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On this episode of the Migration Waterfowl podcast, your host Brian Halbleib talks with Jordan Murdoch, the national sales and marketing manager at Rig'Em Right. They discuss Jordan's hunting background, his journey into the outdoor industry, and his experiences living in Idaho. The conversation covers various hunting seasons, preferences, and strategies, particularly focusing on Jordan's love of waterfowl hunting. Jordan shares his insights on bird numbers, hunting conditions, and the challenges of hunting on public land. They also discuss various aspects of waterfowl hunting, focusing on techniques used in Idaho, the importance of decoy visibility, the innovative products offered by Rig'Em Right and the significance of customer service and product quality in the hunting gear industry. Jordan shares insights into his hunting experiences, upcoming trips, and the realities of working in the hunting industry. He discusses his favorite hunting spots, preferences for waterfowl, and the cultural differences between hunting in the West and East. The conversation also touches on the challenges faced by hunters in different regions and the importance of preserving hunting access. Takeaways: Jordan Murdoch is the national sales and marketing manager at Rig'Em Right. He shot his first waterfowl at the age of 12. California offers some of the best turkey hunting opportunities. Waterfowl hunting is considered the most enjoyable by Jordan. Hunting in Idaho provides a variety of opportunities. The hunting season in Idaho runs from mid-October to the end of January. Jordan averages about 50 to 60 hunting days per year. Public land hunting is the primary method for Jordan and his friends. Bird numbers can vary significantly from year to year. The real estate market in Idaho has seen significant price increases. Hunting in Idaho involves diverse environments like rivers and marshes. Using motion in decoys can significantly improve hunting success. RigamRite started by making decoy rigs and has expanded its product line. Black decoys enhance visibility and contrast in water, attracting more birds. Customer service is a key focus for RigamRite, enhancing customer loyalty. Waterfowl hunting gear must withstand harsh conditions and heavy use. Innovative products can change the way hunters approach their sport. Memorable hunting experiences often involve unexpected challenges. Scouting for new hunting locations can lead to successful hunts. Black ducks are a rare and special find for many hunters. Jordan discusses his usual hunting trips and potential plans for the future. He highlights the busy nature of the hunting industry, balancing work and hunting. Jordan enjoys turkey hunting during the off-season and has a routine he follows. He expresses a preference for familiar hunting spots over new adventures. Jordan feels fortunate to have access to great hunting locations in his area. He shares his favorite waterfowl recipe and cooking methods. Jordan's favorite shotgun is a customized Franchi he won at a raffle. He prefers elk sticks as a snack while hunting. The Boise River is his favorite place to hunt, despite recent challenges. Jordan empathizes with hunters on the East Coast facing access issues. Feel free to reach out to us: migrationwaterfowl@gmail.com Facebook, Instagram & YouTube: @migrationwaterfowl Migration Waterfowl Store https://tinyurl.com/MigrationWaterfowlStore This episode is brought to you by: Blue Bird Waterfowl https://bluebirdwaterfowl.com The Duck Hole & Company https://m.facebook.com/duckholecompany Golden Millet Seed https://www.goldenmilletseed.com CK Custom Calls https://m.facebook.com/100088485616501 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
If you walked along the lower Boise River 25 years ago, you saw ugly, chocolate brown water that was full of bacteria, phosphorus and dirt. Since then, the river has changed thanks to a group that is dedicated to cleaning it up.
It's official - Ashton Jeanty is one of four Heisman finalists (along with Travis Hunter, Dillon Gabriel, Cam Ward), what are Jeanty's chances in New York this weekend, we also take a look at his current stats and how they compare to all-time record holder Barry Sanders (Jeanty is 131 yards away from his record), Broncos are coming off historic weekend - Mountain West championship, goal posts in the Boise River, Post Malone, CFP, Fiesta Bowl, your favorite memory of the weekend, Bob talks to players for CFP reaction in Bronco Focus
It's official - Ashton Jeanty is one of four Heisman finalists (along with Travis Hunter, Dillon Gabriel, Cam Ward), what are Jeanty's chances in New York this weekend, we also take a look at his current stats and how they compare to all-time record holder Barry Sanders (Jeanty is 131 yards away from his record), Broncos are coming off historic weekend - Mountain West championship, goal posts in the Boise River, Post Malone, CFP, Fiesta Bowl, your favorite memory of the weekend, Bob talks to players for CFP reaction in Bronco FocusSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
It's official - Ashton Jeanty is one of four Heisman finalists (along with Travis Hunter, Dillon Gabriel, Cam Ward), what are Jeanty's chances in New York this weekend, we also take a look at his current stats and how they compare to all-time record holder Barry Sanders (Jeanty is 131 yards away from his record), Broncos are coming off historic weekend - Mountain West championship, goal posts in the Boise River, Post Malone, CFP, Fiesta Bowl, your favorite memory of the weekend, Bob talks to players for CFP reaction in Bronco FocusSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
It's official - Ashton Jeanty is one of four Heisman finalists (along with Travis Hunter, Dillon Gabriel, Cam Ward), what are Jeanty's chances in New York this weekend, we also take a look at his current stats and how they compare to all-time record holder Barry Sanders (Jeanty is 131 yards away from his record), Broncos are coming off historic weekend - Mountain West championship, goal posts in the Boise River, Post Malone, CFP, Fiesta Bowl, your favorite memory of the weekend, Bob talks to players for CFP reaction in Bronco FocusSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Along the Boise River sits 700 acres of land that supports more than 300 native species. And now, a new project is working to make improvements to that area by restoring habitat.
Monster show on Idaho Sports Talk - Jeramiah Dickey is staying at Boise State, 30 minutes with Chris Petersen and JP (finally) floats the Boise River, Dickey lands a new 5-year contract to continue as the Broncos' athletic director, Petersen talks about attending football practices over the weekend, the Danielson & Dirk dynamic, Madsen-Malachi and Ashton Jeanty, Bronco Focus interviews with James Ferguson-Reynolds and Kage Casey, BSU 100-meter record holder Kerry Lawyer on the need for speed in the Olympics, George Holani making progress in Seahawks camp
Monster show on Idaho Sports Talk - Jeramiah Dickey is staying at Boise State, 30 minutes with Chris Petersen and JP (finally) floats the Boise River, Dickey lands a new 5-year contract to continue as the Broncos' athletic director, Petersen talks about attending football practices over the weekend, the Danielson & Dirk dynamic, Madsen-Malachi and Ashton Jeanty, Bronco Focus interviews with James Ferguson-Reynolds and Kage Casey, BSU 100-meter record holder Kerry Lawyer on the need for speed in the Olympics, George Holani making progress in Seahawks campSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Monster show on Idaho Sports Talk - Jeramiah Dickey is staying at Boise State, 30 minutes with Chris Petersen and JP (finally) floats the Boise River, Dickey lands a new 5-year contract to continue as the Broncos' athletic director, Petersen talks about attending football practices over the weekend, the Danielson & Dirk dynamic, Madsen-Malachi and Ashton Jeanty, Bronco Focus interviews with James Ferguson-Reynolds and Kage Casey, BSU 100-meter record holder Kerry Lawyer on the need for speed in the Olympics, George Holani making progress in Seahawks campSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Monster show on Idaho Sports Talk - Jeramiah Dickey is staying at Boise State, 30 minutes with Chris Petersen and JP (finally) floats the Boise River, Dickey lands a new 5-year contract to continue as the Broncos' athletic director, Petersen talks about attending football practices over the weekend, the Danielson & Dirk dynamic, Madsen-Malachi and Ashton Jeanty, Bronco Focus interviews with James Ferguson-Reynolds and Kage Casey, BSU 100-meter record holder Kerry Lawyer on the need for speed in the Olympics, George Holani making progress in Seahawks campSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A debate is beginning to brew at Boise State football camp - who's emerging as RB2 behind starter Ashton Jeanty, both Breezy Dubar and Sire Gaines are getting better and gaining attention, camp audio from WR Chase Penry, DT Michael Callahan and TE Matt Lauter, JP spins the NFL Wheel of Headlines, American sprinter Noah Lyles and winning Olympic gold in the 100 meters, JP is finally floating the Boise River (during IST on Tuesday), Weekend Winners & Losers
A debate is beginning to brew at Boise State football camp - who's emerging as RB2 behind starter Ashton Jeanty, both Breezy Dubar and Sire Gaines are getting better and gaining attention, camp audio from WR Chase Penry, DT Michael Callahan and TE Matt Lauter, JP spins the NFL Wheel of Headlines, American sprinter Noah Lyles and winning Olympic gold in the 100 meters, JP is finally floating the Boise River (during IST on Tuesday), Weekend Winners & LosersSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A debate is beginning to brew at Boise State football camp - who's emerging as RB2 behind starter Ashton Jeanty, both Breezy Dubar and Sire Gaines are getting better and gaining attention, camp audio from WR Chase Penry, DT Michael Callahan and TE Matt Lauter, JP spins the NFL Wheel of Headlines, American sprinter Noah Lyles and winning Olympic gold in the 100 meters, JP is finally floating the Boise River (during IST on Tuesday), Weekend Winners & LosersSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A debate is beginning to brew at Boise State football camp - who's emerging as RB2 behind starter Ashton Jeanty, both Breezy Dubar and Sire Gaines are getting better and gaining attention, camp audio from WR Chase Penry, DT Michael Callahan and TE Matt Lauter, JP spins the NFL Wheel of Headlines, American sprinter Noah Lyles and winning Olympic gold in the 100 meters, JP is finally floating the Boise River (during IST on Tuesday), Weekend Winners & LosersSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We dive into the psyche of Boise State football fans, they won't attend ancillary events like a summer softball game but they show up on Saturdays in the fall - maybe that's a good thing heading into the new and messy world of college football, Lakers draft Bronny James and the nepotism debate flies off the charts, Bronco Focus - former BSU athletes shooting for a spot on the U.S. Olympic team, what are some of the best sports lines in music lyrics, it's float season in Boise and we try to get JP to play in the Boise River
As temperatures heat up, people are looking for ways to cool down, and what better way to do that than on the Boise River.
Boise is supposed to hit 96 degrees on Saturday, so it's basically summer now. But how can we make the most of the season? To get you inspired, our City Cast Boise team is resharing our unofficial summer bucket list. From locals-only tips for tanning to what we really think of floating the Boise River, we're here to help you plot your perfect hometown summer. What's on your 2024 summer bucket list? Let us know what's on your can't-miss itinerary and we might shout you out on our free Hey Boise newsletter in a couple of weeks. Just fill out the form at this link. Want some more Boise intel? Head over to our Hey Boise newsletter where you'll get a cheatsheet to the city every weekday morning. Interested in advertising with City Cast Boise? Find more info HERE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
As the weather warms up, snow is melting and water is filling up the Boise River, sometimes overfilling the river banks.
In this episode we WadeOutThere with Rob Griggs from Boise, Idaho. Rob's fly fishing journey has taken him from Tennessee, to Colorado, to Idaho, where he still lives today. He started guiding in Colorado after attending a guide school to improve his skills and continued guiding after the move to Boise. We discuss how the ego presents itself in fly fishing, the Boise River, and why keeping fly fishing “fun” might just catch you more fish.To learn more about Rob and the topics we discussed in this episode, check out the following links:Instagram: @thetroutsniperInstagram: @thecascadeanglersShow notes + MORENewsletter Sign-UpView Jason's ArtworkThanks for listening.VR- Jason
Have you ever walked on the Boise Greenbelt or floated the Boise River? Then you've technically been in an Ada County Park. The county manages Barber Park and miles of trails around the Treasure Valley. After months of work and public input, Ada County is about to unveil a master plan for its parks and waterways.
“If you're sizing up embarking on an epic roadie across the great American West, Idaho is the pitch-perfect launch-pad.” “With a similar sized population to Christchurch, Boise beats to a leisurely tempo, flanked by golden hills and verdant forest, sliced by the Boise River. It's a picturesque setting and the compact, leafy city centre exudes good looks and an easy-going grace.” “Hitting the road, I scooted across Idaho's central folds on a three-hour drive to Ketchum and Sun Valley. As the soaring Sawtooth Mountains shuffled into view, we passed through gorgeous tourist villages like Hailey and Bellevue.” Read Mike's full article here. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Host Emma Arnold is joined by Boise State Public Radio's George Prentice to dive into the week's news. They talk Ada County Jail expansion, a mayoral candidate's favorite Mexican restaurant, and how to safely watch Saturday's eclipse. Plus, are there snapping turtles in the Boise River? Want some more Boise news? Head over to our Hey Boise newsletter where you'll get a cheatsheet to the city every weekday morning. Interested in advertising with City Cast Boise? Find more info HERE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's been a busy summer on the Boise River with thousands of people taking part in one of the area's favorite activities: floating.
The official end of floating season on the Boise River is next Monday. So to mark the close of summer, we're re-sharing a chat lead producer Frankie Barnhill had with a man whose hobby — and side hustle — is diving for lost phones, car keys, and wallets in the Boise River. Rocky Detwiler, aka the River Robin Hood, has quite the story behind his nickname. Want some more Boise news? Head over to our Hey Boise newsletter where you'll get a cheatsheet to the city every weekday morning. Can't get enough of us?! We get it. Follow us on Instagram. Interested in advertising with City Cast Boise? Find more info HERE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's time to grab your fishing poles because late last week the Boise River got a little more crowded as nearly 300 Chinook salmon were released into the water. And tomorrow, July 18 Idaho Fish and Game will be adding even more.
