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We chat about Phil Collins, then what do yellow lights mean, really!

In this episode, Lesa Koski interviews Ron Deal, a world-renowned expert on blending families. The discussion covers Ron's background and the journey that led him to his current role, including his professional experiences and personal challenges. Ron shares practical advice for single parents considering dating, the role of a stepparent, and handling complex family dynamics. He emphasizes the importance of managing fears to build successful blended families and touches on crucial topics such as co-parenting and involving children in the dating process. The episode also highlights Ron's various resources, including books, podcasts, and online courses, aimed at supporting blended families.00:00 Introduction and Special Guest Announcement01:37 Ron's Journey to Becoming a Blended Family Expert04:57 Personal Challenges and Triumphs07:15 Dating and the Single Parent10:26 Red Flags and Yellow Lights in Relationships15:29 The Role of a Stepparent20:54 Navigating Grief in Blended Families22:40 The Importance of Intentionality in Blended Families24:01 Single Parenting vs. Blended Families26:17 Co-Parenting and Conflict Resolution28:13 Managing Fear in New Relationships31:30 Involving Kids in the Dating Process34:57 Guidelines for Introducing a New Partner37:11 Resources for Blended Families Resources by Ron Deal ----------------------------------- Ron L. Deal, LMFT, LPC President, As For Me and My House MinistriesDirector, FamilyLife Blended®, a ministry of FamilyLife®10201 W. Markham, Ste 105, Little Rock, AR 72205www.RonDeal.org | SmartStepfamilies.com www.FamilyLife.com/blended Listen or Subscribe to my FamilyLife Blended podcast hereSample media interviews and presentations Facebook: @SmartStepfamiliesFacebook: @FamilyLifeBlendedTwitter: @RonLDealInstagram: @FamilyLifeBlended

Welcome to the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy with Drs. James Hawkins, Ph.D., LPC, and Ryan Rana, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC, ICEEFT Therapists, Supervisors, and Trainers. Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you push the leading edge in your work to help people connect with themselves and each other. This is the second episode of our series, "What Scars Therapists." In this episode, we introduce the concept of the light system as a way to read the openness to proceed in enactments. We specifically covered green and yellow lights, and in the next episode, we will look at red light levels of response.  You can financially contribute to this podcast on Venmo (@leftpodcast). Type LEFT or Leading Edge in EFT in the comments or notes section. All financial contributions are greatly appreciated and will help us keep producing content to help you push your leading edge. We desire to use this podcast to help equip therapists with tools and encouragement to help them with relational distress. We are also part of a team that has created an online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV). Success In Vulnerability is your premier online education experience that leads with innovative instruction to advance your therapeutic effectiveness through Success in Vulnerability's exclusive Modules and full-length Clinical Examples. You can follow us on our Facebook page @pushtheleadingedge You can follow Ryan on Facebook @ryanranaprofessionaltraining and his website You can follow James on Facebook and Instagram @dochawklpc. You can also check out his website, dochawklpc.com Check out our online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV) You can follow George @ https://www.georgefaller.com/.

Cami Buckley lights up about LIGHT. Making decisions in your life like you would at your decisions to speed through a yellow light. Life is happening around us and to be a part of it includes some key elements, such as adding more light to your life. Whether you are a Jesus believer or just wanting to live a great life, service, and looking for the good in everyday brings more light to your life.

