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  Ever wondered how to navigate life's challenges with a smile? Join Gail Zugerman in a hilarious and insightful conversation with Greg Schwem, a well-respected corporate comedian and cruise ship entertainer who has turned life's gut punches into punchlines. Discover how Greg's superpower – humor – helped him navigate a gray divorce and a cancer diagnosis, all while keeping his audience laughing. Plus, get ready for some witty insights on online dating, the importance of human connection, and the power of laughter in the face of adversity. Greg has recently written a book about his personal life called, “Turning Gut Punches Into Punchlines“.  He is on SIRIUS Radio and Comedy Central and has shared the stage with Jay Leno, Celine Dion, and Keith Urban! — Watch the episode here   Listen to the podcast here   The Power Of Humor: Navigating Life's Ups And Downs With Greg Schwem How To Use Humor To Get Through Life's Curve Balls Welcome to the show. This is a show that provides a platform for older people who are growing older in a positive and productive way to come on stage and dispense their wisdom. You can find out more about our show by going to www.GrowingOlderWithGusto.com. We have a very special guest for the holidays from the start of the new year who happens to be a comedian from Chicago. He is navigating the ups and downs of life by utilizing his superpower as a comedian and using his great sense of humor. His name is Greg Schwem. He spends much of his professional time on stage and onboard cruise ships. The Chicago Tribune has proclaimed him as “The King of the Hill” in the growing world of corporate comedy. He's been on Sirius Radio and Comedy Central and has shared the stage with the likes of Celine Dion, Jay Leno, and Keith Urban. We're going to talk to Greg about how changes later in life don't necessarily have to be as scary as you might think if you find the humor in difficult, challenging, and unfamiliar situations. Greg has also written a very funny book based on his own personal life called Turning Gut Punches into Punch Lines. There's a lot to talk about with Greg so let's get going.     Welcome to the show, Greg. Thank you for having me. Superpowers, I love that. I don't think I've ever been introduced as having superpowers. That's a lot of pressure. From Journalist To Comedian: Greg Schwem's Unlikely Path To Success Why don't we begin by having you tell our audience a bit about how you got started as a corporate speaker which the Huffington Post has called you “Your boss's favorite comedian”? It's weird. I quit my job in journalism. I was a newspaper and a TV reporter in West Palm Beach, Florida. I did that for the first five years out of college. I was always a comedian though. I always did it as a hobby. I started doing it in high school. I finally decided after five years in journalism, which doesn't sound like a lot but it is a lot. It takes a toll on you, particularly with the kind of stories that I was covering which were certainly not funny. They were very depressing. I told a lot of morbid stories. I would do that during the day and then I would go to comedy clubs at night and make people laugh. I eventually decided I liked doing that better so I moved back to Chicago. I became a club comedian, the guy who goes around to clubs around the country and makes people laugh. Little by little, I started getting approached because of the type of material that I was doing in my standup act. I was doing material about computers, business, meetings, and that kind of stuff. I would have people come up to me afterward and invite me down to their Christmas party, their golf outing, or little stuff like that. That snowballed. The more shows that I did for business groups, the more I got noticed by people who booked those kinds of events on a much larger scale. I was getting approached by corporate speakers bureaus, corporate booking agents, and meeting planners. It is a word of mouth marketing, so to speak. I had no idea that this kind of stuff even existed. When you're a journalist, you don't get invited to three-day offsite meetings. Your boss does, but not you. Someone's got to put out the paper. Little by little, I transitioned my whole act. Instead of being a club comedian, I became a corporate humor speaker. That's really what I've been doing for the past couple of years. That's an interesting path that you took to that. It's very rare. There are few comedians or people who have transitioned into the corporate market. It's different from working as a club comedian. Were you a little jokester when you were little? I was. One of the questions comedians get always asked is, “Were you the class clown?” I always say, “No. I was the class smart ass.” I always say the class clown is always in trouble because he's always trying to get the other kids in the class to laugh. What I would do is try to get the teacher to laugh. You can't get mad at somebody when you're laughing. I figured that out very early. I would sit in the back and pick my spots. I always enjoyed making people laugh and trying to figure out what would entertain them. You can't get mad at somebody when you're laughing. Navigating The Gray Divorce: Finding Humor In Unexpected Change To segue into a more serious subject, we hear a lot about the graying of America and the graying generation. There's a rise in what they're calling the graying divorce. I know that you have experienced this situation. I'm hoping you can give some wisdom to our audience about how your divorce came about and how you were able to use your superpower of humor to get you through a rough patch in your life. My divorce was no different from a lot of divorces. Gray divorce is defined as people over 50, certainly how long you've been married but how old you are physically. It is the only demographic where the divorce rate is on the rise. A lot of it is attributed to couples who stayed together and raised their kids and all of a sudden, the kids are gone. They're creating their own lives. The couples look at each other and go, “Now what?” There was a little of that involved in mind. There were other issues as well. I certainly realized at one point that it wasn't going to happen. You could say, “Did you go to therapy or so forth?” We'll get into that later. That's fine. That's a whole nother episode. We're going to talk about it. That's me. It's scary. For people in this age group, when they make the decision to get divorced, they're only thinking about the positives. They're like, “Finally,” probably men especially. They're like, “I supported my family. I did this. I paid the mortgage. I mowed the lawn. I did all this. Now, finally, I can focus on myself.” That's very common and it's natural to think that way. What you don't think is that you have been married for a very long amount of time. For me, that's half my life. I was married for 29 years. When you are in that situation, you become a little bit complacent. I don't use that in a negative term. You're like, “This is what I get. This is what I've gotten used to, my house and this. I come home and I sit in front of the fire. Every Christmas, we do this. Every Thanksgiving, we do this,” and so forth. All of a sudden, that's all gone. You have to reinvent yourself. That's something people don't think about. I don't think it's necessarily a reason not to get divorced if you're not happy, but it's something you should probably plot out. As I talked about in the book, I have not paid bills in 25 years. My ex-wife did that. There were a lot of things. That's what the responsibilities are. That doesn't even cover things like, “How do I meet people now?” I've had the same friends for 25 years, but I don't have those friends anymore. How am I going to meet people? How did you use your humor during your separation and then your divorce? I know you did use your humor to deflect some of these other feelings that cropped up for you. That's natural as a comedian. That's what comedians do. We are always looking for humor in everyday situations. It doesn't necessarily matter if those situations are funny from the start or serious. That's also why people always go to see comedians because they want to laugh at something that may be going on in their lives. Nothing makes me happier when I'm on stage or when I'm delivering some material about a particular topic and I see people in the audience nodding in agreement and looking at one another because I know I've hit on something here. They're like, “He's saying what I've been thinking.” It was natural to do that. Laughing is a way to get through the day. I've heard that it's also really healthy from a physical point of view. Online Dating After Divorce: Keeping A Sense of Humor Sometimes, you have to. You can get as frustrated as you want with lawyers and unfortunately the bad parts of divorce, the lawyers, moving out, and restarting your life. You're going to come into something that's funny and it's how you deal with that. I had always planned to write a funny book about divorce. I  thought that would be a good thing for me to do. I've written a couple of books before, but to write things down and journal my thoughts and maybe some of it will end up in my standup act on stage. As we'll probably talk about, there was a little twist in there that's something different. I want to talk to you a little bit about online dating. How do you do this passage? What are your ways of navigating these ups and downs of Greg Schwem's life? What would you like to know about online dating? Is it about how you do it? How can you keep a sense of humor while you are finding a date? Reading other people's profiles can be very funny. Trying to create your own can be funny. How funny do you want to be when you're creating it? What are your ultimate goals? I put down that I was looking for people my age. To be honest, when I entered online dating, it was more of a fact-finding mission for me. I knew that I was moving to Chicago, the city. I was moving out of the suburbs. Before I committed to that, I wanted to meet women my age who were also in the city to find out if they thought it was a good move. Was there enough to do? Was it more difficult to meet people? How easy is it to get around with transportation? All of that kind of stuff. I was very clear about that. In my profile, I said, “Right now, I'm looking for friends. Would you please be my friend, you over 55 ladies?” That's what it was for the first few months. Once you get a little more comfortable, you think, “I met somebody or I've seen somebody. It's time to see if we can have a new relationship,” which we know from someone who's been married for a long time, that's scary too. Did you ever have any instances where maybe somebody's profile didn't match up to what you met, saw, and interacted with? Everybody leaves something out of their profile. It's not necessarily that it didn't match up. I found a lot of humor in women's profile pictures because that's the first thing you see. I was amazed at how many profile pictures from women involved them holding a glass of wine. I don't know why. What's with the wine? These are all different sizes too. There were some that a fish could swim in the goblet they were holding. I found that to be funny. It's like, “What are you trying to portray with this particular photo?” That became, for me, an icebreaker. When I would reach out to somebody, I would make a comment about their photo, not a mean-spirited one. I remember there was one woman who I was a little interested in. She was on a paddleboard and there was this brilliant red sunset. I said something like, “I noticed your profile photo. Are you almost done recording your album?” It looked like the cover of an album or a CD. She thought that was very funny. There were a couple of women who I did meet who, all of a sudden, dropped a little bit of a bomb on me like, “Now that I've got him in the Starbucks I'm going to casually mention my sobriety or my ex abusive husband,” or something like that. You got to like, “Now you're here. I have to deal with that. Am I ready to?” Therapy And Reinvention: Embracing New Experiences It's not easy. That might send somebody, not you per se, but anybody going through a divorce or something like that into therapy. I know that you mentioned in your book that almost everybody these days does have a therapist, including your therapist. I was wondering if you would reflect back on your experience in getting through this gray divorce. How would you do things differently? How did therapy play into it? How would I do things differently in my marriage? No, in handling the divorce or getting through this. I don't know if I would handle it differently. I handled it very well. If I didn't eventually go talk to an independent third party, I don't think that would've been a good way to handle it. I was always anti-therapy. What brought you over that hurdle? Running out of people to talk to. This is something that another podcast host told me off-air. He had me on his show. He was divorced too. He said, “You realize you're going to have to make new friends because your old friends knew you as a couple. You're no longer a couple.” As much as I could say, “These are good friends of mine. We used to hang out at 4th of July picnics,” sadly, with the exception of a few, that is what happened. You can be mad about it or be upset and you can question whether they were ever your friends in the first place but I don't think that does you any good. Everybody has their own reasons. It might be uncomfortable. It might be that your friends are no longer comfortable talking to you. They question. Getting back to therapy, that's eventually what got me into therapy because you have all these questions like, “Why aren't people reaching out to me? What did I do? Am I suddenly a bad guy?” That's one of the reasons. Were you able to use your humor superpower as a way to overcome any bitterness that you might have? That is very common among people who either lose somebody because of a divorce or a death. Bitterness, that word can go a lot of different ways. I have tried very hard to not bring my personal life and any issues that I might have with my ex into either my act or my book. I don't think that gets you anywhere. I was saying if somebody, not you per se, but anybody out there tuning in feels