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In this episode of 'God on the Move', Lawrence Owinya shares his inspiring journey from a challenging background in Uganda to becoming a dedicated missionary and church planter. Facing trials such as the loss of his son and encounters with armed warriors, Lawrence recounts how his faith and wisdom guided him. He also discusses the birth of Reaching Frontiers International, an organization focused on training indigenous missionaries and supporting local churches in reaching least and unreached communities. This episode includes stories of God's provision, the impact of deepened prayer, and the importance of contextualizing the gospel for culturally diverse communities.   Links from the interview Reaching Frontiers Africa Inland Mission International   Lawrence Owinya Pr. Lawrence Owinya is the Founder of Reaching Frontiers. An indigenous Missions non-profit in Uganda, that exists to mobilize, train, and send missionaries to hard-to-reach areas for Church Planting and Community Transformation. Together with His wife Simple Lydia Oyella, they have served as missionaries to the Tepeth and Matheniko of Karamoja Uganda.  Lawrence attended seminary and graduated with a BA in Theology from Africa Renewal University Uganda. He is currently pursuing graduate studies in Missiology at All Nations College UK and an MA in Global Leadership at Wheaton College IL.  Together with Simple, they are on a study sabbatical, residing in Wheaton Illinois. They are passionate about reaching communities that have no Gospel access and working with local Churches to strategize for Church Planting in hard-to-reach areas. They love Jesus and to share Christ with others.   If you would like to help us improve our podcast, please send us your feedback.

Rara vez la teología encabeza las noticias de los telediarios. Ocurrió en los años 80 con la llamada "teología de la liberación". Samuel Escobar tenía en Lima como vecino, al autor de la primera obra que llevó ese título y dio nombre al movimiento en 1971, Gustavo Gutiérrez. El Concilio Evangélico del Perú publicó la primera reflexión de Samuel sobre ella, pero será estando en la Universidad Calvino de Gran Rapids (Michigan) y el Seminario Bautista del Este de Filadelfia que desarrolló el que es para muchos, su mejor libro, su magistral estudio sobre "La fe evangélica ante las teologías de la liberación" (Casa Bautista de Publicaciones, El Paso, 1987). En este programa Samuel Escobar habla con José de Segovia sobre cómo nació esta obra. Escuchamos fragmentos que traducimos del inglés de su conferencia sobre "La teología de la liberación y el desarrollo de la teología evangélica latinoamericana" en la Universidad de Wheaton (Illinois 2011) y las declaraciones de Gustavo Gutiérrez y Leonardo Boff en un documental de Televisión Española en los años 80 sobre la teología de la liberación. Las últimas palabras de Escobar son de un programa de la televisión argentina con Juan Pablo Bongarrá (La Puerta Abierta). Las canciones son del argentino León Gieco en 1978 (Sólo le pido a Dios) y el uruguayo Luis Alfredo Díaz en 2016 (Da tu pan al que tiene hambre). La música de fondo que nos sirve de cabecera es del acordeonista francés Richard Galliano, discípulo del argentino Astor Piazzolla (Tango Pour Claude) y lo que suena en el resto del programa es la banda sonora original de la película "La Misión" (1986), que hizo el ahora fallecido compositor italiano Ennio Morricone.

Si el nombre de Samuel Escobar es conocido por muchos en todo el mundo es por su participación en el Congreso Internacional de Evangelización Mundial que hubo en Lausana (Suiza) en 1974. Él no fue un ponente más, sino que formó parte del reducido grupo que preparó el programa y redactó el Pacto con John Stott. No fue tarea fácil. Se vivieron tales tensiones que Stott estuvo a punto de abandonar el comité en medio de las discusiones que hubo con Billy Graham y sus asesores. Escobar fue testigo de todo. Su memoria es tan importante, por eso, que la Universidad de Wheaton (Illinois) se ha llevado este verano toda su correspondencia para los archivos con los que historiadores reconstruyen lo que allí ocurrió hace medio siglo. En este programa Samuel nos lo cuenta con grabaciones históricas de lo que allí se dijo. Escuchamos su voz en inglés, así como la de Billy Graham, John Stott y Francis Schaeffer. Habla en nuestro idioma con José de Segovia y oímos algunos fragmentos del documental que se hizo entonces con las canciones que lo acompañan del grupo Love Song. Esta banda llegó a la Capilla Calvario de Costa Mesa (California) con la conversión de Chuck Girard y otro músicos "hippies" en la Revolución por Jesús. Son temas de su primer álbum en 1971: "Piensa en lo que Jesús dijo" (Think About What Jesus Said) y "Jesús puso la canción en nuestros corazones" (Jesus Put The Song In Our Hearts). La sintonía es del acordeonista francés Richard Galliano, colaborador del argentino Astor Piazzolla (Tango Pour Claude) y las ráfagas instrumentales son de Barry White y su Orquesta del Amor Ilimitado (Love´s Theme 1974) y los primeros cánticos de Maranatha, el sello de la Capilla Calvario que cambió la música de alabanza en todas las iglesias, que hasta entonces cantaban sólo himnos, incluidas las pentecostales. Son versiones instrumentales de los temas de su primer disco, publicado también en 1974: "Gloria a Dios" (Praise The Lord),"Líbera mi espíritu" (Set My Spirit Free) y "Hazme venir" (Cause Me To Come).

Tim Urbanowicz, from Innovator Capital Management, joins Jon Hansen to discuss the ETF industry and how Wheaton, Illinois has such a large, global impact on it. Don’t know what an ETF is? Listen below where Urbanowicz explains it.

Christine Burke is currently residing in Wheaton Illinois. She was originally from Fort Lauderdale - Having attended college Christine decided to join the Police service having worked for the public defender. After serving in Florida Christine joined the Police service in Arizona. Christine worked as an undercover officer in Florida and took part in a 21 Jump Street operation.Christine discusses the difference in gun ownership between the US and UK. She explains her rational to leaving the Police service. The escalation of violence tower the police caused her concerns. In 2017 she identified that the man she had been calling Dad was not her biological father, this information was as a result of a DNA Test. Her hard work has identified 44k family members.Christine has created a program where people can become a certified Genetic Genealogists. Christine can assist people in tracing family members, as well as supporting law enforcement teams.Christine has simplified the process of using DNA in personal and public life.Christine can assist individuals and organisations in their quest. Visit her website www.genealogyforlawenforcement.com for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The focus is already turning towards the end of the season, though we still have over six weeks to go until conference championship are crowned. Conference races have everyone's attention and there isn't a night without some great hoops to watch. On Thursday's Hoopsville, Dave McHugh chats with several programs making waves not only in their conferences, but nation-wide. Are they already peaking ahead to a possible March run? Plus, more DIII news to touch on and the Women's Top 25 Double-Take crew joins us with their thoughts on the latest D3hoops.com poll. Guests include (order subject to change): - Michael Schauer, No. 8 Wheaton (Ill.) men's coach and former DIII Men's Basketball Committee Chair - Lynn Hersey, No. 5 Smith women's coach - Cameron Hill, No. 1 Trinity (Texas) women's coach - Tom Palombo, No. 17 Guilford men's coach - Women's Top 25 Double-Take: Scott Peterson and Riley Zayas Hoopsville is presented by D3hoops.com and airs from the NABC Studio. All guests appear on the BlueFrame Technology Hoopsville Hotline.

The Titanic: the biggest insurance claim of the century. Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat: the greatest historical insurance negotiation. Join guest Peter MacDonald from Wunderite and host Jim Schubert on this episode of Agents Growth Academy to be proud to be a part of the lubrication that's brought function to society. Become a company that makes top-of-stack submissions quickly and easily–every time. 3 Key Takeaways-Only outsource the things that don't add value to your client's experience. These things that typically feel grueling for you as well and can be handled by Wunderite.-It's all about the positive touch points with your clients; start taking advantage of the invaluable data points you collect about them and make the conversation relevant.-Remember that insurance at its core is about the natural human desire to protect one another. Apply that to your agency's approach toward the community. About Peter MacDonaldBefore founding Wunderite in 2018, Peter worked at a family insurance agency selling most types of insurance. In this role, Peter earned industry licenses and credentials (CPCU, CRM, CIC, LIA), represented independent agents to lawmakers in Washington DC with the IIABA, and built and implemented technology for the agency.Intrigued by computers since he was four, Peter hacked the UI of AOL Instant Messenger, started modhalo.net to enhance Halo gameplay, and built bulletprooflinks.com (featured in Wired) before graduating high school. He quickly figured that the insurance industry needed better technology.Peter earned an MBA with distinction from Boston College as a Dean's Scholar and a BS in Mathematics Cum Laude from Wheaton (IL).Peter lives in Massachusetts with his wife and two kids. He is a former traveler, recent drone enthusiast, and likes to be outside.

Adam Pratt owns the unique business Chaos To Memories https://chaostomemories.com located in Wheaton Illinois. With 20 years of experience in technology and design, Adam helps clients organize their  family photos, preserve their memories, and tell their story. In this episode we discuss:>Why Adam is against discounting and likes giveaways>What Adam learned from his time at Adobe when it comes to your customers and clients>Building a staffAnd much more!

In this episode of The Rathletes Podcast, we learn about former UCLA Women's Basketball player Chrissy Baird. Chrissy reflects on growing up in Wheaton, Illinois, sounding yourself with like minded people, support staff, and the mental side of over coming injuries. You can give Chrissy a follow on Instagram/Twitter (@ChrissyBaird32). 

Juliana Cesano is the manager of Quest Book Shop at the headquarters of the Theosophical Society in America located in Wheaton IL. She is also a yoga instructor and a teacher of mysticism. We talk about the journey of Quest Book Shop over the last few years as a business and about the Theosophical Society and her journey with the organization.

In this episode I chat with Tony Russo who after over 17 years in the real estate business as a broker, Tony recognized a shift in the way people want to work as the concept of “office space” evolved. He saw a need for more coworking spaces and set out to provide this option to their very own community. Since opening TeamUp in April of 2019, he has enjoyed seeing the members network and help each other grow their businesses. This episode you will learn:-The importance of building a community in any business-Tips when it comes to real estate -Using your network to help your business early on-Why you need to collect feedback to understand your customers needs

It is an annual event. The regular season is officially over and teams eagerly wait to see where they may be playing in the NCAA Tournaments or if they have even made the tournaments. But we can't wait for Monday afternoon's bracket reveals. We want to know now. On Sunday's Selection Show Special, we are the selection committees. We will go through the process just as he national committees will to select at-large teams and set the NCAA Tournaments. It is our MOCK selections, though we have a pretty good accuracy. On the show we hear from both national committee chairs. We will also chat with programs who have punched their tickets to the NCAA Tournament. We will also do our mock selections starting with the women's picks and then the men's with our selection panels. Part 1 features the national committee chairs and the women's mock selections. Guests include (Part 1): - National Committee Chairs: - Michael Schauer, Wheaton (Ill.) men's coach, men's national chair - Megan Wilson, Luther Associate A.D., women's national chair - Tonja Englund, UW-Eau Claire women's coach - Rick Harrison, Clarks Summit women's coach - Pat Devaney, New Jersey City women's coach Mock Women's Selection Panels: - Dave McHugh - Gordon Mann - Scott Peterson - Matt Snyder Hoopsville is presented by D3hoops.com and airs from the NABC Studio. All guests appear on the BlueFrame Technology Hoopsville Hotline. And thank you to our partners: WBCA, Sensible Sports Marketing, and Jersey Genius (via ChalkTALKSports).

The countdown is on! Ten more days until the regular season comes to a close and we find out who will be playing for the Walnut and Bronze! Thursday on Hoopsville, there is plenty to keep track of throughout Division III. Hoopsville starts immediately following the NCAA Division III National Committee's announcement of the Top 16 "seeds" in both men's and women's rankings aired. We chatted with both national committee chairs, Michael Schauer of Wheaton (Ill.) and Megan Wilson of Luther, about the release, how they came to the decisions, and what they hope to inspire with the announcements. Plus more. Then we talk to coaches around the country about their programs and how they are positioning themselves for conference tournaments. Guests include (order subject to change): - National Committee Chairs - Michael Schauer, No. 11 Wheaton (Ill.) coach - Megan Wilson, Luther Associate Athletics Director - Brendan Twomey, Farmingdale State men's coach - Greg Mitchell, Hope men's coach - Nick DiPillo, No. 17 Scranton women's coach - Michelle Ferenz, No. 6 Whitman women's coach We had hoped to talk to Christine VanHook from PSU-Behrend women's basketball, but there was a last minute scheduling conflict. We hope to chat with Coach VanHook in the next week. Hoopsville is presented by D3hoops.com and airs from the NABC Studio. All guests appear on the BlueFrame Technology Hoopsville Hotline.