Does this sound familiar? You're constantly plagued by decision fatigue and indecision, feeling overwhelmed and stuck in a loop of analysis paralysis. You've been told to just trust your gut and make quick choices, but this only leaves you feeling uncertain and second-guessing your decisions. The pain of this ineffective action is the nagging feeling of doubt and the missed opportunities for growth and success. But fear not, there is a way to overcome this struggle and gain increased confidence and clarity in making impactful decisions.Keynotes:1. Learn strategies to combat decision weariness, amplifying the quality of your overall performance.2. Gain insight into the head, heart, and hands framework to bolster accurate decision-making processes.3. Unearth the secret traits of top performers that foster a high confidence level.4. Identify how the dynamics of leadership and company ethos affect pivotal decisions.5. Validate the need to engage with mentors to expedite personal and professional growth.The key moments in this episode are:00:00:00 - Introduction: Overcoming Decision Fatigue 00:03:40 - The Average Person Makes 35,000 Decisions a Day 00:05:20 - The Head, Heart, Hands Equation 00:07:33 - Creating a Green Light Environment in Business 00:08:33 - Red Lights and Yellow Lights in Decision-Making 00:13:30 - Making Difficult Decisions with Heart, 00:16:26 - Unshakable Confidence, 00:19:37 - Building Unshakable Confidence, 00:22:00 - Living by Design, 00:24:55 - Seeking Guidance, 00:27:00 - Importance of Having a Coach, 00:27:55 - The Value of a Coach's Assessment, 00:29:23 - Unpacking Life Stories, 00:30:00 - Offer for Listeners, 00:32:29 - Conclusion and Contact InformationLinks:  https://www.paulepsteinspeaks.com/  https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulepsteinspeaks/  https://www.instagram.com/paulepsteinspeaks/  https://twitter.com/PaulEpsteinLA Offer:  Paul would like to offer you his "Confidence Quiz". This quiz will help you find your confidence score on a scale of 1-100, and upon completion of the quiz, you will receive a variety of tools, resources, and activities to help you enhance your self-confidence and become the most confident version of yourself.    Please follow this link to access the quiz:  https://www.paulepsteinspeaks.com/confidence-quiz   Bio: Paul Epstein has spent nearly 15 years as a professional sports executive for multiple NFL and NBA teams, a global sports agency, and the NFL league office, where he has broken every premium revenue metric in Super Bowl history, opened a billion-dollar stadium, and founded the San Francisco 49ers Talent Academy, where he became known as the “Why Coach”.    As an award-winning keynote speaker named one of SUCCESS Magazine's top thought leaders that get results, Paul's impact continues off stage providing leadership development and culture transformation programs for companies and teams including Amazon, Disney, Johnson & Johnson, NASA, the Los Angeles Lakers, and the Dallas Cowboys—and his work has been featured on ESPN, NBC, Fox Business, and in USA Today. He is also the best-selling author of “The Power of Playing Offense” and is slated to launch his second book in 2023, “Better Decisions Faster”.   BHB2024Support the show

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The City of Phoenix is considering extending yellow lights, hoping that it will result in less red-light running. Detour Dan joins the show to talk about traffic lights and if this extension will happen. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mike talks about a new study that could extend yellow lights in Phoenix.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Two of us debate a silly topic (today was Running Yellow Lights, Movie Theatre Candy and Bumper Stickers) and a team of 3 judges decides who has the better argument (for or against). Kendra picked the topics then David and Sue had to argue their point!

“Most of the time, however, our past patterns point us to some deficits or injuries in our own character makeup. These deficits don't go away unless we enter the process of personal growth.” ― Dr. Henry Cloud, Dr. John Townsend Yellow Lights - This does not mean the relationship has to end or will never work. These are areas of patterns which affect relationships. In mild doses you can grow through these together. You can have all the green lights in common but that is not going to give you the perfect relationship because human nature is still involved. Musical Intellect: Nipsey Hussle Recorded in Dallas, TX @robertsmediagroup ⁣'Tha Reality Is' is powered by Roberts Media Group. For more programming and advertisement opportunities, please visit www.robertsmediagroup.co.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣If you would like to be a guest on the show or would like us to answer one of your questions from our perspective, email us at info@tharealityis.com or leave a message here and we'll be sure to answer it on an upcoming episode.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣Please leave us a rating or review. We don't care if it's a good review, we don't care if it's a bad review, we just want to hear from you!⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tharealityis/support

In episode 140 Jae is back to business this podcast with Tayvon this week at The Humble Palace. If you want to skip past the opening music set (5:00). Jae opens the podcast with the Army Opens its Doors to Recruits Who Fail to Meet Initial Body Fat and Academic Standards Amid Recruiting Crisis. Florida schools to let veterans teach without degrees (9:46), Why the Pentagon would rather not create a specific military law against extremism (14:02), Would you go to counseling to try and save y'all relationship??? (16:23), Yeezy x Engineered by Balenciaga drop. (18:06), If you hit the Powerball (21:20), DVSN new song……city boy anthem (23:40), Desus and Mero break up (32:25) and more……… Songs: Insane – Summer Walker (Intro) That Girl – Stevie Wonder (Intro) That Girl – MJG (Intro) Good Kisser - Usher (Outro) Credits: Created by: J. Williams Executive Producer(s): J. Williams Associate Producer(s): J. Williams Creative Director: J. Williams Engineer: J. Williams

In a no frills but longer than normal episode we drive into the not so little town of Twin Peaks. Just how much of a wonderful bummer this first ep is, how weird are all these dudes and how much do we want to kick sand in Jame's face. We talk about: David Lynch History, Twin Peaks, Laura Palmer Funko Pop, Everyone Knows, Pro Bully Podcast, Blobfish, Lynch Looks, Bobby Fucks Up, Good Acting, Cooper Comes To Town, Andy Had A Rough Day, Audrey Is The Joker, Flesh World, Town Hall, Yellow Lights, James Nitram, Great Rate, BobAt the very end of the episode we talk about who we think the killer is and Luke reveals some things around that from a few episodes later. If you want no spoilers skip after we discuss the final shot to plugs.

