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California’s End of Life Option: ‘An Awful Way to … GUEST Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra (eeek-hoff zial-stra)… senior writer and faith-&-work editor for The Gospel Coalition … also  coauthor of “Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age” and editor of “Social Sanity in an Insta World”. The Asservo Project update and the new a...

The selection of Juries … GUEST Bruce Antkowiak … Senior Counsel to the College & Archabbey, Past Chair of the Criminology Dept and Professor of Law at Saint Vincent College. Jesus slain before the foundation of the world … GUEST Kathy Keller ... formerly served as assistant director of communications for Redeemer Presbyterian Church in NYC ... She is the author of "Jesus,...

 ... GUEST Rev Josh Brown ... Bellefield Presbyterian Church, Oakland neighborhood of Pgh. ... GUEST Anne Kennedy ...author of “Nailed It:  365 Sarcastic Devotionals for Angry and Worn Out People” ... She blogs everyday at: Preventingrace.com  ... Anne lives in upstate NY where she mothers 6 children and lives with her husband, an Anglican priest. The last chapter of The...

Midwinter Light… GUEST Marilyn McEntyre … writer, prof, speaker … award-winning author of multiple books on language & faith, incl “Where the Eye Alights,” “Speaking Peace in a Climate of Conflict,” “Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies” … (recently left full-time teaching to spend more time writing)(when a Church seeks a new pas...

GUEST Greg Clugston … White House Correspondent. Hitting the Marks: Restoring the Essential Identity of the Church - Guest:Dr. Barry York After more than two decades in church planting, Barry York became the Professor of Pastoral Theology and Dean of Faculty at the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary. In 2018, he became RPTS President. He serves as an elder in the RPCNA, writes regul...

School Board candidate training for new candidates Feb 10, 6:30-8:30pm … GUEST Cynthia Scott … volunteer in the Pgh area. The Good Book for Baby Names: Americans are less religious than ever. But we’re still a nation of Noahs and Elizabeths … GUEST Daniel Silliman … News Editor, Christianity Today ... author of, "Reading Evangelicals: How Christian Fiction Shaped...

 How the Epiphany season and its gospel readings ask and answer the essential question about Jesus: "Who can this be? What sort of man is this?" (Mt 8:27) … GUEST Rev Eric Andrae ... Campus pastor, Lutheran Student Fellowship of Pittsburgh (LSF) & First Trinity Lutheran Church, North Oakland. Suffering is…gift?… GUEST Caleb Davis … founding and lead pastor of T...

New Year’s Resolutions:  how liturgy shapes us from the outside in … GUEST DJ Marotta … priest and the founder of Redeemer Anglican Church in Richmond, VA and author of the new book “Our Church Speaks: An Illustrated Devotional of Saints from Every Era and Place” and “Liturgy in the Wilderness: How the Lord's Prayer Shapes the Imagination of the Church in...

An evangelical theory of labor…GUEST Adam Gustine … author of “Becoming a Just Church: Cultivating Communities of God’s Shalom” and co-author of “Ecosystems of Jubilee: Economic Ethics for the Neighborhood” He is the associate director at the Institute for Ethics and the Common Good at the University of Notre Dame. Films for All Seasons: Experiencing the...

Inauguration today, from the White House booth … GUEST Greg Clugston … White House Correspondent. Inauguration thoughts … GUEST Dr Daniel Bennett … Assoc Prof of Political Science, John Brown Univ and  Director, Center for Faith & Flourishing … author of “Uneasy Citizenship: Embracing the Tension in Faith & Politics” See omnystudio.com/li...

The terrible Dejavu of an Israeli hostage deal (Boston Globe)  … GUEST Jeff Jacoby … Op-Ed Columnist and Assoc Editor, The Boston Globe. God redeems even as Wildfires spread (CT) … GUEST Kutter Callaway … William K Brehm chair of worship, theology, and the arts; associate dean of the Center for Advanced Theological Studies; and associate professor of theology and c...