The DIII basketball season is nearly a month old and teams are settling into the first full season in two years. As we settle in, there are plenty of topics to discuss. On Sunday's show, Dave McHugh chats with the DIII men's and women's basketball committee chairs - Mike Schauer of Wheaton (Ill.) and Megan Wilson of Luther. Also joining the show is UMass-Boston men's basketball coach Jason Harris to chat about the first Black Coaches Classic and the significant coaching changes in the Northeast. Dave also takes a look back at some of the significant games and results in the past few weeks ahead of the first in-season Top 25 polls. Guests appear on the BlueFrame Technology Hoopsville Hotline.

At the most recent School District 200 Board Meeting in Wheaton, Illinois, new school board member and cunning rhetorician, Mary Yeboah, Director of Graduate Student Life at Wheaton College, posed six questions to the board beginning with a prefatory statement that let the woke cat out of the bag: I would like to ask six rhetorical questions regarding the proposed October 10th, 2022 and October 9th, 2023 no-school all-grades Columbus Day/Indigenous People's Day in relation to district purposes outlined in the mission of School District 200, Vision 2022, and the portrait of a graduate work. To be very clear, these are not questions that I expect you to answer right now. I am asking them for the benefit of reflective thinking for the district, especially in the month leading up to the approval of these calendars. One, does the District 200 administration recognize the impact of holidays, statues, and other memorials on shaping school culture, which in turn shapes student experiences and outcomes? Two, does the District 200 administration consider celebrating extreme violence, theft, genocide, and dehumanization to be in line with the study of social science to help students develop the ability to make informed and reasoned decisions for the benefit of the global society in which they live? Three, does the District 200 administration affirm the accurate telling of history and recognize the impossibility of “discovering” land already inhabited? Four, does the District 200 administration take into consideration the perspectives of Indigenous people regarding this particular calendar event? Five, could maintaining this District 200 calendar event unintentionally support a myth of U.S. exceptionalism that could undermine district efforts to create diverse, inclusive schools for all children? Lastly, does this calendar event advance the vision and mission of District 200 goals? And if it does not, must it remain despite state-level support? Read more...

At the most recent School District 200 Board Meeting in Wheaton, Illinois, new school board member and cunning rhetorician, Mary Yeboah, Director of Graduate Student Life at Wheaton College, posed six questions to the board beginning with a prefatory statement that let the woke cat out of the bag: I would like to ask six rhetorical questions regarding the proposed October 10th, 2022 and October 9th, 2023 no-school all-grades Columbus Day/Indigenous People's Day in relation to district purposes outlined in the mission of School District 200, Vision 2022, and the portrait of a graduate work. To be very clear, these are not questions that I expect you to answer right now. I am asking them for the benefit of reflective thinking for the district, especially in the month leading up to the approval of these calendars. One, does the District 200 administration recognize the impact of holidays, statues, and other memorials on shaping school culture, which in turn shapes student experiences and outcomes? Two, does the District 200 administration consider celebrating extreme violence, theft, genocide, and dehumanization to be in line with the study of social science to help students develop the ability to make informed and reasoned decisions for the benefit of the global society in which they live? Three, does the District 200 administration affirm the accurate telling of history and recognize the impossibility of “discovering” land already inhabited? Four, does the District 200 administration take into consideration the perspectives of Indigenous people regarding this particular calendar event? Five, could maintaining this District 200 calendar event unintentionally support a myth of U.S. exceptionalism that could undermine district efforts to create diverse, inclusive schools for all children? Lastly, does this calendar event advance the vision and mission of District 200 goals? And if it does not, must it remain despite state-level support? Read more...

Quotes from : V. Raymond Edman, "Just Why"  Scripture Press, Wheaton Illinois. 

In Part 2 of this special episode we hear from our late friend, mentor, and guide, Rich Mullins via a long-lost interview conducted at the old True Tunes record store in Wheaton Illinois in 1995. We also check in with Mitch McVicker, Phil Madeira, and Derek Webb, and we listen to Andrew Peterson on the Jukebox. Rich’s Ragamuffin bandmates Jimmy Abegg, Aaron Smith, and Mark Robertson come back to close things out as well. It’s our longest and fullest episode yet and we are excited for everyone to hear it.   This newly restored interview is 25 years old, but as we hear host John J. Thompson and Mullins talk about the struggle to pursue honest artistry and personal spiritual growth amidst evangelical fundamentalism and the benefits and beauty of exposing ourselves to challenging ideas and people, it seems like it could have been recorded yesterday.  Visit TrueTunes.com for the full show notes and please spread the word. (And don't miss Part 1, where the Ragamuffins set the stage so beautifully.) 

Welcome to Episode 69 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. This is our third of eight regional preview pods -- this one covers the Central region and its four conferences, and of course, Jake's beloved WashU Bears. Before, we get into the Central, we discuss how the D3 landscape looks a few weeks in and shoutout (at 3:00) the incredible 14-inning game between Piedmont and Adrian. Topics include: CCIW (at 10:00)  North Central might have the best battery in the country in Rob Marinec/Charlie Klemm Illinois Wesleyan has an ace in Quinn Gudaitis and could challenge for this conference if a few things break right We'll see if anyone else like Wheaton (Ill.) or Augustana can make some noise SLIAC (at 17:00) Webster was already loaded and brought back almost all of their seniors; the Gorloks are legit contenders Spalding has a lot of talent but will have to prove it against the best competition ARC (at 29:50) Coe has clearly established themselves as the team to beat but will have to replace some high-end talent Buena Vista will need some younger players to step up if they want to defend their title Wartburg used to run this conference but have been trending down -- but perhaps they are back? MWC (at 39:14) This conference is fairly wide open so we touched on all the possible favorites: Chicago, Monmouth, Cornell, Ripon  UAA WashU (at 45:00) doesn't have any seniors returning for #Year5 but they still have a ton of talent on the roster including potential regional Player of the Year Caleb Durbin We concluded our player and pitcher of the year picks for the region, and our teams to beat. Then we say goodbye. Thanks for listening! Follow us on Twitter @d3baseballpod (DMs are open if you want to reach us there) and @CespedesBBQ.  Send us your best D-III stories or any other comments or questions to thed3baseballpodcast@gmail.com Subscribe + rate/review on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-podcast-about-division-iii-baseball/id1342691759 

7/08/2020 – Josh Moody Pastor of College Church in Wheaton, Illinois, on why faith in and practice of the Bible can change our lives. The post Josh Moody – Pastor of College Church in Wheaton, Illinois, on why faith in and practice of the Bible can change our lives. appeared first on Pilgrim Radio.

Today's guest on Episode #9 of the Sportsfaith Podcast is former UCLA Women's basketball player Chrissy Baird. Chrissy is a 2014 graduate of Wheaton High School in Wheaton Illinois. She played at UCLA from 2014-2019 and now works for FCA in Santa Barbara California as a college representative. Chrissy Earned four varsity letters at Wheaton North High School (Wheaton, Ill.) from 2011-14. She became the school's all-time leading scorer (1,076 points) and rebounder (828 rebounds). She was a three-time unanimous all-DuPage Valley Conference performer (2012-14), she was a Miss Illinois Basketball finalist as a senior and was named to the second team All-USA Today Illinois Girl's Basketball Team.

DAVE TROUT OF UTR MEDIA and WHITE OWL MUSIC FEST - Episode 360UTR is putting on Music City's newest music festival! Come spend a day on the farm with Sara Groves, Brothers McClurg, Joy Ike, Andrew Greer and a half dozen more amazing artists.... May 24 (and all weekend). http://whiteowlmusicfest.com/----more----About Our Guest This Week:Dave Trout has been in Christian radio in some form or fashion for over 23 years. He has worked for WETN-FM in Wheaton IL,  WCFL-FM in Morris IL, Moody Radio, and ReFrame Media. He started the “Under The Radar” radio show in 2008 while working at ReFrame, and in 2014 that show became its own independent non-profit ministry, under Dave's oversight. In 2017, the organization underwent a creative relaunch, and now produces a wider variety of media projects under the new name, UTR Media. Besides well-crafted music, Dave loves pizza, watching Netflix/Hulu, Apple products, fishing, the Cubs, and driving 5 mph over the speed limit. He lives in Murfreesboro, TN with his wife and 5 children.More about UTR Media: UTRMedia.org  ----more----  ----more----  As Always...Thank You For Listening To Voices In My Head  About Your Host: Rick Lee JamesFor more information on Rick Lee James, visit www.rickleejames.com, or follow him on Twitter and Facebook. Listen to his official podcast at www.voicesinmyheadpodcast.com, and get a daily dose of wisdom from Mister Rogers at @MisterRogersSay.“Welcome To The Neighborhood: A Mister Rogers Tribute Podcast” podcast can be heard HERE.Request the “Thunder Radio Special” at www.crwradiopromotions.com. Official Web Site: www.RickLeeJames.comGet Rick Lee James Latest Album: https://fanlink.to/RLJThunderIn partnership with CRW Radio Promotions, singer, songwriter and worship leader Rick Lee James debuts a brand new radio special. The “Thunder Radio Special” can be heard exclusively on James' official YouTube channel or his website. It was also recently added to Spotify and Apple Music. Radio stations interested in airing the “Thunder Radio Special” can contact Kathryn Ambrose at CRW Radio Promotions at kathryn@westarmediagroup.com.----more----For Booking Inquiries  Click Hereor contact Gary StriplingBy Phone: 904.745.9151By Email: gary@themanagementagency.comManagement General Office Hours:Monday – 11Am – 5PMTuesday – 11Am – 5PMWednesday – Office closedThursday – 11Am – 5PMFriday – 11AM – 5PMSaturday – 11AM – 5PM This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rickleejames.substack.com/subscribe

DAVE TROUT OF UTR MEDIA and WHITE OWL MUSIC FEST - Episode 360 UTR is putting on Music City's newest music festival! Come spend a day on the farm with Sara Groves, Brothers McClurg, Joy Ike, Andrew Greer and a half dozen more amazing artists.... May 24 (and all weekend).  http://whiteowlmusicfest.com/ ----more---- About Our Guest This Week: Dave Trout has been in Christian radio in some form or fashion for over 23 years. He has worked for WETN-FM in Wheaton IL,  WCFL-FM in Morris IL, Moody Radio, and ReFrame Media. He started the “Under The Radar” radio show in 2008 while working at ReFrame, and in 2014 that show became its own independent non-profit ministry, under Dave’s oversight. In 2017, the organization underwent a creative relaunch, and now produces a wider variety of media projects under the new name, UTR Media. Besides well-crafted music, Dave loves pizza, watching Netflix/Hulu, Apple products, fishing, the Cubs, and driving 5 mph over the speed limit. He lives in Murfreesboro, TN with his wife and 5 children. More about UTR Media: UTRMedia.org    ----more----     ----more----   As Always...Thank You For Listening To Voices In My Head    About Your Host: Rick Lee James For more information on Rick Lee James, visit www.rickleejames.com, or follow him on Twitter and Facebook. Listen to his official podcast at www.voicesinmyheadpodcast.com, and get a daily dose of wisdom from Mister Rogers at @MisterRogersSay. “Welcome To The Neighborhood: A Mister Rogers Tribute Podcast” podcast can be heard HERE.Request the “Thunder Radio Special” at www.crwradiopromotions.com.  Official Web Site: www.RickLeeJames.com Get Rick Lee James Latest Album: https://fanlink.to/RLJThunder In partnership with CRW Radio Promotions, singer, songwriter and worship leader Rick Lee James debuts a brand new radio special. The “Thunder Radio Special” can be heard exclusively on James’ official YouTube channel or his website. It was also recently added to Spotify and Apple Music. Radio stations interested in airing the “Thunder Radio Special” can contact Kathryn Ambrose at CRW Radio Promotions at kathryn@westarmediagroup.com. ----more---- For Booking Inquiries  Click Here or contact Gary Stripling By Phone: 904.745.9151 By Email: gary@themanagementagency.com Management General Office Hours:Monday – 11Am – 5PM Tuesday – 11Am – 5PM Wednesday – Office closed Thursday – 11Am – 5PM Friday – 11AM – 5PM Saturday – 11AM – 5PM

January 18th 2020 Women's Marches were held all over the world. After the Chicago March in a diner in Wheaton Illinois, Mama Heidi was asked "Why do you still march?" It opened the doors to explore the conversation on the ongoing women's movement and why we STILL have to MARCH to be HEARD

A lesbian activist who promotes cultural approval of both the “LGBT” ideology and the legalized slaughter of the unborn was invited to speak to 8-11-year-olds at Longfellow Elementary School  in Wheaton, Illinois, home of America's most prestigious evangelical college, Wheaton College; evangelical Christian publishing company Crossway Books; and approximately 45 churches. If this could happen in Wheaton, Illinois, it could happen anywhere. The kinda, sorta good news is that the event was canceled the day before it was to take place in early October. The bad news is the school hopes to reschedule it. According to District 200 spokesperson Erica Loiacono... Read more...