Did you know that the Boise River used to be a legit trash river? Like it was so bad that there was yellow foam floating on the surface and no fish living in it. What ended up turning things around? Listen and find out. Read the newsletter & see photos at fromboise.comThis story was written by Amanda Patchin and Marissa Lovell. The podcast version is read by Marissa Lovell. Watch the 1970 Boise River Greenbelt aerial video narrated by Bill OnweilerIf you enjoyed this story, subscribe to the podcast & leave us a review. Subscribe to our newsletter at fromboise.com This podcast was produced in partnership with SB Studios in Boise, Idaho
In this episode we WadeOutThere with Kimberly Cordero from Boise, Idaho. Kim's fascination with fly fishing began while growing up watching her stepfather tie flies and grew as she began tying flies herself during the long, cold winters she experienced while living in South Dakota working for the Department of Juvenile Corrections. Today, Kim is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a background of over fourteen years as a child protection social worker and supervisor. When Kim started her own practice she missed being a part of a team and felt “lost without a sense of community.” She found that community by combining her passion for helping youth, love of fly fishing, and professional experience volunteering with the MayFly Project and starting its Boise chapter.We discuss fly fishing with teenagers, some of the psychological connections of how “motion equals emotion” with respect to fly fishing, and the Boise River.*Sidenote. At one point in our conversation Kim mentions the term “placement theory.” She would like to correct that term as “place attachment theory.”You can find out more about The MayFly Project, or volunteer at their website:The MayFly Project.comFor more fly fishing stories, lessons learned, and artwork check out my blog and online gallery at WadeOutThere.com
Idaho Matters takes a look at a new resource that is helping people stay safe on the Boise River.
April is OT Month - Check out our OT Month Digital Course Sale! harkla.co/otmonthSale ends April 30, 2023 Daniele Fallon, OTR/L is the owner and sole practitioner of Boise Outdoor OT in Boise, Idaho. Her practice provides direct, individual, outdoor occupational therapy services for young children along the Boise River and within her outdoor mud kitchen facility. In addition to providing OT services, she also runs a Mud Kitchen Kids and Loose Parts Play Enrichment group during the spring, summer, and fall to promote increased outdoor play and sensory integration. Daniele has experience working in skilled nursing facilities, teletherapy, sensory gyms, and as a contract school OT for the New York Department of Education - the largest and most diverse school system in the US. Upon moving to Boise, she became an outdoor educator at Everwild Forest School and continues to serve on their advisory committee. Daniele was contracted by Idaho AEYC to create teaching modules for early educators on the benefits of outdoor play, sensory integration in the outdoors, and how to set up a mud kitchen in early educational classrooms - in addition to presenting these topics at their professional development institutes throughout Idaho. This fall she is excited to partner with the College of Western Idaho to support incoming fieldwork I students to promote the benefits of outdoor play to future occupational therapy assistants. Daniele is the proud mother of 2 girls, loves living on the river with her husband, and has a deep love and respect for the therapeutic qualities of nature.Boise Outdoor OTDaniele's Instagram @boiseoutdoorotLooking for more in-depth help? Sign up for 2-on-1 Mentoring With Us!!We'd love to answer your questions on the podcast! Fill out this form -> https://harkla.typeform.com/to/ItWxQNP3 Brought To You By HarklaThis podcast is brought to you by Harkla. Our mission at Harkla is to help those with special needs live happy and healthy lives. We accomplish this through high-quality sensory products & child development courses.Podcast listeners get 10% off their first order at Harkla with the discount code "sensory". Head to Harkla.co/sensory to start shopping now.LinksAll Things Sensory Podcast Instagram Harkla Website Harkla YouTubeHarkla Instagram
For more than just one group here in the Treasure Valley, restoring 50 acres of habitat along the Boise River has become a labor of love.
In this episode, Belle chats with vintage denim expert and owner of Junkyard Jeans, Eric Schrader. Eric is an Idaho-based vintage buyer and reseller who specializes in denim and military apparel. He has twenty-five years of experience in the vintage resale market and has sold at The Rose Bowl, in addition to his individual clients around the world. Eric also sells his pieces to design departments at premium denim and luxury brands, including American Eagle, Levi's, RRL (a luxury line by Ralph Lauren), Valentino and Vetements. These brands then use these pieces as inspiration for their products and collections. Eric buys and sells between 2,000-3,000 pieces a month and is the former host of a vintage auction in Japan. In addition, his business, Junkyard Jeans, creates custom, chain-stitched pieces for performers in New York and Los Angeles. Eric travels the world year-round to source the highest quality pieces and educates everyday people on the value of their denim and what to look for when thrifting. He even starred in a denim documentary, called Blue Gold: American Jeans, that dives into the history of denim, it's role culture, and how it's being produced and sold today. In this episode, we dive into how Eric got his start in the vintage resale business and how he started his own store, Junkyard Jeans. You'll also learn what went into making the documentary, Blue Gold: American Jeans, how Eric currently sources his pieces, and how his business survived the pandemic. He even tells the story of when American country music duo, Brother's Osborne, stopped by the Junkyard Jeans store. Get excited to hear advice on how to get started in the vintage resale business, Eric's favorite Boise, San Francisco, and Los Angeles vintage stores, details about his own personal denim collection, and so much more! Junkyard Jeans Store *Open by Appointment Only. Call or text 208-870-3042* 1725 S Broadway Ave., Boise ID Junkyard Jeans Website https://junkyardjeans.com/ FOLLOW ON INSTAGRAM Junkyard Jeans @junkyardjeans Belle @bellebarreiroseiden Flavor of Fashion @flavoroffashionpodcast MENTIONED IN EPISODE Watch the Blue Gold: American Jeans documentary for free on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Gold-Eric-Schrader/dp/B06WGQNGYR Blue Gold: American Jeans documentary TRAILER https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TcaBFFM_bs Valentino x Levi's 517 SS21 Jeans Collaboration https://hypebeast.com/2021/4/valentino-levis-517-denim-jeans-ss21-collaboration-release-date-info https://www.valentino.com/en-dk/experience/levis-for-valentino Inspiration - LA Vintage Show (April 7th-8th, 2023) https://inspirationla.com/ Junkyard Jeans Jacket on Brothers Osborne https://www.instagram.com/p/BviAWFUHfXd/?igshid=Mzc1MmZhNjY%3D https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca5YH3nPxWb/?igshid=Mzc1MmZhNjY%3D ERIC'S RECOMMENDATIONS IDAHO STORES Eric Bill @erikbill Ward Hooper @wardhooper Serendipity Boutique @serendipity_boutique_boise Unique Boutique OTHER BOISE ATTRACTIONS Float the Boise River https://adacounty.id.gov/parksandwaterways/float-the-boise-river/ Whitewater Rafting https://www.cascaderaft.com/ BAY AREA/SF STORE JC Jeans @jcjeansvintage OAKLAND STORE Sam Poole @knownbadboy LA STORES ORA Industries @oraindustries1 Stephan Brovko @brovko.co --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/flavor-of-fashion-podcast/support
The Audiobook Wizard presents; Into Justin's World Justin doesn't see the world the way other people do. For him, sounds are too loud, textures are overwhelming, and water . . . that's a hard no! Or at least it is until a new fish friend invites Justin along on a magical river adventure on the beautiful Boise River. Can Justin find the beauty in what he fears? The Audiobook Wizard partners with Imagination Storybooks, and its audiobook division, Illustrated Audiobooks, to create and publish accessible audiobooks and videobooks from existing illustrated children's books. Our audiobooks include audio description (AD) for children who are blind or have low vision. The mission of Imagination Storybooks, a 501c3 Nonprofit, is simple. We believe all children should have equal access to early education.
For more than just one group here in the Treasure Valley, restoring 50 acres of habitat along the Boise River has become a labor of love.
Ada County Parks and Waterways manages a wide variety of spots, including 11 miles of the Greenbelt and the launching point for 125,000 people who float the Boise River each year. The department is putting together a new long-term plan and they want to hear from you about what to do with the properties they manage.
There may be new hope for the College of Western Idaho as it looks to build a campus on the Boise River.
In this episode we Wadeoutthere with Tommy Dimattina from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Tommy picked up his grandfathers fly rod while exploring his backyard and backwaters of the Florida Keys by paddle board. He used a camera to chronicle his love for the outdoors and fishing, and has braided his passion for fly fishing, photography, and the salt water environment into a career. We discuss fly fishing for bonefish in the Florida Keys, fish handling in saltwater, as well as photography and tips for how to make it a profession.To view some of Tommy's photography or to book work with him visit:FinsandFlyCreative.comYou can also follow Tommy or reach out to him on Instagram at:@bostoninked OR @finsandflycreativeTo learn about how to help support the salt water of the keys and other areas check out:Captainsforcleanwater.orgFor more fly fishing stories, lessons learned, and artwork check out my blog and online gallery at Wadeoutthere.comVisit KarmikOutdoors.com and use promo code WOT25 for 25% off and free shipping on any order.Listen to Karmik's founder on the Wadeoutthere Podcast: Ep. 34 South Fork of the Boise River with Robert GillinghamKarmik Outdoors. Lost. Found. Connect.
In this episode we Wadeoutthere with Adam Greuel from Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Adam grew up road tripping to Wyoming for family vacations, where he was introduced to rivers and fishing, which eventually led to picking up a fly rod. He also picked up a guitar and a pen, following his passion for music and songwriting in the band, Horseshoes and Handgrenades. Adam also guides his home state for trout when he's not on the road making music. We discuss the various regions and angling opportunities in Wisconsin, the beauty of exploration and discovery, and how that process fuels his fly fishing and song writing.You can learn about Adam and follow his fly fishing and musical adventures on Instagram at: @adamgreuel OR @horseshoesandhandgrenadesTo find Adam's band the Horseshoes and Handgrenades, listen to their music or grab tickets for a concert or pick up their latest album visit the bands website here:Horseshoes and HandgrenadesAlso, check out Adams other musical endeavors in the bands The High Hawks, Rucksack Revolution.To schedule a guided trip with Adam to explore his home state of Wisconsin for trout visit:Fall Line OutfittersFor more fly fishing stories, lessons learned, and artwork check out my blog and online gallery at:https://wadeoutthere.com/Visit KarmikOutdoors.com and use promo code WOT25 for 25% off and free shipping on any order.Listen to Karmik's founder on the Wadeoutthere Podcast: Ep. 34 South Fork of the Boise River with Robert GillinghamKarmik Outdoors. Lost. Found. Connect.
In this episode we Wadeoutthere with Zach Heath from Sacramento, California. Zach started fly fishing after retiring from mountain biking on the recommendation from his wife to find a slightly less extreme hobby than he was accustomed to. Zach dove in head first, spending over 300 days on the river in just his first year. We discuss what it means to be present on the river, and how Zach attempts to balance his work and time fly fishing. We also reflect on how a growing fly fishing community can share this sport in a positive way.To follow Zach on his adventures, check out his photography, or reach out and talk fly fishing, visit his Instagram:@FruitsnackzachFor more fly fishing stories, lessons learned, and artwork check out my blog and online gallery at:https://wadeoutthere.com/@FruitsnackzachVisit KarmikOutdoors.com and use promo code WOT25 for 25% off and free shipping on any order.Listen to Karmik's founder on the Wadeoutthere Podcast: Ep. 34 South Fork of the Boise River with Robert GillinghamKarmik Outdoors. Lost. Found. Connect.
In this episode we Wadeoutthere with Jory Ward from Wellsville, Utah. Jory learned to fish while building fence with his father and grandfather in the Rocky Mountains as a child. When he moved to Utah, he reconnected with fly fishing when he saw a bamboo fly rod hanging in a fly shop, and decided to build one. In Part 2 of our discussion, Jory explains the process he's developed for building his beautiful bamboo fly rods, as well as several tips, techniques, and resources for anyone interested in creating this special part of fly fishing history for themselves.To find out more about how Jory builds bamboo fly rods, order a custom built rod, or follow along on his fly fishing adventure reach out to Jory at his email:Troutfinn@gmail.comOr on Instagram at:@jory_ward If you are interested in building your own bamboo fly rod, check out the book that helped guide Jory:Fundamentals of Building a Bamboo Fly Rod, by George MaurerFor more fly fishing stories, lessons learned, and artwork check out my blog and online gallery at:https://wadeoutthere.com/Visit KarmikOutdoors.com and use promo code WOT25 for 25% off and free shipping on any order.Listen to Karmik's founder on the Wadeoutthere Podcast: Ep. 34 South Fork of the Boise River with Robert GillinghamKarmik Outdoors. Lost. Found. Connect.
In this episode we Wadeoutthere with Jory Ward from Wellsville, Utah. Jory learned to fish while building fence with his father and grandfather in the Rocky Mountains as a child. When he moved to Utah, he reconnected with fly fishing when he saw a bamboo fly rod hanging in a fly shop, and decided to build one. In Part 1 of our discussion Jory explains what drew him to bamboo and the unique qualities of fishing with bamboo vs graphite fly rods. We also discuss exploring the Rocky Mountains for cutthroat trout.To find out more about how Jory builds bamboo fly rods, order a custom built rod, or follow along on his fly fishing adventure reach out to Jory at his email:Troutfinn@gmail.comOr on Instagram at:@jory_ward For more fly fishing stories, lessons learned, and artwork check out my blog and online gallery at:https://wadeoutthere.com/Visit KarmikOutdoors.com and use promo code WOT25 for 25% off and free shipping on any order.Listen to Karmik's founder on the Wadeoutthere Podcast: Ep. 34 South Fork of the Boise River with Robert GillinghamKarmik Outdoors. Lost. Found. Connect.
