Dear LFTP: the 56-year-old with no direction
- I'm 56, directionless, and have no savings — how can I convince employers I'm capable when I don't believe it myself?
- What responsibility do you have for someone you know is making self-destructive choices with his life?
- What would Jesus say to a directionless 56-year-old?
Dear LFTP: a 56-year-old writes that he still doesn't know what to do with his life — a thousand hobbies, no career, no savings, ten years from retirement. The hosts' mock-consensus: one-way ticket to Honolulu, live on the beach, embrace the drift. The 'secular answer' is read (lost faith in yourself; it's never too late). The segment turns sincere at the end: maybe the answer is Jesus, God loves drifters (Abraham was 75 when called), and a host asks what responsibility the church has for a guy like this.
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Dear LFTP: the rain cloud and the value of work
- How can I get out from under this rain cloud at work - do I want too much out of life?
Mike reads the second letter: a woman in her early thirties, happy in marriage and new house, but miserable in high-stress tech marketing - 'How can I get out from under this rain cloud?
From No. 577 · The Spirit, the Goldfish and the Way
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The marriage sabbatical debate
- Is it possible your marriage could be better if you just took a month break?
The hosts debate a Slate piece on Iris Krasnow's book reporting that women who spend July apart from their husbands return closer, and her finding that fishermen's and truckers' wives say separation honed their communication.
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Jon Wagner: Romans 1 and the purpose of giving God glory
Jon Wagner, a pastor who came into church life through music, shares what struck him reading Romans 1-3 in the parking lot before the show: God gave people over to depravities because they stopped worshiping and honoring him.
From No. 421 · What Christians Do in a Divided Country
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Andrew Carson’s pope style: useless to the kingdom
- Is fearing being seen as useless by people — but not by God — the right reaction?
Andrew Carson (addressed by name in the audio) tells how, after admitting his greatest fear is being seen as useless by other people, he sensed God asking why he does not fear…
From No. 258 · Paris and the Refugees