Midday Connection

It’s the Millrose Club on Midday Connection, and joining us in our 4th chair is Tricia McMillan, producer of Chris Fabry Live. We’ll check in with Tricia one last time before she has her baby and we’ll talk about ice cream concoctions we like as well as focus on regrets we’ve lived with and past moments in our lives we’ve re-lived.Lori shared a song by Jason Castro called "Stay This Way" from the album Only a Mountain. Download reflection questions for this program.

It’s the book club discussion on Midday Connection and Dr. Rosalie de Rosset joins us as we talk about our current selection, Almost Heaven. Since Chris Fabry is the author, he’ll also be joining us for an added dimension to our discussion. We’ll find out why Billy Allman had a heart of gold and why Malachi the Angel was sent to protect this West Virginia hillbilly.Our next book club selection isThe Great Gatsby.Download some study questions for Almost Heaven. 

What does it look like to fully live into the life God created you for? To polish the gifts He’s given you? On this Midday Connection, author and speaker Josh Riebock joins us to talk about transformation in Christ and how through personal growth, the difficulties and the trials, we become the person God created us to be.

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 some reflection questions for this program.

It’s Memorial Day and on this Midday Connection we remember the men and women who served in our armed forces, we will look specifically at those who served during the Civil War at 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.

It’s the Millrose Club on this Midday Connection and student and Moody Radio Intern Lebo Pooe will join us in the 4th chair. We’ll talk about our voice, do we like it, has it changed over time and have we ever tried to change it. And we’ll look at our favorite time of the day and day of the week. We’ll also listen to some thought provoking music as we learn to have deeper conversations.Lebo shared a song sung by the Soweto Gospel Choir called "Asimbonanga" ("We Don't See Him"), written by Johnny Clegg.Download reflection questions for this program.

In the Song of Songs we read “Arise my love, my beautiful one, and come away.” How do we find ourselves responding to our one true lover? On this Midday Connection Dee Brestin joins us as we continue our series about Idol Lies. Dee will help flesh out how transformation comes when we do arise and come to Him and cast off our idols.Dee mentioned Oswald Chambers' book My Utmost for His Highest.We played a portion of "Arise My Love", sung by Michael Card, from the CD The Way of Wisdom.Download reflection questions for this program.

How do you access your creative side? On this Midday Connection, artist Tamara Peterson makes a return visit to talk about ways to engage your artistic self as she opens us up to “Creative Art Journaling”. We are made in God’s image, therefore, we do have creativity in our DNA. We’ll help you access it. Tamara created a group on Flickr to share photos of your creative journaling pages during Lent. You can go back and view them.Download some reflection questions for this program.

Most of us long for mentors, wise individuals we can watch and emulate and who will give us biblical counsel along our journey. On this Midday Connection Gordon and Gail MacDonald join us and they are just the people to help us navigate our spiritual journey. Join us as the MacDonald’s generously share what they’ve learned over the long haul.Download reflection questions for this program.

The witness of Scripture is clear. The God who speaks is also the God who listens. And on this Midday Connection, Trevor Hudson joins us to continue our series on discovering our spiritual identity. We’ll focus in on how we open up our hearts to God and how we can be sure that everything we communicate to God is heard even when we struggle to believe this is true.Download some reflection questions for this program.

It’s the Millrose Club on Midday Connection and Karen Waddles joins us in the 4th chair to discuss where in spring we see spiritual imagery. We’ll also talk about who God is and what difference should that make in our lives as women of faith. What does his character and nature say to us?Karen shared a song by James Cleveland called "God Is".Download reflection questions for this program.

One in 10 women will develop Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in her lifetime. More in our church have experienced trauma than we think, and on this Midday Connection, Shelly Beach joins us to talk about what happens when trauma occurs and how we can care for those who have been touched by trauma.Download some information and reflection questions for this program.You can download a free eBook called The Truth about Trauma.

Becoming a Christian mentor is a powerful way of exerting life-on-life influence on people so that they can be transformed. On this Midday Connection mentoring expert, Jeff Myers, joins us to talk about the need for mentoring emerging adults. Research shows this demographic is hungry for mentoring relationships.Read an article by Jeff Myers about mentoring.For more information about Cultivate, please visit their website.

Too often we reduce people with mental illness to caricatures, pretending they don’t exist. On this Midday Connection Amy Simpson joins us to talk about mental illness and the church’s mission. Do they intersect? People with mental illness very much do exist and Amy has lived a lifetime with a mother struggling with mental illness. We’ll hear her story and how we are called to love those with mental illness.Download some reflection questions for this program.

When did you last tell your story to another? And, how did you feel after you told it? On this Midday Connection Janet Davis joins us to talk about the stewardship of our stories. We’ll look at that concept through the lens of the woman with the hemorrhage and see how her story changed when she simply touched the hem of Jesus garment.Download reflection questions for this program.