Episodes

  • Do the Next Thing with Elisabeth Elliot

    Do the Next Thing with Elisabeth Elliot
    Jun 1 2022
    Elisabeth Elliot was a missionary and speaker who experienced great trials and troubles during her lifetime, but she followed God wherever He led, regardless of the cost. She worked as a missionary in Ecuador even after the death of her husband Jim Elliot at the hands of the people they had come to serve. Later, she returned to America and served by writing and speaking Biblical encouragement. For more information, check out her website: www.elisabethelliot.org  Show Notes:  Verse: Isaiah 43:2  Poem: Do The Next Thing  Elisabeth’s Radio Show: Gateway to Joy  Elisabeth’s Podcast: The Elisabeth Elliot Podcast
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    13 mins
  • Viktor Frankl - Man’s Search for Meaning

    Viktor Frankl - Man’s Search for Meaning
    May 2 2022
    Viktor Frankl was a Austrian neurologist who was also a Jew during World War 2. He lost his entire family during the Holocaust, and spent time in a Nazi concentration camp himself as well. After he was released, he wrote a book called ”Man’s Search for Meaning” which was the world-wide best seller that year. Join us as we delve into his story today.
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    11 mins
  • Prayer During World War 2

    Prayer During World War 2
    Apr 14 2022
    James P. Moore Jr., ”American Prayers, on D-Day and Today,” Washington Post, June 6, 2004, https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/2004/06/06/american-prayers-on-d-day-and-today/0872ee3e-c6f9-446c-94ae-05ab814a7175/. Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. “’A Might Endeavor:” D-Day.” https://www.fdrlibrary.org/d-day “Transcript of General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Order of the Day (1944).” https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=75&page=transcript Roy Wenzel. “How D-Day Changed the Course of WWII.” History. June 5, 2019. https://www.history.com/news/d-day-important-world-war-ii-victory
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    11 mins
  • Praying for Ukraine

    Praying for Ukraine
    Mar 29 2022
    Today we talk about the importance of praying for leaders, such as the Ukrainian President Zelensky, in times of conflict, and specific ways we can be praying for Ukraine right now.  Show Notes:  1 Timothy 2:1  YWAM Kyiv - www.ywamkyiv.org
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    11 mins
  • Amy Carmichael: Mother to Many

    Amy Carmichael: Mother to Many
    Mar 26 2022
    Amy Carmichael was a missionary to India at the turn of the century. She lived there for 55 years, and rescued many children from the evil practice of selling children as slaves to the temples. She cared for them, raised them, gave them a home, and taught them about the Lord. Her work still continues today.  For more information:  A Chance to Die by Elisabeth Elliot  Gold Cord by Amy Carmichael
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    12 mins
  • Josephine Butler: A Reformer’s Faith

    Josephine Butler: A Reformer’s Faith
    Mar 8 2022
    Note: This episode contains mature content and is not appropriate for children. Josephine Butler fought for the rights of women and girls in England in the late 1800s. She is campaigned specifically against the Contagious Diseases Act which in practice caused much more harm than good for women, and saw great changes happen in her lifetime. We share her story here. Butler, Josephine. Personal Reminiscences of a Great Crusade. (Horace Marshall and Son, London) 1911
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    12 mins
  • The Chief who saw Change Come

    The Chief who saw Change Come
    Feb 22 2022
    Joseph La Flesche was a Native American chief in the 1800s who saw change on the horizon for his people. Equipped with a faith in God and a belief that He could lead them into a new age, Joseph navigated and created a ”New Normal” for his people, paving the way for them to have a new future where they could thrive, even as change raged around them. Notes and Sources: Starita, Joe. A Warrior of the People: How Susan La Flesche Overcame Racial and Gender Inequality to Become America’s First Indian Doctor. (St. Martin’s Press) 2016. 45
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    15 mins
  • Casper Ten Boom

    Casper Ten Boom
    Feb 21 2022
    Casper Ten Boom was the father of Corrie Ten Boom, author of the book the Hiding Place. His faithful leadership of their family led them through dark places, without losing their faith. Hear part of his deeply moving testimony and what he said, when offered the chance to stay home, rather than be taken away to a Nazi prison.
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    13 mins