Podcasts about finding life

Thank you for joining us for our Easter service as our Lead Pastor, Henry Williams, takes us through a sermon titled, "Finding Life" teaching from Acts 3.If you haven't already, click ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to download the Sermon Application Guide to follow along.For more information on how to get connected with Five Oaks Church, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.fiveoaks.church/connect-me⁠⁠⁠⁠

Finding Life in the Death of God 1 Corinthians 15:2 | Malcolm Foley

Gresham Harkless begins by referencing Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, which speaks about different seasons in life—times of joy, struggle, growth, and loss.   He highlights the challenge of accepting that not every moment is about success or reaping rewards; sometimes, life requires patience and perseverance through tough times.   Gresham recognizes that it can feel like something is wrong when facing difficulties, but it's often just part of the cycle of life.   Gresham shares his story about a missed call with a potential candidate, a situation that reinforced his understanding of reliability in sales and consulting.   He also mentions how the unexpected people sometimes succeed, while the ones he is rooting for may not. Gresham reflects on how this past year has been one of the most challenging for him.   He identifies that life comes in seasons of highs and lows, and understanding these patterns can help provide context and resilience. Gresham writes motivational reminders on his bathroom mirror, and this week's message was: "It's okay when things aren't going the way you want them to go."   Furthermore, Gresham advocates to recognize their emotional seasons to avoid making impulsive decisions out of frustration or doubt. Blue Star Franchise: http://bluestarfranchise.com Browse the Franchise Inventory: https://bluestarfranchise.com/franchise Is franchising right for you? Check this out to see: http://bluestarfranchise.com/assessment Franchise CEO (A CBNation Site - coming soon) - http://franchiseceo.co Check out our CEO Hack Buzz Newsletter–our premium newsletter with hacks and nuggets to level up your organization. Sign up HERE.  I AM CEO Handbook Volume 3 is HERE and it's FREE. Get your copy here: http://cbnation.co/iamceo3. Get the 100+ things that you can learn from 1600 business podcasts we recorded. Hear Gresh's story, learn the 16 business pillars from the podcast, find out about CBNation Architects and why you might be one and so much more. Did we mention it was FREE? Download it today!

Everyday people ae trying to find freedom and discover their life but what if I told you, i can show you how to obtain both. Would you be interested? If so, this is your day and this is your moment. In this podcast you will find freedom, identity, and purpose but you have to listen all the way to the end to obtain the fullness of what that means. #RealFreedom, RealLife,RealJesus #IgniteDepotCentre

Brian Keating explores the buzz around a possible sign of alien life on exoplanet K2-18 b, discussing the detection of dimethyl sulfide—a molecule that on Earth is linked only to biology. He urges caution, explaining that while the findings are exciting and headline-grabbing, the evidence is not yet conclusive and scientific skepticism is essential. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

My next guest hails from Georgia. He is Avery Dixon, a golden buzzer contestant on Season 17 (2022) of America's Got Talent and a spokesperson against bullying. Saxophonist phenom Avery Dixon rose to fame as a finalist on America's Got Talent and as the show's All-Star runner-up. Among the well-known performers he has been honored to perform with are Grammy Award-winning trombonist Troy Andrews, often known as "Trombone Shorty," and 12-time Grammy Award-winning artist, songwriter, and composer Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. Despite measuring under a pound, 8 ounces at birth, Avery has surmounted several health obstacles. He has shown himself to be quite resilient and has refused to let his health problems define who he is. Unfortunately, because of his distinctive voice, which set him apart from his friends, he became the target of bullying. Mr. Dixon claims that the bullying was so bad that he once "considered suicide." Avery nevertheless urges anyone who feels depressed or upset to seek therapy. He has also proven his bullies wrong by receiving numerous accolades for his efforts, including a letter of gratitude from former President Obama. Let's welcome my new friend and talented saxophonist, Avery Dixon, to Autism Rocks And Rolls.  https://www.averydixon.com/

Dr. Brian Licuanan, a psychologist, discussing the root causes of anxiety, depression, and addiction. Dr. Licuanan emphasizes that addiction stems from attempting to alleviate pain, often rooted in unresolved childhood trauma. He offers practical advice for parents on identifying early signs of addiction in children, stressing open communication and engaging with their children's interests. #anxious #wellness #addiction Dr. Brian Licuanan @drlicuanan ==== Thank You To Our Sponsor! Jaspr Go to jaspr.co/DRG and use code DRG for $300 off for a limited time. ==== Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Addiction, Anxiety, and Purpose 03:28 - Addiction: Root Causes & Signs 07:08 - Engaging Kids Through Interests 10:24 - Understanding Kids' Communication 13:21 - Family Tech & Air Quality 16:25 - Youth Mental Health Impacts 19:48 - Anxiety & Celebrity Influence 22:37 - Men's Struggles & Social Media 25:15 - Childhood & Self-Worth 29:13 - Power of Self-Talk 38:04 - Mindfulness & Acceptance 44:37 - Finding Life's Purpose

In Genesis 14, we find a story about war ⚔️ and rescue

In this episode, Bishop Kenney reflects on the Christian call to 'die to ourselves' during Lent. What does it mean to embrace self-denial, and how does surrendering our will to God lead to true freedom? Tune in as we explore how dying to our ego and desires ultimately transforms us, guiding us to live more fully in Christ's love and sacrifice.Like what you're hearing? Leave us a review, subscribe, and follow us on social media @practicingcatholicshow! Facebook⁠⁠ ⁠Instagram⁠⁠ ⁠YouTube⁠

Send us a textDeacon Robert KinghornHope is often found in the simple yet powerful presence of another. The young woman's journey from despair to healing reminds us that even in our darkest moments, there is someone waiting for us—both a friend and Christ himself. Walking alongside those who suffer, without judgment or solutions, but with love and faith, can be the difference between despair and transformation. We, too, are called to be that hope for others.