In this episode we Wadeoutthere with Charlie Craven from Arvada, Colorado. Charlie started tying and selling flies as a child in Colorado, where he later guided on the South Platte River. He went on to become a longtime commercial fly tyer and signature tyer for Umpqua Feather Merchants. He has created numerous videos, books, and articles about fly tying, and runs his own fly shop, Charlie's Fly Box, fulfilling his childhood dream to make a living doing what he loves: tying, teaching, and fishing. We discuss fly fishing Colorado's front range, fly tying materials and how to make every thread wrap count on the vise.You can follow Charlie and check out all his amazing resources at his fly shop:Charlie's Fly BoxOr visit Charlie's instructional fly tying YouTube channel:Charlie's Fly BoxCharlie's books and article on thread:Charlie Craven's Basic Fly Tying. Modern Techniques for Flies That Catch FishCharlie's Fly Box: Signature Flies for Fresh and SaltwaterTying Nymphs: Essential Flies and Techniques for the Top PatternsTying Streamers: Essential Flies and Techniques for the Top PatternsThread; A Tangled MessFor more fly fishing stories, lessons learned, and artwork check out my blog and online gallery at:https://wadeoutthere.com/Visit KarmikOutdoors.com and use promo code WOT25 for 25% off and free shipping on any order.Listen to Karmik's founder on the Wadeoutthere Podcast: Ep. 34 South Fork of the Boise River with Robert GillinghamKarmik Outdoors. Lost. Found. Connect.
In this episode we Wadeoutthere with Zach Vandehey from Hood River, Oregon. Zach is an Oregon native who always had a river in his backyard growing up. He began fly fishing at an early age and loves the adventure that comes from fishing his home waters of the Deschutes River year round. We discuss the Deschutes and how we can progress and learn from competition fly fishing.You can learn more about Zach's fly fishing journey through his Youtube channel:Flying TiesOr follow along on his Instagram:@zachvandeheyTo learn more about the competition fly fishing world, or if you are interested in participating in some of the new regional competitions visit:Flycomps.comFor more fly fishing stories, lessons learned, and artwork check out my blog and online gallery at:https://wadeoutthere.com/Visit KarmikOutdoors.com and use promo code WOT25 for 25% off and free shipping on any order.Listen to Karmik's founder on the Wadeoutthere Podcast: Ep. 34 South Fork of the Boise River with Robert GillinghamKarmik Outdoors. Lost. Found. Connect.
In this episode we Wadeoutthere with Aaron Smith from Salt Lake City, Utah. Aaron's passion for fly fishing took hold after participating in a challenge to catch all four of Utah's native species of cutthroat, called the Utah Cutthroat Slam. Since then, he has committed to exploring different tactics and techniques in fly fishing by diving all in, one method at a time. His most recent obsession is learning to fly fish Utah's many lakes and reservoirs. Aaron's desire to capture his fly fishing memories with friends over the years has grown into a love of photography and a more recent photograph on the cover of Fly Fusion Magazine. We discuss Utah's Cutthroat Slam and stillwater fishery tactics.You can follow Aaron's fly fishing journey and photography or reach out to him on Instagram at:@mrwerbsFor more information on Utah's Cutthroat Slam check out:Utah Cutthroat Slam.orgTo get involved in helping keep our streams clean visit:Fish for Garbarge.orgAaron's cover photo on VOLUME 19, ISSUE 4 – Fall 2022 of Fusion Magazine...For more fly fishing stories, lessons learned, and artwork check out my blog and online gallery at Wadeoutthere.comVisit KarmikOutdoors.com and use promo code WOT25 for 25% off and free shipping on any order.Listen to Karmik's founder on the Wadeoutthere Podcast: Ep. 34 South Fork of the Boise River with Robert GillinghamKarmik Outdoors. Lost. Found. Connect.
In this episode we Wadeoutthere with Brandon Fawcett from Edmonton Alberta. Brandon fell in love with fly fishing as a child, chasing grayling and pike in Canada. He began guiding on the beaches of Central America for bonefish, after a temporary leave of absence from work became permanent. Now, Brandon shares his time between Canada and Nicaragua, fly fishing for all sorts of fish in all kinds of water, and sharing his knowledge through his guide service, Fly Fishing Little Corn. We discuss presentation and hooksets for pike, bonefish, permit, triggerfish and tarpon.You can find out more about Brandon on Instagram at:@flyfishinglittlecornTo schedule a guided trip with Brandon visit him online at:Fly Fishing Little Corn.comFor more fly fishing stories, lessons learned, and artwork check out my blog and online gallery at Wadeoutthere.comVisit KarmikOutdoors.com and use promo code WOT25 for 25% off and free shipping on any order.Listen to Karmik's founder on the Wadeoutthere Podcast: Ep. 34 South Fork of the Boise River with Robert GillinghamKarmik Outdoors. Lost. Found. Connect.
In this episode we Wadeoutthere with Erin Crider from Colorado. Erin's fishing journey began catching catfish with her grandmother as a child in Missouri. When she moved to Colorado she discovered fly fishing and began creating space for other women anglers in the fly fishing and outdoor community. She eventually founded Uncharted Outdoorswomen, whose mission is a world where women are confident, successful, knowledgeable and are able to experience the outdoors, within a welcoming community, guided by women, for women, with help from gentlemen. We discuss the confidence that can come from pursuing adventure in the outdoors and fly fishing in Colorado's state parks.To learn more about Uncharted Outdoorswomen visit:Uncharted Outdoorswomen.comOr reach out to Erin via email at:Dreamteam@unchartedoutdoorswomen.com If you want more information on some of the topics we discussed try reading these blog posts from Wadeoutthere:We All Have Home WaterRock or Trout? How to Know for SureHow to Avoid Forgetting Your Fly Fishing GearFor more fly fishing stories, lessons learned, and artwork check out my blog and online gallery at Wadeoutthere.comVisit KarmikOutdoors.com and use promo code WOT25 for 25% off and free shipping on any order.Listen to Karmik's founder on the Wadeoutthere Podcast: Ep. 34 South Fork of the Boise River with Robert GillinghamKarmik Outdoors. Lost. Found. Connect.
In this episode we Wadeoutthere with Jesse Males from Central Florida. Jesse grew up with a love of fly fishing, and decided to build his future in the fly fishing community after college. He left his promising career and spent years learning to fly fish his home waters, while simultaneously refining his fly tying, photography, and videography skills. When Jesse moved his family to Costa Rica, there was no turning back. His saltwater fly tying and guide business took off, and he pushed his film making to award winning new levels. We discuss fly fishing the salt water fisheries of Central Florida, the art and function of tying saltwater flies, and scrapping “plan B” to chase your dreams.To learn more about Jesse and his fly tying check out:Backwaterflyfishing.comTo schedule a guided trip and experience adventure in Costa Rica go to:506Outdoors.comTo watch Jesse's fly fishing film about Tarpon in Costa Rica visit:The Legend of Casa MarYou can also follow Jesse or reach out to him on Instagram at:@backwaterflyfishingFor more fly fishing stories, lessons learned, and artwork check out my blog and online gallery at Wadeoutthere.comVisit KarmikOutdoors.com and use promo code WOT25 for 25% off and free shipping on any order.Listen to Karmik's founder on the Wadeoutthere Podcast: Ep. 34 South Fork of the Boise River with Robert GillinghamKarmik Outdoors. Lost. Found. Connect.
In this episode we Wadeoutthere with Camille Egdorf from Bozeman, Montana. Camille grew up learning to row a drift boat and fly fish on the Bighorn River as a child. By the time she was a teenager she was guiding in Alaska. Camille has been working in the fly fishing world her entire life, chasing fly fishing adventures for herself and others around the world. We discuss the Bighorn River, streamer tactics, and fly fishing life as a new mom.To learn more about Camille's fly fishing journey watch: YETI Presents: Odd Man OutYou can also follow Camille or reach out to her on Instagram at:@camillegdorgIf you want more information on some of the topics we discussed try reading these blog posts from Wadeoutthere:Fish the RifflesHow to Get the Most From Your Time on the WaterFish the Whole DriftFor more fly fishing stories, lessons learned, and artwork check out my blog and online gallery at Wadeoutthere.comVisit KarmikOutdoors.com and use promo code WOT25 for 25% off and free shipping on any order.Listen to Karmik's founder on the Wadeoutthere Podcast: Ep. 34 South Fork of the Boise River with Robert GillinghamKarmik Outdoors. Lost. Found. Connect.
In this episode we Wadeoutthere with Simon Gawesworth, from Washington state. Simon grew up teaching fly fishing at an early age at his father's fly fishing school in England. He has spent his life traveling the world, learning, and teaching fly fishing in the form of classes, books, shows, events, schools, and articles, and most recently as an instructor for Far Bank. We discuss some of the differences between US and English fly culture, why spey casting is a wonderful tool for all fly fishers, and Simon's love of teaching.To learn more about fly fishing with Simon as your guide and instructor visit:Far Bank Fly Fishing School For some help with your roll cast, check out one of Simon's many instructional videos:How to Make a Roll CastFor more fly fishing stories, lessons learned, and artwork check out my blog and online gallery at:https://wadeoutthere.com/Visit KarmikOutdoors.com and use promo code WOT25 for 25% off and free shipping on any order.Listen to Karmik's founder on the Wadeoutthere Podcast: Ep. 34 South Fork of the Boise River with Robert GillinghamKarmik Outdoors. Lost. Found. Connect.
We all know the story of Robin Hood. You know — stealing from the rich to help the poor and all that. Well in our city, we have Rocky Detwiler — aka the Boise River Robin Hood. Rocky has made it his business to find items claimed by the snags and twists of the Boise River, and does his best to return them to their owners using Facebook. Fancy phones, expensive sunglasses, lost car keys: the River Robin Hood has found (and often returned) it all. Today on City Cast Boise, we learn how he earned his nickname, and find out the strangest thing he's found underwater. Love this podcast? Why not join our team! We're accepting applications to be our Podcast Host through Sept. 12. Want some more Boise news? Head over to our newsletter where you'll get a cheatsheet to the city every weekday morning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode we Wadeoutthere with Marcos Mazzola from South Florida. Marcos began his fly fishing journey wading and fishing from a skiff in the saltwater flats with his close friend from school who also became his fly fishing mentor. As he progressed as a fly fisher, his photography passion began to become more and more intertwined with his love of the outdoors. We discuss wade fishing the saltwater flats of South Florida and how fly fishing can help all of us gain perspective and bring down our emotional levels.You can find out more about Marcos or view his photography at his website:MarcosMazzola.comOr on Instagram at:@marcosmzzlTo learn more about how the Iron Freedom Foundation is helping veterans, or if you know a veteran that could use a hand visit:https://www.ironfreedom.org/For more fly fishing stories, lessons learned, and artwork check out my blog and online gallery at:https://wadeoutthere.com/Visit KarmikOutdoors.com and use promo code WOT25 for 25% off and free shipping on any order.Listen to Karmik's founder on the Wadeoutthere Podcast: Ep. 34 South Fork of the Boise River with Robert GillinghamKarmik Outdoors. Lost. Found. Connect.
