God in Our Relationships

217: God Will Surprise Us

In the past dew episodes I’ve been talking about how I tracked down my birth father and met him for the first… and last time in my life. You’ll find links to those episodes at the bottom of the show notes. Today’s show concludes this painful chapter in

217: God Will Surprise Us2024-04-13T16:34:05-05:00

216: Our Past Helps Us Understand Our Present

Hello everyone. If you haven’t listened to episode 215, “Searching for my Birth Father,” I suggest listening to that episode before continuing with this one. Just go to johncertalic.com/215. Today’s episode, #216, continues with the theme of how understanding our past helps us understand our present when we see

216: Our Past Helps Us Understand Our Present2024-04-02T13:41:13-05:00
  • The joy of Christmas Lingers

209: The Christmas Story In 2023

When you get right down to it, the only thing that really matters in the Christmas story in 2023 is Jesus. No Santa, gifts, or Bing Crosby. Just Jesus. Here's the original story as recorded in Luke's Gospel, just as it happened. I am reading from The Message,

209: The Christmas Story In 20232023-12-20T16:51:09-06:00

208: Christmas – A Time to Reflect

There are many cultural dimensions to all that is Christmas. Pick your favorite. I have a few that I look forward to every year. But as I get older, I’m seeing Christmas more as a great time to reflect on my relationship with Jesus. In Luke’s gospel, for

208: Christmas – A Time to Reflect2023-12-16T17:52:22-06:00
  • “And now let’s go hand in hand, not one before another.”

Relational Encouragement Found in an Unlikely Place

God surprises us sometimes with relational encouragement found in unlikely places. In doing so he may even use voices from the long-forgotten past. I experienced an example of this recently on a trip Janet and I took with our grandson, Nathan. It was our high school graduation gift to him

Relational Encouragement Found in an Unlikely Place2023-06-07T05:30:38-05:00
  • Remembering well is the great antidote to pride, fear, and anxiety.

Remembering: The Great Antidote to Pride, Fear, and Anxiety

To remember well isn’t as much about recalling the past as it is about the hope it gives us for living well in the future. Remembering is the great antidote to pride, fear, and anxiety. I was reminded not long ago of the importance of remembering as my wife and

Remembering: The Great Antidote to Pride, Fear, and Anxiety2023-05-01T16:52:12-05:00
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