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Support the Show Summarized Transcript:  Good morning. Today, we’re continuing our reading from Psalm 119. We have one more installment after this, where we’ll handle the last six stanzas. Today I’ll be reading verses 97-128 Psalm 119 מ Mem 97  Oh, how I love your law!     I meditate on it all day long. 98  Your commands are always with me     and make me wiser than my enemies. 99  I have more ins...

Support the Show Summarized Transcript:  Happy Friday, everyone. Today, we’re picking up our reading from Psalm 119, this time from verses 65-96 Psalm 119 Do good to your servant     according to your word, Lord. 66  Teach me knowledge and good judgment,     for I trust your commands. 67  Before I was afflicted I went astray,     but now I obey your word. 68  You are good, and what you do is good;...

Support the Show Summarized Transcript:  Happy Sunday, everyone. Today, we’re picking up our reading from Psalm 119, this time from verses 33-64. Psalm 119:33-64 Teach me, Lord, the way of your decrees,     that I may follow it to the end.[ b ] 34  Give me understanding, so that I may keep your law     and obey it with all my heart. 35  Direct me in the path of your commands,     for there I find...

Support the Show Summarized Transcript:  Good morning, everyone. Today is Thursday, January 8, 2026. With only 8 days into the new year, so much is already happening. Here are the current events we’re praying about: 1. U.S. Special Forces Raid Captures Venezuelan President Maduro U.S. special forces raided Caracas on January 3, 2026, capturing President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, who were transp...

Support the Show Summarized Transcript:  Luke, chapter 2, verse 1-20. 2  In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2  (This was the first census that took place while[ a ] Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3  And everyone went to their own town to register. 4  So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethl...

Support the Show Summarized Transcript:  Happy Sunday, everyone. Today I’ll be reading from Psalm 119, the longest Psalm in the Bible, weighing in at 176 verses. I’ll be breaking this verse down in several Sunday installments. So here is part 1 of Psalm 119:1-32. Psalm 119 א Aleph 1  Blessed are those whose ways are blameless,     who walk according to the law of the Lord. 2  Blessed are those who...

Support the Show Summarized Transcript:  Good afternoon, everyone. It is Friday, December 19, 2025. One quick correction. In the last episode, I was pronouncing Rob Reiner’s (Rye-ner) last name wrong. I was saying “Rayner” when it is in fact “Rye-ner.” My apologies. Such a horrific tragedy, though. Let’s continue to lift his loved ones up in prayer. Here are the stories we’re praying about today:...

Support the Show Summarized Transcript:  1. Nick Reiner Accused of Killing Parents Rob and Michele Nick Reiner, 32-year-old son of director Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, is accused of stabbing his parents to death in their Brentwood home, discovered by their daughter yesterday, December 15. The case against him will be presented to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office for fili...

Support the Show Summarized Transcript:  Good afternoon, everyone. It is Friday, December 12, 2025. I haven’t had the chance to post this week. I’ve had a lot of projects I’m trying to finish up and make available to the world very shortly, which leads me to my book announcement. I am super excited I finally finished my Christian historical novel. I’m now working on the cover and distribution chan...

Support the Show Summarized Transcript:  Grant us, Lord, to hope on your name, which is the primal source of all creation, and open the eyes of our hearts that we may know you, who alone are highest among the high; you are holy, abiding among the holy.  You humble the pride of the proud; you destroy the plans of nations; you exalt the humble and humble the exalted; you make rich and make poor; you...

Support the Show Summarized Transcript:  Good afternoon, everyone. It is Friday, December 5, 2025. Here are the stories we’re praying about today: Netflix Acquires Warner Bros. Discovery in $82.7 Billion Deal Netflix announced on December 5, 2025, its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery's studios and streaming business, including HBO Max and HBO, for an enterprise value of $82.7 billion ($72...

Support the Show Summarized Transcript:  Good morning, everyone. It is Tuesday, December 2, 2025. Here are the stories we’re praying about today: 1. Record-Breaking Thanksgiving Travel Amid Weather Disruptions The TSA screened over 3.1 million passengers on November 30, 2025, marking the busiest day in its history as travelers returned from Thanksgiving, surpassing the previous record of 3.09 mill...

Support the Show Psalm 46 (NIV) God is our refuge and strength,     an ever-present help in trouble. 2  Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way     and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, 3  though its waters roar and foam     and the mountains quake with their surging.[ c ] 4  There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,     the holy place where the Most High...