The Shakespeare Book Club meets tonight to talk about A Midsummer Night's Dream. Zoom link here for paid subscribers. Paid subscribers can also join this chat thread and ask me (or other subscribers) whatever they want. Tell us what you are reading, what you disagreed with me about this month. Ask niche questions someone here might be able to answer. Ask me anything you like (I might not answer!) This is an experiment... let's see where it goes... Join the chat.Katherine Dee InterviewWhen we have strong feelings about literary characters, isn't that somewhat the same as ficto-romantics—people who fall in love with fictional people and create part of the identity around that relationship? This is the sort of question you can talk about with Katherine Dee. I am a long-time fan so I was delighted to be able to ask her about the way AI is changing writing, fandom in culture, role play writing, fan fiction, ficto-romance, internet culture, and the way technology is changing what we read, how AI is changing Katherine's writing, and how she uses ChatGPT to discuss her emotional life (she says it is pretty good!). Katherine is one of the most interesting Substackers, writing at default.blog, as well as writing for other publications. You might remember her piece called “No. Culture isn't stuck”. I find her case-studies especially interesting (this is the one we talked about in the interview). Katherine is not judgemental: she simply tires to understand. Here is her Twitter. Here's what Katherine told me about fandom in modern culture.Henry: Why is there so much fandom in modern culture? We've got LARPing, people having AI boyfriends and girlfriends, fictoromance. You're writing about all these things all the time. Why is this such a big part of culture?Katherine: That's a great question. I think that the foundational reason is our culture is oriented around consuming media. And this is, you know, like, the subculture of media consumption is always going to be a fandom. But also, like, other things have eroded, right? Like, you know, it almost feels cliche to bring up, but everything from, like, third places to organized religion, you know, to national identity, you know, all of these things, right? What remains in its status is fandom. And so, you know, the marriage of the erosion of these other sort of cultural cornerstones, plus the importance of consuming media and the way we communicate, it creates this perfect storm. And I've even argued that, like, fandom is, in a way, like, you know, the main way that we know how to organize at this point. It's the chief way we express ourselves. You know, politics tend to, like, devolve into fandom. But the question is, like, well, what else do we have, really?And here's part of our discussion about ficto-romance.Henry: Now, about ficto romance. I find this, like, really fascinating and I've been reading your case studies avidly. But I also am confused, like, people have always had strong feelings for characters in novels, right? So I read an essay, a 19th century essay about Pride and Prejudice recently. And I mean, this made me laugh. Some people don't like it. But the critic was like, these are the five most attractive heroines in 19th century English fiction and had, like, robust views about what made these fictional women attractive. What is different or what feels different about ficto romance today?Katherine: You know, I don't think it is that different is the thing. I think a lot of stuff maybe feels different because it's somehow like more lowbrow or we don't respect the expression as much. I also think the role of art has changed. Like, we don't see, you know, like I talk to a lot of I actually posted an interview today with a guy who identifies as fictoromantic and his fictive other, which is the term they use instead of like significant other, is from Homestuck, which is a web comic that was really popular on Tumblr and is still very popular on Tumblr. And I think, like, ordinary people don't consider that art. Right. And so, like, it's difficult. Like, you see someone who maybe has this, like, devotion to, you know, someone in a great novel or maybe to, like, you know, Aphrodite or Venus or something like that. And they're producing what we're already primed to think of as great art in service of this love. And because the media properties that many of these people are emotionally attached to feel lowbrow, we take it less seriously and we think they're crazy. But if you actually talk to them, they're not crazy at all. I mean, it's a spectrum of expression. But I've never spoken to someone who feels like they're in active psychosis or something. It feels very familiar. Like I brought up in this interview that I posted today, you know, the way this young man was talking about this Homestuck character. And this is going to sound, I mean, this is going to sound crazy, maybe, but it reminded me of Mirabai, who I don't know if I'm pronouncing her name correctly, but she is this Hindu poet who had this great devotion for Krishna. And it was it felt very similar to me. It's just that it's reskinned in this way that is there's some dissonance.There's a complete transcript of the interview below. Transcript (AI generated so there may be errors)[00:00:00] Henry Today, I'm talking with Katherine Dee, the internet culture writer and the author of the default friend, Substack. Katherine, welcome.[00:00:11] Katherine: Hey, thanks for having me.[00:00:15] Henry: So how is AI changing writing right now and how is it going to change it in the next, say, couple of years?[00:00:22] Katherine: In the next couple of years, I'm not sure. But right now, I've noticed a lot of people who write news are using AI. AI is interesting because it's like, you know, if you read a lot of fan fiction, for example, there's like a fan fiction register. And so if you then go and read like a mass market paperback, you know, a lot of these people start off in fan fiction, you can kind of tell like who's who, right, because there's certain phrases that are common, certain slang. And the same is similar with AI, right? And so I can, I've, I use AI so much as like a chat companion, that there's like certain phrases that I know, are very specific to AI. So I've picked up from like, talking to it and, you know, it being sort of like a friend of mine, for lack of a better word, that people who write news and write digests, use AI a lot. And I've also noticed that people do like, polish on their writing, like they will fix the grammar, or what have you, which I think is less, less scandalous. But I do think that there's also a backlash, right? There is this, people want to sound human. And it's, it's opening up like, more space somehow, right, somehow, more, even more space for like, messy confessional writing. And maybe just, you know, validating that our, our, our long love for it, is never, is never going away.[00:02:03] Henry: Yeah, just when you thought there couldn't be any more personal essays, right, here they come.[00:02:07] Katherine: There's even, Substack really like, created an explosion of them. I thought, I thought it was over, but it absolutely is not.[00:02:17] Henry: I was amazed the other day, because I've been writing like, I would say quite a balanced view of AI, but people take it to be highly positive. And someone who was writing against it, actually said in their piece, oh, that last sentence was written by AI, by the way. And I was like, it's insane to me that that would happen. If you're so against it, but also that people don't realize that if he hadn't mentioned that, you wouldn't have said, oh, that was an AI sentence.[00:02:46] Katherine: Well, you don't know that it, I do think, and I went, I can't quite figure out what, what is the tell for AI writing when there's certain words that I could list, but there is a register, right? So if you're using it a lot, like, I use, I use like deep research all the time to find like, contact information for people. If I have a problem in my life, it's like, I asked chat GPT first, right? So there's like words like, you know, people have pointed out that it uses an em dash a lot. It uses the word crucial a lot. The word realm, weirdly, I've noticed, right? So you kind of internalize it, right? But there's also a register that is very like, AI specific. And I think, all this to say, I think people can tell.[00:03:38] Henry: You said you're talking to it a lot, like every day. What are you talking to it about?[00:03:45] Katherine: Like, you know, if I get anxiety about something that feels silly, or like, if I get upset about something, sometimes, like, I can't, because I'm online so much, like, very susceptible to getting this sort of, like, internet tunnel vision, where I don't know if I'm like, if my reaction is really to scale, I try not to get into, like, fights on the timeline or anything. But it doesn't mean I don't have the reaction, right? So I'll ask AI, like, I had, you know, this back and forth with someone on Twitter, and I feel like, pretty upset about it, am I overreacting? And it's not always actually, like, a good tool for that. But even just the process of me, like slowing down to ask, has made me, I think, a little bit more rational.[00:04:35] Henry: Do you think you're better at seeing when something's written with AI, because you've got this background in fan fiction and online writing, so you're, like, in a way, very highly trained on different internet registers? Whereas to some of us, it's like, people are just doing internet speak, and we don't have that kind of discrimination between the types?[00:04:55] Katherine: No, I think that if you read a lot of anything, you sort of, you pick up, you become fluent in the tone. People who, you know, there's an academic register, right? Like people who are in STEM speak in a particular way and write in a particular way. And it's not necessarily that the topics that they're talking about, it's certain phrases. People who are the humanities, there's similar things. And I think we're not conscious of being able to detect these different tones or registers, but everyone is capable of doing this.[00:05:34] Henry: How many people, how many, like, prominent people or people who are known for their voice do you think are using AI without telling us?[00:05:43] Katherine: I can only think of one who I would bet money that they're doing it. They mostly send out, like, a news digest. So it might be, you know, I haven't noticed it in their, like, opinion pieces. But in, like, their news digests, definitely, right? There's all sorts of tells. But there's, I mean, there has to be more, right? Because there's so many people who have interesting ideas, but aren't necessarily articulate. And there's probably a lot of people who collaborate with AI, right? So it's, they will have the, you know, Chachapiti or Claude or whatever, structure their piece. And then they will go in and edit it and put it in their voice. Or even the reverse, like, they'll structure it, and then they'll have it be polished or fix the grammar or put it in the tone that they want, and then they'll do minor tweaks. I think that is probably super common. But, like, wholesale, yeah, I've only picked up on this one person.[00:06:48] Henry: How close are we to a time when writers are going to feel obliged to put a little disclaimer saying this is what I do and don't use AI for in my writing? Or will that not come?[00:06:59] Katherine: Some people already do that. I don't want to skip ahead to mention our conversation, but I know we're going to be talking a little bit about fan fiction. And on fan fiction sites, there is, like, an AI-generated tag. And then in some digital magazines, they'll be like, this piece was generated with AI or, you know, was edited with AI or something like that. But I think there's probably a lot of shame around it. And people don't want to feel like they're not a real writer. We don't really know where to place or how to conceive of these tools. And it's complicated, right? And you see these conversations playing out in fandom quite a bit. And you see just how complex it is. I don't think there are easy answers.[00:07:53] Henry: Why is there so much fandom in modern culture? We've got LARPing, people having AI boyfriends and girlfriends, fictoromance. You're writing about all these things all the time. Why is this such a big part of culture?[00:08:06] Katherine: That's a great question. I think that the foundational reason is our culture is oriented around consuming media. And this is, you know, like, the subculture of media consumption is always going to be a fandom. But also, like, other things have eroded, right? Like, you know, it almost feels cliche to bring up, but everything from, like, third places to organized religion, you know, to national identity, you know, all of these things, right? What remains in its status is fandom. And so, you know, the marriage of the erosion of these other sort of cultural cornerstones, plus the importance of consuming media and the way we communicate, it creates this perfect storm. And I've even argued that, like, fandom is, in a way, like, you know, the main way that we know how to organize at this point. It's the chief way we express ourselves. You know, politics tend to, like, devolve into fandom. But the question is, like, well, what else do we have, really?[00:09:22] Henry: Right. Fandom, but also anti-fandom, right? I think that's a big part of culture.[00:09:25] Speaker 3: It's like. Yeah, absolutely.[00:09:28] Henry: Now, about ficto romance. I find this, like, really fascinating and I've been reading your case studies avidly. But I also am confused, like, people have always had strong feelings for characters in novels, right? So I read an essay, a 19th century essay about Pride and Prejudice recently. And I mean, this made me laugh. Some people don't like it. But the critic was like, these are the five most attractive heroines in 19th century English fiction and had, like, robust views about what made these fictional women attractive. What is different or what feels different about ficto romance today?[00:10:14] Katherine: You know, I don't think it is that different is the thing. I think a lot of stuff maybe feels different because it's somehow like more lowbrow or we don't respect the expression as much. I also think the role of art has changed. Like, we don't see, you know, like I talk to a lot of I actually posted an interview today with a guy who identifies as fictoromantic and his fictive other, which is the term they use instead of like significant other, is from Homestuck, which is a web comic that was really popular on Tumblr and is still very popular on Tumblr. And I think, like, ordinary people don't consider that art. Right. And so, like, it's difficult. Like, you see someone who maybe has this, like, devotion to, you know, someone in a great novel or maybe to, like, you know, Aphrodite or Venus or something like that. And they're producing what we're already primed to think of as great art in service of this love. And because the media properties that many of these people are emotionally attached to feel lowbrow, we take it less seriously and we think they're crazy. But if you actually talk to them, they're not crazy at all. I mean, it's a spectrum of expression. But I've never spoken to someone who feels like they're in active psychosis or something. It feels very familiar. Like I brought up in this interview that I posted today, you know, the way this young man was talking about this Homestuck character. And this is going to sound, I mean, this is going to sound crazy, maybe, but it reminded me of Mirabai, who I don't know if I'm pronouncing her name correctly, but she is this Hindu poet who had this great devotion for Krishna. And it was it felt very similar to me. It's just that it's reskinned in this way that is there's some dissonance.[00:12:35] Henry: So you don't think, because I read that interview and I thought it was great. Do you don't think like the behavior that the person you interviewed, like it's actively living with this fictoromantic partner and there's lots of like daily behavior involved. Right. And it's part of the structure of this person's life. Whereas, you know, in the past, like Diana Wynne-Jones used to say that she got a lot of letters about Hal's moving castle from, I think, basically teenage girls who fell in love with Hal. But that would be like. Almost entirely in their imagination, maybe if they wouldn't structure their life around it, is there some kind of difference there?[00:13:18] Katherine: What is different is I feel like because everything's commercialized, there's maybe more of an opportunity to buy products associated with the character that they're attached to. But if you look at the way people, most people, not all of them are expressing these relationships, like I ask these people, what does your relationship look like? It looks like creating art. And, you know, in another time, maybe they wouldn't have become a famous artist or whatever. But like I think it would have been more socially acceptable somehow. The student we used was Puppet, which is sort of maybe a little silly. But Puppet, who's the young man I interviewed, when I asked him, what does your relationship with Ro Strider look like? He said that he writes, he draws, he fantasizes. There is also, you know, there was also like a commercial component, like buying the body pillow. And that's maybe a little different. But to me, it reminds me of just any sort of creative expression. It's just phrased in a slightly different way.[00:14:36] Henry: Right, right. And one thing I liked about that interview was that I don't do the creative activities that this person does, but I was like, well, I speak pretty intensely about fictional characters. It made me sort of I was sort of forced to think, like, how different am I from this guy? Like I'm I have very strong feelings about people in books.[00:14:59] Katherine: I think a lot of us do.[00:15:02] Henry: Or movies, right? For a lot of people, it's movie characters, right?[00:15:04] Katherine: Yeah. I mean, that's that's the beauty of like dramatic structure, right? Like it you it allows us to suspend our disbelief and we feel like we're within the world of the narrative. And if you really like it, you want to take that feeling with you after the show has ended or the book has ended.[00:15:23] Henry: So I guess you're saying that this what it looks very weird to a lot of people, but it's not really so different from the way people grieve about like when Matthew Perry died and people were just completely distraught. It's kind of a similar thing because they had this strong identification with his character.[00:15:42] Katherine: Yeah, I mean, it's more intense, but like there were probably people who felt a really strong connection to Matthew Perry or to any celebrity. And again, it applies also to fictional characters, of course.[00:16:03] Henry: So what are people getting from fan fiction that they're not getting from other sorts of art? Like why is fan fiction so big now?[00:16:13] Katherine: It's playing in the space of a media property and an established world that you already have an attachment to. You know, people bring up a lot like there's, you know, there's certain stories that are like retold over and over and over again. Right. There's certain characters that reappear throughout novels through centuries. Right. And it's a similar idea. Right. It's like you enjoy the world of the story and you want to make it your own. Fan fiction is incredibly diverse. Right. There's some fan fiction that is that moves away from the canon so much you almost wonder, like, why, you know, why aren't you just creating an original work? But there's something that lies in there. And I also think part of it is the types of media that people are consuming are they already have these fandoms set up. Right. So it's it's it's it almost invites that form of expression.[00:17:21] Henry: Do you mean like you read Harry Potter and then you realize that there's already a massive Harry Potter fan fiction ecosystem so you can… it is to us what a theme park was to the 80s or whatever.[00:17:35] Katherine: Yeah, there's there's already this there's already somewhere to go and to meet people.[00:17:41] Henry: I was researching it earlier because I like I know nothing about it. And obviously I was asking deep research. And as I was reading all the stuff it gave me, I was like, people are trying to create almost like folktales based on this, you know, whatever the the original sources in this collectivizing impulse, whereas you say like it diverges, it has these repetitive tropes that they almost want to turn it into these kind of fairy tales or a collection of stories like that. So it seemed it seemed quite interesting to me. Now, you personally, you wrote on your sub stack, you said my lineage isn't literature, it's text based online role playing. Yes. Tell me what that what is that?[00:18:28] Katherine: So I so I always wanted to be a writer, but I wanted to be a writer because I would role play and role play, role playing the way I did it is is like playing, you know, it's like imaginative play that children do, like with Barbies or, you know, even just themselves. But it's it's translated to text because it's it's mediated. And so I would do, you know, I would role play all the time. And it wasn't like I was a voracious reader. I never was. And I don't think I am now. And I think it's it's actually reflected in my writing, actually, but it was because I was like role playing all the time. And I think a lot of people are like this, right? Like I didn't even really write fan fiction. I preferred role playing, which is a little bit more dramatic than than just than just writing. But I but at the time I thought, oh, because I'm I am literally writing something down that I am a writer. But really, it's more like theater, if anything.[00:19:28] Henry: So tell me what's happening, like you would be logging on to some kind of forum and you would be writing as if you were a particular person or character in this in the scenario and other people would be responding.[00:19:43] Katherine: Yeah, it's it's like acting, but through text, so you could do when I started, you could either do it in a chat room, there is text based role playing games, which I didn't actually participate in, like mod some multi user dungeons. I didn't I didn't even know those existed at the time. And then there was forums where and so there would be a theme and the theme could either be from a fandom like Harry Potter, for example, or it could just be a setting. So like high school or the beach or, you know, like an apartment complex and you would design a character and then you would it was it sort of looked like a collaborative story. But really, it was like you were you were just you could only control your own character. So you would just write a description of like, you know, someone says the setting is the beach and then character one comes in and describes what character one is doing and then character two comes in. And, you know, sometimes you would be ignored. Sometimes people would start a fight with you. All sorts of things could happen. And I it's I spent most of my time doing this for like over a decade.[00:20:53] Henry: So are there certain areas where this doesn't does not happen? Like, is there Jane Austen role playing or is it is that not the sort of premise?[00:21:02] Katherine: No, there's role playing for everything. There's like historical role plays. There's, you know, any novel under the sun. You could probably find someone, you know, more like Jane Austen. There's like a there's a rich role playing tradition. People love Jane Austen novels. Something I would do very often is if I was learning about a particular historical period in school, I would get like I would have I would develop these sort of like parasocial attachments with certain historical figures or even settings very similar to the way people feel about fandom. And then I would go home and role play the historical setting and I would read a lot about, you know, whatever it was, ancient Rome or whatever. And it would help me in school because I would be like acting it out online.[00:21:49] Henry: Yeah. You're working on fan fiction and A.I. at the moment. And I'm interested in this because I have this feeling everyone's like A.I. is only going to produce slop. It's not going to do anything new. But I've seen people. I've saw an interesting essay on Substack about someone writing their own fan fiction with A.I. And I sort of I wonder if the confluence of these two things is going to start leading to lots of very new types of fiction and potentially even I don't I mean, this is like a long term speculation, but even some kind of new type of literature. Tell us what you're working on with that.[00:22:32] Katherine: So I was curious the way I was curious, like how people were using A.I. in fandom spaces. And right now it looks it looks like there's this prohibition against using A.I. like people do you do create A.I. generated fan fics, but there's something about like the process and the love that you put into writing your fan fiction that people are very precious about. And they feel that A.I. infringes on this. And part of it is they're very concerned about like, where is the data coming from? Right. Is it somehow unethical because of the data that these LLMs are trained on? But where you see a real difference is people who use A.I. to role play. And that's where it's it seems like people are more open to it. It the feeling the feelings and reactions are a bit more mixed, but there does seem to be like a debate in different fandom spaces. Like some people argue like A.I. is an accessibility issue, like some people aren't good at writing. Maybe English isn't their first language. And this opens up a lot of space for them. And they feel like they're they're collaborating with this tool. Other people say that it's it's unethical and that since they're taking away the process, it is it's harming the work.[00:24:04] Henry: If they could be convinced or, you know, to their own satisfaction that it's not unethical, the data, the data sets and everything like it would be fine. Would they still just not want to do it? It would be fine. Would they still just not want to do it? Because this is the wrong phrase, but like it ruins the game. It's not the point.