Larry stops by church on a Friday morning to chat about his massive heart attack about 9 years ago while helping a family member move.  This leads him to some reflections on life, prayer, and ultimately gave him insight when his mom was nearing the end of her life.  As Larry says, "The Lord was looking out for me."  Sure was.   Also, Larry loves to eat broccoli while watching the movie, "I am Legend."  

John Shepard drops by with a handful of Good Books.  He has one roughly for each year, going back to 2009.  It's a habit that's become meaningful--to record what's been good in each day.  We talk about that and lots more!

At New Life, Vicars are interns and in just a few weeks we welcome our 5th Vicar:  Lindsay Fertig-Johnson.  We get to learn her preferred ink color, her dog's full name, a sport she came close to dominating and how lucky we are that she'll be at New Life for a whole year.  

Leonard Bovyn stops in after a big morning at VBS to talk about attending a prayer vigil.  Three people were murdered in Bolingbrook in March of this year and when a prayer vigil was held for the family, Leonard showed up.  

We talk about that, plus Star Wars, condiments, Switch Games, and one last easy and hard question.  

Joe Giganti stops by church and joins the podcast.  It was a logistically bumpy road to the altar for he and his wife Daryl, and the stories are funny--now.  He shares those and we also learn why he's never run out of gas.  Not once. Not even close.  

Lynn Zalon shares a love story, which has pieces in it we can all relate to.  What in the world would we do without love and how it gives us second, third and fourth chances? Oh, and Lynn was in a food fight.  

Jerry Schmidt joins the podcast and opens up about regrets and blessings in his life, the good and the bad.  Just a few things we learn about this kind soul: he was an adrenaline junkie, was in the Navy with Search and Rescue, eventually had a healing, repairing moment with his dad, and hails from Kansas.  

Judy Wysocki joins the podcast to chat about her late husband, Bob, and how his voice still guides her.  It's a conversation about life after death, in a couple of ways.