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“Great Results from Small Beginnings”Text: Mark 4:26-34We often think about what the Kingdom of God will look like when we get there. However, through parables, Jesus explains how we might see it exhibit itself today when God is able to reign in our lives. The parables of the Growing Seed and the Mustard Seed both…

Matthew 6:33-34We panic, worry, and become anxious when we go through trials. Our first response is to take matters into our hands. But God should be our first resort. Djanin Cruz shares with us how God brings peace, provision, and contentment in our lives as we continue to seek Him. #DailyDevo 

Luke 23:34We use the word "love" to describe many different emotional experiences in our lives — we use it to express loyalty and affection to our spouse, our passion for a sport, a topic, and our favorite food. But what does "love" really mean? Pastor Ariel points us to a love like no other — the compassion our Lord Jesus displayed vividly on the cross. #DailyDevo

Good News, Everyone! (Part 2)Brett, Lindsey, Burk, Andy, and Taylor discuss what it means to speak with authority and why healing seems to be a fundamental component of Jesus' ministry!Mark 1:16-20If we're going to be completely honest, what are the things that would be most difficult to walk away from if Jesus called us after him?How do we prepare ourselves to say yes if and when that happens?Mark 1:21-28This notion of authority bookends this passage. Jesus teaches with authority and works miracles with authority. Quite unlike the teachers of the law, who would often hedge with "As Moses said…" or "as Rabbi so-and-so would say…"Obviously, we believe that as Christians, we have the same Spirit of God that Jesus had, but we often pray with timidity or fear and hedge our words, much like the old teachers of the law.What does it mean to speak or pray with authority? How do we grow in our ability to act with authority?Mark 1:29-34We often think that Jesus came to teach moral philosophy and then die on a cross and rise again, but healing was obviously an important part of his ministry. What do these miracles mean for us today?Mark 1: 40-45One of several times Jesus says to tell no one. Here, however, we see it at the tail end of a variety of healings, none of which were given a similar injunction.Sometimes, when we pray for God to do something miraculous, we feel compelled to take big steps of faith in response: eat some of this, quit taking that, no longer follow the doctor’s orders. But here, we see Jesus order the leper to go to the authorities to verify the healing to ensure that he is able to return to society in a proper way.Why? What is this all about?Features the song Vienna Beat by Blue Dot Sessions, available under CC BY-NC 4.0.

Spitting + Sighing = Astonishment beyond Measure Mk 8:34We've got great visuals and audios today. We have Jesus Spitting and some fingers in the ears of a deaf man. We have him cooperating with Jesus enough to HAVE HIS TONGUE TOUCHED.Jesus speaks a word of healing to this man's infirmity. But, before He does, He utters a SIGH as He LOOKS TO HEAVEN. Something very significant is happening here. The healing is spiritual eye candy. The Sighing and the Looking got me today. Does anybody think our world is OK? That Man is OK? That Woman is OK? Our place is so broken it is SIGHABLE, beyond words. Somebody's gotta help us. Somebody's gotta rescue. Maybe Jesus is the ONE to help. I could be ASTONISHED BEYOND MEASURE about that if it was true. Listen and find out.

Series: Jesus: The Uncommon KingScripture: Matthew 20:1-34We hope you enjoyed listening to this message! If you’d like to stay updated on what God is doing at Citylight Council Bluffs, be sure to follow us:Citylight Council BluffsFacebookInstagramCitylight Council Bluffs | Sundays at 9 AM & 11 AM2109 Railroad Hwy, Council Bluffs, IA 51503Support the show (https://www.citylightcb.org/give/)

Key Verses: John 6:35And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.Main Point: A proper partaking of the Lord’s Table is an event that brings glory to God in the church and is a witness to the unsaved world.1 Corinthians 11:17-34We will be taking a look at the importance of celebrating the Lord’s table. We’ll consider 3 aspects of the Lord’s table found in this portion of scripture that will help us understand why the early Christians were devoted to it.The Lord’s Table (communion)…1. Should be an edifying event 2. Is a new covenant for the church3. Requires self-examination

