Making Our Way

Episode 95 - Jefferson’s Wall Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Host: Jim Jim explores some of the origins of Thomas Jefferson's famed "Wall of Separation," back to that notorious marriage of church and state by Henry VIII. Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com More information about Deanna & Jim Cheyne is here:...

Episode 94 - Procession to Covenant Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Hosts: Jan, Rob, Dee, & Jim; Guests: Bill & Linda Himes We conclude our time with Bill & Linda Himes with discussions about Bill’s composition process, his conducting, and how Bill & Linda got together. Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com More...

Episode 93 - Bill Himes - O.F. et El Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Hosts: Jan, Rob, Dee, & Jim; Guests: Bill & Linda Himes Our conversation with Bill & Linda Himes continues, this time focusing on Bill’s life from El Heugh to Order of the Founder. Musicians of every caliber will find inspiration in his words and wisdom; sports fans, not so much. Links: Ma...

Episode 92 - Covenant Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Hosts: Jan, Rob, Dee, & Jim; Guests: Bill & Linda Himes We talk with lifelong friends, and follow Linda’s growth from High School sophomore student of Dave McMahon (Rob’s father), to youth church leader, to lay Bible study teacher and trainer. Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://www.b...

Episode 91 - Between the Lines Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Host: Jim Jim looks at the books of Luke and Acts. Who wrote them? When were they written? And does knowing that even matter. Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com More information about Deanna & Jim Cheyne is here: https://www.cheynemusic.com Thanks for listenin...

Episode 90 - “Hell No!” Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Host: Rob Rob discusses the orthodox doctrine of hell, and explores the scriptural basis for what existence after death might be. Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com More information about Deanna & Jim Cheyne is here: https://www.cheynemusic.com Thanks for listening....

Episode 89 - $200 Billion? Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Hosts.: Jan, Rob, Dee, & Jim Jan brings a question, some answers, and receipts. “What are some other ways that we as a nation could use the $200 billion proposed Pentagon expenditure on the war on Iran?” What other benefits might that money bring to the country? Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzs...

Episode 88 - The Good Samaritan Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Host: Jim. Jim discusses the parable of the Good Samaritan, why so many get it wrong, and why so many who say we get it wrong get it wrong. It’s really quite easy, which could be the problem. Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com More information about Deanna &...

Episode 87 - Visions of Rapture Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Host: Jim. Jim discusses the Rapture, its scriptural foundation, John Nelson Darby, the Scofield Reference Bible, Paul & the Thessalonians, what Paul really meant, Apocalypse as genre, The Late Great Planet Earth, Left Behind, and why the Rapture shouldn’t even get off the ground. Links: Making Our Way...

Episode 86 - Matthew and The Elephant Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Host: Jim. The 4 gospels. The blind men and the elephant. The Gospel of Matthew. Jesus and Moses. Jesus and History. Gematria. The women in Jesus’ genealogy. Jesus and the prophets. Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com More information about Deanna & Jim...

Episode 85 - The Sin of Empathy? Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Host: Jim. Jim confronts the recent backlash against empathy in the current religious-political-social conversation. Captain Kirk and Stephen King drop in for a visit. Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com More information about Deanna & Jim Cheyne is here: htt...

Episode 84 - Stop. Look. Listen. Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Hosts: Jan, Rob, Dee, & Jim. Continuing our quest for that “carousel-worthy” vacation photo, the crew talks about their successes and the ones that got away. What makes one photo a scene while another tells a story? Photos as witness. With stops at The Art Institute of Chicago, and the Dalí Museum in...

Episode 83 - Carousel-worthy Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Hosts: Jan, Rob, Dee, & Jim. The goal of our vacation photographs? To be carousel-worthy; not to mention the gold standard: “America the Beautiful”-worthy. How our fathers approached family photography, how we choose what to shoot, the #1 image of vacation photographers in film days. Ansel Adams & Cly...

Episode 82 - On the Beautiful Blue Danube Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Hosts: Jan, Rob, Dee, & Jim. Guests: Lillian and Larry Strauss’s “An der schönen blauen Donau,” perhaps the world’s most famous waltz, is beautiful music, but misses on two points. Rob says it’s not really blue, and in Strauss’s time the river did not flow through Strauss’s Vienna as it does...

Episode 81 - A Pause Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Host: Jim The crew places a pause in their series on Central Europe in light of events in Minneapolis. Jim offers a few thoughts. Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com More information about Deanna & Jim Cheyne is here: https://www.cheynemusic.com Thanks for listening. Sha...

Episode 80 - A Tale of Two Nurembergs Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Hosts: Jan, Rob, Dee, & Jim. Guests: Lillian and Larry Lillian, Larry, Jan, & Rob recall last year’s initial visit to Nuremberg and compare it with this year’s return. Both visits were through Viking River Cruises. One visit was by land (2025), one by sea (2024); well, by river. Close. 2024 w...

Episode 79 - Prague, by the numbers Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Hosts: Jan, Rob, Dee, & Jim. Guests: Lillian and Larry Prague, the City of 100 Spires, and the starting point for Lillian, Larry, Jan, & Rob’s 2nd Viking River Cruise through Central Europe. Our hosts and guests recount their most significant memories of their trip, with advice on how to priori...

Episode 78 - “…The Same River Twice” Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Hosts: Jan, Rob, Dee, & Jim. Guests: Lillian and Larry Harrison As is said, “No one steps in the same river twice.” Jan, Rob, Lillian, and Larry take another Viking Cruise vacation, touring Prague, Nuremberg, and then cruising down the beautiful blue Danube from Regensburg to Budapest. In this epi...

Episode 77 - E is for Etiquette Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Host: Jim. Jim explores some theories about the actual birth date of Jesus, and how December 25th was chosen. Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com More information about Deanna & Jim Cheyne is here: https://www.cheynemusic.com Thanks for listening. Share with y...

Episode 76 - A Belated Birthday? Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Host: Jim. Jim explores some theories about the actual birth date of Jesus, and how December 25th was chosen. Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com More information about Deanna & Jim Cheyne is here: https://www.cheynemusic.com Thanks for listening. Share with...

Episode 75 - X Marks the Spat Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Host: Jim. Jim traces the history of the word “Xmas,” and pushes against the Christmas tradition of being offended by everything. Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com More information about Deanna & Jim Cheyne is here: https://www.cheynemusic.com Thanks for liste...

Episode 74 - More Traditions Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Hosts: Jan, Rob, Dee & Jim. The crew discuss more of their seasonal traditions, including Canadian Thanksgiving, standing kettles for The Salvation Army, The Marks Family Thanksgiving, Advent, and Rob’s Village. Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com More informatio...

Episode 73 - 3 Rules for the Holidays Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Host: Jim. Jim sets out 3 Rules for the holidays: Respect; focus; no distractions. Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com More information about Deanna & Jim Cheyne is here: https://www.cheynemusic.com Thanks for listening. Share with your friends. Find thi...

Episode 72 - In Context Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Hosts: Dee & Jim. Dee & Jim discuss 3 biblical passages that a very young Jim used to misunderstand because they were out of context. One used the wrong context, a second ignored the author’s context, and a third ignored cultural context. Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://www.buzz...

Episode 71 - The B-I-B-L-E Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Hosts: Jan, Rob, Dee, & Jim. Having been raised in a Protestant evangelical church, what role does the Bible currently play in our lives? Is it inspired? Infallible? Inerrant? Not surprisingly, our regard of scripture is ever in transition. Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://www.buz...