they've been shortchanged because they were a couple and they're no longer a couple. Their friends are no longer who they think they were or were they ever their friends. Somebody can get over that by maybe finding a sense of humor in everything. It's good but you have to be very careful because your attempts at humor, and this is true on stage too, can be perceived in very different ways. It could come off as sarcasm. It could come off as bitterness. I've been a comedian for 30 years. I know how to read the room better than some people. Some people, when they try to maybe either reconnect with their children after a divorce, might think they're being funny and lighthearted but they might not realize how it sounds to the other person. It's a very slippery slope. What got me through it is I knew that other people were going through it too. If I could make them laugh and find things on stage and get that nodding response from people, then that was probably more therapeutic for me than going to a therapist. A lot of people helped me too. You have to be very careful because your attempts at humor can be perceived in very different ways. I want to say this. One thing I found out about people who are divorced is I realized we're all on the same team. Whether this was on a cruise ship, random, or maybe I met somebody in a restaurant or something, nobody jumped in and said, “Let me tell you about my divorce. Do you think yours is bad? Wait until you hear this.” I don't want to hear about it. I don't want to hear the particulars. I always say it's like your delayed flight. It's different from my delayed flight. I found that people were not doing that. They weren't trying to top you or turn the discussion to them. Everybody who I broached this subject with said, “It sucks but you're going to get through it. You're going to feel better when you come out on the other side.” That was enough for me. Divorce sucks, but you're going to get through it and you're going to feel better when you come out on the other side. The Double C: Finding Laughter In The Face Of Cancer That is a good way of putting it. That's very wise. My next topic is also not particularly uplifting, but I really admire you and everything that you've been through. Another life hurdle was while you were going through the divorce, y ou heard the C word, which is one nobody wants to hear. You experienced this right in the middle of your divorce. Tell our audience. How did your natural sense of humor get through your diagnosis and your treatment? It was the double C. It was Colon Cancer. It certainly sent the book in a different direction. I had planned to write a funny book about divorce, and then this happened. I approached it the way that we've been talking about, which is about trying to laugh at something and trying to find humor. I am a big observer of people. That's what comedians do. People say, “Your business is about jokes.” It's really not. A comedian's business is people, observing, and listening because that's what ends up on stage. We have to see something and then we poke fun at it or make light of it. That's the way our minds are always working. I don't think there's any reason that you can't let your mind work that way even when you are faced with a disease or an unexpected diagnosis where you're not sure where that's going to end up. It came naturally to me. It didn't mean that I was going into every doctor's appointment going, “How's it going, everybody?” I'm not going to be on stage. If I could get the nurses to laugh or the doctors to laugh, to me, that was like, “If you can get them to laugh, they're going to maybe take more of an interest in your case.” I remember when my surgeon came in. He was telling me where my tumor was. It was right where there was a bend in my colon. He was like, “We're going to take out the 90-degree angle and then I'm going to put those two back together.” I go, “How do you take this part and this part and put them together?” He goes, “That's why they pay me the big bucks.” I was like, “I like this guy.” He laughed and I laughed. I knew I was in the right hands. That's great. Humor As A Coping Mechanism: Finding Light In The Darkness That doesn't mean it was a yuk a minute, certainly not with the recovery or anything like that, but I do believe that there is the ability to find humor in any subject. There's so much craziness going on in the world. Do you see humor as a coping mechanism? If so, how can you recommend to our audience how they can cultivate that? Maybe somebody's taking life too seriously. I can only see it as a coping mechanism, and it always has been. This has become a topic of one of my corporate presentations. The title is Humor is Serious Business But We Should Still Be Laughing. I've given that talk to corporations before. What's happening is we're so busy trying to answer the question, “What is funny?” There is no answer to that. We need to start admitting that. Nothing is universally funny. To try and put rules on what is funny and what is not is doing us no good at all.     Comedy clubs are doing very well. They ebb and flow, but they do well when we are in a strange time or a very unknown situation of what's going to happen. Everybody's a little bit anxious as to what the future's going to hold so people look to comedy as escapism. That's why clubs are doing well. I've had a real renaissance in getting on stage. It's not that I ever disliked it, but with all that has happened to me and what's going on in the world, I'm enjoying the chance to make people of all ages laugh probably a lot more. Remember, we're coming out of COVID where there was no laughter because there was no place other than the internet and to sit by yourself with your phone in your room and try to make yourself laugh. We went from that to all of a sudden, “It's okay to go outside now. Let's start laughing again.” Turning Gut Punches Into Punchlines: A Comedian's Journey I'm thinking about your book. You mentioned the title. The subtitle though is what I really like. It's Turning Gut Punches Into Punch Lines: A Comedian's Journey through Cancer, Divorce, and Other Hilarious Stuff. That is quite a mouthful. It's a mouthful but that's the part that makes people laugh, and that's what I wanted. I wanted it because it shows what we've been talking about. You can laugh at subjects that aren't considered universally funny.     That's correct. What was your favorite section of the book? I know I had mine. It's divided into three parts. The first part was the reality of, “I'm getting divorced. I have to reinvent myself. I have to move out. I have to find a therapist.” The second part was about reinvention and trying new things. I tried things more for communication. I went to work for Amazon during the Christmas break. I don't need to work for Amazon. I'm doing okay, but I happened to see an advertisement saying, “We need help for Christmas.” December is usually a month in corporate comedy that is pretty slow. I thought, “I'll try this.” I drove for Uber to try and get material, meet people, and hear their stories. The last part of the book is all about the future. My favorite chapter is the last one because, in the last one, I went on a journey. I wanted to engage particularly with younger people because they're the future. I wanted to know what they thought of things and how they felt about things like marriage, divorce, and therapy. I was talking to people of my own generation for the whole time but I thought, “It would be a good twist to meet younger people because they're going to be faced with these challenges too. Maybe they have ideas that I didn't know about.” I looked at a lot of social media of people who were trying to answer the question of what it is to be happy. There's some funny stuff out there. That's probably my favorite chapter. What's yours? I had a couple. One was entitled Single Rizzable Male. Can you quickly tell some people who might not be in the know about what rizz means? Rizz was the Oxford University Word of the Year. They had the vote. We're doing this in late December 2024. I read about what it was this 2024. They voted on this word. In 2023, the word was rizz. Rizz is a take on charisma. The younger generation, if they can figure out a way to shorten anything and spend less time, which in this case, talking, they're going to do it. Rizz is like an attraction. You give off magnetism. That's where rizzable came in. That is the chapter that deals with online dating, filling up profiles, and the hits and misses of these people I met. I'm glad you liked that one. I did. Also, the one about your trip to Denmark and your discovery of hygge. This is part of the last chapter. It's very popular. It's a word for happiness. I was in Denmark. I was in Copenhagen. I saw a tour on TripAdvisor called The Happiness Tour and Learning About the Power of Hygge. I thought, “That's exactly what  I'm looking for. I want to see that.” There were about 10 of us. Our guide, who was about 38 talked, about hygge. What it involves is being present or being in the moment and listening to who you are with. You could use hygge as a noun or a verb. He said something like, “Why don't we go hygge in the park today? If you do go hygge in the park, you leave your phone at home because if you are on your phone, you are not in the moment. You are not as interested in that person who invited you that you're hygge-ing with.” I found that very fascinating. What was really interesting was when I was in Denmark, I observed there was a school group on a field trip. I was looking at these kids, probably anywhere from 8 to 14. They had no phones, not one. Can you imagine that in this country? No. They were commiserating with one another. They were listening to what was being told to them about whatever it was they were seeing. I found that to be really refreshing. What has gotten me through this is communicating, listening to other people, and hearing their stories no matter what age they are. I'm very intrigued with people. It's people that get you through tough times. It's not your phone. It's not necessarily your therapist. Your therapist can be great at dispensing advice, but that's for an hour. You leave and you've got the rest of the day or the evening to figure out what you're going to do. I have decided that people entertain me and fascinate me and I want to find out about everybody. Any other experiences that came out of writing your book that you didn't expect perhaps? I didn't expect people to be as forthcoming as they were. I've been a solo traveler on business. I eat by myself. You're in a strange city. I've had no problem sitting at bars or brewpubs and ordering, trying to talk to other people, and so forth because that, to me, is more than just sitting there, eating by yourself, and then scrolling your phone every now and then. I was amazed at how forthcoming people were to talk because that is something that COVID took away from us. COVID seems very far away but it will always be there. It will always be because it changed everything. It changed marriages. It changed how people work. It changed how people get educated. It will always be a part of our lives. That's another thing when I drove for Uber. It was amazing how much they would keep going if you got people to start talking. I find that to be very refreshing. I wasn't expecting that. Words Of Wisdom: Embracing Change And Finding New Beginnings You seem like an easy person to talk to and easy for people to open up to, which is nice. That is another superpower. I hope this will air and drop before the end of 2024, but if it doesn't, even for the new year. Any words of wisdom that you can give to anyone who has lost a spouse from their passing away or through divorce in a long-term relationship? Is there anything that they can do as far as keeping their sense of hor and getting through this? I'm willing to give people the same advice that was dished out to me about how it sucks but you're going to get through it. Maybe not for someone who has lost a spouse but certainly for people who are getting divorced, you could sit there, curl up in a ball, and say, “My life will never be the same. I lost my companion of this long.” You can do that but at some point,  you have to pick yourself up and say, “There's something new. What haven't I done? What have I always wanted to try?” That could be something like a cooking class. It could be a support group. I've always said it's never too late to learn a different skill or educate yourself about something. That's what I've tried to do. It's easier said than done. Everybody is going to have to do that at their own pace. It's never too late to learn a different skill or educate yourself about something. When you do those things, you meet people. That's what it's all about, right? Yes. You might meet somebody who's going through the exact same thing as you and you probably up until then thought you were the only person going through this and were very lonely as a result. It doesn't have to be that way. Is there anything else you want to tell us about your book or anything in general? I do hope people purchase the book. It is on Amazon. People who are maybe living in active retirement communities, I've started doing shows in active retirement communities. That demographic loves to laugh and they love to laugh at themselves. Sometimes, we aren't good at laughing at ourselves. When I do shows for maybe an over 55 group, how easy they are at laughing at their health problems, their sex lives, their lack of sex lives, and everything like that. You might as well laugh at getting old because it's going to happen. It's a gift. You might as well find something like that to laugh at. I'd be more than happy to come to any place that you think needs some laughter. If somebody wants to contact you, what's the best way? My website. It's GregSchwem.com. Tell me about your event and I would be more than happy to come and entertain you. That sounds great. Thank you so much. This has been so much fun. For all our readers, please join the show by going to www.GrowingOlderWithGusto.com and share with your friends or whoever you think will enjoy the episode. This one I know you're going to share because it was great. Thank you very much. Stay connected and curious.   Important Links Greg Schwem Greg Schwem on LinkedIn Turning Gut Punches into Punch Lines

