Intelligent Talk Christian Radio

I just got done doing several days of driving over the holidays.  Whenever I start scrolling through the radio stations, I hover around the FM 88-93 range because that is where the good talk radio is.  I am usually trying to pick up some version of NPR.  If you share this habit then we both know what you often come across is religious radio stations.

There will be a preacher dropping some spiritual wisdom on a congregation and it is being broadcast over the radio waves.  These sermons often sound like they are being beamed directly across time from the 1950's, if not in production value then in theological content. 

On this past trip I heard one of the most memorable ones I have ever heard.  The preacher sounded just like Billy Bob Thornton's character in the movie Sling Blade.  I don't remember any of his theological points, but it sure was surreal hearing him say, in that low tone, "yeah uuuuhh hhhuuummm!" after every few statements.

The beauty of hearing spiritual content in your car is that you can be spiritually fed at a time when you are otherwise monopolized by driving.  Perhaps it is bite-sized chunks while on errands, getting centered on your way to work in the morning, or keeping you awake on a long drive.  I always enjoy a few minutes of religious radio even if I go back to looking for NPR next.

I recently received some promotional materials from a radio station in the Washington DC area FM 105.1.  I checked out their website and there looks like some pretty good materials over there.  I am blessed to not spend a lot of time driving right now, but if you do consider checking out WAVA 105.1, and maybe make it one of your pre-sets.

Child proofing for grown-ups.

While I was picking up baby Shep's room this morning, I thought about how we have progressively child-proofed his room and our house.  Breakables have to be placed higher and higher in order to keep them out of his reach.  No kidding, the moment that child's feet touch the floor he walks directly to the most dangerous or breakable item in the room. 

At what point do we stop child-proofing our lives?  Not only in the sense of protecting babies and children, but ourselves.  I make a number of efforts to place various sins and vices out of my own reach, but far too many are much to easy to entertain.  It would be easy to say that our willpower or our faith should keep us from the things that are harmful.  But a little common sense doesn't hurt either, and that is where the child-proofing for adults comes in. 

What can you do to insulate yourself from temptation and sin right now?  I encourage you to identify and implement those measures.