 Pivoting Retail Commerce to Online with Manish HiraparaSUMMARY KEYWORDSbusiness, customers, e commerce, people, digital, amazon, world, commerce, pivot, online, peak, business owners, ways, activity, tools, opportunity, merchant, thinking, services, cyberSPEAKERSJess Coburn, Manish Hirapara Jess Coburn  00:45Hey welcome to another episode of cyber cyber chat. I'm your host Jess Coburn and with me today I have Manisha her partner. Manish Can you talk a little about yourself and what you do? Manish Hirapara  00:55Sure. Happy to be here Jess and thanks for having me on the My background is primarily in e commerce and digital digital marketing digital technology. We I'm the CEO of a software and marketing firm based in South Florida, called peak activity. And our goal is to help our business partners really use digital techniques, whether it's e commerce, better web experiences, better technology, really changed the game with their business and use those techniques to add skills and technologies to to really advance their business. So they can they can ride the coattails of the Facebook's and the Amazons of the world that are really changing our business models as we speak. And what we're trying to do is bring those learnings that companies like Facebook and Amazon have created and bring those to the masses and bring those to business owners that are looking for a competitive advantage. Jess Coburn  01:55Nice if you've been doing this for a while you've got a pretty strong background. I know you'd mentioned at one point that you'd started at Office Depot and kind of got your start there. 02:05I did. Yeah, I actually started very early in my career as a software developer, and working on their e commerce platform. We helped build what, what still is today, a top 10 online retailer, when when I left Office Depot about five years ago, started this company, they were doing over $7 billion in transactions online. So really, enterprise scale worldwide operations, there's some significant things you can do in e commerce. And what I chose to do was to take a lot of that experience at a large enterprise, great organization and kind of distill it down understand what the best practices for and bring those to our business partners. Jess Coburn  02:46Now, at peak activity, you've got a large workforce and like the rest of the world, you were you were hit pretty quickly and unexpectedly by everything that was going on with COVID-19. How has peak activity adjusted Do it. 03:01Well, the good news for us has been we were already ready for remote work. We have employees worldwide we we already use tools like slack and Google meat is our preferred video conferencing solution. So we already had some of those pieces in place. But just like everybody else, we had to understand digest what was going on and really, make sure from a human resources perspective, we're doing the right things for our employees. You know, being a digital first company we we pride ourselves in already have been ready for that. So we haven't had to adjust to too much. We do have an office that is it for the moment closed and we are kind of working a little bit more remotely. But you know, fortunately for us, we we've already had relationships with our customers over already over email and over slack channels and other digital techniques. So we've already kind of plumbed everything, and now it's really just been helping our customers or business as partners get up to up to speed on on things, working through challenges in communication working through how do you how do you effectively run projects completely remote. So it's been a transition for us to make sure that we can keep up with the pace of which this this change has happened. Jess Coburn  04:20Now, throughout the US, a lot of states are starting to come out of lockdown and businesses are starting to go back to work here in Florida, with the exception of some Florida we're seeing pardon me we're seeing a lot of open up how do you think businesses need to adjust as we're coming out of the lockout lockdown? 04:41it's it's a it's been a really interesting challenge for us with our customers. We've actually created some new techniques and published actually the website on this product that we've created around low touch commerce. And we do work with a number of customers that are in retail for example retail, that means have been non essential and it's been Chuck for a month and a half. And unfortunately, that means revenues are declining and and you're not seeing, you're not seeing any traffic at all. What we've what we've really said to our customers is look, think through ways that ecommerce can help. Think through ways that calendar and appointment setting online can help. Think about using live chat or live streaming tools to engage with your workforce. So don't just think, gotta have everything locked down, but also think through how to advance it as quickly as you can using digital tools. Jess Coburn  05:39So let's dive into a little bit right because a lot of the customers you work with aren't traditional e commerce companies, in the sense of you know, that you would go to Amazon and maybe buy their products. In some cases you do, but generally you don't. So for those businesses, this has been an extremely difficult transition right? And you touched on that concept of low touch commerce. How are these businesses adopted? And can you give some examples? 06:08Sure. So we have a number of furniture retailers now that we work with and furniture traditionally has been the last industry to get into, into buying online and using e commerce. However, there are companies, for example, wayfair, that and Amazon have really taken a lot of share in this market. And it's a complex product to deliver. It's a complex product to sell, you get to think about how do you visualize your room? And how do you how do you want to know that that sofa that you're buying is going to fit? And how do you feel like it's gonna match the surroundings. But if you if you also think about the fact that we all have a smartphone, and we have devices in our pocket that let us take photo videos, have live streaming with with somebody who is an expert. And so the things we've really thought about have been if you're comfortable going Get to a retail store. Go ahead and try to make an appointment, go into sales associate, that's your best expert, right? If you're not comfortable trying to get your expert on a device that most people are already leveraging and happy communication service with and take advantage of live streaming tools take advantage of a lot of SaaS software products that are out there that will enable you to have a new way of communicating and capturing revenue. Think about payments with e commerce, you have the ability with with two simple solutions like stripe or authorize that net to set up credit card processing, PayPal, there's great solutions out there. You don't build all this in ecommerce infrastructure like you might have 10 or 15 years ago. Jess Coburn  07:43So that's a great example. Right? A lot of businesses don't realize in the past, if you wanted to get a merchant accounts online, you had to jump through all kinds of hoops with stripe PayPal and these services. You're set up like that and you're online and you're ready to go. Like and if it It's implemented correctly, it's secure, and absolutely free with that. The only you know, the other thing that you pointed out