Midday Connection

It’s the Millrose Club on this Midday Connection and Midday intern Crystal Anderson joins us in our 4th chair, along with Lebo Pooe. We’ll get to know Crystal a bit better, and talk about listening. We’ll also look at a list of words like hope, courage, laughter, faith, strength, and talk about what we need to take to make it through the day.Download reflection questions for this program.Melinda shared an instrumental piece called "Palladio". 

We all have blurred vision in certain areas of life, even blind spots, and on this Midday Connection Margaret Feinberg joins us as we continue our study of John’s gospel. We’ll focus on Jesus, the one who opens our eyes to see clearly and recognize the beautiful work he is doing in our lives.Download reflection questions for this program.Take a look at Claude Monet's painting, Water Lilies.

How do we turn our hearts of stone into hearts of flesh? Dee Brestin would say by surrendering the idols of our hearts to God. On this Midday Connection we wrap up our study of Idol Lies as we talk about the work God can do in a heart that is open and willing to have heart surgery. Idols can’t just be removed, they must be replaced.Download reflection questions for this program.

We all have a story to tell as we encounter the storms of life. How does God show us his presence and teach us through our, sometimes, stormy life stories? On this Midday Connection, Ray Kane joins us again to talk about what we can learn from the storms and trials in our lives.Here are some further resources:Online article Principles of Christian Suffering by Thomas FischerHere are some Proverbs Regarding Trials and some Lessons We Learn From Storms

It’s easy to fall into negative patterns as a mom, like treating our husbands like an extra kid in the home rather than showing him the respect of being our co-parent. On this Midday Connection, Hearts at Home CEO, Jill Savage joins us to talk about respecting dad, how to have a smooth family vacation, and other things she learned during a dark time in her marriage. It’s marriage partnership on this Midday Connection.

It’s the Millrose Club on Midday Connection, and it’s the Friday before Father’s Day. Joining us in the 4th chair is Moody Radio colleague Scott Veigel, a dad of two young boys. We’ll look at how we instill wisdom in young children and how to make it filled with adventure so we capture their imagination. It’s parenting dad’s way, plus some thought provoking music all on the next Millrose Club.Download some reflection questions for this program.Scott shared a song by Wayne Watson called "Watercolour Ponies".

It’s week two of our Gospel of John Bible Study and on this Midday Connection, Margaret Feinberg joins us to talk about what it looks like when “God sees through us.” How many times has God seen through our facades, our attempt to make good first impressions? We look at Jesus the light and how he shines his light in the darkness as we dive deeper into the Gospel of John. Download reflection questions for this program.Margaret mentioned artist Lui Bolin. You can see some of his work here.

We’re going to have some fun on this Midday Connection and let you pick the topic. It’s called the "Fish Bowl” and in our literal fishbowl 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!Esther from Florida was our first caller and she chose our topic for the day: Who Are Some Women Who Have Influenced You?

To survive means that you have developed a plan, a way out or an escape from your circumstances. On this Midday Connection, Christian Counselor Ray Kane joins us to talk about what it looks like to develop an eternal perspective that will help you survive the storms of life. It’s living reflectively vs. reactively through life’s storms on Midday Connection. Here are some further resources:Online article Principles of Christian Suffering by Thomas FischerHere are some proverbs regarding trials and some lessons we learn from storms.

Trevor Hudson joins us again as we focus on overcoming evil within and around us on Midday Connection. Trevor will walk us through how to journal our inner struggle, how to overcome evil with love as well as how to engage in intercessory prayer. The good news is that in Christ the spiritual forces of darkness are already defeated.

It’s the Millrose Club on Midday Connection, and joining us in our 4th chair is Anita's son, John Lustrea. We’ll talk about how much sleep we get and do we need more. We’ll look at the best thing someone has given us as a gift, and we’ll talk about how to handle relational conflict while still showing God’s love. That’s all ahead on this Millrose Club Midday Connection.John brought a song by For Today called "The Breaker's Commission" from the album Breaker. Download reflection questions for this program.

God designed us to be drawn toward beauty that we might know more about God’s character, attributes, and work in our world. On this Midday Connection Margaret Feinberg joins us as we embark on a six week Bible Study of the Gospel of John. We’ll view the beauty of God as it radiates in the person of Jesus Christ as we explore the invisible attributes of God being made visible.We aired a bit of "When Love Comes to Town", sung by U2 and B.B. King.We read John 1:35-50 (NIV).Download reflection questions for this program.

Sometimes trying hard to follow Jesus just doesn’t work. Then what? On this Midday Connection, Klaus Issler joins us again to talk about the dynamics of becoming more Christ like, and the process of forming Christian character. He’ll uncover formation gaps we can struggle with over the course of our lives.Download some reflection questions for this program.

It's time for another visit from Counselor Ray Kane, and on this Midday Connection he'll focus in on the principles of a healthy relationship. Most of us have experienced relationships gone bad and sometimes we can trace the reasons, sometimes we can't. Ray will give us principles to build those relationships in such a way that hopefully they won't implode or explode. Download three documents from Ray Kane: Indicators of a Healthy Relationship, Principles of a Healthy Relationship and A Personal Evaluation.

We’re half way through the year, and we wondered if you ever think back to those New Year’s resolutions you made? On this Midday Connection we’ll help you assess where you are and we’ll catch up with a few people who called in to our program in January with their resolutions and we’ll find out how they’re doing. It’s a program of mutual encouragement.