A lesbian activist who promotes cultural approval of both the “LGBT” ideology and the legalized slaughter of the unborn was invited to speak to 8-11-year-olds at Longfellow Elementary School  in Wheaton, Illinois, home of America’s most prestigious evangelical college, Wheaton College; evangelical Christian publishing company Crossway Books; and approximately 45 churches. If this could happen in Wheaton, Illinois, it could happen anywhere. The kinda, sorta good news is that the event was canceled the day before it was to take place in early October. The bad news is the school hopes to reschedule it. According to District 200 spokesperson Erica …

Jon and Robin Voils of Celebrate Libraries® interview Courtney Tedrick, WPL Department Head, Community Engagement. Recorded July 2019 at Wheaton Public library in Wheaton, IL. A New Ways To Dream production.

Jon and Robin Voils of Celebrate Libraries® interview Dana Tieman, WPL Department Head, Adult Services. Recorded July 2019 at Wheaton Public library in Wheaton, IL. A New Ways To Dream production.

Jon and Robin Voils of Celebrate Libraries® interview Dawn Kovacs, WPL Deputy Director and Department Head, Adult Services. Recorded July 2019 at Wheaton Public library in Wheaton, IL. A New Ways To Dream production.

Jon and Robin Voils of Celebrate Libraries® interview Lisa Barefield, WPL Department Head, Teen Services. Recorded July 2019 at Wheaton Public library in Wheaton, IL. A New Ways To Dream production.

Jon and Robin Voils of Celebrate Libraries® interview Rachel Weiss, WPL Department Head, Youth Services. Recorded July 2019 at Wheaton Public library in Wheaton, IL. A New Ways To Dream production.

Jon and Robin Voils of Celebrate Libraries® interview Betsy Adamowski, WPL Executive Director. Recorded July 2019 at Wheaton Public library in Wheaton, IL. A New Ways To Dream production.

Porter comes to the Pilots with nearly 30 years of collegiate coaching experience with stops at West Texas A&M, Aurora (Ill.), Olivet Nazarene (Ill.), North Central (Ill.), and most recently at Wheaton (Ill.) In 16 years as a head coach, Porter has amassed 312 wins and won seven regular season conference titles and has made five postseason national tournament appearances. In his two years at Aurora, he led his teams to 36 wins and two NIIC conference championships and made an appearance in the NCAA Division III Sweet Sixteen in 1995. He established AU records for most wins in a season (22), most points scored in a season (2,137), and most points scored in a single game (111). He was named the NIIC Coach of the Year each season. As the head man at Olivet Nazarene for 14 seasons, Porter led the Tigers to five CCAC regular season titles and three CCAC tournament championships. He set ONU records for consecutive home court wins (29) and went undefeated in CCAC play at 17-0 in 2012. His up-tempo offense led the NAIA in scoring seven times in a span of eight seasons and he was named the CCAC Coach of the Year five times. He was inducted into the Olivet Nazarene Athletics Hall of Fame in 2018. In all, Porter has coached 35 All-Conference players, six Conference MVPs, and 38 Academic All-Americans. His teams hold 16 national statistical records, leading the nation in scoring 11 times and setting college basketball's single season records at any level in both steals (735) and scoring average (104.1). doug.porter@betheluniversity.edu https://www.roundball.net/ dporter837@gmail.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kevin-furtado/support

In this episode we are speaking with Mike Gresk, current Mayor of Wheaton Illinois. Mike has been the Mayor for about 12 years, or as long as I have known him.We talk about his life, his family and his time as not only Mayor but the many years in public service through Lion's Club, Rotary and I'm sure more organizations than what we talk about in this episode!