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Special Episode - Celebrate Thanksgiving - A time for gratitude It was the first Thanksgiving without Jack. Just a few months had passed since he'd been gone, and the family still felt the weight of his absence. He'd been the anchor of every holiday, carving the turkey, telling stories, making everyone laugh even when things were hard. This year, as they set the table, each place setting seemed heavier, and every laugh felt quieted by the lingering grief. Sarah, his wife, wondered how they would get through the evening. She worried about her two children, who looked up to their dad so much, and her own heart felt fractured. She wanted to honor him, but the idea of celebration felt impossible. Yet, as everyone gathered around the table, her son, Will, brought out an old journal. It was Jack's, filled with his thoughts, sketches, and notes, and a bit of laughter spread as they realized how little anyone had known about this private collection of memories. It was titled "Things I'm Grateful For." Sarah hesitated, feeling overwhelmed by the bittersweet nature of the discovery, but her daughter encouraged her, "Please, Mom, read some of it. Let's hear what Dad wrote." Sarah opened it to the first page, where Jack had written a simple list from a Thanksgiving years ago. It read: Sarah's laugh when it's too loud and she doesn't care. The kids—everything they say, everything they do, even the things that make me crazy. Freshly fallen leaves and that sound they make when we crunch through them. Family. I don't deserve them, but I love them more than anything. Every Thanksgiving we get to share together. Sarah's voice cracked as she read, but she kept going. Each entry listed another detail Jack had appreciated, from the small quirks of family life to moments they'd all shared but might have forgotten. His journal wasn't filled with grand things but with quiet, fleeting moments—a shared sunrise, a silly argument that ended in laughter, little things the kids said, the warmth of a fireplace. As the family sat together, they found themselves remembering each moment. Each word he'd written helped them feel closer to him, as though he were still with them, urging them to see all the small blessings they still had. They went around the table, sharing memories of Jack and adding to his list, taking turns to express gratitude for things they might have overlooked. There were tears, but also smiles, and something warm and healing began to fill the room. By the end of the evening, they realized that Jack's absence hadn't taken him away. Instead, his memory had reminded them of everything they still had. They found strength and gratitude not in the presence of something new, but in the quiet beauty of what had been, and in the realization that gratitude could carry them through even the heaviest loss. As they finished their meal, Sarah looked around the table, and for the first time since his passing, she felt peace. She knew they would be okay, carrying Jack with them in the moments they remembered, in the love they shared, and in every Thanksgiving yet to come. How to connect with AgileDad: - [website] https://www.agiledad.com/ - [instagram] https://www.instagram.com/agile_coach/ - [facebook] https://www.facebook.com/RealAgileDad/ - [Linkedin] https://www.linkedin.com/in/leehenson/