On this edition of the Third Most Entertaining Radio Show in Idaho: Nate started off the show by asking: Should bridge jumping on the Boise River be banned? This is after a bridge jumper did a back flip and hit a raft, injuring several people. Nationally, the Inflation Reduction Act has passed the US Senate and now moves onto the House. If passed not only would this bill increase taxes, it also would not have any effect on inflation for at least a year, if not more. If you like this bill, why? Bringing the show closer to home, the West Ada School District is considering a neutral classroom policy. They want classrooms to be free of all political and personal beliefs and focused on education. Did you ever have a teacher that you knew the political beliefs of? Have you seen a classroom at your kid's school that has something questionable in it? (8/8/22)
One of the things on everyone's summer bucket list is floating the Boise River. And we all have a story about it. That time you lost your brand new iPhone. Or the day your friend popped the pool floaty. Or when you watched your flip flops go sailing downstream without you. Even though tubing the river is pretty straightforward, it's not without its complications. That's why we're talking with Robbie Sosin from Ada County Parks and Waterways. Robbie's got lots of pro tips on how to float the river with style: what to wear…where to park…even where you can pick up some great river gear in town. And speaking of pro tips, be sure to subscribe to our newsletter, where you'll get the scoop on the city delivered to your inbox every weekday morning. You should stay in touch with us on Twitter and Instagram, too. And for more great summertime survival tips, listen to our “How To Beat the Boise Heat” episode from earlier this month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good morning, Church! My name is Trent Houck, and I am one of the Staff Pastors here at FCBC. It's my joy to bring you to the word this morning. We will be looking at Colossians 2:8-15, but I wanted to begin with one of the New Testament's assumptions: All of the New Testament writers agree that we are in the midst of a spiritual conflict. Christians must remain captive to Christ alone. Paul writes to the Ephesians: 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. 14 Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15 and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace. 16 In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one; 17 and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, 18 praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication (Ephesians 6:11-18). All throughout our series on Colossians, we have been saying that Jesus is enough. A few weeks ago, I invited you to begin consistently praying: Jesus, you are more than enough for me each day. Far from being a mantra for peacetime, that phrase is for your spiritual protection against the enemy of your soul. It's a correction for your flesh. And, its an exhortation for your spirit as you stand apart from the culture's ways. Further, it may even protect our church's unity, as we gather around Jesus. Today, we're going to be examining one of the enemy's key tactics called captivation. That is, seizing, snatching, stealing, hijacking, or enticing people into his traps. But, more importantly, we're going to be examining how the Gospel protects believers from the devil's schemes. So, let's get to work! In the 2008 film Taken, starring Liam Neeson, Brian Mill's teenage daughter Kim Mills, embarks on a trip to Europe from America with some friends. She is instructed to call her dad when she arrives so that he can be assured of her safety. After failing to do this, Brian calls Kim, only to find her watching as her friend is abducted by human traffickers in their hotel room. She panics, watching from the bathroom window. Brian slowly and carefully walks her through another set of instructions so that he can gather as much information as he can about the criminals. Over the phone, he says calmly, "They will take you, and when they do, shout out as much information about them as you can. Their hair color. Eye color. Scars. Anything." The viewer watches Brian, as a father, hearing his daughter scream while being taken into the hands of predators. It's horrific. I don't recommend it. Brian Mill's packs his bags and sets out on a thrilling, heart-pumping, two hour journey to recapture his daughter from danger. What's the point of the story? Don't let yourself be overtaken by predators! See to it that no one takes you captive. Pay attention! Kim fails to do this. Kim believed that she was safe. That those kinds of things happen only to other people until the moment is upon her. In the same way Epaphras rushes to Paul to find help in his time of need. The Colossians were being captivated by false teachers. What should he do? Are we as a Church spiritually alert and awake, or are we floating down the Boise River of our spiritual lives, without a care in the world? Where are you this morning? Are you aware of your spiritual surroundings? There are basically two kinds of Christians here this morning: Those who are growing and experiencing rich, joyful, and enduring fellowship with the living God. Those who are safe in Christ. Those who are languishing and wilting in unbelief, falling into patterns of sin, and becoming captives to harmful snares. Theologians throughout the centuries have described the process of sanctification, or growth in godliness, in this way: While the overall trajectory of the Christian life is upward toward glorification and growth, there are rabbit trails and stuck points where we get lost. One of the ways that this can happen is by allowing ourselves to be captivated by false ideas of who Christ is. This can happen even in, and maybe even especially in, the local church. So, to reset the stage a bit for Colossians, we are two chapters into this glorious letter. Epaphras, one of Paul's Gospel-workers, traveled to Paul, who was in a Roman Prison and reported that there were predators at Colossae that were placing barriers in front of the Colossians. There were people being taken captive, and seduced into snares. Paul's central theme in the letter is the sufficiency of Christ. Jesus is enough. And, we continue to come back to this question: Enough for what? Last week, we found that Jesus is enough for the entirety of the Christian life. Paul writes, 6 Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, 7 rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving (Colossians 2:6-7). Paul says, "There is only one way to stay spiritually safe: Stay fixed on Jesus. Pay attention to Jesus. Don't swerve from Jesus." At this point, the Church at Colossae was ten years into their relationship with Christ, and they were being tempted, tested, and tried by the enemy of their souls. This took the form, not mainly of persecution, but the seductive force of false teaching. So then, all of Paul's praying (Col. 1:3-14), theologizing (Colossians 1:15-20), explaining (Colossians 1:21-25), animating (Colossians 1:24-29), and exhorting (2:1-7) are the martial arts and defense against false teaching. His purpose is to move the Colossians out of danger into a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ, who alone is safe and can save. So, in the next three sections of Colossians, Paul aims to show that Christ is enough by issuing three warnings: "See to it that no one takes you captive" (2:8) "Let no one pass judgment on you…" (2:16) "Don't submit to regulations" on the basis of human tradition (2:20) Paul reveals that there is nothing more compelling and seductive to humans than: false teaching, the opinion and praise of other men, and bodily regulations that provide proof of salvation. These are all barriers to the Christian's growth and can get them on side trails and dead ends. In this particular section Paul warns against captivating philosophies by giving one negative command, providing at least five reasons for this command, and reminding the Colossians of the Gospel. The Gospel, we find, is the antidote to spiritual kidnapping. Before we begin unpacking our text, we need to pause and reflect. Are we facing the same danger of spiritual captivity today? I would argue that we are. Consider our appetite for information, for teaching: Who among us is not listening to a constant stream of data through podcasts, articles, books, social media, blogs and the like? We are being exposed to more teachers, more philosophies, and opinions than previous generations could ever imagine. Jean Twenge cites that the average pre-covid, High School Senior in 2017 spent at least 6 hours a day on social media. Could it be that we are even more susceptible to the diseases of false information, false doctrine, and false teaching precisely because we are so inundated with sheer volume of it? Paul could likely have identified the false teachers by name. He could have detailed, even more acutely, what exactly they were teaching and why it was wrong. There was a definiteness and a concreteness to his world. He probably worked with Epaphras to be specific. He also worked with Timothy as a co-author (1:1). Paul was an expert in Judaism, and he was fluent in Greco-Roman pantheistic philosophy and cult religions of his day. He knew his world. So, no matter where the threat came from, Paul could work through it. But, we live in a new kind of world. In our culture of expressive individualism, we are all experts, especially on ourselves. We appoint our own experts. We curate our own lists of gurus and teachers, with nearly endless options, if one should fail. And, we do all of this privately, with no sense of accountability or visibility. And sometimes we wonder why we're at a spiritual stuck point in our sanctification. While more information is not inherently problematic, the human desire for infinite knowledge and infinite autonomy with that knowledge stems all the way back to the garden. The serpent's lie in the garden was this: "You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil" (Genesis 3:4-5). The very first lie that led to the Fall and the captivity of humanity was an invitation to the secret passageway of more, even infinite, knowledge. "You can know what God knows," says Satan. "I have a faster way to become like God. It's two, even three times, faster than what you're used to." This is dangerous for humanity. So, God said, "Don't take that road!" This is because only God can handle infinite information and knowledge. Ever since that moment in the garden, enemies of God have been making similar claims, dressed up in new clothes for each succeeding generation. While the flowers of sin may look different, the seeds of sin remain the same. So, here is the main personal question for us to ask: What captivates the attention of your heart? If you are not totally satisfied with the person and work of Jesus Christ, you will go into a season of being stuck. Mature pastors, theologians, and church members know that they are not immune to this. For example, one of the ghosts in C.S. Lewis' The Great Divorce, who should be most familiar with the things of God is afforded the opportunity to head to heaven. However, he remarks, "Bless my soul, I'd nearly forgotten. Of course I can't come with you [to heaven]. I have to be back next Friday to read a paper. We have a little Theological Society down there [that is, in Hell]." Lewis' haunts us with the hell-bent theologian, who will not enter into true knowledge of God for fear that he would have to forsake knowledge about God. He needed his theology, not Jesus alone. What captivates the attention of your heart? Here is our main point: Christians must remain captive to Christ alone. Not ideas about Christ. Not philosophies concerning Christ. Not religious ideals related to Christ. Not with religious culture. But to Christ himself. He alone is the substance. And there is no replacement. Paul will unpack this main point in the following four ways and we will try to follow him closely: (Command) The Call to Be Captive to Christ Alone (Colossians 2:8) (Reasons) The Christian's Causes to Be Captive To Christ (Colossians 2:9-12) (Explains) The Christian's Canceled Debts at the Cross (Colossians 2:13-14) (Reminds) The Christian's Conquering King (Colossians 2:15) Christians must remain captive to Christ alone. Heavenly Father, we again come to you this morning to seek your face. You alone are our highest good. You are worthy of all our praise, adoration, study, and desires. We pray this morning that you would reveal yourself through your Word. Jesus, thank you for being enough. Thank you for your perfect life, your atoning death, and for the resurrection that assures us and comforts us. Cause us to walk more deeply rooted in you as a result of being together this morning. Holy Spirit, we pray that you would empower the preaching of your Word. That you would train us for godliness. Expose sin in our hearts. Show us how we are inclined to pursue enticing substitutes, rather than being fully satisfied with the Person and Work of Jesus. We pray that you would provide a real experience right here and right now of exactly what this text is talking about. We pray that you would do this for our good and for your glory, and we pray it in Christ's name, amen. First, Paul issues a command that we be captive to Christ Alone. He writes, 8 See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ. Paul says, "Watch out! Pay attention! See to it! Look both ways!" This is the negative command: "Don't let anyone take you captive." It's important to notice that this command is not issued at the level of moral behavior, ethical actions, or instructions (he will get to that in chapter 3). Rather, Paul wants the Colossians to think. There's a difference. He's not saying, "Don't do that!" but rather, "Don't think that way!" Paul is addressing a command to the Colossians' belief system, to the way that they construct their understanding of everything. Really, this is a command addressed to what psychologists call "metacognition." The way you think about the way you think. "See to it", is saying, "Pay attention to the way you think about the world." While this command is negative, "Don't let anyone take you captive" the double negative at the end of the verse opens up the possibility of us stating it positively: Don't be captive to anything, [that is] not according to Christ. While in 2 Corinthians 10:5, he puts it positively, "We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ…" (2 Corinthians 10:5) So, what are the weapons of these predators that Paul warns us about? There are two: Philosophy and empty deceit. 'Philosophy' and 'empty deceit' are both intellectual exercises. 'Philosophy' is literally, the 'love of wisdom.' "Empty deceit" is something that appears to be compelling, but it ends up being a road to nowhere. They are cheap tricks. So, the key question here is this: What do you allow to captivate you at the level of the imagination? Some of us are held captive by cat videos, our email inboxes, our jobs, careers, vacations, or kids etc. If you want to know what you're captivated by, just ask someone close to you, they see where your eyes go. They see what causes your emotions to spike or your heart to race. Human beings can be captivated at the level of the imagination, intellect, and reason. And, this is a beautiful human capacity. It's one of the ways that we are sanctified: Christians are to be captured by beautiful, glorious and penetrating thoughts of God. However, the pervasiveness of sin is such that it affects our reason and makes us susceptible to counterfeit gods. And so, the mind can be compelled to fall back into old, empty ways. So, then, Paul gives the Colossians two pieces of evidence to show why this philosophy is inferior. First, he says that this philosophy comes from 'human tradition', or that it literally is 'handed down/given from men.' Second, he says that it proceeds from the 'elemental spirits' of the world. To define these two things within the context of the Colossian Church, we need to see the Colossians as Paul sees them. The Colossians were not atheists, materialists, or individualists when they came to Christ. Prior to knowing Jesus, they were subject to the Greco-Roman pantheon of gods, rules of community life, and political views, etc. They were likely deeply superstitious, animistic, and spiritual. They were also probably very smart, philosophical and reflective. They were steeped in religious practices handed down by men, and believed that they were subject to the elemental spirits, that is, the spiritual forces of nature, or spiritual beings, that set the world in motion. Why would the Colossians be tempted to go back there? There are probably at least two reasons: first, these things made intellectual sense to them. Human tradition is a powerful persuader. It fit in their previous worldview. To illustrate: you find when you get married that your spouse inherited a whole host of human traditions that come into conflict with your own traditions. This shows up in all kinds of ways from family vacations, to Christmas traditions, to how you organize your sock drawer. Why do you do things that way? It's just how we did it in my house. It's intuitive. Second, the Colossians were tempted to regress because it made spiritual sense to them. They were tempted to practice their Christianity in line with their pantheistic upbringing. To illustrate: we grew up in a materialistic, scientistic world that has emancipated itself from the need of God. So, what do you think is our default mode when we're under pressure? We tend to value what's measurable and manageable over the Spirit. You see, the Colossians are being tempted in these ways because they are being called to follow Christ alone. When they come in contact with situations that seem to require more than Christ, they panic, and are susceptible to being taken captive. They have abandoned a whole series of practices, ways of life, traditions, and experiences that feel so normal. So, when these false teachers come along and tell them, "It's okay, add something to Christ!" This would have come across like their native, heart language. But, in the Gospel, Christians are given a new heart. Paul wrote earlier: "God has delivered us from the domain of darkness [this is every spiritual culture that does not exalt Christ is King, including our own] and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins" (Colossians 1:13-14). In other words, Colossians, you no longer belong to human traditions or elemental spirits of the world, the domain of darkness. You belong to Christ alone. And, Christ alone is sufficient. Paul writes, "He [Jesus] is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation…For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things…" (Colossians 1:19-20). In other words, all attempts to order the universe by human tradition, or the spirits of the age are found wanting precisely because Jesus is the central figure to all things. Without Christ at the center, nothing makes sense in Christianity. Don't let anyone take you captive. Be captive to Christ alone. So, what are the reasons that a Christian ought to stay captivated by Christ? That leads us to our next point: Second, Paul gives at least five causes or reasons to remain captive to Christ. This part of the sermon could get very technical with questions about baptism, the nature of salvation, faith, and circumcision. But, my hope for you as we read this section is that you will ask this question: How could I be captivated by anything or anyone other than Jesus? He has given me everything that I could ever want or need in Himself! If you are not a believer in Jesus, this could be a moment where God performs the very action he describes in this passage. We are praying that he does. So, let your soul count the reasons for joy. Look at what God has done for you. 9 For in him[Christ] the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, 10 and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority. 