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New Theme?
There’s a bit of a push back from the Lifespring family! Some are saying we like the new theme, some are saying keep the old. What’s it going to be??? I need more voice messages from you all to let me know how you feel about the theme. Do you prefer the old ls theme……or the new upstart???…….. I’m going to let you decide! The theme that gets the most amount of voice mail will be the theme we stay with. Email doesn’t count, unless you are outside of the U.S. If you’re outside of the U.S., then you are allowed to email. The voice mail won’t cost you anything if you are in the U.S. It’s a toll free call and the number is 877-433-9091. Email for non us residents is steve.lifespring@gmail.com.
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Now, on with the show!
I cannot tell you how unbelievable excited i am to have this show for you today. What an incredible honor it is to be able to have you, the lifespring family, be the very first to hear Dove award winning, multi gold and platinum albums recipient, Contemporary Christian Music pioneer, survivor, my friend, my neighbor, and my brother in Christ, Bryan Duncan and his NehoSoul band’s brand new, not yet even available in stores or online, brand new CD called “Still Dancin'” It’s so new that mastering was just completed a day or two ago. My copy of teh CD is still warm, just out of the oven.
Bryan came to my house just yesterday…I’m recording this on Tuesday morning, July 22, 2008, and spent a couple of hours with me talking about the album. We videotaped part of our conversation, so you’ll want to keep an eye on Lifespring.TV, youtube, mevio, and other places over the next several days because I’m going to be releasing the video in chunks, and we recorded the audio that you are about to hear. I don’t think this has ever been done…at least I’ve never heard anything like what you are about to hear…and I think you’re really going to like the next 56 minutes. So let’s get right to it…
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The Show
On today’s show, I have a very special guest, with whom I had a great conversation about prayer, and what effective prayer looks like. Her name is Nancy Guthrie.
Plus, I have some exciting news about Lifespring! Media and a new way that we are aiming to minister to you, along with the usual great music, and a fun little segment near the end of the show that I’m going to call The Kids Korner.
We have a fun conversation with Michelle Gold, a fantastic singer/songwriter who happens to be the niece of Ed Ovett, of the “Ed’s Mixed Bag” show.
Michelle has somewhat of a unique story – that of being raised as a Jewish person, and then coming to know and understand that Jesus is the Jewish Yeshua, the Messiah. This is a story that you will certainly want to hear!
It’s really rare for me to ask my listeners to financially support any specific “cause”, but today I have two.
The American Association For Lost Children
I recently met a new friend on MySpace that I want you to meet.
The story of the AAFLC has been in Reader’s Digest, Woman’s World, Biography Magazine, and other magazines. Mark has been on Hard Copy, 48 Hours, CNN’s Larry King Live, Inside Edition (three times), and several other TV shows.
Mark Miller’s story is perfect for the Christmas time of year, and with our Going Deeper theme. I spoke with Mark last week for a little over a half hour and found him to be genuinely passionate about what God has called him to do.
For the past twenty years, he’s been helping to find lost and abducted children, reuniting them with their families. He’s been “boots on the ground”, actively searching, going where ever the trail leads. He’s committed to Going Deeper. That conversation is on this show.
Please help The American Association For Lost Children by making GoodSearch.com your default search engine and making the AAFLC the charity of your choice.
She’s one of the nicest people you would ever want to meet, and I believe that part of the reason for that is her mom and dad are quality people, and they are a quality family.
On November 27th, Karmyn’s sister Diane and her two daughers, suffered a terrible tragedy. While they were away from their home, a fire started that eventually engulfed the entire structure. They lost everything, including two cars. When they arrived home, they found that everything was gone.
Imagine how you would feel. Devastated. Shocked. Emotions all over the board. And Christmas less than a month away.
It would be so kind of you if you could help Karmyn’s sister Diane and her daughters to have a better Christmas than they might otherwise have this year. Having recently had some dealings with the insurance industry myself, with the theft of all my worktools, I know that even if you are insured, they don’t cover everything. I’m sure that every extra penny that Diane has is having to go for basic living expenses and then making up the difference for what the insurance won’t cover. There won’t be much extra for Christmas. That’s where we can help. Karmyn has put up a link on her website, karmynkast.net, that will allow you to make a donation to Diane and her girls. Any amount will help.
