicapped child on her own, learns to offer her anger to God. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/raw-spoon/support

Looking at what makes a Christian different than just a good person. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/raw-spoon/support

A story using a futuristic setting to demonstrate the meaning of "Holiness." --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/raw-spoon/support

A young girl from the hood, gets a glimpse of a better life from a girl who got out. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/raw-spoon/support

A poem about deserving less, but being given so much. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/raw-spoon/support

A father gives his young daughter skills to tackle any fear, and it leads to far more than just no more fear. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/raw-spoon/support

A man on the verge of suicide meets his father in a dream. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/raw-spoon/support

How to convince a young man who is headed for trouble to turn his life around? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/raw-spoon/support

Story of a man about to propose, but feeling all alone. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/raw-spoon/support

A story about a secret government that gives instructions via machines they have built. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/raw-spoon/support

This art and story chronicles what Joseph might have felt when Mary told him she was pregnant, not with his child. It is to describe the second week in Advent, which represents faith. Look for the other symbols in this art, of Abraham and Isaac, along with other situations symbolizing faith. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/raw-spoon/support

This story are about the first candle of advent: Hope, and the prophets that exhibited such hope. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/raw-spoon/support

This meditation on The Lord's Prayer is meant to help us engage more deeply and understand it more. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/raw-spoon/support

A story of someone who is famous who is purified of everything that is not pure. Blog at: https://www.rawspoon.com/post/story-burn-away-all-that-cannot-be-redeemed --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/raw-spoon/support

A little girl hopes in the miracle of life to comfort her mother with a single sunflower. https://www.rawspoon.com/post/story-hope-for-sunflowers --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/raw-spoon/support

Visit https://www.rawspoon.com/post/story-scarcity-veils-spiritual-health for the art, story, and animation. Even though Akemi worked towards wealth his entire life, when he retires, he realizes he is very poor. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/raw-spoon/support

What direction are your daily habits aiming you to become some day? https://www.rawspoon.com/post/story-choices-of-a-rotten-old-person --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/raw-spoon/support

This art and story is meant to remind us of the power we have in our mind to control our attitude and our mood. In Philippians, Paul exhorts us to choose to focus on good things. This should be a spiritual discipline, like any other. See at https://www.rawspoon.com/post/story-more-control-of-your-mind-than-you-think --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/raw-spoon/support

Maybe there are many ways to find Jesus, ones we have no idea are led by him. https://www.rawspoon.com/post/not-find-jesus-until-heaven --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/raw-spoon/support

Ricky and I shared dinner at Landmark Diner on Christmas eve, 2020. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/raw-spoon/support

God's love is the type that longs to have anyone who wants it, but has a passionate desire to see that person become their best self, even if that takes pruning. https://www.rawspoon.com/post/story-padre-pedro-s-garden --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/raw-spoon/support

Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold or silver. It takes the cracks of a vessel and turns them into places of beauty. This is what Henry Price, founder of the online newspaper, Whole History Daily does with this world, and with his very flawed employees. Find blog at https://www.rawspoon.com/blog and animation at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7I-rwiOEJA --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/raw-spoon/support

This is a story to describe why sometimes God takes everything away from us. Story can be found here: https://www.rawspoon.com/post/story-he-sinks-our-boats --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/raw-spoon/support

This is a story about the death of a child and forgetting to live the type of love that has to fight for its life to survive. This is the type of love they say our God has for us. He fights foes to rescue our hearts again. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/raw-spoon/support

In this interview Kaption Red and I talk about finding your mission. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/raw-spoon/support

A story of a crippled soldier to show the meaning of Christmas --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/raw-spoon/support

A story about finding God again, through being haunted by ghosts. See blog for the hidden image in the words. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/raw-spoon/support

Cole's grandpa caught Cole hiding behind a bush. "You aren't supposed to be up here, little man," He said sternly. "Why do you leave before anyone wakes up?" Cole's voice wavered. "Where are you going? His grandpa took a slow, discerning breath, then said,"Alright, come on." Isaiah 61:3 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/raw-spoon/support

The benefits of judging and being judged. Matthew 7:1-5 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/raw-spoon/support