The 7 Things to Do Every Thanksgiving: A Pastoral Counselor's PerspectiveThanksgiving is a season of reflection, gratitude, and connection. As a Pastoral Counselor, I find that these simple yet powerful practices can help us create a Thanksgiving that resonates deeply with purpose and peace.Here are seven things to consider doing every Thanksgiving to bring warmth and meaning to this beloved holiday.Happy Thanksgiving! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/daily-spark-with-dr-angela--2571378/support.

“Things had radically changed. … They had not only changed my mindset, but they had saved my life.” In this Conversing Short, Mark Labberton opens up about a period of darkness and despair, when as a younger man he considered ending his life. But when he was invited to share Thanksgiving dinner with a local couple, his eyes were opened to a concrete hope, friendship, and joy—all embodied in the simple feast of a community potluck. Every year since, Mark calls these friends on Thanksgiving Day, in gratitude for and celebration of the hospitality, generosity, beauty, friendship, and hope he encountered that day. Here Mark reflects on the emotional and psychological difficulties he was going through, the meaning and beauty of friendship, how every dish of a Thanksgiving dinner is an act of hope and community, and how hospitality and generosity can uplift every member of a community. If you or anyone you know is struggling with depression or considering suicide, there is help available now. Simply call or text 988 to speak with someone right away, share what you're going through, and get the support you need. About Conversing Shorts “In between my longer conversations with people who fascinate and inspire and challenge me, I share a short personal reflection, a focused episode that brings you the ideas, stories, questions, ponderings, and perspectives that animate Conversing and give voice to the purpose and heart of the show. Thanks for listening with me.” About Mark Labberton Mark Labberton is the Clifford L. Penner Presidential Chair Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Preaching at Fuller Seminary. He served as Fuller's fifth president from 2013 to 2022. He's the host of Conversing. Show Notes A story about Thanksgiving Day many years ago, during Mark Labberton's master of divinity degree at Fuller Seminary “… not just overwhelmed, but really undone” “ … the possibility of ending my life …” Every Thanksgiving dish as an act of hope and community Beauty of friendship A magnificent extravaganza Sharing not just food but hope “Things had radically changed. And that in fact they had, they had not only changed my mindset, but they had saved my life.” “For me, Thanksgiving Day holds this deep and pensive awareness that Thanksgiving doesn't always come easy, that often it's a difficult act, that it involves things that are sometimes impossible for certain people to carry. And at the same time, it's possible for other people to carry them in our place, which is what these friends did for me that day.” If you're feeling despair, seek professional help. Call or text 988 for an immediate response with a counsellor. Seek community. “Whether you're in darkness or in light, whether your heart feels full of gratitude or whether it may not, I just hope that you'll be aware that God is with you, that you are not alone, that there are people that want to support you and help you, and that there are people that know you who would welcome you into a circle of celebration and gratitude today.” Production Credits Conversing is produced and distributed in partnership with Comment magazine and Fuller Seminary.

Every Thanksgiving, we all see the BS of social media and local gyms encouraging us to "burn off the Thanksgiving". Here is what is wrong with this idea: Exercise should not be used as a punishment for whatever you have eaten, or correct what you have eaten. No, you do not have to burn every calorie you consume with exercise. Keep in mind that fat gain takes time, and one meal or even a day or two of overindulging is very unlikely to result in fat gain. Overcompensating by trying to correct overindulging on food with a bunch of exercise can lead to a binge-then-restrict cycle that can cause an unhealthy relationship with food and exercise. Not beating yourself and simply returning back to your normal eating the next day is a much healthier way to handle the holidays. Using exercise to lose weight isn't a great way to lose weight. Over-doing it with the exercise can drive hunger and cravings, lead to overuse injuries, and it really isn't all that realistic. This encouragement of compensatory behaviors is unhealthy to promote and needs to STOP! Listen in for the whole scoop! Join my closed Facebook group Metabolism and Hormone Support for Women. Join my closed Facebook group Ketogenic Weight Training for Women. Email me at cfitnessonlinetraining@gmail.com.

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We've all done it. Every Thanksgiving, many of us eat about 3,000 calories in one sitting. This episode is about options. Things to think about as you plan those holiday dinners and side dishes and how to handle the sugar overload. Plus a recipe for those leftovers that can be breakfast for a few days afterward. Tips to stay in your portion control lane and how to make some of those traditional meals a little healthier.

We've all done it. Every Thanksgiving, many of us eat about 3,000 calories in one sitting. This episode is about options. Things to think about as you plan those holiday dinners and side dishes and how to handle the sugar overload. Plus a recipe for those leftovers that can be breakfast for a few days afterward. Tips to stay in your portion control lane and how to make some of those traditional meals a little healthier.

Behind every Thanksgiving feast is at least one cook.  And, the planning and prepping for next week's feast is underway. If you bought a big frozen turkey, you might want to take it out of the freezer today, on what Butterball calls “National Thaw Day.” And, if you want a relaxing holiday, think about what cooking or baking you can tackle this weekend.  MPR News host Angela Davis takes stress off the holiday table. Tune in for turkey tips and ideas for sides, pies and other desserts that will leave the cook relaxed and everyone at your table feeling grateful.  Guests:  Roni McDaniel is one of the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line experts who answers calls in Chicago from people across North America about everything from how to thaw to how to carve a turkey.  Beth Dooley is a James Beard Award-winning food writer who has authored and co-authored over a dozen books celebrating the bounty of America's Northern Heartland. She writes for the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, appears regularly on local TV and radio, and helps people connect more deeply with food through Bare Bones Cooking with her middle son Kip.  Subscribe to the MPR News with Angela Davis podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or RSS.  Use the audio player above to listen to the full conversation.    

What happens when you combine chicken wings and sandwiches? This week's episode of the Restaurant Business podcast A Deeper Dive features David Bloom, chief operating and development officer for Capriotti's, a Las Vegas chain of sandwich shops. Capriotti's acquired Wing Zone in 2021. Capriotti's operates 175 locations. Wing Zone now operates 61. Bloom talks about that combination and what the company saw in Wing Zone and how it has integrated that chain into its system. He also discusses both chains' growth plans, as well as its overall franchising strategy. Both brands have strategies in place to ramp up unit growth in the coming years. We talk about plenty of other things, including commodities and why Capriotti's sometimes has to hoard stuffing. We're talking sandwiches, wings and stuffing on A Deeper Dive, so please have a listen.