I had a great conversation with RevTim and Jeff Roney at the Podcast and New Media Expo about “Why Bad Things Happen To Good People.” I think you’ll enjoy listening in. The audio quality is not the best, but the content is good, so take a listen.
If you EVER have need of a good machine shop, Texarkana Machine, Inc. is the place you should go. They did some awesome work for me, and I recommend them highly. This is a completely unpaid endorsement. I just had some work done by them, and it was awesome! Kerri Crocker‘s father owns the business.
There’s a great conversation with Brad Rhoads, a Lifespring! listener who has recently made a big life change, partly because of something he heard on the Lifespring! HymnStories show.
Michael Franzese, former Mafia boss, concludes his very compelling story today. He tells about being in solitary confinement, his fear of mob reprisals and more. Plus, he tells us what he’s doing today, and how he came to grips with Jesus.
Nearly two years ago I had the privilege of meeting with Michael Franzese. Who is Michael Franzese? Well, he’s a guy with an absolutely fascinating tale to tell. That’s why I am running this interview again. I’m sure there are many of you listening who are new to the show since July of 2005, and I thought this story needed to be told again.
This interview is amazing! Michael Franzese talks about how he was brought into New York City’s Columbo crime family, what “the life” is like, what he did to earn over $2 billion for the Mafia, and how that earned him millions of dollars per week. And that’s just the beginning. This is one podcast you HAVE to hear!
Michael Franzese’s book, “Blood Covenant” is available at his website, or through the “Lifespring!” podcast Amazon link here.
Want to enter the Let Them Hear You Contest? Then send the name of the podcast you reviewed, a copy of your review, the podcast directory where you posted your review, and your user name if applicable to dwecontest@gmail.com. Have fun and Good Luck!
The following are the ground rules for the Let Them Hear You Contest:
1. Enter as many times as you like.
2. Each review must be 20 words or more and end with “R U Listening?”
3. No copy and pasting the same review for multiple shows.
4. No writing multiple reviews for the same show in multiple podcasting directories.
5. Since this is our contest, we have the final say on what we consider to be a legitimate review. Needless to say, “This podcast is really, really, really, really, really, really, really good.” will not make the cut.
6. The podcast directory has to be recognized as a legitimate directory such as iTunes, Podcast Alley, or Podcast Pickle.
7. Each legitimate review counts as one entry in the drawing.
8. Two winners will be selected by random from the pool of legitimate entries. (1) 1st Runner Up, (1) 2nd Runner Up, and (1) Grand Prize Winner.
9. Entries must get to us no later than Friday, May 11, 2007 at 11:59 PM US Central Time.
10. This contest is open to anywhere you can make use of the prizes.
A very different show today because I am interviewing Bill Aho of Clear Play. They did not pay for an endorsement or offer any other benefit to me for this interview. I just really like what they’re doing.
Want to enter the Let Them Hear You Contest? Then send the name of the podcast you reviewed, a copy of your review, the podcast directory where you posted your review, and your user name if applicable to dwecontest@gmail.com. Have fun and Good Luck!
The following are the ground rules for the Let Them Hear You Contest:
1. Enter as many times as you like.
2. Each review must be 20 words or more and end with “R U Listening?”
3. No copy and pasting the same review for multiple shows.
4. No writing multiple reviews for the same show in multiple podcasting directories.
5. Since this is our contest, we have the final say on what we consider to be a legitimate review. Needless to say, “This podcast is really, really, really, really, really, really, really good.” will not make the cut.
6. The podcast directory has to be recognized as a legitimate directory such as iTunes, Podcast Alley, or Podcast Pickle.
7. Each legitimate review counts as one entry in the drawing.
8. Two winners will be selected by random from the pool of legitimate entries. (1) 1st Runner Up, (1) 2nd Runner Up, and (1) Grand Prize Winner.
9. Entries must get to us no later than Friday, May 11, 2007 at 11:59 PM US Central Time.
10. This contest is open to anywhere you can make use of the prizes.
We continue our conversation with football great, Rev. Rosey Grier. He?ll tell us about the Fearsome Foursome, his bout with depression and how he left his wife and very young son, and the amazing story of how he came to a place where he realized he needed to have God in his life, and what he’s doing today.
Link
I was on ?The One Minute How To? this last week. Check it out!
Related to the above link: I?ll have an announcement later on in the show, of a very exciting project that I?m taking on this month, and I?m hoping that YOU will join me in it!