there that's really important I think a lot of businesses lose track up is you don't have to reinvent the wheel. Yep, you know, you can reuse what's off the shelf software, and move quickly and be agile in this time. A great example as when you shared with me with one of your customers where they work off of that showroom, and they've set up the kind of the appointment thing and you guys came up with that idea for them. 08:34We did and and really, Our idea was to go and just research and we and fortunately for us, we've been researching these for a few months already. We've already been a little bit at the ball there. But our idea was to research. open source tools are openly available tools, you sign up for a license, and you're ready to book appointments, you sign up for a live streaming service, you're ready to have face to face interaction. The the economy in the digital world today is as much Buy and assemble as it is built, right. So you don't have to have a bunch of software developers working nonstop for six months to assemble something, you go a couple clicks, and and sign up and you're in business. And that's a lot of the advice that we're providing to our customers is, let's find the right tools and solutions. They might not be perfect. You don't want to let great get in the way of good but at least you're in business and you're seeing 1020 30% of your revenue come back right away. While we wait for the for the the curve flattens, and we get back into the into the new normal would be, which will take some time. Jess Coburn  09:38Yeah, that concept of just in time execution is really important. And a lot of people lose that you get, you get paralyzed by looking at the little details and trying to get it just right. I want to take a quick break here and just mention that we are live on Facebook and YouTube. And we did it kind of impromptu going live. I appreciate you jumping on with me like that, because we're live it Appreciate anyone that's there. If you're seeing the stream and everything's working good, give us a like and make sure it's there. And I wanted to point out that you can ask questions. So if you have a question a Minish just a leave a comment, and we can respond to that here live. So minesh You know, when I started applied innovations, I started it focused on e commerce. I don't know if we ever had that conversation. But that was kind of my thing is that I saw a real need and a real opportunity around e commerce. Long time ago, I wrote a shopping cart and Pearl of all languages, but at the time on the web, you know, in the early days and early 90s, that was the go to for web development. A lot of e commerce vendors have kind of been at the mercy of Amazon, they've kind of accepted that, hey, that's where the eyeballs are, and I have to go to Amazon. But we've seen a big pivot lately, right. So I know with a lot of our customers, we're seeing a lot of these e commerce customers move to either amazon prime It's fulfilled by the seller. And they're they're capitalizing on that they're seeing an increase in their fulfilled by merchant sales. But more importantly, they're seeing a huge increase in direct sales. What should these merchants be doing today that they're seeing that that pivot net change? 11:17I think the first thing I would say for that would be to get the game, right. It's not a matter of thinking about it from a physical retail standpoint anymore, where you're just going to set up location or shop and that's the only place you're gonna sell. There's lots of places to sell. Most companies aren't even thinking about international buyers. They're not thinking about new audiences that you can reach. So if you want to really expand your reach, get in the game, figure out if you're comfortable with Amazon. Amazon is a formidable competitor to a lot of people. And they do leverage their data and they do try to cut people out. So you got to be careful, but get in the game. If there's variable Very simple ways to start selling on Amazon there's very simple ways to start selling on Walmart. There's also ways to open up your own storefront and drive your own consumer traffic. And a lot of that has to do with knowing your consumer and your products. Specifically in e commerce and knowing how you're going to deliver the products. It's not just a physical good world anymore either. ebooks, audio, there's there's, there's there's a lot of new ways to monetize revenue and do business that is not your traditional selling a physical product but services and and things of that nature that are really just once you educate yourself on what can be done and how to do it, you have to try it's a test and learn strategy. It's not a one size fits all the the online world is vast. There's no end to it. And there's always new constant innovations that are coming out. So the idea that you do it, you build it once and then it's there for five or 10 years isn't how it is it should be Do it. Do it. For a week, get the data. And the beautiful, the beautiful thing is you get data back very, very quickly see what the data say. And then move on to the next one. Keep keep pivoting, keep adjusting. So it's a it's a it's a new world from from that perspective, but you've got to start somewhere. And you may be Sarah staring out to the mountains, and I need to be online and it feels like it's, it's all the way at the top there. Just start walking, just start hiking the trail, and all of a sudden, you'll find that there's a clear pathway for your business and every business opportunity in the digital world in the online world. Jess Coburn  13:31Yeah, I think a lot of businesses because they were taken by surprise, they didn't realize that they did have that opportunity and they were able to execute on it. You know, we've seen a pivot with Well, let's look at restaurants, for example, you know, almost every restaurant now is available for delivery by using either their own delivery team or one of these services. They've got curbside pickup like crazy. And I know Friday we went and had we ordered curbside Pick up, we were probably there was probably 15 people coming and going that time that we were there. So those businesses are starting to pivot and change. Now granted, it's not the same business that it was, but it's changing. How have you seen other businesses pivot or change that you can think? 