Thank you for rating this podcast 5 stars and sharing it with your friends! Today, author Kay Eck joins us for a conversation on love, intimacy and relationships. We talk about conscious coupling, uncoupling and how marriage will change over the next 20 years. Kay is the author of Divorce a Love Story, which could really be called Life a Love Story -- her message is for everyone! Buy the book on Amazon and visit Kay on Instagram @kaysawake. Show notes at the very bottom!   REIKI CERTIFICATION & ANGEL SCHOOL 2 Days Only - Saturday, April 13 & Sunday, April 14 ONLY 5 SPOTS LEFT! Register for the Course at:  www.jancius.com   CONTINUE THE CONVO ON INSTAGRAM! Follow Julie, then ask a question on social media and Julie may answer it on the podcast! Or she might just ask you to be on the show! 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Interview experts and bring through Angel messages. I am so excited you're here!   [00:01:38] Hello beautiful souls. Welcome back to angels and awakening.   [00:01:42] I am so so excited for our podcast today. We have an author Kay Eck. She is our local right here in Wheaton Illinois.   [00:01:52] And she is the author of Divorce a love story the surprising tale of self-love to heal every last pain. Kay thank you so much for being on the show and welcome.   [00:02:05] Thank you so much for having me Julie. I'm thrilled to be here.   [00:02:10] What can you tell us a little bit more about yourself.   [00:02:14] Oh well I'm a mother of four children. I raised them in Wheaton with my husband Fred and I have had careers in journalism and public relations and art and yoga and I always knew that it was within me to write a book. I always felt like that would happen. But of course this is a quite the book that I had envisioned writing but currently that's what I'm doing. I'm writing.   [00:02:48] That's wonderful.   [00:02:50] So tell us a little bit about your first book divorce the love story.   [00:02:56] Well I started writing in the process of uncoupling from my husband because it was a way to help me process everything that I was going through. And that was a very therapeutic exercise for me and I committed to it as a daily practice. And probably a couple of months into it I realized that I was writing a book and I allowed myself the out of never letting it see the light of day.   [00:03:32] But at a certain point I became very aware that it was a very healing message. It was it was healing to me and I knew that it could be a healing message for others as well so you know this is such a huge topic right.   [00:03:48] And it's something that I think that anybody who is in a marriage or a long term relationship is going to come to at some point because you know anything that is alive it's growing towards its end from the beginning right. We're always kind of aging our relationships are aging our bodies everything and we have to work so hard to keep growing together and keep these relationships together but even still sometimes I don't see divorce as being a bad thing. On the other side you know I talk a lot about the other side and angels and they show me that divorce is not a bad thing. You know it's just that sometimes it doesn't work.   [00:04:38] So can you kind of talk to us a little bit about you know you say that you're your spouse was a bad guy. You know there wasn't. Blake major major issues. It was just an uncoupling. And how did you how did you come to realize that for yourself. Well I I feel that there's a   [00:05:05] That we're conditioned to believe that the value of a relationship is strictly in its longevity. And since I had this long relationship that we both felt had reached its fulfillment I couldn't reconcile that concept because everything that we had done together was incredibly beautiful and it was crushing to come to a point where we knew it had reached its fulfillment. And then to have all these messages that we had failed in some way and I was determined. And of course extremely hopeful that our family the family that we created could continue to be about love and not loss. And but what I found is that I had to undo all of my social and religious and societal conditioning and get to the core of what my beliefs were and who I was in order to rebuild our family in a new way. And our relationship in a new way because obviously we have. Relationship and a connection that will last throughout this lifetime and probably the others as well.   [00:06:27] Yes. Yeah. So what is that like if you could gain a break down example for some of our listeners. What what does that look like to people. So we have these conditions from early childhood from religious upbringing from different points within our life where you know somebody might hear well you know divorce is frowned upon on the other side or you're bad if you get divorced. How would you tell our listeners that you can recondition re pattern those structures within the mind to those thoughts that we have.   [00:07:05] All right. Well it kind of hails back to what you were saying earlier about the fluid nature of life right. We were never the same in any single instance. And it's it's not as though I'm against marriage because I think it's a beautiful thing. But what we've come to understand on this path of consciousness is that everything is in a fluid state. And so we can if we can allow ourselves to be in this fluid state when it comes to relationships will become better at judging when the relationship is serving its purpose and when it has reached its fulfillment. And we've learned how to get into relationships really well but we haven't learned how to get out of them very well.   [00:08:00] That's so true.   [00:08:02] So getting out of a relationship or bringing a relationship to its conclusion requires as much love as getting into them recognizing that your partner is a divine being and is on his or her perfect path is critical to that process. It's not easy. Conscious Uncoupling does that make anything easier. In fact sometimes it's harder because you have to look at yourself. You have to look at what core wounds you're bringing into the relationship and what's best for you. So it's it's not a necessarily as smooth and sparkly path but it is it's worth it. If your goal is to keep the love and continue your family.   [00:08:51] Yeah. One of the things that I've been working on with my clients over the last couple of years and I really got in kind of deeper into in some meditation and prayer is how much we as women have kind of dammed our voice and we're so getting that back now. We're really learning how to use that more as a collective consciousness again. And on an individual level and you talk about the path to s love is the most important job we've ever had. You said it's one of the most important and hardest things we'll ever do. For somebody who's just coming back into their voice and really learning how to feel their feelings again and speak their needs. Where do they begin.   [00:09:42] I think for me the beginning of that path was learning how to sit quietly and to become the observer of the thoughts and the feelings and to be patient and loving. With that process and to recognize how easy it is for us to distract ourselves from what's coming up from within it it's so easy and it's not necessarily the big obvious things like the addictions and all of that the distractions but there they're so subtle as well. It's so easy just to turn your focus from the sadness that you feel to the thought that you should be happy. And so my recommendation for everybody is that they spend a little time with themselves. Just getting to know themselves and and learning to be in that posture of accepting what comes up no judgment.   [00:10:47] Yeah because that's what we do so often rightly plates place judgment on ourselves and others on our stories.   [00:10:55] Yeah and I haven't met a single person for whom the path of self-love isn't the most difficult thing in the world. I don't know why it should be because we're we're really actually really good at loving especially as moms. We got that down but for some reason when it comes to us it's the hardest thing in the world. I've had the opportunity to speak with someone recently who is just coming off of a long prison sentence and had gone through an awakening through the process of being imprisoned and incarcerated at a young age and it occurred to me that the process of self-love is no more difficult for him than it is for me. And so it's really a very powerful core thing that we're learning how to do in this lifetime.   [00:11:46] Yeah and I've heard you say before too that one of the ways that you share yourself love is when you need it.   [00:11:55] You mother your sound. Can you tell us about that.   [00:12:00] Yeah. I think there's a little bit of a notion that self-love is somehow related to physical comfort. And the idea of mothering myself included that physical comfort I would actually put my hands on my body in a comforting way but it also you know as a mother you have the responsibility of helping your children develop discipline and guiding them when they're running off and parent direction and this is the same thing that you need to do with yourself. It's like you have to pull yourself back to those feelings that are coming up. You have to have a discipline practice of putting yourself first on your list and that whatever that means to you and it's different for everybody whether it's finding quiet time to be by yourself or to allow yourself to spend money on yourself or pursue your passions or to speak your truth in your relationships whether that be with your partner or your parents or your children. The children aspect is could have possibly been a harder thing for me to do because I have been accustom to serving them in every way and putting them first on my list for a long time even when they're grown and they're not even in my household any longer. I was still making sure that their needs were met before I met my own. And I'm still in the process of untangling all that for sure.   [00:13:48] Ok thank you for reminding us of this because it is so important for our listeners to understand that the only way that I found to really tap into your needs is to understand your feelings is to say OK well where am I at. What am I feeling. I found that the process really starts with feeling your feelings because so often we just shove them under the rug where are you. They're too busy to look at and that hurts too much to look at them. So we don't. And we learn to turn off our feelings. So step one is really feeling your feelings again taking that quiet time to be able to go inside and understand what you're thinking or feeling and then from there you can ask yourself well what do I need. And is that the process that you use to figure out what you need in your life. Because I know as a mom life does get so busy and so hectic sometimes and we are putting everybody else first. But for those who are so busy and are used to this work maybe what are some tools that they can use to really get to the root of what they need.   [00:15:01] Oh this was such a big issue for me because one of the things that launched me on the writing of this book was the fact that even though Fred and I had been in our relationship in a really good way we were. There was no just no dysfunction there was no cheating there was no we treated each other kindly and well for many for all of the years that we were together. And yet   [00:15:28] I felt so much shame at uncoupling that I couldn't even utter the word divorce. And for a very long time I didn't tell any of my friends or family what I was going through and I really just couldn't understand that.   [00:15:44] And so that caused me to start looking at why I felt so much shame around this issue.   [00:15:52] And of course that led me to some really deep feelings of unworthiness and inadequacy and being unlovable and I had to dredge up all that uncomfortable stuff in order to look at it and to understand the the untruth of it that that I was all of those things. So this isn't an easy thing for us to do and we don't necessarily have to take any action with these feelings because oftentimes they just want to see the light of day. Let's say that we've been burying them for so long they just want to come up and out of us and many times we feel like they're going to kill us. We it feels like annihilation. And I encourage people to summon the courage to sit with it so that they can find that the feelings that are coming up are not going to kill them they're going to free them. They just want to be released from the cells of your body. And once you discover how this process works you can begin to recognize immediately when some feelings come up and your initial reaction is to distract yourself from them. You now have the knowledge and the the ability to sit with it so that it moves through your field so much more quickly so you become a master at being human.   [00:17:26] You know you're feeling the feelings you're recognizing them and then they're released leaving your field and it leaves so much more space for peace and contentment which in my own life if somebody had asked me what did I want out of life. It was top of the list peace of mind peace of mind. I just want peace. And that was obviously something that I I never felt. So I had all this stuff buried inside. And so that is what I learned about about this process is that those that peace is achievable.   [00:18:02] I love that thank you that's so beautiful.   [00:18:04] At one point I had a chance you know you talk about bringing consciousness into our relationships.   [00:18:17] And I'm wondering for those who are working on creating a better relationship creating a stronger partnership where can we bring more consciousness into it.   [00:18:32] Well I have to say that this is definitely something that I am still learning. And my first for some reason it was very hard for me to be conscious in my relationship and by conscious I mean being able to speak my truth and not concern myself so much with the reaction but to speak it because it needed to be spoken for me and my my fear was always how it was going to be received and won. So my practice in that was to start speaking the truth to myself like what is it that I'm really feeling here and and what what is my true. And as I became a little bit more comfortable with that. I could bring more of that into my relationships. And this is really for all relationships it's not just marriage partnerships marriage or partnerships and so it's also being willing to be quiet and not to react to what someone else is saying until you can really let it sink in.   [00:19:52] Are oftentimes our first reaction is is to defend or to get triggered or to shut down and we have to recognize that that's that's us. That has nothing to do with what the partner or what your partner is saying it's what it's creating in you that needs to be explored. And so being able to sit and listen and hear and not defend from the ego place is critical to the process.   [00:20:22] And I've heard you talk a little bit before about the shadow self. Does that kind of tie in there.   [00:20:31] Absolutely because we this is a part of who we are. And I'm not going to pretend that I understand where it comes from because   [00:20:42] I lived a pretty good life. You know I didn't really express my shadow side all that much. I mean I'm I'm just a normal human being.   [00:20:52] But we. The shadow aspect we don't really understand where that's coming from it could be coming from past lives that were wanting to reconcile in this lifetime. But it's it's there and it's for me the shadow side represents or becomes seen in terms of all that shame that I feel and we have to get to the point where we recognize that we are lovable we are perfect we are divine.   [00:21:28] And that's not an easy road you know.   [00:21:31] Yeah. And I love that part about it too because you know at the beginning of this spiritual journey for me I was listening to all of these spiritual teachers and I was I guess I don't know if it was me or the way that I was hearing it but I would think to myself well it's all about living in this high vibration living in this high vibration 24/7. I teach my listeners how to open up their crown chakra get into more of a blessed out theta state. And that was the message that I was hearing from a lot of people live in this state 24/7 but as a mom as a entrepreneur as somebody who loves to create in her life you have to be human. You know you have to kind of be able to shift a think of it like shifting gears in a car between these different states of being. And I do see that as being our humanness of really loving all of these different aspects about ourselves loving the creation process loving being process.   [00:22:40] Yeah I totally agree with that. I had the same experience. I think that we we need to recognize that for a very long time we were living in such density that it was necessary for us to understand that there were higher vibrations because before we didn't even know that. So all of the spiritual books and the teachers and all that I find was absolutely necessary on my path so that I could start poking up into those higher vibrations and feeling 100 percent right. And now I'm totally in agreement with you that where we are now as a collective is embodying the divinity here in the human experience and that means accepting all of what it means to be human from the feelings and the behaviors and the consequences of our actions and the clarity and do our city and all of those is the beautiful human history that's brought us to this point of record of bringing the divinity down onto this plane and seeing where it takes us. Sorry. It's a process also. It's never going to be starting it's never going to be one thing and not the other.   [00:23:57] Yeah yeah we're always gonna have both parts to us. Another thing that I wonder if we could talk about a little bit is when I work with spirit and I've been praying and kind of meditating on this I see marriage as changing over the next 10 to 20 years.   [00:24:15] And it's not about being anti marriage because I'm not anti marriage either in any way shape or form. I see how much love and how much fulfillment I have gotten and how much support and how much being in a marriage for myself has reflected back to me and helped me open and grow as a human being.   [00:24:39] But you know marriage today and people going through and uncoupling process is very different than 20 years ago where it had to be this nasty thing it was always this nasty thing and it's not that way anymore. There are so many people who are uncoupling and doing it with friendship and with kindness.   [00:25:06] Talk to me about that and talk to me about how you see maybe marriage as an institution changing over the next 20 years.   [00:25:15] You know this is a big issue for me because I have four children and they're approaching the age where they're they're choosing you know partnerships for themselves. And one of the things that I realized after I wrote the book is that in a million years I couldn't advise them to stand together in front of a group of people and proclaim that they were going to be together forever no matter what. Because that's just a folly. A little bit and but what I I have come to recognize and what my message to them would be is   [00:25:57] That marriage you come into a marriage every single moment of every day and you decide and every moment of every day whether you want to be present with somebody and whether you want to be in relationship and grow in that moment.   [00:26:14] And so it's a it's a process of it's a daily practice like. Like anything and they get to decide how what shape and form that takes if they want to pledge their love to one another in front of their families and friends. I'm all for that but I do think that we need to talk about the fact that they're there can be a natural arc to a relationship where it has served our growth and and to recognize when it no longer is serving our growth and that doesn't mean that it's that it's going to be an easy process because you have a lot of shared history and love and friendship.   [00:27:02] And if you can allow it to become something new then it will sir. It will continue to serve you. And so I feel that that is where we're headed with with marriage and a lot of young people obviously aren't taking the traditional route of institutional marriage. One of the things that was really kind of jarring and shocking to me in the process of uncoupling was how much control the state had in our relationship. For instance you know we had to petition the court to dissolve our marriage. And when we because we gave them the right to do that when we signed off on their paperwork and in the early stages of our own coupling our desire was to just try to dissolve our marriage without lawyers. And we were told that we couldn't do that. And then we tried to hire the same lawyer to represent us both because we had already written our agreement and we were told we couldn't do that.   [00:28:17] Then we tried to get lawyers in the same firm. We couldn't even do that. So that's the whole system is set up in an antagonistic way so that the lawyers were trying to draw us draw the case out trying for each of us to get more leverage or property or whatever. And that's just such an. And that's not what we wanted. But it's very easy to be led down that path. Because you're feeling very vulnerable and it is a very raw time because it's challenging. And so it's very easy to be led in that direction and you have to be very conscious to to always be making the choices that you feel are going to bring you to the outcome that you desire. And I would suggest that that desired outcome is love that is what we want. And when we are feeling defensive and protective of ourselves our hearts are property it's representative of the fear that we're not lovable or we're not that love is going to be lost we're losing the great love of our lives so we may never be loved again. So recognizing that what's actually beneath some of those feelings that fear of being alone of being separate are the things that we need to look at because they can be the things that are driving us the most.   [00:29:45] Oh absolutely. Always. Yeah. It's almost never the surface or the surface thing.   [00:29:52] Yeah yeah.   [00:29:53] We have to go deeper I'm wondering too if you can see you know 20 years down the road marriage changing in a way where the financial structure is different of maybe not us pooling all of our assets not but kind of remaining financially individuals with in a marriage relationship or a partnership so that if it does reach its arc the uncoupling process is just a more peaceful easier one for all the issue of Money slush.   [00:30:34] Power is something that we really need to talk about because under money is an energy and we don't often talk about how that plays in to our relationships and it's typically never actually about the money it's usually about the power right. And this is especially critical for stay at home moms like I was because you can end up feeling powerless because you don't earn the money. And so I think this is something that that's an excellent point that we are really going to need to grapple with because at the outset you know this is a discussion that we need to have before we enter into long term relationships and have children together. How what's the exit strategy so to speak.   [00:31:31] You know that if that becomes necessary and how the financial aspect is going to be Howard how are we going to equalize that if if both partners aren't earning the same amount of money. And if we could figure out how to do that in our relationships then we can take it out into the world and we can figure out how to do it there.   [00:31:53] Yeah. I think you're right though you hit the nail on the head because as I've gone into this talking with spirit about this one of the biggest things that they bring up is motherhood and we need to have some concept of payment if we are going to have to remain financially independent and our relationships have some form of compensation while we're staying home because I know you know every month they're out there who has stayed home with their children and knows you're not sitting at home.   [00:32:26] Obviously you are working more than you ever did in any job that you ever had.   [00:32:32] Yeah I think that it's really important to understand that that is something that women have to take for themselves because we can no longer wait until that's given to us. And so that is the the big change that's occurring is that we're starting to recognize our value. What regardless of what choices we make about domesticity. So that is something that we are going to create. Nobody is going to create that for us. We're going to come into a relationship and we're going to say these are my needs. This is what I would like to do. I would like to stay home and raise my children and exchange for that. We're going to you know this is how it's kind of work.   [00:33:20] However that's decided is of course such an individual thing but it can't go to a default any longer. We're gonna have to take responsibility for creating a new paradigm around that.   [00:33:32] So you see this as starting with the individual that us women as in on an individual level we need to have these conversations take ownership of what we want and how we want it. The direction that we want to go in our lives. And if it's saying you know what ideal I want to be a mom I want to stay home with our kids because there is so much incredible beauty and value in that then we're splitting the paycheck half and half.   [00:34:00] And that's how we're going to keep financially independent within our relationship.   [00:34:05] I think there's a lot of value to I was just reading about this yesterday about the notion of every loose relationship having three separate Well bank accounts but approaches would be just as appropriate a term because there's your goals. There's the woman's goals.   [00:34:28] There's the partners goals and then there's the goals that we have together. And each of those needs to be funded in an appropriate manner. And so each of us will have different priorities coming into the relationship. So I don't see how it can be anything but individual. And to allow it to be anything but individual is to place the power outside of your relationship and outside of yourself. So I think that yeah we're in the process of taking that all back. And if you think about the progress that we've made you know it's huge because back in whatever 19 10 you would never find the woman's name on the mortgage. You know it's wouldn't happen.   [00:35:12] So of 19 and like I think it was actually nineteen ninety six. My parents got divorced and my mom had to have her dad sign for a credit card for her because she couldn't get a credit card. Everything had been in my dad's name. At nineteen ninety six that was. That's pretty incredible. Yeah yeah yeah yeah. So you're totally right. We've we've made huge headway but there is still more work to be done.   [00:35:44] Mm hmm. And of course this that the times are such that we can have a rapid awakening here and we are in the process of a rapid awakening. So it's imperative that each of us stand in our power and observe the balance in our relationships and to re craft our relationships if that's what's called for and to have the courage to understand that other people don't have to like that they don't have to be on board with it but it still has to be done.   [00:36:23] Yeah. K. Can you talk to us for a second about the kids and how you know for people who are going through this or are thinking about uncoupling. I'm wondering the biggest question that they have is the kids.   [00:36:38] I mean they almost sometimes base the decision on the children and yet energetically the children are so much better off when they're in a loving environment with both mom and dad are happy and true to themselves. And so how do you explain this. What is the advice that you give the women that you work with.   [00:37:03] Oh my gosh this is such a power packed point. There's so much to unpack when we talk about this issue.   [00:37:13] For me it was definitely off the most heart wrenching and heartbreaking and difficult part of the whole process is because in my mind I had promised a some kind of forever to my children and it was very hard for me to break that promise when in fact what I had promised them was an illusion and an untruth and I was the only thing that kept me going in a process that I felt was best for me was and best for my partner as well was the fact that questioning whether I would ever encourage them to stay in a relationship that wasn't serving them.   [00:38:08] And if I couldn't recommend that to them how could I record meant that to myself. And so for many years it was a back and forth because I was committed to that illusion and I know in some regards it was an ego related issue because I had been conditioned to believe that a long marriage was a good marriage. And so I understand that this is probably the most difficult thing for women because as moms you don't want to break the hearts of your children. That is the that's the worst case scenario. And but I also felt that I owed it to them to provide the example of what it means to be in your truth and to put yourself first. And if I couldn't show them that who was going to show them that. So you know the idea that this is better for kids. I I don't entertain that because I don't know and what I do know is that as souls they chose me and their father as parents and that their higher self knew exactly what they are getting into.   [00:39:33] And I knew that this was the best way for them to learn and grow and expand as souls on earth.   [00:39:40] And so I have to trust in the divine plan that everything that is presented to them in their lives is for their growth and their development and their highest good. So what. Yeah. Yeah. Because they don't like it. It's not easy for them. It does break their hearts. It shatters the illusion for them as well. But if we can get to a greater truth then it's all going to serve. It's going to serve us all in the end. Yeah.   [00:40:11] Is there a way for this generation to present it to children today. You know because I've seen this in my own life. You know when somebody in the community or somebody at school is going through a divorce you know. And and my daughter come home and talk about it and will say well it's never gonna happen but you are creating that illusion. When you say that because I see us together you know and I see us together the long term but I think just in general and marriage we don't know what's going to happen 30 years down the road.   [00:40:46] And of course in the message that you've just given your child is that staying together is more important than the individual truth. I mean you know that is what what you've just said.   [00:41:00] But I think there is another way of saying it and that's what I wished I had been able to do when my children were young is two is when they come home with fears like that is to say in a relationship you get to choose every day whether you're going to be together or whether it's better for you to be apart and you always have to listen to what's best for you because that's that is your primary responsibility is to make sure that your needs are being met and your dreams are being fulfilled and your being the most important person in your life. So I think there's a way for them for you to model that this is how a relationship works it's it's an everyday decision it's an every moment decision.   [00:41:52] Yeah I agree with that and of course our first instinct is to protect them and make sure that they're not feeling anything that they don't want to feel.   [00:42:05] And so we're just training them to wear it down.   [00:42:09] Feelings. Yeah. You're so right on. I love that so we can actually come to our kids and say this might be better for that person at this time in their life. And we always get to choose. I love that every day we get to choose if we're going to be together and yeah and two and two.   [00:42:31] I mean it's a way of showing them that the power the power of their life resides within them that they don't perfect no one outside of them gets to say what happens and why they're the ones that get to decide.   [00:42:49] Yes I want to talk about men for a second because there are so many men who are great guys that have huge hearts who really want to just do the best and be the best here.   [00:43:07] But I have actually had 80 year old 70 year old 60 year old women come to me and say there is no passion left in my relationship and I don't know if I want to spend my last years living with no passion.   [00:43:27] So I'm kind of breaking down two different things here. We have females who are feeling just the mundane ness and no passion there. And there are men who want to change. There are men who don't want to change but I really feel into the male energy. They're so confused right now about who they're supposed to be what they're supposed to be how do we help men that is in a way that we're not coming at them where they feel attacked.   [00:43:58] How do we help them to support us more. This is a big question too of course because I have three sons and I whom I love and want to see you succeed in every way. However I don't think it is the responsibility of women to help men become men become human to become themselves. That is something that we've been doing for a long time and we have to step back from that role now.   [00:44:32] We have to allow men too big to come into their full humanity. And I recognize that this is actually quite frightening for all of us. The hardest thing for us to do is to be ourselves and why that should be. I have no idea. But we have so much fear of being seen for who we are that it's crippling us. So that is something that I feel men are going to have to deal with. And it's not going to be an easy road for them just as it hasn't been an easy road for us. But the passion of a relationship in my opinion or at least for me would be to come together in a new moment in every moment because the truth of it is that we are different in every moment. And if we're being honest and true to who we are we are coming to the relationship in a new way in every moment. And so we're not riding on the past. We're not projecting into the future. We are in the present moment and the passion lies in being new to each other in that moment.   [00:45:46] And so each of the partners is responsible for coming to that union for themselves. So we can't really do the work for the men. They're going to have to make their way that they're on their own. And women are awakening at such a rate that they're not willing to spend another moment in a life that isn't rich with with newness and presence. So when I first started on this path I started looking at the divorce statistics and the highest rate of divorce is still amongst quite young. From twenty three to twenty six or something like that. But the fastest growing rate of divorce is in the older age groups. And this is because we're starting to allow that a relationship that isn't serving us has come to completion and we are allowing ourselves to feel that there's there's it's harder and it's serves us less to be in a relationship that isn't present where there isn't presence than it is to just continue on the path that they had going because none of us knows how long we're going to live every moment becomes precious.   [00:47:05] So well said K.. Thank you so much. So are you working on another book. So if you can't talk about it it's okay.   [00:47:15] I just yeah I I have been. This is my heart's desire is definitely to to write and express and teach through through that process. And I I almost I think it's true of most writers that you prefer to the stuff that comes after which is promoting and marketing the book. So I've been kind of waiting and waiting and wondering what was going to be next and I have a project that has come into my life that I'm really excited about. It's just in the very early stages but it's got me feeling really excited about the incredible power of this particular story to set people free.   [00:48:09] It's really exciting to me and I'm looking forward to kind of diving in. Indeed.   [00:48:14] That is so exciting because that's where we're all at right now is this awakening and setting ourselves free. So what a gift.   [00:48:22] Thank you. My pleasure. You know Kate I always ask everybody on the show Who Do You Think That I should interview next. Who do you know that I should interview.   [00:48:33] That is such a hard question because I know so many incredible souls who are doing such incredible work. I mean my my network of teachers give me a couple. OK. OK so one of I have a friend. Her name is Alexis shell. She's a children's book author and she teaches yoga to children.   [00:48:55] And she is deeply passionate about helping younger people who are challenged by the heaviness of the times.   [00:49:13] And she is honestly she is like an angel on earth. She says the most loving presence and she's written a couple of children's books. And I think that in terms of Conscious parenting she is really somebody.   [00:49:32] Oh I have to have her on. I've had at least four parents in over the last month who their children are so empathic that they are picking up the blockages of their parents and they're carrying them. And this is something that we're seeing a lot of right now because these young children who have come in over the last 15 years are so much more high vibrational than the rest of us and they're just so empathic.   [00:50:07] It would be wonderful. Yes. And part of that that understanding is that as the children contain more light in their in their DNA and their genome and they come down into the three the 3D experience the the challenge of that is overwhelming. And so that's right at the point where Alexa is in helping the children develop the techniques and practices that can help them through that because it's critically important that we teach them how to inner resource because we can't necessarily give them everything that they're going to need. They have to develop the skills themselves and also she's able to help parents understand how to guide with love and compassion and understanding. And in this process we're going to change everything about how we raise our children. We're gonna be changing the educational system. We're gonna be changing. We're going to be changing the religious structures and society and all the stuff that's around the concept of family.   [00:51:22] We're gonna be we're gonna be over on the precipice. Yeah we're on the precipice of all that. I know. I love it every time I see teachers bringing yoga into the classroom I'm like it's starting. Yeah yeah yeah. And meditation and yes.   [00:51:40] Well one more question. Actually two more questions for you. Where can people find you if they want to find you online.   [00:51:47] Ok so of course I'm on Facebook. I have both a personal page chaotic and I have a page for the book Divorce a love story which lists all my events which I have at about coming up in Wheaton on April 4th at 7 p.m. at Prairie path books in their new location in town square. Very excited about that. And so and then on Instagram I met is awake and yeah. Right now that's those are the best ways.   [00:52:24] Beautiful. Final question.   [00:52:27] This is a biggie but if you had long time in the future when you have done everything that you want to do here and if you had to leave your children with one final message one piece of advice what would you tell them.   [00:52:46] I think for moms it's almost impossible to live your life without that thought. What would I be teaching my children if I did this if I did that.   [00:52:58] And I think this is why we have children because it it drives us into a higher version of ourselves. And it's like a constant echo of our actions and behaviors. How is this going to be perceived by my children. It's such a gift it's a gift beyond words to have those little mirrors in your life.   [00:53:25] And I want my children to see that throughout my life I have been working to become a truer version of myself and that that took a huge amount of courage and that their my love for them was that is the driving force behind behind that and my love for myself.   [00:54:04] Yeah I think I would love to have them recognized that. But I also recognize that because they're individuals that might not be their experience of my life. They're going to have their own experience of my life.   [00:54:21] And I have to be OK with that.   [00:54:24] Well you've given ISIS so much to think about today so eat many yummy nuggets of just great information. And I thank you so so much for being on the show today. And just for your time. And for you bringing your energy.   [00:54:41] Can I just also add a book is available on both Barnes and Noble and so on.   [00:54:48] I'm so sorry I had that in my notes and then I just shut it out. Yes. Thank you so much.   [00:54:53] And you should really purchase the book because it is an amazing read and I love Amazon you buy it on there and then it's at your house the next day which is fabulous. And I've even seen you you can read it once you buy it on Amazon you can start reading it right away I believe on the Kindle which is fantastic.   [00:55:12] You know I it's not a very long book but it's packed and I I'm not saying this only for my own benefit but I really encourage people to get the hardcover because there is a trance a healing transmission in the book and as you read it I think you're going to find that you can come back to it again and again for that healing no matter what you're going through. And I I just want to add that the book is really not just for people who are going through a divorce because it also talks a lot about how to be in a conscious relationship and how to allow your greatest challenges to serve your greatest growth and how the process of self-love really looks and how it heals. And one of the surprises for me has been how younger people have told me that it has helped them heal from their parents divorce because you know we've been affected by divorce in on many different levels as friends relatives children and partners. So it has it has a healing for for all of us around the whole issue of relationships.   [00:56:35] Yeah. So a perfect read for everybody in the family. Yeah I love that. Thank you so much. I'm so glad you caught that. Thank you Kay.   [00:56:44] Thank you Julie. It's been a pleasure to be here with you.   [00:56:47] Oh good. Good. Well I'm sure we'll have you on again soon. OK. 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The final fours are set! Eight of the best men's and women's teams remain to battle it out for two national titles. On the women's side, many of those expected to make it to Salem. On the men's side, none of the top four powers will be in Fort Wayne. Sunday on Hoopsville, Dave takes a look at both a record breaking performance on the men's side and chats with the four teams dancing on the women's side. (Due to the extensive coverage in Fort Wayne at the men's championship weekend, Sunday's show will have more women's coverage than men's.) How one man put up 62-points in a game and has already shattered the single-tournament scoring record. And how the four hosts on the women's side survived their weekends to advance. Hoopsville is presented by D3hoops.com and airs from the WBCA/NABC Studio. Sunday's show can be seen On Demand by clicking on the video player above or listen the audio-only podcast to the right (available shortly after the show goes off air). If you have questions about Division III basketball, feel free to send them and we will answer them on a the show. Email them to hoopsville@d3hoops.com or use any of the social media options to the right. Guests Schedule (order subject to change): - Aston Francis, Wheaton (Ill.) senior guard - Jeff Hans, No. 1 Thomas More women's coach - Adrienne Schibles, No. 3 Bowdoin women's coach - Ruth Sinn, No. 2 St. Thomas women's coach - Bridgette Mann, No. 9 Scranton senior guard - Carey Harveycutter, City of Salem (Vir.)

