Posts by Carmen Fowler LaBerge
Morbid Curiosity (and Speaking of Eternity)
“Lord, remind me how brief my time on earth will be. Remind me that my days are numbered-how fleeting my life is.” – Psalm 39:4 Morbid curiosity: who is going to bury you? Who is going to care for your body, tell your story, and rise up to call you blessed? Who is going to…
Read MoreSpotlight Interview: Dan Dewitt and the Chronicles of Cancer
Dan Dewitt is a good friend of the show, a writer and the director of the Center for Worldview and Culture at Southwest Baptist University. He is the writer and artist responsible for theolatte.com. He joined Carmen to talk about a recent post on the Chronicles of cancer in the life of CS Lewis. This…
Read MoreCarmen’s Commencement Address
Dear graduates, faculty, family, and friends, As we gather today to celebrate your remarkable journey to this point along life’s path, you feel as if you have arrived and yet, in reality you are just now beginning! You will hear it described as beginning a new chapter or standing at a threshold or even that…
Read MoreOn the TIME 100 List: Who is influencing you?
A look at TIME’s list of the most influential people of 2024 and how we understand influence TIME recently published its list of most influential people of 2024. And, perhaps unsurprisingly, I do not recognize most of the names on their list. But the sobering reality is these individuals are having an influence right now—…
Read MoreSpotlight Interview with Gary Kendall: How an App can Help You Love Your Neighbors Better
How well do you know your neighbors? Do you know them by name? Pray for them by name? If you have ever wondered, How can I know who lives in these houses on these streets I’m driving down and how can I pray for them by name? Well, there’s an app for that! The Bless…
Read MoreLet nothing eclipse the True Light
It happened! And I saw it! On April 8, 2024 the moon passed before the sun, the temperature dropped, the wind shifted. We protected our eyes and we stood amazed with millions of our neighbors— all eyes looking at one specific spot in the sky. Darkness arrived at mid day and so did the goose-bumps! …
Read MoreSaturday before Easter: The day we get up in the dark
Carmen’s message for Christians for Easter: During Holy Week, we know what to do on Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday. But what do we do with the Saturday in between? Saturday is the day we get up in the dark. This is the witness of Christians to the world. There is darkness, but it cannot…
Read MoreDisciple Dilemma: How Discipleship can Transform a Work Place
How can a disciple help max-perform an organization? Well, it begins with the disciple! Dr. Greg Campbell, formerly the #2 Law Enforcement Office for the United States talks about his new book: “Developing You, Eleven Transformative Practices of Self-Development & Emotional Intelligence”
Read MoreReflections on the 2024 State of the Union Address
Last night, the President gave his State of the Union Address. The speech is more than tradition, it is a responsibility laid out in the US Constitution, Article II, Section 3, wherein the President must “give to Congress information of the state of the union.” But today, with hours of TV coverage before and endless…
Read MoreState of the Union (in Christ)
Tonight, the President of the United States will deliver the annual address to Congress known as The State of the Union. Whatever President Biden was planning, due to events in Ukraine (or Israel, or the economy) the plan changed. Life is like that. Life is dynamic. Things change. What doesn’t change? God. God is the…
Read MoreSince you asked, News sources I rely on
Several listeners have recently asked what news sources I rely on in preparing for each morning’s broadcast. This post was originally published on 2/3/2021 and updated 2/14/2024. Here’s a summary of my responses: What about you? What news, newsletters, aggregated lists are you relying on daily or weekly?
Read MoreA love letter
How does God love thee, let me count the ways. There are endless ways to approach the question of “how” God loves you. God loves you as Father, eldest brother, Bridegroom, Companion and Friend.God loves you from eternity past, in the present, and into eternity yet to come.God loves you with all that He is,…
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