In today's special episode I will share my original story, The Gathering. This story was inspired by childhood Thanksgiving gatherings, which we celebrate in October in Canada. Extended family, cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents would gather at my Great Aunt Marselle's house, which had belonged to her father before her, on the outskirts of Quebec City.The Skylark Bell is brought to you by: Phaeton Starling Publishing and Things with Wings Productions.The Skylark Bell official website - http://www.theskylarkbell.comThe Skylark Bell on Instagram: @theskylarkbellAuthor/Producer: Melissa Oliveri - http://www.melissaoliveri.comJoin Melissa's Patreon for early access to podcast episodes, music downloads, and more: http://www.patreon.com/melissaoliveriMelissa on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/theskylarkbellMelissa on Twitter: @melissaoliveriMelissa on Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@melissaoliveriAll music by Cannelle: http://www.cannellemusic.comCannelle on Instagram: @cannelle.musicOfficial Merch Shops: http://www.melissaoliveri.com/storeFULL TRANSCRIPT: Things with Wings productions presents – A Special Thanksgiving episode of The Skylark Bell. I'm your host, Melissa Oliveri.In today's special episode I will share my original story, The Gathering. This story was inspired by childhood Thanksgiving gatherings, which we celebrate in October in Canada. Extended family, cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents would gather at my Great Aunt Marselle's house, which had belonged to her father before her, on the outskirts of Quebec City. This is the same house in which I encountered the ghost of Jack. You can hear that story in an episode called Jack's Room, which was the very first Fantome Friday episode in season 1. Unlike my encounter with Jack's ghost, our Thanksgiving gatherings were quite pleasant and featured mounds of food, often cooked from traditional family recipes, a selection of desserts from the patisserie, cousins to play with, which as an only child was a lot of fun for me, and a series of rooms filled with antique furniture and ancient family trinkets to explore. A few days ago, with the prospect a blank Friday in my calendar for The Skylark Bell, I asked my husband if he had any thoughts on how to integrate ghosts into a Thanksgiving story. Our conversation led to the story you are about to hear...So, grab a blanket and a warm drink, and let's get started.Every Thanksgiving they gather. They come from near and far, bearing dishes and gifts and smiles. They cook, they eat, they converse, they embrace, and then they go back to where they came from.They gather in the kitchen and prepare Great-Grandmother Elisabeth's fancy sandwiches. She looks over their shoulders, and notes they forgot to add the celery salt. They reminisce about how Elisabeth once single-handedly prepared an entire meal for twelve and barely broke a sweat. Elisabeth remembers that day, she was exhausted and relieved when everything turned out as well as she had hoped, she smiles at the memory.Next they make Auntie Laurette's meat pies. They clap the flour off their hands, and it floats into the air, landing on their noses on in their hair. They carefully roll the dough just so, the way they were taught years ago, and laugh as they tell the story of the time Auntie Laurette burned the pies, all those years ago, and no one said a word as they quietly choked down the dry, brittle meal, thankful for the many jars of green tomato chutney served to accompany it. Laurette sits in the corner, quietly observing, she was always a little shy.Now it's time to prepare Great Aunt Carmen's fudge. They recall how she perfected the recipe, whisking the boiling mixture non-stop for fifteen minutes, and they wonder how in the world she did it well into her eighties. Once the fudge is poured into the pan and left to cool, they open jars of marmalade painstakingly made from Grandma Rachel's recipe and spread it between the layers of the rich vanilla cake before covering it in thick, creamy frosting. All the while they tell tales of Carmen and Rachel's childhood, how they would ride in a horse and carriage to visit their summer home on the island, and how one summer their father gifted each of them a pet hen... tales from another time, entirely. Rachel and Carmen stand on the other side of the counter, tall and proud, listening to the stories they themselves told a hundred times over.It is now time to set the table. Great-Grandpa Donald watches as his mother's silverware is set atop the table with special care given to the placement of each utensil. The dark burgundy tablecloth and matching napkins were a wedding gift he received when he and Rachel married. They are adorned with intricate embroidery around the edges, and still look nearly new despite decades of family gatherings. Donald looks at Rachel from across the room and their eyes lock for a moment as a lifetime of memories passes between them.In the vestibule, the twins make faces at each other in the ornate mirror hanging on the wall. The mirror was hand-carved by Grandpapa Alfred in his youth. Alfred looks on at the giggling children, his heart aglow, family always was his pride and joy. On the bench behind them a mother braids her daughter's hair the way Nona Maria taught her when she was a girl. Just as she is finishing up, the girl's younger cousin requests to have her hair braided the same way. Nona Maria sits on the end of the bench, a gentle smile forming on her lips as she recalls her own mother braiding her hair when she was that age. In the storage closet at the back of the house someone opens an antique trunk and lifts out three metal trivets and two bronze candle holders. Uncle Jack stares on. It was his trunk, before. The trunk followed him to war, and it followed him home. Now it houses rarely used holiday fancies; lace table coverings, silver serving trays, tapered candles and the like. The festive tableware in the trunk is such a stark contrast to the horrors of war. Jack watches as the finishing touches are put on the table setting and grins, everything is perfect.At last, it is time to gather and share the sandwiches, meat pies, fudge, cake, and various other dishes prepared for the celebration. At the children's table, the twins scoop endless piles of mashed potatoes onto their plates, one turning his into a snowman, the other turning hers into a volcano erupting with peas and gravy. One-by-one, the smallest boy sneaks his carrots under the table to the dog patiently waiting there, both of them grateful for the other's existence. The girls with the braids sit next to one another in their matching dresses. The younger girl imitates the older girl, holding her pinky up as she sips on her tea. She doesn't much like tea, but she fully intends to keep that to herself.At the main table, the adults share stories as they pass platters around. No one seems to mind the scattering of breadcrumbs on the tablecloth. Their conversation gets louder as the meal wears on, their laughter drowning out the sound of the silverware clinking against the antique china dinnerware. They share stories of new jobs and old jobs, new loves and old loves, new worries and old worries, things that happened this year and plans they have for next year. They clink their glasses, sharing their well-wishes for one another, all while the food, lovingly prepared while enjoying each other's company, slowly disappears from their plates.Behind them, the ghosts of Great-Grandmother Elisabeth, Auntie Laurette, Great-Aunt Carmen, Grandma Rachel, Great-Grandpa Donald, Grandpa Alfred, Nona Maria, and Uncle Jack look on, grateful that their names are still spoken, that their stories are remembered. Grateful that they live on in the memories and traditions of their family. They think back to the days when it was them preparing and eating the Thanksgiving Meal while telling stories of their grandparents, aunts, and uncles. They stand tall and proud, surrounded by the sights and sounds of family, thankful for what has come to be, and for what is still to come.Thank you so much for listening.  Join me over the next few weeks for a series of very special episodes as we celebrate the 1 year anniversary of Songs from The Skylark Bell, the official soundtrack to the podcast. The episodes will feature track-by-track commentary with the inspiration and method behind each song. An extended version of the episode will also be available exclusively to Patreon subscribers. Speaking of Patreon, I am preparing my annual Subscriber holiday gift, a wooden doll ornament inspired by a character from the upcoming season of The Skylark Bell - Skyedive. There's still time for you to join if you'd like to receive one, just click the link in the show notes. As a Patreon subscriber you'll also get early access to future podcast episodes and downloads of all my original music including Songs from The Skylark Bell. Don't forget to follow me on social media, primarily Instagram and Facebook, and more recently Mastodon, to stay up to date on current projects and upcoming episodes. Again, all links can be found in the show notes.If you enjoyed this story, please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts, and/or a rating on Apple podcasts or Spotify. This helps my story gain visibility among the numerous podcasts out there, and it also makes me smile. I also appreciate referrals, is there someone in your life who enjoys the eerie and unusual? Send them a link to the podcast! Downloads for The Skylark Bell have skyrocketed recently, and that is thanks to all of you.Speaking of thanks, on this holiday focused on gratitude, I want to express how thankful I am for my family, the warmth of our home, our health, and our love and respect for one another. I am also thankful for the opportunity to work on my various creative projects, and how they allow me to connect with fellow creatives. Last but not least, I am thankful for you – without you these stories and songs quite simply would not exist. So thank you, as always, for listening, and if you are celebrating, have a wonderful Thanksgiving.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/theskylarkbell/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

“We didn't get to choose the childhood we were given, but we can choose what to do with the stuff of our childhood memories.” Every Thanksgiving, we have a tradition in our family to go around the table to mention one thing each of us is thankful for. And almost always, family is the #1 gratitude, followed by friends who are like family. Now more than ever, we need this reflection because we live in such uncertain times. The people in our lives who had a hand in shaping who we are and making us better people from the good and not-so-good experiences that hit us in this journey called life. Don't you wish you could take a single childhood memory, blow it up into a bubble and live inside it forever? This next episode of Stories Between the Lines Podcast may help you do just that with a compelling memoir – A Country Called Childhood, by Deepti Naval. Yes, she is the same Ms. Chamko from Chashme Baddoor, fame Hindi movie. With a poignant narration, she walks you through the corridors of her childhood while making you reflect on yours. It is a homage to her wonderful parents who shaped her life and a love letter to the beautiful city of Amritsar back in the 60s and 70s. This Thanksgiving Weekend is a perfect time to reflect on the scenes from our childhood - the most beautiful of all life's seasons.

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Every Thanksgiving season MidPoint spotlights issues of food insecurity and we always look for "the helpers." The crew from Meals on Wheels Tampa, Cindy Vann, and Erica Leigh, and MOW super-volunteer Rebecca Fiore joined us to hear all about their efforts to feed hungry homebound seniors. You can help too. Tune in to find out how.

Every Thanksgiving we gather around the table and give thanks for our family, friends and the good food we're about to eat. But what about the rest of the year? Today, Jaresha speaks about empowering gratitude in you life everyday by acknowledging the good things and blessings instead of of focusing on the negative. Listener Perks Click -Up Productivity App - Their mission is to make the world more productive. To do this, they have built one app to replace them all - Tasks, Docs, Goals, and Chat If you are looking for an app to help you stay organized, focused and productive on your goals, Click up is a great tool that will change your life and business. Learn More. Schedule a coaching call with Jaresha.

Today's show is all about you guys.We do this each year, and it's always one of our most popular shows. Every Thanksgiving, we ask you guys to email us and tell us what you're grateful for over the past year. And every year, you blow us away with your stories.This entire episode is dedicated to reading your stories and celebrating another great year with all of you.From our entire team, thank you for your support and your dedication to make yourselves and your families better each year.*******Attend Discover 2022, a free virtual event designed to help you unlock hidden talents, skills, passions, and abilities you can use to increase your income and impact in 2022: https://www.discover2022.com.*******If you're ready to take control of your life, income, and future, go to www.nomadnetwork.app and join the Nomad Network to get started. Brand new app in app stores now!Give your business an unfair advantage in less than 3 minutes a day. Get the daily newsletter that delivers the most actionable and tactical growth strategies available today, straight from the mind of a marketing genius: http://dailyalchemy.me.Learn the blueprint for generating predictable and sustainable income from anywhere on earth: http://www.nomadicwealthoffer.com.Jason on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jason_stapletonJason on IG: https://www.instagram.com/thejasonstapletonJason's website: https://jasonstapleton.comMatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/realkingpilledDon't forget to like and subscribe, and please share the show!