[00:24:25] Katherine: I think for some people. Yeah, I think the the ethical dimension is is extremely significant for a lot of people. But but for some, it's like, you know, they're not doing it to produce work for its own sake. Right. To go back to the example I gave about the writer who I suspect is using AI to create these news digests, like that person has committed to producing these digests, you know, X number of times a month as part of their livelihood. And so you can sort of see like, well, them using AI is a little bit more sympathetic. But if it's something you're doing for free, for fun, as an expression of love, I can I can see where people are like, well, you're farming it out. But I also am very sympathetic to the other side of that, where it's like maybe, you know, your writing skills aren't as strong and it does open doors and they are your ideas. And it's helping you speak more clearly in a situation where you couldn't otherwise.[00:25:32] Henry: Is it because the way people do this online together, it's a form of communicating, like it's all very oblique and indirect, but it's really just a form of people socializing and they feel like if the AI is there, then they're not getting what they need from it in that sense.[00:25:49] Katherine: Um, it is a form of communication. But I also think there is really a value placed on the like the personal dimension of it. Like, um, like bad fan art, right? Like if you know someone, someone's really trying their best, they really are committed to a fandom. They really love it. But their drawing isn't great and they share it. Of course, there will be people who are mean and who shame them. And there's all sorts of weird, like, you know, labyrinthine dramas that occur in these spaces. But there will also be people who are like, this is beautiful because you tried, because it was coming from a real place of love. And that that that devotion is a very important piece of the puzzle. Again, there there are gatekeepers, there is shaming that occurs. And you know, there's a lot of people who feel like they're not good enough. Like you constantly see this in forums on Reddit, on Wattpad, on AO3, like on all these spaces, people who are like self deprecating, they feel like their work isn't good enough. But there's again, like this, this sense of like, I did it because I love the property. I love the character. Which I guess sort of ties back to the thing about ficto romance, where it's just this extreme expression of, you know, a pulse that's already moving through the space.[00:27:12] Henry: The piece I read on Substack, it wasn't written by the person writing the book. It was written by her roommate. And she was saying, you know, to begin with, like, oh my God, I thought this was dreadful. But actually, the more I saw what was going on, she was like, I can see my roommate has written like 20,000 words in a week. And she's working really hard at it. And she's, you know, prompting and reprompting. And she knows what she likes. She really knows what she's doing and what she wants and how to get it to change its output. And she kind of, she didn't come around to saying, oh, this is a good thing. But I think she mellowed on the idea. And she could see that there was a certain amount of, there's something new happening, right? Some new kind of fiction is coming out of it.[00:27:55] Katherine: I totally agree too, that like, prompting and reprompting is in itself a creative expression. And this is something I tried to argue about AI art, where there is like, you know, not everyone is going to be able to produce the same thing. Like the writing the prompt is in it of itself a skill. And also there's your own taste, which informs the prompt and informs what you include. Like, I'm very proud of the images that I've produced with Mid Journey. Not, you know, not the same way I would be if I had, you know, painted it myself. But like, I do feel like it's informed by my unique experience and taste. And this particular combination of things is unique to me. And that's a type of art, even if it's involves different things than, you know, again, if I were myself painting it. And I think that applies to fan fiction as well. What I have been worried about, I mean, this is a tangent, is like, what happens to the generation that is like, all they know is prompting and AI, and they don't have that space to develop their own taste and their own perception. Like, I think that like, if you start out too fresh, if you started too green, and you haven't had time to develop taste, and that's where I see these platforms being a little bit more dangerous.[00:29:23] Henry: But couldn't we say that about you in the role-playing forums? Like, when they develop taste through like, deep immersive experiences with the AI?[00:29:36] Katherine: Well, no, because with the role-playing, it has to come from myself and from other people, right? And there's nothing like limiting it, right? Like, it's purely through my eyes. Like, maybe there's an issue here where like, the actual writing product would have been better if I was, you know, if I read more, right? Or if I watched different films, but it's only filtered through myself and through other people. Whereas, you don't know how you're gonna get walled in with the AI, especially if you go in too fresh, and you don't know how to prompt it.[00:30:17] Henry: Weren't those people more likely to be, aren't they more likely to get bored?[00:30:24] Katherine: I don't know. I don't know if they're more likely to get bored. I think they might get stuck. I mean, the flip side is maybe they'll innovate more because they're coming from a completely different perspective.[00:30:37] Henry: Right, that's true. I had this interesting experience recently where I saw a whole load of young people that I'm related to. They range from like eight to 16 or something. And some of them just could, they could not not be holding their phone. And some of them, they're like, they don't like the phone. They're reading Jane Austen. So there's a diversity in that sense. But they were all just against AI. Like it's a bad thing. People use it to cheat, all the usual stuff. And I was fascinated. I was like, guys, you should all be using AI. Let me tell you what the good models are. So I wonder if we'll see this bigger diversity within that generation where some of them, a bit like in our generation, right? Some people were online a lot. Some people weren't. And some people are still.[00:31:24] Katherine: I've noticed that there's a very strong anti-tech sentiment among younger generation. And it seems like bifurcated. In the same way you described, people who are so online that they're just like these internet creatures, right? Like if the internet is a forest, like they're like natives of it. And then the other side of it is people who feel like it stole a lot from them. It took a lot from their childhoods. And they're moving away from it. And as a statement, they're either getting like dumb phones or they don't have social media. Or if they do have social media, it's like very sparse. And they tend to have like two very different outlooks. The ones who are more online seem to be more chaotic, a little more nihilistic. And the ones who are more offline, like they seem to be like looking for something more. Like they're more obviously searching for meaning.[00:32:24] Henry: Are we gonna see more like book reading among the offline people?[00:32:30] Katherine: I mean, I would hope so. Who knows, right? Like who knows how much of it is a performance and how much of it is really happening. But I mean, I would imagine so. It does seem also that like a lot of digital outlets feel like something is changing. And I've noticed a lot more like physical media seems to be coming back. I'm interested in seeing how this develops in fan spaces. Early in fandom, like in the... And I guess like early is like right when it was like really starting to grow. So not at the origins, but it's sort of this like... Fandom exponentially grew in the late 70s. And the way people communicated with each other and like a very important mode of expression was a physical fanzine. And this was because first there was no internet and then the internet was confined to certain populations and not everyone had it. And I wonder if fanzines will come back or like handwritten letters. Even I have a couple of books that are collections of letters that these sisters wrote to a particular fandom. And it was just like, it was just a huge part of that particular world. And I thought that was really interesting as a way to keep in touch with people and to keep the community together.[00:34:01] Henry: Yeah, that sounds like a fascinating book.[00:34:05] Katherine: Yeah, it's a collection of... It's called like elf magic letters or something. It's really interesting. And it's also interesting because it's like not something that you can easily read because it's so specific to the time and the place. Like it really was for the people it was for, right? It's not, it doesn't stand the test of time in the same way.[00:34:28] Henry: So is there not much sense of tradition in fandom? Like are people going back to read the fanzines and stuff?[00:34:37] Katherine: There is a sense of tradition for sure. Some of these fanzines are hard to find. It depends on which fandom you're in. Fans love whatever property it is they're fans of. So there's always archivists and people who are curating these things and making these things available. I just wonder if it'll become more popular to return to physical media. And it probably is in certain spaces. I'm just not personally aware of them. Okay.[00:35:09] Henry: Do you think, like, how do you think fan fiction is going to change significantly with AI? Beyond questions of like register and stuff that you were talking about before. Are we going to see, is this going to be like a significant step change in the evolution of the form? Or is it just going to be what people are saying? Like lots of slots in the form of slot content, nothing new as it were.[00:35:33] Katherine: I'm not sure. There's a lot of fan art that's generated with AI that I feel like at first people were really skeptical of. And now they really like it. And it's sort of proven itself. I mean, there's still people who are fiercely against it. But with writing, it's a little bit trickier. And again, the reactions are like very mixed, mostly negative. Again, where I think you will see the most change is with role-playing. You know, AI is always on. You can say whatever you like without feeling embarrassed. Something that I've noticed in reading transcripts of people who, like, on some of these sites where people role-play with bots, you could publish the role-play. You could publish the transcript. And there's just completely disinhibited. Like, they're just really just saying whatever, right? Not in a way that they're trolling or trying to break the bot. But it's like, you know, there's a certain etiquette when you role-play. And they're really just going for it. And I'll just be honest. This is particularly obvious with sexual role-plays, right? They'll just get straight to it. If the person is there to role-play sex, they'll just jump straight to the point. And you don't have to worry about that. You don't have to worry about being embarrassed. If it doesn't work out or, you know, you don't get the response you want, you start it over, you reprompt it, or you go to another bot. So I think it might take away from that social aspect. Not everybody likes role-playing with bots, but I think a lot of people do.[00:37:21] Henry: To me, this is like prime material for people to write novels about. But I don't see, I don't yet see a lot of people taking that up. Do you think, like, how likely is it, do you think, that some people from within this space will end up, in whatever way this looks like in the future, writing and publishing something like, you know, a straightforward literary, whatever the word is, novel, about this subculture and about these ways of existing? Do you think some people will, like, prompt themselves into being novelists, as it were?[00:38:00] Katherine: I mean, I definitely think that people will write about AI companions and chat bots. I think we're already seeing that to some degree. I think, you know, it seems that everyone is fascinated by emotional attachment to chat bots. And there's, like, just explosions of big pieces about this, because it's so new. And what's surprising to me is, like, there's very little judgment. You know, there's very few people who are like, this is dystopian, right? You see some of that, but most of it is like, well, it is real love, you know? That's been very surprising to me. Something that I could foresee is, and I think would be very ethically tricky and might cause some controversies, people trying to publish their role-playing transcripts. Which, you know, some fan fiction is, like, downstream of role-playing transcripts, and it'll be, like, a collaborative work, right? But it would be, like, very controversial if, you know, like, you and I had a Pride and Prejudice roleplay. And, you know, so we were sending emails back and forth or something, and then I collated all of that and published it as my own story, like, you know, with some edits or whatever. Like, that would be stealing your work. What I could see happening is someone having, like, a really good roleplay and wanting to save the transcript and then, you know, cleaning it up, maybe running it through AI, and the prompt is, you know, turn this into a story and, like, remove redundancies or, you know, whatever. And then it'd be, like, is that their work, right? Like, how much of that belongs to them?[00:39:38] Henry: But I can see something happening where it's, like, you know, in the 19th century, things that were supposed to be cheap and lowbrow, like crime stories and things like that, became a whole new genre of literature, right? And by the end of the 19th century, you've got detective fiction, science fiction, fantasy fiction. They're all flourishing. They've all had decades of really interesting work, and it becomes, like, maybe even the dominant form of fiction in the 20th century. Do you think there's scope for, like, you know, a weird novelist like Muriel Spark, a new one of her to come along and, like, turn this, whatever this is happening with these role plays and everything, turn that into some kind of new kind of fiction, whether it's created with the AI or not with the AI, like, you'll get both, right? Is this, like, everyone thinks the literary novel is exhausted, is this the way out? I don't know.[00:40:37] Katherine: I think that they, like, maybe, maybe, like, a new type of, like, pulp novel or something, you know, something that's, like, considered, like, something that's considered lowbrow, right, and maybe isn't always treated that way. But I'm curious, like, how, like, I'm imagining, you know, people printing, like, paper books or creating EPUBs, but do you mean, like, an interactive form of a novel, maybe, or, like, are you talking about people, like, I mean, what are you imagining, I guess, is my question? I think, so I think it could be, I think in terms of format, it could be all of those.[00:41:25] Henry: What I really want to see is how this interacts with audiobooks, because I think audiobooks have become, like, quietly very dominant in the reading habits of people who are typically reading, like, highbrow nonfiction, literary fiction, whatever. And I can sort of imagine a scenario where, I don't know how long this takes, but, like, a new kind of pulp fiction has been created, it's drawing on fandom, roleplay, AI, so we've got this new kind of sub-genre, and then that gets morphed, a bit like genre fiction in the 19th century, into something much more, quote-unquote, literary, and that could be, like, a boring, typical old book, or it could be some kind of audio thing where, like, you're interacting with it, and you're picking the route and whatever, or you could interact with it through your LLM. You see what I mean?There's all these different ways, right?[00:42:26] Katherine: So I think this stuff already exists. Oh, okay. Oh, so that, I think that maybe what I was confusing was, you know, like, imagining, like, a new style, or, you know?[00:42:37] Katherine: But all of these, so all of these things, so I don't know if they're books, I mean, that's actually a good question, like, is it a form of literature? Like, are these bots that people are roleplaying with, is that literature, right? Because there's set parameters, and when you create these characters, you can, you have a lot of control over designing them, what their world is, what the person talking to them will receive back, right? And there's audio versions of that. So it is, like, stepping into a pre-created world where there's, like, some kind of collaboration. And then on the other hand, there's been lots of novels that started off as fan fiction, and this is actually pretty common, a lot of these, you know, like, teen romances or whatever that get popular on TikTok, a lot of those come from people who had been writing fan fiction smut, right? And turned it into original work. And you can see the traces of whatever fandom they were operating in, in the work, whether it's, like, an allusion to a pre-existing character in another property, or it's just the style of writing, or, like, the way they express romantic intimacy. So both things exist in different forms. I wish I had asked a clarified question earlier, because I feel like we were talking in circles a little bit, so I wasn't quite sure what you were envisioning. But yeah, there's a lot of, I wondered also, like, how will reading change as these bots become more sophisticated? Right now, it's a lot of, like, it's a lot of, like, just, you know, like, teenagers messing around in their fandoms, or people doing erotic role-playing, right? But what is the literary version of that? And that's a very exciting question, and, like, interesting realm of inquiry.[00:44:38] Henry: It's a good, it's currently a very good, like, footnotes-on-demand service, right?[00:44:44] Katherine: Yeah.[00:44:45] Henry: Yeah, like, what the hell is this kind of carriage that they're talking about, or whatever? Do you think it'll, you think it's going to develop beyond that kind of thing?[00:44:53] Katherine: Um, yeah, I do. I mean, something really interesting, I don't know if you've heard about this, it's not literature, but the website Every, so they have, like, several different tech newsletters, and they have a service where they'll take all the research for a given article, and you can talk to an LLM about the stuff they didn't include in the piece. But, so, here's even another idea, like, let's say, you know, you take, like, Harry Potter or something, and then there's, like, a Harry Potter LLM, and you can ask questions about the book, or, like, you know, what's in the store that didn't, you know, that we didn't open, right? Metaphorically, you know, what's behind the scenes and all this stuff we don't see in the actual text? And ordinarily, that's where fandom steps in, and fans will fill in that white space for themselves with their headcanon, so the decisions they make about the whatever narrative universe they're choosing to step into. But maybe in AI, you know, the author can say, all right, these are all my notes, and this is all the, this is the whole world that I couldn't fit into the actual story.[00:46:07] Henry: How is AI changing the way you write?[00:46:12] Katherine: All right, so I correct my grammar a lot. My grammar is, like, atrocious, or at least it is in my own opinion. Maybe it's actually not, but so I'll check for grammatical errors, and then I use it all the time as, like, a search engine. So I love, like, the deep research function on chat GPT. It's, like, I never use Google anymore. So if I have, like, questions about something, or if I'm not sure that an argument makes sense, either I'll, like, run it by, you're like, all right, I'm arguing, you know, like, this, this, and this. Like, does this make sense in my own head, or does this actually make sense? So that's a common DF question to chat GPT.[00:47:05] Henry: But, like, are you thinking about, you know, are you going to be a different sort of writer? Are you going to write more or less of certain things? Are you thinking about how people will be reading less? You know, you're competing with the AIs, you've got to write for the AIs. Is it affecting you like that, or do you feel like what you do is reasonably immune?[00:47:26] Katherine: Um, no, you know, I don't feel like I'm competing with AI. I feel like I'm competing with other people, but I'm not competing with AI. And I'm not, I'm not writing for it. I, you know, I remember that, that Tyler Cowen quote, and I wasn't totally sure what he meant by that. I mean, like, I don't know. I'm definitely not writing, writing for it. I mean, does he mean, like, as the AI, like, learns about each person and learns that, you know, each, each writer is contributing to the conversation, you want to make sure it's easily parsable. So you could, you could be included in history or something as AI starts to write our history. Actually, I guess that's a good point, if that doesn't end up happening. But no, I don't, I don't consider either of those things.[00:48:17] Henry: Um, you wrote about, you wrote a short response to the Machine in the Garden essay that was famous on Substack a few months ago. You said, if you don't have copycats, then you're doing something wrong. Just make sure people don't forget you're the original article. How, how do you do that? How do you, how does that affect the way you organize your writing?[00:48:43] Katherine: Oh, man, I publish a lot. If I feel like something is my unique idea, I repeat it over and over and over again. Yeah, I mean, that's, I guess it also, I mean, a question I don't have the answer to is like, you know, people worry about being plagiarized from or copycats, but what happens, you know, what happens with AI, right? Like, how does AI change that equation? I don't know. But, you know, you just hope for the best, you know, that humanity, you know, just the fact of being human is enough.[00:49:26] Henry: Do you think that the internet and social media are making things worse in the culture generally, the way that people like Ted Gioia argue, or are you more optimistic?[00:49:39] Katherine: Um, I'm slightly more optimistic. I think Ted Gioia is as much too dismissive of technology to the extent that I feel like I've, I've almost like taken a contrarian position, you know, and I, I've been a little bit I've been a little bit more techno-optimist than I would have been normally, because I just like, can't all be bad, right? There's a lot of really good things about the internet and about social media. I think that we really undervalue the friendships people make. And then people will say, well, like, well, look at, you know, how so-and-so got screwed over, you know, whatever famous drama. It's like, those people will f**k you over in real life, you know, in the physical world, right? That's a human problem. That's not a technology problem. I think we also, I, particularly people like Ted Gioia and John Height and Freya India, I mean, and I like all these people. I'm not, you know, but I think they also are, like, I don't know where Ted Gioia lives, but John Height's in New York and Freya is in London, as far as I know. When they talk about going like phone-free or like using the internet less or screen-based childhoods, you know, I, like, I agree. Like, look, like, I don't want my son attached to a phone or something. But I also live in Chicago. There's like a ton of stuff going on. And every single day, no matter what the weather is, he can go, one, see other children and two, go do something really fun. And so can I, right? And that's because I live in Chicago. But if I lived in a small town in Texas, like I did, you know, 10 years ago, like I need the, I, like the internet was my lifeline. Then it's how I made friends. It's how I entertain myself. And it sucks that it was like that. But like, not everyone has the privilege of a rich culture in their immediate environment. You don't have, you know, like, it doesn't mean you have to be online 24 seven, but for social media is like very important for people in those situations. And it's, I think there's this weird binary in the discourse where it's like, you're either online all the time, you know, rotting your brain with just like, you know, nonstop live leak videos, right? Or you have no phone at all, right? But I think there's even like high volume usage that isn't, you know, what I just described, that it's beneficial for certain people in certain situations.[00:52:12] Henry: What is it that you like about Mirabi's poetry? You mentioned this earlier, but I wanted to ask you specifically.[00:52:18] Katherine: Yeah, so I discovered her in my senior year of college. And I didn't know what ecstatic love was. Like I had never, I was completely unfamiliar with that concept. So even on the conceptual level, I was like, so struck by this ability to feel love for a deity, feel love for something non-physical.[00:52:54] Henry: Do you admire other poets in that tradition like Rumi?[00:52:59] Katherine: I'm not as familiar with other poets in that tradition.[00:53:02] Henry: Okay. After fan fiction and AI, what will you do next?[00:53:08] Katherine: I'm working on a whole bunch of stuff. Another piece I'm working on is about techno-animism. So this idea of like, I don't believe that technology is literally insoled, but I think that it's maybe not a bad thing to treat it as if it was. And if we're going to be in such like a technologically rich environment, like maybe if we did see a little bit of life in it, it would be better for us psychologically, which is like kind of a hard thing to argue because I think it turns people off like immediately. And I think there's like a lot of fear around it, but it's a very sad and sterile world, right? If we think that we're around all this lifelessness. And I think that's why I'm so attracted to writing about ficto-sexuals and ficto-romance because I love this idea of being able to see life in something where other people don't see it.[00:54:15] Henry: Katherine Dee, thank you very much.[00:54:18] Katherine: Thank you for having me. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.commonreader.co.uk/subscribe