11 In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, 12 having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead. The most important phrases that I want you to take from this section are these words: "In Him." Or, "in Christ" Or, "With Christ." These phrases are used around 165 times in Paul's letters. Here, Paul gives us the logic of the Gospel. He says, what keeps you from being captivated by false teachers? The Fullness of God dwells in Christ (Col. 2:9). You have been filled or completed in Christ (Col. 2:10) You were spiritually circumcised, or made alive in Christ (2:11). You were buried with Christ by baptism (2:12). You were raised with Christ through his resurrection (2:12). So, with these five reasons, or causes Paul renders the empty deceit or philosophy completely powerless by comparison. Each of them is a source of joy for the Christian. Notice though, what saves or sanctifies the Colossians is not a set of practical actions (i.e. do this). But a set of objective, concrete, past actions that were accomplished by God. Paul says, You have been filled in Christ. You were circumcised in Christ. You were buried with Christ. You were raised with Christ. So that means, the most important, transformative, and spiritually significant moments in the Christian life are those that took place through the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. It's not about what we do, it's about what Christ has done. See, if you want to encourage a moralist, you give them a set of to-dos by which they can save themselves. You give them a problem set and you show them the way to solve each one. If you want to encourage a Christian, however, you remind her of what Christ has already accomplished on her behalf. That the Christian's main problem, sin, has been resolved at the Cross of Christ. So, let's unpack why each of these five causes are so encouraging. First, "In Christ" all the fullness of deity dwells bodily. The aim of this statement is to drive the Colossians away from two errors. Jesus was partially God. The belief that you can find God outside of Christ is lethal. And, it will kill your joy. Knowing that you can only find God in Christ sends you soaring. Jesus was immaterial. The belief that Jesus was only a soul or a spirit makes him unable to accomplish the forgiveness of sins. So, Paul straightens these false teachers out. "No," Paul says, "All the fullness of deity, or anything you want to know about God can be found in Christ, the incarnate Son of God." Application: First, You don't need to look further than Jesus to find God. Second, the material universe, including our bodies, were designed and created as "very good." God incarnate, the fullness of God, comes to find us in the incarnate Jesus. This is good news! Second, You have been filled in Him, who is the head of all rule and authority. This too, protects the Colossians from at least two errors. Salvation is partial. No, Paul says, you were filled. There are no additional steps necessary to open yourself up to God. God has filled you in the Person and Work of Jesus Christ. For all of us who find Christianity lacking at times, we need to be reminded that Jesus didn't skimp on us. He poured himself out completely on the cross. Jesus' authority is derived. No, Paul says, Jesus is the head of every and all authority. So, there is no higher authority or power by which you can be filled than the Person of Jesus Christ. Third, You were made spiritually sensitive, or alive, by the death of Christ. God accomplished a circumcision of the heart, that is a spiritual one, not by hands, through the Cross of Christ. That is to say, you were given a new heart, filled with new affections, and given a new spiritual vitality at the Cross. This protects the Christian from the errors that: You need additional spiritual work to be saved. Nope! Christ has done it all. You can't make yourself more sensitive than God has already made you to himself. Your old self rules you. Nope! You are a new Creation in Christ Jesus. Even though we face Romans 7 kinds of moments with our flesh and sin, we know that Christ put the flesh to death at the Cross, we live alive to God. Fourth, You were buried with Christ in Baptism. So, Jesus, having been laid in the tomb, was buried. Likewise, when the Christian undergoes baptism, they are visibly identifying with Christ's death and burial. The Christian doesn't fear death because he or she has already died. So, no practices of death-avoidance, whether that's aging creams, or plastic surgery, or diets will ever truly satisfy. If you are in Christ, God sees Christ's burial as your own burial. You went through a spiritual graveside service. Baptism Service: We do baptisms, which signify this transformation at least two times each year. If you have an interest in publicly declaring your allegiance to Jesus Christ, please talk to me after this service or sign up online! Fifth, You were also raised with Christ in his resurrection. When Jesus was raised, you were also raised with him. This protects the Colossian Christians from falling into the error that: Christ wasn't really raised. The empty tomb, the public appearances, the historically reliable proof all have massive implications for the Christian. Christ's resurrection doesn't matter. No way, when Christ was raised, Christians were raised with him. So, when he beat death, we beat death. Now, this is not a series of five steps to become a Christian. Rather, when a Christian becomes a Christian all five of these things become real, clear, and apparent. They all happen simultaneously, seamlessly. And, God does it all from first to last, through an instrument called faith. So, we have to come back to verse 12: having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God… God does all this when a person believes. The way to stay safe from deceptive philosophies and empty myths is by rehearsing the Gospel, which saves sinners by faith. Staying safe in Christ is to be fully saturated in the blood-bought goodness of salvation by grace through faith. That leads us to our third point: Third, if that's not enough, God went ahead and canceled your debts past, present, and future. Christianity is not a get-well soon plan. It's not a series of steps or moral accomplishments. No, Christianity is a declaration that our debts have been canceled. Look with me at verse 13: 13 And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, 14 by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. This text is astounding. I want to focus on the middle of verse 13: "Having forgiven us all our tresspasses." That is, forgiveness without reference to time. This means that the total record of debt that you accrued, past, present, and future is nailed to the cross of Jesus Christ. So then, three things should grow as we age: First, our awareness of God's moral perfection and holiness. Our salvation cost the death of his Son. Second, our sense of our own personal sinfulness. Our sin is still our greatest problem. Third, a growing awareness that the Cross of Jesus Christ bridges the gap from now to eternity. 2 Corinthians 5:21 says, 21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. So, how does this relate to our previous two points? How does this keep us from the seduction and captivity of false doctrine? These questions lead us to our final point. With this, we will bring this sermon to a close. Finally, we remain captive to Christ because through the Cross Jesus became our Conquering King. Paul writes, 15 He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him. The image behind this text is that of the Roman Procession. One Author writes, "The triumphal procession was a lavish parade conducted in Rome to celebrate great victories in significant military campaigns… They were ostentatious celebrations, filled with valiant soldiers, the spoils of war, and the most theatrical pomp and circumstances Rome could muster. Moreover, the triumphal procession demonstrated Rome's prowess as the victor not only by parading the spoils of war, but also by leading in triumph the most important leaders and intimidating warriors of the enemy, now presented as conquered slaves. The highest honor any Roman Caesar or general could receive would be to lead one of these parades. Conversely, to be led as a prisoner in such a triumphal procession signaled one's utter defeat. . . . [T]he role of those led in triumph was to reveal the glory of the one who had conquered them, ultimately through their public execution and death. . . . At the end of the parade, the Romans publicly slaughtered as a sacrifice to their god(s) those prisoners who had been led in procession (or at least a representative sample thereof, selling the rest into slavery). Though a gruesome thought to us, what better way to magnify one's victory, while at the same time offering a sacrifice of gratitude to the gods, than to kill publicly the leaders and the most valiant of the vanquished warriors as the final act of triumph over them? To make this more contemporary, the Golden State Warriors had a parade in their own city to celebrate their 2022 championship against the Celtics. When did God accomplish this? When were the authorities and rulers disarmed, and when did the triumphal procession happen? Doug Moo writes, "…Paul insists that God, by sending Christ to the cross as the final and definitive means to take care of the sin problem, has removed any power that these evil spirits might have over us. This victory, celebrated and displayed in the resurrection and ascension of Christ, is what believers need to grasp as their own. Christ's authority over the rulers and authorities (v. 10) has been decisively manifested; and “in him” believers share that authority." So, the Colossians are called and commanded not to be captivated because their captors were already conquered. The fall prey to them was to reassign them power that had already been taken away. Christian, don't go backward! Don't get taken captive! Remain captive to Christ. He alone is worthy. In case you're wondering, at the end of the 2008 Film Taken, Liam Neeson's character, after defeating the enemies, returns his daughter home to the U.S. safe and sound. It is a triumphant and glorious reunion. This is the hope of the Christian life: what God has done for us in Christ Jesus. It is also the hope of Christian Missions. It is the message that we preach so that nations might rejoice, with the same joy that we possess. We're going to end our message with a brief update and time of prayer for our Missions Team heading to Mongolia.
According to a new report, Trump listened to music like "Memory" from the musical "Cats" to calm him down. This came out shortly after the testimony that he may have gone after a secret service agent and smashed a plate. Nate asks: Are you getting the answers you want out of the January 6th committee? Epstein associate Ghislane Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years. What do you think her sentence should have been? Locally, yesterday was the opening day of the Boise River float season. Fourteen people had to be rescued. Do you think there should be regular patrol on the river? (6/29/22)
We haven't officially switched to summer yet, but the heat is supposed to flirt with us this weekend. City Cast Boise audio producer Evelyn Avitia and newsletter writer Blake Hunter share their hard-won local tips and secret spots to help us make the most of the season (including what to do when it's 100+ and smoky, and why floating the Boise River is kinda over-rated – but still worth trying!). What are your favorite things to do each summer, and what are you going to try in 2022 for the first time? Let us know by sending us a voicemail or text: 208-546-9485. And later in the show, we'll learn why it's best to hold onto those floaties and inner tubes until Ada County officials open the Boise River for floating season. With the recent rain storms (not enough to kill the drought, but every drop helps) the water level in the river will be unpredictable for a while, better to wait until things are safer. Want some more Boise news? Head over to our newsletter where you'll get a cheatsheet to the city every weekday morning. Can't get enough of us? We get it! Follow up on Twitter and Instagram.
Will and Chris (Frontier State Overland) talk about their favorite routes and trips from 2021. They cover Hells Canyon, the Owyhees, the Boise River, Jarbidge Nevada and more. Listen in to hear them agree and disagree on what made for great overlanding in 2021. The folks over at Wheeled Lyfe, sent us a hat and sweatshirt. If you know Kate and I, you'll know we're suckers for startups, and love watching new companies make their mark. For that reason we are including a link to their apparel website, which has some pretty cool designs for folks who are into the off-road/overlanding lifestyle. We have no affiliate relationship and are not sponsored by them (other than the cool hat/sweatshirt they sent). https://wheeledlyfe.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/venture2roam/support
In this episode, visit a tense competition on the shores of the Boise River, a parked car at a park in Cheyenne, and a rather noisy apartment in Copenhagen. Featuring: "Song for the Cryptic Figure Cut by Louise in Bob Dylan's 'Visions of Johanna,'" "Song for David Allen Sibley," and "Song for a Room Full of Parakeets."
With sky-rocketing housing prices in Ada County, the county accessor explains why some homeowners may be sticker shocked by their property tax assessments. With float season on the Boise River officially open, The 208 takes a look back on float seasons from the 1990s to now. After the ISBA president-elect resigned from Lt. Gov. McGeachin's education task force, she appointed a motivational speaker to the 15-member board.
In this episode we Wadeoutthere with Robert Gillingham from Boise Idaho. Robert grew up with a love of fly fishing and traveled the United States with his wife fishing from coast to coast. We discuss the South Fork of the Boise River and how Karmik Outdoors is helping the fly fishing community stay connected, return lost gear, and build relationships.If you want to learn more about how Karmik Outdoors is committed to connections, community, and conservation, or to purchase your own Karmik decals visit:https://karmikoutdoors.com/Don't forget to use Promo Code: WOT25 for 25% off your purchase.If you want more information on some of the topics we discussed try reading these blog posts from Wadeoutthere:https://wadeoutthere.com/the-orange-scud-theory/For more fly fishing stories, lessons learned, and artwork check out my blog and online gallery at: https://wadeoutthere.com/
Boise River slime, stinky trees and Barbie jewelry in today's report
August News, Guests, and Tips for Truck Drivers Host Bruce Outridge talks about what's new for the month of August on the show and the guests that will be on the podcast this month. He shares a truckers tip from Spencer Webber and talks about the fan club and Southern Ontario tour beginning this month. Find out what's changed on the transportation event calendar and much more. Have a listen! Lead Pedal Podcast Online Q & A - August 10th, 2020 - 8pm EST- www.facebook.com/leadpedalpodcast Happy Civic Long Weekend This episode is sponsored by Mystik Lubricants offering quality tested oils and lubricants for trucks and heavy machinery. Learn more about their products at www.mystiklubes.com This episode is sponsored by Groupe Trans West is looking for professional teams to operate out of their Mississauga terminal with excellent employment benefits between Toronto Ontario and California. Find out more at www.groupetranswest.com or call recruiter Mike Hahn at 416-606-8296 This episode is also sponsored by The Trucking Network which holds mega job fairs across the Country. You can learn about all the upcoming events at www.thetruckingnetworkevents.ca The tune of the day is Boise River by Thomas Wade off his Blue Country Soul album. You can learn more about Thomas and his music at www.thomaswade.com About the Show JOIN THE LEAD PEDAL PODCAST FAN CLUB www.TheLeadPedalPodcastFanClub.com The Lead Pedal Podcast for Truck Drivers talks all things trucking for people in the transportation industry helping them improve their business and careers. Interviews with industry professionals and truck drivers, trucking information, and other features on the industry are meant to be helpful for truck drivers and those in transportation. The Lead Pedal Podcast for Truck Drivers has main episodes released every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday with bonus material on other days. You can learn more about the host and show on our website and make sure to SUBSCRIBE to the show on your favourite podcast platform. www.theleadpedalpodcast.com What does The Lead Pedal Podcast mean? The Lead (pronounced - Led) stands for acceleration or fast-track of your career or business. It is a play on words and we certainly are not here promoting speeding in the industry. We are hoping this information will help you become a professional driver faster than if you didn't know about many of these topics. Are you enjoying the show? If so we would appreciate you leaving us a rating and review on iTunes or on your favourite podcast platform. The show is available at www.theleadpedalpodcast.com , ITunes, Stitcher, Spotify, Tunein, iHeartradio, SoundCloud, and other popular podcast platforms. Thanks for listening Join The Lead Pedal Podcast Fan Club where are loyal fans get first chance at specials, discounts on merchandise and much more.The club is free to join and you can learn more at www.theleadpedalpodcastfanclub.com
Which league is doing it right - NBA or MLB, what Boise State baseball coach Gary Van Tol expects from the baseball season, the impacts, strengths and weaknesses of Chris Petersen, floating the Boise River and Eagle's Graham DeLaet on returning to the PGA Tour
We spend so much energy demanding that life shows up the way we think it ought to show up that we forget to just be and let life naturally unfold and show itself up for us. After a lot of talk about the flow state, in this episode, Tony Lister finally dives into the practical steps you can take in real life to drop into the flow. Just for fun, he decided to record this episode while standing in the very cold Boise River in October. He takes us into this great episode to provide the daily tools we need that will quickly get us back in the flow.
