May 12, 2012

MOTHER'S DAY SPECIAL

SPECIAL GUESTS

• Jenna Lucado Bishop - Author of From Blah To Awe: Shaking Up a Boring Faith

  
  Author of best-selling teen book Redefining Beautiful, Jenna Lucado Bishop shares an exciting new message for girls in her new book, From Blah To Awe: Shaking Up a Boring Faith. With personal testimony and stories from other teens, Jenna shows girls that a relationship with God is not boring and blah-filled, but an incredible adventure. Jenna uses a conversational style in which teens are able to relate and as they read the book, they'll have multiple opportunities in each chapter to reflect on their own experiences and to discover that they actually play a very active role in God’s amazing story for their lives. Daughter of best-selling author Max Lucado, Jenna Lucado Bishop has realized that she has a passion for writing and speaking just like her dad. She is currently a part of the Revolve Tour, an inspirational event for teen girls.
  www.thomasnelson.com/from-blah-to-awe.html
  

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• Kerri Pomarolli - Comedian, Actress, Author

  
  That's right folks! It's time for our monthly visit with our favorite (and only) Hollywood Correspondent!
  www.kerripom.com
  

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• Tim Beattie - Finger-style Guitar Sensation

  
  We were told about a young guy who was a bit of a phenom on guitar, but who's never been interviewed or had the chance to perform on the radio yet! So knowing that this would be such a cool Mother's Day gift for his mom... we thought she should bring her son, Tim Beattie, on our show and let him show off! Happy Mother's Day Mrs. Beattie!
  CLICK HERE to watch Tim on YouTube.
  

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JOURNEY

• Jana Jackson

  
  A few weeks ago, Oprah taped one of her Lifeclass specials here in Toronto and broadcast from Canada for the first time ever. However for Drew, out of all of the lessons her Lifeclass teachers taught (Iyanla Vanzant, Tony Robbins, Bishop T.D. Jakes and Deepak Chopra) the teacher who stood out the most, was the woman they flew in to meet her Twitter pal, TD Jakes. Turns out that Jana Jackson has been inspiring and encouraging Bishop Jakes over Twitter for a while now, simply as a result of her ability to see life from a different perspective. Jana is blind.
  CLICK HERE to see some behind the scenes footage of Jana, Bishop Jakes & Oprah.
  www.janajackson.com
  

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GOD BLOGGERS - Mother's Day Edition

• Ann Voscamp

  
  Ann joined us last year for our Mother's Day Special, but all she really did was read one of her blog posts about her somewhat unexplainable relationship with her own mother. Since then we've found out that Ann's blog and books have really taken off! Even Drew's friend Kathie Lee Gifford talked about one of Ann's books being one of her most favorite things! Not bad for a homeschooling mother of six who married a farmer!
  www.aholyexperience.com
  

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• Sheila Wray Gregoire

  
  Sheila Wray Gregoire is a syndicated parenting columnist and a popular speaker. The author of five books, including The Good Girl's Guide to Great Sex, Sheila loves encouraging women to forget about the dust bunnies under their beds and focus on their marriages and what goes on IN the bed! She also has a passion for family, and together with her husband Keith speaks at Family Life marriage conferences around the nation. A few topics Sheila covers would be: Finding God After Pornography / Sex Shouldn’t Need Batteries / Help! My Husband Hates Kissing! / You Know You’re Middle Aged When… / Wifey Wednesday: Why Kindles Can Wreck Your Marriage / My 7 Pet Peeves about Worship Music in Church / My Husband Stays Up So Much Later than I do
  www.tolovehonorandvacuum.com
  

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• Kristen Welch

  
  Kristen's blog is about family life and asks the question, "Are we normal?" The answer is, "Yes, you are more normal than you think." Some good clean fun, kind of like "The Family Circus" comic strip only with more trips to the emergency room. Here's a few things Kristen talks about: How to Really Love Yourself / Moms: You are Not Alone / Raising Kids with a Global Perspective / Finding God in the Storm / Making Your Marriage Rock / When Jesus Isn’t Enough / A Mom’s Guide to Changing the World
  www.wearethatfamily.com
  

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• The Counsel Of Many!
  
  Need Help or Advice On An Issue In Your Life?
  Tell us your situation and Drew will ask the listeners of TDMS!
  
  This week on The Counsel Of Many:A mother wants to know if it's okay for her to go through her rebellious teenage daughter's Facebook account and diary?
  
  I'm a single mother of three and my 14 year old daughter has given me more trouble than any of my children. I don't want to provide too many details for fear someone might figure out who we are, but at this point, let's just say I honestly fear for her safety. I wouldn't be surprised if she ends up pregnant or getting hooked on booze or drugs... that's how bad it is. I'm completely exhausted and do not have time for some kind of brilliant strategy that comes from some Christian parenting book. I know she's hiding stuff from me – dangerous stuff – and I need to know about these things in order to develop a strategy of some kind. So I'm now considering going into her Facebook account (a friend told me there's a way to break in without her knowing) and going through her room to find her diary. I was having lunch with a few girlfriends last week and they couldn't believe I was going to invade my daughter's privacy like that. They pretty much told me that there's no way I should ever risk breaking her trust by going behind her back and snooping through her private life. I told them that at this point, my 14 year old daughter's privacy takes a back seat to her safety. What should I do? Am I wrong to do this? Have any other mother's done anything like this before? How did it turn out for you?
  (To anonymously submit your question to the Counsel of Many, click here!)

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• God & Stuff
  Join Drew & Tim The Tool as they catch up on current events and the week's happenings in the world of Religion & Faith & Cults – Oh My! Religion & Faith & Cults - Oh my!
  Today's God & Stuff guest: Kevin Eckstrom - Editor-in-Chief of Religion News Service
  www.religionnews.com

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May 5, 2012

SPECIAL GUESTS

• Eugenio Derbez - Latin Star of Film & Television

  
  Eugenio Derbez is unquestionably, one of Latin America's best-known actors and certainly one of the most recognized actors among the Spanish-speaking population in the United States. He stars in an inspiring film out in theatres now - “Girl In Progress” - the heart-warming, coming of age family drama starring Eva Mendes (The Other Guys, Hitch, Training Day), Cierra Ramirez, Matthew Modine (The Dark Knight Rises), Patricia Arquette (A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III; Medium) and Eugenio Derbez (Under the Same Moon, Rob!). This inspiring film reminds us to enjoy life in the moment, cherish our families, love our neighbours, respect ourselves and not take for granted what is right in front of you. Girl in Progress tells the story of Grace (Eva Mendes), a single mom who is too busy juggling work, bills and relationships, to give her daughter, Ansiedad (Cierra Ramirez) the attention she desperately needs. When Ansiedad's English teacher, Ms. Armstrong (Patricia Arquette), introduces her students to classic coming-of-age stories, Ansiedad is inspired to skip adolescence and jump-start her life without mom. While Grace becomes preoccupied with the increasing affections of her co-worker (Eugenio Derbez), Ansiedad enlists the help of her loyal friend, Tavita (Disney star Raini Rodriguez), to plot her shortcut to "adulthood.” But as her misguided plan unravels, Ansiedad and Grace must learn that sometimes growing-up means acting your age
  www.girlinprogressmovie.com
  www.eugenioderbez.com.mx
  

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• Mark Buchanan - Author of Your Church Is Too Safe

  
  If you find church boring or you believe something is missing from our churches today, you aren’t alone. Your Church is Too Safe is a biblical reflection and roadmap to making the earthly church more like the heavenly kingdom it's called to represent. Part celebration and part manifesto, this pull-no-punches book by award winning author Mark Buchanan is a plea for churches to return to their roots: to be both good news and bad news, an aroma and a stench: a healing, liberating power to those who seek the Kingdom of God and a disruptive force to whoever or whatever opposes it. Mark's other books include: Your God Is Too Safe, Things Unseen, The Holy Wild, The Rest of God, Hidden in Plain Sight, and Spiritual Rhythm.
  www.markbuchanan.net
  

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• Nicole Unice - Author of She's Got Issues: Seriously Good News for Stressed-out, Secretly Scared Control Freaks Like Us

  
  We’ve all got our issues! Maybe you feel like life just isn’t going your way, or you’re afraid that you don’t measure up to other people’s expectations. Perhaps you have a hard time managing your temper or have someone in your life you just can’t forgive. We deal with our “issues” every day in one form or another; the problem is, after a while, they start to feel . . . normal. Unchanging. Just part of who we are. And we forget that we have access to a power that can transform our everyday weaknesses into our greatest strengths and gifts. Nicole Unice is a fresh voice for the next generation. Part bible teacher, part community organizer, part busy mom – Nicole has the uncanny ability to relate to people in all ages and stages of life with her “keeping it real” approach to ordering a life around God’s word. As if her caffeine addiction wasn’t enough, Nicole has endless energy for digging deeply into Scripture and sharing truths that are both insightful and practical. Nicole received her undergraduate degree in Psychology from the College of William and Mary and her master’s degree in Christian Counselling from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. She’s Got Issues is Nicole’s first book, releasing in May from Tyndale House Publishers.
  www.nicoleunice.com
  

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• Les Kotzer - Wills & Estates Lawyer, Author

  
  Les has been a Wills & Estates lawyer since 1989 and focuses his practice on avoiding and resolving inheritance disputes. His books, provide insight and strategies to help you avoid disputes using plain language. Money and death can do strange things to families. Les has been a regular guest on TV and radio across North America including CNN, Fox & Friends and many others.
  www.willappointment.com
  

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GOD BLOGGER

• Joining us today: Father James Martin

  
  The Rev. James Martin, S.J. (A.K.A. The Colbert Report Chaplain) is a Jesuit priest, the culture editor of America magazine and author of numerous books, including The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything. He is also the author of My Life with the Saints, which Publishers Weekly named one of the Best Books of 2006. Father Martin is a frequent commentator in the national and international media, and has appeared in such diverse venues as NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross, Fox TV’s The O’Reilly Factor, PBS’s The Newshour with Jim Lehrer, Comedy Central’sThe Colbert Report, as well as in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Wall Street Journal, the History Channel, BBC and Vatican Radio.
  www.huffingtonpost.com/rev-james-martin-sj
  

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• The Counsel Of Many!
  
  Need Help or Advice On An Issue In Your Life?
  Tell us your situation and Drew will ask the listeners of TDMS!
  
  This week on The Counsel Of Many:A couple who heard about a pastor telling fathers to literally beat any “effeminate” mannerisms out of their sons in order to stop them from growing up gay, are now arguing about what they should do with their OWN effeminate son.
  
  My husband and I were discussing the things a pastor said recently during a sermon. Here is the transcript:
  "So your little son starts to act a little girlish when he is four years old and instead of squashing that like a cockroach and saying, 'Man up, son, get that dress off you and get outside and dig a ditch, because that is what boys do,' you get out the camera and you start taking pictures of Johnny acting like a female and then you upload it to YouTube and everybody laughs about it and the next thing you know, this dude, this kid is acting out childhood fantasies that should have been squashed. Dads, the second you see your son dropping the limp wrist, you walk over there and crack that wrist. Man up. Give him a good punch. Ok? You are not going to act like that. You were made by God to be a male and you are going to be a male. And when your daughter starts acting too butch, you reign [sic] her in. And you say, 'Oh, no, sweetheart. You can play sports. Play them to the glory of God. But sometimes you are going to act like a girl and walk like a girl and talk like a girl and smell like a girl and that means you are going to be beautiful. You are going to be attractive. You are going to dress yourself up.'"
  The reason this interests us is because we have a son who my husband feels is “too effeminate” and while he doesn't agree with actually hitting our son in order to help him “man up” my husband does agree with this pastor and thinks that we should chastise and correct him when he's acting too “girly”. He thinks I mollycoddle him too much and that's one of the reasons he's not as manly as my husband thinks he should be. Just wondering if you're listeners have any advice for us? Is there anything wrong with having a son who is effeminate? Should we be helping him to be more of a man? Should I allow my husband to start making our son into more of a man?
  (To anonymously submit your question to the Counsel of Many, click here!)

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• God & Stuff
  Join Drew & Tim The Tool as they catch up on current events and the week's happenings in the world of Religion & Faith & Cults – Oh My! Religion & Faith & Cults - Oh my!
  Today's God & Stuff guest: Abe Levy – Religion Reporter for The San Antonio Express-News
  www.mysanantonio.com/news/religion

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• The Eyes of March
  Marcella Cross is my friend. We met when I first interviewed her in April of 2006. Back then she was a young woman in her twenties, struggling with MS. Today she's trapped in her bed, her heart broken with the frustration of a body unable to function. I went to visit her recently and noticed beside her bed was a stack of books. Her book! A book of poems she had written. Poems about her journey – the battle she's had to Endure. Some of the poems are beautifully inspirational, some are brutally honest, but all have come from a woman who desperately loves God, despite the fact that He hasn't healed her. The problem however, is that her books – ENDURED – are just sitting beside her bed! So I stole 20 and told March that I would sell them on my show. If you've ever wondered what the heart-cries of a young woman who, loves God, but has had to Endure a life inside a body slowly shutting down, sound like...
  
  Please send $20 ($25 if you live outside of Canada) and a return address to:
  
  ENDURED
  c/o The Drew Marshall Show
  284 Church St.
  Oakville, Ontario
  CANADA
  L6J 7N2
  
  
  Please make cheques payable to Marcella Cross
  
  *Every dime will go directly to Marcella Cross - to do with as she wants!
  
