Journal

The Faith and Good Courage Journal also known as Roadside Notes shares reflections and real stories from Route 66 and beyond, now also brought to life (Audio and Video) through the new Roadside Notes Podcast and the Roadside Notes Vodcast.

Staying True at the Bottom

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Watch or listen to this journal: YouTube Vodcast | Podcast Staying true at the bottom sounds like a strange kind of goal in a world that tells us to keep climbing. Yet lately, I’ve realized that the higher some people rise, the harder it is to hear the still, small voice that speaks through everyday … Read more

Facing the Storm | The Buffalo Lesson

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Watch or listen to this journal: YouTube Vodcast | Podcast Facing the storm is not our first instinct. Most of us try to steer around the dark sky and wait it out from a safer distance. Out on the plains there is a different lesson. Cows run with the storm and stay in the rain … Read more

Upright Mobile and Blessed | Gratitude in Motion

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Watch or listen to this journal: YouTube Vodcast | Podcast Upright mobile and blessed has become my everyday answer when someone asks how I am doing. It comes out so naturally that I barely think about it, but it is more than a catchphrase. It is muscle memory. Every word in that little line carries … Read more

Being Seen and Heard

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Watch or listen to this journal: Vodcast | Podcast Being seen and heard might sound simple, but most of us spend a lifetime craving both. I learned that again this morning while sitting in a quiet lab chair, waiting for my turn to get blood drawn. The walls hummed with the sound of centrifuges, and … Read more

Keep Moving Forward

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Keep moving forward is what I tell myself when the morning feels heavier than the coffee. The neon at a little Route 66 diner flickered awake as I pushed open the door, and the bell over the frame gave a tired hello. A couple of ranch hands argued gently over who was buying, the kind … Read more

Faith and Money

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Watch or listen to this journal: YouTube Vodcast | Podcast Faith and Money, Great topic! It started, like most stories do, over coffee. The kind that comes in a heavy white mug, sitting on a diner counter somewhere between hope and habit. I was talking with a man who called himself a social media expert. … Read more

Woke at the Counter

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Woke at the counter… Anywhere is good! There’s a diner off old Route 66 where I sometimes stop when the road gets long. The coffee’s decent, the counter’s chipped, and the regulars know exactly how long to leave you alone before asking where you’re headed. Last week, I was there again, same stool, same view … Read more

Turning Into Our Parents Might Save Us

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Turning Into Our Parents Might Save Us after all. You’ve seen the commercials. A brand-new homeowner walks into a hardware store, and before long, they’re doing it… turning into their parents. They’re talking too loudly, offering help to strangers, pointing out signs no one asked about, or fumbling with a paper map like it’s still … Read more