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Welcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. When another white stag appears, the court of King Arthur again sets off in pursuit of high adventure. This time, the quest comes to Sir Geraint, who defends the honor of the queen. Then we learn about Sir Lancelot of the Lake, who lived an idyllic childhood in Fairyland before becoming a Knight of the Round Table.Now sit back, relax, and listen to this story come to life.Listening to audiobooks really does count as reading, and there's no better way to relax than to hear Stories Come to Life! Let me know what you think! Please send an email to me at kluker@marshallpl.org. I'd love to hear from you!

Numbers make stories more vivid. When we say, "Apartment 101," you may get a picture in your mind of the door with the number. But there's a downside. When you use numbers to suggest how you value something, your audience will be judging you. They assign their ow values to every story. In this episode you will learn... ...how the vividness of numbers makes your story more clear (and how that can be a downside) ...how casual references to certain details will send a message to your audience (and it may not be the message you want them to hear) ...how context will be important to your audience's response to your story Resources: Strategic Intensive Program Background on story archetypes - FREE guide Understanding your client's backstory - FREE guide  

At the beginning of each year, we just look at the life of Jesus. We usually spend about 4-5 months just reading through the stories of Jesus' life, because we are Jesus people. And we have found that when we look deeply at the life of Jesus, and we get the stories of how He interacted with human beings while He was on earth deep within us, then we not only get a better picture of who God is, but how He wants to be with us, to cooperate with us in this life. Because the most meaningful and satisfying life we can experience is to live fully into the story God is telling, and that is our greatest desire.

Welcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. Here are the adventures of two noble knights and one of King Arthur's young cousins: a foundling prince. Sir Gawain and Sir Tristram both find the lady of their dreams, and oh, the amazing, magical, and astounding adventures that King Arthur and his knights undertake in order to help the Foundling Prince find and win the hand of the lovely Princess Olwen! King Arthur really will do whatever he needs to do to keep his word to the people!Now sit back, relax, and listen to this story come to life.Listening to audiobooks really does count as reading, and there's no better way to relax than to hear Stories Come to Life! Let me know what you think! Please send an email to me at kluker@marshallpl.org. I'd love to hear from you!

Welcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. King Arthur and Queen Guinevere are radiantly happy at their castle in Camelot. Almost every seat is filled at the Round Table, and very soon after the knights have made their solemn vows, their words are put to the test when a lovely maiden in distress appears in the great hall. Helping her may be the first quest for the knights of the Round Table, but it certainly isn't the last.Now sit back, relax, and listen to this story come to life.Listening to audiobooks really does count as reading, and there's no better way to relax than to hear Stories Come to Life! Let me know what you think! Please send an email to me at kluker@marshallpl.org. I'd love to hear from you!

Welcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. In these selections of King Arthur and His Knights, you will learn about how Merlin built the Round Table, where King Arthur received the amazing sword, Excalibur, and how he met and fell in love with the beautiful and charming Guinevere. Now sit back, relax, and listen to this story come to life.Listening to audiobooks really does count as reading, and there's no better way to relax than to hear Stories Come to Life! Let me know what you think! Please send an email to me at kluker@marshallpl.org. I'd love to hear from you!

Welcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. There are many, many versions of the legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Some of these legends were written down more than 500 years ago in about the year 1470 by Sir Thomas Malory, who put them into a book he called Le Morte D'Arthur, or The Death of Arthur. His words were not the actual legends, though, but his retelling of even more ancient stories. Many of the words he used aren't in our normal vocabularies anymore, so in order to tell the story in a way that we can all understand, I turned to a version that I read first many, many years ago. When my dad was a little boy, he had a book called King Arthur and His Knights. By the time I had a chance to read it, the cover had been worn off from many years of hard usage. But the words were still there, and I was caught up in the exciting tales of knights and ladies and their amazing and sometimes magical adventures. The version I'll be reading here is as close as I could find to that old version from my, and my dad's, childhood. But even though these stories are so old, I think you will find them to be as fresh and exciting as they were when other generations of interested readers were enchanted by King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.In this first selection, we meet Merlin the renowned magician, King Uther Pendragon, Arthur's father, and of course, young King Arthur himself!Now sit back, relax, and listen to this story come to life.Listening to audiobooks really does count as reading, and there's no better way to relax than to hear Stories Come to Life! Let me know what you think! Please send an email to me at kluker@marshallpl.org. I'd love to hear from you!

Welcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. When Jimmy Bean plucks the first spring weeds from the flower bed under an open window at John Pendleton's house, he overhears some information that may make all the difference for Pollyanna and her future. But can other people overcome their pride and stubbornness to allow the possibility to happen?To find out, sit back, relax, and listen to this story come to life.Listening to audiobooks really does count as reading, and there's no better way to relax than to hear Stories Come to Life! Let me know what you think! Please send an email to me at kluker@marshallpl.org. I'd love to hear from you!

Welcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. It is easy to play the Just Be Glad Game when everything is going well. It's a little harder, but, according to Pollyanna, even more fun when it's hard to think of something to be glad about. But what happens when the most terrible thing of all comes to pass and an exuberant and active girl is confronted with the news that she may never walk again? When Pollyanna reaches the depths of her despair, the loving townsfolk of Beldingsville rally together to bring cheering words to their little angel. Could their words possibly be enough to help Pollyanna play the game again?To find out, sit back, relax, and listen to this story come to life.Listening to audiobooks really does count as reading, and there's no better way to relax than to hear Stories Come to Life! Let me know what you think! Please send an email to me at kluker@marshallpl.org. I'd love to hear from you!

Welcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. Could Aunt Polly really be softening toward her loving niece, Pollyanna? Nancy thinks so, because Aunt Polly sent her out with an umbrella because she was afraid Pollyanna would be caught by a thunderstorm. And now Pollyanna is beginning to see the tenderness with her own eyes! Somehow, Pollyanna's exuberant and loving spirit seems to be rubbing off on all the people around her!Now sit back, relax, and listen to this story come to life.Listening to audiobooks really does count as reading, and there's no better way to relax than to hear Stories Come to Life! Let me know what you think! Please send an email to me at kluker@marshallpl.org. I'd love to hear from you!

Nobody tells stories better than Kwaku's grandfather. But how did he even learn these amazing tales? When Kwaku asks his grandfather that puzzling question, he's in for an adventure filled with sky gods, mighty pythons, and mysterious spirits. Join Kwaku on a quest to discover the magic of African myths — and a voice of his own.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. Do you remember that old Tom the gardener once mentioned to Nancy that long years ago Aunt Polly had quarreled with a lover? From watching the way Mr. Pendleton has softened under Pollyanna's sweet friendship, Nancy has decided that the old lover was Mr. Pendleton! She tells Pollyanna, and of course the tenderhearted girl wants to do whatever she can to reconcile the lovers so they will both be less lonely and more able to find gladness in the world. But no one could be more surprised about this perfectly logical supposition than Mr. Pendleton himself! Now sit back, relax, and listen to this story come to life.Listening to audiobooks really does count as reading, and there's no better way to relax than to hear Stories Come to Life! Let me know what you think! Please send an email to me at kluker@marshallpl.org. I'd love to hear from you!

Welcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. When Pollyanna walks back home after her unsuccessful meeting with the Beldingsville Ladies Aid, she takes a path through Pendleton Woods. Here she finds Mr. Pendleton who has fallen and broken his leg! Her resourcefulness brings him relief, and soon Pollyanna becomes acquainted with kindly Dr. Chilton, who claims that Pollyanna herself is a tonic of good health he wishes he could prescribe to all his patients! Of all the people in town, only Aunt Polly doesn't seem to be softening under Pollyanna's benign influence. Now sit back, relax, and listen to this story come to life.Listening to audiobooks really does count as reading, and there's no better way to relax than to hear Stories Come to Life! Let me know what you think! Please send an email to me at kluker@marshallpl.org. I'd love to hear from you!

Welcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. Pollyanna has a big heart. She finds something about just about everything in her world to love, from a scraggly kitten to a stray dog, and even to a little homeless boy. And she is already winning the hearts of those around her, including Mrs. Snow and, of course, dear Nancy. The only problem is that not everyone appreciates her open heart, not always Aunt Polly, and certainly not the Ladies Aid!  Now sit back, relax, and listen to this story come to life.Listening to audiobooks really does count as reading, and there's no better way to relax than to hear Stories Come to Life! Let me know what you think! Please send an email to me at kluker@marshallpl.org. I'd love to hear from you!

Welcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. What an extraordinary child! That is the reaction Aunt Polly, and in fact, many of the residents of Beldingsville seem to exclaim when they make Pollyanna's acquaintance. Not only does Pollyanna not realize when she is being punished, for example, but she takes the punishment as a special reward, planned to make her happy. You see, Pollyanna has been playing a game ever since she was a very little, little girl, in which she tries to find something about every situation that can make her glad. Yes indeed, what an extraordinary girl! Now sit back, relax, and listen to this story come to life.Listening to audiobooks really does count as reading, and there's no better way to relax than to hear Stories Come to Life! Let me know what you think! Please send an email to me at kluker@marshallpl.org. I'd love to hear from you!

Welcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. In 1913, American author Eleanor H. Porter's most famous book, Pollyanna, was published. Here is the delightful story of eleven-year-old Pollyanna (named after her mother's two sisters). When Pollyanna's beloved father dies, Pollyanna is sent to the town of Beldingsville, Vermont, to live with her austere and coldly dutiful Aunt Polly. Nancy, the young hired girl, is appalled at the less than warm welcome shown to the sweet young orphan, and is determined to be a friend and a rock of refuge to the young girl.Now sit back, relax, and listen to this story come to life.Listening to audiobooks really does count as reading, and there's no better way to relax than to hear Stories Come to Life! Let me know what you think! Please send an email to me at kluker@marshallpl.org. I'd love to hear from you!

Welcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. How discouraging it is for the Hardy boys. They really want to locate the stolen loot and clear the good name of Mr. Robinson, but where could it be? Like the active boys they are, they decide to take a ride along the railway on their motorcycles, just to take a break from the whole situation. It's a good thing for everyone involved that they took that ride!  Now sit back, relax, and listen to this story come to life.Listening to audiobooks really does count as reading, and there's no better way to relax than to hear Stories Come to Life! Let me know what you think! Please send an email to me at kluker@marshallpl.org. I'd love to hear from you!

Welcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. It seems the Tower Mansion theft will soon be wrapped up! The boys' clever strategy to foil the incompetent Chief Collig and Inspector Smuff's plan to question Jackley gave Mr. Hardy the chance he needed to hear Jackley's dying confession. The criminal's last whispered words directed Mr. Hardy to look in the old tower for the loot. Now the only thing the Hardy boys need to do is to go to the Tower Mansion and retrieve the goods. Simple! Or is it?   Now sit back, relax, and listen to this story come to life.Listening to audiobooks really does count as reading, and there's no better way to relax than to hear Stories Come to Life! Let me know what you think! Please send an email to me at kluker@marshallpl.org. I'd love to hear from you!

Welcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. Having found the red wig hidden in the bushes, Frank and Joe are sure the identity of the car thief will soon be discovered. They have a hunch that perhaps that criminal is the same one who perpetrated the Tower Mansion robbery, and if it is, then Slim Robinson will be able to come back to school instead of leaving to help support his family by working as a grocery deliveryman. But even with Mr. Hardy's help, it is harder to find the thief than the boys had anticipated. Here is the next, exciting episode of The Hardy Boys in The Tower Treasure. Now sit back, relax, and listen to this story come to life.Listening to audiobooks really does count as reading, and there's no better way to relax than to hear Stories Come to Life! Let me know what you think! Please send an email to me at kluker@marshallpl.org. I'd love to hear from you!

Welcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. The Hardy boys, Joe and Frank, are very busy in today's episode. They are determined to learn the skills of detective work that their father uses every day, so they begin by trying to observe the things around them very carefully, including some peculiar tire tracks Joe notices in the woods. His determined observation helps Chet find his missing roadster! But when the boys get back to town to share the good news, they find that everyone's attention has been riveted by the terrible news that Tower Mansion has been burglarized! Can the boys help eccentric Hurd Anderson recover his stolen valuables?Now sit back, relax, and listen to this story come to life.Listening to audiobooks really does count as reading, and there's no better way to relax than to hear Stories Come to Life! Let me know what you think! Please send an email to me at kluker@marshallpl.org. I'd love to hear from you!

 Welcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. Here is the first of the many adventures of the Hardy boys, a series of books that is, in many ways, a companion series to the Nancy Drew books! For one thing, both series of books were produced by the same book packaging company, the Stratemeyer Syndicate. Here we meet Frank and Joe Hardy, the sons of the famous detective, Fenton Hardy. The boys want very much to become well-known and accomplished detectives just like their father. Surprisingly, a mystery seems to fall right in their laps as they are first almost hit by a speeding car, and then they discover that their friend's automobile has been stolen by the same fanatic driver. Here is the first episode of The Tower Treasure, featuring the Hardy Boys! Now sit back, relax, and listen to this story come to life. Listening to audiobooks really does count as reading, and there's no better way to relax than to hear Stories Come to Life! Let me know what you think! Please send an email to me at kluker@marshallpl.org. I'd love to hear from you!

Welcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. I am so happy today to introduce to you one of our fine library specialists, Jake. He has been interested for awhile in recording a story for our podcast, and he chose a very interesting story indeed. Here is Jake, reading a story called The Fifty-Seventh Cat, by Sheela Chari. The book this selection was taken from, Super Puzzletastic Mysteries, edited by Chris Grabenstein,  was published by HarperCollins publishing company, which has graciously extended permission for us to read this book out loud and share it with others on this podcast until December 31, 2023. At that time, it will be taken down in accordance with the copyright requirements, so listen now, while it's available. And now, here is Jake who will introduce himself and say a few words before jumping into his story. Listening to audiobooks really does count as reading, and there's no better way to relax than to hear Stories Come to Life! Let me know what you think! Please send an email to me at kluker@marshallpl.org. I'd love to hear from you!

Welcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. Here is the thrilling final episode of Dandelion Cottage, written way back in 1904 by Carroll Watson Rankin. Even though this book is more than a hundred years old, so many of the experiences seem to be right up to date: the anxiety that comes in preparation for a dinner party, for example, or the happiness we feel when everything turns out just right. These feelings are universal, and I think that is what makes Dandelion Cottage a book to love and remember.Now sit back, relax, and listen to this story come to life.Listening to audiobooks really does count as reading, and there's no better way to relax than to hear Stories Come to Life! Let me know what you think! Please send an email to me at kluker@marshallpl.org. I'd love to hear from you!

Welcome to Stories Come to Life! I would love to hear from you, so please send me an email at kluker@marshallpl.org. It would make me so happy! Listening to audiobooks really does count as reading, and there's no better way to relax than to hear Stories Come to Life! Let me know what you think! Please send an email to me at kluker@marshallpl.org. I'd love to hear from you!

Welcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. In the last episode, Mr. Downing, the church warden, told his wife he intended to listen with the strictest impartiality to the girls' side of the story concerning those terrible Milligans. But does he listen? Not at all! He is more concerned with noticing all the little homey details the girls have added to the cottage and how the housekeeping is done than in truly hearing what the girls have to say. And then . . . ! But I won't give anything else away. About the only bright spot in today's story is that Mabel discovers the missing lemonade money in the old cracked pitcher.  Now sit back, relax, and listen to this story come to life.Listening to audiobooks really does count as reading, and there's no better way to relax than to hear Stories Come to Life! Let me know what you think! Please send an email to me at kluker@marshallpl.org. I'd love to hear from you!

Welcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. When dear Grandma Pike moved away, the girls wondered and wondered who their new neighbors would be. Finally, they arrived: a man and his wife, a boy, a girl (about the age of the four cottagers), a baby, and a dog! How wonderful it would be to have a new friend, and a new baby to play with! But oh, those Milligans! They are certainly not the kindly neighbors the girls hoped to have. Now sit back, relax, and listen to this story come to life.Listening to audiobooks really does count as reading, and there's no better way to relax than to hear Stories Come to Life!

Kelley Breiding is a musician who wears a lot of hats, at least one of which is often a cowboy hat and complements a vibrant, handcrafted outfit. Kelley is part of multiple bands and projects including her Blue Ridge Opry and the Blue Ridge Music Trails' Fine Tuned project. This episode features a conversation with Kelley in which you can learn more about her journey and the music she makes and loves.

Kelley Breiding is a musician who wears a lot of hats, at least one of which is often a cowboy hat and complements a vibrant, handcrafted outfit. Kelley is part of multiple bands and projects including her Blue Ridge Opry and the Blue Ridge Music Trails' Fine Tuned project. This episode features a conversation with Kelley in which you can learn more about her journey and the music she makes and loves.

Welcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. This is an episode of departures. First there is lovely Miss Blossom, the three-week lodger in Dandelion Cottage. But alas, three weeks passes so quickly and before the girls know it, Miss Blossom has to leave. Then Grandma Pike, who lives next door, moves away to live with her married daughter. Then Mr. Brown is called away to Washington for business for at least a month. So, his dinner must be postponed until he returns. At least kindly Mrs. Crane won't be leaving. She always has a place for the girls, and they become better friends than ever!Now, sit back, relax, and listen to this story come to life.Listening to audiobooks really does count as reading, and there's no better way to relax than to hear Stories Come to Life!

Welcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. Can you imagine furnishing a whole house, well, a cottage, with old, cast-off furniture and cracked dishes and a couch that is really just burlap spread over boxes? That is what Bettie, Mabel, Jean, and Marjory are doing, and they are having the time of their lives! If only they had a little bit of money so they could buy the ingredients for M.B.D (Mister Brown's Dinner). Here is the next episode of Dandelion Cottage.Now, sit back, relax, and listen to this story come to life.Listening to audiobooks really does count as reading, and there's no better way to relax than to hear Stories Come to Life!

Welcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. When I was a little girl, my dad built a playhouse under a big blue spruce tree for my sisters and me. I spent hours and hours playing in it. I swept the floor and decorated it with pictures I drew and flowers I picked in the alley. What wonderful memories I have of that little playhouse! In this book, four girls set their hearts on using an old vacant and very rundown cottage as their special place to play. They certainly have to work hard to make it theirs! Here is the first part of Bettie, Mabel, Jean, and Marjory's delightful adventure in Dandelion Cottage. Now, sit back, relax, and listen to this story come to life.Listening to audiobooks really does count as reading, and there's no better way to relax than to hear Stories Come to Life!

Welcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. It is with great pleasure that I am able to announce that Simon and Schuster Publishing Company has given permission for this book to be read out loud and shared on Stories Come to Life until December 31, 2023. But of course, the episodes that fall under that special permission will all be taken down on that date, so listen now, while they're available!Oh, the scrapes Nancy Drew gets herself in! At the beginning of this episode, we find her gagged, and bound hand and foot as a captive of three scoundrels: Tom Tozzle, Bud Mason, and the particularly mean Mary Mason, who seems to have a personal antipathy toward Nancy. How can she ever extricate herself from their clutches? Here is the final, exciting segment of Nancy Drew in The Mystery at Lilac Inn! Remember, this book can only remain on the podcast until June 30, 2023. But never fear, we can bring it back again on January 1, 2026, when it enters the public domain!Now, sit back, relax, and listen to this story come to life.Listening to audiobooks really does count as reading, and there's no better way to relax than to hear Stories Come to Life!

Welcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. It is with great pleasure that I am able to announce that Simon and Schuster Publishing Company has given permission for this book to be read out loud and shared on Stories Come to Life until December 31, 2023. But of course, the episodes that fall under that special permission will all be taken down on that date, so listen now, while they're available! If Nancy Drew is anything, she is a good friend to those in need. Emily Crandall certainly needs a good friend to help restore her inheritance and, if possible, clear her guardian, Mrs. Willoughby, from suspicion of the jewel theft. Nancy is doing all she can, even following the tiniest whiff of a clue no matter where it leads. But is Nancy brave, or is she foolhardy when she sneaks into the dilapidated house in Dockville where three hardened criminals are discussing their latest heist? Now, sit back, relax, and listen to this story come to life.Listening to audiobooks really does count as reading, and there's no better way to relax than to hear Stories Come to Life!

Welcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. It is with great pleasure that I am able to announce that Simon and Schuster Publishing Company has given permission for this book to be read out loud and shared on Stories Come to Life until December 31, 2023. But of course, the episodes that fall under that special permission will all be taken down on that date, so listen now, while they're available!Do you remember the sullen and rather rude girl who applied to become the housekeeper for the Drew family? Well, Mary Mason is back in the story! How could this rather shabbily dressed young woman have found enough money to purchase expensive dresses and other clothing items? Nancy has a faint suspicion that there may be some connection between Mary's extravagant spending and the robbery at Lilac Inn. Now if she can only find some common thread!Now, sit back, relax, and listen to this story come to life.Listening to audiobooks really does count as reading, and there's no better way to relax than to hear Stories Come to Life!

Welcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. It is with great pleasure that I am able to announce that Simon and Schuster Publishing Company has given permission for this book to be read out loud and shared on Stories Come to Life until December 31, 2023. But of course, the episodes that fall under that special permission will all be taken down on that date, so listen now, while they're available!Somehow, Nancy Drew just can't seem to avoid becoming involved in a thrilling mystery. With the puzzling disappearance of the Crandall jewels on her mind, Nancy is determined to help her friend regain her inheritance. But unlike other mysteries, this situation seems to have sprouted into an overabundance of clues, any one of which could lead to some sort of resolution. Finally, in an attempt to give her mind a rest from the confusing situation, Nancy goes shopping, and finds yet another strange piece that may or may not fit into the mysterious events at Lilac Inn.Now, sit back, relax, and listen to this story come to life.Listening to audiobooks really does count as reading, and there's no better way to relax than to hear Stories Come to Life!

Welcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. It is with great pleasure that I am able to announce that Simon and Schuster Publishing Company has given permission for this book to be read out loud and shared on Stories Come to Life until December 31, 2023. But of course, the episodes that fall under that special permission will all be taken down on that date, so listen now, while they're available! So many people have enjoyed listening to Nancy Drew's adventures that I decided to record the fourth book in the series: The Mystery at Lilac Inn, which, like the other three I already recorded, was also published first in 1930. As I stated earlier, this recording, for copyright reasons, can only stay on the podcast until December 31, 2023. But on January 1, 2026, the story will be in the public domain, so I'll be able to reinstate them fairly soon! In the meantime, please enjoy Nancy's story as she anticipates a glimpse of the famous Crandall jewels. Looking forward to this thrilling opportunity helps her endure the stress of interviewing many candidates for the position of housekeeper for the Drew household while faithful Hannah Gruen has gone to help her ailing sister.Now, sit back, relax, and listen to this story come to life.Listening to audiobooks really does count as reading, and there's no better way to relax than to hear Stories Come to Life!

Welcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. Ben Mason has faced so many obstacles as he has tried to make his place at Clearview Academy. He was assigned extra work so he would appear to be out of condition, he was able to save the life of a teammate and fainted from the loss of blood as a result, and now he is enduring a punishment after being falsely suspected of stealing money. How can he ever rise above this cloud of suspicion and unfair treatment to reach his true potential? It seems that it will take a miracle, or at least a change of heart from one of his teammates. Here is the thrilling conclusion of The Winning Basket!Now, sit back, relax, and listen to this story come to life.Listening to audiobooks really does count as reading, and there's no better way to relax than to hear Stories Come to Life!

Welcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. When I was visiting my parents a couple of weeks ago, I mentioned that I was reading The Winning Basket on this podcast. Pleased, Dad shared with me this poem that seems very fitting for Ben's tale. It is one of the poems in a book called Reflections on a Gift of Watermelon Pickle, which is an anthology of poetry edited by Stephen Dunning, Edward Lueders, and Hugh Smith. The poem, Foul Shot, was written by Edwin A. Hoey and here it is:Foul ShotWith two 60s stuck on the scoreboard And two seconds hanging on the clock, The solemn boy in the center of eyes, Squeezed by silence, Seeks out the line with his feet, Soothes his hands along his uniform, Gently drums the ball against the floor, Then measures the waiting net, Raises the ball on his right hand, Balances it with his left, Calms it with fingertips, Breathes,Crouches,Waits, And then through a stretching of stillness, Nudges it upwards. The ballSlides up and out, Lands, Leans, Wobbles, Wavers, Hesitates,Plays it coyUntil every face begs with unsounding screams--And then                    And then                                            And then,  Right before ROAR-UP,Drives down and through.  What do you think? Does that fit this story? I think so. Now, sit back, relax, and listen to this story come to life.Listening to audiobooks really does count as reading, and there's no better way to relax than to hear Stories Come to Life!

Welcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. Here is some amazing basketball! With Ben on the team, the Clearview Academy cadets have the opportunity to win and win and win. But tensions inside of the team seem to be pulling the squad apart. What in the world can Ben do to make the team start to click again? As always, Ben seems to be at the right place at the right time to make a big difference, and perhaps even save a life.Now, sit back, relax, and listen to this story come to life.Listening to audiobooks really does count as reading, and there's no better way to relax than to hear Stories Come to Life!

Welcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. Now as a member of the Clearview Academy basketball squad, Ben Mason knows this gives him a chance to prove to the rest of the school that he is worthy to be one of them. He plays with all his heart and tries to motivate his teammates to play their best as well. When they face their first contest, with Corona School, Ben has the opportunity to show what he can do!Now, sit back, relax, and listen to this story come to life.Listening to audiobooks really does count as reading, and there's no better way to relax than to hear Stories Come to Life!

Mark Zinno and Randy McMichael chat about the news of Ian Anderson undergoing Tommy John surgery and the Falcons trading for former Lions #3 overall pick CB Jeff Okudah.

Welcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. Now Ben has to work for his living, in order to have enough money to live until Clearview Academy returns his tuition and he can decide what else he can do to make his start in life. Because he is a good mechanic with a level head, he thinks of some ways to speed up the production in the valve assembly part of the automobile plant. His clever innovations bring him to the attention of the owner, John Harrigan, and once again Ben's future takes a decided new turn!Now, sit back, relax, and listen to this story come to life.Listening to audiobooks really does count as reading, and there's no better way to relax than to hear Stories Come to Life!