What are you grateful for at this moment? Every Thanksgiving, people reflect on what they're most thankful for. This tradition can actually rewire your brain, and giving thanks year-round has tremendous benefits for your mind and body. Gratitude is an appreciation of what is meaningful to you, and you can train yourself to be thankful for the little things in life constantly. In this episode, I discuss the benefits of gratitude and how you can harness the superpower of thankfulness in your daily life. ** Do you want to stay up to date with every new episode and get my brand new Kwik Brain Accelerator Program? Go to www.KwikBrain.com/podcast to get instant access. **

Every Thanksgiving comes and every Thanksgiving goes, and the one thing that it seems they all have in common is me eating too much.  I know how bad it is for me and how bad I will feel, but I keep doing the same thing. Why?This show is not just a follow up from our Thanksgiving experience, but it is a deeper look into why as Strong Dads, we continue to repeat bad behaviors over and over when we fully are aware of how bad the behaviors are.  This human condition of sin. When we know the bad we do and for some crazy reason we repeat it.  In this show we discuss exactly why we repeat less than desirable behaviors and how we are to deal with those behaviors.  Yes, we should continue to work against doing the bad, but there is a better remedy than my own willpower.  There is the remedy of Christ!Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=R4Q39E32XTBEC)

Every Thanksgiving, I give thanks for the things I am appreciative of.  Each year, it is my family, my friends, my patients, my coaching clients, my podcast, my subscribers, etc. But then, there is one thing I focus on for the year that I am grateful for happening.  It is the ONE BIG thing I wanted to create in my life. Why? Why give thanks so much? As I share in my book, "Rediscover Your Greatness," this is a quote that I have come up with that truly emphasizes the law of Gratitude... GRATITUDE is the right ATTITUDE to take your life to the next ALTITUDE. Use gratitude in all the 5 M's of life and watch how they level up to the next altitude. -------------------------------------- Connect with Dr. Vic on Social... Facebook: www.Facebook.com/DrVicManzo Instagram: www.Instagram.com/DrVicManzo LinkedIn: www.LinkedIn.com/in/drmanzo   Are You Ready to Double Your Profits, Work LESS and Live a More Soul-FILLED Life? www.CallWithDrVic.com --------------------------------------------- Who is Dr. Vic Manzo? Dr. Vic is a certified pediatric chiropractor, business coach, self-mastery expert, speaker, author, creator/host of The Mindful Experiment Podcast and The Mindful Chiropractor Podcast. He has been coaching entrepreneurs on how to live a more fulfilled life teaching the Manzo Mindset Method. After two years of helping over 100 entrepreneurs, he wanted to shift gears and help out chiropractors which the profession is dear to his heart. Dr. Vic has been in the chiropractic profession for 12 years and has owned his own business for the past 10.   

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Thanksgiving is here and there are 3 delicious wines that you need on your holiday table! These wines will pair perfectly with your turkey dinner and all of the yummy fall flavors. Listen now to learn about these 3 wines and why they make perfect Thanksgiving wines. And don't forget to subscribe to the show so that you never miss an episode! ----------------- thewineceo.com >> Sign up for my newsletter to receive your free guide to Food & Wine Pairing! Today's Episode was sponsored by Wash + Wik Soap and Candle, Co. Enter Code: THEWINECEO for 20% off your purchase. ----------------- Listen to Episode #4 on Beaujolais Nouveau (What wine says Gobble, Gobble?) Wines from today's show: Pinot Noir: Erath, Argyle, La Crema, Ponzi, Domaine Drouhin, and EZY TGR. Chardonnay: Far Niente, Cakebread, Sonoma Cutrer, and Frank Family. Riesling: Chateau Ste Michelle (Special Label - Eroica), Poet's Leap, Forge Cellars (NY), and Leelanau Cellars (MI). U.S. Sparkling: Iron Horse (Or French Champagne houses in California like Mumm, Roederer, Chandon, Piper, and more).

Every Thanksgiving, the staff and volunteers from the Bowery Mission put out a feast for those with no homes, and no other place to go. Hear from the voices behind The Bowery Mission and those that regularly visit where those Red Doors, in the heart of New York City, can open up a new foundation and a new appreciation on life. God is watching out for all of us but he needs our help. They need help to keep the fridge stocked and a meal on every plate.

The parish where I served before coming to Grace Cathedral, St. Peter's in Port Chester, New York, was always overflowing with food. Literally. Feeding people was in this community's DNA: they hosted a soup kitchen 13 times a week, feeding thousands of people; area grocery stores dropped off endless crates of food donations for passersby to rifle through on the lawn; and there was almost always someone cooking up something delicious in the kitchen. Every Thanksgiving, we gave away 200 turkeys. One day, someone we'd never seen before knocked on the door in the pouring rain and, without explanation, dropped off 1000 bagels. The quantity of food that was served and eaten on any given day was staggering and, even on the days when the soup kitchen volunteers were forced to forage through the pantry and scrounge up a meal out of whatever odds and ends they could find, there was always more than enough to go around. Most days, I was sent home from work laden down with food that, no matter how hard I tried to refuse, I couldn't: steaming styrofoam containers of soup kitchen leftovers, whole chickens that wouldn't fit in the freezer, heaps of produce leftover at the end of the day that otherwise would have gone to waste. I rarely brought a lunch to work and could go weeks without needing to grocery shop. Prior to serving that community, I might have told you that the Biblical feeding of the thousands was an improbable or perhaps exaggerated miracle, but now? I believe it because I have seen it, over and over again. I believe because I have experienced miraculous, divine abundance in my own body and tasted its sweetness. Feasting in a community scarred by food insecurity. Generosity flowing out of real and urgent poverty. Abundance overflowing despite fears of scarcity and without calculating the cost. Community being built while organizing canned goods, chopping onions, and ladling out big scoops of spaghetti. These feeding miracles, where Jesús and his disciples find themselves in the midst of an enormous, hungry crowd and turn a preposterously small quantity of bread and fish into a lavish feast, appear in slightly different forms in all four Gospels. In every case, the disciples balk and scoff at Jesús' command to feed the crowds with so little food. These stories speak to a universal, hard-wired human fear that runs deep in all of us: a fear that there will not be enough. Not enough food, not enough money, not enough jobs. But the fear goes deeper than panic over a lack of material things. Underneath all of those very real and very practical fears, there's an undercurrent of terror, a demonic voice that plants a seed of suspicion in our hearts that there's not enough love to go around. Not enough attention. Not enough respect and recognition. That fear, when it runs unchecked, drives us to compete for resources, even when they are abundant. To hoard and stockpile, to bolster our sense of security however we can. That fear makes us defensive and anxious. When we are in its grip, we fail to recognize the abundance of what we really have - and the even greater abundance that would be possible if we opened our hands instead of clenching our fists. When we read these stories about the feeding of thousands, it's easy to get caught up in the technicalities, proposing theories for how exactly Jesús was able to make this tiny amount of bread and fish last for so many people. Maybe everyone ate only a tiny crumb. Maybe the people in the crowd were inspired by Jesús' generosity and added their own little bits of food to the basket as it passed them. Maybe a lot of things. We really don't know. But I venture to say that, when we overanalyze the miracle, we're missing the point. This story exists, not as a how-to guide for hosting a massive picnic with limited resources, but as a challenge to all the ways we have convinced ourselves that there is not enough to go around - or that we are powerless to change the status quo. Where we have bought into a false narrative of scarcity, the story of the loaves and fishes is a powerful counter-witness to God's outrageous abundance. Where we feel paralyzed by overwhelm at the tasks that face us, the Gospel reminds us that small actions, undertaken with great love, can cause a cascade effect, bringing healing and nourishment to thousands, without regard for our limited sense of what should be possible. We all have our own loaves and fishes stories. They might not have anything to do with bread or seafood, it's true. But we all have had moments in our lives when we got more than we thought we deserved, or when something was easier than we expected, or when there was, in fact, more than enough food to feed all our guests. Moments when God challenged our fear of there never being enough and gave us a glimpse of that heavenly abundance that God always dreams of bringing into reality on earth. I invite you to take a moment and reflect - where are those loaves and fishes stories in your lives? Those moments that are beacons of grace in times of struggle, signposts in the wilderness of our fear, and nourishment to keep going forward on our own journey with God? Where have we encountered abundance beyond our wildest imagination? How has it transformed us? The key to understanding the miracle of the loaves and fishes isn't actually in the Gospel story at all. It's in one extraordinary verse from the letter to the Ephesians that, not by accident, the lectionary pairs with this story from John's Gospel. It's a verse that, if you've ever attended Evensong or prayed evening prayer, might be familiar to you because it's one of the options for closing our common worship: “Glory to God, whose power working in us can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine.” Repeat. It's one of my favorite Bible verses of all time. It reminds us that, while all power is God's, we are the vessels. God doesn't act in a vacuum. God works through us. Through our hands and hearts and words. Through our fragile and imperfect human bodies, God is able to turn a bread crust and a few fish into a feast for countless thousands. Through us, even through our fear and doubt, God is able, not just to exceed our expectations, but to do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine. Grace upon grace. In my own experience, the miracles of abundance that God works through our human bodies usually aren't especially glamorous. They tend to involve things like unloading 70 pallets of canned goods in 90 degree heat, washing towering stacks of crusty serving dishes, or figuring out how many favors to call in to keep 200 turkeys frozen when they unexpectedly get delivered a week before Thanksgiving. I don't imagine the Biblical feeding of the thousands as a serene, peaceful picnic - I imagine it more like the average soup kitchen line, with people squabbling over who was there first, trying to cut the line, and complaining that, actually, they don't really like bread and fish and would like an alternative option please. We don't do ourselves any favors when we romanticize this story. Miracles can be gritty and embodied and human and still be miraculous. The question becomes - as people who have received such abundance, who have seen and heard and tasted this grace beyond measure, how will we live differently? Will we let these experiences of grace start to change our story, start to challenge and calm our deep seated fears that there isn't enough? Can we begin to trust in God's abundance and relinquish our death grip on those things we think will keep us safe and secure? Can we begin to share our own loaves and fishes without fretting over how far they will go or how much we will have left for ourselves? Can we trust that we have enough? Can we trust that we are enough? Glory to God, whose power working in us, can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine. Glory to God from generation to generation in the church and in Christ Jesús forever and ever. Amen.