Yellow Lights - Dec 9, 2021 by Bokor in the Morning

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(GIVEAWAY ALERT!!! Be sure to listen for a chance to win) Being afraid doesn't have to mean we quit! Hear Martin and Sadie share some of the ways that they've overcome fears. Amazing Zoo Race Sign-up: https://gatheringnow.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/430/responses/new Instagram: @gatheringstudents CoreGroup Sign-ups: https://bit.ly/3grklfPWW

In this episode we are joined by special guest, FlawlessZaDii, a streamer who is currently enjoying the competitive grind of Apex but is eager for soon to be released games like Dead by Daylight 2, Back for Blood, and more! Also enjoy as cohost Toxic Jedi is haunted by a strange yellow light and even starts show and tell amongst friends. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dubkast/support

I'm sharing why I came up with the yellow light analogy and how I've used this for a long time with my clients. I don't know anything more powerful than really tuning into ourselves, so I'm showing you how to better use your energy to tune into your body and develop your awareness so you can operate in a completely different way.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.functionalsynergy.com/57

Today is a quick look at two ways God answers prayers: with green lights and yellow lights.    Listen in if you’ve ever wondered what to do with vague inspiration or absolutely no inspiration!   And grab our scripture study helps at the links below:   https://kristenwalkersmith.com/shop/ https://comefollowmestudy.com/shop/ Discount code: OMSS

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://adventuresofanamericanexpat.wordpress.com/2020/07/25/hundreds-of-flashing-yellow-lights-brodhead-wi-1/

On the 180th episode of Audioface:REVIEWS: "El Dorado" by 24kGoldn, "The Bitter Truth" by Evanescence, and "OH NO" by Xiu XiuNew singles: "Buzzcut" by BROCKHAMPTON feat. Danny Brown, "Last Day On Earth" by beabadoobee, and "Follow You/Cutthroat" by Imagine Dragons".Lil Nas X's "Montero/Call Me By Your Name" video proves he's the undisputed king of trolling. The El Dorado review. Dan criticizes Gorillaz for their NFT giveaway. This year's "First on Soundcloud" class gets announced. 10 Ways to Fix Music Streaming. The Bitter Truth review. System of a Down faces internal strife over band members' political beliefs. Ted Nugent brags about using the N word. The OH NO review. Pop Smoke's posthumous album breaks a record, and YoungBoy NBA adds to his record. Subscribe to Audioface wherever you're listening so you always get new episodes. Follow @audiofacepod on Twitter, Instagram, or YouTube for extra Audioface.  Check out Syndicate 23's semi-monthly news and politics show Power Report if you haven't already (and catch videos on the Dan From The Internet YouTube channel).  We appreciate it, and you.

Who here hasn't been frustrated while waiting at a red light? Have you ever pushed the gas a bit more to beat a yellow light? I am guilty on both accounts! But what about the red lights we encounter in life? We all want the green lights, but what if there is good to be found in the waiting at a red light in life? And what about those yellow lights... you know the ones where we can slow down a second, reevaluate the traffic flow before jumping out and hitting the gas. Yep, life deals us all the lights, but it's in knowing how to discern them that we reap the greatest lessons and possibly a great reward. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Fear is a thing we all experience. It's part of being human. We can't avoid it. But it doesn't have to stop us in our tracks. Sometimes fear just forces us to slow down and re-evaluate. But Jesus never said following would be straight-forward or safe! National Youth Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-8255 Gathering Students Instagram: @gatheringstudents Gathering Students YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgFY1ovJVAO8vNzmQWj9D2g CoreGroup Registration: https://bit.ly/34HiApL we>me Mozambique bracelets: https://bit.ly/2DMVIde

