by Jeff | Oct 4, 2015
100 episodes.
That’s a lot of conversations. What an exciting journey this has been with you! We’ve got it all tonight: Peeps records, our favorite episodes of HNR, and a little of where we’re going in the next 100. Jeff, DW and Jason welcome Terra Kay and Mike Ott back to the show.
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Terra Kay is the Volunteer & Outreach Coordinator at World Relief Fox Valley. You can follow her on Facebook and Twitter. https://twitter.com/hopenetradio/status/650830332950921216 Mike Ott is the youth pastor at Graceway Fellowship in Green Bay. He’s got a million and one great youth ministry ideas and will be embarking on #dadlife here in the next week or two.
October 8 is Bring Your Bible to School Day.
Don’t forget about Fields of Faith on October 14.
by Jeff | Sep 27, 2015
Success. Failure. Tonight, it’s all left behind. It seems easy at times to look at our past and think about what coulda, shoulda, woulda… This week’s episode is all about leaving whatever is in the past there and reframing our lives to live for today.
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by Jeff | Jun 28, 2015
Before you go flying off the handle this 4th of July, you’ve gotta listen to this conversation about temperance. Jeff, DW and Jason are back with a great conversation about living self-controlled lives. Maddy and Raven join in this week to share some of their own experiences as young women trying to live this out.
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[Tweet “Self-control is the ability to master your innermost desires & emotions in a way that honors God and others. #HNRTB”]
Read the story of Cain and Abel in Genesis 4
The Rock and Audie Bridges. (Instagram/Mashable.com)
No story about self-control could be complete without mentioning Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in it, especially if he’s the dude who hit your car early in the morning. Thankfully, this story has a good ending and Audie was a good sport about it. Read it.
Quote: “It is only through facing our fears of exposing our underlying emotions that will ultimately give us peace of mind. When we stop wrestling with our emotional baggage in our minds, we stop wrestling with ourselves and others.” (source)
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by Jeff | May 17, 2015
As The Avengers: Age of Ultron tears up the box office this month, you can count on kids around the country to buy into the action figures, posters and costumes this year. It would seem that kids love heroes, no matter what their outfit. Jeff, DW and Jason are back with a fun conversation about what the real cost of being a hero entails. Hint: it’s more than this mask or this shirt. Listen in and join the TweetBack!
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This week will mark 2 years since the Moore, Oklahoma EF5 tornado struck the city, obliterating Plaza Towers Elementary School taking the lives of 24 adults and children. Nearly 400 were injured. In the midst of the chaos, we saw plenty of heroes arise from the destruction. One of them, Anna Canaday, recalled her story to The Daily Beast:
She remembered that as the tornado bore down on this school in Moore, Okla., she and Simonds took the kids into the hall, among them her own daughter, 5-year-old Kali.
“I just grabbed as many kids as I could, eight of 10 kindergartners,” Canaday recalled.
Canaday took half the children and Simonds took the others. The teachers had them get down on their knees against the wall and cover their heads, just as they had often done in the school’s regular drills. The tornado roared ever near.
“We just held them and told them to keep their heads down,” Canaday remembered. “I kept telling them they were going to be just fine and God was going to take care of us. I prayed as loud as I could.”
The twister was right upon them in all its fury.
“When it hit it was so loud,” Canaday said. “I just kept telling the kids under me, ‘It’s going to be OK.’ I prayed aloud…‘Just take me instead because they’re the babies.’”
You don’t need to wear a cape to be a hero. But if you were to have some sort of costume, would you choose Superman?
Aside from the obvious need for Clark Kent to get a new shirt every time he became Superman, you also never saw him hang around long enough for people to shine the spotlight on him. When you do something heroic, be humble about it.
“Watch out! Don’t do your good deeds publicly, to be admired by others, for you will lose the reward from your Father in heaven.” Matthew 6:1
It might seem like these 2 examples are contrary. Giving an interview sharing your story about your experience isn’t necessarily a bad thing. In Anna’s case, she inspires other teachers and community members to do their job with heart knowing what truly matters is caring for students.
by Jeff | Apr 19, 2015
DW and I felt terrible that we gave you the most meaningless episode of HopeNet Radio last week. So to make it up to you, we’ve got the most meaningful episode for you this week. Jason, Terra Kay, and Kristen are back to make sure you only get the very best from Solomon’s book of Ecclesiastes.
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[Tweet “The pot of criticism is huge, full and boiling over. @wagerdaw #HNRTB”]
What we discuss on the show
“He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity.” Ecclesiastes 5:10
[Tweet “I wish I realized that I didn’t have to learn everything the hard way. @kristenjanelife #HNRTB”]
“It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for this is the end of all mankind, and the living will lay it to heart. Sorrow is better than laughter, for by sadness of face the heart is made glad.” -Ecclesiastes 7:2-3
“That’s the whole story. Here now is my final conclusion: Fear God and obey his commands, for this is everyone’s duty. God will judge us for everything we do, including every secret thing, whether good or bad.” Ecclesiastes 12:13-14