Reasons to Enjoy Life Well, good morning, my name is Jason Wolin and I'm one of the pastors on staff here and it's great to be with you again today. We began with this video on biblical joy to set the joy of Ecclesiastes in its proper context. Today we continue where we left off last week. We saw Solomon commending joy to us. He's commending to us a simple formula of how to enjoy life. Enjoy what you understand. Trust when you don't. In order for us to really enjoy the good simple gifts of food, a spring day, a camping trip we have to release to God the parts that don't make sense. - Why do good things happen to evil people? - Why is it that death sweeps away the evil and the righteous? And when we entrust our good Father with complexities above our paygrade, we are then free to enjoy life. - This isn't the carpe diem (seize-the-day) joy that comes out of a worldview of fatalism. It's all headed down the sewer anyway so here's a piece of happiness to numb me along the way. - This is a joy that comes out of the fact that God is causing all things to work together for good. The fact that the redemptive narrative, however mysterious, is surely and absolutely unfolding. And that God as ruler and king has redeemed and is redeeming his people. And we can have joy knowing that God has got this under control. So today we continue this study on joy. Now in chapters 8 and 9, we see Solomon is writing using a very specific technique: He's using what we will call literary whiplash. He's violently bouncing back and forth between two extremes. He's bouncing from the chaos of life, the evil and the tragedy of the world, the unfair nature of life, and then without a transitional sentence bounces into the simple, amazing, even profound joys that God gifts us. And his tactic in using this literary whiplash is to make a sharp comparison. He starts by depressing you into submission that it is not possible to understand the mystery of suffering and death in hopes that you will relinquish those mysteries to God and focus on the present joys in front of you. "Wouldn't you rather just enjoy the gifts of God rather than spend your whole life figuring out what can never be understood?" When I was a kid I was really into magnets and tried to build a perpetual motion machine. And I had all these ideas. And I was so determined. At first, my dad encouraged me because he saw that I was having fun and learning things. But I think he could tell that was getting obsessed with it and I remember him making an offhanded comment, "You know, if you invent a perpetual motion machine you will have to break a law of the universe." I was like, "Thanks for throwing shade on my dreams." He said, "Enough with magnets and trying to do the impossible. It's not like you can just easily break the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics. Why don't you go play in the sandbox." That is what Solomon is doing. Dude, just release the parts of life you can't understand to God. Just release it. There's joy right here for you. Solomon really is commending joy to us. In fact, I had a seminary professor who wrote a commentary on Ecclesiastes and he subtitled his work 'The Philippians of the OT' because he really sees joy as the interpretive key to the book. A lot of people have trouble seeing that because they read the book as pessimistic. But it all depends on your perspective. For example, one of the coolest things I've ever seen in my life is the solar eclipse that happened a few years ago. It was so impactful to me, my brain went into straight up record mode: I can literally remember every detail of it. It was truly epic. Now obviously these moments are incredibly rare and are very short-lived. Just a few short seconds maybe once or twice in your life and for some, never. Now given the shortness of this event and how rare this event is, I have become someone of an evangelist. I might tell someone, "Man you've got to take the day off work to come out and see this." And they would say, "Well, I have this lead I'm working on and I might be able to close this big sale." - And I would argue back, "Dude, you might close that sale, but equally, you might lose that sale." - You only get one solar eclipse. It is 100% certain and it's 100% awesome and then it will be 100% gone. Do you hear that as pessimism? I'm not trying to be pessimistic about your sale. Nor am I being pessimistic about the brevity of solar eclipses. I'm just saying, "Why not enjoy the thing that's right here, right now, that's guaranteed? Why would you let this joy pass you by?" This is what Solomon is saying. So in today's passage, we are going to see Solomon continue to commend joy to us. And some of those arguments will be positive; look at how great this joy is. And some arguments are negative; stop thinking you have control over future joy because there's no guarantee. But positively or negatively, he's commending joy. So with that setup, let's break into our text. Now, remember what we said about literary whiplash. Solomon has just finished depressing us into submission with the absolute certainty of death. We can't lose the context here because it's key to what he's doing. So before we open our text today, let's just re-read where we left off last week. So what is he saying? He's saying, "Look around. Let's take this out of the realm of religion for a moment. This isn't theological. People who are alive are afraid of death. People who are not alive are not afraid of death. Why because dead people can't think. They can't do anything. That's just a strict observation. What does nature teach us? People die." Most people think they deserve to be treated fairly, to have a really good life, lots of good things happen to them. What about nature teaches you that? Everything is unfair and the only thing nature teaches you is that you deserve to die. Do you hear the bleakness and despair? He's pointing out the certainty of death. Why? So you start living! Enjoy this life right now! So that was last week. Now without a transitional hint, look at how he snaps us into the current simple moment. He goes from the certainty of death in verse 6 to here in verse 7. You have a gift. You are not dead. A living dog is better than a lion. But you will soon die. So, with this minimum amount of time that we have been given, Solomon is pleading, "Pursue joy! Go see an eclipse. Go sit and watch the ocean. Go watch a sunrise. Lay on your back and look at the clouds. Eat a picnic lunch. Enjoy life." Now someone who does not agree with the Christian worldview could agree with this point. No question. Enjoy today for you don't know what tomorrow holds. That's just good common sense. But here's the part that changes everything. These sources of joy are not unexplainable freak occurrences that happen upon you. They are gifts from God. And the fact they are gifts from God totally transforms the way you experience them. Let me illustrate. American's this year will receive a stimulus check because of the crisis we are in. I suppose we can thank our great-grandchildren from that. Now that's a significant amount of money. Now, what if your mom or dad, son or daughter, or best friend gave you a birthday present with a check for that same amount of money. At great cost to them, they gave you that check. It's the same amount of money, but massively different in terms of how you receive it. I mean, your joy is a million times greater simply because of the relationship. Because it's a gift from someone you love. The money is very much secondary to the love that you sense in your heart toward the person. The gratitude, the thankfulness, the affection. It says in verse 8, God has already approved what you do. God is a smiling father. He's saying, God has laced life with all sorts of pleasures because he loves you. So enjoy all those pleasures along the way as God sovereignly doles them out. And my favorite part of this text is how common it is. Start glorying in the beauty of God by eating dinner. He says, man, don't just cram calories down your gullet. Dinner is a holy moment. We should eat slowly. Friends should be invited. There's no rushing. Good food and good drinks and good friends are God's gifts to you. Enjoy the portion given to you. Think about this description of heaven: - Wedding supper of the lamb where you are banqueting at the table of the king. Food is a gift from God. That's why we pray before we eat. Do you want to really prepare your heart for heaven? Start at the dinner table. If you want significance, start at the dinner table. Do you want purpose, significance, and meaning in life? Then smile. Laugh. Enjoy the wonderful gift of food with the wonderful gift of family and the wonderful gift of friends. You have been blessed with food to be a blessing. Now go do it. God wants you to enjoy life! Knowing this eliminates the entire foundation upon which asceticism is built. Asceticism says that God is pleased when we starve ourselves of pleasure. But according to this passage, we don't have to ask the question, "Is it right for me to enjoy a gift of God?" Of course it's right! The text says that God has already approved what you do. In fact, it is right to say that the Bible reserves the severest of language to condemn people who would argue that food and marriage are not gifts to be enjoyed. Wow, God is serious about us enjoying dinner. Of course, we can abuse a gift. Of course, we can want a gift at the wrong time or in the wrong way. But the gift itself is exactly that. It's a gift that God wants us to enjoy. Imagine a son who graduates from high school. Dad gives him 20 bucks and says, "Go out with your friends to any restaurant you want and buy anything on the menu." He's been pre-approved to enjoy anything that 20 bucks can buy him. It would be totally wrong thinking for the son to say, "Man, I really want that milkshake, but maybe my dad would be happier if I didn't spend it." No, God is a smiling father and wants you to enjoy the $20 bucks he just gave you. That $20 was for your joy. Do you think of God that way? He wants to bless you. He is a smiling father. He wants to see you happy. - He gifts you beautiful weather so you can enjoy it. So get out. - He gifts you food. He gifts you drink. So eat and drink. - He gifts you freedom. - He gifts you music for your joy. So listen. You have the pre-approval from God to enjoy all those things. You are pre-authorized to enjoy life. In chapter 9 verse 8 it says, "Let your garments be always white. Let not oil be lacking on your head." Anointing one's head with oil was a common practice in this very dry climate. It was the common finishing touch after you've washed and cleaned. Same with white garments. Your dirty brown garments are used for farming and traveling. But when you are washed, you put on your white garments. It's a sign of being clean. So you anoint your head with oil and wear white clothes before a wedding. You'd do it before a feast or festival. But you'd also do it before entering into the temple. David, after he had mourned the death of his son, washed, anointed himself with oil, and went into the house of God. In other words, you've been given liberty to wash and enjoy life. Enjoy the gifts but don't soil yourself with them. Solomon knows a thing or two about trying to use God's gifts the wrong way. He's soiled himself with every gift God's given him. Remember, Solomon was the great happiness experimenter. And he began the book by trying to over-dose on every one of the gifts. But now as he begins to summarize some of his lessons, you hear the wisdom coming out. - Women can't make you happy, but enjoy your wife. - Work can't satisfy, but enjoy your work. - Food can't fulfill, but enjoy your food. - Wisdom can't solve your problems, but enjoy the fruits of wisdom. Because you have already been fulfilled by God, the gifts only serve as vehicles to remind you of why God is so worthy of your affection. They are tokens of God's love, expressions of his kindness. God is a smiling father that wants to bless your socks off. So really, the call here is to enjoy God, through his gifts. Here's a little bit of insight into my composition: I've got a broken piece of code in my brain that causes me to lose my keys. No matter how hard I try, no matter how hard I try to fix this defect, I still misplace them. I literally lose my keys all the time. I'm comforted when I hear that at least some other humans have this problem. Now there are various ways in which a person can lose keys, but I can tell you the worse kind. It goes like this: you're just a tad bit late and you have the moment of terror where you realize the keys are lost. You tear apart couches, clean bedrooms, inspect junk drawers, and retrace your steps to no avail, only to pass by the car and see the keys hanging in the ignition. It's so terrible because the thing you wanted so badly, that would have unlocked everything, was right there but you searched and searched. Joy is kind of like that. The fruits are hanging all around you. Joy is dangling right here, right now, today. The key is right in front of you. It's staring at you, but here you are tearing apart couch cushions and closets and jean pockets. Solomon yells at you, "The keys are in the ignition!" Here's the way we tend to do this. We find ourselves discontent and so we look back yesterday, a week ago, a year ago, to remember a time when we were happy. The good old days...man if we could just get back to that. Or we find ourselves thinking forward, the key is certainly just up there a few more years. If only I get this amount of money, then I can be happy. And yet, the key is dangling right in front of you. Today. Right here. Just open your eyes and see it. Look how much joy is everywhere. Look at it! It's everywhere! You are allowed to enjoy life, so open your eyes and take in what's right in front of you. This is a simple appeal to just enjoy what's right in front of you. When I am tempted to think that I need to buy something to be happy, I often think to myself, "Actually, what unfinished project is right in front of me? What is right here that I can do?" - We need to go on vacation. What if you just went down to the Boise River with a picnic lunch? - What if you just planted a garden? What if you enjoyed the process of weeding instead of seeing it as a chore? - What if you just call a friend and laugh? What if you called 10 friends? - Pet your dog or cat. Every day, there are so many joys. Picture life as a conveyor belt. On that conveyor belt are trays with meals. At breakfast time, a meal comes out, then lunch, then dinner. Now you don't get a choice. Sometimes it's very familiar. Sometimes it's very different. But every day, without fail, the meals keep coming. It would be foolish to look at that meal and say, "I don't like oatmeal. I wish I could have the bacon and eggs from two weeks ago." Or to say, "I heard that tomorrow we are having prime rib," so you let the meal go. Eat what's in front of you. Don't look forward to tomorrow's meals. And conversely, don't be like the Israelites that look back on yesterday's meals, if only we were back in Egypt with the leeks and garlic. Enjoy what God gives you today. What delightful things, nourishing things, healthy things are right in front of you right now. Go enjoy them. Now at first blush, these commands seem so strange. Why would we have to be commanded to enjoy something? If it was enjoyable, why would we need encouragement to enjoy it? Isn't enjoyment kind of automatic? Here's the answer: because the greatest joys in life are joys that require work. Take for example the joy of food. I mean there's top ramen. You boil water and you are done. That's super easy. You can scarf it down. That's food. But good food takes work. You have to prepare. You have to carve out time on the calendar to shop for it. It takes a long time to prepare and cook. But man, so much better. And because it's work, we have to be reminded that it worth it. Consider marriage. Solomon says to live with your wife whom you love. He's commending joy with your spouse. Spiritual and emotional intimacy does not come easily. Getting into the core is difficult. You have to really listen and engage and understand and ask good questions and be humble. We have to die to self and live for the other person. Solomon says, "Look at your husband. Look at your wife. There is so much joy to be had right there in that person you are married to, but you have to seek it. There's no such thing as 5-minute relational depth." You have to dive