Mid-Morning Last Month's Archives

Remember when dates were the most important element of your life? Then…you got married…and had kids…and worked in a career…and you might wonder…what’s a date? Dating Divas to the rescue!! Julie Clark and Becca Olave represent a group of wives, mothers, sisters and friends whose mission is to enrich marriages everywhere. They celebrate the gift of marriage by providing fun, creative, inexpensive and innovative dating ideas designed to bring fun, joy, and excitement back to your relationship. They’ll spend some time with us, sharing how to make lasting marriages…which will create everlasting families!

Do you cringe when your kids fight in public because it makes you look bad? Do you secretly take credit for your child’s soccer win? Ted Cunningham says you might be in danger of “vanity parenting.” Ted returns to Mid-Morning to explain what happens when our culture’s obsession with performance leads us to form expectations for our kids based on the world’s standards. He wants you to see instead how to create a home where your children find success in following their heavenly Father – and how to know the joy of seeing your children embrace their full potential, rather than being a Trophy Child (Cook, ISBN# 978-0-7814-0763-2).

Couples’ therapy for daters who are moving toward a serious relationship; marriage advice from divorced people; and the value of trying something new, different and a tad uncomfortable … counselor Dr. David Hawkins digs into all three topics before answering your life and relationship questions. Call, Facebook or e-mail questions beginning at 10:25!

Parents who watch their child walk away from faith and values are often overwhelmed by profound guilt and shame. Carol Barnier understands because she was that prodigal. The daughter of a pastor, she became an active atheist, debated Christians, and explored many worldviews before coming home to a relationship with Jesus. She’ll share her story with us and equip you with a better understanding of how to talk with the prodigals in your own world. Don’t miss her heartfelt advice on today’s encore Mid-Morning on Engaging Today’s Prodigal (Moody, ISBN# 978-0-8024-0557-9).

Angie Smith says, “fear is a major part of my testimony.” She was treated for anxiety as a child and has spent the rest of her life learning to handle fears of all shapes and sizes. Along the way, she’s learned how to let Jesus redeem her struggle and be glorified in the process. In her book What Women Fear (B&H, ISBN# 978-0-8054-6429-0) author, speaker, and wife of Selah’s lead singer, Angie invites other women to allow God to work the same transformation in them. If you’ve been tangled up in fear too long, let this encore Mid-Morning conversation be a tool God uses to set your heart free to live the abundant life!!

Do you feel like everyone around you is bent on making you miserable? Is someone trying to hijack your emotions? How about the one who thrives on drama? If you could just "fix" that person, everything would be better. But we can't fix other people. We can only make choices about ourselves. In his cut-to-the-chase way, communication expert Mike Bechtle spends the hour explaining how to stop being a victim of other people's craziness with commonsense wisdom and proactive advice. There will always be difficult people. But this fresh perspective on dealing with them can change your life - starting today! At the start of this new year, learn how People Can't Drive You Crazy if You Don't Give Them the Keys (Revell, ISBN# 978-0-8007-2111-4).

Do you have a teenager you just do not understand? Don’t miss Lynne’s conversation with Clinton Faupel, director of RemedyLive and Dr. David Walsh, author of Smart Kids, Smarter Parents (Free Press, ISBN# 978-1439121177). Together they’ll help you translate what’s really going on in your teen’s head…and how you can work with, not against your teen to enjoy healthy communication! We’ll open the phones, email, and Facebook to take your questions throughout the hour!

We begin our January Author! Author! with Holly Wagner, co-author of Survival Guide for Young Women (Regal, ISBN# 978-0-8307-6249-1). She explains how to navigate the turbulent twenties and beyond…making wise decisions to enhance the future! Novelist Melody Carlson’s book Westward Hearts (Harvest House, ISBN# 978-0736948715) takes readers back to the prairie schooners and trails, and heart feelings that transcend time. Lois Tverberg’s invitation for Walking in the Dust of Rabbi Jesus (Zondervan, ISBN# 978-0-310-28420-8) challenges you to follow the Lord more closely by looking at Jesus in light of Jewish context. Jon Walker’s Breakfast with Bonhoeffer (Leafwood, ISBN# 978-0-89112-340-8) is a candid look at how Walker stopped being religious so he could actually follow Jesus. LL Samson’s brand new Dueling with the Three Musketeers (Zondervan, ISBN# 978-0310727996) takes kids into a quirky adventure of fantasy colliding with classic literature. And we wrap up with fiction writer Tessa Afshar’s Harvest of Rubies (River North, ISBN# 978-0-8024-0558-6) – a tale based from the pages of Scripture itself.

Who KNEW?! That’s what Bekah kept saying while Lynne shared some nifty ideas she’s run across in magazines and on websites. Too good to keep it to ourselves…so we’re sharing it with you! And we take a trip down memory lane to books we loved as kids. What books did you grow up on? We’ll chat with you about those and about what crafts and hobbies bring you great joy when life takes a stressful turn!

Want to get your picky eater to try more foods? Researchers from Cornell University have a tip – and Dr. Ann shares it during her first show of 2013. The author of the Dr. Ann’s Eat Right for Life series also offers steps for reducing your risk of having a stroke, explains why a dollop of honey in your tea makes it even better for you, and answers your nutrition questions.

David Pierce is Chonda Pierce’s husband, but he has quite a story of his own. He grew up struggling with his alcoholic father (Salvage: Theland, ISBN# 978-0-615-26058-7), met and married Chonda and became a parent, which taught him a whole new set of life lessons (Don’t Let Me Go: Waterbrook, ISBN# 978-0-30744-468-4), and confronted his own lifeless existence and found a purpose in life (To Kill a Zombie: Leafwood, ISBN# 978-0-89112-267-8). He shares his story and what he learned about God in the process. Then Lynne talks with Michael Hingson, a blind sales manager whose guide dog, Roselle, saved his life on September 11, 2001 when together they escaped the attack on the World Trade Center (Thunder Dog: Thomas Nelson, ISBN# 978-1-4002-0472-4). Two lives, two very different stories…both masterpieces used by God.

Psalm 139 :16 says “Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.” God Himself is writing your life story and each day…you live another piece of it. And while it may feel terribly ordinary – you are extraordinary in the eyes of God! Lynne and Bekah begin 2013 by looking at four ordinary people who allowed God to write a magnificent story with their lives. David McCasland shares the story of Oswald Chambers: Abandoned to God (Discovery House, ISBN# 978-1-57293-050-6) and Eric Lidell: Pure Gold (Discovery House, ISBN# 978-1-97293-130-5). Pam Rosewell Moore was Corrie Ten Boom’s personal assistant and shares Life Lessons from the Hiding Place (Chosen, ISBN# 978-0-8007-9354-8) and Bekah explores George Mueller’s Answers to Prayer (Moody, ISBN# 978-0-8024-5650-2). Then evaluate your own life story…what can God do through YOU?

What do you think Jesus would say to you if you were face to Face with Him right now? Do you imagine words of disappointment or condemnation? Have you just not measured up to all He would demand? Pastor Will Davis Jr. unmasks commonly believed myths about our relationship with God and shows us how to replace them with the truth of how Jesus really feels about us during this encore Mid-Morning. His book, 10 Things Jesus Never Said (Revell, ISBN# 978-0-8007-2001-8) urges you to stop believing the lies the Enemy places in your mind and start believing all the things Jesus really did say!