  
  Drew had Marcella back on the show last year to catch up and find out how things were going. Click here to listen
  www.endured.com
  

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April 28, 2012

SPECIAL GUESTS

• Sultans of String - International Recording Artists - PERFORMING LIVE IN STUDIO!

  
  From their debut CD, "Luna", and 2nd offering, "Yalla Yalla", both hitting #1 on world/international music charts in Canada, to their triple 2009 CFMA nomination winning Instrumental Group of the Year, these JUNO nominated gems are back on our show and performing LIVE. *Sultans of String will be performing on Thursday May 3rd @ 8:00 PM at the Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts.
  www.sultansofstring.com
  www.oakvillecentre.ca
  

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• Bill Blaney - CEO & Executive Director of Global Aid Network (GAiN) Canada

  
  According to sources, climate scientists predict that the drought in southern Ethiopia is not over. Due to the severity of the situation, people continue to struggle and many are getting sick with dysentery because of the lack of clean drinking water. After six months of Global Aid Network providing monthly food rations to 2,500 Borana in southern Ethiopia, GAiN still needs your help. Having just returned from Ethiopia, Bill Blaney will share a first-hand account of the situation, provide an update on GAiN’s relief work among this group of people, and discuss how you can come alongside what GAiN is doing.
  www.globalaid.net
  

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• Richard Platt - Author of As One Devil to Another

  
  C. S. Lewis’s biographer and foremost Lewis authority Walter Hooper calls this book“a stunning achievement, the finest example of the genre of diabolical correspondence to appear since this genre was popularized by C. S. Lewis.” Enter into this chilling and diabolical tale, one that reveals the very tricks and strategies of Hell. Through a series of letters between devils created by Platt, senior devil Slashreap trains his young protégé, Scardagger, to win an individual soul away from Heaven and into their clutches. As the devils plot their way to triumph, they reveal the spiritual dangers and risks we face in today’s society. Their frighteningly accurate perspective on issues such as contemporary technology and sexual mores is interwoven with timeless matters like the power of prayer, the purpose of suffering, and the promises held out by Heaven . . . and Hell. Destined to become a modern classic, As One Devil to Another is a deeply unsettling perspective on twenty-first-century society . . . a glimpse of ourselves through the eyes of those who have embraced their under-worldly existence.
  www.asonedeviltoanother.com
  

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JOURNEY

• Dan Matwey – Recovering Alcoholic, Author of First I Got Sober, Then I Got Fired

  
  From teenage years to the age of 42, Dan was a full blown alcoholic. Knowing where this battle came from is hard to pin point – a broken family, his father and grandfather were alcoholics, both his brother and sister developed schizophrenia, he was involved in a motorcycle accident in which the passenger was killed. Dan entered a rehabilitation facility because he had a court case coming up for an impaired driving charge and his marriage was in shambles. Knowing how he began actually winning this battle, is even harder. His was not a “I came to Jesus and got sober” story. It was more of a hindsight awareness that God had begun to remove his addiction, so in return, he began to surrender his life to God. At some point, all Dan knew was that the God of his Catholic upbringing had something to do with the beginnings of a turnaround. However, he soon discovered that along with his newly found sobriety, also came an awakening. He got fired from his “meaningless” job (which he was able to do for the last 12 years because he drank) because the job became... meaningless. He continued to battle in life, not with alcoholism, but with being an employee. The repercussions of being sober and surrendered to God for the first time in 42 years, meant that life now had meaning and purpose and passion. Dan was now a horrible employee because he had a higher degree of integrity. Now, he wouldn't do the “unscrupulous” things his bosses wanted him to do. First he got sober, then he got fired!
  www.testimonyontap.com
  

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GOD BLOGGER

• Joining us today: Dilshad D. Ali

  
  Dilshad joined Patheos.com as Managing Editor of the Muslim Portal in May 2011, where she also serves as editor-in-chief of altmuslim at Patheos and writes the "Muslimah Next Door" blog. She has covered Muslims and Islam in America for more than 10 years for a variety of media outlets, and was one of the first Muslim-American journalists on site to cover the tragic events of 9/11. In her blog, Ms. Ali writes about about the challenges of parenting her eldest autistic son and two younger children, touching upon faith and parenting struggles. She is a first-generation Muslim-American who makes her home in Virginia with her family.
  www.patheos.com/About-Patheos/Dilshad-Ali.html
  

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• The Counsel Of Many!
  
  Need Help or Advice On An Issue In Your Life?
  Tell us your situation and Drew will ask the listeners of TDMS!
  
  This week on The Counsel Of Many:A woman has just found out that her fiance believes that spanking is appropriate discipline for their future children and she vehemently disagrees. Now she's wondering if this is a big enough issue to call off the wedding.
  
  I'll keep this short and to the point. My fiance and I have been engaged for about two years and the wedding is coming up this summer. During our pre-marriage counselling I discovered that my fiance believes in “corporal punishment” and that when we have children, he wants to use spanking as a corrective tool. I, however, absolutely disagree with hitting children, for any reason! After our counselling session with our pastor, we actually fought about this on the drive home. It's been a few weeks now and I just can't seem to get past this issue between us. I think that this might be a big enough reason to call off our wedding. I don't want the father of my children hitting them – PERIOD! I've been told I'm over-reacting and that things might change with one of us before we actually have kids. Well I know I won't be changing my point of view. And from everything I've seen and heard from my fiance, he won’t be changing his mind on this either. So I guess the question is, is this a big enough issue to call off the wedding? I'm so angry that something like this is about to break us up!!
  (To anonymously submit your question to the Counsel of Many, click here!)

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• God & Stuff
  Join Drew & Tim The Tool as they catch up on current events and the week's happenings in the world of Religion & Faith & Cults – Oh My! Religion & Faith & Cults - Oh my!
  Today's God & Stuff guest: Peggy Fletcher Stack - Senior Religion Writer for The Salt Lake Tribune
  www.sltrib.com/Faith

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April 21, 2012

SPECIAL GUESTS

• Michael Damian - Soap Opera Star, Screenwriter, Director, Recording Artist

  
  From 18 years on the hit television show Young & The Restless and a recurring role for two seasons on NBC's The Facts of Life to landing the starring role in the Broadway production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Michael's career never seems to slow down. He's also had a number of top 40 hits including his #1 single Rock On, which earned him his first Gold Record. Michael's latest movie, "Flicka: Country Pride" is due for release on Blu Ray & DVD on May 1st and is currently available for pre-order exclusively at Walmart.com. The movie, which was directed by Michael, stars country music superstar Clint Black (Flicka 2), Lisa Hartman Black ("Knots Landing") and Kacey Rohl ("The Killing").
  www.michaeldamian.com
  

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• Jacob Moon - Recording Artist

  
  AUDIO NOT AVAILABLE
  One of our favourite performers is back in studio to perform LIVE. Jacob will also be performing LIVE Saturday, April 21st - 8:30 PM at The Oakville Centre For The Performing Arts. Stylistically Jacob’s music fits into the roots category, with some eclectic twists. He has an incredible command of the guitar (often sounding like an entire orchestra), and his skill as a ‘live looper‘ is in a league of his own. His YouTube music videos gained attention on a national level when rock legends Rush asked Jacob to perform at the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame Gala. Geddy, Neil and Alex insisted that Jacob be there to play Subdivisions, which he performed on a Hamilton rooftop in his 2008 video (now at 200,000 hits). His performance was immediately followed by the biggest response of the evening – a standing ovation.
  www.jacobmoon.com
  



• Alysha Brillinger - Recording Artist

  
  Alysha Brillinger is a dynamic singer and songwriter. Her jazz and pop influences create a rich story in her music. This half Tanzanian / half Canadian beauty plays a number of instruments and performs on both guitar and piano. Alysha's music is organic and harkens back to a time when a memorable melody and clever lyric were what made music so rich. When not touring, she can be heard fronting “The Brilltones” at Toronto’s Premiere Jazz/Blues/Boogie Woogie venue, The Reservoir Lounge, every Thursday night. Also a resident on the airwaves of Showcase’s “King” television show, Brillinger is the the featured vocalist and her voice and songs are on every episode. Winner of the 2011 Leading Edge Arts Award, Alysha is releasing her first full length record THIS MONTH on her own record label, Sunny Jam Records. Drew accidentally discovered this unbelievable talent and basically, just wanted her to come on the show and perform LIVE!
  www.alyshabrillinger.com
  

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• Dawn Eden - Author of My Peace I Give You: Healing Sexual Wounds with the Help of the Saints

  
  Dawn Eden, who also wrote The Thrill of the Chaste, shows how the lives of the saints have given her hope and aided her journey of spiritual healing after childhood sexual abuse. One in four American women and one in six American men report having been sexually abused during childhood and My Peace I Give You: Healing Sexual Wounds with the Help of the Saintsprovides a much-needed resource for spiritual healing from the isolating effects of these wounds. Dawn uses her own story as a backdrop to introduce numerous holy people— like Laura Vicuña, Thomas Aquinas and Bernard of Clairvaux—who suffered sexual abuse or sexual inappropriateness, as well as saints such as Ignatius of Loyola who suffered other forms of mistreatment and abandonment. Readers seeking wholeness will discover saints with wounds like their own, whose stories bear witness to the transforming power of grace. Eden explores different dimensions of divine love—sheltering, compassionate, purifying, etc.—to help those sexually wounded in childhood understand their identity in the abiding love of Christ.
  www.dawneden.blogspot.com
  

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GOD BLOGGER

• Joining us today: Lisa Whittle

  
  Lisa is also the author of (W)hole: An honest look at the holes in your life – and how to let God fill them. How to get past whatever’s holding you back—and start living a whole new story. We all have holes in our lives—those things we lament about ourselves. Those things we allow to define us in ways we don’t like. Those things that keep us from living the life God wants for us. But what if you discovered that the holes in your life are really the things that will ultimately make you . . . well, whole? Lisa Whittle knows this all too well. When her world was rocked to the core in a very public way, her faith and whole reason for living were challenged like never before. In that moment, Lisa was confronted by the holes in her spiritual life. In (W)hole, Lisa calls you to take an honest look at your holes, discover how to fill them with God’s presence, and get to a real and vibrant place of wholeness instead. In her trademark bold, compassionate, and relatable voice, Lisa takes you on a transformational journey of understanding who you really are . . . and what you were born to be and do.
  www.lisawhittle.com
  

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• The Counsel Of Many!
  
  Need Help or Advice On An Issue In Your Life?
  Tell us your situation and Drew will ask the listeners of TDMS!
  
  This week on The Counsel Of Many:Actually... last week we discussed the story of a man who has been battling addiction for most of his life and keeps falling back into it. He wanted to know if anyone has any advice he hasn't already heard – like just pray more, read your Bible more, obey God more and just STOP IT! Those haven't worked for him. This week, we think this discussion needs to continue. Mainly because we ran out of time last week but also... if Christians are supposed to be “different” then isn't “overcoming sin/temptation” one of the biggest ways to prove that God exists and that Jesus is who He said He was? And, if someone hasn't been able to overcome an addictive sin pattern in their life, can they really be a Christian?
  
  Last Week's Counsel Of Many - " I've been a Christian pretty much my entire life. I grew up in a Christian family, went to a Christian camp, went to a Christian school, and have attended church faithfully for decades. Also during most of my life I have struggled with an addiction. I really don't want to be specific about the addiction because I don't want the specifics about the addiction to take away from my question. (Usually people get more hung up on the addiction rather than just helping me with practical advice) Suffice it to say that I have tried every addiction beating method out there – both spiritual and practical – to no avail. Here I am now a middle aged man, still a Christian, still supposedly living a life victorious over sin, and yet still in bondage. I am completely broken by this, again, and find myself, again, reaching out for advice. Has anyone else found victory – 100% pure victory – over an addiction? Not victory over a sin, but victory over a long term addiction? Because I'm at the point now where I don't believe it's possible. I just keep falling back into my addiction time and time and time again. And all I usually get from well meaning but obviously delusional Christians is 'Just keep praying, God will show up.' 'Just bury yourself in The Word and God will break your chains.' 'Just obey and God will honour that.' THOSE DON'T WORK – at least not for me. Any other suggestions?"
  (To anonymously submit your question to the Counsel of Many, click here!)