Now that we’re so close for this god-forsaken, no good year to finally wrap up; it was time for a little brevity by talking about a movie that we’ve loved since the first viewing which has since become a sort of a yearly tradition around these parts. Every Thanksgiving, you mix yourself that special blend of vodka, coffee liqueur, and some cream, put on a bath robe, and commence the 109th time you’ve watched The Big Lebowski. To mark this special occasion we brought back someone who embodies The Dude’s energy, Benny from 10 Barrel Brewing came back to dive in and celebrate this movie with us. He also brought a really special märzen along with him that is truly "Cosmic". SO grab 2 beverages! That special cocktail The Dude enjoys, and a coldie, because they really tie the room together.

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all others. ~Cicero What are you grateful for in this moment? Every Thanksgiving, people reflect on what they’re most thankful for. This tradition can actually rewire your brain, and giving thanks year-round has tremendous benefits for your mind and body. Gratitude is an appreciation of what is meaningful to you, and you can train yourself to be thankful for the little things in life constantly. In this episode, I discuss the benefits of gratitude and how you can harness the superpower of thankfulness in your daily life. *** Do you want to stay up to date with every new episode and get my brand new Kwik Brain Accelerator Program? Go to www.KwikBrain.com/podcast to get instant access. *** Or text me 310-299-9362 to get your burning questions answered and an insider sneak peek of exciting updates. I do my best to answer as many as I can each day, so shoot me a message today. 

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It's that time of year where we all gather round a giant table full of food and stuff our faces til' we pass out. What better way to celebrate than to rank every single food item in a standard Thanksgiving feast from worst to first! Join Tyler, Brennan and Kyle as they divert from ranking songs for once and instead have a debate over something truly important.... the relevance and overwhelming wonderment of gravy!

Tune in to this weeks special episode where the Tri-Pod does a snake draft of must haves for a perfect Thanksgiving feast. Choosing only sides and desserts. Go vote on our facebook page to choose who has the best team. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bret-waddle/support

Let's talk thankfulness in a year where it has been the worst to find things that we are thankful for. We can all agree 2020 has been the worst, but we can also agree that when we live a life of thankfulness that the world just gets a little bit better.

Every Thanksgiving, Carter asks a panel of Merry-Go-Round editors and contributors to share a piece of media that they're thankful for. This year brought us some lovely contributions from Kate Brogden, Ian Campbell, and CJ Simonson. You can check out Uncle Stan's Thanksgiving album here: https://unclestan.bandcamp.com/album/a-very-stanley-thanksgiving You can check out Pendent here: https://pendantusa.bandcamp.com/album/through-a-coil As always, support Merry-Go-Round on Patreon: patreon.com/mgrm

What are you grateful for in this moment? Every Thanksgiving, people reflect on what they’re most thankful for. This tradition can actually rewire your brain, and giving thanks year-round has tremendous benefits for your mind and body. Gratitude is an appreciation of what is meaningful to you, and you can train yourself to be thankful for the little things in life constantly. In this episode, I discuss the benefits of gratitude and how you can harness the superpower of thankfulness in your daily life. ** Do you want to stay up to date with every new episode and get my brand new Kwik Brain Accelerator Program? Go to www.KwikBrain.com/podcast to get instant access. **

Every Thanksgiving the U.S. president grants clemency to a pair of turkeys. AP White House Reporter Darlene Superville explains the politics behind the annual event. Plus, Julie is joined by Janet Scanlon, Senior Marketing Manager for The Willard InterContinental Hotel in Washington D.C., where the two birds stay in the lap of luxury ahead of their visit with President Trump.

Host and American Family Farmer, Doug Stephan www.eastleighfarm.com reviews Ag News of the day. The next round of payments from the Federal Government is likely to once again benefit large factory farms and not the Family Farms. Statistics show that only 12-cents of every Thanksgiving food dollar will go to the Farmers. That amount is down from 14-cents last year. Ice Cream manufacturer Ben and Jerry's is taking flack over using ingredients from the large Factory Farms. Next, we meet IBM Food Trust Offering Director Suzanne Livingston. www.ibm.com/food Suzanne is bringing transparency in the food chain, accountability, and traceability to retailers, suppliers, farmers and more using the power of blockchain and with an incredible global team of scientists, engineers, designers, inventors, growth hackers, and more. Finally, Doug opines about the hardships caused by the wacky trade deals. Fact: 57% of Farms are behind on paying their Bank loans.

Every Thanksgiving people take to social media to express their appreciation for family and friends, for the things we often take for granted. It's like a system reset. A collective sigh. A group smile. It's as if we all agree to put down our busy and put on our sweat pants for one day. Or at least until Kohl's dumps out the doorbusters. But what about the rest of the year? What does it mean to be regularly thankful? Is that a thing? Featured: An incredible passage on gratitude from author Melody Beattie. We'd love to know what is catching your attention and shaping your life these days. Call in and leave us a message. Your story might be featured on the show! Call 248-702-4646

Welcome to The Sisterhood Podcast, episode 65, Thanksgiving Day Table Topics. In today’s episode we will share the ultimate ranking of Thanksgiving side dishes, Thanksgiving Day Table Topics, a jigsaw puzzle of powerful women, and as always, we will do a spotlight of an inspiring woman.   Current Event 10 Lovely Thanksgiving Traditions We’re Stealing for Ourselves Top Thanksgiving Recipes in Every State #3 Green bean casserole from Every Thanksgiving side dish, ranked Uno removes red and blue cards to keep Thanksgiving ‘politics-free’ Main Topic Table Topic Questions Like the colonists who left England in the early 1600's what do you think it would be like to leave behind everything and start over? The first American Settlers had to find a way to sustain life in their new communities. Tell us about your first job. Can you remember someone thanking you for something you didn't realize was special or extraordinary? The first colonists in North America were willing to sacrifice everything to set up colonies for religious and political freedom. What causes in your life would you be willing to sacrifice for? Which teacher in your life do you appreciate the most, and why? When and where was your most memorable Thanksgiving and why? If you could start a new country, what would be your first and most important law? Is there someone's recipe for a Thanksgiving dish that you look forward to every year? Thanksgiving is an occasion to celebrate change and growth. How have you changed in the past year? What is your favorite Thanksgiving tradition? Favorite Things Birchbender Paleo pancakes Maca Powder for smoothies Eddie Bauer rainboots Little Feminist Puzzle Clothes Steamer The Soldier’s Wife Inspiring Sister Spotlight Wilma Mankiller

You might be searching the web and flipping through cookbooks on the quest of making the perfect Thanksgiving turkey, but food writer Corby Kummer has an unbreakable rule to follow regardless of which recipe you choose: Don't wash your turkey. Kummer joined Boston Public Radio on Tuesday to explain how washing a turkey can spread bacteria, including the kind that can cause salmonella. "Every Thanksgiving, if you have a frozen turkey, don't take it out the morning of and run it under hot water and put it on the counter," he said. "The very best way to defrost a turkey is starting days ahead in cool-ish water in the refrigerator for days - the slower it defrosts at a cool temperature, the better and safer." This isn't just a once-a-year-turkey warning, Kummer noted, but a rule that also applies to chicken preparation. "Don't wash chicken, don't wash your roast chicken or chicken pieces, clean them with a paper towel," he said. "Otherwise it spreads [bacteria] all over your sink and then on your hands." Kummer is a *senior editor at The Atlantic*, an award-winning food writer, and a senior lecturer at the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition and Policy.

