Faith and Good Courage Podcast & Vodcast
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.
Watch or listen to this journal: YouTube Vodcast | Podcast Healing Old Wounds in a Chaotic Present, that was this week’s reminder that the present has a way of pulling yesterday’s pain back into the room. My wife shared how today’s noise and leadership chaos echoes the chaos of her childhood, a home shaken by violence, unpredictability, … Read more
Authentic storytelling isn’t about numbers, and there was a time when numbers were everything. I knew the Arbitron ratings when I worked in radio, I knew how many listeners tuned in, what time and for how long. How many households watched the TV shows I appeared on, how many tickets were sold at movies I … Read more
Grassroots storytelling starts in quiet places, with a notebook open and coffee cooling while I tune the tiny things no one sees. Titles, keyphrases, alt text, commas that play nice with readers. It is not glamorous, it is honest. Most nights I am tightening bolts like a roadside mechanic, so the next mile is safe. … Read more
I was moving through a Walmart aisle with a list in my head and nowhere near enough patience when a shirt caught my eye on a young woman walking towards me. It read, raising kind children. I walked past, then I stopped, then walked backwards with my cart like I was rewinding the moment. “Excuse … Read more
Faith and Good Courage: The Story Behind the Name, a Journal entry that grounds the project in the heart of its title, just before the very first vodcast episode premieres this Sunday, August 31, 2025! Faith and Good Courage is more than just the title of a podcast. It is the phrase that caught me … Read more
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Why I Keep Writing How one comment reminded me why I keep writing is not a grand story, but it is a deeply human one. The truth is, most days I wonder if the words I share reach anyone at all. We post, we publish, and we hope. Then, out of the blue, a stranger’s … Read more
The Compassion Deficit is a mile-marker on our shared road, August 18, 2025, a reminder that grace grows in small choices that anyone can make. The Compassion Deficit is not just a headline. It is what I see on the road, in grocery lines, online threads, and in the way we hurry past one another … Read more
He Followed Me Everywhere is a quiet cross-country tale about presence, healing, and the love that never leaves… A reminder that some friendships don’t fade, they just shift frequencies. I was doing afternoon drive at a country station in San Diego when he first tuned in back in the mid-90s, when radio still felt like … Read more
The Prayer at the Edge of the Counter is a quiet plea for kindness in a busy diner, August 9, 2025, a reminder that small gestures can answer bigger prayers. She didn’t know me. Didn’t care to. I was just a solo man at the counter, asking for a cup of coffee and a glass … Read more