The Ride Home with John and Kathy

Release date of "On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Books" - Dr. Karen Swallow Prior. Christian celebrity culture makes us all a bit complicit in the moral failings of high-profile pastors: The guilt for their actions lies with them, but we all have a part to play in creating and perpetuating the environment that allows this kind if sin to thrive. - Amy Simpson Colin Kaepernick t...

This week in the nation's capitol. - Greg Clugston, SRN White House Correspondent. Arguing against Self-Interest: remembering John McCain. - Dr. Tim Muehlhoff. When the beloved priest from your childhood turns out to be a monster. - Salena Zito. One Navy airman remembers another: Bruce Bickel on Senator John McCain. - Rev Dr. Bruce Bickel See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Match: Tiger v Phil, pay-per-view, Thanksgiving weekend: will you pay? Our Most Neglected Spiritual Discipline - Brian G. Hedges serves as lead pastor of Redeemer Church in Niles, Michigan. He’s the author of several books, including Christ Formed in You, Active Spirituality, and Watchfulness: Recovering a Lost Spiritual Discipline. How Presidents Choose to Lead: Learning From Our Comman...

Cardinal Weurl's name taken from North Catholic High School. Outside looking in: former Pittsburger talks about the Catholic Church - Tim Muldoon. Atonement, or Repentance: dealing with sin, and striving to make things whole in our lives and in the institutions of which we're a part - Pastor Gavin Ortlund  Disruptive Witness - Speaking Truth In A Distracted Age - Alan Noble. See omnystudio.co...

The Silver Lining of Being Hit by a Bus. Community and Karen Swallow Prior. Lost Shepherd: How Pope Francis is Misleading His Flock - Philip F. Lawler Don’t You Dare Get Used to This Madness -   Tom Gilson John and Kathy discuss Bishop Zubiks interview on Fox News from Monday August 20th regarding The Pa Grand Jury Report. John and Kathy go to the phones: Do you believe Bishop Zubi...

This weeks update in the Nations Capitol - Greg Clugston. Aretha Franklin’s One Faith: As her father once said, Aretha was still a gospel singer ... GUEST Robert F Darden ... is professor of journalism, public relations, and new media at Baylor Univ, where he is also founder of the Black Gospel Music Restoration Project ... He's the author of more than 2 dozen books, incl "People get Ready!...

The Catholic Church Sex Abuse Crisis. John & Kathy head to the phones to receive the listeners take on "The Catholic Church Sex Abuse Crisis". See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Death of Aretha Franklin, age 76. Bishop Accountability dot org: Documenting the Abuse Crisis in the Roman Catholic Church ... GUEST Terry McKiernan founded bishopaccountability.org in 2003 and is the organization's president. How does the Catholic news media report the story of child sexual abuse in the church?... GUEST JD Flynn is the editor-in-chief of Catholic News Agency, a media apostolate o...

A Severe Mercy: Our Time of Visitation - Peter Herbeck is the vice president and director of missions for Renewal Ministries. Bishop/Cardinal Wuerl - George Neumayr, a contributing editor to The American Spectator, is author of the new book, The Political Pope. The PA Catholic Sex Abuse Horror - Rod Dreher senior editor at The American Conservative - author of The Little Way of Ruthie Lemming and...

40th Statewide Investigating Grand Jury REPORT 1 Interim redacted, released today. On the Catholic Church and the Grand Jury report ... GUEST Dr. Dawn Eden Goldstein, professor of dogmatic theology at Holy Apostles College and Seminary. John & Kathy go to the phones to get the listeners perspective of the 40th Statewide Investagating Grand Jury Report. See omnystudio.com/listener for priv...

The Cost of Real Church Leadership. . . GUEST Rod Dreher. Further Up and Further In: Orthodox Conversations with C.S. Lewis on Scripture & Theology ... GUEST Edith M. Humphrey. John and Kathy feature a new comical segment called: I AM POSITIVE! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Headline Stress: when news is bad for your health. When God’s Rules Don’t Make Sense ... GUEST Rachel Gilson is director of theological development at Cru Northeast. She blogs at rachelgilson.com Pittsburgh: one of the country's most vibrant art scenes. Why Isn’t Happiness Enough? ... GUEST Amy Simpson, acquisitions editor for Moody Publishing, author, speaker, and leadership coa...

It's National Root Beer Float Day! What's the #1 most searched term on Bible Gateway? The Enabling of Cardinal McCarrick and What the Church Can Do About It? Nursing home residents went missing at a Heavy Metal Festival! Parenting teenagers ... GUEST Duffy Robbins ... author and Professor of Christian Ministries from Grove City College. Carrie Underwood criticized by fans for saying she might have...