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• Should exorcisms be banned in Canada?
  In response to a recent claim of demonic possession in Saskatoon, the Centre for Inquiry (CFI) - a national science advocacy organization - has called for a prohibition on exorcism. Apparently, Saskatoon Catholic Bishop Don Bolen has called for the need of a trained exorcist in their diocese after one of their priests came across a “possessed” man who had carved the word HELL into his chest and was talking in an evil voice. Joining us to discuss this situation is Justin Trottier from the Centre for Inquiry Canada and Matt Baglio, author of THE RITE: The Making Of A Modern Day Exorcist (The book on which the movie of the same name, starring Anthony Hopkins, was based upon)
  www.cficanada.ca
  www.mattbaglio.com

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• God & Stuff
  Join Drew & Tim The Tool as they catch up on current events and the week's happenings in the world of Religion & Faith & Cults – Oh My! Religion & Faith & Cults - Oh my!
  Today's God & Stuff guest: Sarah Pulliam Bailey - Online Editor for
  www.christianitytoday.com

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April 14, 2012

SPECIAL GUESTS

• Bruce Cockburn - Juno Award Winning Recording Artist, Poet, Prophet

  
  On the heels of his 12th Juno Award (Best Roots and Traditional Album, "Small Source of Comfort"), VisionTV presents Pacing the Cage, an intimate look at the legendary Canadian songwriter and activist on Friday, May 4, 10:00 p.m. ET / 7:00 p.m. PT. In 2008, Canadian music icon Bruce Cockburn set out on tour to make a live solo album, “Slice 'o' Life". Cameras followed the man whose legacy includes songs like Wondering Where the Lions Are, If I Had a Rocket Launcher, and If A Tree Falls, as he performed to sold-out crowds in benefit concerts across North America. The filmmakers also followed Bruce to his home for candid conversations about his views on topics from religion to new parenthood. “If I try to understand what it means to be a Christian, I look at the two instructions that were given in the Bible that are paramount, and those are to love God with all your heart and mind, and to love your neighbour as yourself. That's it.” Pacing the Cage sheds new light on Bruce’s spirituality, and his thoughts on activism, politics, writing, and his life in the music industry. An Officer of the Order of Canada and Canadian Music Hall of Famer, Bruce Cockburn’s important lyrics and strong melodies have graced 31 albums. He is a Christian, but his spirituality is universal. For over 40 years, he has brought Canada’s attention to causes around the world. He was the recipient of the first ever Humanitarian Juno Award and continues to make music that matters.
  www.visiontv.ca
  www.brucecockburn.org
  

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• Damian O'Hara - Director of Allen Carr North America, Atheist, Really Nice Brit!

  
  A few weeks ago, Damian and Drew met while doing the www.humbleandfred.comshow. Humble & Fred thought it would be fun to have an atheist and a God guy go toe to toe. The problem is that Damian & Drew became fast friends. Drew of course, then asked Damian to come on his show and explain his journey into atheism. As well, Damian will also share the Allen Carr method of quitting smoking. Apparently it's worked for Lou Reed, Ellen deGeneres, Ashton Kutcher, Sir Anthony Hopkins, David Blaine and Sir Richard Branson. (You see, even atheists can teach us stuff! :)
  www.TheEasywayToStopSmoking.com
  

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• David Mainse – Founder of Crossroads Television System (CTS) & 100 Huntley Street

  
  Rev. David Mainse founded Crossroads 50 years ago and in 1977 launched Canada’s longest running daily television show, 100 Huntley Street, which is still produced by Crossroads. Crossroads is celebrating its 50th Anniversary on June 2nd, 2012 and part of the celebration includes a special week of programming on 100 Huntley Street called “Founder’s Week,” which David plans to host. Over the past two years, David has crossed the country holding nightly meetings, thanking people for their prayers and support of Crossroads and encouraging many more to continue to support the on-going and new vision of the organization. Sadly, David was recently diagnosed with a blood condition called myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), also referred to as pre-leukemia. Now 75, David is facing this new health challenge with hope and optimism that an upcoming treatment plan will make him much stronger. He began his oncologist-recommended treatment on April 10th.
  www.ctstv.com
  

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• Matt Mikalatos - Author of My Imaginary Jesus

  
  Matt Mikalatos liked Jesus a lot. In fact, he couldn’t believe how much they had in common. They shared the same likes, dislikes, beliefs, and opinions. (Though Jesus did have better hair.) So imagine Matt’s astonishment when he finds out that the guy he knows as Jesus . . . isn’t. He’s an Imaginary Jesus: a comfortable, convenient imitation Matt has created in his own image. The real Jesus is still out there somewhere . . . and Matt is determined to find him. In this hilarious, fast-paced, sort-of-true story hailed as “Monty Python meets C. S. Lewis,” Matt embarks on an incredible chase to find the real Jesus and ask him the one question that his Imaginary Jesus has never been able to answer. It’s a wild spiritual adventure like nothing you’ve ever read before . . . and it might bring you face-to-face with an imposter in your own life. (Previously published as Imaginary Jesus, this new edition now contains a discussion guide, an interview with the author, and other bonus features.)
  www.mikalatos.com
  

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• Chantal Desloges - Immigration Lawyer

  
  Everyone’s favourite immigration lawyer is back! Chantal Desloges is not only a specialist in both immigration and refugee law and has helped thousands of people from all over the world to obtain legal status and make Canada their home – but she's also a hero to many! Many who have desperately needed her expertise in escaping horrific persecution in their homeland. Her firm advocates on behalf of international clients located in every corner of the world, as well as local clients who are already inside Canada and seeking to regularize their status. Chantal will share with us details about her latest rescue operations and will also provide expert immigration and refugee advice for those wanting to make Canada their home.
  www.chantaldesloges.ca
  

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GOD BLOGGER

• Joining us today:Jon Acuff

  
  Does the stuff we like ever get in the way of our relationship with the God we love? That’s the question Stuff Christians Like is all about. It’s also about booty! God booty. And surviving church as a single adult. And knowing how metrosexual your worship leader is. And how serious a serious Wednesday can be. And hilarious/insightful comments from readers around the world. And how laughter is a gift from God and when we refuse to accept it, it makes Him want to take it back. Like the unicorns. Stuff Christians Like is a blog about the funny things we Christians do. And what they just might reveal about our faith.
  www.stuffchristianslike.net
  

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• The Counsel Of Many!
  
  Need Help or Advice On An Issue In Your Life?
  Tell us your situation and Drew will ask the listeners of TDMS!
  
  This week on The Counsel Of Many:A man who has been battling addiction for most of his life keeps falling back into it and wants to know if anyone has any advice he hasn't already heard – like pray, read your Bible, obey God, and just stop it!
  
  " I've been a Christian pretty much my entire life. I grew up in a Christian family, went to a Christian camp, went to a Christian school, and have attended church faithfully for decades. Also during most of my life I have struggled with an addiction. I really don't want to be specific about the addiction because I don't want the specifics about the addiction to take away from my question. (Usually people get more hung up on the addiction rather than just helping me with practical advice) Suffice it to say that I have tried every addiction beating method out there – both spiritual and practical – to no avail. Here I am now a middle aged man, still a Christian, still supposedly living a life victorious over sin, and yet still in bondage. I am completely broken by this, again, and find myself, again, reaching out for advice. Has anyone else found victory – 100% pure victory – over an addiction? Not victory over a sin, but victory over a long term addiction? Because I'm at the point now where I don't believe it's possible. I just keep falling back into my addiction time and time and time again. And all I usually get from well meaning but obviously delusional Christians is 'Just keep praying, God will show up.' 'Just bury yourself in The Word and God will break your chains.' 'Just obey and God will honour that.' THOSE DON'T WORK – at least not for me. Any other suggestions?"
  (To anonymously submit your question to the Counsel of Many, click here!)

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• God & Stuff
  Join Drew & Tim The Tool as they catch up on current events and the week's happenings in the world of Religion & Faith & Cults – Oh My! Religion & Faith & Cults - Oh my!
  Today's God & Stuff guest:Eric Marrapodi - CNN Sr. Producer & CNN Belief Blog Co-Editor
  www.cnn.com/belief

  ← 25m:25s – 12.3 MB →

April 7, 2012

SPECIAL GUESTS

• Jane Seymour - Award Winning Actress, Artist, Philanthropist

  
  A multiple Emmy and Golden Globe winner, recipient of the Officer of the British Empire (OBE) in the year 2000, which was bestowed upon her by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, Jane Seymour has proven her talents in virtually all media, the Broadway stage, motion pictures and television. From Bond Girl to Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman to Dancing With The Stars, Hollywood actress Jane Seymour is indeed a woman of many talents. As a noted philanthropist, Jane also serves on the board on The Open Hearts Foundation, a nonprofit charity established to bring the Open Heart Philosophy which stands for 'selfless giving even in the face of adversity' into communities worldwide. The 2nd annual Open Hearts celebration will be held in Malibu on Saturday, April 21, 2012 at the private residence of Jane and her husband, director, producer and writer, James Keach. At the event, the Open Hearts Foundation will recognize the achievements of various outstanding individuals, each with an inspiring story that exemplifies the Open Hearts Foundation,s mission. CNN's Christi Paul will serve as the evening's emcee and legendary country singer Glen Campbell & Olympic Gold medalist Kristi Yamaguchi are among this year's honorees.
  www.openheartsfoundation.org

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  Click here to listen to Jane Seymour's interview from February 12, 2011



• John Schneider - "Mr. Kent" from Smallville & "Bo Duke" from The Dukes of Hazzard

  
  He's back like a bad rash folks! Our good friend John Schneider will be performing along side his good ol' boy, Tom Wopat, at Fallsview Casino Resort. You know them best as Bo & Luke Duke from the legendary television series, The Dukes of Hazzard. Now, you can see John Schneider & Tom Wopat together again, live at Fallsview Casino Resort on April 12 & 13 - Tickets start at $25.
  www.ticketmaster.ca
  www.johnschneideronline.com
  

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• Brian Presley - Hollywood Actor (Roles in Beverly Hills 90210, 7th Heaven)

  
  Brian Presley had a deep passion for acting and a dream to pursue a career as an actor. He felt called by God to start Freedom Films, a film company with a vision to develop movies with a family friendly message. As this mission grew, he soon lost sight of his true purpose and God's calling. He became fixated on the Hollywood spotlight and to focused on things 'of this world'. But soon Brian found himself in a flood of financial problems and while his career began to sink, so did his passion for life. He turned to alcohol and began to distance himself from God. Brian watched everything he had worked so hard for slip through his fingers. He felt alone, lost and hopeless, until he was presented an opportunity by God, to produce and act in an inspiring film called TOUCHBACK . A divinely appointed role that reminded him of his calling and changed his life forever. This unbelievably inspirational, sports-themed, family film, starring Brian Presley and Kurt Russell, tells a story of second chances; something we all need to be reminded of this Easter! (Opens in select theatres April 13th)
  www.touchback-themovie.com
  

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• Dr. Walt - Award Winning Author & Family Physician

  
  Dr. Walt Larimore, is one of America's best-known family physicians and has been listed in the Guide to America's Top Family Doctors and the Best Doctors in America. He has been a family physician for nearly thirty years, written or co-written over twenty books, and has hosted nationally syndicated health features for radio and TV, including "Focus on the Family's Health." Dr. Walt has appeared in interviews for national news programs such as FOX News's Health Network, CNN and 'The Today Show', and notable publications like the Washington Times, Boston Globe and the New York Times. In his latest book, Dr. Walt answers tough questions boys have about their bodies, but don't want to ask. Using fun, humor and expert medical advice, THE ULTIMATE GUY'S BODY BOOK: Not-So-Stupid Questions About Your Body answers all the important questions boys have about puberty, but would rather not ask. Written especially for ages nine through 12, Dr. Walt writes with a Christian perspective, encouraging boys to consider their changing bodies as unique creations, and explains what it means to be a "real man of God." As seen on www.DiscoveryHealth.com, and "Focus on the Family's Health," Dr. Walt is relatable to both boys and their parents, offering great advice and information while providing communication starters to help parents connect with their sons
  www.DrWalt.com
  

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• Paul Baloche - Dove Award Winning Recording Artist, Worship Music Guru

  
  Paul Baloche, is recognized as one of the most prolific songwriters of the modern church era. His songs have consistently been sung by millions of church-goers each week around the world. On his latest release, Paul offers 10 fresh church anthems powered by the title track 'The Same Love.'
  www.leadworship.com
  

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• Simcha Jacobovici - Emmy Award Winning Filmmaker, Investigative Archeologist

  
  In 2007, three-time Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and investigative archeologist Simcha Jacobovici's documentary The Lost Tomb of Jesus created worldwide debate. Had he found the tombs belonging to the family of Jesus of Nazareth. Now, comes the follow-up film The Jesus Discovery. Simcha shakes up the archaeological world again with a stunning new find he claims revolutionizes our understanding of Jesus and the birth of Christianity. Has he discovered the earliest proof of Jesus' resurrection after death? Part archaeological adventure, part Biblical history, part forensic science, part theological controversy, VisionTV will be airing two versions of The Jesus Discovery, a 60-minute version on Thursday, April 12 at 10pm ET / 7pm PT and a 90-minute version with never-before-seen footage on Monday, April 16 at 9pm ET / 6pm PT.
  www.visiontv.ca

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• Dr. Craig Evans - Prof. New Testament, Acadia University.

  
  New Testament scholar, Craig Evans, is the Payzant Distinguished Professor of New Testament at Acadia Divinity College of Acadia University. Author and editor of more than sixty books and hundreds of articles and reviews, Professor Evans has given lectures at Cambridge, Oxford, Durham, Yale and countless others. Along with interviews on radio networks across Canada and the US, Evans has been seen on Dateline NBC, CBC, CTV, Day of Discovery, and many documentaries aired on BBC, The Discovery Channel, and the History Channel. He also has served as a consultant for the National Geographic Society. (Dr. Evans responded to the claims of Simcha Jacobovici)
  

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GOD BLOGGER

• Joining us today:God blogger (& Podcaster) - Ian Morgan Cron

  
  He's an author, speaker, Episcopal priest, psychotherapist, and retreat guide. Ian Cron wrote the critically acclaimed Chasing Francis: A Pilgrim's Tale and Jesus, My Father, the CIA and Me: A Memoir. . . of Sorts. He speaks to pilgrims in search of a spiritual homeland, exiles who love God but have given up on church, and to those looking for fresh ways of living the ancient Story.
  www.ianmorgancron.com

  ← 23m:35s – 10.8 MB →

• The Counsel Of Many!
  
  Need Help or Advice On An Issue In Your Life?
  Tell us your situation and Drew will ask the listeners of TDMS!
  
