Finding The Sacred In The Ordinary
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.
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 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
Staying Neutral in Politics with Courage, is that even possible? I’ve spent enough time in diners to notice how politics creeps in like background noise. One TV over the counter is tuned to one news channel, and the other screen is blasting its rival. Half the room nods along, half the room groans, and the … Read more
Watch or listen to this journal: Vodcast | Podcast Change The Tire on Route 66, again! I was somewhere between mile markers, that long stretch of nowhere where the horizon starts to feel like it’s running away from you. The kind of road where you learn quick that cell service is more suggestion than promise. … Read more
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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