into them and try to understand them and relate with them. Seek depth with your wife, with your husband. This is your portion. As you work at that, your joy increases because your personality, desires, and values collide with your spouse's, you both get sharpened. This deep, meaningful, emotional connection is established. That's a gift from God. Few things in life are meaningful and beautiful and do not have a cost. The same is true for work. Solomon says, "Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might." Pour yourself into your work and see where it goes. Pull hard on the oars and see what God does with that. Work hard and be rewarded by that work. So these were both positive pleas. Enjoy God's gifts because God is a smiling father and pleasure is a dangling key. Now he's going to transition to negative pleas. He's getting you to act on that enjoyment by pointing out the instability and uncertainty of life. Tomorrow, this joy may be gone. If you are always putting off today for the sake of tomorrow you might be really sorry because tomorrow may never come. Chance is a thieving rat. You can't guarantee the outcome you're seeking. Notice that everything on this list is in the future. - There's a female gymnast who is training for a medal. And she's training today so that she can win. But she slips on the balance beam and falls. The race was not to the swift. - There's a Navy Commander who's training up his men, who have the best defense system in the world but are destroyed by the undetected submarine. The battle is not to the strong. - There's a guy who graduated valedictorian, acing all the exams and studying his guts out through MIT, but the high school dropout established the Fortune 500 company. Riches are not to those with knowledge. There are two lessons Solomon is pointing out. There are uncontrollable elements that will rob you of your dreams. But secondly, don't rely on your talents and gifts to get you your dreams. It is so easy to make formulas for success. And in one sense, it isn't wrong. It's not wrong to plan. Proverbs talks all about this. Proverbs 6:6-11, "Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. Without having any chief, officer, or ruler, she prepares her bread in summer and gathers her food in harvest. How long will you lie there, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber and want like an armed man." But even the best-laid plans won't always turn out. You can't trust in the plans. - The first out of the gate doesn't always win. - The strongest doesn't always survive. - Great planning sometimes ends with failure. - The wise sometimes get discriminated against. Time and chance happen to all. Life just doesn't turn out the way you expect, no matter how wise you are. No matter how right you are. I remember being that 25-year-old kid that knew it all because I had read some books. I would think, "Dude, it's simple. Here's how it works. Here's the formula for success." But it never works that way. There are always exceptions, chance, loopholes, variants, x-factors, free radicals. We hate the idea of not being in control. And we are often so scared of not having control that we develop paranoia. I think we have a bit of this in our culture right now trying to control an invisible virus. We have this illusion that if we do certain things, we will be safe. Really? Isn't God ultimately in control? Oh, how we hate not being in control. I learned this week the meaning of the word meticulous. It means a person who possesses many fears. Because they have so many fears they try to arrange and organize and control life down to the last detail. The word has evolved a bit so that it has become a virtue but you can see the idea. Fear of unknown outcomes drives all sorts of behavior. But the bottom line is that the future is uncontrollable. At any moment your life could be over. You could be biting into a sandwich, just like you have done 10,000 times in your life but that particular sandwich has an invisible hook in it, and death reels you in. You never saw it coming. Like a fish taken in an evil net, like birds that are caught in a snare, so the children of man are snared at an evil time when it suddenly falls upon them. Probably my favorite story in the Bible that illustrates this is the story Jesus tells in Luke 12:16-21, This man is called a fool. Do you want to know what a fool is? A fool is someone who won't listen and never changes. That's a fool. This guy had Ecclesiastes. And Solomon said, enjoy life today. You don't need more. You don't need bigger barns. You have plenty. Enjoy what God has given you. And he said, "Nah, I need more." Do you know why Jesus told this parable? Life consists not in the number of possessions but in the ability to enjoy the gifts of God because they are from God and you love God. - Greed and covetousness say, "When I fill my barns, then I'll thankful and I can be happy as I eat my meal." - Contentment and joy say, "I'm so thankful and happy as I eat my meal I don't care what's in my barn." Here's a final analogy. Two positive. Two negative. Now certain dispositions are not particularly interested in money. They can see the vanity of that. They are more motivated by knowledge or intellect or wisdom. They see that wealth is unstable and can potentially backfire severely and so they like the security that comes from investing in themselves, not in the economy. I'm going to study and get smarter because nobody can take that away from me. I want to use my wisdom to shape the future. Because after all, chance and wisdom are warring clans. Wisdom tries to control chance and chance tries to outsmart wisdom. But with enough wisdom, I can outsmart chance. I will be loved for saying that really wise thing. But Solomon says, are you sure? Wisdom might overcome chance, and might overcome even other people. Wisdom is a very powerful tool. But there is no guarantee that you will be appreciated for it. Let me tell you a story about a wise man, whose wisdom affected an outcome, brought about great success, and then is totally forgotten. Solomon illustrates this through a story. Here's his point: big, loud ideas are sometimes wrong. Small ideas spoken in a whisper are sometimes right. - Here was a wise man who was right. - He did all the right things. - He said it all in the right ways and then other people took credit for those things. - There's no guarantee that you will be remembered for it. Don't live for the moment of fame or being remembered, because it may never happen. Don't live for the moment where your wisdom is suddenly needed, because it won't be appreciated. Live for today, right now, with the simple joy that is in front of you. Thank God for it and live! ## Summary So the appeal here is to enjoy life. Enjoy the good gifts of God because he is a smiling father who wants to give you good things. Don't look at yesterday's gifts. Don't look at tomorrow's gifts. Enjoy today. Why? Because tomorrow's gifts may never come. You are right to plan but chance might destroy everything you worked for. You are right to plan but being right is rarely remembered. So enjoy today. - God is directing history to fix all the wrongs in the world. - Jesus Christ is coming back to resurrect the dead. - Jesus Christ will give you a new body that will not be subject to decay and corruption. - Is that not a reason to rejoice? - Is that not a reason to trust God with what you don't understand so that you can enjoy what you do? ## Announcements As we close, I wanted to let you know about a COVID-19 relief opportunity. As some of you know we sent a team to India this year right before India locked down due to coronavirus. Some of the students who are part of the seminary we support were unable to travel back to their homes before the lockdown and are now stranded without work in some pretty difficult locations. The village areas are significantly affected as well and we'd like to send a relief gift for the pastors and their wives to meet the needs of the community. So if you are inclined to give in this way, you can give online, satisfiedinjesus.org, under the 'Community & Giving' tab. Through this tab, you can give online to our regular fund, or there's a dropdown where you can designate your gift to India Relief. Thank you for your consideration in this regard.
Featured Truck of the Week T600 Kenworth by Black Twin Rigs This week's featured truck is a clean black Kenworth brought to you by Black Twin Rigs. Each week Bruce picks a cool truck from the many truck shows he attends. Hearing about them is one thing, seeing them is another. Check out this cool ride! https://instagram.com/black_twin_rigs?igshid=1npbcaqtd248u Check out the video on this featured truck by clicking here This episode is sponsored by Mystik Lubricants offering quality tested oils and lubricants for trucks and heavy machinery. Learn more about their products at www.mystiklubes.com This episode is sponsored by Groupe Trans West is looking for professional teams to operate out of their Mississauga terminal with excellent employment benefits between Toronto Ontario and California. Find out more at www.groupetranswest.com The tune of the day is Boise River by Thomas Wade off his Blue Country Soul album. You can learn more about Thomas and his music at www.thomaswade.com About the Show The Lead Pedal Podcast for Truck Drivers talks all things trucking for people in the transportation industry helping them improve their business and careers. Interviews with industry professionals and truck drivers, trucking information, and other features on the industry are meant to be helpful for truck drivers and those in transportation. The Lead Pedal Podcast for Truck Drivers has main episodes released every Tuesday and Thursday with bonus material on other days. You can learn more about the host and show on our website and make sure to SUBSCRIBE to the show on your favourite podcast platform. www.theleadpedalpodcast.com What does The Lead Pedal Podcast mean? The Lead (pronounced - Led) stands for acceleration or fast-track of your career or business. It is a play on words and we certainly are not here promoting speeding in the industry. We are hoping this information will help you become a professional driver faster than if you didn't know about many of these topics. Are you enjoying the show? If so we would appreciate you leaving us a rating and review on iTunes or on your favourite podcast platform. The show is available at www.theleadpedalpodcast.com , ITunes, Stitcher, Spotify, Tunein, iHeartradio, SoundCloud, and other popular podcast platforms. Thanks for listening
Rocky Detwiler has been swimming, rivers, lakes and oceans for decades. He swims in Boise River on the hunt for treasure. Over the summer months he has found car keys, watches, knives, wallets, money, pursue and expensive glasses. The media gave Rocky the nick name the RiverRobinHood because he takes from the river and gives it back to the people. This inspired him to share his fun, kid-like personality of his incredible treasure hunting stories with the world through his YouTube channel RiverRobinHood. Here are the key links from the episode: Subscribe to River Robinhood on YouTube Rocky's site Jobber -- start your free trial today
Freight Technology with Next Trucking Bruce chats with Gary Kendle of Next Trucking about their new freight loading technology and how it helps owner operators and drivers organize their loads allowing them to stay loaded in lanes that they prefer to drive in. Find out how the app works and why you may want to investigate the technology to help your operation. You can learn more at www.nexttrucking.com This episode is sponsored by Bison Transport with many opportunities for truck drivers in their fleet across Canada. You can learn more about Bison and the opportunities available at www.bisongoldrushlp.com or call 1-800-527-5781 DriverCheck is a leader in drug and alcohol testing and helps employers have a safe workplace for their staff. Learn how DriverCheck can help you be safe at www.drivercheck.ca The tune for the day is Boise River by Thomas Wade off his Blue Country Soul Album. You can learn more about Thomas Wade at www.thomaswade.com About the Show The Lead Pedal Podcast for Truck Drivers talks all things trucking for people in the transportation industry helping them improve their business and careers. Interviews with industry professionals and truck drivers, trucking information, and other features on the industry are meant to be helpful for truck drivers and those in transportation. The Lead Pedal Podcast for Truck Drivers has main episodes released every Tuesday and Thursday with bonus material on other days. You can learn more about the host and show on our website and make sure to SUBSCRIBE to the show on your favourite podcast platform. www.theleadpedalpodcast.com What does The Lead Pedal Podcast mean? The Lead (pronounced - Led) stands for acceleration or fast-track of your career or business. It is a play on words and we certainly are not here promoting speeding in the industry. We are hoping this information will help you become a professional driver faster than if you didn't know about many of these topics. Are you enjoying the show? If so we would appreciate you leaving us a rating and review on iTunes or on your favourite podcast platform. The show is available at www.theleadpedalpodcast.com , ITunes, Stitcher, Spotify, Tunein, iHeartradio, SoundCloud, and other popular podcast platforms. Thanks for listening
Should You Rent or Lease a Truck This episode we talk about the benefits and pitfalls of renting or leasing equipment and also talk about lease programs with carriers for potential owner operators. What are the differences between leasing and renting and what should you need to know. You can learn more at www.express4x4truckrental.com Download a rent or lease checklist This episode is also sponsored by Ontario Truck Driving School has a number of courses to help you be successful when starting a career in transportation from heavy equipment to over the road trucking. You can learn more about starting your career at www.otds.com Our tune of the day is Boise River by Thomas Wade off his Blue Country Soul album. You can learn more about Thomas at www.thomaswade.com About the Show The Lead Pedal Podcast for Truck Drivers talks all things trucking for people in the transportation industry helping them improve their business and careers. Interviews with industry professionals and truck drivers, trucking information, and other features on the industry are meant to be helpful for truck drivers and those in transportation. The Lead Pedal Podcast for Truck Drivers has main episodes released every Tuesday and Thursday with bonus material on other days. You can learn more about the host and show on our website and make sure to SUBSCRIBE to the show on your favourite podcast platform. www.theleadpedalpodcast.com What does The Lead Pedal Podcast mean? The Lead (pronounced - Led) stands for acceleration or fast-track of your career or business. It is a play on words and we certainly are not here promoting speeding in the industry. We are hoping this information will help you become a professional driver faster than if you didn't know about many of these topics. Are you enjoying the show? If so we would appreciate you leaving us a rating and review on iTunes or on your favourite podcast platform. The show is available at www.theleadpedalpodcast.com , ITunes, Stitcher, Spotify, Tunein, iHeartradio, SoundCloud, and other popular podcast platforms. Thanks for listening
The Boise Greenbelt turns 50 this year. The iconic pathway that hugs the Boise River is used by walkers, runners, cyclists, scooter users and more. But with different construction happening on the 25-mile path and new development with riverside businesses in places like Garden City, one Boise woman found it's not always easy to know the best way to from point A to point B. So, she worked with developers to create a new app that navigates and celebrates the Greenbelt.
In May, we visited with water quality advocate Christopher Swain on his decision to swim the 150-mile length of the Boise River. He's partnered with the Idaho Business for the Outdoors to be the first person to take on this challenge. It's not the first time he's done a swim like this, but in an effort to get folks to think about this vital waterway he dove into the water earlier this month and began his journey. We get an update from him during a stop in the city that bears the river's name.
