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058: How a Crisis Can Bring Out the Best in Us

Welcome to today’s episode where today we look at several examples of how people are reaching out and caring for each other during our present day global health crisis. Hopefully these stories will inspire you to do the same. I mentioned in last week’s episode, no.57, that a

058: How a Crisis Can Bring Out the Best in UsJohn Certalic2021-09-22T13:15:57-05:00

057: Relational Goodness in Times of Crisis

Hello everyone and welcome to today’s episode where today we reflect on the impact the coronavirus is having on our relationships. There’s no shortage of information about the virus itself. How it’s affecting our physical health, advice how to take care of our self, the impact on the

057: Relational Goodness in Times of CrisisJohn Certalic2021-09-22T11:35:48-05:00

044: Thankful for the People who Invested in Us

Hello everyone and welcome to episode 44, the last in our “November to be thankful” series. I’ll have links to the other 3 episodes in the show notes below. Carol pointed out to me that some listeners may not know what the “show notes” are and where to

044: Thankful for the People who Invested in UsJohn Certalic2021-09-22T11:35:36-05:00

036: Investing in Relationships

Hello everyone and welcome to episode 036, Investing in Relationships. Before we get into this topic with two guests I interview on today’s show, there are a two quick items I want to mention. First off, for those who would rather read the content of each episode, you

036: Investing in RelationshipsJohn Certalic2021-09-22T12:49:30-05:00

A Listening Mistake

A missionary and You Were Made for This listener texted me recently. “Did you ever hit times where you were tired of ‘worrying about your kids? I’m at that point this morning.” I responded with “Sometimes its hard to turn off the worry, isn’t it?” The listener wrote back: “Yes

A Listening MistakeJohn Certalic2019-12-21T11:23:03-06:00

Something So Simple

Janet and I always look forward to our missionary friends from South America coming into town every three years or so on their home assignment. We’ve known this couple for decades; decades they’ve spent planting and supporting tribal churches along the Amazon River in Brazil. While at lunch with them

Something So SimpleJohn Certalic2019-07-24T09:12:57-05:00

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