Finding The Sacred In The Ordinary
A pause for the soul, stories written in moments of breath, not marathons, from the road that still teaches us how to heal. A roadside stop for anyone who’s tired, searching, or in need of a quieter place to land.
Unplug Drive Heal. I didn’t set out to unplug. I set out to get away. But atop Sitgreaves Pass at the lookout between Kingman and Oatman, with the desert stretched out before me like an old friend who doesn’t ask questions, I held down the power button on my phone and turned it off. Not … Read more
Highway Hymns and Motel Psalms Some of the best church I’ve ever had didn’t happen in a church. It happened behind the wheel somewhere between Needles and Barstow. Or sitting on the edge of a motel bed with a Gideon Bible in the drawer and a neon sign blinking through the window. Or eating a stale … Read more
Watch or listen: Vodcast | Podcast “Still More Road Ahead” I’ve driven Route 66 in every state but one. From California’s desert wind to the sandstone cliffs of New Mexico… the neon diners, the ghost towns, the wide-open silence that stretches like a balm across Arizona and Oklahoma and Texas. I’ve rolled through all of it. All … Read more
Watch or listen: Vodcast | Podcast Between Chicago to L.A. The first time I really drove Route 66, I mean really drove it was years ago… I wasn’t looking for a postcard adventure. I wasn’t trying to find myself. I was just tired. Bone-deep tired. The kind of tired that sleep doesn’t touch. The kind that builds slowly, like layers of … Read more
Watch or listen: Vodcast | Podcast Mental Health at 55mph Speed’s a strange thing when you think about it. Most of us spend our days pushing the gas. Chasing deadlines. Dodging texts. Scarfing lunch behind the wheel or over a laptop. We’re always late for something. Or early for something else. But never really in anything. Then … Read more
Watch or listen: Vodcast | Podcast Your Anxiety Isn’t Welcome Here Your Anxiety Isn’t Welcome Here is part of a collection of true stories written along Route 66 by Chaplain Christopher Tuttle, host of Faith and Good Courage. You know that feeling, when you open your eyes and your chest is already tight? Like the day started … Read more
Watch or listen: Vodcast | Podcast Gas Stations and Grace is part of a collection of true stories written along Route 66 by Chaplain Christopher Tuttle, host of Faith and Good Courage. They’re not sermons. They’re not self-help formulas. They’re moments, pulled from gas stations, diners, back roads, and long stretches of quiet, where healing … Read more