Time for the Boise River Boogie. No, it's not a dance, it's a duathlon. And it's a fundraiser to help keep the river in good shape. Not that long ago, slaughterhouses in Garden City made the river run red. Raw sewage was dumped directly in the river. And the habitat suffered. Over time, valley residents began to clean up the river. Over the last eight years, the Boise River Enhancement Network has been working to keep the waterway healthy.
In this episode of the SYSB, we discuss Freedom Fest at the Side Yard and floating the Boise River. Zach has some pretty funny stories about his river floating experiences. And our popular segment Winners and Losers! Go team!
Host Gemma Gaudette leads a round table discussion of the week's headlines with the region's top journalists. Melissa Davlin of IPTV's Idaho Reports about the state's maternal mortality rate and the re-naming of two city parks in Boise. Rebecca Boone of the Associated Press joins the roundtable to parse out Idaho's new abortion reporting requirements and a lawsuit involving the sex offeder registry. Boise State Public Radio's Matt Guilhem sits in to discuss a controversial high school mascot in Driggs and a botched training maneuver on the Boise River.
Water quality advocate Christopher Swain is as passionate about clean water as he is about swimming. To bring attention to the need to conserve our waterways, Swain will swim the Boise River from its source in the Sawtooth Range to its confluence with the Snake River - more than one hundred miles. The effort is being sponsored by the Gem State's newest conservation stakeholder, Idaho Business for the Outdoors. We talk with Swain and Idaho Business for the Outdoors about the value of keeping our rivers and lakes clean.
Grow Your Business by Looking at Your Business as a Whole Bruce talks about the importance of stepping back from the day to day details in your business and looking at it from a higher view. We often get stuck in the details and don’t see how our business is progressing in the big picture. You can learn more about the show, your host, and other episodes like this at www.cashinginoncreativitypodcast.com E-Shipper offers affordable shipping options for creative entrepreneurs through personalized options. You can learn more about e-shipper at www.eshipper.com and use the promo code “Magic” for personalized service Our Tune of the Week is Boise River by Thomas Wade. You can learn more about Thomas and his music at www.thomaswade.ca About the Show A business and career podcast helping inspire creative entrepreneurs such as artists, authors, and musicians to create a fulfilling life using their talents. Get started on your journey today! Artists, authors, musicians, and creative entrepreneurs with talent will benefit from this podcast. This is a podcast that helps you take that creative talent and offers you ways to turn it into a viable business, product, or service. The podcast is hosted by artist Bruce Outridge who shows you through the eyes of others how you can take an idea or talent and make it something that brings you money in over time allowing you to create a career doing something that you love. The show features topics, interviews, and ideas to take your creative talents and turn them into profitable ideas. Want to know how a musician takes their love of music and makes a living? How about learning how a cartoonist created a business because he loves to draw? How did that author write their latest book? How does a jewellery maker, photographer, or software maker make money with their passion? The show interviews real people actually making money from their creative crafts hopefully inspiring you to do the same no matter which level of creative entrepreneur that you are subscribe to the podcast at www.cashinginoncreativitypodcast.com
A Recap of the 4th Annual TTSAO Conference Bruce offers an overview of the 4th Annual TTSAO Conference and a look at some of the presentations and speakers at the conference. The conference is held every year at the end of February. You can learn more about the conference at www.ttsao.com This episode is sponsored by Ontario Truck Driving School offering quality training for truck drivers in the industry. You can learn more about their courses at www.otds.com This episode is also sponsored by The Trucking Network with Mega Job Fairs being held across the Country. You can learn more about the job fairs at www.thetruckingnetwork.ca The song for this episode is Boise River by Thomas Wade off his Blue Country Soul album. You can learn more about Thomas and his music at www.thomaswade.ca About the Show The Lead Pedal Podcast offers a positive voice for truck drivers in the transportation industry with career and business information. The Lead Pedal Podcast is a show for those in the trucking industry wanting to improve their trucking careers or businesses. What does The Lead Pedal Podcast mean? The Lead (pronounced “Led”) stands for acceleration or fast-track of your career or business in transportation, it is a play on words and we certainly are not here promoting speeding in the industry. We are hoping this information will help you become a professional driver faster than if you didn't know about many of these topics. The interviews, information, features and other items that are meant to be helpful for drivers and those in the trucking industry. We are not here to complain about the industry but aim to offer positive ways to create a successful trucking career. Professional truck drivers who work for good carriers get treated better, earn pay better, and therefore have good careers. Subscribe so you don't miss an episode at www.theleadpedalpodcast.com Are you enjoying the show? If so we would appreciate you leaving us a rating and review on iTunes or on your favourite podcast platform. The show include interviews and topical information relevant to those in the transportation industry. The show is published every Tuesday and Thursday and is available at www.theleadpedalpodcast.com , ITunes, Stitcher, Tunein, iHeartradio, SoundCloud, Spotify, and other popular podcast platforms. You can learn more about Bruce Outridge and the bands behind the music of the show under the About tab. Why not join us in the studio by watching the show on The Lead Pedal Podcast YouTube Channel. Click here to check out the Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp9Hv9ZhNGAYZQvk3WWIFug?view_as=subscriber Show voice over bumpers provided by Brad Hails of the Killin' Time Band at www.killintimeband.com . Background music provided by the Danny Thompson Band with their song Miles and Miles. Learn more about the band at www.dannythompsonband.com The Lead Pedal Podcast is an official media sponsor for the Truck Convoy for Special Olympics, you can learn more about this special cause at www.truckconvoy.ca . The organization helps athletes with special needs raise funds for uniforms, competition, and more. The Lead Pedal Podcast is an official media sponsor for Trucking for a Cure which helps bring awareness and raises funds in support of the Canadian Cancer Society. You can learn more about the organization at www.truckingforacure.com We are also media sponsors for a number of truck shows, associations, and partners. Please use our sponsors whenever you can and thank you for listening to the show
For seven years, Robinson, Hoback and Reznor trapped the Missouri, Snake and Madison Rivers and served as guides for the overland Astorians. Their dream of returning to Kentucky ended with their death on the Boise River. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(https://www.theh2duo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Waterin-Real-Life-Steve-Drangsholt.png) Steve Drangsholt is an Infrastructure Market Sales Leader with Brown and Caldwell in Boise, ID. Steve has a background working both as a consultant and for a public utility in the pacific northwest. He’s an engineer and project manager with a knack for bringing strong teams together to solve complex problems for communities dealing with intense wet weather and dense urban environments. His innovative and disciplined approach has led to reductions in CSOs and SSOs throughout the Puget Sound in Washington State. Steve is Pacific Northwest through and through having grown up in the Portland Oregon area, attending the University of Washington and beginning his career in Seattle. He has a strong passion for water and wastewater and is heavily involved with the Water Environment Federation and his member association the Pacific Northwest Clean Water Association. Outside his day job, he enjoys cycling, paddleboarding and spending time around the Boise River. Top Takeaways: There are so many benefits to being involved with water industry associations such as WEF and AWWA. They offer valuable mentoring opportunities, professional development, and the ability to network and learn from other professionals you may not have met otherwise. Young professionals should measure their success by the impact they’re making and not the title on their business card. The water industry is massive and yet still feels like a tight-knit family. Therefore, it’s best to have a mindset of competing on ideas versus competing against people. Show Notes: [4:00] Check out Steve’s water journey. Does it sound familiar at all? [11:05] Steve explains the numerous benefits of being involved in WEF. [20:09] Steve explains the value he gained by working for both a public water utility and private engineering consulting firms. [28:20] What can we do as an industry to really remember our “why”? How can engaging with the public in events like Waterpalooza help create empathy in the industry? [35:12] Why is cultivating the young professional community so important to the next generation of water nerds? [42:42] Steve talks why it’s important in such a tight-knit industry to compete on ideas, not people. [48:20] When it comes to the public’s perception of the value of water, how will we know when we’ve made it? What does success look like? Resources: EP015 The Long Run (https://www.akimbo.me/blog/episode-15-in-the-long-run) : Seth Godin Podcast (Akimbo) Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor Drive by Daniel Pink Start with Why by Simon Sinek Sponsor: This episode is powered by (https://www.theh2duo.com/roguewater) ? Please consider rating the podcast with 5 stars and leaving a one- or two-sentence review in iTunes or on Stitcher. This helps tremendously in bringing the podcast to the attention of others. We give a shoutout to everyone who rates the podcast with 5 stars in future episodes. Give us some love on Twitter by tagging us (https://twitter.com/the_h2duo) or by using the #WaterInRealLifePodcast If you know someone you think would benefit, please spread the word by using the share buttons on this page. Thank you for sharing some of your time with us. We know how precious those minutes are. Share your story, you never know who needs to hear it and remember, “Those who tell the stories, rule the world.”
Two Days on the Idaho BDR My first two days on the Idaho BDR were amazing. Forest fires may have changed our start plans but could not sour the beautiful, Idaho backdrop. Middle Fork of the Boise River The most memorable part of the entire ride came on the second... The post Episode 020: Two Days on the Idaho BDR appeared first on Bend motorcycle adventures.
Experience Garden City encourages residents and visitors of the community to come out Friday night, stroll the attractions along the Boise River and get to know each other. We meet with members of the event's planning committee to explore the Garden City community.
My family has been living in the same apartment for the past seven years. It is located right next to the Boise Greenbelt and the Boise River. The Boise River Greenbelt is a paved pathway that runs on both sides of the river for people’s enjoyment and recreation. Over the years I have seen the seasonal ebb and flow of people from summer to winter. In the winter the Greenbelt is open and vast. In the summer it is usually very well populated and active. I love to see families riding their bikes, skateboarders doing tricks, couples holding hands, the masses of people floating the Boise River, and the entire mix of recreational undertakings unfolding on the Greenbelt. I have spent quite a bit of time running and walking on the Greenbelt. Sometimes on a weekend afternoon I will get a lot of stares and looks from young child because I do not have two hands. Other times I will see people I know and we will stop to chat a bit. On more rare occasions it will just be me running with the cool river breeze, the sound of the river water rushing, and encountering more animals than people. It is such a fortune to live so close to the Boise River with quick "backdoor" access to the Greenbelt. On my runs I tend to cross or pass by a bridge connecting the two sides of the Greenbelt at Ann Morrison Park. I started to notice a man on this bridge from time to time. Not all the time... Just "time to time." He was just standing there leaning on the rail of the bridge doing what seemed like nothing. I then realized I would see him mostly during my early evening runs. This has been going on for years. As I started to see him more and more I realized what he has been doing all these years. I know him only in my thoughts as "The Man On The Bridge." Thanks for listening! I invite you to share this podcast, offer a comment or leave some feedback. Show Notes: The benefits and beauty of living next to the Boise River and the Boise River Greenbelt. The beauty of nature. Seeing familiar things on a consistent basis. Noticing the man on the bridge. Resources: 7 Reasons You Should Make Time For The Sunset – As if you need a good reason why. 10 Reasons To Watch The Sunrise And Sunset – Enough said! Contact. Follow. Share. instagram | facebook | twitter | pinterest How to review the podcast on iTunes If you enjoyed, benefited or were impacted by the podcast, it would be beyond cool if you’d take a minute and write a review on iTunes. To do that, click on the iTunes link or launch the iTunes podcast app on your computer or phone. Search for One Hand Speaks, select the album art for the show, select ratings and reviews and then write your review. Big thanks and appreciation. Please spread and share if you feel others will benefit and enjoy and leave a comment or offer feedback. Play your hand, AlejAndro
Department of Agriculture officials want to know how Mississippi ghost shrimp found their way to Boise River. We talk about invasive species in Idaho and the damage they cause to both the economy and our natural landscape.
Doug Hardy discusses Memorial Day, the current danger of the Boise River, the temporary closure of Starbucks, and more on today’s Live Morning Drive!Read More →
Today, we’re doing something a little different. Instead of talking about real estate, I want to share a fun activity for those of you who live in Boise: fly fishing. Lewis Hunt from Idaho Angler is here to talk about some of the primary fishing opportunities you have right now for trout and steelhead. For the next month, you can find trout in just about any stream in Boise. Lewis recommends checking out the Boise River in town, which has been fishing quite well. The south fork of the Boise is just starting to fish, and the Owyhee River has been fishing for the last several weeks. As we move through the month and the weather starts to get warmer (hopefully), we’ll see more stillwater fishing. Check with Lewis at the Idaho Angler; he’ll let you know what’s fishing hot and what you need to fish those places ahead of time. “Fly fishing is a great hobby, and Lewis Hunt from Idaho Angler is here to give you some tips on where to find trout and steelhead this season.” The steelhead are going to continue to fish as well. For fly fishing, it’s going to be a nymphing game until the weather gets more consistent. You can fish a lot of streamers in town and on the Owyhee River, but it’s still mainly a nymphing game. The Boise River is fishing as good as I’ve seen it in the last couple of decades. If you are interested in steelhead, you have a few opportunities in the south fork of the Clearwater River. There’s some salmon outside of Riggins, but salmon is mainly between Stanley, Challis, and Salmon. A lot of people think that it’s all nymph fishing or indicator fishing this time of year, but you can still swing some flys. Use a slower swing and find some slower water. You can stop in to get some flies from the shop and see what’s going on before you go out. If you have any questions, you can call Lewis at the shop at 208-389-9957. As always, if you have any real estate questions, just give me a call or send me an email. I would be happy to help you!
BAGI: Idaho Environmental Forum - Boise River Spring 2017 Floods by Radio Boise
Dr. Paul Collins describes the transformation of the Boise River from a neglected trash dump with safety concerns for boaters, to a prized amenity including one of the premier river surfing waves in the nation.
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