We are down to 32. A great weekend of basketball has cut the NCAA tournament teams in half. There were some surprises, surprising outcomes, and fun environments around DIII. Even the end of the title defense of Nebraska Wesleyan. On Sunday's Hoopsville, we try and recap it all while also hearing from several of the coaches who found themselves in the thick of it. Hoopsville is presented by D3hoops.com and airs from the WBCA/NABC Studio. Guests Schedule (order subject to change): - Mike Schauer, Wheaton (Ill.) men’s coach - Tom Palombo, Guilford men’s coach - Randi Henderson, No. 22 WashU women’s coach - Fred Richter, No. 15 DeSales women’s coach - Bill Broderick, Christopher Newport women’s coach

Episode 27 of the Mavens Do It Better Podcast features Troy Swanson. Troy is a philanthropist, social entrepreneur, global nomad, community builder, global technology business developer, transformational traveler and author. Troy is the Founder and Executive Director of the AlphaBet Club. ABC is an international not-for-profit organization helping children in need to break the cycle of poverty through education. ABC funds new school projects (11 to date in India, Nepal, Haiti, Cambodia & Laos) with schools providing nutrition programs (500,000+ free meals served) that would otherwise be out of reach for many children living in underserved communities and slums. Operating in the Netherlands, and Spain; ABC is funded by donations, sponsorships and proceeds from fundraising events.Troy and Heather worked together at Microsoft and figured out that they went to high school together at Wheaton Central High School, Wheaton IL during a 2004 European SharePoint Roadshow and have been friends and colleagues ever since.Troy and Heather caught up in person from Bangalore, India on a visit to The AlphaBet Club’s many schools and library projects there.Listen in as Heather talks with Troy about:Education impact projects in India & developing countries. Lessons learned and the value of strong partner ecosystems to bring quality education & nutrition to underserved children, families & communities. Transformational Bridge School & Libraries 4 Schools Programs & how donating birthdays online are impacting lives.Growing up in Wheaton, DuPage County, Illinois and a life of travel and cultural immersion.A sneak peek into Troy's forthcoming book, 'The 3 Knocks Rule', a simple tool to start recognizing and saying 'Yes' to growth experiences to transform your life and overall well-being.Troy Swanson Facebook |Instagram | Website | LinkedInCheck out Troy’s Burner Podcast – Episode 68: Breakfast at Troyfanny’sThe Alphabet Club | Facebook | Twitter | Website

Welcome to Episode 31 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. This is the third of our eight season preview podcasts highlighting each region -- this episode focuses on the four conferences in the Central region, and of course, Jake's beloved WashU Bears. We begin (at 2:45) with the newly-minted American Rivers Conference, where Dubuque and Luther seem to have overtaken Wartburg as the favorites, with Coe not too far behind. We then move (at 15:32) to the CCIW, where the North Central Cardinals have represented the region quite well over the last few years and appear ready to continue their conference reign, with respect to Carthage, Illinois Wesleyan, and Wheaton (Ill.). Next (at 22:52), we head to the MWC, where the Monmouth Scots will look to defend their crown against an intriguing new addition to the conference, the UChicago Maroons. We move to the SLIAC (at 30:16) where Webster looks clearly like the strongest team in the entire region, but an up-and-coming Spalding team will look to challenge the Gorloks. Finally (at 40:01), we discuss the UAA reps, Washington University in St. Louis, and why we're excited and optimistic about the Bears, who feature a tremendously talented pitching staff and an offense that is only graduating one everyday player. We conclude (at 46:00) by shouting out some other notable players and then picking our players and pitchers of the year, and our teams to beat.  Click here to see our 2019 Preseason All-American teams.  Follow us on Twitter @d3baseballpod (DMs are open if you want to reach us there) and @CespedesBBQ.  Send us your best D-III stories or any other comments or questions to thed3baseballpodcast@gmail.com Subscribe + rate/review on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-podcast-about-division-iii-baseball/id1342691759 

The first full weekend of Division III basketball did not disappoint. Upsets, close games, thrilling outcomes. There was a little of everything. Before you sit down to the Thanksgiving table this week, be sure to sit down with Hoopsville. Dave and guests not only recap the first incredible two weeks of the season, but also chat about the surprises and head-scratching items early on in the season. We promise to give you your fill of Division III basketball before you get full on turkey, stuffing, potatoes, and anything else you can stuff in with family and friends. Hoopsville is presented by D3hoops.com and airs from the WBCA/NABC Studio. Guests Schedule (order subject to change): - Kevin Bettencourt, Endicott men's coach - Michael Shauer, Wheaton (Ill.) men's coach - Mike Miller, No. 11 Messiah women's coach

James and John are offended at the Samaritan's treatment of Jesus. They ask to call down fire from heaven? Despite being surprised and inconvenienced, why does Jesus have a different attitude and rebuke the disciples? What is your attitude when you are "reprioritized" and people don't treat you as highly as you expect?  Luke 9:51-56. 2:00 Why is there tension in the air? 06:15 Does Jesus know he will be rejected? 08:50 Why does the party assume they will be received by the Samaritans? 10:45 Why I love shortcuts. 12:50 Why James and John want to call down fire from heaven.14:10 Elijah and Ahaziah episode of commanding fire down. 2 Kings 1.    18:25 How do you respond when someone cancels on you? Man who cancelled on me irritated me. 21:00 I'm a lower priority than I think I should be. 22:00 My initial reaction is not the path to joy. Jesus shows us patience and humility brings maturity. 22:59 Listening prayer, interactive gratitude (These are part of the Immanuel Process or Immanuel journaling.  https://www.immanuelapproach.com  or https://immanueljournaling.com) 25:40 If I'm special to God I don't need for you to treat me special. 27:20 Are people prioritizing you lower than you would like? 31:30 Inconvenience of rejection. Jesus and his disciples take a detour. 32:40 Costs us more than we think it should. 33:20 Is God taking you on a detour? 36:40 Possible reasons why the Samaritans reject Jesus. 42:00 Anxiety, your imagination leaves out God with you. 45:00 Why would Father allow Jesus to be detoured? 47:45 Why do we go through testing? 51:30 Patience and Humility always required on a detour. Humble Reframe.  Map of Jesus' last journey to Jerusalem from ESV Study Bible. Crossway Publishing, Wheaton IL 2008