Welcome to our Podcast #2,617! Here's a link to our Costa Rica Pura Vida Amazon Products Store! Happy Shopping! https://www.costaricagoodnewsreport.com/costaricaproductsamazon.html We appreciate your listening and hope you find the time to go through the 100's of episodes that we have recorded already. They're short, so listen to a few every day! I promise you will learn all you need to know about one of the happiest countries on the planet! Here's some links that will get you started in learning more about Costa Rica! If you're thinking about moving to Costa Rica, we can assist! Visit "Royal Palms Costa Rica Real Estate". . we are DEDICATED BUYER'S AGENTS. Check out our website at www.costaricaimmigrationandmovingexperts.com/buyersagent.html Here's our NEW Costa Rica Good News Report YouTube Channel. Over 350 Short, Entertaining Videos that will get you excited about Costa Rica: https://www.youtube.com/@thecostaricagoodnewsreport/videos Check out an amazing travel website catering to those travelers age 50 and over! Dozens of incredible expert contributors writing about so many destinations: https://www.travelawaits.com/ Here's our 1st contribution to the TravelAwaits website: https://www.travelawaits.com/2789789/questions-to-ask-if-thinking-about-retiring-in-costa-rica/ Here's a link to our 2nd article on the TravelAwaits website as promised: https://www.travelawaits.com/2798638/tips-for-driving-in-costa-rica/ Here's a link to our 3rd article on the TravelAwaits website: https://www.travelawaits.com/2794704/how-to-gain-residency-status-in-costa-rica/ Check out our NEW COSTA RICA LOVE STORIES! There's ONE THING BETTER than falling in love. . falling in love in COSTA RICA! Here's the link: https://www.costaricagoodnewsreport.com/lovestories.html So many GOOD-NEWS stories coming out of Costa Rica. We'd love to share them with all of you! Way over 100 stories ready right now. Learn all about one if the Happiest Countries on the Planet. . Costa Rica! Here's a link: https://vocal.media/authors/skip-licht Become a "COSTA RICA PURA VIDA" Brand Ambassador & Share the LIFESTYLE with EVERYONE! Here's the link: https://www.costaricagoodnewsreport.com/brandambassador.html --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/costa-rica-pura-vida/message

This week, Sam Wasson, the author of one of the great books on moviemaking, The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood, joins Ashley and Mike to talk about his latest book about the city of dreams, Hollywood: The Oral History. In addition, Marcia DeSanctis reveals her idea for a winter travel destination that should go to the top of everyone's bucket list. And speaking of winter and the holidays, food writer and editor Christine Muhlke shares her thoughts on the best new cookbooks of the season. All this and more make this week's show one you won't want to miss.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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"We know that the Bible is mostly fiction, but did you ever wonder how some of the incredible stories got into the book? As a child, the story of Noah made no sense to me. Why would a supposedly loving God commit a genocidal holocaust by killing all humans on Earth except for one man and his family (a wife, three sons, and their wives)? The answer was that this perfect, all-knowing God somehow regretted that he made human beings and he grieved in his heart (Genesis 6:6) because, much to God's surprise, there was violence on Earth. Only 600-year-old Noah found favor in God's eyes. So God told Noah to build an ark and save only his family and pairs of animals from a life-destroying flood. Noah didn't question God's plan or show any compassion for his neighbors. Obedient Noah just followed orders. (By the way, how do Christian fundamentalists justify an abortion-loving god who killed all those innocent fetuses?) When the family finally left the ark for dry land, a grateful Noah burned some of the animals that were on the ark and offered them on an altar to God. When God smelled the burning flesh, he was pleased and promised never again to destroy all life by a flood. What did Noah then do? He made wine and became the first drunk in the Bible. He drank so much that he passed out while naked. One of Noah's sons, Ham, saw his father naked. When Noah awakened, he got furious with Ham for seeing him naked and for some strange reason cursed Ham's innocent son, Canaan, and said an appropriate punishment for Canaan and his descendants would be perpetual slavery. (The authors of the Bible probably focused on Canaan because in the Book of Joshua the Israelites slaughtered all inhabitants of Canaan on the way to their “promised” land.) Though not biblical, some now claim that Ham's descendants populated Egypt and the rest of Africa. Noah's curse was later used by preachers and politicians in the American South to justify race-based slavery. The Bible's writers were not original in their flood story. They seem to have plagiarized from an older Mesopotamian tale known as the Epic of Gilgamesh, written around 1800 BCE, long before the Hebrew Bible was written. In it, the Mesopotamian gods decide to punish humanity with a catastrophic flood. One man was chosen to survive using a specially constructed boat filled with animals. After the flood, birds were released to find dry land. On dry land, animals were sacrificed to repair the relationship between humanity and the divine. The authors of Genesis were aware of the deluge depicted in the Epic of Gilgamesh. Archaeologists have found bits of the Epic of Gilgamesh all over ancient Israel. It appears that the Epic of Gilgamesh was in broad circulation at the time Genesis was written." --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/antonio-myers4/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/antonio-myers4/support

