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Parables from everyday life. A sometimes snarky, but always serious look at improving our walk with Christ. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/syncopator-familias/support

Greg Richter


    • Jun 11, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 12m AVG DURATION
    • 22 EPISODES


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    A little peace and understanding

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2022 18:33


    I'm trying to add more positivity to social media with a daily reciting of the Lord's Prayer. Here's why. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/syncopator-familias/support

    Faith at Work -- Journalism and Writing for God

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2019 11:02


    A few minutes I shared at my church as part of a series of members who talk about how their faith impacts their work. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/syncopator-familias/support

    E20: Interview with Author Tisha Nickson

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2019 32:12


    Author Tisha Nickson talks about her book "Victim to Victory: My Journey from Sex Slavery to Freedom in Christ." Her mother sold her to a drug dealer at age 16, and she forgave her as she cared for her ailing mother years later. Co-hosted by Laura Axelrod. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/syncopator-familias/support

    E19: Meet the Press. A politician who WON'T take you for a ride; Pickin' on Chickfila; The other CBD

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2019 20:02


    Why a Mississippi gubernatorial candidate is right to keep his vow to his wife, but wrong to treat a female reporter differently than men. USA Today on Chick fil a's "losses." Why Christian Book Distributors had to change its name. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/syncopator-familias/support

    E18: Building an Argument Against God Ex Nihilo

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2019 9:58


    Why science can't prove or disprove God. This podcast is adapted from an essay that appeared on "The Clyde Fitch Report: The Crossroads of Arts and Politics" https://www.clydefitchreport.com/2014/08/patricia-churchland-atheist-greta-christina/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/syncopator-familias/support

    E17: The Jester, The Theologian and The King

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2019 7:30


    How Larry Norman, Karl Barth and David, Son of Jesse Were Imperfect Men After God’s Own Heart. "I tend take the plank out of my own eye only to use it to build a pedestal for notable Christians who I think should be above reproach. Once I find out about their serious flaws, I want to refashion that pedestal into gallows." --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/syncopator-familias/support

    E16: Judging Ourselves, Loving the Rest

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2019 15:00


    Paul told the Corinthians to judge fellow Christians -- not those outside the church. It's our job to love them into the kingdom, and let God perfect them once they're in. (Also, you've always heard there are no stupid questions? Well, that's not quite true. Stick around till the end of the podcast for some free advice on how to avoid being the one who asks them.) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/syncopator-familias/support

    E15: Giving Up On Giving Up on God

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2019 7:42


    This year for Lent I'm trying -- emphasis on trying -- to give up not trusting God. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/syncopator-familias/support

    E14: Podcast of Podcasts

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2018 19:23


    Greg's recommendations of the best Bible-related podcasts you should be listening to in 2019. They are The Daily Audio Bible, The Bible Project, Exploring My Strange Bible and the Naked Bible Podcast. "Every episode of every podcast is gold -- not a dud among them," he says. Hear to the episode for why he thinks they all are must-listen. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/syncopator-familias/support

    E13: Ain't Lyin' About Santa

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2018 19:04


    Is it OK to tell kids there's a Santa? Will it mess up their belief in God? Listen in as my wife, Laura Axelrod, joins the podcast to discuss this with me, and to give me grief over how I would have thrown her to the lions if we'd had kids of our own. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/syncopator-familias/support

    E12: Check Out My New Book

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2018 14:36


    My latest book, "Be Attitutes: And Other Spiritual Lessons From Everyday Life" will be released for FREE download on Tuesday. Hear all about it, and about those who helped make it great! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/syncopator-familias/support

    E 11: God Is Kind: Go and Do Likewise

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2018 6:19


    We talk about how God is love and how he is merciful. One day this week he showed me his kindness amid fear and heartbreak. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/syncopator-familias/support

    E 10: Two Poems of Redemption and New Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2018 11:20


    "Two swords" (A poem of redemption) and "Cell" (A poem of new life) are read and discussed. Read the originals here: https://bit.ly/2O0pF9s and here: https://bit.ly/2wYhWl0 and comment on Twitter to @owentew --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/syncopator-familias/support

    E9: What My Pets Taught Me About God's Sense of Fairness

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2018 4:33


    Sometimes All It Takes is Cats and Dogs - Not Catechisms and Dogma --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/syncopator-familias/support

    E8: I’m Not a Good Person — and Neither Are You

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2018 9:30


    Take It From Joni Mitchell and King Solomon: With Age Come Some Sad Realizations. Read the original at https://medium.com/@OwenTew/im-not-a-good-person-and-neither-are-you-dec6e52df035 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/syncopator-familias/support

    E7: Why the Eye Can’t Tell the Hand: ‘Sorry, Buddy — I Don’t Need Ya!’

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2018 9:52


    I’ve never had a favorite Scripture verse. I always figured they were all equally important . But there is one passage that sums up all that bugs me about divisions in the church: 1 Corinthians 12:12–31, where the Apostle Paul compares the Church — the Body of Christ — to a human body in which different parts have different functions, but all are equally vital to the perfect functioning of the body. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/syncopator-familias/support

    E6: It's Good If You Like It

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2018 13:11


    My early brush with death set me on a course toward knowing God that continues to this day. And he has used several sages throughout the years to pass his wisdom along. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/syncopator-familias/support

    E5 Free Will and Grace

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2018 16:28


    A look at how counterfactual conditionals might just solve the old debate between predestination and free will. Then again, the debate will probably rage on. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/syncopator-familias/support

    E4: What if self-aware machines aren’t devils, but gods?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2018 7:06


    HAL 9000, Skynet and the Matrix were enemies of humanity. But in the real world, AI might just "love" us to death. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/syncopator-familias/support

    How I Gave Up Anger for Lent &Took Up Praying for My Enemies

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2018 7:20


    I like getting angry and holding grudges way more than I like candy or television, so clearly that would be a much bigger sacrifice. (Image public domain, “The Chicago amateur base ball annual and inter-city base ball association year book” 1904) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/syncopator-familias/support

    Episode 2: Parable of the Malfunctioning Air Conditioner

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2018 16:33


    Something's in the air (conditioning) -- and it's the key to living by faith. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/syncopator-familias/support

    Episode 1: The Bee Attitudes: O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2018 5:37


    How my animosity toward badly behaving bees taught me I was being unforgiving to people who’ve wronged me --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/syncopator-familias/support

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