  This week on The Counsel Of Many: A woman wants to know if marrying a Jew is really the end of the world.
  
  " Do you think there's anything wrong with a Christian marrying a Jew? I've been dating a man for the last two years, whose family is Jewish, and now we're talking about marriage. I'm a Christian and my parents just sat me down last week (now that they realize this is serious) in order to explain to me the ?pitfalls? of being married to someone who isn't a Christian. It's almost as though they feel that this is the beginning of the end or something. I see their point, I really do, that it would be ?easier? to marry someone within your own faith. It's just that my boyfriend has treated me nicer than any Christian I've dated. He respects the fact that I'm a Christian and I have a huge admiration of his Jewish heritage. As a matter of fact, I sort of envy it. I could see there being more of a problem with marrying a Muslim or an atheist or even someone who could care less about spiritual matters. But since I've fallen in love, isn't it better that I've fallen in love with a Jew who loves me for who I am and deeply respects me as a woman? Do you have any advice for me? I honestly don't think that we are going to break up over this, but how would you suggest I handle things with my parents? I don't want to hurt them over this, but right now, me marrying a Jew looks inevitable. Am I doomed?"
  (To anonymously submit your question to the Counsel of Many, click here!)

← 22m:09s – 7.60 MB →



• God & Stuff
  Join Drew & Tim The Tool as they catch up on current events and the week's happenings in the world of Religion & Faith & Cults – Oh My! Religion & Faith & Cults - Oh my!
  Today's God & Stuff guest:Paul Brandeis Raushenbush -Senior Religion Editor for The Huffington Post
  www.huffingtonpost.com/religion

  ← 29m:48s – 10.2 MB →

March 31, 2012

APRIL FOOL'S DAY SPECIAL

March 24, 2012

SPECIAL GUESTS

• John D. Allee (A.K.A Lord Egan) - Former High Preist of the First Church of Satan

  
  
  Originally Aired November 1, 2008
  
  The First Church of Satan, founded in October 1994, was the brainchild of John Allee, one of the early members of the Church of Satan founded by Anton LaVey in 1966. It was his feeling that the Church of Satan, in it's evolving stance of "stratification" and "elitism" had become the bane of those who enjoyed it for what it was originally, so he decided to use the name "First" Church of Satan. Rev. Allee was the first to coin the phrase, "Free Thought Satanism" and felt a Satanic organization should promote personal godhood while maintaining an attitude of sovereignty for all. He argued that "elitism" should be determined by nature, outside the framework of a political or religious institution.
  www.churchofsatan.org

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• Dr. Deepak Chopra - Physician, Philosopher & Author of The Third Jesus

  
  
  Originally Aired March 22, 2008
  
  The Third Jesus, best-selling author and spiritual leader Deepak Chopra provides an answer to this question that is both a challenge to current systems of belief and a fresh perspective on what Jesus can teach us all, regardless of our religious background. There is not one Jesus, Chopra writes, but three: 1/ The historical Jesus, the man who lived more than two thousand years ago and whose teachings are the foundation of Christian theology and thought. 2/ The Jesus the Son of God, who has come to embody an institutional religion with specific dogma, a priesthood, and devout believers. 3/ The cosmic Christ, the spiritual guide whose teaching embraces all humanity, not just the church built in his name. He speaks to the individual who wants to find God as a personal experience, to attain what some might call grace, or God-consciousness, or enlightenment.
  www.chopra.com
  

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• Richard James - High Priest of The Wiccan Church of Canada

  
  
  Originally Aired October 28, 2006
  
  It seems to be more reputable and authentic to consider "primary source material" and actually ask a Wiccan about what Wiccans believe! Richard joins us to clear up any misunderstandings we might have about witchcraft, Wicca, white witches, dark witches... which witch is which!
  www.wcc.on.ca
  

  ← 32m:27s – 7.46 MB →

March 17, 2012

SPECIAL GUESTS

• Sinead O'Connor - Iconoclastic Recording Artist (And that's a good thing!)

  
  Irish multi-platinum selling artist, Sinead O’Connor has just released her ninth studio album entitled How About I Be Me (And You Be You)? Produced by long-term collaborator John Reynolds, it includes nine original songs that touch on love, loss, religion and hope, and one cover (John Grant’s “Queen of Denmark”). Sinead has been playing the new songs during a series of critically acclaimed live shows in the UK, and The Guardian writes “O’Connor sounds on form, focused and fervent again.” With a career spanning over 25 years and millions of albums sold worldwide, Sinead first rose to fame in the late 1980s with her debut album, The Lion And The Cobra and then received massive worldwide success with her follow up album, I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got.
  www.sineadoconnor.com

  ← 43m:37s – 29.9 MB →




• Robin Mark - Christian Recording Artist

  
  Robin Mark is a Northern Irish singer, songwriter, worship leader, and recording artist based in Belfast. He has written several songs sung throughout the world but is best known for "Days of Elijah", "Revival", "All for Jesus", "The Wonder of The Cross", and "Not by Might". He has published 13 albums in total with sales of over 2 million world wide and has won the GMA's international award.
  www.robinmark.com
  

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• Dr. Gareth Higgins - Writer, Film Critic, Executive Director of The Wild Goose Festival

  
  A graduate in sociology from Queen's University of Belfast (BA, PhD), Gareth is a writer involved in peace & justice, and art & spirituality (especially in cinema). He was a co-founder of the zero28 Project, a faith-based peace and justice initiative in Northern Ireland. He has written and spoken widely on religion and conflict, art & spirituality & film, with his work appearing in The Independent, The Irish Times, Sojourners, and Third Way Magazine, among others. He appears regularly on BBC Radio, and he and Jett Loe co-present a film review podcast called 'The Film Talk'.
  www.godisnotelsewhere.wordpress.com
  

  ← 28m:14s – 12.9 MB →

GOD BLOGGER

• Joining us today: Dr. Peter Rollins - Author, Philosopher, Theologian, Storyteller, Belfast Boy!

  
  Peter Rollins is a widely sought after writer, lecturer, storyteller and public speaker. He has earned degrees (with distinction) in Scholastic Philosophy, Political Theory and Post-Structural thought (PhD) and is currently a research associate with the Irish School of Ecumenics in Trinity College, Dublin. He's the author of How (Not) to Speak of God & The Orthodox Heretic and Other Impossible Tales and his most recent work is entitled Insurrection. Pete's mantra is about how to live a transformed life rather than a religious one and breaking free of the limiting, human confines mankind has placed on God.
  www.peterrollins.net

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• The Counsel Of Many!
  
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  Need Help or Advice On An Issue In Your Life?
  Tell us your situation and Drew will ask the listeners of TDMS!
  
  This week on The Counsel Of Many: A man whose business is having a tough year so far wants to know if we could have another FREE ADVERTISING segment on our show.
  
  JUST KIDDING! We just thought that with Saturday being St Patrick's Day, we knew Drew would be in a good mood so we're pretty sure he wouldn't mind letting the Counsel Of Many turn into Free Advertising For Many! Give us a call between 1:30 & 2:00 and tell us all about your business, ministry or event. (But keep it to 30 seconds in order to let others in on the deal as well!) And may the luck of the Irish be with you!
  (To anonymously submit your question to the Counsel of Many, click here!)



• God & Stuff
  Join Drew & Tim The Tool as they catch up on current events and the week's happenings in the world of Religion & Faith & Cults – Oh My! Religion & Faith & Cults - Oh my!
  Today's God & Stuff guest:Joe Little - Religious and Social Affairs Correspondent for RTÉ
  (Raidió Teilifís Éireann, Ireland's National Public Service Broadcaster)
  www.rte.ie

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• Irish Stew
  
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  Give us a call and answer correctly, any of our Useless Irish Trivia questions, and you’ll win absolutely nothing!
  

March 10, 2012

SPECIAL GUESTS

• Martin Himel - Veteran War Corespondent & Award Winning Filmmaker

  
  On March 14th at 10PM ET/7PM PT, VisionTV will broadcast the world premiere of Persecuted Christians, a provocative new documentary from award-winning filmmaker and veteran war correspondent Martin Himel. Along with Cairo-born Muslim-turned-Christian Rev. Majed El Shafie, Martin traveled to dangerous regions of Iraq and Egypt, typically inaccessible to western media, to expose the inhumanities that Christians currently face. Martin is no stranger to risky situations. As a journalist, he has covered the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, the US Marine Beirut battles, the Lebanese Civil War, the 1st and 2nd Palestinian Uprisings, the revolution to overthrow Communist Romanian President Ceaucescau, the Gulf War, the Northern Ireland sectarian attacks, the US NATO invasion of Serbia and Kosovo, the Israeli Invasion of the West Bank, the Lebanese Israel war, the Gaza- Israel war, and an exclusive and rare look at the North Korean military. And Rev. Majed El Shafie, a former TDMS guest, has an incredible story himself. Arrested, tortured and sentenced to die in Egypt because of his Christian faith, Rev. Majed El Shafie escaped and received political asylum in Canada. Today, he is the President and Founder of One Free World International, pressuring governments, and challenging world and spiritual leaders to fight religious persecution.
  www.onefreeworldinternational.org
  www.visiontv.ca

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• Frank Pastore - Former Major League Pitcher, Talk Show Host, The Drew Marshall of America!

  
  Drew was a guest on the biggest Christian radio show in the Universe - The Frank Pastore Show on KKLA 99.5 in Los Angeles. Then Frank was a guest on Drew's show. Then Drew went down to LA and was a guest on Frank's show. Now Frank is coming back on Drew's show. This might be the first Christian radio bromance EVER!
  www.frankpastore.org
  

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• Dinesh D'Souza - Christian Apologist & Author of God Forsaken: Bad things happen. Is there a God who cares?

  
  For a lot of people, the biggest question about God is not, surprisingly enough, whether he exists. Instead, it is about whether God is truly good. Dinesh D'Souza, in his debates with leading atheists, quickly realized that many of those debates revolved around the question of evil in this world—how God could create a world that allowed such suffering and evil. In God Forsaken, Dinesh D'Souza takes these questions head on: Does God act like a tyrant? Is God really responsible for the evil in this world? Why is there suffering in the world? For the first time ever, Dinesh D'Souza approaches this topic with historical and scientific proof and presents to the reader why God is truly worthy of our worship and love. Dinesh is the president of The King's College in New York City. A former policy analyst in the Reagan White House, D'Souza also served as the John M. Olin Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and as a Rishwain Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He is the author of several New York Times bestsellers and his articles have appeared in major magazines and newspapers including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Atlantic Monthly, Vanity Fair, New Republic, National Review, and Forbes.
  www.dineshdsouza.com
  

  ← 27m:53s – 12.7 MB →




• Stephen Mansfield - Author of Healing Your Church Hurt: What to do when you still love God but have been wounded by his people.

  
  During his 20 years as a pastor, Stephen learned how much a church can hurt. Healing Your Church Hurt shares his insider information on what he learned during his own “soul surgery” about digging out of the hurt, breaking through the bitterness, stopping the excuses, and getting back to cultivating thriving ministries. Drawing from his knowledge as a current history writer and biographer, Mansfield gives extensive examples of how great leaders of the past like Winston Churchill, John Wesley, Abraham Lincoln and St. Patrick all dealt with their own scandals and imperfections. When asked why an author of books on popes, presidents and prime ministers would write a book about getting over your church hurt, Mansfield replied, “The poisoning of souls through church hurts is killing us. The cause of Christ is hindered because the body of Christ is bruised. Most Christians I know either believe they’ve been wronged by a church or have friends who do, and some of these have been among those presidents and prime ministers I write about.”
  www.mansfieldgroup.com
  

  ← 20m:58s – 9.60 MB →

GOD BLOGGER

• Joining us today: Father Dwight Longenecker

  
  Fr. Longenecker is an American who has spent most of his life living and working in England. He was brought up in an Evangelical home in Pennsylvania. After graduating from the fundamentalist Bob Jones University, he went to study theology at Oxford University. He was eventually ordained as an Anglican Priest and served as a curate, a school chaplain in Cambridge, and a country parson on the Isle of Wight. Realizing that he and the Anglican Church were on divergent paths, in 1995 Fr. Dwight and his family were received into the Catholic Church. He spent the next ten years working as a freelance Catholic writer, contributing to over twenty-five magazines, papers and journals in Britain, Ireland and the USA. There's a bunch of other stuff that's kinda cool about this guy so check him out...
  gkupsidedown.blogspot.com

  ← 25m:11s – 11.5 MB →

• The Counsel Of Many!
  
  Need Help or Advice On An Issue In Your Life?
  Tell us your situation and Drew will ask the listeners of TDMS!
  
  This week on The Counsel Of Many: A young woman wants to know how to get her “super spiritual” mother to stop being so irritating!
  
  "My mom is spiritually insane. That's what I think anyway. Ever since we started going to this new church, she's been “super spiritual” and driving everyone nuts. I think that she comes across as super judgemental as well. For example, if somebody does something wrong right after church or after a bible study, she'll be like "didn't you just get out of church?" And every time someone acts in a way that she feels in inappropriate, she goes "you're not going to get the holy ghost acting that way". I'm sick of it. She claims that God tells her to be an exhorter because they need to be aware of how far they've strayed from what God would want, but isn't that God's job – to convict. We don't need her to tell us every time! So what am I supposed to do? How do you tell your own mother that you think she's gone a little too far with the God stuff? To be honest, I'm really bugged at my dad and the church. My dad– for not being the one to stop her from going off the deep end. Sure, my mom is spiritually nuts but my dad is a spiritual wimp. And the church – for breeding this kind of Christian insanity in the first place! Everything she says has to do with God. Everything she reads or listens to or watches has to do with God. It's like I've lost my mom. It's like she's married to Jesus. Am I being too judgemental? Should I just sit back and not say anything? It's at the the point where I don't want to be near her, I don't want to talk with her, I don't want to be seen with her, and I don't want to go to church anymore. Is there such a thing as being too spiritual? How do I get her to STOP!?"
  (To anonymously submit your question to the Counsel of Many, click here!)