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60 Second Daily Mindset Training. This episode is titled ‘Awareness of Your Yellow Lights' and comes from “The Daily Dominator” by Brian Cain. ... Follow him on IG @briancainpeak ... Follow Me on IG @ferrantebaseball ... Subscribe to My YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCyBwHQcLMOK3ny-H53wo25g --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fundamental.vf/message

Apple Farms and Drones. Spy Chip Followup. Much Sudo About Nothing. Bluetooth Beaconing Enable Theft also Enables Mansplaining (what?!?) and some Reductor Malware details. Yellow lights are scientifically proven to be too short and Paul Graham proposes a language. 0:00 - Intro - Apple Farms and Drones 10:06 - Spy Chip Followup 11:25 - Much Sudo About Nothing 15:07 - Sudo Make me a Sandwich 16:11 - Bluetooth Beaconing Enabled Theft 19:08 - Reductor Malware 27:42 - Yellow Lights are Too Short 32:49 - Paul Graham's Bel  

On this episode of the Pastor’s Cut, we’re talking about “stop light conversations” and answering the question, “Why do Christians focus so much on sin, on the bad, instead of focusing on the good, especially the Good News of the Gospel?” Our host this week is Jamie Borchik, who is a part of the Rogers Park Teaching Team, and he will be telling us what got cut from his sermon on Romans 1:1-15!

3 panas, Jhon, Mario y Daniel hablando gamelote un rato...En este programa hablamos vender cosas por urgencia, bloquearon a daniel en twitter, bordeamos la política de Venezuela, game of thrones y muchas cosas más...Este episodio fue grabado el 16 de mayo 2019 pero por diversas razones no había sido subido hasta ahorita.RecomendacionesChernobyl por HBOMúsica y videos de Of Monsters and Men: Little Talk, Yellow Lights y Six WeeksVideos de OK GO: Here it goes again, The One Moment, The Writing of the WallsLa música de este episodio es de https://freemusicarchive.org/Músicos:Pistol JazzKieLo BotApache TomcatCheckie BrownKrackatoaLoyalty Freak MusicMise Darling

This episode, the guys get together for the first podcast of the new year, to discuss nicknames, yellow lights, growing old and talking to customers. Also the asshole of the week, and question of the week. call our hotline 971-801-8378

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We all run into those little “Yellow Lights” on projects – those moments when you think, “wait a minute… that’s not right.” All too often, we “floor it” and try to get through the light before it gets red - only to end up in a head-on collision! Today, we take a lesson from Mahan Khalsa’s great book, “Let’s Get Real or Let’s Not Play” for how to handle these critical moments when we realize that something is definitely not right.   PM HAPPY HOUR MEMBERSHIP COMING!` We are going to be moving to a membership model! Of course you will always get your PM Happy Hour podcasts, but what if you want more? PDU’s? PDU’s reported for you to PMI? Bonus content? Webinars? Personal Q&A sessions? Yes! We are working on developing a new Membership for PM Happy Hour listeners. More to come on this in the next month – if you are interested and want to know more when we have it ready, please sign up for our waiting list here: https://pmhappyhour.com/membership      JOIN US FOR HAPPY HOUR! Come by and say “hey!” at our Facebook page https://facebook.com/pmhappyhour   STUMP THE PM’S! We love to hear about your tough PM issues, so please hit us up at podcast@pmhappyhour.com and we’ll see if we can help you. If we use your question, we’ll send you a PM Happy Hour coaster you can enjoy at your next happy hour.

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If you haven't had your daily dose of homegrown music, look no further! Groveland's own, White and Yellow Lights stopped by the studio last month to talk about the power of collaboration, the local music scene, and their new EP, 'Supernova.'