14:17Yeah, I think this is this is an interesting time because it really tests the mettle of every everybody's entrepreneurship, and entrepreneurial abilities. And we've watched it very closely, because the ones that are the most entrepreneurial are the ones that are are making out really well in this in this unfortunate time. And what we've seen is, you've got to think through that the old ways of doing business are just not present at the moment. And you've got to find new ways of getting your means of production, whether it's a restaurant or if you're a b2b manufacturer of cosmetics, and skincare products. You Gotta you've got a pivot to hand sanitizers and get those out on the internet, right? No longer are you? Are you just waiting for a boutique mall base operator to reopen so that you can move your goods, right? So you've got to think through how can you How can you be entrepreneurial in these times, and we all know, but it's a time that we're all trying to get through together not, not every dollar is going to come back. But if you can get 25 or 50 cents on the dollar back to your business, that extend your lifeline so long as as long as you can to get business back to what the new normal be and then keep in mind, the new normal it's not an instant return and consumer behaviors that are being reinforced now, your example of the restaurant the curbside pickup, they're here to stay. We worked on creating a we work with a the largest alcohol and beverage provider in the country and we worked on creating an opportunity for them to you know, have mobile solutions to do things like pick up, and, and even delivery. And those are those are trends that have been coming for a long, long time. And they're here to stay. What this has done is accelerated the adoption of those trends. And, and if you're entrepreneurial if you view we're not talking about millions of dollars in investments, you can get in for as little as 100 $200 a month, and you can be in the game and you start learning as quickly as possible. Jess Coburn  16:26It's amazing, right? That for such a low entry point, you really just have to be willing to hustle to make it happen. Right? So it's a beautiful thing. A lot of businesses are Oh my god, you know, business has changed. I don't have to do I'm gonna go to sleep and maybe when I wake up tomorrow, it's it's it's better. And those are the businesses that aren't going to be here when this is all said and done. It's the ones that will move and pivot quickly. One of the things I've noticed and I'm curious if if you've seen it too, with with your own experience, this concept of video chat, and you know, using zoom in teams and Google meet these services. Early on, it was something that a lot of people, especially business owners, leaders, CEOs were against, they didn't want to do that they wanted to meet face to face. But I'm finding over the last two months, that they're more comfortable with it, you know, when you would jump on a zoom meeting, it would take 15 minutes to get everybody to figure out how to turn on their camera and turn off their microphone. Everybody's in like this now. I think that's a change that we're gonna see for the future. 17:33It's definitely gonna stick. My I have a first grader, and he's on with his classroom every day on google classroom or Google Hangouts. And they're all muting appropriately and so we're teaching our next generation exactly how to do this. And look, there's still a great value to face to face business. We believe in it. We we actually miss it quite a bit. But you're right it what this has done is it feels like For us, at least, it's brought the humanity back to the equation. No longer are we getting dressed up and going to formal meetings, but we're really talking about the content and the subject matter of what needs to be discussed. And we're going straight to it. And definitely would agree with you just there that this is this has been this has been as much of a learning experience and we relish in it because we see new things happening and creative. It's creating new creative processes and juices that are quite frankly a little bit overdue, right. So it's great to see people who may have been against it. People may have been worried about the security and the risks to their business. Now say, Look, I've got to get into this business and embrace it. And change is hard for a lot of people. But this is one of those things where changes sometimes forced and prescribed and I'm glad to see it for one Jess Coburn  18:53moment. I should it's been exciting. You know, there's always the saying that there's opportunity in disaster and you need to look for it. I'm excited to see how people are grasping that opportunity, how companies like peak activity are doing it and how they're empowering their customers to also do it. And that's a big part of what we're about here at applied innovations to right is we want to look at technology and how these businesses can leverage technology to move their business forward. And a peak activity, it's the same. I know we're running quick on running out of time here, and I get into the top of the hour, but I wanted to see if there was anything you thought we missed or that you'd like to discuss. 19:36You know, I think I love the I love the the cyber cyber cyber side chat concept, just because there's there's no one and this is an unprecedented time for business leaders. There's no manual for CEOs or business owners on how to lead through a pandemic or really a market that's clear as quickly as as it has And, you know, I feel like we are all learning and adapting every day. And I think that's one of the biggest strengths that we have as humans is we adapt to change, we embrace new things as much as we can. And, you know, I would just say, technology, digital marketing, they're all just components of a classic org chart. They're all things that you should have been working through and thinking about, and you've got people probably in your organization, or you've got businesses like yours in mind that are here to to, to help guide and Shepherd the new world into into where it's going. And I think it's one of those things where, as a business owner, don't, don't hesitate to reach out for help. And, you know, for me, I've embraced that we're trying to find new new partners and new ways of inventing things like we have with low touch commerce to say look, we just need to find a tool. Let's go find it. And I think that's the the The entrepreneur as you said, hustle, what we're all trying to do, but don't try to do it in an educated or unguided way. So I really appreciate you putting the cyber sec side chat series together. I know for me from the finance standpoint, these are the things that we're looking for experts on on how do we navigate the finances of what's going on? It's a deal. Jess Coburn  21:19Absolutely. So we've got another one coming on, I believe Monday, where we're going to talk on that actual topic of finance and what you can do around your 401k and seizing the opportunity within the market. So I like that you had pointed out that it's important to partner to look for help right now. That's really key, I think, and a lot of businesses think that they're in it alone, especially business leaders and CEOs. I'm in it alone. It's me by myself. And that's not the case. Now's the time to reach out to the tribe, to you know, even your competitors, your friends, people in other industries and look for that help. That's one of the reasons why we started the Facebook group, you know, Florida businesses helping each other was for that reason Reason so and I'll include a link in that niche before we end you want to share your contact information? 22:06Sure, if you just want to go to peak activity p ak activity.com, you can fill out any of the contact forms there or you can email me directly ma ni sh, at peak activity calm and happy to be found on social LinkedIn or anywhere that that makes sense. Jess Coburn  22:24Yep. And to answer Linda's question, absolutely. This will be recorded. It's recorded and it will be available online on the software businesses helping each other website as well as the cyber side chat forward. appreciate the feedback. Natalie can't wait to get you that far. Okay, information. You even know the guy that's going to be doing it for us. It's going to be Robert McNish, thanks again for taking the time. We're going to end it here. But I've got your contact information on the closing slide. And we'll leave that up for a couple of minutes. Yes.

