Nomads You And I

If you are involved in the New Age Movement, honestly, I think there's a good chance we'd hit it off. I realize the worldview of each "New Ager" is a little different, but in general, here's what I often admire in the souls within your circle: You desire a better world, and I love that. You desire to be a good person. How beautiful! You desire to develop a spiritual view of life, and that’s admira...

During the busy year Mark and Cindy were preparing to live nomadically, on Sunday afternoons, Mark would carve a couple of hours out of his day to drive into Portland, Oregon to join in on a Meet-up with a diverse group of individuals at Portland State University to discuss Jordan Peterson and his life-changing book 12 Rules For Life: An Antidote to Chaos. The conversations were both intense and f...

“...in order that Satan might not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.” (2 Corinthians 2:11) Wouldn’t it be an incredible find if you looked down on the ground and there was Satan’s playbook? What if you picked it up, looked inside, and saw what kind of luring temptations he had in store for you this week, what slow series of events this ultimate enemy was going to try to use against...

Podcasters Adam & David Desloge host a unique, laidback, conversational style podcast they call "Jabberwocky" where they discuss "a fountain of peculiarity that ranges from laser tag to Bigfoot." David also now has a new movie review podcast he is hosting alongside best friends Silas and Caleb called "No Sevens".  Adam asked to interview us for his podcast shortly after we'd announced our plans to...

In what situations do you find it most difficult to have command of yourself?   In what aspect of your life would employing a higher level of self-control most improve your life? Heschel noted, “Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.” In this podcast, we will explore how one acquires self-control, what is it about self-control that...

Our guest today on Nomads You And I is one of my favorite conversationalists, David Desloge. He's the host of a new podcast called "No Sevens" and co-host alongside his brother, Adam, of the podcast Jabberwocky.  Join Mark, Cindy, and David for this amusing conversation about the little "unfavoured" things in life on which we'd each like to kindly "pass". 

It's a holy thing to stop every now and again and remember that every single good thing you have ever experienced has come from your Heavenly Father above. (James 1:17)  Every breath. Every heartbeat. Everything. In this podcast, we'll begin with the most important, foundational elements of gratitude involved in our being in relationship with God, and openly expressing to our Creator what we love...

God says we are to give what we do, all we've got when He says in Ecclesiastes 9:10 “Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might.” In this podcast, we delve into ten practical ideas toward finding more satisfaction, joy and fulfillment in whatever endeavors we pursue.

In this podcast, we will consider the inspirational things God says about love and explore what the qualities of love in 1 Corinthians 13 look like when lived out by those who love God.

How can we know with certainty we are living by faith? In what area of your life, at present, do you most need to trust God?   In this podcast, you will learn ten blessings God promises to those who fully trust Him and completely believe God means what He says every time. Let faith flip that anxiety switch off in your brain. Let’s choose faith over anxiety. Let’s choose faith over instant gratific...

God has placed humility as one of the most foundational qualities for His children to learn. When Colossians 3:12-14 says “... as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, etc.” we learn that humility is not something we are born with, but rather it is something we choose or do not choose to put on. Humility is so valuable that it is at...

May you be inspired today by the interesting and inspiring life story of the woman who raised me.

Let's explore together what God and students of endurance teach us about leaping fearlessly toward our desired outcomes. 

What would you do if you were not afraid? This podcast explores what courage really is, what God says it looks like, why we need courage, what God promises to those who practice courage, as well as various practices you can do today to grow in this life-changing quality.

Sometimes you must stand alone. 

Mark and Cindy chat about this wonderful book by Chris Guillebeau, comparing Chris's brilliant ideas about the joy of adventuring, with how their own Nomad Quest experience is going.

Jamie Anderson has said, “Grief, I’ve learned, is really just love. It’s all the love you want to give, but cannot. All that unspent love gathers up in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in that hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go.”  I find this a beautiful quote, yet  I'd like to suggest that perhaps love always has "a place to go". On some sad oc...

 Our Fun, Frugal Life ---- what we learned and what worked for us these four decades of having a blast on a budget.

During the seven years I volunteered as a domestic violence resource advocate for a police department and a victim advocate for a second police department and more briefly at Door To Grace, a faith-based organization that helped young women exiting sex trafficking, most (not all) of the time I was called out to help, I'd be running to be by the side of those caught up in the pain and consequences...

If you believe it matters how women are treated, realize this: You just acknowledged there is good and evil - for there cannot be absolute truth without a truth giver, who is God. The fact that He most definitely exists has been virtually shouted by the whole creation into every infinitely complex sensory organ you have (your eyes your ears and all the rest) ever since the first day you were born...

I hope when you were a kid, your parents told you what was in your best interest to do and showed you how to do those things. If you were a pretty good kid, most of the time you did what they said, though probably not because you always "got" their reasons. It's a virtually universal experience: As we mature, the wisdom behind those reasons to become more clear .  The same can be said with regard...

Welcome to a conversation from our Christian perspective about Brendan Bruschard's book "The Charge", a book that's been described as looking into what we know about positive psychology and neuroscience to better understand what drives human emotion and happiness.  Join us as we consider ten takeaways anyone can add to his or her life experiences to feel more alive and fulfilled in this stressful,...

The timing of the publication of this wonderful book by one of our favorite authors hit at the perfect time.  Mark had preached for a congregation we loved in Oregon for 28 years, but sensed it would be just as good for them to hear a new voice, as it would be for us to liquidate most of our possessions, live out of our Airstream van and find more souls to love and inspire. At the time of thi...

"Those who have a 'why' to live, can bear with almost any 'how'." --- Viktor E. Frankl, Austrian neurologist, psychiatrist, author and Holocaust survivor. 

In this Three-Part Series, "Your Life Has Meaning: Living For God's Glory",  I offer foundational truths from the Scriptures that may be especially useful for those on the verge of becoming a Christian or are newly born again and have just embarked on their new life in the family of God. Part One considers the incalculable blessings that await those who surrender their lives to God and servin...