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Pastor Brent discusses the story of the rich young ruler from Mark 10:17-27, emphasizing that Jesus desires not only our salvation but also our complete surrender. The greatest challenge for Christians is surrendering completely to Jesus rather than holding onto wealth or other areas of control.

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Does dark matter annihilate with normal matter? Should we be searching for signs of life in other galaxies? Do we know how to terraform exoplanets? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A.

Does dark matter annihilate with normal matter? Should we be searching for signs of life in other galaxies? Do we know how to terraform exoplanets? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A.

Fluent Fiction - Dutch: Moonlit Revelations: Finding Life's True Priorities Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/nl/episode/2025-02-18-23-34-01-nl Story Transcript:Nl: Onder de heldere, winterse hemel van Scheveningen waait een frisse zeebries over het rustige strand.En: Under the clear, winter sky of Scheveningen, a fresh sea breeze blows over the calm beach.Nl: Bram, een man midden in het leven, wandelt langzaam langs de kust.En: Bram, a man in the middle of life, walks slowly along the coast.Nl: Zijn gedachten dwalen af naar zijn werk, zelfs nu tijdens de vakantie met zijn gezin.En: His thoughts drift to his work, even now during the vacation with his family.Nl: De dagen zijn kort en zijn tijd met Elise en Sophie is beperkt.En: The days are short, and his time with Elise and Sophie is limited.Nl: Elise heeft dit uitstapje gepland.En: Elise planned this outing.Nl: Ze hoopt dat het hen dichter bij elkaar zal brengen.En: She hopes it will bring them closer together.Nl: En Sophie, hun levendige dochter, rent met blote voeten langs het water, gillend van plezier terwijl de koude golven haar tenen kietelen.En: And Sophie, their lively daughter, runs barefoot along the water, shrieking with joy as the cold waves tickle her toes.Nl: "Papa, kijk eens naar mijn zandkasteel!"En: "Dad, look at my sandcastle!"Nl: roept Sophie enthousiast.En: Sophie calls out enthusiastically.Nl: Haar ogen glinsteren even helder als de sterren boven hen.En: Her eyes sparkle as brightly as the stars above them.Nl: Bram glimlacht, maar zijn blik dwaalt toch weer af naar de dreigende meldingen op zijn telefoon.En: Bram smiles, but his gaze drifts back to the threatening notifications on his phone.Nl: De druk van zijn baan is altijd voelbaar, als een schaduw die niet weg te vegen lijkt.En: The pressure of his job is always palpable, like a shadow that seems impossible to wipe away.Nl: Maar dan neemt hij een besluit.En: But then he makes a decision.Nl: Vandaag zal hij zijn telefoon in het hotel laten.En: Today, he will leave his phone at the hotel.Nl: Vandaag hoort bij hen.En: Today belongs to them.Nl: "Sophie, dat kasteel is prachtig," zegt hij eindelijk, zijn stem gevuld met oprechte bewondering.En: "Sophie, that castle is beautiful," he finally says, his voice filled with genuine admiration.Nl: Elise en Sophie stralen wanneer ze zijn aandacht voelen.En: Elise and Sophie beam when they feel his attention.Nl: Die avond wandelen ze naar het strand.En: That evening, they walk to the beach.Nl: De maan werpt een zilveren licht op de golven, en de lucht is helder en fris.En: The moon casts a silver light over the waves, and the air is clear and fresh.Nl: Ze ploffen neer op het zand, dichtbij elkaar.En: They flop down on the sand, close together.Nl: De met sterren bezaaide hemel lijkt een schilderij boven hen.En: The star-studded sky above them looks like a painting.Nl: Bram voelt een kalmte die hij in lange tijd niet heeft gekend.En: Bram feels a calmness he hasn't known in a long time.Nl: Hij observeert zijn vrouw en dochter, hun gezichten verlicht door het zachte maanlicht.En: He observes his wife and daughter, their faces illuminated by the soft moonlight.Nl: Het werk, de e-mails, de stress – voor het eerst lijkt het allemaal zo verre van belang.En: The work, the emails, the stress – for the first time, it all seems so unimportant.Nl: "Wat een fantastische plek," fluistert Elise, leunend tegen Bram.En: "What a fantastic place," Elise whispers, leaning against Bram.Nl: Sophie vleit zich ook tegen hem aan, stil en tevreden.En: Sophie snuggles up to him as well, quiet and content.Nl: Bram ademt diep in, vult zijn longen met de zoute lucht.En: Bram takes a deep breath, filling his lungs with the salty air.Nl: "Ik besef nu wat ik echt belangrijk vind," deelt hij, zachtjes en oprecht.En: "I realize now what I truly find important," he shares, softly and sincerely.Nl: Zijn woorden zijn meer voor zichzelf dan voor de anderen.En: His words are more for himself than for the others.Nl: De avond vordert met verhalen en gelach.En: The evening progresses with stories and laughter.Nl: Ze praten over alles en niets.En: They talk about everything and nothing.Nl: Over dromen, herinneringen, en plannen voor de toekomst.En: About dreams, memories, and plans for the future.Nl: Het lijkt wel of de tijd stil staat.En: It seems as if time stands still.Nl: Als ze uiteindelijk terugkeren naar het hotel, houdt Bram zijn gezin stevig vast.En: As they eventually return to the hotel, Bram holds his family close.Nl: De verbinding die hij de laatste jaren langzaam kwijt leek te raken, voelt hernieuwd en sterk.En: The connection he seemed to have slowly lost over the past few years feels renewed and strong.Nl: Hij weet dat hij vanaf nu ruimte moet maken voor deze momenten, voor hen.En: He knows he must make space for these moments, for them, from now on.Nl: En zo leert Bram, onder de maanverlichte hemel van Scheveningen, dat het echte werk in het leven niet gaat over cijfers of deadlines.En: And so, under the moonlit sky of Scheveningen, Bram learns that the real work in life isn't about numbers or deadlines.Nl: Het gaat over de mensen die je liefhebt en de tijd die je met hen doorbrengt.En: It's about the people you love and the time you spend with them.Nl: Met een glimlach op zijn gezicht keert hij terug naar het hotel, zijn hart lichter dan het ooit is geweest.En: With a smile on his face, he returns to the hotel, his heart lighter than it has ever been. Vocabulary Words:winter: wintersebreeze: zeebriescalm: rustigecoast: kustdrift: dwalenvacation: vakantieplanned: geplandouting: uitstapjelively: levendigebarefoot: blote voetenshrieking: gillendthreatening: dreigendenotifications: meldingenpalpable: voelbaaradmiration: bewonderingbeam: stralensilver: zilverenilluminated: verlichtcontent: tevredenbreathe: ademensalty: zoutesincerely: oprechtprogresses: vordertmemories: herinneringeneventually: uiteindelijkconnection: verbindingrenewed: hernieuwdmoonlit: maanverlichtedeadline: deadlinessmile: glimlach

Description:In this captivating episode with Oliver and Noel, we delve deep into the complexities of modern life and the search for fulfillment:Breaking societal norms: Questioning marriage, kids, and the traditional path.Purpose and wholeness: Exploring how to live authentically without societal pressures.The importance of self-discovery: Spending time alone to uncover true desires.Navigating the seasons of life: From childhood freedom to adult responsibilities.The power of experiences: Saying yes to curiosity and adventure.Join us as we challenge traditional expectations and explore what it truly means to live a purposeful life.Timestamps:00:00 - Introduction: Finding purpose in modern life.01:13 - The struggle between freedom and societal norms.02:35 - From childhood freedom to adult responsibilities.04:03 - Questioning life choices: Marriage, kids, and mortgages.07:14 - Perspectives on family and personal purpose.11:19 - Redefining purpose: Living intentionally and authentically.13:27 - Creating a chosen family and the meaning of connection.17:01 - The power of spending time alone for self-discovery.20:02 - Spiritual awakening and choosing a path of wholeness.26:09 - Embracing life's seasons: Growth through discomfort.29:11 - Choosing experiences that align with your authentic self.Guest Bio:Sex Coach Noël BioSex Coach Noël is a leader in the Conscious Sex and Relationships space. His transformational CSR mastermind and Conscious Sex mastery course are a must for anyone who wants to take their sex life to the next level and become the best lover they can possibly become, to infinity ♾️ Sex Coach Noël is the author of 2 books titled “Energy Whore - How to be a multi-orgasmic man and How to be a multi-orgasmic woman” and Noël is the founder of the Conscious Sex and Relationships Community, a global community that offers exclusive online content, as well as international luxury retreats. Sex Coach Noël and CSR is dedicated to uplifting the collective sex and relationships consciousness of the planet, and helping its members become World Class in this area of life. Join Sex Coach Noël's Mastermind and get Lifetime access to Conscious Sex Mastery Course Connect With Sex Coach Noël - https://linktr.ee/scoachnoelStay Connected:Follow Oliver on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yeskingoliverWant to regain control of your life from modern-day stress, anxiety, and influence?Check out my FREE course - take control!     http://www.talkwitholiver.com

