PODCASTS

Tag: #familylife

Special Feature – Easter Hope amid Easter Monday in Louisville – 04/11/23

Special Feature – Easter Hope amid Easter Monday in Louisville – 04/11/23

By |

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 6:15 — 8.6MB)

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | RSS

How does Christ’s Good News intersect when Bad News happens … in the nation, in the world, in a community, in the lives of individuals and families and congregations?

A unique perspective today, from an elected government official who spoke words of compassion and honesty and hope, following a tragedy on Easter Monday 2023.

A shooter entered a bank in the heart of Louisville, Kentucky, causing death and injuries and fear, shooting 13 people. At a news conference just a few hours later, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear spoke plainly and boldly about the message of Easter and his own Christian faith.

Family Life’s Greg Gillispie narrates this timely Special Feature.

Issues in Education – Ralph Kerr – 04/10/23

Issues in Education – Ralph Kerr – 04/10/23

By |

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 7:09 — 9.8MB)

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | RSS

 

How to combat “Swatting”, guns in schools, and Native American mascots

Swatting is intentionally calling in fake threats of violence against schools, hoping to create a SWAT Team response. It’s been a recent epidemic seen in Pennsylvania, New York and many other areas of the nation.

A March 27 school shooting in Nashville brings to the forefront again questions about safety and security — and the emotional responses — for students, school staff, and families.

A New York Education Department edict for school districts to eliminate certain mascots and nicknames is causing decisions and budget implications for school boards and administrators.

 

Education watchdog Ralph Kerr weighs in on the weighty issues of the day as they pertain to our public school families and taxpayers. Here’s our update on what’s happening in early April. Dr. Kerr is the founder the Teaching and Learning Institute, headquartered in Houghton, New York.

Capital Connection – Statehouse stalemate, Renewable energy – 04/07/23

Capital Connection – Statehouse stalemate, Renewable energy – 04/07/23

By |

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 10:14 — 14.1MB)

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | RSS

Christian watchdogs Jason McGuire and Dan Bartkowiak weigh in on important issues happening now in New York and Pennsylvania:

Among this week’s topics on our weekly “Capital Connection” roundtable:

  • Stalemate at the Statehouse
  • Pumping the Breaks on Renewal Energy
  • Transgenderism on parade in Albany and Harrisburg

 

 

Faith Under Fire – College & the Cancel Culture – Paul Kengor – 04/06/23

Faith Under Fire – College & the Cancel Culture – Paul Kengor – 04/06/23

By |

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:53 — 8.1MB)

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | RSS

“It’s come from the universities.”

That is the evaluation of how Cancel Culture gets spread and becomes the de-facto reality for many in today’s American culture from Professor Paul Kengor of the Institute for Faith and Freedom. As college professors and curricula at most schools promote political and social stances in one direction, people are silenced if their conscience and core values have them arriving at differing viewpoints.

In this conversation with Family Life’s Greg Gillispie, Kengor also offers what he says is heartfelt advice to parents and families of today’s high school and college students.

In addition to being the Senior Director and Chief Academic Fellow of the Institute on the Grove City College campus in Pennsylvania, Dr. Kengor is also the senior editor of The American Spectator and a frequent commentator on social, cultural and faith issues.

Inside Out – Avoiding Scams – 04/05/23

Inside Out – Avoiding Scams – 04/05/23

By |

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:58 — 6.8MB)

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | RSS

Scams come at us from every direction—postal mail, email, text, and telephone—and they’re getting harder to identify. 

 “It all comes down to you never know who you’re talking to on the other end of the phone or other end of the computer,” says New York State Trooper Officer Mark O’Donnell. 

 By knowing the characteristics of most scams and thinking things through, we’re more likely to keep our money and personal information out of the hands of con artists. 

“It can be confusing,” O’Donnell says, “and again, these people are professionals, and that’s what they do. They prey on people, and they try to get them confused and scared and nervous for them to open up their bank accounts.”

Learn what to look for in this Inside Out conversation, and then pass the word along, especially to members of older generations. “Talk to your parents. It’s like talking to your kids about stuff in school when they’re growing up. You’ve got to talk to your parents about this and your grandparents. It’s kind of a full circle of life,” says O’Donnell, the Barracks E Public Information Officer. 

Hometown Heroes – Jeff Roeters – Guitars for Glory – 04/04/23

Hometown Heroes – Jeff Roeters – Guitars for Glory – 04/04/23

By |

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:30 — 7.6MB)

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | Email | RSS | More

This week’s Family Life Hometown Hero is Jeff Roeters, co-founder of the Rochester nonprofit ‘Guitars for Glory” (www.guitarsforglory.com) . Hear how he brings the healing gift of music throughout the world by providing guitars to those who cannot afford them.

Music is an amazing blessing that we often take for granted. There are many communities around the world who do not have access to the instruments we can so easily get our hands on. Guitars for Glory’s sole desire is to put guitars and instruments in the hands of churches, schools, missionaries, and orphanages. Our hope is to enhance their musical experience and build up worship leaders within the community; through the giving guitars and musical training.

 

Family Life Hometowns – Mount Morris NY – 04/03/23

Family Life Hometowns – Mount Morris NY – 04/03/23

By |

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:20 — 7.3MB)

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | Email | RSS | More

Mount Morris, New York, is famed for its dam, a park , and a pledge.

  • The dam across the Genesee is the largest of its kind east of the Mississippi.
  • Letchworth State Park and its waterfalls often appear in lists of top travel destinations
  • Mount Morris is Francis Bellamy’s hometown.

Listen along, as Mark Webster takes you on a radio tour of this western New York community of more than 4,000 population.

Special Feature – Gender Issues and Nashville’s Tragic News – 03/30/23

Special Feature – Gender Issues and Nashville’s Tragic News – 03/30/23

By |

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 7:38 — 10.5MB)

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | RSS

A timely Special Feature from Family Life.

In this week when transgenderism has filled our headlines due to an individual who shot and killed six at a Christian elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee, we explore whether gender may have been an issue.

Garry Ingraham is founder of the Love and Truth Network. His ministry provides counseling and encouragement to individuals with heterosexual and same-sex sexual addictions, gender dysphoria, and similar issues. Ingraham is a native of New York State, who now serves in Glendale Arizona. In addition to reacting to the Nashville tragedy, he offers his perspective on wider cultural trends.

Ingraham and the Love and Truth Network says there is a higher position which Christians should have, rather than leaning to one side or the other of today’s transgender debates:

Most churches struggle to function well within the tension of two realities. Many tend to practice a permissive, affirming attitude toward sexual behavior; others take a harsh, legalistic approach that condemns people seen as undoubtably sinful.
But Jesus shows us a better way.

Their website offers resources for congregations and church leaders to foster a Biblical search for how to interact with others, away from hatred, suspicion and judgment.

 

EMAIL FAMILY LIFE

Fill out my online form.

© 2024 Family Life Podcasts