Think of things worthy of praise: Be an Encouraging Christian Christy argues the Light of the World is Green not Red. Green Light Christiansa sermon by Rev. J. Christy RamseyClick the title above for a mp3 recording Audio from South Lake Tahoe Community Presbyterian Church on April 17, 2016, edited from a flawless transcription made by edigitaltranscriptions all errors are mine. Philippians 4:8-9 Sermons also avaliable free on iTunes Why do we need green lights on the traffic signals? If they were important we would call them “go lights.” But we call them Stoplights. If you take away the green light at the bottom, what difference does it make? I mean if there wasn’t a traffic light, you’d just go anyway; right? It’s like an automatic green. Why do we have those things? Oh, my goodness. I think I need to turn to an outside expert to explain why we have traffic signals. In the movie “Starman”, the alien Starman comes and learns about humanity. He drives up to a yellow light and he just floors it. His terrified passengers yells: “I thought you knew what you were doing. You told me you watched me. You told me you knew how to drive by watching.” The Starman responds, “Oh, I watched you. I learned everything: red light stop, green light go, yellow light go very fast.” That’s not true, in case any of you are out there thinking, oh, that’s what the preacher said. No, yellow means stop. If you’re ever in Latrobe, Pennsylvania you can get a ticket for not stopping at a yellow light. Friends have told me this. You’re supposed to stop at yellow. What is the good of a green light, yellow light, red light? Red is stop; yellow is caution, warning, slow down, look out, maybe stop. You’re in the danger zone. Green means go, but we go anyway. You know, there’s people like that. Especially Christian people are like that, aren’t there? There are red light Christians. There are yellow light Christians. There are green light Christians. H.L. Mencken said “Puritanism is the haunting fear that someone somewhere is happy.” Red light Christians. Now, we don’t have to go – we don’t have to go to current things, Christians who say stop, stop, stop. We can go back in time. Christians are always being stopped. Christians – those Puritans, they tried to stamp out Christmas. Tried not to let that happen. There was a fine if you didn’t go to work on December 25th, or if you were caught celebrating at all. In America, in New England, Christmas was banned as un-Christian, pagan, terrible, awful thing. Stop. Stop it. Women wearing pants in church. I remember that. Oh, that was a huge, huge eternal hellfire issue. Jesus wore a dress but I don’t know if that had anything to do stopping the pants. Christians are always telling you, stop, stop, this has got to stop. I mean, now we’re at, I think we’re – I think the holiday that we’ve got our sights on is Halloween now. We’re trying to stomp that out. I’m not sure. Sooner or later we’re going to have a Halloween season in the church. In a couple of generations, the church will be decorated in orange and black for the Halloween season. And it’ll be okay. Stop doesn’t always work. And I’m not sure that’s the best witness into what Jesus wants to us doing, to be stoplights. But if you listen to some people, they will tell you how you shouldn’t do this, shouldn’t do that. No dancing. No smoking. No gambling. Not in Nevada. Never hear that in Nevada. But no, no, stop, stop. You know, being just Red Light Christians doesn’t work. I know a little about red lights. When I was a volunteer firefighter, we sort of had a love/hate relationship with the red lights. We’d love them for other people, but we weren’t too fond of them ourselves. You know, when you’re driving a couple-ton truck full of water, as the truck drivers reminded me constantly, water just doesn’t stop instantly. It keeps going even if the truck stops. So you just can’t slam on the brake, Christy. This isn’t a car. Oh, they got after me. I had a remedial fire engine driving I had to go to. When I started at the fire station, and you know when you start a job, am I the only one, when you start something, you don’t ask every question right away? Do you say, well, I’ll ask about this today, and I’ll ask about that tomorrow, and then, you know, you sort of ration them out; you know? And after about a month I asked them a question had been bugging me since day one. Right on the inside of the old fire station, about this high up, very inconvenient, there was this old-timey light switch, the flip kind on a metal box light switch, right there. But it was way up here. And it had this old yellow paper over it. And the paper, in black magic marker it was written, “Do not use.” Why is that switch up there? Why is there a paper over it saying “Do not use?” What in the world? Well, after a while I got up courage and asked one of the old-timers. And I said, “Hey, what’s that switch up there? The one that has the paper over it saying ‘Do not use’?” He explained: “Oh, that switch. Huh. That turns all the lights in town red.” Maybe they ought to lock that up or something, but no. Oh? There’s more! He continues: “Yeah, we don’t use that anymore. We used to, and then they had that right-on-red law. And now it doesn’t stop traffic, so we don’t use it anymore.” Even turning every light in the town red doesn’t stop people. Red lights don’t always work, and even when they do, they don’t work for long. Well, what about those yellow lights? You know that we’re – you know that we’re kind