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Fluent Fiction - Japanese: Aquarium Adventures: Finding Life's Answers in Osaka Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/ja/episode/2025-01-18-23-34-01-ja Story Transcript:Ja: 大阪の冬は冷たく、空気は澄んでいた。En: Winter in Osaka is cold, with clear air.Ja: その日、海遊館は多くの人々で賑わっていた。En: That day, the Kaiyukan Aquarium was bustling with many people.Ja: 家族連れや観光客は、色とりどりの魚や巨大なエイに目を奪われていた。En: Families and tourists were captivated by the colorful fish and giant rays.Ja: そして、その大きな水槽の前にリクとユイが立っていた。En: And there, in front of the large tank, stood Riku and Yui.Ja: 「リク、もうすぐ成人の日だよ。将来のことも考えなきゃいけないんじゃない？」ユイは心配そうに言った。En: "Riku, it's almost Coming-of-Age Day. Shouldn't we start thinking about the future?" Yui said with a worried look.Ja: リクは冒険心旺盛で、未来に対する不安を隠していた。En: Riku was full of adventure and hid his anxiety about the future.Ja: そんな彼にとって、この水族館は新しい冒険への扉のようだった。En: To him, this aquarium felt like a gateway to a new adventure.Ja: 「でも、ユイ、見て。あの水槽の中に瓶が見えるだろう？」リクは指差した。En: "But, Yui, look. Can you see that bottle in the tank?" Riku pointed out.Ja: 確かに、色とりどりの珊瑚の間に小さな瓶が沈んでいた。En: Sure enough, a small bottle was submerged among the colorful corals.Ja: 瓶の中には紙が入っているようだった。En: It seemed to contain a piece of paper.Ja: 「どうしてこんなところに？」ユイは疑問を抱いた。En: "Why is it there?" Yui wondered.Ja: ただの飾り物かもしれないが、リクの心はすでに決まっていた。En: It might have been just a decoration, but Riku had already made up his mind.Ja: 二人は係員に相談し、特別に瓶を取り出してもらうことになった。En: The two consulted with a staff member and were allowed to have the bottle retrieved specially.Ja: そして瓶を開けると、中には短いメッセージが書かれていた。En: When they opened the bottle, they found a short message written inside.Ja: 「探求し続ければ、心の中に答えがある。」En: "If you continue seeking, the answer is within your heart."Ja: それを読むと、リクは考え込んだ。En: Upon reading it, Riku pondered.Ja: 「これはもしかして、次の冒険へのヒントかもしれない。」En: "This might be a hint for the next adventure."Ja: 「リク、それはただのメッセージだよ。もっと現実的になろうよ。」ユイは溜息をついた。En: "Riku, it's just a message. Let's be more realistic." Yui sighed.Ja: 「でも、このメッセージが何かを示しているよ。」リクは言い張った。En: "But this message is pointing to something," Riku insisted.Ja: 「いずれにせよ、未来は自分で切り開かなきゃいけない。それに、心の冒険も重要なんだ。」En: "In any case, I have to carve out my own future. Moreover, the adventure of the heart is important too."Ja: 「分かった、でも、現実の世界も大切にしてね。」ユイはそう言って、仕方なくその場を離れた。En: "Got it, but don't forget to also cherish the real world." Yui said and reluctantly left the spot.Ja: 帰りに二人は近くのカフェに入った。En: On their way back, the two entered a nearby café.Ja: 温かい飲み物を手に、リクは静かに言った。「ユイ、今日は本当に大切なことを学んだよ。En: With a warm drink in hand, Riku quietly said, "Yui, I learned something really important today.Ja: 冒険は外の世界だけじゃなく、自分の中にもあるんだ。」En: Adventures aren't just in the outside world; they're within oneself too."Ja: 「それが分かれば、いい。」ユイは微笑んだ。En: "As long as you understand that, it's good." Yui smiled.Ja: 「これからも一緒にやっていこう。バランスを取りながら。」En: "Let's keep going together. Balancing both."Ja: リクは頷いた。「ありがとう、ユイ。僕もこれからは、もっとしっかり考えるよ。En: Riku nodded. "Thank you, Yui. From now on, I'll think more carefully.Ja: でも、冒険心は忘れない。」En: But I won't forget my spirit of adventure."Ja: 二人はまた笑顔で話し始めた。En: The two began talking again with smiles.Ja: 海遊館の冒険は、彼らにとって一つの新たな出発点となった。En: The adventure at the Kaiyukan Aquarium became a new starting point for them.Ja: 心の中に答えがあると、リクは信じ続けた。En: Riku continued to believe that the answer was within his heart. Vocabulary Words:winter: 冬clear: 澄んでaquarium: 水族館bustling: 賑わってcaptivated: 目を奪われてgiant rays: 巨大なエイgateway: 扉submerged: 沈んでいたcorals: 珊瑚decoration: 飾り物consulted: 相談retrieved: 取り出してpondered: 考え込んだhint: ヒントreluctantly: 仕方なくcherish: 大切にしてcafé: カフェadventure: 冒険spirit: 心smiles: 微笑んだseeking: 探求carve out: 切り開くmessage: メッセージbalancing: バランスを取るstarting point: 新たな出発点future: 未来worry: 心配adventure-loving: 冒険心旺盛heart: 心の中answer: 答え

In the Trenches: The Journey of Robert Gallery from College Star to NFL Standout Join Marcus and Melanie as they welcome Robert Gallery, former NFL offensive lineman, College Football Hall of Famer, and one of the most celebrated athletes to come out of the University of Iowa. Robert's football journey is nothing short of extraordinary. Starting as a tight end at Iowa, he transitioned to offensive tackle, paving the way for a stellar collegiate career. A two-time First-Team All-Big Ten selection, Robert was named Big Ten Offensive Lineman of the Year in 2003 and capped off his senior year with unanimous All-American honors and the prestigious Outland Trophy. His excellence extended off the field, earning him three Academic All-Big Ten awards. In recognition of his remarkable contributions to the sport, Robert has been honored with multiple accolades: College Football Hall of Fame: Inducted in 2023 at the 65th NFF Annual Awards Dinner. University of Iowa Athletics Hall of Fame: Inducted in 2017. Kinnick Wall of Honor: Added to Iowa's America Needs Farmers Wall of Honor in 2015. Drafted second overall by the Oakland Raiders in the 2004 NFL Draft, Robert embarked on an eight-season career in the NFL, playing for the Raiders and Seattle Seahawks. Over 104 games, he showcased his grit and leadership, earning the Ed Block Courage Award in 2010 and cementing his place as a force on the offensive line. In this episode, Robert reflects on his incredible football career, the transformation of Iowa's football program, and his experiences in the NFL. But the conversation goes deeper, exploring his journey after football and the life-changing healing he found through ibogaine. For both Marcus and Robert, ibogaine offered a second chance—a path to healing they're now sharing to inspire and support others who may feel lost or stuck. These raw, personal stories are a testament to resilience and the universal power of hope. Tune in for an inspiring episode filled with life lessons, healing journeys, and a reminder that no matter the challenge, transformation is always possible. In This Episode You Will Hear: • My parents were very much like: “You do sports, or you work on the farm.” (9:55) • Once my siblings started earning scholarships, and I saw what it did for them, I was like “I wanna do that.” (11:17) • [The coaching staff] were just guys that wanted to get the best out of you. They were there to make you better. (14:25) • [Melanie] Q: What do you think builds a great team?  A: I think it's the people and the culture. (15:55) • It's that Midwest mentality. Work ethic, no show boating. It's about being the best you can be, doing it the right way, and being good people. (17:02) • I knew I needed my buddies next to me on the offensive line. For me to be great, I needed them to be great. (17:57) • I kept working and working. And by the end of my college career, I was the best there was in the country. (25:34) • Continue to work at wat you do to be a better all-around athlete. (25:39) • I love how I was raised. My parents still married after 50 years. (26:57) • I never had a sporting event that I ever remember from as young as I was in grade school, that one of my parents was not there. (38:25) •  I worked so hard and sweated so much that you gotta go to the bathroom. One day I had to go to the bathroom real bad and the game was about to start. The only thing I could do was sit here and go. Go in your pants. I did it every game after that. (49:48) • I got to where now I'm taking pain killers to get to practice. Now I'm asking my linemen what do we do? I'm dizzy. I'm not myself. (55:23) • As time went on, things started to spiral: alcohol abuse. (63:08) • I got a brain scan. That's when they put up a picture of a healthy brain against a picture of my brain. It was shocking. (65:31) • I started a journey of doing everything I could in modern medicine. (69:06) • I took the invitation to take an Ibogaine treatment. (74:48) • The treatment saved my life. I can out of it a different person. (76:30) Socials: - Website: athletesforcare.org - IG: Athletes4care - IG: team_neverquit , marcusluttrell , melanieluttrell , huntero13 -  https://www.patreon.com/teamneverquit Sponsors:    - Navyfederal.org           - stopboxusa.com {TNQ}    - ghostbed.com/TNQ [TNQ]   -  kalshi.com/TNQ    - PXG.com/TNQ   -  joinbilt.com/TNQ    - Tonal.com [TNQ]   - greenlight.com/TNQ   - PDSDebt.com/TNQ   - drinkAG1.com/TNQ   - Shadyrays.com [TNQ]   - qualialife.com/TNQ [TNQ]   - Hims.com/TNQ   - Shopify.com/TNQ   - Aura.com/TNQ   - Moink.com/TNQ   - Policygenius.com   - TAKELEAN.com [TNQ]   - usejoymode.com [TNQ]   - Shhtape.com [TNQ]

What if the pressure of New Year's resolutions and fresh starts is missing the point entirely? In this thoughtful exploration of John's Gospel, Rev. Tonetta Landis-Aina challenges our understanding of new beginnings and what it means to truly believe. Drawing from John O'Donohue's poetry, pop culture references like Good Will Hunting, and ancient wisdom, this talk invites us to move beyond mere observation into genuine participation in our spiritual lives. Perfect for anyone wrestling with faith, cynicism, and the desire for authentic change in their lives. From The Table Church in Washington, DC - a community cultivating authentic belonging and following in the prophetic, thoughtful, and radical way of Jesus.

SCRIPTURE = Matthew 1:18-25

This is week 1 of our Advent series titled "A Life-Giving Christmas". Pastor Jason breaks down how we as believers are to wait well trusting that God is moving and hearing our prayers even when we don't see it.

THE GOSPEL OF JOHN: THE DEITY AND TEACHING OF JESUS CHRIST“To Whom Shall We Go?  Finding Life in Christ Alone”John 6:65-71 ESVChrist's Bible Fellowship - Barrigada, Guam USASpeaker: Pastor Avery FerrerasSunday, November 24, 2024

The Weight That Gives Us Wings: Finding Life's Purpose Through Responsibility "For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more." - Luke 12:48 (KJV) Life's greatest paradox may be this: the very burdens we try to escape are often the ones that give our lives its deepest meaning. Like a kite that needs the string's restraint to soar, we find our highest purpose not in unlimited freedom, but in embracing our God-given responsibilities. "Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ." - Galatians 6:2 (KJV) Consider Moses, who initially fled from the responsibility of leading God's people. He saw only the burden, not the blessing. Yet through accepting this divine assignment, he discovered his life's greatest purpose. The weight of responsibility became his wings of purpose. "But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive." - Genesis 50:20 (KJV) Think of Joseph, who could have viewed his position in Egypt as an unfair burden. Instead, he embraced the responsibility of managing a nation's resources, ultimately saving countless lives – including those of his own family who had wronged him. Our modern culture champions rights over responsibilities. We're told to pursue comfort, minimize obligations, and prioritize personal freedom. Yet Jesus modeled the opposite path. He took upon Himself the ultimate responsibility – the weight of our sins – not because it was His obligation, but because it was His purpose. Prayer: Father, forgive me for the times I've resented my responsibilities. Help me see them as opportunities to fulfill Your purpose for my life. Grant me strength not to escape my burdens, but to bear them with grace. In Jesus' name, Amen. Reflection Questions: 1. What responsibilities are you currently trying to escape? 2. How might these "burdens" actually be gateways to your purpose? 3. Where in your life have responsibilities led to unexpected blessings? Today's Action Step: List three responsibilities you've been avoiding. Beside each, write how fulfilling them might contribute to God's purpose for your life. Remember: The meaning of life isn't found in freedom from responsibility, but in faithful stewardship of it. #PurposeThroughResponsibility #FaithfulSteward #GodsPlan

My father passed away three weeks before filming this. I am still processing everything. This is my attempt to capture the state I'm in now and to understand the totality of my father's life. It is simply my perspective of events. The truth is likely far more nuanced and complicated. In this episode, I attempt to pinpoint the moment where my father's life changed forever. I do my best to understand and humanize his struggles and to see them in full. It is not a perfect description and it does not do justice to his story but it DOES seek to find meaning within the chaos of reality. There are things that I wished I had said here in retrospect but it is what it is. I would like to add that my father instilled so many of my values within me, whether I could see it before or not. My resourcefulness, my raw perspective of reality, my genuine love for those I am closest to, my distrust in authority, my appreciation of simple pleasures. All of these things are learned behaviors that he helped to foster within me. I wish I could tell him now how lucky I was to have him as my father. We are not a measure of our flaws. We are a measure of our greatest strengths. Those are the tools we use to reshape the world around us. Those are what guide us to our meaning. Every moment is an opportunity to utilize these strengths or to fall victim to the regret of failing to do so. Do not falter. Do not become stagnant. Always keep in touch with that radiant light that only you can allow to shine. The touch of death brings forth the breath of life. Stay wide awake. ♥

Good morning, and welcome to MorningCoach®! I'm JB Glossinger. I'm thrilled to have you join me on this beautiful Monday, November 11, 2024. In today's episode, we're exploring the profound journey of self-awareness and how it can transform your life.We'll explore the importance of morning rituals, planning (or the lack thereof), and how knowing yourself deeply can create meaningful changes. Stick around as we share insights from our mastermind group, including inspiring stories of personal transformation.We'll help you start observing your life, understand what works for you, and build a system that aligns with your goals and lifestyle. So grab your planner—or just a cup of coffee—and let's get started on crafting a more aware, focused, and joyous life together.

