The Ride Home with John and Kathy

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NANNI John’s back + Mike’s Jury Duty What would you Regret not doing by the end of Your Life? (new book, “The Making of Us”) ... GUEST Sheridan Voysey ... is a writer, speaker, and broadcaster on faith and spirituality TV ads for prescription drugs will soon have to include price How do you talk to your Children (and Friends) about Faith ... GUEST Amy Julia B...

ABOUT SHERRI LYNN Sherri Lynn has been a radio professional for well over a decade. She has her degree in Communications as well as Biblical Studies. Sherri is a writer, comedienne, playwright and former youth pastor. She wrote and produced a comedy DVD entitled "The Very Funny Church Comedy Show: Together We Laugh", wrote and starred in the musical stage play "The Bold and the Sanctified" starrin...

Asia Bibi, Pakistani Christian, released, leaves Pakistan Every Tool's a Hammer: Life Is What You Make It (pre-recorded)... GUEST Adam Savage ... star of Discovery Channel’s "Mythbusters" and one of the most beloved figures in science and tech ... shares his golden rules of creativity, from finding inspiration to following through and successfully making your idea a reality ... (Adam is in t...

Pennsylvania State Representative Harasses a Peaceful Pro-Life Activist Ministry to Pittsburgh’s Homeless ... GUEST Jerrel Gilliam ... Interim Executive Director, Light of Life Rescue Mission Zane the 10-wk-old golden retriever puppy working w the Pgh Police God Is A Mother To The Motherless ... GUEST Amy Simpson ... acquisitions editor for Moody Publishing, author, speaker, & leadership...

 GUEST Dr. Jack Graham ... is the pastor of Prestonwood Baptist Church, one of the nation’s largest congregations ... Dr Graham is a noted author of numerous books, including "Man of God," "Unseen," and a new book, "Angels: Who They Are, What They Do and Why It Matters" ... His biblical teaching is heard on PowerPoint Ministries here on WORDfm, and 96.5fm and 730am WPIT, and across the...

Every Tool's a Hammer: Life Is What You Make It ... GUEST Adam Savage ... star of Discovery Channel’s "Mythbusters" and one of the most beloved figures in science and tech ... shares his golden rules of creativity, from finding inspiration to following through and successfully making your idea a reality ... (Adam is in town Saturday, May 11, 7pm, Pgh Arts & Lectures series at Carnegie Le...

The Need for Vigilance from People of all Faiths: Philly Islamic center posts shocking video of kids: ‘We will chop off their heads Ladies Night Out, coming up Friday June 21st at The Bible Chapel ... GUEST Sherri Lynn Study: Watching superhero films can boost confidence and reduce anxiety GUEST Dr. Jack Graham ... is the pastor of Prestonwood Baptist Church, one of the nation’s larges...

ITS JOHN HALLS BIRTHDAY! RIP CHEWY: 15 facts about Chewbacca Why I Signed the Evangelical Statement on Artificial Intelligence GUEST Richard J. Mouw Icons and Faith Practice  GUEST Frederica Mathewes-Green Why Shark attacks spike in a specific area! Orange Vanilla Coke! Is it good? Favorite Beverages by State Pastor’s confession about Notre Dame fire draws ire Negative Talk Really Hurts...

The National Day of Prayer - What's on your plate? Luke 10:38-42 Mary sitting at the feet of Jesus and Martha... GUEST Rev Bill Glaze ... Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood PA Selling our Birthright for a Quiet Pew In church: Our children are not our children; They're brothers and sisters in Christ ... GUEST Brian Dijkema ... Program Director, Work and Economics at Cards and senior editor with Comme...

May Day ... + ... $700M complex going into the N Shore ... + ... American flag going up on the formerly Sprint board on Mt Washington Who’s to Blame When the Shooter Is One of Our Own? The latest synagogue attack has shaken fellow Orthodox Presbyterians—but it implicates all of us living in a fallen world and divisive culture ... GUEST Dr. Carl R. Trueman ... Department of Biblical and...

Courage for Life: the Women’s Audio Bible ... GUEST ... Ann White ... is an internationally known author, speaker, and passionate Bible teacher ... (we are preparing to release in the next few weeks. We work with at-risk and incarcerated women & are creating the first Women’s voiced NLT Audio Bible ... We’ve completed the New Testament and our App is approved & available...

Teamsters Local 49 today: Dem Joe Biden holds his 1st campaign rally in Pgh; wins firefighters’ endorsement Trump skips White House correspondents' dinner, rallies in Green Bay instead (I traveled with Trump on Sat) -- Biden launches 2020 with campaign speech [in Pittsburgh!] -- Trump is paying attention to Biden candidacy -- Trump meets with congressional leaders tomorrow... GUEST Greg Clug...