of, sort of, you know, saying no, but we’re saying we’re not going to be mean about the no? We’re going to be kind of nice about the no? How about the yellow? Yellow light Christians, how about them folks? You know those folks. You know, they’re, you know, what’s the biggest yellow light in our history and our life? Well, I think it’s the “don’t ask, don’t tell,” that one. That’s kind of a yellow light. It’s wrong, but just don’t talk about it. As long as you don’t talk about it, it’s okay, but not really, you know, it’s kind of the – that, that didn’t work real well. That did not work well. People were tortured, actually tortured so that they would tell and get kicked out of the army without benefits, without any status at all. Yellow Lights are ignored too often to really work. And, you know, all the folks that say not yet, too soon, too much a hurry, we’ve got take this slow. You know, the oppressed people, the people that are suffering, the people that are under the thumb, they never say that. They never say, oh, it’s too soon. Yeah, I can wait another lifetime, another generation, another decade. The yellow lights, whoa, wait, wait, wait, don’t do that yet. It’s too much; you know? Doesn’t work for folks waiting to go into equality or yearning for relief. What about the slippery slope argument? If we allow this, well, then, this terrible thing would happen. You don’t want this terrible thing, do you? Well, then you’re against this reasonable request. You know the slippery slope now? You know what the one is now? They’re going to check your birth certificate before you go in the restroom. And you thought you were mad at TSA delays at the airport. You know, what about now? “Please allow an extra hour before going to the restroom so we can check your birth certificates. There’ll be a line.” Who has that job? Is that a big problem? They said, well, you know, it’s to keep the women safe. Well, no women ever said that, I don’t think. Women are not safe anywhere. I’m sorry to break it to you. It’s not a bunch of assaults in a public restroom that’s a problem. Safety for women is everywhere. It’s even in their own homes. I am totally for safety of women. I am totally for safety of everyone. I don’t care what gender you are assigned, could be, was, will, whatever is your identity. I am for your safety, and that bathroom birth certificates are not safety for anyone. Safety is for everyone, everywhere, all the time. I want safety in all the rooms and outside not just one little restroom for one gender. That’s ridiculous. But that’s yellow lights; isn’t it? The slippery slope? If we allow restroom freedom, terrible things will happen: women will be assaulted everywhere. Got news for you. Already happening. Let’s work on that problem and not on this little false yellow light thing here. There was a religious professor in Grove City College, very conservative college. I went there. I get props for that. But he somehow slipped in. I think he might have been a sleeper agent for the liberals and any day he was going to be activated. But he was there, and he was talking about slippery slope. And he says, yeah, that’s why I’m against curbside trash pickup. Once you allow them to take garbage off your curb, next they’re going to be into the yard and taking the bicycles. Next they’ll be up to the porch and taking the patio furniture and throwing it away. Finally, they’ll be wheeling out your appliances and putting them in the trash truck. You don’t want the government stealing your appliances, do you? Well, then you’re against curbside trash pickup. That Professor is no longer there. Made too much sense. Yellow lights do not put Christians in the best light. But, you know, some of them are good. Red lights, red lights. Yellow lights, some of them are good. I’m okay with – I’m okay with some things. You know, stop the violence. Yeah, big red light on that. Stop, stop fighting. Stop hurting people. Stop discrimination. Stop a lot of things. I’ve got a big red light on those. And, you know, yellow lights are good, too. My wife, is a physical therapist. And most of her stuff I – she’s going to correct me later. But most of her stuff is get people up and walking. It’s a huge change in your quality of life, if you can get out of bed and go places you need to go, even in the house. And she says, you know, fear of falling, that’s very handy. You really need that to learn how to walk and how to move around. You need the fear of falling. That’s a big yellow light. Whoo, watch out. That’s not safe. Grab onto a bar. Use your walker. Do whatever you need to do. Do not fall. Big yellow lights. I’m good with yellow lights. Some of the yellow lights. But back to why do we have green lights? You know, I was worried about this. This was bothering me. And again, Bette Lynn gave me the answer. She goes, “Well, if you didn’t have the green light, you wouldn’t know if the traffic light was broken or not.” Well, you know what you do at a broken traffic light. Let’s see how well – what do you do if the traffic light’s broken, like a power outage? CONGREGATION: Stop. PASTOR RAMSEY: Four-way stop, thank you. No, it’s not go as fast as you can and beat the other people, as some people think. It’s a four-way stop. So if we didn’t have the green lights, everything would be a four-way stop. No one would know, is that signal working or not? Is the other people seeing red or not? I don’t know. But a green light, a green light says, I got you. It’s okay. I’m on it. I’m