A smoky room, a tragic, preventable death, and five steps to helping others. This week we are talking about the dangers of living life one step behind the crowd. It's time to assume responsibility. Send us a text "Remember, you are loved, so go, love better!" New episodes drop on Tuesdays.
The Long Friday of Iceland, a plaque in the Oval Office, and the journey to be unappreciated. This week, we are learning to love through appreciation. Send us a text "Remember, you are loved, so go, love better!" New episodes drop on Tuesdays.
The Year of Free Beef and the right way to live. Don't be left behind! Today, we are talking about loving better by learning to embrace repentance. Send us a text "Remember, you are loved, so go, love better!" New episodes drop on Tuesdays.
The hunt for 841, the window to the brain, and the choice to live where you want to. Today, we learn to love better information. Send us a text "Remember, you are loved, so go, love better!" New episodes drop on Tuesdays.
A French miscalculation, La Rue San Joie, and a reminder that it is best to pick your battlefields wisely. This week, we take a look at the dead ends of life and how to avoid them. Send us a text "Remember, you are loved, so go, love better!" New episodes drop on Tuesdays.
A study of the fastest man alive, the difficult of living in an unfair world, and the recipe for winning anyways. Today, we take a look at what it means to love unequally. Send us a text "Remember, you are loved, so go, love better!" New episodes drop on Tuesdays.
A bold move by the British, a Levitical law of hospitality, and an operation to help others that ended up saving themselves. Today, we talk about the love of strangers. Send us a text "Remember, you are loved, so go, love better!" New episodes drop on Tuesdays.
A castle in Bavaria, a folk song worth listening to, two boys who ended up with two fathers, and a lesson on privilege. Today, we look at leaving an inheritance. Send us a text "Remember, you are loved, so go, love better!" New episodes drop on Tuesdays.
This week has been crazy, and so I'm making some choices to wait to upload until I have an episode worth listening to. Enjoy your week, and until then... Send us a text "Remember, you are loved, so go, love better!" New episodes drop on Tuesdays.
If you have ever lamented your struggles to read the Bible more consistently or have struggled with difficult passages or have read, but felt like you never got past the stage of obligation and moved into having an enjoyment of Bible reading – this episode is for you. Why do we find reading the Bible so hard sometimes? Listen to Ralph and I promise you, he will help you learn to develop a love for the Word. Send us a text "Remember, you are loved, so go, love better!" New episodes drop on Tuesda...
My second favorite book, aluminum (or aluminium for the British!), and the cleverly short-sighted trash panda. This week, we learn to let go. Send us a text "Remember, you are loved, so go, love better!" New episodes drop on Tuesdays.
A dairy farmer, the age old question of the color of the sky, and the musings of a colorblind podcaster. Today, we look at sunset love and how to love like life is slipping over the horizon. Send us a text "Remember, you are loved, so go, love better!" New episodes drop on Tuesdays.
Albert Einstein's greatest breakthrough, the plains of Moab, and two men on the opposite sides of history. Strong love is a relative thing. Send us a text "Remember, you are loved, so go, love better!" New episodes drop on Tuesdays.
Bela Barenyi, the pursuit of deformation, and the crumpling of the unneccessary. This week, we accept our weakness as a design feature. Send us a text "Remember, you are loved, so go, love better!" New episodes drop on Tuesdays.
The hero of two worlds, the three friends of one, and the US entrance to the Great War. Today, love arrives. No plan, just a whole lot of sympathy. Send us a text "Remember, you are loved, so go, love better!" New episodes drop on Tuesdays.
This week on the Love Better podcast we are talking about boys becoming good men. This is a conversation with my good friend, Rene Anderson, Christian, author, and "dorm dad" for the Florida College men's dormitory. Rene is an excellent source of wisdom and experience with what it means to mature well and help other men do the same. We talk about giving masculinity, male friendships, the struggles of singlehood and romance in the transitional twenties, and how to be an influence. Rene is a jokes...
An open door, a few bits of chocolate, and $1.18. Let's talk about what love could do if we all did what we could. Audio excerpt from the USC Shoah Foundation archive - https://youtu.be/nc8neFqI9vA Send us a text "Remember, you are loved, so go, love better!" New episodes drop on Tuesdays.
