July 31, 2019

(00:00-09:30): Mike Klamecki, Pastor of New Hope Community Church in Villa Park, joins the show for the hour. He tells us his background with leading a church and his journey into it.  (09:30-19:04): The miracle of room 7. Mike tells us the story of a near-death experience. His heart stopped during a movie and laid in a coma for 3 days. He came through after the third day, speaking normal, and recovered.  (19:04-28:53): Mike shares the story of his daughter going missing 15 years ago. Miraculously, she was found alive after she wandered into the search camp who was assigned to look for her. He gives glory to God for keeping her safe.  (28:53-38:56): Mike closes out the hour answering Brian’s question: are you encouraged about the future of American Chrstianity? He answers with concern, but says he can’t help but he encouraged as long as Christ is at the center.  (38:56-49:27): The unfortunate story of Josh Harris continues with this Patheos blog post, “Farewell Joshua Harris”. Brian talks about how Harris denounced his faith, and warns us about who we look up to. Look up to those you know and know their character. (49:27-59:41): We are late to the game, but July is National Pickle Month! We had Ben Gullett of McClure’s Pickles call in to give us the scoop on pickles and all pickle related things. Where did they come from? Are there health benefits? Etc.  (59:41-1:10:29): Boomers, Take It from Woody or Iron Man: It’s Time to Pass the Torch. Kutter Callaway in Christianity Today writes about transferring knowledge from generation to generation. Brian discusses the importance of passing down mentorship and leading by example.  (1:10:29-1:17:05): Brian and Ian’s “Weird Stuff We Found on the Internet”: Apparently the San Francisco police department are as petty as ever, and we are tired of these mother-lovin’ snakes in this mother-lovin’ hotel room. Touch screen stoves are a bad idea, and so is dropping joints in Canada. Meanwhile, apparently water in Michigan has a freezing point up to 1000 degrees.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.