Highlights POWs in WW1 | @01:30 The war on the eastern front is over - Mike Shuster | @11:15 Tomb of the Unknown Soldier - Gavin McIlvenna | @15:50 Speaking WW1 “Dingbat” | @22:40 100C/100M, Wheaton IL - Nancy Flannery & Rob Sperl | @24:15 The Millionaire’s Unit - Dr. Marc Wortman | @30:50 North Dakota WW1 Centennial Committee - Darrell Dorgan | @38:00 Warrior in Khaki - Native American Warriors - Michael and Ann Knudson | @44:15 WWrite Blog - Pierre Lemaitre’s, The Great Swindle | @51:20 The Buzz - Native American History Month | @52:25 More...----more---- Opening Welcome to World War 1 centennial News - It’s about WW1 THEN - what was happening 100 years ago this week  - and it’s about WW1 NOW - news and updates about the centennial and the commemoration. Today is November 8th, 2017. We have a big lineup of guests for you this week… 9 in all! including: Mike Shuster from the great war project blog,    Gavin Mcilvenna, President of the Society of the Honor Guard of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Nancy Flannery and Rob Sperl from the 100 cities/100 memorials project in Wheaton, Illinois Marc Wortman, author, historian and journalist Darrell Dorgan, Chairman of the North Dakota WW1 Centennial Committee Michael and Ann Knudson, authors of Warriors in Khaki And Katherine Akey the shows line producer and the commissions social media director... WW1 Centennial News is brought to you by the U.S. World War I Centennial Commission and the Pritzker Military Museum and Library. I’m Theo Mayer - the Chief Technologist for the Commission and your host. Welcome to the show. [MUSIC] World War One THEN 100 Year Ago This Week [MUSIC TRANSITION] This week 100 years ago in both the Official Bulletin, the US government's daily war gazette and the New York Times,  there are stories about the first American Prisoners-of-war captured by the Germans. This got us thinking about the subject of POWs in WWI. What were the rules? I mean, the Geneva convention that we usually think of, when we think of prisoner of war “treatment” today generally refers to treaties from 1949 after WWII. Those were updates from 2 treaties pulled together in 1929 - And prior to the 20th century, the treatment and rights for combatants was pretty harsh - There were attempts to develop some kind of humanitarian standards through much of the second half of the 1800’s after the Crimena war. What WAS the story with POWs in WWI? How many were there? Did the Red Cross play a role? What about American POWs? So that’s the theme we are going to explore in today’s WW1 Centennial News THEN…   what was happening this week 100 years ago.. in the war that changed the world.   [SOUND EFFECT AND TRANSITION] It’s the first week of November, 1917. The Europeans have been at war for over three years, but early this week, as they are training in a relatively quiet area of the western front, a company of American Soldiers gets raided by a German force. 3 are killed , 5 are wounded and 12 Americans get captured by the enemy. [SOUND EFFECT] Dateline Sunday November 4, 1917 The headline in the New York Times reads: Attack Before Daylight Forces in Training Held Small Salient of the Front Line Trenches Pershing tells of loss And the story reads: Armed forces under the American flag have had their first clash with German soldiers---  in an attack which the Germans made on first line trenches, which the United States troops had taken for instruction --- three Americans were killed, five wounded and twelve captured. The Germans respond to the incident with a taunting article in Berlin’s Lokal Anzeiger newspaper [SOUND EFFECT] Dateline Sunday November 4, 1917 Another headline in the New York Times reads: Berlin Rejoices Over American Prisoners; Lokal Anzeiger newspaper extends a “Welcome” The story goes on to read: The Berlin newspaper played up the capture of the Americans in their headlines under the captions: “Good Morning Boys” and goes on to include: Three Cheers for the Americans. Clever chaps they are! It cannot be denied. Scarcely have they touched the soil of this putrified Europe when they are already forcing their way into Germany! It is our good fortune that we are equipped to receive and entertain numerous guests and that we shall be able to provide quarters for these gentlemen. However, we cannot promise them doughnuts and jam, and to this extent they will be obliged to receed from their former standard of living. Above all they will find comfort in the thought that they are rendering their almighty president, Mr. Wilson, valuable services in as much as it is asserted that he is anxious to obtain reliable information concerning conditions and sentiments in belligerent countries. As Americans are accustomed to travel in luxury and comfort, we assume that these advance arrivals merely represent couriers for larger numbers to come. We are sure the latter will come and be gathered in by us. And the propaganda war is in full swing from all sides as exemplified in an article published in the US Government’s Official Bulletin. [SOUND EFFECT] Dateline Tuesday November 6, 1917 Headline: German Soldiers, Forced to murder their helpless foes and prisoners. Germans tell terrifying details in letters In the story it reads: The Committee on Public Information makes public herewith three letters taken from one of its forthcoming pamphlets “ German War Practices”   Here is the protest of a German soldier, an eye-witness to the slaughter of Russian soldiers in the Masurian lakes and swamps: “ It was frightful, heart-rending, as those masses of human beings were driven to destruction. Above the terrible thunder of the cannon could be heard the heart-rending cries of the Russians… But there was no mercy. Our captain had ordered: ‘The whole lot must die; so rapid fire.’ As I have heard…. five men and one officer on our side went mad from those heart-wrenching  cries. But most of my comrades and the officers joked as helpless Russians shrieked for mercy while they were being suffocated in the swamps and shot down. The order was: ‘ Close up and at it harder!’ For days afterwards those yells followed me, and I dare not think of them or I shall go mad. There is no God; there is no morality and' no ethics any more. There are no human beings any more, but only beasts. I say Down with militarism. This was from a letter by a Prussian soldier as reported by the US government. From a wikipedia entry entitled: World War I prisoners of war in Germany, it states From the beginning of the war, the German authorities find themselves confronted with an unexpected influx of prisoners. In September 1914, at the beginning of the war, 125,000 French soldiers and 94,000 Russians are made captive. Early the following year in, 1915, the number of prisoners being held captive in Germany reaches 652,000 and then rises even more quickly. From February to August 1915, it goes from 652,000 to 1,045,000. One year later, in August 1916, it reaches 1.6 million, and then reaches just over 2.4 million prisoners of war by October 1918. This experience gives Germany a strong foundation in the implementation, operation and exploitation of large POW and labor camps, know-how they will employ again in the future. Preparing to deal with American POWs, the US government makes plans with the US Red Cross to help care for our captured doughboys.   [SOUND EFFECT] Dateline: Wednesday November 7, 1917 The headline of the Official Bulletin reads: RED CROSS PLANS TO FEED U. S. PRISONERS lN GERMANY The story reads: Arrangements for supplying food and clothing to American prisoners of war in Germany have been worked out in detail by the War and Navy Departments and the American Red Cross. Since the beginning of the war, England and France have met Germany’s inadequate care of its prisoners by sending supplies of their own, and in the main the system has operated successfully. To support American soldiers and sailors who may be captured and confined in German prison camps, the disbursing agent of the Red Cross at Berne, Switzerland, will be supplied with 4,500 tons of food immediately. This will comprise 1,800,000 individual rations, or enough to feed 10,000 men adequately for six months. Now… Surprisingly, these preparations are over specified. The fact is, that the US POW count winds up being pretty low at just above 4,100 soldiers - even with over 2 million soldiers in the field. This may speak to the nature of the American Expeditionary Force’s campaign style and few battles where the forces are captured wholesale. Contrast this with the currently on-going Battle of Caporetto - where 265,000 italian soldiers are captured by the Prussians. And speaking of the Battle of Caporetto - Two names pop up connected to that battle --- that  our listeners may be familiar with. Supporting the Austrians is a young German Captain - who will emerge in WWII as a major military strategist - Field Marshal Erwin Rommel - the Desert Fox. On the US side, there is a young ambulance driver who will emerge after the war as one of the giant figures of literature - Ernest Hemingway, who was wounded in this battle and used his experiences as a basis for his 1929 novel, A Farewell to Arms. These notes on the battle of Caporetto were sent in to me by my cousin Michael who is a military cryptologist  and who wanted to point out that the use of SIGINT or signal intelligence - strategic decoding of battlefield radio communications - played a key part in Caporetto - used by the Austrians to wipe out and capture Italy’s artillery! Links: www.ww1cc.org/bulletin http://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/educate/history/official-bulletin/2883-ww1-official-bulletin-volume-1-issue-153-november-7-1917.html http://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/educate/history/official-bulletin/2882-ww1-official-bulletin-volume-1-issue-152-november-6-1917.html http://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/educate/history/official-bulletin/2881-ww1-official-bulletin-volume-1-issue-151-november-5-1917.html http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9401EEDB123FE433A25756C0A9679D946696D6CF http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9D00EEDB123FE433A25756C0A9679D946696D6CF   [SOUND EFFECT] Great War Project But perhaps the biggest and most impactful story 100 years ago this week is the end of the war on the eastern front --- as Russia formally drops out of the fight! Mike Shuster, former NPR correspondent and curator for the Great War Project blog is here to tell us about it. Welcome Mike. [Mike Shuster]   Mike Shuster from the Great War Project blog. LINK: http://greatwarproject.org/2017/11/05/the-bolsheviks-seize-power-in-russia/ [SOUND EFFECT] The Great War Channel If you need a little WWI video action - we recommend the Great War Channel on Youtube hosted by Indy Neidell.   This week’s new episodes are: Battle of Beersheba and Canadian Frustration Breakthroughs and Setbacks - Fall 1917 And as we covered last week -  Zionism during WW1   Follow the link in the podcast notes or search for “the great war” on youtube. Link: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheGreatWar World War One NOW Now we are going to fast forward into the present to WW1 Centennial News NOW - and explore what is happening to commemorate the centennial of the War that changed the world! [SOUND EFFECT] Events: Veterans Day Interview with Gavin McIlvenna - Tomb of the Unknown Soldier On this veterans day weekend, we are going to start with a special guest, Retired Sergeant Major Gavin Mcilvenna, President of the Society of the Honor Guard, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. One of the most iconic images of remembrance during any Memorial or Veterans Day is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, guards at attention, rain or shine, honoring our fallen with the serious, heartfelt solemnity and devotion to the duty that they are performing. Gavin has been one of those guards and it is our privilege to have him here today to give us some insight into those men and women, that life and the job they do. Welcome Gavin! [greetings] [Gavin, how did the tradition of honoring an Unknown Soldier begin - and what is the idea behind it? ]   [For those who stand guard over the unknown soldier - what does it mean to them?]   [Are there unknowns from multiple conflicts, or just World War One?]   [So You’re the president of the Society of the Honor Guard of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. What is the Society’s mission?]   [The Society is preparing for the centennial of the very first Unknown Soldier selected in 1921 -- can you tell us a bit about what those commemoration plans look like?]   Thank you so much for being here with us today!   [goodbyes/thanks]   Gavin McIlvenna is the President of the Society of the Honor Guard of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. We have links for you in the podcast notes to learn more...   Link: http://tombguard.org/ http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/Explore/Tomb-of-the-Unknown-Soldier Speaking WW1 And now for our feature “Speaking World War 1 - Where we explore the words & phrases that are rooted in the war  --- In ww1, Australian soldiers earned an outstanding reputation. They fought in many of the great theatres of war: Gallipoli, Damascus, Gaza, the Somme, Ypres and Passchendaele. Right from the beginning, though, they were seen as trouble by the English Officers… They were brash, boisterous, undisciplined, they dressed improperly -- some didn't even shave everyday. But they fought like tasmanian devils and if you ever hung out with australians you’ll know that they were just being their very cool and very natural Aussie selves - considering the English officers as uptight arses. The Australians were also masters of slang, in their gruff-but-goofy style, so it’s no surprise that they came up with a wonderfully nonsensical yet descriptive term for an uptight arse: A dingbat! A bit of an insult: A bit of a description… The word itself - Dingbat - has earlier origins, being used since the early 19th century much like the word thingamajig, a placeholder for when you don’t quite know what to call something. Today, the word’s main use is as a computer type font filled not with letters but with symbols, shapes and objects - So if you always thought of Dingbat as a fancy asterisk... in world war 1 it was simply a different kind of arse... Terisk. See the podcast notes to learn more! link: https://www.amazon.com/Tommy-Doughboy-Fritz-Soldier-Slang/dp/144563 7839/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1508848013&sr=8-1&keywords=tommy+doughboy+fritz http://mentalfloss.com/article/58233/21-slang-terms-world-war-i 100 Cities/100 Memorials [SOUND EFFECT Wheaton IL 100 cities Moving on to our 100 Cities / 100 Memorials segment about the $200,000 matching grant challenge to rescue and focus on our local WWI memorials. To start -  we just have to plug the fact that we are taking grant applications for the second round - we have matching grants to give away but you need to submit the application before January 15, 2018 - go to ww1cc.org/100Memorials to learn all about it.’ Now this week we are profiling the WWI Obelisk in Wheaton Illinois-- one of the first 50 awardees of the 100 available grants --- with us tell us about their project are Nancy Flannery, Chair of the City of Wheaton Historic Commission, and Rob Sperl, Director of Parks and Planning, Wheaton Park District. Welcome to both of you! [exchange greetings] [Nancy, in your grant application for 100 Cities / 100 memorials you said - Quote” The US participation in World War I not only changed the population of Wheaton, Illinois; it defined Wheaton as a community willing to fight for its beliefs.Unquote What did you mean by that?]   [Nancy - how did the obelisk come about?]   [Rob, I noted that your project is scaled well over $50,000 - and that the park board of commissioners committed to covering the rest - how did the city decide evolve?]   [ Is the project finished? Do you have plans for a rededication?]   [exchange thanks]   Nancy Flannery, is the Chair of the City of Wheaton Historic Commission, and Rob Sperl, is the Director of Parks and Planning Wheaton Park District.   We are going to continue to profile 100 Cities / 100 Memorials projects - not only awardees but also teams that are continuing on to round #2 which is now open for submissions. We are very proud of this program that is stimulating communities all over America to rediscover and re-address their heritage. A HUGE thank you to all participants! You can go to ww1cc.org/100 memorials or follow the link in the podcast notes to learn more about participating in this program! Link: www.ww1cc.org/100memorials   [SOUND EFFECT] Spotlight in the Media Marc Wortman - The Millionaire’s Unit Today, we are combining our Spotlight in the Media and our War in the Sky segments by speaking with Dr. Marc Wortman, historian, journalist and author, about his book The Millionaires' Unit: The Aristocratic Flyboys Who Fought the Great War and Invented American Air Power.   The book inspired a recently released award winning documentary. Welcome, Marc! [greetings] [So Marc, The Millionaire’s Unit recounts the history of the First Yale Unit. Can you give us an introduction to who this unit was and what they did during the war?]   [Katherine wanted to put in this question --- How did this group end up in the Navy Air Service rather than in the Army Air Service?]   [We’ve provided a link for our listeners to learn more about your books and your audiobook on audible… but let’s talk about the documentary, tell us about it…]   [here is a clip from the film’s trailer that just came out last week]   [Marc - it’s a fascinating story about young men who used their privileged position in life to do - what they clearly believed - was the right thing - their duty - and they had an impact that still echoes today. Thanks so much for bringing us the story! ]   [goodbyes/thanks]   Dr. Marc Wortman is a historian, journalist and author. The Millionaire’s Unit and accompanying documentary are linked in the podcast notes.   Links: marcwortmanbooks.com http://www.millionairesunit.org/home.php https://www.audible.com/search/ref=a_hp_tseft?advsearchKeywords=the%20millionaire%27s%20unit&filterby=field-keywords https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nceHuM0oZCM&feature=youtu.be   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nceHuM0oZCM&feature=youtu.be Updates from the States North Dakota WW1 Centennial Committee This week in our Updates from the States, We want to congratulate the WWI Centennial Committee from the Roughrider State, North Dakota. They have just launched their website at ww1cc.org/northdakota  all on word and lower case! We invited North Dakota WWI Centennial Committee chairman Darrell Dorgan to join us. Welcome, Darrell!   [greetings]   [Darrell, tell us about your state WWI Committee. How did it get established in North Dakota?]   [Because as chief technologist, I helped support the process, I was interested to learn that the North Dakota website was built by a Microsoft website hackathon -- that’s unique among our state publishing partners - how did that come about? ]   [What was the North Dakotan WWI experience? How did the war affect the state? ]   [What are some of the Committee key projects in the coming year?]   [Thank you Darrell!]   [goodbye/thanks]   Darrell Dorgan is the Chairman of the North Dakota World War One Centennial Committee. Follow the North Dakota Committee by heading over to ww1cc.org/northdakota or follow the link in the podcast notes. Link: www.ww1cc.org/northdakota   Warriors in Khaki For our next story, we are going to stay in the Dakotas…  and look more into the service of the state, and specifically the WWI service by the Native American population. Michael J. Knudson and Ann G. Knudson are a husband and wife writing team, and authors of multiple books on local World War 1 history in North Dakota. [Welcome Knudsons!!]   [Michael, how did you two end up writing books about the service of North Dakotans in World War One? ]   [Ann, how does your latest book, Warriors in Khaki, differ from your earlier book, Ransom County’s Loyal Defenders?]   [Did you attend the UTTC Powow? How were you welcomed by the different tribal nations?]   [What kinds of challenges do you encounter when doing this kind of very detailed, very local research?]   [Do you have any upcoming work? [this lets them plug their upcoming book on South Dakota]   [Michael, Ann -- thank you for your time, and your books!]   [goodbye/thanks]   Michael J. Knudson and Ann G. Knudson write books about the Dakotas and the history of the region. You can find links to their website as well as their books in the links in the podcast notes.   link:http://www.rp-author.com/knudson/ https://www.amazon.com/Warriors-Khaki-Michael-J-Knudson/dp/1611701015/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1510063689&sr=8-1&keywords=warriors+in+khaki   Articles and Posts Shout out to the Bi-Centennial of WW1 As we were prepping this week’s section on articles and posts, I decided to take a quick look to see HOW MANY articles and posts we now have on our website at ww1cc.org - and just at that very moment, one of our interns, Eric Squazzin hit enter on article number 3 thousand 6 hundred!!! Now everything that is published on our website is mandated to be preserved in perpetuity by the US Government as a document of interest to the American People - and I am proud to report - we got a LOT OF STUFF ABOUT WW1 gathered there!!! And since we travel freely in time and space on this show - a little shout out to our friend in the future who are going to be running the bi-centennial of WWI - from all of us here in 2017 and 2018 - who have been contributing to the website - You are welcome!   Wwrite Blog In our WWRITE blog, which explores WWI’s Influence on contemporary writing and scholarship, this week  the post title is “Pierre Lemaître's The Great Swindle: A Prize-Winning WWI Novel Hits the Screen During France's Great War Centennial” The book, with the english title “the great swindle”, is not only about a post-war traumatic experience; it is also about the art, and, yes, the money that could be made by making a business out of the millions of dead bodies that had a hard time finding proper graves after the combat ended. French director, Albert Dupontel, released the film adaptation of Lemaître’s pathbreaking book early in 2017. Read more about the award winning book and its accompanying film adaptation by visiting the Wwrite blog at ww1cc.org/wwrite or by following the link in the podcast notes. Link: www.ww1cc.org/wwrite http://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/articles-posts/3533-the-great-swindle.html The Buzz - WW1 in Social Media Posts That brings us to the buzz - the centennial of WW1 this week in social media with Katherine Akey - Katherine, what’s going on in the world of social media this week? [Hi Theo!   Native American History Month   It’s Native American History Month and this week we started to see a swell in posts and articles about the service of Native Americans in the war. I wanted to highlight a few really great facebook pages to follow if you’re interested in learning more about the history and commemorations of Native American service.   The Facebook page “WW1 Native American Warriors” is a fabulous resource, connecting tribes from all across the country and sharing their events, articles and the stories of individuals all in one place.   Additionally, the Choctaw Code Talkers Association has a great facebook page, and you can follow the progress of the Muskogee Doughboy statue restoration at the statue’s official facebook page too.   There’s also the Native American Indian Veterans Page, and of course the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian is sharing a ton of amazing stories, photographs and resources over the month.   Check the podcast notes for links to all of these pages, and that’s it this week for the Buzz! ] link:https://www.facebook.com/NativeAmericanWarriorsWWI/ https://www.facebook.com/choctawcodetalkers https://www.facebook.com/RevJohnRobinson https://www.facebook.com/NAIV-National-American-Indian-Veterans-311444758503 https://www.facebook.com/NationalMuseumoftheAmericanIndian   And that’s WW1 Centennial News for November 8, 1917 and 2017   Our guests this week were: Mike Shuster with a look at Russia’s revolution 100 years ago this week Gavin Mcilvenna with insight into the service of the Honor Guard of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Nancy Flannery and Rob Sperl for the 100 cities/100 memorials project in Wheaton, Illinois Marc Wortman with the story of The Millionaire’s Unit Darrell Dorgan from the North Dakota WW1 Centennial Committee Michael and Ann Knudson writers with a great tolerance for cold weather and huge expertise on Native American WW1 Warriors from North and South Dakota Katherine Akey the Commission’s social media director and also the line producer for the show.   Thanks to Eric Marr for his help on our story research. And I am Theo Mayer - your host.   The US World War One Centennial Commission was created by Congress to honor, commemorate and educate about WW1. Our programs are to-- inspire a national conversation and awareness about WW1; This program is a part of that…. We are bringing the lessons of the 100 years ago into today's classrooms; We are helping to restore WW1 memorials in communities of all sizes across our country; and of course we are building America’s National WW1 Memorial in Washington DC. This week’s featured web page is ww1cc.org/memorial - check it out! Big news there. We want to thank commission’s founding sponsor the Pritzker Military Museum and Library for their support. The podcast can be found on our website at ww1cc.org/cn   on  iTunes and google play ww1 Centennial News, and on Amazon Echo or other Alexa enabled devices. Just say: Alexa: Play W W One Centennial News Podcast. Our twitter and instagram handles are both @ww1cc and we are on facebook @ww1centennial. Thank you for joining us. And don’t forget to share the stories you are hearing here today about the war that changed the world! [music] Right mate - That’s a fair dinkum show this week - time to belt up and crack a tinnie - ya dingbat! (with apologies to my Aussie buds for my truly terrible accent) So long!

