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Show partners that change car batteries together stay together!Yesterday was a crazy day for Carlos, on the first day of our new show his car wouldn’t start. I picked him up for work in the morning and after the show we started the adventure of fixing his Jeep! We picked up a new battery together, but when we got to Carlos’ house we quickly realized he did not have the tools necessary to replace it. We… … Continue reading

How to Keep Your Smartphone From Running Your Life

How to Keep Your Smartphone From Running Your LifeJoy here: I tend to impulsively check my social media all throughout the day. It ends up controlling me instead of me controlling it! These 6 tips on being intentional with your time spent on technology have really made me think. I am going to make new habits that include some of these tips so that my phone is a good addition to my life, but doesn’t… … Continue reading

Meet my friend, Carlos!Today kicks off a new show on WAY-FM “Afternoons with Carlos and Joy!” Carlos is an awesome addition to the WAY-FM team! We couldn’t be more different, but we’ve already become fast friends. He has an amazing blend of life experiences that I have not had and his outlook on faith is engaging and exciting. He just moved here from Texas and is so excited to get to hang with you on WAY-FM.… … Continue reading

On behalf of the church, I’m sorry. This is what I wrote to a friend last night. I never thought I would need to apologize on behalf of the body of Christ but yesterday it was necessary. One of my old friends, (we’ll call him Steven), has walked away from Christianity. Steven looks at it as anti-intellectual and shared that he grew up in a church where he was never allowed to pose seriously questions… … Continue reading

Greatest movie of all time. OF ALL TIME.

Greatest movie of all time. OF ALL TIME.My favorite toy as a child was a little Snoopy stuffed dog. Well… okay, Snoopy dog and a little brown down I named Barney (after Barney Fife, not Barney the dinosaur – my childhood was charmed, as you can tell) because you can obviously not pick just one favorite stuffed animal.Anyway. I loved Snoopy. It’s very possible I squealed just a little bit when I saw this was… … Continue reading

from the heart of pastor Rubell Shelley at www.rubellshelley.com

I think sometimes that I don’t understand anything about prayer. I pray a lot, mind you. It’s just that I don’t understand a great deal about it. I sometimes pray for good things, and they don’t come. At other times, I pray for myself or others to be spared bad things, yet they still happen. How does prayer work? How do I know what to pray for? Do questions such as these ever bother you?Maybe… … Continue reading

courtesy of my buddy Chance Scoggins at chancescoggins.com

Why Not You Someone will obliterate the status quo. Someone will rise above what’s common and take hold of what could be. They’ll discover the outer reaches of their capabilities, Breaking the glass ceiling, As the rest of us watch in wonder. Why Not You? Someone out there won’t be confined by boundaries drawn for them by someone else. They won’t be stopped by the word no. They won’t be limited by adversity or fear. They’ll rise against… … Continue reading