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Series: Matthew: The King's AuthorityScripture: Matthew 9:27-34We hope you enjoyed listening to this message! If you’d like to stay updated on what God is doing at Citylight Council Bluffs, be sure to follow us:Citylight Council BluffsFacebookInstagramCitylight Council Bluffs | Sundays at 8, 9:30 & 11:15 AM2109 Railroad Hwy, Council Bluffs, IA 51503Support the show (https://www.citylightcb.org/give/)

“Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.” John 13:34We are called to love one another, despite the struggles, pain, hurt or behaviors they exhibit. As Christians especially I know it’s our calling to LOVE over Condemn. Jesus loved us unconditionally and calls us to do the same. 
Love flows from God to us and through us flows to others. 
Forgiveness follows the same path - from God to Us and then to others. If we are to be forgiven of our sins or we must forgive others. 
On my final day, I pray that people remember the blessings and positive legacy of my life and not my shortcomings and sins. Today’s podcast was spurred by an IG message I got yesterday after the passing of Basketball Legend Kobe Bryant and it stayed with me in my heart and mind so I knew it had to be talked about on the show today. I talk about how we are called to LOVE but also what it means to forgive. Whether it’s a legendary star or someone in your personal life, we are meant to love everyone. Forgiveness is not: 
- letting people off the hook - Waiting for an apology or admission 
- forgiving is not the same as forgetting. 