on the job. I got you. I got the others on red. Come right on in there. Yeah, you’re good. Encouraging. If there’s anything worthy of praise, if there’s anything good, think about these things: big green light. It is not necessary. You should go on your own. But, boy, does it help to go when you have a green light smiling at you. If you don’t see a green light, you just might stop because you don’t know if it’s okay to go or not. You might think that traffic light is broken. And you know, the same is about Christianity. If all the people hear are red lights and yellow lights. If the Christian message is only about stop, don’t do this, don’t do that, the culture is terrible. If preachers are yellow lights: we’ve got to watch out, things are going to get terrible. People are going to think Christianity’s broken. Because they never see a green light from us. Yet we do have green lights. We just don’t tell anybody. We’re full of green lights: baptism, big green light. Weddings and marriages are big green light; go and coming. And then funerals, even funerals, green lights. It’s not that bad. It’s not over. It’s not a stop for us. The message of funerals should be a big green light, that death is not a stop. And even the littler celebrations. Not just hatch, match, and dispatch, which is the ones we’re good at, but also all the little events. We need to celebrate membership where we say yes to seekers joining Christ’s church. Folks need to see our signal that we believe in you, we accept your promises. Commissioning to missionary work and mission trips. Ordination and installation of officers, yes. Go, go and lead. Do that thing. Choir recruitment, yeah, you can come up and sing. We’re all for you, yeah. Big green light. You’re supposed to sing. You’re supposed to lead. Go. Do it. Encouragement. We do that, but we don’t tell anybody. We think the most important things are the red and the yellow lights. We preach only about the cautions and the don’ts and the stops. I will tell you, and as our scripture says in Psalm 23, the most important things are saying I am with you. I go with you to the darkest valley, the most enemies. I have a table for you. I’ve got a place for you. Don’t worry. Green light. I got you. Come on. You know, we do not call Jesus Christ is God Stop Us. A Divine Red Light. We do not say that Jesus Christ is God Warn Us. A Holy Yellow light. What do we say? We say Emmanuel, God With Us. God Go With Us. Green light. That is our identity. We’re here so that you can be blessed to be a blessing. We’re here so that you can be forgiven to forgive. We’re here that you can go through the valley of the shadow of death and fear no evil. God’s got you. Big green light. Two more stories. So back to the firefighters. You never see anybody more serious about something than a dedicated volunteer. I mean, an employee can be dedicated. But a volunteer has to be really dedicated. They are not getting paid, so they’d better have another good reason to be there. Everyone has to take a test in Ohio to be a volunteer firefighter. I accidentally became a volunteer firefighter and had to take the test. Look at this body. Not the fabulous fit specimen of the firefighting caste. They said, “Okay, okay, okay, Rev, come on. We’ve got to take this test.” It’s called the Firefighter Agility Test. What they want to know is that you’re not going to screw them up on a fire run. That’s what they want to know. So you’ve got to climb up a ladder – and climb down – without freaking out. You’ve got to be able to be blindfolded and crawl around in a maze without freaking out. You’ve got to be able to carry this dummy, without falling and having to be rescued yourself. These are things they want to know before you can do before they go through fire with you. And so John Love, one of my great mentors, was reading off the official Ohio regulations for these tests, da da da da da da da. Very serious guy. Da da da da da. He’s a funeral director. They lean toward serious. Da da da da da. He’s reading them all out. And at the very end he says: “And in all these tests, we are not allowed to physically assist you. But we are allowed to cheer.” And what? He said “cheer” in his serious funeral director/firefighter captain voice. And that’s what they did. They weren’t allowed to help me, but they were allowed to cheer. “C’mon, Preacher, you can do it, you can get up there. Oh, you’ve got this, you’ve got this. Only a little more, Go Rev Go!” They were there all the way through. Got me through it. We aren’t allowed to help you, but we’re allowed to cheer. Another guy, big mentor in my life, Jerry Gordon, great, great Christian, great, wonderful guy. He and I split up the Salvation Army for the county, doing that together, great guy, helped each other out. He was the one that was the mentor for my daughter in confirmation, helped her and led her through making a public decision for Christ. A real special bond. Great guy. And he wanted our small church to do Relay for Life. And when they do Relay for Life in small towns, really, it is a serious business. None of this 12-hour jazz. It was all weekend, buddy. And everybody’s going to be out, every team is going to have someone on that track all night long, buddy. We’re going to do it right. So I thought, yeah, he’s a little ambitious, you know. So I said, “Hey, Jerry, Jerry, I’m with you. Jerry, put me down for an hour on the track, your worst hour. Whatever you can’t get, put me down, I’ll be there for you, buddy.” He