Midday Connection

Having problems connecting with your kids? On this Midday Connection, Milan and Kay Yerkovich join us again to focus on how to love children who are introverted, preemie, determined or sensitive. They’ll talk about how you as a parent can make specific changes in your child, based on how you love them.

It’s all about gardening on this Midday Connection, and with our crazy summer weather, Melinda Myers is just the gardening expert to answer all your questions. Our phones lines will be hopping and our email box open for questions on everything from lawn care, to container and vegetable gardening to the best perennial flowers to plant.

It’s the Millrose Club on this Midday Connection and Moody Radio colleague, Chris Segard, joins us in the 4th chair. We’ll talk about the meaning of a good weekend, look at camping and calling and ways we can lead our families like Jesus, and we’ll talk about homeschooling from the principle’s perspective. We’ll wrap up our time with some music on this Millrose Club.Chris shared a portion of four songs:"Dreaded Spoon" by Bruce Hornsby and Ricky Skaggs"Gabriel Foure – Sanctus"  from Messe de Requiem op. 48"Outta Space Love" by Group 1 Crew"Pray About Everything" by Guy PenrodDownload reflection questions for this program.

As we’ve looked at the gospel of John over the past several weeks, on this Midday Connection with Margaret Feinberg as our guide, we dive into the story of the disciple who made a mistake that could have defined his faith journey, but instead refined him. It’s a focus on the disciple Peter in John 18 and 21.Here is the Henri Mattise image that Margaret mentioned, "Le Bateau".Download reflection questions for this program.

What do you see when you look at the imperfect people around you? Or when you look in the mirror? Do you only see the mud, like the Pharisees saw, or do you see the masterpiece underneath like Jesus sees? On this Midday Connection pastor and teacher John Burke joins us to talk about why sinners were so attracted to Jesus but repelled by the religious.Download reflection questions for this program.

Having problems with your kids? What if you are the problem and you just can’t see it? On this Midday Connection, Milan and Kay Yerkovich join us to give us a unique approach to how we love our kids. They’ll talk about how you as a parent can make specific changes in your child based on how you love them.

Today is another Midday Connection Fishbowl day! What does that mean? You'll have to listen to find out how you can get involved in choosing today's topic!We were unable to reach our scheduled guest today, so we have switched to our Midday Connection Fishbowl!  Erica from Ohio picked envelope #4, so here's the question: What is a promise you keep making to yourself?

It’s the Millrose Club on Midday Connection and Judy Sandiford joins us in the 4th chair. We’ll talk about our best and worst moving experiences, and take a look at when our roles reverse and move from being taken care of, to being the caretaker of aging parents and what that looks like. As usual, we’ll end our time with music.Lori shared a song by Andrew Peterson called "Day by Day" from the album Light for the Lost Boy.Download reflection questions for this program.

It’s July 4th and on this Midday Connection we remember the birth of our country and the men and women who served in our armed forces, we will specifically look at those who served during the Battle of Gettysburg. Dr. Allen Guelzo, Professor of the Civil War Era at Gettysburg College joins us to talk about the 150th anniversary of that defining battle.

Getting still with God and journaling are two things that don’t come easily in our fast paced world. On this Midday Connection, Tamara Peterson and Liz Lassa join us to talk about Circle Journaling, an innovative new way to journal and go deeper with God in half the time. If you’re a busy mom, or a busy career woman, you’ll appreciate this innovative way of connecting to our Creator.Liz is offering a free excerpt from her journal on her website.Here are two sample journal pages. Download the pages and listen to the program for explanations on how to use them.Melinda also made mention of a book that she is enjoying called 101 Secrets for Your Twenties by Paul Agone.

It's time for the Midday Connection fishbowl. And we need you to help us pick our topic. We have a literal 'fishbowl' where we've put numbered envelopes containing a variety of topics. Someone who calls in to the program will pick the envelope and get first crack at the topic. It's something new and something that involves you!Paula, from Indianapolis, IN, chose our question for today: What are unique food/lingo/activities in your hometown region?

God desires that our relationship with him isn't lived out of a sense of duty as much as out of a sense of devotion. And on this Midday Connection Margaret Feinberg joins us again as we continue our study of the Gospel of John and dig into John chapters 10 - 12. We'll touch on the raising of Lazarus from the dead and camp out on Mary's extravagant gift to Jesus.We have a book/DVD set of Pursuing God's Beauty to giveaway! To enter, email your name and mailing address to middaydrawing@moody.edu and we will randomly select one winner at 4pm (CT), Friday 6/28.Download reflection questions for this program.Click here to see Lindsey Hoekstra's painting, "Autumn Dancers". 

What happens when we listen well to our lives? Sharon Swing asked that question and it sent her on a journey of helping to create OneLifeMaps. On this Midday Connection, with the help of Sharon, we’ll take a look at how to listen well to our lives and the lives of others. What do we need to pay attention for as we listen to the journey of others?

How does God use the storms of life to conform us to his image? On this Midday Connection Ray Kane continues this theme to remind us that adversity moves the cloak of the false self to reveal the truth of who we really are. The bottom line is that God is bigger than any storm we may encounter.Here are some further resources:Online article Principles of Christian Suffering by Thomas Fischer Here are some  proverbs regarding trials and  some lessons we learn from storms.

Loss is a part of life. The question is what will we do when we encounter loss? On this Midday Connection, Janet Davis joins us as we talk choosing to Re-Create in the midst of loss and what that might look like. Sometimes our losses become the fertile ground for growing something new, or the catalyst for resurrecting an old dream.Download reflection questions for this program.Janet mentioned the book Praying in Color by Sybil MacBeth.