Forgiveness IS: 
- not optional. 
- not an event, but a process 
- not earned, but gifted
- becoming aware is the first step. 

I’d love to know what spoke to you about this lesson… share with me by connecting with me on SM, by email or my website. Find & connect with Kim more at https://www.choosetoriseup.com/ IG: kjpmeyer FB: choosetoriseup Help Support this podcast by- sharing it with a friend - posting it on your social media - donating funds to keep it going @kim-meyer-49 on Venmo *all funds go towards producing this podcast

“Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.” John 13:34We are called to love one another, despite the struggles, pain, hurt or behaviors they exhibit. As Christians especially I know it’s our calling to LOVE over Condemn. Jesus loved us unconditionally and calls us to do the same. 
Love flows from God to us and through us flows to others. 
Forgiveness follows the same path - from God to Us and then to others. If we are to be forgiven of our sins or we must forgive others. 
On my final day, I pray that people remember the blessings and positive legacy of my life and not my shortcomings and sins. Today’s podcast was spurred by an IG message I got yesterday after the passing of Basketball Legend Kobe Bryant and it stayed with me in my heart and mind so I knew it had to be talked about on the show today. I talk about how we are called to LOVE but also what it means to forgive. Whether it’s a legendary star or someone in your personal life, we are meant to love everyone. Forgiveness is not: 
- letting people off the hook - Waiting for an apology or admission 
- forgiving is not the same as forgetting. 


Forgiveness IS: 
- not optional. 
- not an event, but a process 
- not earned, but gifted
- becoming aware is the first step. 

