December 19, 2022
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:00 — 4.1MB)(Presented by Lisa Bishop) When you hear the word generosity, what comes to mind? We tend to think of generosity in terms of money or giving of our material blessings….
December 10, 2022
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 14:28 — 19.9MB)As our story began last week, Fran was asked by her manager to be on a committee to plan the company Christmas party. She really didn’t want to do that,…
December 9, 2022
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:00 — 4.1MB)I’ve been talking about generosity this week—the joy of being a truly generous person. I want to remind you that God gave first. You know the verse, John 3:16: For…
December 8, 2022
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:00 — 4.1MB)If you want to be a generous person, how much of your income should you give? Often Christians say 10% – a tithe— is what we should give, and that’s…
December 7, 2022
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:00 — 4.1MB)I’m addressing our “culture of more” that gets stronger all the time—the belief that contentment and fulfillment and happiness are for those who have a lot of money and “stuff.” …
December 6, 2022
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:00 — 4.1MB)Our Lord said that “It is more blessed to give than to receive” (Acts 20:35). That word translated “blessed” is more accurately translated “happy.” It is more happy to give…
December 5, 2022
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:00 — 4.1MB)I want to talk about the “culture of more” in which we live. Let’s face it—everywhere we turn these days the message we hear is more stuff, more money, more…
December 3, 2022
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 14:28 — 19.9MB)These Fran and Jesus stories have caught on; it seems we learn best from stories, and so that’s why I continue to use this story-form method. These are fictitious stories,…
December 2, 2022
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:00 — 4.1MB)Fran thinks a moment then says to her, “Please, Cynthia, don’t let anything cause you to commit another sin on top of the adultery. You would be killing your child…
December 1, 2022
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:00 — 4.1MB)How do you help someone who has messed up her life and can’t see her way out? That’s the dilemma that Fran finds herself in as we continue the story…
November 30, 2022
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:00 — 4.1MB)The Bible teaches us to speak the truth in love, but that’s not always easy to do, is it? Fran finds herself counseling a woman she has just met at…
November 29, 2022
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:00 — 4.1MB)Have you ever felt like God led you to someone just at a moment when they had a great need for a friend and a counselor? “How did you know…