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In this personal edition of the podcast I give a detailed account of why I dumped alcohol on November 4th 2019. It wasn't because I think alcohol is wrong or evil in itself. As a Catholic, I don't believe that. The wedding miracle at Cana happened when Jesus changed six jars of water into wine, not grape juice (John 2.) But for me it was the right decision. I didn't like how alcohol reacted to my body and vice versa. What delayed my quitting for a couple of years was my quiet anxiety that I would crave it if I quit it. The thought that I was an alcoholic was disturbing enough. The whole idea of no longer drinking made me nervous because I didn't know what my reaction would be. My dad (Jack, RIP +2018) was an alcoholic who found sobriety through AA; his father died from acute alcoholism. I hope and pray this episode inspires you to give serious thought to dumping alcohol. I have never looked back, and actually rarely think of it. Backstory to the reasons why I quit: Anecdotes about my father's (and his father's) alcoholism In what sense I buy the disease model of alcoholism I loved the natural high feeling when I did the Whole 30 Diet, and dropped 20 pounds without trying I met a Chaldean Christian at a party who told me he quit drinking as a spiritual sacrifice—a kind of fast—on behalf of souls who are away from Christ, and why it moved me I peed the bed through the night after drinking too much over not enough hours I had my first and only blackout during a backyard party that involved too many tequila shots My habit of weeping while watching romantic comedies bothered and embarrassed me My decision to change my mindset from “giving up” drinking to “getting rid” of drinking I fell in love with San Pellegrino sparkling water, crushed ice, and lemon slices Resources mentioned in this episode: To Slake a Thirst: The Matt Talbot Way of Sobriety https://amzn.to/4etPo6A by Philip Maynard Patrick Coffin: Website: https://www.patrickcoffin.media/ Twitter: @coffinmedia Facebook: Patrick Coffin Media Insta: @realpatrickcoffin Rumble: The Patrick Coffin Show
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Chaldean Christian and quantum expert Haytham Allos joins Caz to explore how miracles like walking on water, healing people and having glorified bodies can be explained through quantum physics. It also explains the devil's counterfeits. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
SEEN: Oct 15, 2019 Noura By Heather Raffo Directed by Johanna McKeon A riveting West Coast premiere loosely inspired by Ibsen's A Doll's House from acclaimed playwright (and Old Globe/USD Shiley M.F.A. Program graduate) Heather Raffo. Noura and her husband are Chaldean Christian refugees from Iraq, celebrating their first Christmas Eve as American citizens. But the long-anticipated visit of an orphan girl they once sponsored, now a promising college student, causes them to question who they've become and what they've left behind. The Wall Street Journal's Terry Teachout calls this powerful drama “one of the finest new plays I've ever reviewed. Full of unexpected revelations and flashes of sudden, blinding illumination.” Contains strong language.
Lauren Daigle has dethroned Maroon 5 from Billboard’s number one spot. A Chaldean Christian has died after being deported to a country he’s never been. And is wiping out medical debt going the latest church trend?
Deborah Goodrich Royce is a debut thriller author, but you might know her from her time in movies and TV. Deborah starred in the tv soap opera All My Children, along with starring in the movies April Fools Day and Just One Of The Guys. Her debut book is called "Finding Mrs. Ford" Details: On a sunny summer morning by the sea in New England, Susan Ford's cocoon of privilege is threatened when an Iraqi man from her distant past boards a plane in Baghdad to come find her. Mrs. Ford leads a privileged life. From her Blenheim spaniels to her cottage on the coast of Watch Hill, Rhode Island, she carefully curates her world. Hair in place, house in place, life in place, Susan Ford keeps it under control. Early one morning in the summer of 2014, the past pays a call to collect. The FBI arrives to question her about a man from Iraq—a Chaldean Christian from Mosul—where ISIS has just seized control. Sammy Fakhouri, they say, is his name and they have taken him into custody, picked up on his way to her house. Back in the summer of 1979, on the outskirts of a declining Detroit, college coed Susan meets charismatic and reckless Annie. They are an unlikely pair of friends but they each see something in the other—something they'd like to possess. Studious Susan is a moth to the flame that is Annie. Yet, it is dazzling Annie who senses that Susan will be the one who makes it out of Detroit. Together, the girls navigate the minefields of a down-market disco where they work their summer jobs. It's a world filled with pretty girls and powerful men, some of whom—like Sammy Fakhouri—happen to be Iraqi Chaldeans. What happened in that summer of 1979 when Susan and Annie met? Why is Sammy looking for Susan all these years later? And why is Mrs. Ford lying?
Trump’s immigration policies have mucked up a lot of lives. In this episode, SSSS producer Megan Detrie shares some stories from her reporting in Michigan with the Iraqi Christian community. Specifically, the Chaldean Christian immigrants and community leaders who are dealing with the aftermath of an unexpected ICE raid this summer. Four months later, these folks are still in detention, and their lawyers are arguing that they can't be sent to Iraq because they are likely to face persecution by ISIS. Also! Donald Trump signed a new travel ban this Sunday. So we talk to Baher Azmy from the Center for Constitutional Rights about why he thinks the ban will be struck down again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
– Mark talks with Mark Arabo this hour about illegal immigration, securing borders, and the persecuted Chaldean - Christian community.
HIGHLIGHT of the hour - MORE this hour with Hugh Hewitt. Guests this hour include - Bob Beckel ("The Five"), and Mark Arabo (Chaldean-American businessman). - Mark talks to Bob Beckel about Trump’s personality, and the people he is surrounding himself with; by way of his cabinet. Mark and Bob discuss President Trump’s travel ban, executive order. Bob explains what he thinks “The Alt. Media” is doing. – Mark has MORE this hour with Hugh Hewitt. – Mark talks with Mark Arabo this hour about illegal immigration, securing borders, and the persecuted Chaldean - Christian community. The Mark Larson Show - mornings 6-9, on AM 1170 "The Answer".
Kevin talks with humanitarian Mark Arabo, who has been working tirelessly to garner US support for the Chaldean Christian community as they face the threat of ISIS. Arabo tells the sad tale of 150,000 displaced Christians (including 90,000 children), driven from their homes by violence. They have been forced to live in the desert without basic necessities, and last year over 12,500 people died in these conditions. The Chaldeans are the oldest group of Christians, their heritage going all the way back to the patriarch Abraham (from Ur of the Chaldeans). They have long practiced Catholicism, refusing to give up their faith despite being surrounded by hostile Islamic groups. With the rise of ISIS they face a greater threat than ever before, and they are in desperate need of support from the global Christian community. Arabo discusses what has already been accomplished to put an end to this ongoing genocide, and the great amount of work that still needs to be done. Visit his website, EndTheGenocide.com, to find out what you can do to help your brothers in Christ. "If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn't do it, it is sin for them." –James 4:17 This episode first aired on April 12th, 2015.