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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 Simple2019-07-24T09:12:57-05:00

A Haunting Email

I received this email arrived recently from one of our podcast listeners, who also happens to be a personal friend. She wrote: I can’t stop listening to your podcasts. They make me smile. I can’t stop thinking that had I listened to these 4 years ago I would still be

A Haunting Email2019-07-19T12:19:20-05:00

Blessing Someone Who is Adopted

Donna, a listener from New York, recently sent an email responding to Episodes 29 and 30 of You Were Made for This. These are the episodes dealing with adoption relationships. Hi John, I haven’t listened to the new one yet, but I really love your podcasts! I listened to the

Blessing Someone Who is Adopted2019-07-19T12:20:45-05:00

030: An Adoption Relationship Story – Part 2

The longing to belong is a powerful motivator in relationships. It can spur us on to reconnect abandoned relationships, as we see in today’s episode of an adult adoptee finding her birth mother.

030: An Adoption Relationship Story – Part 22021-09-22T13:13:01-05:00

029: An Adoption Relationship Story – Part 1

Behind every relationship is a story. The better we know the story of the people in our life, the deeper our relationship will be with them. Today’s episode is about a woman’s search for her own story. The story surrounding her adoption.

029: An Adoption Relationship Story – Part 12021-09-22T13:13:04-05:00

028: A Memorial Day to Remember

Remembering life-giving relationships from our past is to remember God’s love for us in sending just the right person, at just the right time, to do just the right thing we needed. It’s a Memorial Day to remember. This episode shows how.

028: A Memorial Day to Remember2021-09-22T11:35:20-05:00

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    John’s relationship story starts with his birth to a single mother and placement in foster care for the first 16 months of his life. From this comes four different careers, 51 years of marriage to the same wife, and much he has learned about relationships. John draws from all this, along with inspiring stories from his guests, to share how you can find more fulfillment in the relationships you were made for.

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