Every Thanksgiving a little thought runs through our heads. Could the turkey be replaced with something else? And every year the same suggestion presents itself. The turducken. So, where does this frankensteinian dish come from and who thought it up? Is it a delicacy worth the effort and expense? Or is it just another in a long line of suspicious dishes that date all the way back to the medieval period? And what does football have to do with it? Thank you to all our patrons on Patreon for their continued support of the show. Without you, we are nothing. https://www.patreon.com/GMWordoftheWeek

Every Thanksgiving my newsfeed is inundated with stories of how the meaning of Thanksgiving is oppression, colonialism and genocide. I refuse to adopt this revisionist view and choose instead to understand history as a contextual and subjective social science. Furthermore, the modern worldview of Thanksgiving as a day of giving thanks for blessings (agnostically speaking) we've received through the year is honorable and should be embraced.  Thanks for listening! Happy Thanksgiving!

It happens in living rooms and family rooms across America on Thanksgiving. Heck, it even happens right at the dining room table in some houses! Family members falling asleep after downing a luscious turkey dinner with all the trimmings on Thanksgiving. Football games go unwatched. Heartwarming holiday movies go unseen. Snoring abounds. Okay, I'm exaggerating a little. But every year at this time, folks talk about the "tryptophan coma." Is it real? Is tryptophan really to blame? Why does your uncle fall asleep every Thanksgiving? I explore tryptophan - what it is and what it isn't - and share the real reason you and your uncle fall asleep after the Thanksgiving feast! Happy Thanksgiving to all of my listeners. And thank you to each of you - from the bottom of my heart! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/four-pillar-fitness/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/four-pillar-fitness/support

Every Thanksgiving my family and I cozy up on the couch to watch thanksgiving movies. Let’s face it, there are a lot of great holiday movies,.. and then there are not so great ones. I decided to compile the top five BEST Thanksgiving movies (according to my family and friends) and stick around because I’ll give you a list to the top 30 Thanksgiving movies you’ll actually want to watch. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/momalot/support

Every Thanksgiving, your strangely committed hosts watch six movies for something they call The MegaPod. For the third iteration, we drafted movies from franchises we thought we might otherwise not get to in the course of our normal episode selections. As always, our families just loved that we had to watch 12 hours of movies over the weekend. Check out the choices and timestamps below. 6:40 - "Jaws: The Revenge" - Positing that there's a psychological bond between a grieving widow and a shark, and streaming on Netflix. 22:30 - "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" - Thriving on the unintentional hilarity of those uber-detailed turtle suits, and streaming on Hulu. 32:50 - "Scream 2" - Losing itself in a tidal wave of self-awareness and blood, and streaming on HBO. 44:20 - "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me" - Grappling with your 13-year-old sense of humor, and streaming on HBO. 59:50 - "Ocean's 12" - Watching powerlessly as those beautiful thieves hatch a plan so hair-brained it notoriously ruins the movie, and streaming on Amazon. 1:15:00 - "The Mighty Ducks" - Shooting on the net and wondering if a warm, childhood feeling is enough for a good-good, and streaming on Netflix.

The Wannabes just filmed for HBO Latino and their own project but Christian was nervous and couldn't remember his lines.  Jerry wants to quit the podcast every week and the guys try explain why he shouldn't.  Jesus doesn't know what "forefathers" or "pilgrims" means.  Plus, the guys talk Mexican vs. American Thanksgiving, take a quiz to see how American they are, and go deep into Jerry's previous compulsive gambling.  They finish off with a little heartfelt list of what they are thankful for this year.  Please subscribe on iTunes Stitcher, Google Play, or any podcast app! American Wannabes is a Latino comedy podcast featuring comics Jerry Garcia, Jesus Sepulveda, and Christian Zaragoza.  

Every Thanksgiving is an annual reminder of our nation’s Christian roots. The Pilgrims began the tradition, and Presidents Washington and Lincoln made it an official holiday. The details surrounding the Pilgrims were such that they had much to be grateful for. The Pilgrims were a small assembly who secretly became a congregation in central England in 1606 when they formed a spiritual covenant with one another. Because of persecution for those who would not conform with the Church of England, they emigrated to Holland for about 11 years. Eventually, they decided to come to British North America, to sail to the “Northern parts of Virginia,” after the permanency of the Jamestown settlement, so that they could worship Jesus Christ in total freedom. The very first Thanksgiving in October of 1621 these pilgrims gave thanks to God for the freedoms they shared to worship Him without persecution. Thanksgiving to God for all His blessings, should be one of the most distinctive mar

Every Thanksgiving is an annual reminder of our nation’s Christian roots. The Pilgrims began the tradition, and Presidents Washington and Lincoln made it an official holiday. The details surrounding the Pilgrims were such that they had much to be grateful for. The Pilgrims were a small assembly who secretly became a congregation in central England in 1606 when they formed a spiritual covenant with one another. Because of persecution for those who would not conform with the Church of England, they emigrated to Holland for about 11 years. Eventually, they decided to come to British North America, to sail to the “Northern parts of Virginia,” after the permanency of the Jamestown settlement, so that they could worship Jesus Christ in total freedom. The very first Thanksgiving in October of 1621 these pilgrims gave thanks to God for the freedoms they shared to worship Him without persecution. Thanksgiving to God for all His blessings, should be one of the most distinctive mar

Every Thanksgiving there's at least ONE PERSON at the table that you just wish wasn't there. But what are you willing to do about? Well, one of our listeners is ready to make an Awkward Tuesday Phone Call... to make sure his sister's HORRIBLE boyfriend doesn't spoil their Thanksgiving this year. Listen in the PODCAST! (Image Courtesy: Satya Murthy. Creative Commons)

Every Thanksgiving, I'm reminded about all the wonderful people in my life as my greatest blessing. In our modern, global society, though, it's easy to take many of these important people for granted the rest of the year.Every Thanksgiving, I'm reminded about all the wonderful people in my life as my greatest blessing. In our modern, global society, though, it's easy to take many things for granted the rest of the year. As way of example, when's the last time you've harvested your own fresh produce or livestock for your family? Even with our deeply interdependent lives, we aren't given many opportunities to highlight the unsung heroes and unseen everyday people who work behind the scenes to make sure our lives are productive.Interdependence will forever remind me of the words of Dr. Stephen Covey from his 1989 book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. Independent thinking alone is not suited to interdependent reality. Independent people who do not have the maturity to think and act interdependently may be good individual producers, but they won't be good leaders or team players. They're not coming from the paradigm of interdependence necessary to succeed in marriage, family, or organizational reality.I bid you to be thankful for the great blessing of a productive, interdependent life during this and every Thanksgiving!I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THIS EPISODE OF PRODPOD. THIS IS RAY SIDNEY-SMITH AND THANKS FOR LISTENING! HERE'S TO YOUR PRODUCTIVITY SUCCESS...IN TWO MINUTES OR LESS.

Every Thanksgiving, family and friends gather to celebrate round dinner tables heaped high with roast turkey and other traditional dishes. There’s praise and thanks for the food, of course. But maybe we should add a word of thanksgiving for the scientific advances that are helping to keep our food supply safe from a host of threats that can really spoil a meal.Intro theme and music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) and M12 (ccmixter.org); Creative Commons licensed audio from freesound.iua.upf.edu includes sounds by mich3d, galeku, patchen and kokuya.