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Along with his business partner Ron Eddings, Chris Cochran has built a podcast universe to highlight the stories of leaders in tech. He joins Tech Done Different to share how he did it, the key lessons about tech leadership he's learned from his guests (and own experience), and how to think about the emerging tech that is Web 3.0.You'll learn:why good stories come from good questionswhy your value has to come from within, and not external validationwhy to talk to smart people every daywhy imposter syndrome is only going to get worse in techhow to create a learning environment, and how it is the antidote to imposter syndromehow leaders can create a safe environment for learning, through vulnerabilityhow (and why) to solicit feedbackwhat Web 3.0 is and why it matters________________________________GuestChris CochranOn Linkedin | https://linkedin.com/in/chriscochrancyberOn Twitter | https://twitter.com/chriscochrcyber________________________________HostTed HarringtonOn ITSPmagazine  

Ann Charles is a USA-Today best-selling-author-Anne-Charles-e1alnaty Best-Selling author, with a B.A. in English and an emphasis on creative writing from the University of Washington, she writes spicy, award-winning mysteries full of mayhem, adventure, comedy, and suspense. She writes the Deadwood Mystery Series, Jackrabbit Junction Mystery Series, Dig Site Mystery Series, Deadwood Undertaker Series (with her husband, Sam Lucky), and AC Silly Circus Mystery Series. Her Deadwood Mystery Series has won multiple national awards. She is a member of Sisters in Crime and Western Writers of America and is currently toiling away on her next book, wishing she was on a Mexican beach with an ice-cold Corona in one hand and a book in the other. When she is not dabbling in fiction, she is arm wrestling with her two kids, attempting to seduce her husband, and arguing with her sassy cats. To find out more, visit: http://anncharles.com/ This episode is sponsored by https://www.creative-edge.services/ To learn more about your host, Kim Lengling, visit: www.kimlenglingauthor.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kim-lengling1/support

Roma Downey is an Emmy® nominated actress, producer and New York Times best-selling author for her novel “Box of Butterflies” and has been creating inspirational content for twenty-five years. Born in Northern Ireland, she was classically trained in London. She has performed on stage with the famed Abbey Theater and has appeared both on and off Broadway. For almost a decade, Roma starred on the hit CBS show, “Touched by an Angel.” In her role as the tender-hearted angel, Monica, she garnered multiple Emmy and Golden Globe nominations.Roma and her husband Mark Burnett produced “The Bible” series on the History Channel that was viewed by more than 100 million people in the US alone. They also produced the feature film “Son of God” that stunned the box office when it became one of the highest faith movie openings of all time. In 2016 Downey received the Irish Diaspora Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Screen from the IFTA as well as her star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Hollywood trade publication Variety recognized Downey as a "Trailblazer" and listed her as Variety's ‘100 Most Powerful Women in Hollywood.' The Hollywood Reporter included her and Burnett as their ‘Most Influential People of 2013'. In 2014, Downey won the ‘Movie Guide Grace Award' for her role as Mother Mary. That same year, Downey was also honored on Variety's Women of Impact.?Roma launched LightWorkers Media (LightWorkers) in 2011 along with her husband, award-winning producer Mark Burnett. LightWorkers is now an MGM company, with Downey serving as its creative lead. LightWorkers.com, has become an online destination for uplifting and encouraging short-form digital and social content with over 300M monthly video views. Additionally, LightWorkers has produced the series “A.D.: The Bible Continues” for NBC, “The Women of the Bible” for Lifetime, “The Dovekeepers” for CBS, “Answered Prayers” for TLC, the feature films “Little Boy” for Open Road Films, “Woodlawn” for Pure Flix, “Ben-Hur" for MGM and Paramount, “On A Wing And A Prayer” for MGM, along with "Messiah” and "Country Ever After" for Netflix and “Redeeming Love” coming this Spring.DREAMING BIG FOR YOUR CAREER In case you've missed it, I'm teaching a new online course all about dreaming big for your career. This course is a great way to start crafting the career you've always wanted - one with impact and joy. Once registered, you can access the course anytime and complete the modules at your own pace.A few of the topics include:- Define Your Ambitions- Design Your Legacy- Know Where You're Going- Tell Your StoryWork is important to so many of us. This course is a tool for cultivating joy and fulfillment in your career. I've learned a thing or two about career-building over the past few decades and I'm thrilled to share what I've learned with you. Questions? Visit our FAQ. I hope you'll join us! On the episode: Producer : Tatave Abeshyan Producer & Co-host : Scott Schimmel