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Send us a textWhat if you could avoid burnout and discover a profound sense of joy? Don't we all want that? Join us as we sit down with Debra Fileta, a licensed professional counselor and author of "Soul Care: Find Life-Giving Rhythms, Live Restored, Avoid Burnout, and Discover Unspeakable Joy." Debra shares her insights into soul care, a transformative approach to mental and emotional health that goes beyond traditional self-care. Drawing inspiration from the life of Jesus, she introduces us to six life-giving rhythms that promise a holistic path to well-being.We really dig into the roots of anxiety and burnout, exploring why these issues seem more widespread today. Debra sheds light on how misguided theology, family dynamics, and personality types like firstborns or those from chaotic backgrounds can lead to patterns of self-neglect. We also discussed the overall balancing of physical, emotional, and spiritual health. Debra offers practical advice on hydration, nutrition, rest, and the power of saying no to protect one's energy. Connect with Debra: https://debrafileta.com/ Order Stephanie's new book Imagine More: Do What You Love, Discover Your Potential Learn more at StephanieNelson.comFollow us on Instagram @stephanie_nelson_cmFollow us on Facebook at CouponMom

Click here for the DRB Daily Sign Up form! TODAY'S SCRIPTURE: Click HERE to give! One Year Bible Podcast: Join Hunter and Heather Barnes on 'The Daily Radio Bible' for a daily 20-minute spiritual journey. Engage with scripture readings, heartfelt devotionals, and collective prayers that draw you into the heart of God's love. Embark on this year-long voyage through the Bible, and let each day's passage uplift and inspire you. TODAY'S EPISODE: Welcome, dear ones, to the Daily Radio Bible. Today is October 16th, and it's day 290 of our journey through the scriptures. I'm Hunter, your Bible reading coach, here to accompany you as we dive into the Word of God. Today, we'll explore powerful passages from Malachi chapters 3 and 4, Psalm 148, and Acts chapter 5. We'll reflect on themes of purification, praise, and the unstoppable message of life found in Jesus Christ. Join us as we read, reflect, and pray together, letting the scriptures point us to the one who is the living Word of God. Ready your hearts, and let's embark on this soul-nourishing journey. TODAY'S PRAYERS: Lord God Almighty and everlasting father you have brought us in safety to this new day preserve us with your Mighty power that we might not fall into sin or be overcome by adversity. And in all we do, direct us to the fulfilling of your purpose  through Jesus Christ Our Lord amen.   Oh God you have made of one blood all the peoples of the earth and sent your blessed son to preach peace to those who are far and those who are near. Grant that people everywhere may seek after you, and find you. Bring the nations into your fold, pour out your Spirit on all flesh, and hasten the coming of your kingdom through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.   And now Lord,  make me an instrument of your peace.  Where there is hatred let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon.  Where there is doubt, faith. Where there is despair, hope.  Where there is darkness, light.  And where there is sadness,  Joy.  Oh Lord grant that I might not seek to be consoled as to console. To be understood as to understand, to be loved as to love.  For it is in the giving that we receive, in the pardoning that we are pardoned, it is in the dying that we are born unto eternal life.  Amen And now as our Lord has taught us we are bold to pray... Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven, give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our tresspasses as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not unto temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the Kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. Loving God, we give you thanks for restoring us in your image. And nourishing us with spiritual food, now send us forth as forgiven people, healed and renewed, that we may proclaim your love to the world, and continue in the risen life of Christ.  Amen.  OUR WEBSITE: www.dailyradiobible.com We are reading through the New Living Translation.   Leave us a voicemail HERE: https://www.speakpipe.com/dailyradiobible Subscribe to us at YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Dailyradiobible/featured OTHER PODCASTS: Listen with Apple Podcast DAILY BIBLE FOR KIDS DAILY PSALMS DAILY PROVERBS DAILY LECTIONARY DAILY CHRONOLOGICAL  Transcript: Hunter: Good day to you all, dear ones, and welcome to this 18th day of October. It is day 291 in our journey through the bible. Hello to everyone out there. My name is Hunter. I am your brother and bible reading coach. Somebody who shows up with you every day to spend a little time together in the pages of the scriptures. And we are going to let these scriptures do what they do and point the way to the one who is the living word of God, the one alone who has the words of life, who told us in his own words that he has come that we might have life and have it in all its fullness. And so we come, sisters and brothers all around the world, gather here every day to warm their hearts by the fires of God's love, for that is who he is. Hunter: And today, my friend, we are in the book of Job again. It is chapters 34, and then we'll finish our reading in Acts chapters 8 9. I'm glad you're here. Father, help us now. Sustain us. Encourage, strengthen us, heal us, open our eyes. Job chapter 3. Job's first speech. Hunter: At last, Job spoke, and he cursed the day of his birth. He said, let the day of my birth be erased, and the night I was conceived. Let that day be turned to darkness. Let it be lost even to God on high, and let no light shine on it. Let the darkness and utter gloom claim that day for its own. Let a black cloud overshadow it, and let the darkness terrify it. Let that night be blotted off the calendar, never again to be counted among the days of the year, never again to appear among the months. Let that day be childless. Hunter: Let it have no joy. Let those who are experts at cursing, whose cursing could rouse Leviathan, curse that day. Let its morning stars remain dark. Let it hope for light, but in vain. May it never see the morning light. Curse that day for failing to shut my mother's womb, for letting me be born to see all this trouble. Why wasn't I born dead? Why didn't I die as I came from the womb? Why was it laid on my mother's lap? Why did she nurse me at her breasts? Had I died at birth, I would now be at peace. I would be asleep and at rest. Hunter: I would rest with the world's kings and prime ministers, whose great buildings now lie in ruins. I would rest with princes rich in gold, whose palaces are filled with silver. Why wasn't I buried like a stillborn child, like a baby who never lives to see the light? For in death, the wicked cause no trouble, and the weary are at rest. Even captives are at ease in death, with no guards to curse them. Rich and poor are both there, and the slave is free from his master. Oh, why give light to those in misery and life to those who are bitter? They long for death, and it won't come. They search for death more eagerly than for hidden treasure. They are filled with joy when they finally die and rejoice when they find the grave. Hunter: Why is life given to those with no future? Those god has surrounded with difficulties. I cannot eat for sighing. My groans pour out like water. What I always feared has happened to me. What I dreaded has come true. I have no peace, no quietness. I have no rest. Only trouble comes. Hunter: Job 4. Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied to Job, will you be patient and let me say a word? For who could keep from speaking out? In the past, you have encouraged many people. You have strengthened those who are weak. Your words have supported those who are falling. You encouraged those with shaking knees. But now when trouble strikes, you lose heart. You are terrified when it touches you. Doesn't your reverence for God give you confidence? Doesn't your life of integrity give you hope? Stop and think. Hunter: Do the innocent die? When have the upright been destroyed? My experience shows that those who plant trouble and cultivate evil will harvest the same. A breath from God destroys them. They vanish in the blast of his anger. The lion roars and the wild cat snarls, but the teeth of strong lions will be broken. The fierce lion will starve for lack of prey. The cubs of the lioness will be scattered. This truth was given to me in secret. As though whispered in my ear, it came to me in a disturbing vision at night. Hunter: When people are in a deep sleep, fear gripped me and my bones trembled. A spirit swept past my face and my hair stood on end. The spirit stopped, but I couldn't see its shape. There was a form before my eyes. In the silence, I heard a voice say, can a mortal be innocent before God? Can anyone be pure before the Creator? If God does not trust his own angels and has charged his messengers with foolishness, how much less will he trust people made of clay? They are made of dust, crushed as easily as a moth. They are alive in the morning, but dead by evening, gone forever without a trace. Their tent cords are pulled, and the tent collapses, and they die in ignorance. Acts chapter 8. Hunter: Saul was one of the witnesses, and he agreed completely with the killing of Stephen. A great wave of persecution began that day, sweeping over the church in Jerusalem, and all the believers except the apostles were scattered through the regions of Judea and Samaria. Some devout men came and buried Stephen with great mourning. But Saul was going everywhere to destroy the church. He went from house to house, dragging out both men and women to throw them into prison. But the believers who were scattered preached the good news about Jesus wherever they went. Philip, for example, went to the city of Samaria and told people there about the Messiah. Crowds listened intently to Philip because they were eager to hear his message and to see the miraculous signs he did. Hunter: Many evil spirits were cast out, screaming as they left their victims, and many who had been paralyzed or lame were healed. There was great joy in that city. A man named Simon, who had been a sorcerer there for many years, amazing the people of Samaria and claiming to be someone great, everyone from the least to the greatest often spoke of him as the great one, the power of God. They listened closely to him because for a long time he had astounded them with his magic. But now the people believed Philip's message of the good news concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ. As a result, many men and women were baptized. Then Simon himself believed and was baptized. He began following Philip wherever he went, and he was amazed by the signs and great miracles Philip performed. Hunter: When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that the people of Samaria had accepted God's message, they sent Peter and John there. As soon as they arrived, they prayed for these new believers to receive the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit had not yet come upon any of them, for they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Then Peter and John laid their hands on these believers, and they received the Holy Spirit. When Simon saw that the Spirit was given when the apostles laid their hands on the people, he offered them money to buy this power. Let me have this power too, he exclaimed, so that when I lay my hands on people, they will receive the Holy Spirit. But Peter replied, May your money be destroyed with you for thinking that God's gift can be bought. You can have no part in this, for your heart is not right with God. Hunter: Repent of your wickedness and pray to the Lord. Perhaps he will forgive your evil thoughts, for I can see that you are full of bitter jealousy and are held captive by sin. Pray to the Lord for me, Simon exclaimed. That these terrible things you have said won't happen to me. After testifying and preaching the word of the Lord in Samaria, Peter and John returned to Jerusalem, and they stopped in many Samaritan villages along the way to preach the good news. Ask for Philip. An angel of the Lord said to him, go south down the desert road that runs from Jerusalem to Gaza. So he started out, and he met the treasurer of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under the candig, the queen of Ethiopia. Hunter: The eunuch had gone to Jerusalem to worship, and he was now returning. Seated in his carriage, he was reading aloud from the book of the prophet Isaiah. The Holy Spirit said to Philip, go over and walk along beside the carriage. Philip ran over and heard the man reading from the prophet Isaiah. Philip asked, do you understand what you're reading? The man replied, how can I unless someone instructs me? And he urged Philip to come up into the carriage and sit with him. The passage of scripture he had been reading was this, He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb is silent before the shears, he did not open his mouth. He was humiliated and received no justice. Who can speak of his descendants? For his life was taken from the earth. Hunter: The eunuch asked Philip, tell me, was the prophet talking about himself or someone else? So beginning with this same scripture, Philip told him the good news about Jesus. As they rode along, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, Look, there's some water. Why can't I be baptized? He ordered the carriage to stop, and they went down into the water, and Philip baptized him. When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away. The eunuch never saw him again, but went on his way rejoicing. Meanwhile, Philip found himself farther north at the town of Azotus. He preached the good news there and in every town along the way until he came to Caesarea. Acts 9. Hunter: Meanwhile, Saul was uttering threats with every breath and was eager to kill the Lord's followers. So he went to the high priest. He requested letters addressed to the synagogues in Damascus, asking for their cooperation in the arrest of any followers of the Way he found there. He wanted to bring them, both men and women, back to Jerusalem in chains. As he was approaching Damascus on this mission, a light from heaven suddenly shone down around him. He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? Who are you, Lord? Saul asked. And the voice replied, I am Jesus, the one you are persecuting. Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do. Hunter: The men with Saul stood speechless. For they heard the sound of someone's voice, but saw no one. Saul picked himself up off the ground, but when he opened his eyes he was blind, so his companions led him by the hand to Damascus. He remained there blind for 3 days, and he did not eat or drink. Now there was a believer in Damascus named Ananias. The Lord spoke to him in a vision, calling, Ananias? Yes, Lord, he replied. The Lord said, go over to Strait Street to the house of Judas. When you get there, ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul. Hunter: He is praying to me right now. I have shown him a vision of a man named Ananias coming in and laying hands on him so he can see again. But, lord, exclaimed Ananias, I've heard many people talk about the terrible things this man has done to the believers in Jerusalem, and he's authorized by the leading priest to arrest anyone who calls upon your name. But the lord said, go. For Saul is my chosen instrument to take my message to the Gentiles and to kings as well as to the people of Israel. And I will show him how much he must suffer for my name's sake. So Ananias went and found Saul. He laid his hands on him and said, brother Saul, the Lord Jesus who appeared to you on the road has sent me so that you might regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit. Hunter: Instantly, something like scales fell from Saul's eyes, and he regained his sight. Then he got up and was baptized. Afterward, he ate some food and regained his strength. Saul stayed with the believers in Damascus for a few days, and immediately he began preaching about Jesus in the synagogues, saying, He is indeed the Son of God. All who heard him were amazed. Isn't this the same man who caused such devastation among Jesus' followers in Jerusalem? They asked. And didn't he come here to arrest them and take them in chains to the leading priest? Saul's preaching became more and more powerful, and the Jews in Damascus couldn't refute his proofs that Jesus was indeed the Messiah. After a while, some of the Jews plotted together to kill him. Hunter: They were watching for him day night in the city gate so they could murder him. But Saul was told about their plot. So during the night, some of the other believers lowered him in a large basket through an opening in the city wall. When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to meet with the believers, but they were all afraid of him. They did not believe he had truly become a believer. Then Barnabas brought him to the apostles and told them how Saul had seen the Lord on the way to Damascus and how the Lord had spoken to Saul. He also told them that Saul had preached boldly in the name of Jesus in Damascus. So Saul stayed with the apostles and went all around Jerusalem with them, preaching boldly in the name of the Lord. Hunter: He debated with some Greek speaking Jews, but they tried to murder him. When the believers heard about this, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him away to Tarsus, his hometown. The church then had peace throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria, and it became stronger as the believers lived in the fear of the Lord. And with the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, it also grew in numbers. Meanwhile, Peter traveled from place to place, and he came down to visit the believers in the town of Lydia. There he met a man named Aeneas, who had been paralyzed and bedridden for 8 years. Peter said to him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you. Get up and roll up your sleeping mat. Hunter: And he was healed instantly. Then the whole population of Lydia and Sharon saw Aeneas walking around, and they turned to the Lord. There was a believer in Joppa named Tabitha, which in Greek means Dorcas. She was always doing kind things for others and helping the poor. About this time she became ill and died. Her body was washed for burial and laid in an upstairs room. But the believers had heard that Peter was nearby and Lydia. So they took 2 men to beg him, Please come as soon as possible. Hunter: So Peter returned with them, and as soon as he arrived, they took him to the upstairs room. The room was filled with widows who were weeping and showing him the coats and other clothes Dorcas had made for them. But Peter asked them all to leave the room. Then he knelt and prayed. Turning to the body, he said, get up, Tabitha. And she opened her eyes. When she saw Peter, she sat up. He gave her his hand and helped her up. Hunter: Then he called in the widows and all the believers, and he presented her to them alive. The news spread through the whole town, and many believed in the Lord. And Peter stayed a long time in Joppa living with Simon, a tanner of hides. And now may our Lord give his blessing to the reading of His word. Amen. It's happening. Enemies, foreigners, the blind and deaf are all hearing and receiving the message of Christ's life. His life is being multiplied into the lives of all these people. Hunter: Jesus, his message is spreading out into all the earth. Down to Ethiopia, up to Damascus, on to Tarsus. The spirit and life of Christ is moving out. John wrote this. He said, I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat is planted in the soil and dies, it remains alone. But its death will produce many new colonels, a plentiful harvest of new lives. He was that grain of wheat that fell to the ground. On our behalf, out of love for you and me, because he did this great work, Now we have been included into the life that he shares with his father and the spirit. Hunter: People like us and people not like us, enemies, foreigners, the deaf, and the blind, and the dead are all being included into this life that Christ has come to give. He's making all things new. The world is transformed by what he's done. And now, one person at a time, are being awakened. Their eyes are being opened. The scales are coming off, like Saul. Now they can see who Jesus is. What he has done. Hunter: How deeply loved they are. And not just them, but every human being. The power to experience change is being given. The power to be transformed is being offered. Ask God to give you eyes to see, a heart to understand, that you're included too so that you can participate and be fully alive and available to whatever he wants for you. Whatever he desires to do through you, ask him to make you a vessel of this life that'll bring his peace, his hope, his love into this world. Even today. And that's a prayer that I have for my own soul. Hunter: That's a prayer that I have for my family, for my wife, my daughters, my son, and that's a prayer that I have for you. May it be so. And now, let us pray. Lord God, almighty and everlasting father, you have brought us in safety to this new day. Preserve us with your mighty power that we might not fall into sin or be overcome by adversity. And in all we do, direct us to the fulfilling of your purpose through Jesus Christ, our lord. Amen. Dear lord, you have made of one blood all the peoples of the earth and sent your blessed son to preach peace to those who are far and those who are near. Hunter: Grant that people everywhere may seek after you and find you. Bring the nations into your fold. Pour out your spirit on all flesh, and hasten the coming of your kingdom through Jesus Christ our lord. Amen. And now, lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon. Where there is doubt, faith. Hunter: Where there is despair, hope. Where there is darkness, light. And where there is sadness, joy. Oh, lord. Grant that I might not seek so much to be consoled as to console, to be understood as to understand, to be loved as to love. For it is in the giving that we receive, in the pardoning that we are pardoned. It is in the dying that we are born unto eternal life. Amen. Hunter: Almighty God, father of all mercies, we, your grateful children, give you humble thanks for all your goodness and loving kindness to us and all you have made. We bless you for your creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life. And above all, for your immeasurable love and your redemption of the world through our lord Jesus Christ. For the means of grace and the hope of glory. Lord, we pray, give us such awareness of your mercies that with truly thankful hearts, we may show forth your praise. Not only with our lips, but with our lives, by the giving up of ourselves for your service, in holiness and righteousness, all our days. Through Jesus Christ, our lord, to whom with you and the Holy Spirit, be all honor and glory through all ages. Amen. Hunter: And now as our Lord has taught us, we are bold to pray. Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen. Well, hey. Hunter: Hey. Hey. DRB nation, my sisters and my brothers. I hope that you are doing well today. I just wanna remind you that we have once again spent a perfectly good 20 minutes investing into our souls, establishing those habits of the heart that are worth establishing, opening our ears and listening to things that are worth our attention. Indeed, my friend, this habit of the heart is worth the time, and you are putting in the time that is needed. Now here's something that might not be needed, but it might be something that you want and I wanna tell you about it. It is our monthly newsletter. Hunter: We send it out and we try to bless you every month. We try to give you something. We try to give you some perspective, maybe some encouragement, maybe something that makes you go, wow. And we also like to do giveaway things like leather bibles and stickers and stuff like that. So if you are interested in being blessed at least once a month through a newsletter, well, we got you covered, and we would love for you to get it. It's easy. It's free like everything here, and all you need to do is head on over to the web page and sign up for it. You can find the link for it right in the show notes of the podcast. Hunter: So do that before the next one comes out. You don't know what you are missing. Well, hey. Before I let you all go, just wanna say, man, I'm glad to be on this journey with you. It is a source of deep encouragement for myself and for Heather, and we are constantly blown away by you. And last before I let you go, hunterpottery.com, that is the online store for the pottery that I have been making as of late. I've got a whole new drop that's just out of the kiln, and they are all handmade mugs by your brother Hunter. They are in a beautiful blue glaze called galaxy blue, and some of them have the words you are loved inscribed in the mug. Hunter: So you can have your morning coffee and listen to the DRB sipping in a mug that your brother Hunter made. So check it out at hunterpottery.com. You can also find information about it on our Facebook page at daily radio bible. Might be a good time to get a early start on those Christmas gifts at hunterpottery.com. Okay. Okay. Hey. Hey. Hunter: Hey. What do you say we do this again tomorrow? That's my plan, Lord willing and the Creek don't rise. Your brother, a hunter, plans on being right here until that time. Let's go forward in God's joy. Let's let his joy be our strength and let us always remember this, that you are loved. No doubt about it. Alrighty. I'll talk to you again tomorrow. Hunter: You guys take care. Bye bye.