← 18m:49s – 6.46 MB →



• God & Stuff
  Join Drew & Tim The Tool as they catch up on current events and the week's happenings in the world of Religion & Faith & Cults – Oh My! Religion & Faith & Cults - Oh my!
  Today's God & Stuff guest: Manya Brachear, Religion Reporter at The Chicago Tribune www.chicagotribune.com/seeker

  ← 28m:00s – 9.61 MB →

March 3, 2012

SPECIAL GUESTS

• Natalie Grant - Grammy Nominated Recording Artist

  
  Recent Grammy nominated female vocalist and Dove Award forerunner, Natalie Grant was honored with five nominations for this year’s 43rd Annual GMA Dove Awards, including the prestigious “Female Vocalist of the Year,” a title she has been honored with four consecutive years in a row. A powerhouse vocalist, heart-gripping songwriter and charismatic performer, Natalie Grant has an unshakable determination to remind us of the simple significance of love, and the revolutionary power that it carries, as expressed on her latest project, Love Revolution. Released in August 2010, Love Revolution gave Natalie the highest-selling debut of her career. As a Grammy Nominee, multiple GMA Winner and the top-selling Adult Contemporary female solo artist in 2005, 2006 and 2008, Natalie is among a select number of artists to have achieved a formidable foothold at mainstream media and radio. Beyond her artistry, Grant remains an outspoken advocate for victims of human trafficking through Abolition International, which she created in 2005. She balances all of these endeavors with her greatest calling-as a wife, and mother of three.
  www.nataliegrant.com

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• Ralph Winter - Hollywood Producer, Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

  
  Ralph Winter has proven himself to be one of Hollywood's most profitable assets, producing motion picture and television. While working for 20th Century Fox for the past 10 years, Ralph has been on some of the studio's biggest box office successes including the X-MEN Trilogy, Tim Burton's PLANET OF THE APES, and the FANTASTIC FOUR movies, which together have grossed nearly $2 billion. The latest movie is WOLVERINE, currently in release. Throughout his career, Ralph has produced or executive produced over 25 films (Mighty Joe Young, Captain Ron, Star Trek 3-6, Inspector Gadget, etc.) with various distributors. He has also produced and directed television for Steven Spielberg at DreamWorks. He is a founding partner in commercial production company, ThomasWinterCooke, where he and his partners have successfully pioneered branded entertainment with product integration ranging from global beverage brands to automobiles. Their award-winning directors regularly have spots in the Super Bowl and the Olympics.
  

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• Kim Gatlin - Author of Good Christian Bitches

  
  Kim joined us a year ago to chat about her controversial book, Good Christian Bitches, where Kim puts a voice to the downside of gossip in a light-hearted piece of fiction but with a message that she hopes will resonate with women everywhere. Her book has been turned into a new hit television series of the same name - sort of. From the creator of Sex & the City and the writer of Steel Magnolias, GCB premieres Sunday night March 4th! Starring former TDMS guest, Kristin Chenoweth, GCB has already caused quite the storm of controversy. Even though we all know those kind of women really do exist!
  Americans -www.abc.go.com/shows/gcb
  Canadians -shows.ctv.ca/GCB.aspx

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• Kerri Pomarolli - Comedian, Actress, Author

  
  That's right folks! It's time for our monthly visit with our favourite (and only) Hollywood Correspondent!
  www.kerripom.com

  ← 11m:38s – 5.32 MB →

JOURNEY

• Linda & Jennifer Barrick

  
  On the night of November 5, 2006, while coming home from church, the Barrick family van was struck head-on by a drunk driver going more than 80 miles an hour. The entire family was seriously hurt, but 15-year-old Jennifer's injuries were so devastating that paramedics thought she had no chance to live. As Jennifer lay in a coma for five weeks, her mother, Linda, prayed desperately for her full recovery, begging God to heal Jen from her severe brain trauma – to let her be “normal.” When she finally awoke, it became clear that normal would have to be redefined. Jen was virtually blind. She couldn’t add two plus two. She didn’t know her middle name or remember that she had a younger brother. And yet Jennifer Barrick seemed to have gained a new capability – a seemingly miraculous one – for connecting with God, and she emerged from her coma with an astonishing message. She knew every praise song and every scripture passage she had learned before the accident. And when she sang or prayed, Jen’s voice became clear and strong. “It was as if everything BUT her soul had been damaged in the accident,” comments Linda. “Jen had severe damage to her optical nerve and cortical blindness as well as the brain injury. She didn’t know I was her mother until she heard my voice. Jen couldn’t see things in the world the rest of us see, but God was revealing a miraculous world of His own to her day by day that she could see perfectly. She couldn’t see me, but she could see Him.” CT scans after the accident showed severe damage throughout nearly every area of Jen Barrick’s brain, and yet today she is designing jewelry, singing, and speaking to audiences nationwide. Jen's unbelievable story, A Miracle For Jen, has just been released!
  www.MiracleforJen.com

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GOD BLOGGER

• Joining us today: Rachel Held Evans

  
  Rachel Held Evans is an award-winning author and unbelievably popular blogger. Her first book, Evolving in Monkey Town, explores the relationship between faith and doubt and recounts the challenges of asking tough questions about Christianity in the context of the Bible Belt. In October, Rachel finished a yearlong experiment in “biblical womanhood” in which she attempted to follow all of the Bible’s instructions for women as literally as possible. That experiment will be documented in a book published in 2012. She has also been featured in interviews on NPR, Slate, The BBC, The Washington Post, The Guardian (UK), The Times London, The Huffington Post, and Oprah.com. Rachel is a skeptic, a creative, and a follower of Jesus.
  www.rachelheldevans.com

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• The Counsel Of Many!
  
  Need Help or Advice On An Issue In Your Life?
  Tell us your situation and Drew will ask the listeners of TDMS!
  
  This week on The Counsel Of Many: A mother who's daughter is having unprotected sex, wants to buy her the Plan B “morning after” pill, but isn't sure whether that's the right thing to do.
  
  "To be honest I'm a little bit ashamed and embarrassed to share this because I thought my husband and I raised our daughter to know better and to follow God's plan for her life. But ever since she turned 17 we have been shocked at her decisions. The bottom line though is that I found out recently that she is having unprotected sex. Not always, but not always is still enough to get pregnant. A friend told me about this Plan B pill which apparently makes sure that the woman doesn't get pregnant if taken within 72 hours after having unprotected sex. Although I know it would not be the end of the world if she got pregnant, I also know that her life would change forever, and not for the good at this point in her life. So as much as I don't want her having sex, which is why we haven't helped her get birth control, (because we feel that birth control just encourages kids to have sex) I have been wondering about getting her the Plan B pill. Does anyone have any advice for me about this pill? Is it safe? Is it right? Is it moral? Would God approve of me giving my young teenage daughter this pill?"
  (To anonymously submit your question to the Counsel of Many, click here!)

← 29m:35s – 10.10 MB →



• God & Stuff
  Join Drew & Tim The Tool as they catch up on current events and the week's happenings in the world of Religion & Faith & Cults – Oh My! Religion & Faith & Cults - Oh my!
  Today's God & Stuff guest: Kate Shellnutt - Religion Reporter for The Houston Chronicle & Producer of www.HoustonBelief.com

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February 25, 2012

SPECIAL GUESTS

• Karen Burke - Co-founder & Director of The Juno Award Winning Toronto Mass Choir

  
  Karen Burke joins us again, this time with her two daughters – Jenna & Tara Burke. The three of them will be performing LIVE on our show for the first time! Founded by Karen Burke in 1988, The Toronto Mass Choir continues to be on the cutting edge of the Canadian gospel music scene bringing their distinct gospel sound to the world stage. Karen also began the Power Up Gospel Music Workshop Weekend, as a way to inspire and help people grow their passion for gospel music. This year's Power Up Workshops are March 2 & 3 at York University and the free finale concert will be on Sunday, March 4, at 7 p.m. @ KRT in Brampton. The Sunday evening concert will feature the York University Gospel Choir, Toronto Mass Choir and the participants from the workshop in the Power Up Workshop Mass Choir!
  www.tmc.ca/powerup

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• Dave Klassen - National Pro-Ministry Director of Athletes in Action

  
  As National Pro-Ministry Director, Dave Klassen brings faith to sport across the nation in the CFL, NHL, and NBA. He not only leads all the chaplains across Canada, but he is a chaplain himself for the BC Lions and the Vancouver Canucks. Why does Dave do it? "Because it’s awesome to minister through the elite, especially when the elite have faith and integrity". One of Dave’s best ministry events is the Grey Cup Breakfast, which will be held in Toronto this year. Dave will share the wins and losses of pro-ministry as well as the faith struggles he faced and now helps others with.
  www.athletesinaction.com
  www.greycupbreakfast.ca

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GOD BLOGGERS

• Tony Jones - God Blogger & Emergent Troublemaker!

  
  Tony Jones is the author of The Church Is Flat: The Relational Ecclesiology of the Emerging Church Movement and is theologian-in-residence at Solomon’s Porch in Minneapolis and an adjunct professor at Fuller Theological Seminary and at Andover Newton Theological School. Tony serves as a senior acquisitions editor at wearesparkhouse.org. Tony is the author of many books on Christian ministry and spirituality, including The New Christians: Dispatches from the Emergent Frontier and The Sacred Way: Spiritual Practices for Everyday Life, and he is a sought after speaker and consultant in the areas of emerging church, postmodernism, and Christian spirituality.
  www.tonyj.net
  
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  Hemant Mehta - God Blogger - The Friendly Atheist!

  
  When Hemant Mehta was a teenager he stopped believing in God, but he never lost his interest in religion. Mehta is "the eBay atheist," the nonbeliever who auctioned off the opportunity for the winning bidder to send him to church. The auction winner was last week's guest, Jim Henderson. Since then, Mehta has visited a variety of church services-posting his insightful critiques on the Internet and spawning a positive, ongoing dialogue between atheists and believers. I Sold My Soul on eBay tells how and why Mehta became an atheist and features his latest church critiques, including descriptions of his visits to some of the best-known churches in the country.
  www.patheos.com/blog/friendlyathiest

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• The Counsel Of Many!
  
  Need Help or Advice On An Issue In Your Life?
  Tell us your situation and Drew will ask the listeners of TDMS!
  
  This week on The Counsel Of Many: A single mother wants advice on whether or not she should send her trouble making son to a private Christian school or a Catholic school?
  
  "My son has been giving me major problems over the last couple of years. He's been doing drugs, drinking, sleeping around, and has even had run-ins with the police. He's treated me like a piece of garbage and has been abusive to his siblings. He has been suspended from school a number of times for excessively being late and skipping classes altogether. Before he totally throws his education down the toilet I am considering sending him to another school, but I'm not sure if I should send him to a private Christian school (which I'm not even sure I can afford being a single mother) or a Catholic school. Has anyone had any experience with a troubled teenager who can give me some advice? And, which school do you think would be a better option for me?"
  (To anonymously submit your question to the Counsel of Many, click here!)

← 31m:53s – 10.9 MB →



• Funeral Songs
  Have you ever thought about what songs you’d like played at your funeral? What song will be the ‘Wind Beneath your Wings’, as you leave this ‘Wonderful World’ and climb the ‘Stairway to Heaven’ and begin ‘Knocking on Heaven’s Door’...we can ‘Only Imagine’!
  

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• God & Stuff
  Join Drew & Tim The Tool as they catch up on current events and the week's happenings in the world of Religion & Faith & Cults – Oh My! Religion & Faith & Cults - Oh my!
  Today's God & Stuff guest: Paul Brandeis Raushenbush - Senior Religion Editor for The Huffington Post
  www.huffingtonpost.com/religion

  ← 25m:57s – 8.91 MB →

February 18, 2012

SPECIAL GUESTS

• Lex Luger - Westling Superstar

  
  Wrestling fans know him as “The Total Package” or “The Narcissist”. He spent 15 years in the ring and during that time won the World Heavyweight Championship belt three times. BUT – betrayal, sex, drugs, arrests, death, prison & paralysis almost destroyed him. Then, like so many others whose lives turn into a total train wreck, Lex Luger was forced to look up.
  

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• Lauren F. Winner - Author of STILL: Notes On A Mid-Faith Crisis

  
  In the critically acclaimed memoir Girl Meets God, Lauren F. Winner chronicled her sojourn from Judaism to Christianity. Now, in STILL: Notes on a Mid-Faith Crisis, Lauren describes how experiences of loss and failure unexpectedly slam her into a wall of doubt and spiritual despair: “My belief has faltered, my sense of God’s closeness has grown strained, my efforts at living in accord with what I take to be the call of the gospel have come undone.” Witty, relatable, and fiercely honest, Lauren lays bare her experience of what she calls the “middle” of the spiritual life, and explores why—in the midst of the overwhelming anxiety, loneliness, and boredom of her deepest questioning about where (or if) God is—the Christian story still explains who she is better than any other story she’s ever known. STILL is an absorbing meditation combining literary grace with spiritual wisdom. It is sure to resonate with anyone looking to sustain a spiritual life in the midst of real life.
  www.laurenwinner.net

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• Jim Henderson - Author of The Resignation Of Eve: What If Adam's Rib Is No Longer Willing To Be The Church's Backbone?