Most tap water as good as bottled water. I Never Became Straight -- Perhaps That Was Never God’s Goal: Why I embraced the Bible's sexual ethic before I understood it ... GUEST Rachel Gilson is director of theological development at Cru Northeast ... She blogs at rachelgilson.com. Thomas train ride derails 2nd time and is closed ... + military helicopters stop buzzing the city ... + ... Nat'l...

How To Be a Perfect Christian by The Babylon Bee (new book) ... GUEST Kyle Mann, head writer of The Babylon Bee. Natl Ice Cream Sandwich Day +  Celebrity Bdays (Tony Bennet) The re-emergence of the Bucket Hat ... + ... will the smartphone ever truly replace your beloved wallet? ... + ... Brookstone files for bankruptcy and Apple's market cap hits $1 trillion. Sexual abouse in the Church: The"...

Do we decide to follow Jesus? ... GUEST Rev Eric Andrae, Campus Pastor, ​Lutheran Student Fellowship​ (LCMS) and at First Trinity Church. What 7 years of volunteering at a rape crisis hot line will teach you ... GUEST April Lawson ... works for David Brooks and Ross Douthat at the New York Times ... She provides research, editing, and substantive framing to biweekly columms on topics ranging from...

Faith Night at PNC PARK! Kenny Woods is live at PNC PARK as WORD FM gives out their famous Faith Night T-Shirts! An inlcusive intterview with Clint Hurtle, Manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates, discussing what "FAITH NIGHT at PNC PARK" is all about!   Jeff Robinson talks "faith" and "baseball" with John and Kathy.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pilgrim’s Progress: How Restlessness Leads Us to Jesus (Exile is part of the Christian experience. But our wandering is not without a destination) Michelle Van Loon is the author of five books, including Born To Wander: Recovering the Value of our Pilgrim Identity. Sexual Abuse in the Church: How do we as believers atone for this? On being our mediocre best ... GUEST John Koessler is an awar...

A look back on Friday's Faith Night + Trump threatens to sanction Turkey over the imprisonment of Andrew Brunson. This week in the nation's capitol (TOPICS: government shutdown threat, increased criticism of news media, Putin visit postponed. Plus, Trump holds a news conference with Italy's PM at 2pm, so other topics may come up) ... GUEST Greg Clugston, SRN White House Correspondent. Netflix buil...

... GUEST Andy Masich, President & CEO of the Senator John Heinz History Ctr & a commissioner of the PA Historical & Museum Commission ... The History Ctr is the largest history museum in PA, an affiliate of the Smithsonian Inst, & accredited by the Amer Alliance of Museums ... The PHMC oversees archives, museums, & historic preservation efforts across the state ... Since '98,...

Christians on Social Media behaving badly ... GUEST Drew Dyck ... Differing perspectives on the book of Revelation ... GUEST Brian Godawa. Living as a Christian in the era of President Donald Trump. GUEST Stephen Mansfield is the New York Times bestselling author of "The Faith of George W. Bush," "The Faith of Barack Obama," "Lincoln's Battle with God," and "The Character and Greatness of Winston...

A groudbreaking study of WWI: "A Hobbit, A Wardrobe and A Great War: How J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Rediscovered Faith, Friendship, and Heroism in the Cataclysm of 1915-1918" ... GUEST Dr Joseph Loconte, Associate Professor of History at the King’s College in NY City, where he teaches courses on Western Civilization and American Foreign Policy ... His previous titles include "God, Locke,...

World Emoji Day & National Tattoo Day! Should Kathy get a tattoo?! Best of Summer 2018 Reading ... GUEST Byron Borger, owner, Hearts and Minds Bookstore, Dallastown PA. More dads get Paternity Leave ... Forget the Cat Ladies, meet the Plant Parents ... The importance of socializing: even weak ties to others can better your physical and emotional health. Education & the Kingdom of God ... G...

Millennials cater vacations to most Instagrammable spots (CBS Las Vegas) ... + ... The husband who had a heart attack while laying sod ... + ... World Snake Day ... + ... The most sugary cereals ranked. The streaky (but right now very hot) Pgh Pirates, and Faith Night is coming up (pre-recorded) ... GUEST Joe Klimchak, the In-Game host of PNC Park. This week in the nation's capitol (TOPICS: Trump'...

Your Weekend has begun ... in honor of the Queen of England inviting President Trump for tea at Buckingham Palace, we are drinking tea ourselves, throughout today's show ... yesterday the Emmy nominations were announced: What are the best TV shows you're currently watching? Network TV or streaming. Higher Education, how to love a college student, and the shows he likes best of TV currently ... GUE...