Support the Show Good morning, everybody. Happy Thanksgiving to my American listeners. As such, I’ll be reading “A Liturgy for Feasting with Friends,” from Every Moment Holy Volume 1 , by Douglas Kaine McKelvey. Read by permission from the publisher, Rabbit Room Press. Here is A Liturgy for “Feasting with Friends.” 1. https://www.rabbitroom.com/rabbit-room-press   2. Amazon I hope you all find enc...

Support the Show Summarized Transcript:  Good morning, everyone. It is Tuesday, November 25, 2025. I’m just going to be thankful this week, as this Thursday is Thanksgiving. Also, if any of listeners have testimonies to share, things they’re grateful for, you can send them my way to storykingmedia@gmail.com.  So that said, here are the things in the news we are grateful for today: 1. Gen Z Attends...

Support the Show Happy Sunday, everybody. Being Thanksgiving week, I thought it appropriate to read “A Liturgy to Mark the Start of the Christmas Season” from Every Moment Holy Volume 1 , by Douglas Kaine McKelvey. Read by permission from the publisher, Rabbit Room Press. Here is A Liturgy to Mark the Start of the Christmas Season. 1. https://www.rabbitroom.com/rabbit-room-press   2. Amazon I hope...

Support the Show Summarized Transcript:  Good morning, everyone. It is Thursday, November 20, 2025. Here are today’s stories: 1. China Prepares Civilian Armada for Potential Taiwan Invasion Reuters analysis of ship tracking and satellite imagery reveals China conducted large-scale summer 2025 drills integrating hundreds of civilian ferries, barges, and roll-on/roll-off vessels to rapidly land troo...

Support the Show Summarized Transcript:  Good morning, everyone. It is Tuesday, November 18, 2025. Here are the stories we’re praying about today: 1. Saudi Crown Prince MBS Visits White House Amid F-35 Sale Announcement Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in Washington today, for his first White House visit in seven years, aiming to rebuild U.S.-Saudi ties on security, energy, and techn...

Support the Show Happy Sunday, everybody. This is the final installment of the Liturgies of the Hours, which means we’ve arrived at Nightfall. I’m reading from Every Moment Holy Volume 1 , by Douglas Kaine McKelvey. Read by permission from the publisher, Rabbit Room Press. Here is the Liturgy of the Hours: Nightfall.  1. https://www.rabbitroom.com/rabbit-room-press   2. Amazon I hope you all find...

Support the Show Summarized Transcript:  Good afternoon, everyone. It is November 14, 2025. Here are the stories we’re praying about today: 1. BBC Apologizes to Trump Over Jan. 6 Speech Edit The BBC issued a personal apology on November 13, 2025, to President Donald Trump for a misleading edit in its "Panorama" documentary that spliced parts of his January 6, 2021, speech, creating the i...

Support the Show Summarized Transcript:  Good afternoon, everyone. It is November 11, 2025. Here are the stories we’re praying about today: 1. Government Shutdown Nears End After 41 Days A bipartisan Senate deal to end the historic 41-day government shutdown—the longest in U.S. history—awaits House approval as lawmakers return from recess on November 11, 2025. President Trump supports the legislat...

Support the Show Happy Sunday, everybody. This is the second installment of the Liturgies of the Hours. We’re up to Midday. Once again, this is from Every Moment Holy Volume 1 , by Douglas Kaine McKelvey. Read by permission from the publisher, Rabbit Room Press. Here is the Liturgy of the Hours: Midday.  1. https://www.rabbitroom.com/rabbit-room-press   2. Amazon I hope you all find encouragement...

Support the Show Summarized Transcript:  Good morning, everyone. It is November 6, 2025. Here are the stories we’re praying about today: 1. NYC Mayoral Election: Mamdani's Victory Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic socialist and state assemblymember, won the New York City mayoral election, defeating independent Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa with 50.4% of the vote. Mamdani's campaign...

Support the Show Summarized Transcript:  Good morning, everyone. It is Election Day, November 4, 2025. Here are the stories we’re praying about today: 1. Trump and Musk Endorse Cuomo in NYC Mayoral Race Yesterday, President Trump issued his strongest endorsement of Andrew Cuomo in the New York City mayoral race, urging voters to back the independent candidate to defeat Democratic nominee Zohran Ma...

Support the Show Happy Sunday, everybody. For the next three Sundays, I’ll be going through the Liturgies of the Hours: Daybreak, Midday, and Nightfall from Every Moment Holy Volume 1 , by Douglas Kaine McKelvey. Read by permission from the publisher, Rabbit Room Press. Here is the Liturgy of the Hours: Daybreak.  1. https://www.rabbitroom.com/rabbit-room-press   2. Amazon Thank you for listening...