**What have you smuggled into a movie theater? ... + ... Natl Pretzel Day The Vietnam War: 1945-1975 ... GUEST Andy Masich ... President and CEO of the Senator John Heinz History Center in association with the Smithsonian Institution ... (exhibition takes visitors on a journey spanning the duration of U.S. involvement in Indochina, from the post-World War II advent of the Cold War to our prolonged...

Judas’ economics & The NYTs blunder in which a priest at Notre Dame said that he rescued the ‘body of Christ’ out of the church. The times reporter didn’t know what that phrase meant and assumed that it was a statue, which is what the article reported. The ignorance about our civilizational heritage by elite media is stunning. Jerry Bowyer is editor of Town Hall Finance...

How the resurrection is absolutely central to everything about our faith. Pastor Josh Brown from Bellefield Presbyterian Church If you want to be free you can't do whatever you want. Ann Kennedy is the author of Nailed It - sarcastic devotionals for angry and worn out people - she blogs at preventingrace.com The Supreme Court has announced it will hear the R.G &G.R. Harris Funeral Home Case -...

Abby Johnson, founder and director of "And Then There Were None".  Abby worked for Planned Parenthood for 8 years, working her way up through the ranks to become the clinic director in Bryan Texas. She was Planned Parenthood's Employee of the Year in 2008, but she walked away from her job after witnessing the abortion of a 13 week old fetus during an ultrasound-guided abortion.  She left...

Tiger Woods: Redemption and the Masters ... GUEST Ian Gunn ... is an attorney and sportswriter From Palms to Passion: Thine is the Kingdom, Power and Glory ... GUEST Rev Terry Timm ... Christ Community Church of the South Hills The culture wars, Chick-fil-A, and Yale ... GUEST David French, senior writer for National Review, a senior fellow at the National Review Institute and a veteran of Operati...

Your Weekend has Begun Naitonal Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day Seculosity: How Career, Parenting, Technology, Food, Politics, and Romance Became Our New Religion—and What to Do about It (People may be leaving organized religion, but “the marketplace in ‘replacement religion’ is booming) ... GUEST David Zahl .  Switzerland is getting rid of its emergency stockpile of coffe...

John and Kathy Reflect on the premiering movie UNPLANNED Abortion will be considered unthinkable 50 years from now! - Karen Swallow Prior This Day in History: Jackie Robinson became the 1st African American player to take the field. Being a "Good" Listener - Gavin Ortlund High School Murals in San Francisco: Should they stay or should they go The Orthodox Easter Service - Frederica Mathewes-Green...

Today is National Golf Day! The Co-Opting of the Black Experience: - Dr. Esau McCaulley  Turns out cats DO know when you're calling; they just don't care. Poem of the day! Charles Van Doreen a Quiz Show Whiz who Wasn't - Passes away at 83 It's a hockey night in Pittsburgh! Lets Go Pens! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ask the Pastor with Rev Chris Marshall **”A Permanent Pariah:” how our culture pronounces judgement The ‘Trans’ Child as Experimental Guinea Pig ... GUEST Madeleine Kearns ... is a William F. Buckley Fellow in Political Journalism at the National Review Institute ... She is from Glasgow, Scotland Phones: Transgender-ism Poem of the Day See omnystudio.com/listener for privac...

A casino in Amish Country? This Week in the Nation’s Capitol (DHS Sec Nielsen resigns, and Secret Service Direct Randolph “Tex” Allen’s to leave Trump admin too ... + ... US designates Iran’s revolutionary guard as “terrorists” ... + ... Trump to skip WH Correspondent’s Dinner Again) ... ) + NCAA Championship Game tonight, Greg wins our pool by leaps...

Is It Time for a Return to Common Sense? Roger E. Olson is the Foy Valentine Professor of Christian Theology of Ethics at George W. Truett Theological Seminary of Baylor University. As I Recall - Discovering the place of memories in our spiritual life. Casey Tygrett is a writer, pastor and spiritual director who serves as theologian in residence at Parkview Church in Orland Park, Illinois. He blog...

Stop asking kids what they want to be when they grow up On Heaven ... GUEST Rev Bill Glaze, Bethany Baptist Church, Homewood, PA Nat’l Hug a News person Day Are we getting too afraid of saying the wrong thing? ... GUEST Brian Dijkema, Program Director, Work and Economics at Cardus and senior editor with Comment Anniversary of the death of MLK Jr (1968) 7 Exciting Movies from emerging directo...

3 Differences between Christian Denominations ... GUEST Rev Eric Andrae ... Campus Pastor, ​Lutheran Student Fellowship​ (LCMS) and at  First Trinity Church, Shadyside May All Who Enter Here Be Comforted ... GUEST Cathy Warner ... is a poet, writer, teacher, editor, home renovator and real estate broker who lives on the shores of Washington’s Hood Canal Rise of the fast food veggie burg...