I’d love to know what spoke to you about this lesson… share with me by connecting with me on SM, by email or my website. Find & connect with Kim more at https://www.choosetoriseup.com/ IG: kjpmeyer FB: choosetoriseup Help Support this podcast by- sharing it with a friend - posting it on your social media - donating funds to keep it going @kim-meyer-49 on Venmo *all funds go towards producing this podcast

Series: Matthew 5-7: Life In The KingdomScripture: Matthew 6:25-34We hope you enjoyed listening to this message! If you’d like to stay updated on what God is doing at Citylight Council Bluffs, be sure to follow us:Citylight Council BluffsFacebookInstagramCitylight Council Bluffs | Sundays at 8, 9:30 & 11:15 AM 2109 Railroad Hwy, Council Bluffs, IA 51503Support the show (https://www.citylightcb.org/give/)

Genesis 25:21-34We all have family stories – stories about grandpas and grandmas or about uncles and aunts. Some of them are funny. Some of them are sad. But they help us know more about ourselves – where we came and who we are. This morning we’ll begin to take a look at some of our Faith Family stories. We’ll learn about us but, more importantly, we’ll learn about God. Support the show (https://pushpay.com/g/hillsidechgr?src=hpp)

Summer came early this year, and it has us already dreaming of weekends at the beach or up in the mountains, kicking back in a hammock with a book between our hands. So we put together a show to highlight some of the season's top reads, in case you're thinking of packing your knapsack and heading for the hills (or at least the park)."Every Anxious Wave" by Mo DaviauMo Daviau is a former college radio DJ who dreamt up her novel, "Every Anxious Wave," over the turntable. It centers around a middle-age dive bar owner named Karl Bender, who’s only kind of hung up about the loss of his glory days playing guitar in an indie rock sensation. When a super-smart friend opens up a wormhole in the space-time continuum, Karl does what any self-respecting middle-aged hipster would do: he starts going back in time to see his favorite shows. And he meets his match, a brainy physicist named Lena.Remembering Katherine Dunn, the author of "Geek Love" - 11:34We remember writer Katherine Dunn with Willamette Week editor and publisher Mark Zusman. Dunn, best known for her 1989 award-winning novel “Geek Love,” passed away Wednesday at the age of 70. (This story replaced the interview with Katie Chase about "Man and Wife" in the original podcast. It will air next week.) "On the Folly of Loving Life" by Monica Drake - 20:24Monica Drake is one of Portland’s better known contemporary bards. Her 2007 novel, "Clown Girl," followed a young woman navigating a scene not unlike Northeast Portland’s famous Alberta Street Clown House. "The Stud Book," which followed in 2013, was a scathing, hilarious, and surprisingly tender meditation on how we create family. This week we had Monica in to tell us about her newest adventure — into the world of interconnected short stories — with "The Folly of Loving Life.""Shoe Dog" by Phil Knight - 30:28The notoriously private Nike founder and philanthropist Phil Knight has taken to the court and the spotlight with the release of his memoir, "Shoe Dog." "Complex" magazine called it “more like 'The Lord of the Rings' than a typical mogul memoir,” and it brought ESPN’s Darren Rovel to tears. Earlier this month, Knight sat down with “New Yorker” writer and essayist Adam Gopnik at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall to talk everything from the origins of the swoosh to going to school with Ken Kesey. You can hear their full conversation at the Literary Arts' Archive Project."Roller Girl" by Victoria Jamieson - 39:10Victoria Jamieson has written other books for kids and teaches children’s literature at Pacific Northwerst College of Art, but in her spare time, she skates with the Rose City Rollers Wreckers team under the name of Winnie the Pow. So perhaps it's no surprise her graphic novel for middle-grade readers, "Roller Girl," is a coming-of-age tale in which girls get in touch with their deeper selves by skating around and hitting each other. The book is also about the very messy social geometry that happens when kids move beyond their elementary school friendships. The book was published last year, and this year was listed for a Newberry Honor.

Supporting the 4 String Forum Topic, "We'll Meet Again." - - - ''Compass 56.'' I called on the style of legendary country pianist, Mr "Floyd Cramer" to help me out with this one. Courtesy off Band In A Box. Key G, tuning CGBD., - - - hopin' you enjoy.

Supporting the 4 String Forum Topic, "We'll Meet Again." - - - ''Compass 56.'' I called on the style of legendary country pianist, Mr "Floyd Cramer" to help me out with this one. Courtesy off Band In A Box. Key G, tuning CGBD., - - - hopin' you enjoy.