This episode of the podcast is a conversation about overcoming Imposter Syndrome. I'm speaking with meditation teacher Lou Redmond, and together we explore this very common fear that often holds good people back from truly expressing their creativity, leadership, and potential in the world. Imposter Syndrome is a form of self-doubt that causes us to worry about being enough, knowing enough, or having someone expose us as a fraud. We talk about how Imposter Syndrome often comes up when we are trying something new, stepping into a leadership role, or pioneering in an area that others haven't developed yet. This secretly-not-good-enough feeling arises in our professional lives, but can also be present in more personal domains like relationships, parenting, spirituality, etc. Lou and I each share examples of when we've dealt with Imposter Syndrome in our work, and how we moved through those doubts. You'll hear about: leaning into action and gaining experience to grow your confidence working with a mentor, coach, or therapist to unpack beliefs about your worthiness recognizing your integrity and that imposter syndrome may be arising because you care and don't want to cause harm. We also touch on the topic of self-improvement, and how (like Imposter Syndrome) it can be driven by a sense of lack or inadequacy. This conversation highlights how inner work and meditation practices can help us recognize our inherent wholeness and trust ourselves more fully. --------- Guest Bio: Lou Redmond is a meditation teacher, life coach, and inspirational speaker. His meditations have been listened to over 1 million times and his online courses have enrolled over 60,000 students. Lou is the host of The Art & Business of Meditation podcast, where he helps people make an impact and income using meditation. Lou is also the author of Find Your Truth: A Modern Day Story About Letting Go of Addiction and Finding Life's Purpose.  --------- For more links and resources mentioned in this episode, find the show notes at movedtomeditate.yoga/podcast. To learn more about Lou's work, visit his website at louredmond.com, and sign up for his free Meditation Script Mastery Course here. Feel free to reach out through my website with any episode requests, topics you'd like to hear about, or guest interview suggestions. You can also connect with me on Instagram or Threads at @addie_movedtomeditate (for mindfulness, movement, pictures of Pacific Northwest nature, crocheting projects, and my adorable kitty, Mustache).

Click here for the DRB Daily Sign Up form! TODAY'S SCRIPTURE:Malachi 3-4; Psalms 148; Acts 5 Click HERE to give! One Year Bible Podcast: Join Hunter and Heather Barnes on 'The Daily Radio Bible' for a daily 20-minute spiritual journey. Engage with scripture readings, heartfelt devotionals, and collective prayers that draw you into the heart of God's love. Embark on this year-long voyage through the Bible, and let each day's passage uplift and inspire you. TODAY'S EPISODE: Welcome, dear ones, to the Daily Radio Bible. Today is October 16th, and it's day 290 of our journey through the scriptures. I'm Hunter, your Bible reading coach, here to accompany you as we dive into the Word of God. Today, we'll explore powerful passages from Malachi chapters 3 and 4, Psalm 148, and Acts chapter 5. We'll reflect on themes of purification, praise, and the unstoppable message of life found in Jesus Christ. Join us as we read, reflect, and pray together, letting the scriptures point us to the one who is the living Word of God. Ready your hearts, and let's embark on this soul-nourishing journey. TODAY'S PRAYERS: Lord God Almighty and everlasting father you have brought us in safety to this new day preserve us with your Mighty power that we might not fall into sin or be overcome by adversity. And in all we do, direct us to the fulfilling of your purpose  through Jesus Christ Our Lord amen.   Oh God you have made of one blood all the peoples of the earth and sent your blessed son to preach peace to those who are far and those who are near. Grant that people everywhere may seek after you, and find you. Bring the nations into your fold, pour out your Spirit on all flesh, and hasten the coming of your kingdom through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.   And now Lord,  make me an instrument of your peace.  Where there is hatred let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon.  Where there is doubt, faith. Where there is despair, hope.  Where there is darkness, light.  And where there is sadness,  Joy.  Oh Lord grant that I might not seek to be consoled as to console. To be understood as to understand, to be loved as to love.  For it is in the giving that we receive, in the pardoning that we are pardoned, it is in the dying that we are born unto eternal life.  Amen And now as our Lord has taught us we are bold to pray... Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven, give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our tresspasses as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not unto temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the Kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. Loving God, we give you thanks for restoring us in your image. And nourishing us with spiritual food, now send us forth as forgiven people, healed and renewed, that we may proclaim your love to the world, and continue in the risen life of Christ.  Amen.  OUR WEBSITE: www.dailyradiobible.com We are reading through the New Living Translation.   Leave us a voicemail HERE: https://www.speakpipe.com/dailyradiobible Subscribe to us at YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Dailyradiobible/featured OTHER PODCASTS: Listen with Apple Podcast DAILY BIBLE FOR KIDS DAILY PSALMS DAILY PROVERBS DAILY LECTIONARY DAILY CHRONOLOGICAL  

Click here for the DRB Daily Sign Up form! TODAY'S SCRIPTURE: Click HERE to give! One Year Bible Podcast: Join Hunter and Heather Barnes on 'The Daily Radio Bible' for a daily 20-minute spiritual journey. Engage with scripture readings, heartfelt devotionals, and collective prayers that draw you into the heart of God's love. Embark on this year-long voyage through the Bible, and let each day's passage uplift and inspire you. TODAY'S EPISODE: Welcome, dear listeners, to the Daily Radio Bible! Today, on this 14th day of October, we continue our journey through the Bible together. I'm Hunter, your Bible reading coach, here to guide you through the Scriptures as we delve into God's Word for day 288 of our year-long voyage. We'll be exploring several key scriptures today. Our readings include Nehemiah chapters 11 and 12, Psalm 1, and Acts chapter 3, all from the New Living Translation. We'll see how Nehemiah organizes the people of Jerusalem, celebrate the joy and dedication of the new wall, and witness the miraculous healing of a lame man in Acts, showcasing the transformative power of faith in Jesus Christ. Stay with us as we meditate on these passages and uncover their profound message for our lives today. And a special thank you to Nora from Switzerland for her kind words and encouragement, reminding us of the impact this community has worldwide. Sit back, reflect, and be inspired by today's episode of Daily Radio Bible. TODAY'S PRAYERS: Lord God Almighty and everlasting father you have brought us in safety to this new day preserve us with your Mighty power that we might not fall into sin or be overcome by adversity. And in all we do, direct us to the fulfilling of your purpose  through Jesus Christ Our Lord amen.   Oh God you have made of one blood all the peoples of the earth and sent your blessed son to preach peace to those who are far and those who are near. Grant that people everywhere may seek after you, and find you. Bring the nations into your fold, pour out your Spirit on all flesh, and hasten the coming of your kingdom through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.   And now Lord,  make me an instrument of your peace.  Where there is hatred let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon.  Where there is doubt, faith. Where there is despair, hope.  Where there is darkness, light.  And where there is sadness,  Joy.  Oh Lord grant that I might not seek to be consoled as to console. To be understood as to understand, to be loved as to love.  For it is in the giving that we receive, in the pardoning that we are pardoned, it is in the dying that we are born unto eternal life.  Amen And now as our Lord has taught us we are bold to pray... Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven, give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our tresspasses as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not unto temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the Kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. Loving God, we give you thanks for restoring us in your image. And nourishing us with spiritual food, now send us forth as forgiven people, healed and renewed, that we may proclaim your love to the world, and continue in the risen life of Christ.  Amen.  OUR WEBSITE: www.dailyradiobible.com We are reading through the New Living Translation.   Leave us a voicemail HERE: https://www.speakpipe.com/dailyradiobible Subscribe to us at YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Dailyradiobible/featured OTHER PODCASTS: Listen with Apple Podcast DAILY BIBLE FOR KIDS DAILY PSALMS DAILY PROVERBS DAILY LECTIONARY DAILY CHRONOLOGICAL  