Atriums, photographic f-stops, and the International Scale of Difficulty. When we focus on love, we learn to love better. Send us a text "Remember, you are loved, so go, love better!" New episodes drop on Tuesdays.
Anonymity, Providence, and the best night light story ever. Let's learn to love anonymously. Send us a text "Remember, you are loved, so go, love better!" New episodes drop on Tuesdays.
This week on the Love Better podcast we are talking parenting, discipline, learning about love as fathers, and the first world problems American parents face. I'm talking with my friend and colleague Jonathan Banning. Jonathan is a fellow adoptive father, an evangelist for the Temple Terrace church of Christ in Temple Terrace, FL, and a strong advocate for Christianity being more than just a way of worship on Sundays. If you are a parent of young children, thinking about adoption, trying to find...
10 centimeter cubes scattered across Europe, three apostolic questions, and the value of trip hazards. What do we do when our love stumbles? Let's learn to love better! Send us a text "Remember, you are loved, so go, love better!" New episodes drop on Tuesdays.
The Horse Latitudes, the city of Ziklag on fire, and the calm between the storms. Today, we talk about the love doldrums. Send us a text "Remember, you are loved, so go, love better!" New episodes drop on Tuesdays.
This week on the Love Better podcast we are talking about rough beginnings, hope if you've had one, and how to help others out of dark places. This is a conversation with my good friend, Paul Hawthorne, Christian, evangelist, and d lifelong coach and mentor to so many. Paul has a lifetime of experience advocating for and guiding people out of addiction, sin, and troubled pasts. We talk about giving good counsel, the need for love, what it is like to come to Jesus from an irreligious background, ...
George Washington, Valley Forge, a debt owed, love without feelings, and my personal favorite Bible hero. It's time for warrior love! This isn't your romance novel love - this is the love that conquerors are made of. Send us a text "Remember, you are loved, so go, love better!" New episodes drop on Tuesdays.
A couple of poets, a gravestone in Rome, the art of painting rocks, and lots and lots of ripples in the water. This week we look at the legacy of love. What do you want out of life? What sort of mark do we leave behind? Send us a text "Remember, you are loved, so go, love better!" New episodes drop on Tuesdays.
Want decades of parenting experience in five easy steps? What does it look like to love your kids and to love raising them? What if we could make small routine changes that would bless our kids and make them a blessing. Get ready for Mabel's rules for parenting. Send us a text "Remember, you are loved, so go, love better!" New episodes drop on Tuesdays.
This week on the Love Better podcast we are talking about the beautifully made world we live in and the science that proves it. This is a conversation with my good friend, Daniel Reeves, Christian, biologist, and Educational Outreach Director for the Discovery Institute in Seattle, WA. We talk about the work he is doing, the impact a Christian worldview has upon science, what Intelligent Design science is, and how our views on the science, God, and the world He made touches every aspect our life...
A New York experiment, an Egyptian slave, and a road to reconnect with distant loved ones. How can we learn to love new people? Let's look at how to manufacture love for the first time or rebuild it when it has been lost. Below are links to the questions and experiment referenced in the episode. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10.1177/0146167297234003 https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/open-gently/201310/36-questions-bring-you-closer-together Send us a text "Remember, you are loved, s...
What does love have to do with traffic jams, grocery store aisles, and the French etymology of English words? It's all about the detour. In this episode we discuss taking the long way round. Sometimes life doesn't take the most efficient route. Why is that? Let's love better - let's learn to love the detour. Send us a text "Remember, you are loved, so go, love better!" New episodes drop on Tuesdays....
This week on the Love Better podcast we are talking about what it means to be made in God's image and how every soul matters. This is a conversation with my good friend, David Carrozza, entrepreneur, Christian, and one of the directors for Sacred Selections, a non-profit that helps fund Christian adoptions. We talk about the organization, the work of caring for the fatherless, the impact lived faith has on the world, and the fact that adoption is kingdom work. Send us a text "Remember, you are l...