  
  In talking with women around the country, Jim Henderson has come to believe that there is an epidemic of quiet, even sad resignation among dedicated Christian women who are feeling overworked and undervalued in the church. As a result, many women are discouraged. Some, particularly young women, respond by leaving the organized church, or walking away from the faith altogether. Containing personal interviews with women and new research from George Barna, The Resignation of Eve is a field report on what women have to say about how they’ve been affected by their experiences within the church. It is crucially important because, across the board, the research shows that women are driving changes in the church, so what will happen if they resign? Inviting women to speak for themselves, The Resignation of Eve is a must-read, life-changing book for women who have been engaged in the Christian church as well as their pastors and ministry leaders.
  www.resignationofeve.com

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• TDMS Realtor Roundtable

  
  It's almost Spring, and that means the housing market is about to explode. Joining us to help you navigate through one of the most stressful times of in life – MOVING – are:
  
  George Kloet - Covering Oakville, Mississauga & Burlington
  www.georgekloet.com
  
  Paula Mitchell - Covering Brampton, Caledon & Georgetown
  www.paulamitchell.com
  
  Zsuzanna Porter -Covering Toronto & Durham Region
  www.yourvestedrealtor.com
  

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GOD BLOGGER

• Amy Julia Becker - www.amyjuliabecker.com

  
  Her blog is called Thin Places (No it's not another Christian weight loss program!) – Faith, Family & Disability. AJ has also released a spiritual memoir; Top of her class at Princeton, Amy Julia Becker always imagined that her children would turn out just like her. So when her daughter Penny entered the world with Down syndrome, Becker had to rethink everything.
  www.patheos.com/blogs/thinplaces

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• The Counsel Of Many!
  
  Need Help or Advice On An Issue In Your Life?
  Tell us your situation and Drew will ask the listeners of TDMS!
  
  This week on The Counsel Of Many: A woman who doesn't want to go to church but still wants to learn about the Christian faith, wants to know which television preacher to watch.
  
  AUDIO NOT AVAILABLE
  I am kind of new to the Christian faith but I'm not interested in going to church at this point. Probably for a couple of main reasons – I'm shy and while I'm pretty sure that I'd like to follow the teachings of Jesus, I'm not so sure I want to hang around church people. A few of my friends have suggested that I watch a television ministry, but I'm not sure which one to watch. I know some of them have some pretty questionable motives ($$) so could you please suggest a “safe” one for me to learn from?
  (To anonymously submit your question to the Counsel of Many, click here!)



• God & Stuff
  Join Drew & Tim The Tool as they catch up on current events and the week's happenings in the world of Religion & Faith & Cults – Oh My! Religion & Faith & Cults - Oh my!
  Today's God & Stuff guest: Elizabeth Tenety - Editor for Washington Post's On Faith
  www.washingtonpost.com/onfaith

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February 11, 2012

SPECIAL GUESTS

• Delilah - The Most Listened To Woman On Radio!

  
  Love Songs With Delilah or Delilah After Dark has become a safe haven for those wanting to process relationship issues or simply dedicate a song to a loved one. As host of a nationally syndicated nightly radio show with over 8 million listeners, Delilah is the perfect woman to ask about the condition of LOVE in this day and age.
  www.delilah.com
  

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• Francine Rivers - Award Winning Romance Novelist

  
  Although raised in a religious home, Francine did not become a follower of Christ until later in life, when she was already a wife, mother of three, and an established romance novelist. Then in 1986, Francine wrote Redeeming Love as her statement of faith. Francine writes about far more than than just romance and has since published more than 20 novels - all bestsellers- and has continued to win both industry acclaim and reader loyalty around the globe. In 1997, after winning her third RITA award for Inspirational Fiction, Francine was inducted into the Romance Writers’ of America Hall of Fame. In 2007, the feature-length film version of her novel The Last Sin Eater was released in theaters by Fox Faith. In March 2010, Francine became a New York Times bestselling author, when Her Mother’s Hope debuted at #12 on the hardcover fiction bestsellers lists. The sequel, Her Daughter’s Dream, debuted at #12 on the same list just 6 months later. Francine’s novels have been translated into over twenty different languages and she also enjoys best-seller status in many foreign countries including Germany, The Netherlands, and South Africa.
  www.francinerivers.com

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• Kelita - Canadian Recording Artist

  
  Five Juno Award Nominations (Canada’s equivalent of the Grammy) / CCMA’s Entertainer of the Year Nomination / CCMA’s Vista Rising Star of the Year Award / Appearances on The Tommy Hunter Show, Nashville Now, CMT and Much Music / She has shared stages with such notables as k.d. Lang, Reba McEntire and Jim Carrey / She gave a break to an aspiring 19-year-old from Timmins Ontario named Eileen (Shania) Twain who sang back up on Kelita’s hit Song “Too Hot to Handle”. From comic sketches delivered by a host of unique characters - boot kicking country music - to melodies that stir inner most emotions with lyrics that will make you swell tears, Kelita’s versatility and diversity allows her to captivate the hearts of her listeners and open their minds to messages with universal appeal.
  www.kelita.com

  ← 32m:20s – 14.8 MB →




• Ashley Reccord - Manager at christianmingle.com

  
  More than 2 million singles joined ChristianMingle in 2011. Now, with over 5 million registered members, ChristianMingle is the largest and fastest growing online community for Christian singles. While many Christian singles say they find it challenging to meet people who share their commitment to Christ, living in the Digital Age has provided a way to transition into dating in a way that overcomes the traditional barriers associated with developing new relationships. ChristianMingle uses the tagline “find God’s match for you.” The issue of whether there is a soul mate for each person is one often debated in the Christian community. While the Bible is not clear about the issue, some hold to the conviction that God creates soul mates, while others say the belief itself can cause foundational issues in marriages today.
  www.christianmingle.com

  ← 32m:00s – 14.6 MB →




• Lael Harrelson - Owner of Covenant Spice: Top Quality Christian Sexual Aids, Christian Lingerie & Christian Sex Toys For Couples!

  
  Some couples may feel as though it's taboo to shop for sexual aids; but in a committed, healthy, Christian marriage, sex is just one of the ways in which your love and connection can be expressed. Covenant Spice offers couples access to fun, high-quality sexual aids that will allow them to fully express their love and commitment. Covenant Spice considers themselves a powerful vehicle for better exploring Christian intimacy; providing couples with a resource for sex toys that are relationship focused so that you can better connect, better communicate and better enjoy lovemaking.
  www.covenantspice.com

  ← 14m:39s – 6.71 MB →

• Steven James - Author of Flirting with the Forbidden: Finding Grace in a World of Temptation

  
  Temptation is normal. We run into it every day and we all are susceptible to falling victim to its enticements. We're tempted to cheat on our taxes, milk the clock at work, lust after someone other than our spouse, dishonor our parents, lie to our friends, covet our neighbor's trip to Europe. But just because we must live with temptation doesn't mean we have to let it master us. In Flirting With The Forbidden, bestselling author Steven James reminds readers that we are always just one step away from bowing to temptation, that we all share the same potential and propensity for evil. Combining powerful first-person narratives from Scripture with thought-provoking reflections on temptation, discipleship, and grace, Steven helps readers grow in discernment and reliance on the Holy Spirit and develop a deeper, more intimate walk with Christ.
  www.stevenjames.net

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GOD BLOGGER

• Joining us today: Sheila Wray Gregoire

  Here are just a few of her more popular posts: Can Christians Use Sex Toys? / How to Deal with a Husband's Pornography Use / What to Do when a Friend's Marriage Falls Apart / Wifey Wednesday: Doormats or Wives
  www.tolovehonorandvacuum.com

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• The Counsel Of Many!
  
  Need Help or Advice On An Issue In Your Life?
  Tell us your situation and Drew will ask the listeners of TDMS!
  
  This week on The Counsel Of Many: A husband wants to know if he should confess his multiple affairs to his wife now that he has turned over a new leaf and is doing everything he can to make the marriage work.
  
  I'd like to start by letting you know that I know I'm the villain in this story. But my reason for asking this question is that I don't want to play that role anymore. My wife and I have been married for 25 years and throughout our marriage I have been unfaithful at various times. There are lots of reasons and no excuses. I have had short sexual flings as well as longer emotional affairs. I could sit here and give you a number of reasons as to why and how I could let this sort of thing continue to occur in my life, but the bottom line is that I am in a very different space now. I've finally figured out that I don't want to loose my wife and end up throwing away what we have built over the years. Although she is emotionally incapable of loving me, I still want to finish life with her. About 15 years ago I decided to confess to my wife that I had been involved with another woman for a short time. That confession just about destroyed her and I really don't want to do that to her again. My pastor has told me that I need to confess EVERYTHING to my wife, but I'm just not so sure that this is the right thing to do. Sure, it might relieve my guilt, but I'm pretty sure it will decimate her! Now, to be fair, I'm also quite sure that she would end our marriage right then and there. I mean why would she forgive me for the same offence, TWICE? So obviously that terrifies me as well. But I'm also quite certain that telling her about all of my infidelities would only serve my purposes of starting with a “clean slate” and devastate the woman I care about. So what's your advice? Do I confess everything to her, to someone else, or just pack it all away and let bygones be bygones?
  (To anonymously submit your question to the Counsel of Many, click here!)

← 22m:46s – 7.82 MB →



• God & Stuff
  Join Drew & Tim The Tool as they catch up on current events and the week's happenings in the world of Religion & Faith & Cults – Oh My! Religion & Faith & Cults - Oh my! Today is our VALENTINE'S DAY SPECIAL folks and we can’t leave this discussion up to the boys! So we’ve invited a special God & Stuff guest to join Drew & Tim The Tool as they discuss matters of LOVE & RELATIONSHIPS...and of course nothing says Happy Valentines Day more than - a playlist of the sappiest love songs ever!
  Today's God & Stuff guest: Delilah – The Most Listened To Woman On Radio!
  www.delilah.com

  ← 34m:34s – 15.8 MB →

February 4, 2012

SPECIAL GUESTS

• Carla Collins - TV Host, Comedian, Actor, Writer

  
  Canadians would know Carla from her TV hosting gigs on CFTO's Eye On Toronto or CTV's Entertainment Now or The Weather Network. You might even remember her from an appearance on the hit TV show Degrassi: The Next Generation or from her time as a radio personality on Toronto's Mix 99.9! Americans might have seen her standup performances at the Hollywood Improv and The Comedy Store in Los Angeles. Carla currently lives in Malibu with her actor husband Tyrone Power - son of the great leading actor of the same name who played the lead in The Mark Of Zorro. Canada's "Tina Fey" is fitting right into the LA scene. Carla practices yoga, Kabbalah and consults with a psychic colon therapist. She is now officially one stint in rehab away from becoming a complete Hollywood cliché. A few weeks ago, Drew and Carla were both guests on the Humble & Fred Show here in Toronto. As usual, the discussion turned to God. After the show, knowing that Carla's views on God were interesting, hilarious, and sacrilegious, Drew decided to ask her to share her “spiritual story” on our show. Heck, she's written a book called Angels, Vampires & Douche Bags so she must be an expert!
  www.carlacollins.com

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• Dr. John Schellenberg

  
  Dr. Schellenberg is presently Professor of Philosophy at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax. He earned his DPhil in Philosophy from Oxford in 1990, and in 1993 Cornell University Press published the book for which he's best known for: Divine Hiddenness and Human Reason. There's been lots of discussion of the 'hiddenness argument' for atheism developed in that book. He's also developed some other new arguments for atheism, including new versions of the argument from evil. But for the last ten years or so he's been thinking about matters of faith more generally, noticing and developing the possibility of a skeptical form of religion, which remains a live possibility even for an atheist -- at least for one who is willing to look “forward” when thinking about evolution and not just into the past. A philosophical trilogy emerged from this thinking, also published by Cornell: Prolegomena to a Philosophy of Religion (2005), The Wisdom to Doubt: A Justification of Religious Skepticism (2007), and The Will to Imagine: A Justification of Skeptical Religion (2009). The new perspective developed in these books is starting to get some serious attention in philosophy, with symposia devoted to his work at various conferences and a special issue of the Cambridge journal Religious Studies devoted to Dr. Schellenberg's work scheduled for 2013.
  Dr.Schellenberg's Website

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• Tarek Fatah - Author, Broadcaster, Founder of The Muslim Canadian Congress

  
  Tarek joins us today to discuss the now infamous Shafia murders, which took place here in Southern Ontario. Earlier this week, Mohammad Shafia, his wife Tooba, and his 21 year old son, were found guilty of first degree murder in the deaths of the family's three daughters, aged 19, 17 & 13 and Mohammad's other wife. (Polygamist marriage.) The four women were found dead inside a car which had been dumped into the Rideau Canal. Their crime? Trying to fit into the culture in which they lived. Apparently too much to take for the patriarch of the family, who's “honour” was at stake.
  *Tarek describes himself as an Indian born in Pakistan; a Punjabi born in Islam; an immigrant in Canada with a Muslim consciousness, grounded in a Marxist youth. A journalist by profession, Tarek and his family moved to Canada in 1987 where he has been the public face of progressive, liberal and secular Muslims. In December 2001, in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, he founded the Muslim Canadian Congress to provide a voice for Muslims who wanted to stand up to the threat of Islamic extremism.
  www.tarekfatah.com

