A weekly (new each Friday) high energy alternative to traditional dull preaching for anyone tired of weak sermons. I hope you like them enough to either steal them if you are a preacher or use them as a regular spiritual reflection if you are not. They are in the order they were recorded. The episode title is the best way to select an episode. Some are in 2 parts. These are indicated in the titles. My favorite 5 episodes are 12, 13, 55, 68 and 69. I hope they are a beam of hope & faith in a world too often lacking in both.
WHO HAS A BOWL OF CHERRIES IS TODAY'S QUESTION
A REFLECTION ON OSKAR AND THE BOYS OF MY LAI
DANTE ALIGHEIRI'S INSIGHT INTO INCIDENTS IN MINNEAPOLIS AND KADY, TEXAS
JESUS IS ON THE ROAD AGAIN AND MEETS UP WITH 2 FOLLOWERS ON THIS EASTER AFTERNOON.
AN ECCENTRIC SOCCER COACH'S METHODS OFFER INSIGHT INTO JESUS LIFE
A REFLECTION ON GOOD, EVIL & FUTURE MEMORY
SEEDS OF WISDOM TO PONDER
A REFLECTION ON BIG AND SMALL WAYS HUMANS CAN BE THEIR SISTER'S KEEPER
HOW THE 2 BEST QUESTIONS IN THE BIBLE WERE ANSWERED IN WWII EUROPE
OUR ANNUAL TRIP TO IRELAND WHERE WE HEAR ABOUT A PRIEST'S UNIQUE TAKE ON MATTHEW 5:23
THOUGHTS ON OUR MOST COUNTERCULTURAL OF RELIGIOUS DAYS
A CNA ASKS AN OLD MAN 3 QUESTIONS AND GETS SURPRISING ANSWERS
THE REST OF THE STORY OF OSKAR SCHINDLER THROUGH THE LENS OF MORAL PROBLEMS
THESE 2 WOMEN WERE EVEN MORE INTERESTING THAN THE SAINT PAUL FIGHTING SAINTS
A REFLECTION ON HUMAN BEINGS AT THEIR BEST
A 2 MINUTE SERMON WITH 11 STORIES FOR YOU TO PONDER
AN EXPLORATION OF A CURIOUS FIGURE FROM HOLY THURSDAY
A GREAT TIP ON HOW TO WATCH MOVIES AND READ GOSPEL STORIES
LEARN ABOUT A 3000 YEAR OLD JEWISH RITUAL THAT IS MORE RELEVANT THAN EVER
THE ELDER SHARES HIS FAVORITE GOSPEL PASSAGE - AN OBSCURE INCIDENT FROM MARK
DIANE COLEMAN HAS DIED. SHE IS A TRUE AMERICAN HERO. SHE WAS ABLE TO BECOME ONE BECAUSE OF 2 OTHER HEROES. THIS IS THEIR STORY
AN OBIT OF BOB LOVE, A BASKETBALL HERO FROM HALF A CENTURY AGO IS THE BASIS OF THIS TALK
A WISE ELDER SPEAKS TO HIS FOLLOWERS ABOUT STORIES USING THE GARDEN OF EDEN STORIES AS AN EXAMPLE
A SEQUEL TO STS#300 LOOKS AT ANOTHER RESPONSE JESUS CALLS US TO
A MODERN VERSION OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN
WISDOM FROM MY FATHER, NIKE & SHAKESPEARE WILL SHOW YOU THE WAY
A WOMAN IS HANDED $5 AND TOLD TO GO FORTH AND DO GOOD . SEE WHAT HAPPENS
SOME BIG QUESTIONS ASKED TO A MISBEHAVING CHILD ARE FITTING FOR EACH OF US TO PONDER
A QUARTERBACK 30 YEARS PAST HIS PRIME SHARES A BIT OF WISDOM THAT MATCHES THE LIFE OF JESUS
A STORY ABOUT A HIGH BRIDGE, A FLAWED MAN AND MATTHEW 26:41. (ERROR IN CITATION ON RECORDING)
DOUBLE STEALS AND ROADSIDE BOOTHS BRING US TO ASK THE MOST BASSIC OF ALL HUMAN QUESTIONS
5 LESSONS VINCE STOLE FROM THOMAS AQUINAS
SOUNDS LIKE THE START OF A JOKE BUT IS IN FACT A PARABLE ABOUT WALKING THE WALK WHILE ALL AROUND YOU MEN ARE FAILING
AN EXPLORATION OF EVIL AND OUR PARTICIPATION IN EVIL BY INACTION
SOME THOUGHTS ON HANDS FROM THE GOSPELS AND FROM MY LIFE, WITH A CAMEO APPEARANCE BY LADY MACBETH
SABATO RODIA SPENT 34 YEARS BUILDING 100 FOOT HIGH TOWERS OF ART IN HIS BACKYARD. WHAT IS YOUR MISSION?
A CAR JOURNEY FILLED WITH LIFE CHOICES. JOIN TEAM PINTO
THE JOURNEY OF AN AGING BOXER INTERSECTS WITH THE JOURNEY OF JESUS
A STORY ABOUT ISLANDS AND LIFE
NO SERMON IS COMPLETE WITHOUT MIKE TYSON, A MOVING WALKWAY AND A BUMPER STICKER.
A STORY ABOUT A WEDDING CAKE THAT BITES THE ASPHALT AND ABOUT WHAT WAS DONE ABOUT IT
UNCONDITIONAL LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE ARE NOT FOUND IN THE GOSPELS.
WE DON'T STOP BEING WHEN WE DIE? WHAT DO WE BECOME?
A TALE OF CONFLICT AND RED WINE AND A BEJEWELED HELMET AND A HAPPY ENDING.
A STORY OF A 99 YEAR OLD NEW HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE LETS US REFLECT ON WHETHER WE ARE ON THE PHARISEE TEAM OR ON JESUS TEAM.