It's the 500th anniversary of the start of the Protestant Reformation.To “reform” is to improve or amend something that is wrong, corrupt, or unsatisfactory. With that definition in mind we thought it would be a great idea to record a conversation about whether or not there is a need for reformation in Christian music.If there is anyone qualified to have this discussion it is Dave Trout of UTR Media.Dave has been in Christian radio in some form or fashion for over 23 years. He has worked for WETN-FM in Wheaton IL,  WCFL-FM in Morris IL, Moody Radio, and ReFrame Media. He started the “Under The Radar” radio show in 2008 while working at ReFrame, and in 2014 that show became its own independent non-profit ministry, under Dave's oversight. In 2017, the organization underwent a creative relaunch, and now produces a wider variety of media projects under the new name, UTR Media. Besides well-crafted music, Dave loves pizza, watching Netflix/Hulu, Apple products, fishing, the Cubs, and driving 5 mph over the speed limit. He lives in Oak Lawn, IL with his wife and 5 children.Listen in as Dave Trout and Rick Lee James have a great discussion on Christian music and what UTR Media is doing to bring about reformation in the industry through great podcasts, innovative videos, and even producing album.Follow Rick Lee James on Spotify This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rickleejames.substack.com/subscribe

It’s the 500th anniversary of the start of the Protestant Reformation. To “reform” is to improve or amend something that is wrong, corrupt, or unsatisfactory. With that definition in mind we thought it would be a great idea to record a conversation about whether or not there is a need for reformation in Christian music. If there is anyone qualified to have this discussion it is Dave Trout of UTR Media. Dave has been in Christian radio in some form or fashion for over 23 years. He has worked for WETN-FM in Wheaton IL,  WCFL-FM in Morris IL, Moody Radio, and ReFrame Media. He started the “Under The Radar” radio show in 2008 while working at ReFrame, and in 2014 that show became its own independent non-profit ministry, under Dave’s oversight. In 2017, the organization underwent a creative relaunch, and now produces a wider variety of media projects under the new name, UTR Media. Besides well-crafted music, Dave loves pizza, watching Netflix/Hulu, Apple products, fishing, the Cubs, and driving 5 mph over the speed limit. He lives in Oak Lawn, IL with his wife and 5 children. Listen in as Dave Trout and Rick Lee James have a great discussion on Christian music and what UTR Media is doing to bring about reformation in the industry through great podcasts, innovative videos, and even producing album. Follow Rick Lee James on Spotify

Online home evaluations have been criticized pretty widely in recent times. Today, I decided to put the feature to the test and show you what I found out.Considering Selling in 2017: Click here for a Free Price EvaluationConsidering Buying in 2017: Get Gateway Access to the MLSIn recent times, a lot of negative things have been said about online home evaluations. Many real estate agents can’t stand online home evaluation tools, simply because they are not accurate.Personally, I don’t think online home evaluations as a whole are entirely bad. However, what can we find out about their accuracy is by looking at 10 of the highest-priced homes in Illinois? How does online home evaluations tools compare to real world list price?Well, after reviewing the numbers, the owners for some of these homes may not be too happy. In today’s modern world, a lot of buyers look online for the supposed "Kelley Blue Book" of real estate. But the truth is that online home estimate tools simply aren't accurate enough for this to be the case.At the end of the day, the market determines value—not online home evaluation tools. Seller’s should always rely on an appraisal for the most accurate information possible.But let’s get back to those 10 properties I mentioned earlier. As it turns out, 9 out of the 10 were priced well below asking price. This doesn’t entirely surprise me.What did surprise me, though, was that 8 of the 10 properties had an online value that came up to just 43% or less of the true asking price.“8 out of the 10 properties were valued at or below 43% of the asking price. ”Also, only 1 of the 10 online home evaluation's had a home at just 1% of its asking price. That’s a huge difference.Of the 10 homes we looked at, only 1 actually had a favorable online based value which was above asking price.So, at least in the case of high-end homes, do not rely on internet based home value tools to determine the value of your property. They are simply way off.If you have any other questions or would like more information, feel free to give me a call or send me an email. I look forward to hearing from you soon. Click here to watch the lifestyle film for 205 E. Prairie Ave, Wheaton IL Click here to view Michael's current listings Click here to watch the lifestyle film for Lionhead Farm

John J. Thompson is a 30-year music industry veteran, author, songwriter, artist, producer and teacher who currently serves as Associate Dean of the Trevecca School of Music and Worship Arts and as Director of Publishing for E One Nashville. Until recently he was Creative Director at Capitol CMG Publishing. His abiding passions for authentic, spiritually alive art, transformative community, innovative business practices, artisanal living, and home roasted coffee are explored in his new book. Jesus, Bread, and Chocolate; Crafting a Hand Made Faith in a Mass Market World (Zondervan / Harper Collins 2015) and can be found throughout his professional, creative and ministry-oriented career. “It’s been an amazing journey so far,” Thompson says. “I’m thrilled when I am able to speak into a community, a business, or a project in a way that is inspiring and helpful.”In 1989, at the age of 19, Thompson founded True Tunes Etc, in Wheaton Illinois, a music store, magazine and concert venue, while simultaneously cultivating his songwriting, performing and worship-leading skills in his band, The Wayside. After leaving True Tunes in 2000 he accepted a position with the Cornerstone Festival, scored a ballet for a local dance school, produced several records and wrote the book Raised By Wolves; The Story of Christian Rock and Roll (ECW Press, 2000) – all while serving as a pastor at Warehouse Church, an inner-city ministry in Aurora, Illinois. “For me everything bled into one,” he explains of his varied resume. “Whether it was leading worship or preaching at church, speaking at a college, writing, or working with big music companies, or playing with my band in a pub, I thrive wherever faith, art, and people intersect and nothing gives me more satisfaction than connecting folks and unleashing vision.”Throughout his sojourn in the music business Thompson built a solid reputation as a music critic and feature writer for many publications including CCM Magazine, HM Magazine, Christianity Today and Christian Musician. He joined Capitol Christian Music Publishing in early 2007 (then known as EMI Christian Music Group) where he managed a roster of CCM and Gospel songwriters (Andrae Crouch, Kirk Franklin, Marvin Sapp, Aaron Lindsey, John P. Kee, Fred Hammond, Anita Wilson, VaShawn Mitchell, etc) and provided Music Supervision services for films, (including the 2013 Lionsgate movie Grace Unplugged.) He is currently a contributor of music and film reviews for www.ThinkChristian.net and is a regular speaker at colleges, churches, songwriting events and festivals on behalf of Compassion International.Although still a Chicagoan at heart Thompson loves the creative, independent spirit he has found in East Nashville, TN where he has lived with his wife (Michelle Lynn Thompson) and four children since 2007.Blog: www.JohnJThompson.com – Twitter: @JohnJThompson – Instagram: TheOnlyJJT

John J. Thompson is a 30-year music industry veteran, author, songwriter, artist, producer and teacher who currently serves as Associate Dean of the Trevecca School of Music and Worship Arts and as Director of Publishing for E One Nashville. Until recently he was Creative Director at Capitol CMG Publishing. His abiding passions for authentic, spiritually alive art, transformative community, innovative business practices, artisanal living, and home roasted coffee are explored in his new book. Jesus, Bread, and Chocolate; Crafting a Hand Made Faith in a Mass Market World (Zondervan / Harper Collins 2015) and can be found throughout his professional, creative and ministry-oriented career. “It’s been an amazing journey so far,” Thompson says. “I’m thrilled when I am able to speak into a community, a business, or a project in a way that is inspiring and helpful.”In 1989, at the age of 19, Thompson founded True Tunes Etc, in Wheaton Illinois, a music store, magazine and concert venue, while simultaneously cultivating his songwriting, performing and worship-leading skills in his band, The Wayside. After leaving True Tunes in 2000 he accepted a position with the Cornerstone Festival, scored a ballet for a local dance school, produced several records and wrote the book Raised By Wolves; The Story of Christian Rock and Roll (ECW Press, 2000) – all while serving as a pastor at Warehouse Church, an inner-city ministry in Aurora, Illinois. “For me everything bled into one,” he explains of his varied resume. “Whether it was leading worship or preaching at church, speaking at a college, writing, or working with big music companies, or playing with my band in a pub, I thrive wherever faith, art, and people intersect and nothing gives me more satisfaction than connecting folks and unleashing vision.”Throughout his sojourn in the music business Thompson built a solid reputation as a music critic and feature writer for many publications including CCM Magazine, HM Magazine, Christianity Today and Christian Musician. He joined Capitol Christian Music Publishing in early 2007 (then known as EMI Christian Music Group) where he managed a roster of CCM and Gospel songwriters (Andrae Crouch, Kirk Franklin, Marvin Sapp, Aaron Lindsey, John P. Kee, Fred Hammond, Anita Wilson, VaShawn Mitchell, etc) and provided Music Supervision services for films, (including the 2013 Lionsgate movie Grace Unplugged.) He is currently a contributor of music and film reviews for www.ThinkChristian.net and is a regular speaker at colleges, churches, songwriting events and festivals on behalf of Compassion International.Although still a Chicagoan at heart Thompson loves the creative, independent spirit he has found in East Nashville, TN where he has lived with his wife (Michelle Lynn Thompson) and four children since 2007.Blog: www.JohnJThompson.com - Twitter: @JohnJThompson - Instagram: TheOnlyJJT

Believe it or not, the stretch run is upon us. Just three weeks left in the regular season with regional rankings making their appearance in a few days. Tonight on Hoopsville, Dave McHugh talks with Caltech, Misericordia, and Nichols men's teams along with the No. 16 Wheaton (Ill.) and Berry women's squads.

Thoughts and reflections from the Ravi Zacharias Summer Institute in Wheaton, Illinois.

Thoughts and reflections from the Ravi Zacharias Summer Institute in Wheaton, Illinois.