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• Kerri Pomarolli - Comedian, Actress, Author

  
  That's right folks! It's time for our monthly visit with our favourite (and only) Hollywood Correspondent!
  www.kerripom.com

  ← 9m:24s – 4.3 MB →

GOD BLOGGER

• David Hayward Graffiti artist on the walls of religion

  David Hayward was baptized Anglican as a baby, came to faith in a Baptist church when he was a teenager, changed to Pentecostal in his late teens, married another Pentecostal named Lisa, was ordained Presbyterian, pastored a Vineyard church, and planted others. He has a Masters in Theological Studies from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, as well as a Masters in Religious Studies and Ministry from McGill University in Montreal. But in 2010 David left the professional paid clergy. He is still passionate about how people can find and follow their own spiritual path with courage and joy, as well as how people can freely gather and form community in healthy ways. David started a blog called nakedpastor in 2006, and initiated his public analysis of religion, religious community and spirituality through his writings, art and cartoons. Thousands of people are challenged and entertained by nakedpastor every day. His art, cartoons, writings and book have found their way all around the world.
  www.nakedpastor.com
  

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JOURNEY

• Catherine Serez

  
  We've all heard about people experiencing miracles, but not many of us have been healed of Cancer! “Two weeks after my daughter was born, a strange lump popped up on my left shoulder. I hadn't been feeling well throughout my pregnancy. My appetite had dropped severely. It was difficult to swallow. As a vocal instructor, I found it impossible to teach a lesson without coughing. What I saw in the x-ray shocked me, relieved me, and scared me all at the same time. My trachea, which should have gone in a straight vertical line, was pushed over toward my shoulder on a 35-degree angle. I knew then that the symptoms I had been having were more than pregnancy related. The diagnosis was that I had a 'super-rare' form on Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma called Lenert's Lymphoma. My oncologist told me that in his career he's seen over 25,000 patients and never once seen a case of Lenert's. The tumor had grown to be over half the size of a football. Fast forward – after being surrounded by prayer, I finally decided to ask for a follow up x-ray. I could hardly wait to hear the results so I phoned the doctor myself and asked him to look at the x-ray for me. As he looked he said, 'Hmmm, I don’t seem to see anything.' 'What do you mean?' I asked. 'There is nothing here.' He replied. 'Do you mean there is NO tumour?' I ventured. 'Nope, only scar tissue from what I can tell…' 'Well, is that good?' I asked. 'It’s tremendous…' he said, incredulously, '…I don’t know how to explain this.'”
  

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• The Counsel Of Many!
  
  Need Help or Advice On An Issue In Your Life?
  Tell us your situation and Drew will ask the listeners of TDMS!
  
  This week on The Counsel Of Many:A young man wants to know what he must do to get to heaven.
  
  I've been listening to this station for a while now, mainly because it's the only radio station my parents will allow to play in our house. I enjoy a lot of the music and have tried to listen to some of the preachers. Most of them just annoy me. They sound the same and talk about the same stuff that my pastor talks about. Most of which goes right over my head. So here's the thing. Even though I go to church with my family and live in a Christian family, I'm still not really sure what I have to do to get to Heaven after I die. I'm not even sure if I believe in God & Heaven. I'm not sure I believe all this Christian stuff, but I think it would help me if I finally understood what I need to do to get to Heaven. I have heard so many different answers to this question and you'd think that there would be a simple answer. So what is it? And please keep it simple!
  (To anonymously submit your question to the Counsel of Many, click here!)

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• God & Stuff
  Join Drew & Tim The Tool as they catch up on current events and the week's happenings in the world of Religion & Faith & Cults – Oh My! Religion & Faith & Cults - Oh my! (Feel free to call in and join the discussion.)
  Today's God & Stuff guest: Kevin Eckstrom - Editor-in-Chief of Religion News Service www.religionnews.com
  

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January 28, 2012

SPECIAL GUESTS

• Dyan Cannon - Hollywood Actress

  
  How does one explain Dyan Cannon? How about, Judge Jennifer "Whipper" Cone on the hit TV show Ally McBeal? The love interest in the Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon movie Out to Sea? What about her Oscar nominated role in the 1969 pop-culture classic Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice or her Oscar nominated role in Heaven Can Wait? Any of those ring a bell? Maybe the best way to explain Dyan is “that gorgeous woman with the crazy laugh who used to be married to Hollywood legend Cary Grant but now she loves Jesus!” It's been a few years since we last spoke with Dyan so since she just celebrated her 75th birthday, we thought this might be a great time to catch up again!
  

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• Bruxy Cavey - Teaching Pastor Of The Meeting House

  
  “Bruxy To Spong” (Sounds like – actually we don't have a clue what that sounds like. All we know is that it doesn't sound like what it's going to sound like.) Last week, John Shelby Spong, one of the world's most controversial theologians, said some things that really freaked out some folks who listened to that interview. Stuff that made them wonder if they can ever trust the Bible as God's Word” again! This week, we thought it would be wise to provide some clarity as to what the heck Spong was talking about when he said stuff like... “Moses did not write the documents we call the “Books of Moses” or the Torah - The gospels were not written by eyewitnesses – Paul was not a Christian (and he might have been gay) - Miracles do not enter the Jesus story until the eighth decade -The virgin birth is a ninth-decade addition - The book of Revelation does not predict the end of the world or convey any hidden messages about modern day history – David did not write the Psalms”
  www.themeetinghouse.ca

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• Jacob Moon - Canadian Recording Artist

  
  One of our favourite performers is back in studio to perform LIVE. Jacob will also be performing LIVE this Sunday, January 29th at Hugh's Room in Toronto. Get ready for a great Sunday afternoon of Gospel music with Ken Whiteley and friends at one of our premier roots music venues. Making his first visit to the gospel music series is Hamilton singer/songwriter Jacob Moon. Stylistically Jacob’s music fits into the roots category, with some eclectic twists. He has an incredible command of the guitar (often sounding like an entire orchestra), and his skill as a ‘live looper‘ is in a league of his own. His YouTube music videos gained attention on a national level when rock legends Rush asked Jacob to perform at the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame Gala. Geddy, Neil and Alex insisted that Jacob be there to play Subdivisions, which he performed on a Hamilton rooftop in his 2008 video (now at 200,000 hits). His performance was immediately followed by the biggest response of the evening – a standing ovation.
  www.jacobmoon.com
  www.hughsroom.com

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• W. Scott Poole - Author of Monsters in America: Our Historical Obsession with the Hideous and the Haunting

  
  Historian W. Scott Poole channels the terrors that lurk in the dark places of American history in his new book, Monsters in America. From sea serpents to zombies, from witch trials to alien invasions, and from Dracula to Norman Bates, Scott uncovers the real horrors that lie beneath our fascination with monsters. Monsters reflect anxieties about political identities, religion, economic forces, race and gender dynamics, and societal changes. Through the ages, scary folk tales, witch hunts, legends of strange beasts, ghost stories, horror and sci-fi literature and movies, satanic panics, and urban legends reveal disturbing truths about American history. Scott blames repeated viewings of Shock Theatre at an impressionable age for his monster obsession. Associate Professor of History at the College of Charleston, he is also a prolific pop culture critic whose reviews and commentary can be found at www.Popmatters.com & www.ReligionDispatches.com, and other sites. One of his previous books was entitled Satan in America: The Devil We Know.
  

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GOD BLOGGER

• Rachel Snyder

  
  Thoughts on faith and stuff. But, you know... from a lazy person!
  www.thelazychristian.com

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JOURNEY

• Jim Bremner

  
  Jim is a twenty-five year veteran of the Toronto Police Service who has served as a member of the Toronto Emergency Task Force and the Gun Gang Task Force. He was the tactical advisor to CTV/CBS's hit TV series "FLASHPOINT". In 2010, Jim released "Crack In The Armour", his true story of strength and courage as an officer who fought to overcome Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and won. "One night, when I was a young officer, I picked up a drunk off the street. He told me he used to be a fighter pilot. I thought, 'Look at you, what a mess.' Then one day I woke up in the gutter and the light went on. Now I understand. This is what happens to people who have been traumatized. But remember, there is life after PTSD. You are never alone. There is help and hope."
  www.bremnerassociates.com

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• The Counsel Of Many!
  
  Need Help or Advice On An Issue In Your Life?
  Tell us your situation and Drew will ask the listeners of TDMS!
  
  This week on The Counsel Of Many:A man has a problem with his pastor's wife getting plastic surgery and wants to know if he's being unreasonable to think that “preachers' wives” just shouldn't get “new boobs” or a “new face”.
  
  This might be more of an issue down here in the States than it is for you Canadians. It just seems that so many of our pastors' wives are getting “work done” and now the pandemic has hit a little too close to home. My wife came home the other day from a leadership meeting at our church and told me that some of the women have been discussing the fact that our senior pastor's wife's breasts are noticeably bigger. This just added fuel to the fire because everyone thinks she's had work done on her face as well. My first reaction to this was - who cares! I mean in my mind it was just a bunch of women being women and gossiping about women. But then the more I thought about it, the more I was bothered by it. First, is this where our offering money is going, to her boobs? Second, I'm not a spiritual giant or anything but the way I see it, shouldn't pastors be “above” vanity? I mean aren't they the ones who are supposed to look in the mirror the least? I understand that no one is perfect and that we should stay out of people's business, but something inside of me just can't let this one go. I don't think pastors' wives should have cosmetic surgery of any kind. Am I wrong on this? (Funny, as much as my wife and her friends seem to be bugged about this woman getting cosmetic surgery, when I told her my point of view, she told me “If a woman wants to spend a little money to make her feel better about herself - It's a woman's right!” Been married over 20 years and I still can't figure out women!!)
  (To anonymously submit your question to the Counsel of Many, click here!)

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• God & Stuff
  Join Drew & Tim The Tool as they catch up on current events and the week's happenings in the world of Religion & Faith & Cults – Oh My! Religion & Faith & Cults - Oh my! (Feel free to call in and join the discussion.)
  Today's God & Stuff guest: Sarah Pulliam Bailey - Online Editor for www.christianitytoday.com & Contributor for www.Getreligion.org
  

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January 21, 2012

SPECIAL GUESTS

• John Shelby Spong - Author of Re-Claiming the Bible for a Non-religious World

  
  According to retired Episcopal bishop and pioneer of progressive Christianity, John Shelby Spong, the claim that the Bible is the “Word of God” in any literal sense violates every rational faculty that human beings possess. “Irrational, and at least in scholarly circles, universally dismissed attitudes toward the Bible still have power today, and play a large role in America’s national life,” Spong says. In Re-Claiming the Bible for a Non-Religious World, he attempts to end the tyranny of “uninformed biblical nonsense.” “I am not the enemy of the Bible. I am the enemy of the way the Bible has been used,” Spong says. One of the world's most controversial theologians, Spong continues to fuel the fire by claiming in his latest book: Moses did not write the documents we call the “Books of Moses” or the Torah - The gospels were not written by eyewitnesses – Paul was not a Christian - Miracles do not enter the Jesus story until the eighth decade -The virgin birth is a ninth-decade addition - The book of Revelation does not predict the end of the world or convey any hidden messages about modern day history – David did not write the Psalms.
  *JOHN SHELBY SPONG is the author of more than twenty books that have sold over a million copies. He was an Episcopal bishop for more than 24 years. During his career he has lectured at more than four hundred colleges and universities around the world including Cambridge and Harvard. In 2010, his portrait was commissioned to hang in the Hall of Honor at the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel at Morehouse College in Atlanta with other civil rights movement leaders for his work as a champion of justice.
  www.johnshelbyspong.com

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• Professor Tomáš Halik - Philosopher and Author of Night of the Confessor: Christian Faith in an Age of Uncertainty

  
  Tomáš Halík is a wise guide for the post-Christian era, and never more so than in his latest work, a thought-provoking and powerful reflection on the relationship between faith, paradox, change, and resurrection. As the challenges of cultural secularization and dwindling congregation size confront religious communities across North America and Europe, and the Catholic Church in particular, Tomáš Halík is a prophetic voice of hope. He has lived through the political oppression and intolerance of religion that defined Communist Czechoslovakia, and he draws from this experience to remind readers that not only does crisis lead to deeper understanding but also that any living religion is a changing religion. The central messages of Christianity have always seemed impossible, from peace and forgiveness in the face of a harsh world to love and self-sacrifice despite human selfishness to the victory of resurrection through the defeat of the cross. Acceptance of paradox therefore is the way forward, Halík explains. It is a difficult way that offers an unclear immediate future, but it is ultimately the only honest way.
  *TOMÁŠ HALÍK worked as a psychotherapist during the Communist regime in Czechoslovakia and at the same time was secretly ordained as a Catholic priest and active in the underground church. Since the fall of the regime, he has served as general secretary to the Czech Conference of Bishops and was an adviser to Václav Havel. He has lectured at many universities throughout the world and is currently a professor of philosophy and sociology at Charles University. His books, which are bestsellers in his own country, have been translated into many languages and have received several literary prizes.
  www.halik.cz

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• Leonard Buhler - President of Power to Change, Canada (Formerly Campus Crusade for Christ)

  
  Innovative, entrepreneurial and adventurous – these words capture Leonard Buhler’s approach to leadership and Christian ministry. The President of Power to Change, Leonard oversees 550 staff-members in thirteen divisions throughout Canada and the world. Leonard’s passion is to unleash creative people, tools, and ideas so that millions of Canadians will discover Jesus and His power to change lives. Some might find “millions” to be an intimidating figure, but Buhler thrives on challenges. As he puts it, “leaders are people who eat problems for breakfast.” Leonard developed his talent for innovation through thirty years in business. Born in Manitoba, he began his career on the family farm, which he expanded into a commercial operation that specialized in growing potatoes for McCain Foods. 2004 saw Leonard leave his business to become the president of Campus Crusade for Christ Canada. Soon after, the organization adopted the name Power to Change so they could better engage Canada’s current spiritual reality.
  *Leonard Buhler will join us to discuss how important it is to balance loving people like Jesus and telling them about Jesus. He’ll explain the 35-Day Challenge, a web-based plan that will coach even the most shy, inexperienced Christian in telling three friends about Jesus over the course of five weeks. He will also unveil Power to Change’s vision for The Life, an enormous initiative to mobilize one million across Canada to make their lives count for Christ – anytime, anywhere, at any cost, to do anything.
  www.35daychallenge.ca
  www.powertochange.com

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GOD BLOGGER

• John Shore - www.johnshore.com

  
  "John Shore is awesome. The minute I started reading his stuff, I knew he was a brother from another mother.” — Rob Bell, author of Love Wins, Sex God, and Velvet Elvis.
  
