- If God feels distant, guess who moved?
Prompted by the article's line that sometimes God withdraws for mysterious reasons, one host asks why the others agreed, and a long discussion follows. Using Job, a parenting analogy, the Israelites in the desert, the burning bush, Paul's Damascus road experience followed by ordinary years, and Richard Foster's 'dark night of the soul,' the hosts land on a shared view: God does not abandon people, but believers go through winter seasons without the warm feelings of closeness, which is a normal cycle of spiritual growth, not evidence of sin. One host attributes the phrase 'sheep in, sheep out' for ordinary life between God's dramatic interventions to Mike, who is named on-air.
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Dear LFTP: Champ the untrained dog and holding boundaries with your son
- How do I handle my son bringing his untrained dog Champ on our weekend grandson visits?
Mike reads the second letter: the writer hosts weekend grandson visits where her son Dennis brings Champ, an untrained destructive puppy that runs wild, barks, and digs.
From No. 586 · Nothing Personal
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Dear LFTP: wife mocks husband's bladder problem in public
- How should I respond when my wife mocks me and my bladder problem in public?
Mike reads a letter from a man married three years whose wife calls him vulgar names in public and makes his bladder-control problem into comedy.
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Dear LFTP: the birthday invitations
- Should parents be allowed to send birthday invitations to school when only select students are invited?
Mike reads the second letter: the parent of a special-needs pre-K child saw a Facebook group post exposing that her daughter was excluded from a birthday party.
From No. 574 · Starring Ted Danson as Joab
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Dear LFTP: Cindy's baby name ideas
- What should I do about my friend's terrible baby name choices?
Mike reads a letter from Dave about his longtime friend Cindy, six months pregnant, who keeps proposing names like chlamydia, bidet, chalet, and cliche because they sound pretty regardless of meaning.