This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (LA fires scramble Biden, Harris’ schedules … + … Biden’s farewell address on Wed evening … + … Inauguration is 1 week from today … + … Trump cabinet confirmation hearings begin this week … + … Jimmy Carter/Gerald Ford friendship) … GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House co...

 Non-denominationalism is the strongest force in American religion (substack)… GUEST Dr Ryan P Burge … assistant prof of political science at Eastern Illinois Univ … author of “20 Myths about Religion and Politics in America” and ,”The Nones: Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Going” … His research appears on the site Rel...

Their Trip to Africa ... GUESTS Eddie Jones and Chris Moran, co-founders of Wilkinsburg's "Eternal City" Church. Meet the Astronaut Who Left NASA to Help Support Healthy Churches … GUEST Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra (eeek-hoff zial-stra)… senior writer and faith-&-work editor for The Gospel Coalition … also  coauthor of “Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anx...

Trust and Not Believe? Or Believe and Not Trust?  Does losing faith in institutions go hand in hand with losing faith in God?… GUEST Dr Ryan P Burge … assistant prof of political science at Eastern Illinois Univ … author of “20 Myths about Religion & Politics in America” and ,”The Nones: Where They Came From, Who They Are, & Where They Are Going&...

Understanding Mike Johnson’s Social Conservatism… GUEST Dr Daniel Bennett … Assoc Prof of Political Science, John Brown Univ and Director of The Center for Faith and Flourishing … author of “Uneasy Citizenship: Embracing the Tension in Faith and Politics”. How to read more in 2025 … GUEST Joel Miller … Chief Product Officer for FullFocus (We cre...

This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (Winter snow, could be biggest for DC since 2016 … + … anniv of Jan 6th and election certification in Congress … + … Trump has promised clemency for Jan 6 convicts … + … state funeral observances for Jimmy Carter … + … Biden travels to New Orleans today after the New Years Day terrorist attack)…...

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 How to guard your physical (and mental) health thru the holidays GUEST Drew Dyck … acquisitions editor at Moody Publishers  … author of “Just Show Up: How Small Acts of Faithfulness Change Everything (A Guide for Exhausted Christians)” & “Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible & Brain Science,” “Yawning...

Dealing with loss with renewed hope and perspective  … GUEST Doug Bursch …  writer, podcaster & pastor … the author of “Posting Peace:  Why Social Media divides us and What we can Do about It”. God doesn't ask us to do anything that he hasn't already done himself… GUEST Father Tom Soroka ... pastor of St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, Mckees R...

This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (drone fever hits DC … + … Congress racing to avoid shutdown on Friday … + … Trump holds 1st post-election news conference … + … annual Christmas poem! )… GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent. Combatting sex trafficking in Pgh ... GUEST Linda Kricher ... Acting Executive Director, Re...

Why are Cooling Towers shaped like that? … GUEST Ralph Crewe … Head Writer & Producer for Practical Engineering and co-boss of Nerd Nite Pittsburgh … a generally Curious Person.  Books .… GUEST Byron Borger … owner, Hearts and Minds Bookstore, Dallastown PA See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Comfort in the Ashes: Explorations in the Book of Job to Support Trauma Survivors (new book) … GUEST Michelle Keener … associate research fellow with the Kirby-Laing Centre for Public Theology and the director of discipleship for a growing church in Las Vegas. Hope in the midst of struggle … GUEST Keith Kondrich  … permanent Deacon for the Roman Catholic Diocese of...

4:10 PM This Week in the Nation’s Capital… GUEST Greg Clugston … SRN News White House Correspondent 4:25 PM Personal priorities in public life: Restoring confidence in DOJ and FBI … GUEST Paul J McNulty, 9th president of Grove City 5:10 PM Silence & Peace, War and rumors of War: why are our hearts are so restless? … GUEST Rev Kurt Bjorklund ... Senior Pastor, Orchard Hill Church See omnystudio...