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Brenda Coombs' story, while one of substantial tragedy and trauma, is one of encouragement, endurance, and ultimate victory. Brenda's first husband took his life, and five years later, two of her children died in a car accident. This is one of, if not *the* most powerful TME episodes I've had the honor of recording to date. Looking to save money on quality, bulk foods? Shop ⁠Azure Standard⁠ Watch on ⁠YouTube⁠ Visit ⁠The Motherhood Experience⁠ Website Follow us on ⁠Instagram⁠

Click here for the DRB Daily Sign Up form! TODAY'S SCRIPTURE: Click HERE to give! One Year Bible Podcast: Join Hunter and Heather Barnes on 'The Daily Radio Bible' for a daily 20-minute spiritual journey. Engage with scripture readings, heartfelt devotionals, and collective prayers that draw you into the heart of God's love. Embark on this year-long voyage through the Bible, and let each day's passage uplift and inspire you. TODAY'S EPISODE:   TODAY'S PRAYERS: Lord God Almighty and everlasting father you have brought us in safety to this new day preserve us with your Mighty power that we might not fall into sin or be overcome by adversity. And in all we do, direct us to the fulfilling of your purpose  through Jesus Christ Our Lord amen.   Oh God you have made of one blood all the peoples of the earth and sent your blessed son to preach peace to those who are far and those who are near. Grant that people everywhere may seek after you, and find you. Bring the nations into your fold, pour out your Spirit on all flesh, and hasten the coming of your kingdom through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.   And now Lord,  make me an instrument of your peace.  Where there is hatred let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon.  Where there is doubt, faith. Where there is despair, hope.  Where there is darkness, light.  And where there is sadness,  Joy.  Oh Lord grant that I might not seek to be consoled as to console. To be understood as to understand, to be loved as to love.  For it is in the giving that we receive, in the pardoning that we are pardoned, it is in the dying that we are born unto eternal life.  Amen And now as our Lord has taught us we are bold to pray... Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven, give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our tresspasses as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not unto temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the Kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. Loving God, we give you thanks for restoring us in your image. And nourishing us with spiritual food, now send us forth as forgiven people, healed and renewed, that we may proclaim your love to the world, and continue in the risen life of Christ.  Amen.  OUR WEBSITE: www.dailyradiobible.com We are reading through the New Living Translation.   Leave us a voicemail HERE: https://www.speakpipe.com/dailyradiobible Subscribe to us at YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Dailyradiobible/featured OTHER PODCASTS: Listen with Apple Podcast DAILY BIBLE FOR KIDS DAILY PSALMS DAILY PROVERBS DAILY LECTIONARY DAILY CHRONOLOGICAL  

Are you trapped in the vicious cycle of pornography addiction? Discover a profound path to freedom rooted in the timeless wisdom of Stoicism. In this episode, you'll learn to master your desires, detach from fleeting pleasures, develop resilience against cravings, cultivate virtues, and reclaim authenticity. Explore thought-provoking exercises like negative visualization and align with nature's universal laws to reclaim your sovereignty and manifest the purposeful existence you were born for. Join ⁠The Stoic Guild™⁠ for exclusive ad-free episodes, early access, and bonus content. Members also choose our episode topics!

Join me in a powerhouse episode of Unlock Your Potential featuring five extraordinary guests: Anthony Trucks, Jim Loehr, Evan Carmichael, Dan Ariely, and James Altucher. This episode is packed with wisdom from leaders in their fields who will help you make better decisions and improve your life to create your destiny. Anthony Trucks, a former NFL player turned transformational identity shift coach, shares insights on reinventing yourself and achieving peak performance. Jim Loehr, a world-renowned performance psychologist and author, delves into programming our minds to make wise decisions through a science-based approach. Evan Carmichael, a motivational speaker, entrepreneur, and investor, offers inspiration and practical advice for staying motivated and driven. Dan Ariely, a renowned professor of psychology and behavioral economics, reveals the secrets of human behavior and decision-making. James Altucher, a hedge-fund manager, author, and entrepreneur, discusses the importance of resilience, creativity, and entrepreneurship. In this episode, we explore: Anthony Trucks on identity shifts and personal transformation Jim Loehr on science-based strategies for wise decision-making Evan Carmichael on maintaining motivation and entrepreneurial success Dan Ariely on understanding and improving decision-making processes James Altucher on resilience, creativity, and entrepreneurship Tune in to learn from these five experts and unlock your potential to create the life you desire. Don't miss this episode packed with actionable insights and transformative tips. Timestamps: (00:00:00) Anthony Trucks: The ideal identity (00:05:20) The first identity shift (00:11:00) Excuses that stop you (00:14:30) Leaving football (00:19:00) Roots and fruits (00:23:00) Everyone's greatest obstacle (00:26:20) Jim Loehr: Wise Decisions (00:28:30) Making decisions (00:35:50) 2 ways to make decisions (00:38:40) How we learn to make decisions (00:46:45) How to make GOOD decisions (00:51:00) Bad decisions (00:57:40) Evan Carmichael: The world's greatest problem (00:58:30) Complainers, Dreamers, Wannabes and Achievers  (00:59:30) The Key to Breakthrough (01:02:20) Evan's message to complainers and dreamers (01:07:20) Learning to be the best you (01:12:55) Dan Ariely: Behavioral economics (01:16:43) Finding Life fulfillment  (01:19:50) Path of least resistance (01:23:40) Taking on risks (01:29:30) The half a beard (01:35:40) James Altucher: Being in the top 1% of your field (01:40:50) Mastering variety vs mastering one thing (01:45:40) Number 1 vs Number 15 (01:53:35) Reaching your plateau  (01:54:45) Reaching your potential

We may be closer than ever to discovering life outside of Earth, and there's more promise in developing an affordable snake antivenom than ever, plus on This Day in History, the first American typewriter – err, typographer – is patented. Signs of Life Could Be Found Close to the Surface of Two Nearby Moons (gizmodo.com) Life signs could survive near the surfaces of Saturn and Jupiter's moons Encleadus and Europa | Space CRISPR Identifies Commonly Available Drug That Works as Cobra Venom Antidote (goodnewsnetwork.org) New antidote for cobra bites discovered - The University of Sydney A Brief History of Typewriters (xavier.edu) 1829 Detail, William Austin Burt Invents the Typewriter - America's Best History, U.S. History Timeline: The 1820's (americasbesthistory.com) Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The desert places of our lives become opportunities for greater growth as we abide in Jesus.

Guest Bio: Gary Lipsky, a seasoned entrepreneur and real estate investor, has a remarkable track record in the multifamily and affordable housing sector. With over 3,000 units under management and $230 million in assets, Gary's expertise spans from strategic market analysis to asset management, making him a leading figure in real estate investment. Episode Summary: In this insightful episode, we dive deep into the current challenges and opportunities within the real estate market, focusing on multifamily and affordable housing sectors. Gary shares his experience navigating the volatile interest rate environment, the importance of strategic investment decisions, and how his approach to deals has evolved. From discussing the significance of asset management to revealing tactics for raising capital in a tight economy, this episode is packed with valuable advice for both seasoned and aspiring investors. Key Discussions: [00:01:21] Transitioning strategies in a fluctuating market [00:06:01] The impact of Federal Reserve policies on real estate investments [00:13:15] Asset management's role in maximizing investment returns [00:20:03] Finding and executing on value-add opportunities [00:32:38] Preparing for economic uncertainties and future market conditions [00:38:32] Effective capital raising techniques in today's economy Notable Quote: "It's easy to look good when the market props you up, and now we're seeing who's really prepared for the more challenging times." - Gary Lipsky Calls-to-action: Text ‘XRAY' to 844.447.1555 for a free financial portfolio review. Text ‘DEALS' to 844.447.1555 for private investment opportunities. Follow @officialmattya on social media platforms. Visit Shop.MillionaireMindcast.com for all our latest resources and merchandise. Subscribe and share the podcast to support the channel. Discover more about Gary's strategies and insights by visiting BreakADayCapital.com, and connect with him on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram for the latest updates and investment opportunities. Episode Sponsored By: Discover Financial Millionaire Mindcast Shop: Buy the Rich Life Planner and Get the Wealth-Building Bundle for FREE! Visit: https://shop.millionairemindcast.com/ MY FIRST 50K!: Visit https://wiseinvestorcollective.com/ and submit your application to join! Uplift Desk: Visit https://www.upliftdesk.com/mindcast or use the code MINDCAST for a 5% discount! Gusto: Visit https://www.gusto.com/millionairemindcast to get 3 Months free! LinkedIn Sales Solutions: Visit http://www.linkedin.com/mindcast to get your free 60-Day Trial!

Guest Bio: Gary Litsky, a seasoned entrepreneur and real estate investor, has a remarkable track record in the multifamily and affordable housing sector. With over 3,000 units under management and $230 million in assets, Gary's expertise spans from strategic market analysis to asset management, making him a leading figure in real estate investment. Episode Summary: In this insightful episode, we dive deep into the current challenges and opportunities within the real estate market, focusing on multifamily and affordable housing sectors. Gary shares his experience navigating the volatile interest rate environment, the importance of strategic investment decisions, and how his approach to deals has evolved. From discussing the significance of asset management to revealing tactics for raising capital in a tight economy, this episode is packed with valuable advice for both seasoned and aspiring investors. Key Discussions: [00:01:21] Transitioning strategies in a fluctuating market [00:06:01] The impact of Federal Reserve policies on real estate investments [00:13:15] Asset management's role in maximizing investment returns [00:20:03] Finding and executing on value-add opportunities [00:32:38] Preparing for economic uncertainties and future market conditions [00:38:32] Effective capital raising techniques in today's economy Notable Quote: "It's easy to look good when the market props you up, and now we're seeing who's really prepared for the more challenging times." - Gary Litsky Calls-to-action: Text ‘XRAY' to 844.447.1555 for a free financial portfolio review. Text ‘DEALS' to 844.447.1555 for private investment opportunities. Follow @officialmattya on social media platforms. Visit Shop.MillionaireMindcast.com for all our latest resources and merchandise. Subscribe and share the podcast to support the channel. Discover more about Gary's strategies and insights by visiting BreakADayCapital.com, and connect with him on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram for the latest updates and investment opportunities. Episode Sponsored By: Discover Financial Millionaire Mindcast Shop: Buy the Rich Life Planner and Get the Wealth-Building Bundle for FREE! Visit: https://shop.millionairemindcast.com/ MY FIRST 50K!: Visit https://mattaitchison.com/coaching/ and submit your application to join! Uplift Desk: Visit https://www.upliftdesk.com/mindcast or use the code MINDCAST for a 5% discount! Gusto: Visit https://www.gusto.com/millionairemindcast to get 3 Months free! LinkedIn Sales Solutions: Visit http://www.linkedin.com/mindcast to get your free 60-Day Trial!

Darkness Radio presents Supernatural News/Parashare: Finding Life On Other Worlds While Experimenting On Dead Presidents Edition with Mallie Fox! This Week, Guess what?! Turns out that big James Webb telescope may have discovered life on another world!  The new AI George Carlin special sucks... just ask his daughter, Earth's last cannibal tribe butchers those "possessed by demons" and eats them! and a doctor injected a dog and rabbits with bacteria from an assassinated US President in a bizarre autopsy experiment, AND WE HAVE THE DETAILS!! PLUS, Ziggy's Picks!!   Check out all things Mallie here:  https://www.paranormalgirl.com/ Mallie has been spreading her wings and featured as a researcher and talking head on Strange Evidence on the Science Channel!  You can stream it on demand on Discovery + or on Max!  Get Max here:   https://bit.ly/469lcZH #paranormal  #supernatural  #paranormalpodcasts  #darknessradio  #timdennis #beercitybruiser #ringofhonorwrestling #malliefox #paranormalgirl #strangeevidence #supernaturalnews  #parashare  #ghosts  #spirits   #hauntings #hauntedhouses #haunteddolls #demons #deliverances #exorcisms  #Psychics  #tarot  #ouija    #Aliens  #UFO #UAP #Extraterrestrials #alienhumanhybrid #alienabduction #alienimplant #Alienspaceships  #disclosure #shadowpeople #AATIP #DIA #Cryptids #Cryptozoology #bigfoot #sasquatch #yeti  #abominablesnowman #ogopogo #lochnessmonster #chupacabra #beastofbrayroad #mothman #Artificiallife #artificialintelligence #AI #space-X #NASA  #CIA #FBI #conspiracytheory #neardeatheexperience