Starting Right

Welcome to our Friday Roundup.  In today's episode, we summarize the podcasts presented this week.  Have a great weekend and enjoy your family. We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show

July 1 is Canada's Birthday.  In 1867 the nation was born and for many years held a position f respect on the world stage.  But this year the birthday celebrations are heavily muted as we wrestle with the revelations of discoveries of hundreds of unmarked graves, where our First Nation children were taken from their homes and placed into Residential Schools by our government.  The goal was to...

Here, on the west coast of Canada, we are having a significant heat wave.  I tried to beat the heat this morning by taking my early walk at 5:30 along the beach.  I am glad I did.  I discovered something much more than I was expecting. We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show

In 1994, Lenny Leblanc wrote the worship song, "There is None Like You." Since then it has become part of the modern hymnal of worship songs.  Today we look at this song as well as some parts of Lenny's remarkable journey from a Capital Records recording star in the 1970's to a worship leader.   We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show

The Bible is about relationships.  The most important is between us and God, and the second most important is how we treat and care for each other.  Today we tell a story about a man named Taylor who was hurting and how his friends camped out to help him. We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show

  Welcome to the Friday Roundup where we present a summary of each of our episodes from the past week.  We hope you enjoy today's episode and if the summary makes you want to know more about the original episode, be sure to go back and check it out. Have a great weekend. We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show

There is a change in the air.  It is not just that summer is here, but there is a sense of optimism that has been missing for the past year and a half.  As things begin to open up and the restrictions are behind us, we can once again begin planning and establish goals for the future.  Goals for family gatherings and vacations are great but have you made any goals for growing your relationship with...

It's Tuesday, so we talk about some Christian music and today's song is, 'Never Lost.' We hope you enjoy today's episode. Here is the YouTube link to Never Lost. https://youtu.be/3TOPBr8k8xY We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show

A talented young singer who calls herself Nightbird, recently auditioned on America's Got Talent. Her music won her a Golden Buzzer from Simon Cowell.  Her story and attitude won her fans and respect. Here is the YouTube link to Nightbird's audition on AGT.         https://youtu.be/CZJvBfoHDk0 We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show

Welcome to the Friday Roundup.  Today we present a quick summary of each of our podcasts for this week.   Thank you for listening.  Please share our podcast with your friends.   Have a great weekend We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show

Over the past few years, we have seen changes in government policies at every level that have erased or threatened the principles that are important to those who are Christ-followers.  This quote by Frederick Robertson reminds us how we need to respond. "Christian life is action: not speculating, not debating, but doing... Feelings pass, resolve and thoughts pass, opinions change, but what yo...

Cain experienced several 'firsts' in his life.  He was Adam and Eve's first child.  He was the first person to be 'born' on earth.  He was the first big brother on earth and he was the first murderer.  Even though he didn't finish his life so well there are some things that he went through that we can relate to even today.  Today we will look at how to avoid the Cain...

Today we look at one of the top Christian songs in 1980.  Listen to the podcast and see if you can guess who it is before you listen to the link below. Here is the youtube link to today's song. https://youtu.be/8q-IQ3DEVSI We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show

A young woman was diagnosed with terminal cancer and given 3 months to live.  As she was talking with her pastor about her funeral, she told him that she wanted to be buried with a fork in her hand.  The puzzled pastor was amazed by her reason. We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show

Welcome to the Friday Roundup.  Today's episode is a summary of our broadcasts this week. You might call it the weekly 'Readers Digest' version of Starting Right.  Enjoy. We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show

When God had Joshua lead the people of Israel across the Jordan River, Joshua immediately built a marker on the far side as a reminder of what God had done.   Our families are our greatest earthly gift from God.  We want to be reminding them of what the Lord means to us and what He has done in our lives. What markers have we built in our homes and our lives that our families can see that remind th...

A desperate man brought his sick son to Jesus' disciples, and they couldn't heal the boy.  Feeling crushed and hopeless, what would he say to Jesus? We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show

Have you been struggling with something fighting something for too long?  Today we look at a new song from Jack Cassidy and what to do with "...everything that hinders us and the sin that so easily entangles us."  Enjoy. Link to 'Let Go Let God' by Jack Cassidy https://youtu.be/7SJ97-_v5U4 We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show

Today we look at Christianity from a unique perspective.  In 1941, C.S. Lewis, wrote 'The Screwtape Letters,' in which he imagines the spiritual battleplan and actions of a demon for the soul of a human.   Our episode looks at some of the lessons and encouragement within this fascinating book.  Spoiler Alert:  The demon loses. We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message S...

Welcome to the Friday Roundup. Today's podcast presents a summary of each of our episodes this week.  Enjoy and have a great weekend. We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show

Hopes and dreams were never meant to die.  No matter what our age, we all have inside of us the potential to experience things that we haven't done yet.  Today we talk about how we can move toward fulfilling some of that potential and see some of our dreams that God has given us, come to be. We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show

Today we take a look at some of the strange things parents will say to their children in order to teach them.  They may be illogical but most of us can relate to what they are saying.   We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show

The When we pray we usually end that prayer with, 'Amen.'  It is the appropriate way to finish a prayer, but many people do not know what 'amen' really means.  It is not simply proper prayer etiquette, it means much more than that.  Today we explore a little bit of the meaning of 'amen' and take a look at a song that ran for over 60 weeks atop the Gospel Music charts....

Do you know what is considered the 7 Wonders of the Modern World?  6 of the 7 are man-made structures, including the Great Pyramids, the Panama Canal, and the Great Wall of China.  The Grand Canyon is the only "natural" wonder on the list.   Today we take a different look at what those 7 Wonders might be with a little help from some eighth-grade students. We would love to hear your comme...

Welcome to the Friday Roundup.  Today we present short summaries of each of our episodes for this week.  I hope that you enjoy them and if you missed any that you will go back and listen to the entire episode.  Have a great weekend. We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text Message Support the show