goes, “Really?” Because, again, you know my physique is an issue for endurance tests. And I said, “Yeah, really, really. I want to do this. You’re going to have trouble. I know you’re going to have trouble with this getting enough people in the night, and whatever hour you need, I’ll be there, I’ll do an hour. I can do an hour.” And he, “All right, all right. You sure?” “Yeah, I’m sure.” I got, like, 3:00 a.m., buddy, 3:00 to 4:00 a.m., walking around the high school track, 3:00 to 4:00 a.m., walking around doing this, you know. Da da da da da, da. Oh, it is dark, dark, dark. And I’m tired. So I get out there, and Jerry’s there. I go out there, lap one. Out from behind the scoreboard, Jerry Gordon, “Go Christy, go Christy, go Christy, yay, yay, go Christy.” I jump a little and smile, Okay. I’m kind of sleepy, walking around. Next lap, behind the food stand, out pops Jerry “Good job, go, way to go, way to run. Yeah, you’re the man, you’re the man.” Every lap he’s jumping out from somewhere different and yelling at me. One time he came out of the Porta-Potty. I am still kind of freaked out about that. You know, Jerry could have slept. He could have taken the hour off. He could have done that, I would have gone around the track anyway. He wasn’t allowed to help, but he was allowed to cheer and that kept me from stopping. I hope you do that. I hope there’s people in your life like Jerry Gordon and John Love that, even if they can’t help you, and I hope they help you, but I hope they’re always cheering you on, saying, “Way to go. Good job. You’re doing well.” You guys are doing well as a people and as a congregation. And I hope people keep telling you that all the time. I hope they don’t say, “Oh, haven’t you got a minister yet? Well, tsk, tsk, tsk.” You know, I hope that people are saying you are doing great with mission trips. You’re doing great with worship. You’re doing great with Bread & Broth. You’re doing great with all these programs that you keep going without a minister. You are doing great with welcoming and worship and music and outreach, doing all – so you’re doing a seminar the end of this month and opening it up to the community. Something that even Presbytery take notice of, and that’s not easy to do, to get Presbytery to take notice of you in a good way. Yeah, they’re even sending money down to you for that. So good on you. And I want to encourage you. And I want you, when you think of things, when you think of how the church is going, when you think about how your life is going, I want you to think about the scripture. Is there anything, anything, anything worthy of praise? Whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure. Anything worthy of praise. All the good things. Think about these things. Be green light Christians. Know that you can go and tell other people they can go so they don’t think the church is broken. So they don’t stop everywhere, saying, well, I don’t know, is it good or not? I don’t know. It could be red or yellow, I don’t know. But you say green, yeah, you’re welcome here. Yeah, you belong here. Yeah, we’re glad you’re here. Yeah, you’re okay. Yes, we love you just the way you are. And yes, use any bathroom you want. Not a problem here. I want to leave you with a Presbyterian minister from Latrobe – Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Fred Rogers did his ministry in Pittsburgh, as Mister Rogers in “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,”. I was blessed to be in his home church as interim for 18 months. Got to meet the neighborhood. You know, all the characters in the neighborhood were from his family, his extended family. And Daniel the Tiger used to come up and talk to me about the sermon. And it was so neat because they kind of look like the puppets. It was so neat. And so many good stories about Fred Rogers, how wonderful and caring and loving he was. I want to leave you with this video. Go ahead and do what Mr. Rogers tells you, for 10 seconds and the rest of your life. And that’ll be the end of the sermon. Edited from a transcript by eDigitalTranscriptions [Fred Rogers Acceptance Speech for Lifetime Achievement Award– 1997] Thank you. Thank you. Oh it’s a beautiful night in this neighborhood. So many people have helped me to come here to this night. Some of you are here, some are far away and some are even in Heaven. All of us have special ones who have loved us into being. Would you just take, along with me, 10 seconds to think of the people who have helped you become who you are, those who have cared about you and wanted what was best for you in life. 10 seconds of silence. I’ll watch the time. [10 Sec Pause] [Mister Rogers] Source: LYBIO.net Whomever you’ve been thinking about, how pleased they must be to know the difference you feel they’ve made. You know they’re kind of people television does well to offer our world. Special thanks to my family and friends, and to my co-workers in Public Broadcasting, Family Communications, and this Academy for encouraging me, allowing me, all these years to be your neighbor. May God be with you. Thank you very much. “speech transcript from lybio.net .” Transcipt differs from the recording with some exclaimations removed and some patter while I checked my notes edited out. Transcription done by edigitaltranscription.com Recommend for fast, accurate, and patient transcriptions. Christy Ramsey. Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under aCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.