  “John Shore is funny as hell and smart as hell, which is good because I’ve heard that we’re both going to spend a long time there.” — Tony Jones, Theoblogy.
  
  “John Shore’s unique, honest, and passionate writings draw us to dig a little deeper, to listen with the intention of truly hearing and understanding each other. He gives voice to those without a platform; he puts into words our latent questions/observations about today’s topics that are begging to be addressed from the viewpoint of an informed Christian” – Spencer Burke, founder www.ofTheOOZE.com
  
  “Shore is a humorist whose work is more comedic than Donald Miller, and his appeal to Christians is more direct.” – Michael Spencer, a.k.a. The Internet Monk,author of the bestseller Mere Churchianity.
  
  “Shore is a madman and a genius.” — Eric Metaxas, author of bestsellers Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery, and,Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy, the Christian Booksellers Association 2011 Book of the Year.
  
  “John Shore is a genius.” — Stephen Arterburn, author of the the bestsellingEvery Man’s Battle; host of the nationally syndicated radio program New Life Live.
  www.johnshore.com

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• The Counsel Of Many!
  
  Need Help or Advice On An Issue In Your Life?
  Tell us your situation and Drew will ask the listeners of TDMS!
  
  This week on The Counsel Of Many:A white woman wants to know if she should stop going to her home group/Bible study because the leaders told her that it's unbiblical for her to be dating a black man.
  
  I go to a church that has a weekly home-group bible study and last week the leaders pulled me aside after our meeting and questioned me about my relationship with my boyfriend. Turns out that he and his wife feel that me dating a black man is apparently a sin. They feel that the bible says that God does not want Christians to marry unbelievers as well as people of other races. They say that it's not about one race being better than another, but it's about living according to God's “perfect will.” They say that “mixed” marriages in the Bible, more often than not, were followed by trouble. They feel that the greatest attack on Godly marriage today, other than homosexuality, is interracial relationships. Personally, I really don't see what they see. I have to admit, I don't know the Bible they way they do and I want to submit to my elders... but I'm not sure about this one. Part of me wonders if they're just not comfortable with a black man dating a white woman. If it was the other way around I wonder if they would still have the same problem? Maybe they think that because women are the “weaker” sex that I'm just getting taken advantage of? These are the scripture verses they keep quoting to me – Deuteronomy 7:3-4 / Deuteronomy 32:8 / Nehemiah 13:27 & Hosea 5:7. HELP!! I don't know enough about the Bible. Are they right? Should I break up with my boyfriend because he's black?
  (To anonymously submit your question to the Counsel of Many, click here!)

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• God & Stuff
  Join Drew & Tim The Tool as they catch up on current events and the week's happenings in the world of Religion & Faith & Cults – Oh My! Religion & Faith & Cults - Oh my! (Feel free to call in and join the discussion.)
  Today's God & Stuff guest: Paul Brandeis Raushenbush - Senior Religion Editor of The Huffington Post. www.huffingtonpost.com/religion
  

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January 14, 2012

SPECIAL GUESTS

• Dr. Keith DeRose - Allison Foundation Professor of Philosophy, Yale University

  
  Dr. DeRose has been a member of the Yale Philosophy department since the fall of 1998. He did his undergraduate work at Calvin College, graduating with a major in philosophy, and did his graduate studies at UCLA, receiving his Ph.D. in philosophy. He then taught in the philosophy departments at New York University and at Rice University before coming to Yale. His primary areas of research and interest are epistemology (especially skepticism), philosophy of language (especially epistemological language and also conditionals), history of modern philosophy (especially Descartes, Berkeley, Hume, and Reid) and philosophy of religion (especially the problem of evil and religious epistemology).
  *Dr. DeRose will join us to discuss the problem of evil: How can it be that God, as traditionally conceived, exists given all the evil that there is in the world? A special case of this is the problem of hell.
  www.yale.edu/philos/people/derose_keith.html

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• Dr. Gordon Graham - Henry Luce III Professor of Philosophy and the Arts, Princeton Theological Seminary

  
  Born in Ireland and educated in Ireland, Scotland and England, Dr. Graham taught philosophy in Scotland at the University of St Andrews from 1975-95, and at the University of Aberdeen from 1996-2006. He has published on a wide range of philosophical topics relating to art, education, ethics, politics, religion, and technology, and has a special interest in the Scottish philosophical tradition. In 1999 he was elected to a Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland's premier academy of science and letters. An Anglican priest ordained in the Scottish Episcopal Church, he currently holds a license in the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey. In 1990 he was Sheffer Visiting Professor of Religion at The Colorado College, and in 2005 Stanton Lecturer in Philosophy and Religion at the University of Cambridge.
  Dr. Graham joins us today to discuss what makes the Rwandan Genocide, the Jonestown Massacre, the Columbine shootings or even the recent shootings in Norway by a lone gunmen deemed sane by the courts... what makes these events great evils, and why do they occur? Dr. Graham argues that the inability of modernist thought to account satisfactorily for evil and its occurrence should not lead us to embrace an eclectic postmodernism, but to take seriously some unfashionable pre-modern conceptions - Satan, demonic possession, spiritual powers, cosmic battles.
  www.gordon-graham.net

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• Jana Riess - Author of Flunking Sainthood: A Year Of Breaking The Sabbath, Forgetting To Pray, And Still Loving My Neighbor

  
  Author and aspiring saint Jana Riess spent a year tackling twelve different spiritual practices in an effort to become more holy. Confident at the start—“Really, how hard could it be?”—she is dismayed as she flops at each one. Failure, however, is a valuable spiritual lesson, as she reveals in Flunking Sainthood. In her DIY holiness project, Jana attempts to master practices such as fixed-hour prayer, Sabbath-keeping, generosity, lectio divina, gratitude, and hospitality. Even the simplest one is a challenge. The Jesus Prayer, which is twelve words long and takes about four seconds to recite, prompts her to ask: “What kind of loser fails at the Jesus Prayer?”
  blog.beliefnet.com/flunkingsainthood/

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GOD BLOGGERS

• Joining us today to talk about everything BUT doctrine, are two of the most popular Jesus bloggers on the internet:
  
  Matthew Paul Turner from “Jesus Needs New PR” fame www.matthewpaulturner.net
  
  AND
  
  Tim Challies from “Calvinist” fame www.challies.com

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TALKBACK ETC.

• The Counsel Of Many!
  
  Need Help or Advice On An Issue In Your Life?
  Tell us your situation and Drew will ask the listeners of TDMS!
  
  This week on The Counsel Of Many:A woman who is considering leaving her husband because of his porm addiction, wants to know if his affair with fake women is grounds for divorce.
  
  My husband is a porn addict. I realize that this issue has been discussed at great length in the media, especially as to wether or not it's an “actual addiction" or not. Let me put it to you this way... my husband IS a porn addict. He has been for years. He kept it hidden from me for a long time, but over the last few years it has become something he has just blatantly embraced. He would say that this is just who he is, that he's never going to change, he sees nothing wrong with it, and that “it's better than having a real affair.” I've asked him to come with me to counselling because I think that his porn addiction is having a seriously negative impact on our marriage, but he has absolutely no interest in changing. When we actually do have sex, I can't help but feel insecure about him comparing me to his online women. Over the last year or so, he has wanted me to act out stuff or do stuff with him, which I know he has seen performed on the internet porn sites he visits. At times I just feel so used, and I guess I even feel like his sloppy seconds. The final straw for me was when I asked him not to look at porn while the kids are home, and he pretty much just ignored me. I'm thinking about leaving him because I really feel “cheated on” even though it's not with “real” women. I went to my pastor for advice and he told me that I should stay with my husband because he hasn't had a “real” affair. Some of my friends have encouraged me to leave because they feel that what he's doing IS actually cheating on me. I have prayed for him. I have been patient with him. I have tried pleasing him in ways I never imagined I would ever do. I have begged him to seek help. Now I'm at the point of giving up on our marriage. But I don't want to do what is wrong in the eyes of God. Just wondering if your listeners have any advice for me. Should I leave him or not?
  (To anonymously submit your question to the Counsel of Many, click here!)

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• God & Stuff
  Join Drew & Tim The Tool as they catch up on current events and the week's happenings in the world of Religion & Faith & Cults – Oh My! Religion & Faith & Cults - Oh my! (Feel free to call in and join the discussion.)
  Today's God & Stuff guest:Manya Brachear, Religion Reporter at The Chicago Tribune www.chicagotribune.com/seeker
  

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January 7, 2012

SPECIAL GUESTS

• Joanne Cash - Country/Gospel Recording Artist

  
  As the younger sister of music legend Johnny Cash, Joanne continues to tour worldwide, with weekly appearances at the Nashville Cowboy Church, which she co-founded with her husband. Joanne has made numerous national television appearances, has been heard on a number of nationally syndicated radio programs and has been featured in dozens of magazines and newspapers. Joanne Cash has countless tales to tell. “I’m amazed that at my age I still want to sing, but it’s like therapy for me. I’d say 2003 was one of the hardest years of my life since we lost four family members - our oldest sister Louise, June, Johnny and June’s daughter Rosie- but singing is like a prayer that lifts me up and it rests me when I’m tired. Johnny always helped me remember that and he was constantly encouraging. But there was one short phrase from Johnny that’s always stuck with me and it’s one I’ll continue for as long as I’m here: ‘Baby, just keep on singing!’”
  www.joannecash.com

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• Leslie Wagner-Wilson - Survivor of the Jonestown Massacre

  
  On November 18, 1978 in a remote jungle settlement named Jonestown, 918 United States citizens died in a suicide-massacre. An estimated 93% of those who died were African American. It was the largest number of civilian lives lost in the United States. This included United States Congressman Leo Ryan and his entourage. His assassination marked the first and only death of a U.S. Congressman in the history of the United States. After surviving sixteen months in the armed jungle compound at the age of 21, on the morning of November 18, 1978, Leslie and nine others escaped Jonestown, walking thirty miles through the jungle. Strapped to her back was a 40-pound care package – her son, later to be known as the youngest survivor of Jonestown. Within the next two days she would learn that all of the residents of Jonestown had died, including her husband, mother, brother, sister, niece, nephew, sister in law, brother in law, and friends she had grown up with and loved since the age of 13. Years later, after Post Traumatic Stress, survivor’s guilt, drug addiction, and a family suicide, Leslie joins us to share her story.
  www.slaveryoffaith.com

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• Cathleen Falsani- Author of Belieber: Fame, Faith & The Heart of Justin Bieber

  
  The cover story of Rolling Stone in early 2011 featured an interview with Justin Bieber under the headline “Super Boy.” Undeniably, the 17-year-old Canadian pop star from Stratford, Ontario is one of the most famous people on the planet, with a devoted nation of rabid fans known as “Beliebers” who follow his every move and hang on his every word. But is there more to this everykid-turned-pop-idol’s startling success other than talent and luck? “The success I’ve achieved comes to me from God,” Bieber told Rolling Stone. “I feel I have an obligation to plant little seeds with my fans. I’m not going to tell them, ‘You need Jesus.’ but I will say at the end of my show, ‘God loves you.’” More than his legendary foppish hair and puppy-love lyrics, the bold-yet-humble faith that grounds Justin’s worldview may just be the key to his extraordinary appeal. He has nearly 13 million followers on Twitter and millions more fans worldwide, the third-largest grossing documentary film of all time and countless hit records. But behind the starlight is a teenage boy grounded by a humble faith in Jesus Christ. Listening to the voice of a generation, Belieber: Fame, Faith & the Heart of Justin Bieber explores the soul and soulful faith behind the famous hair and screaming fans. *The former longtime religion reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times and syndicated columnist, Cathleen Falsani is currently director of new media for the social justice organization Sojourners. She is best known for her personal interview profiles of President Barack Obama, Bono, Elie Wiesel, Melissa Etheridge, Studs Terkel, Annie Lennox and many other notables. Her previous books include The God Factor, Sin Boldly and The Dude Abides: The Gospel According to the Coen Brothers.
  www.belieberbook.com

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• Kerri Pomarolli - Comedian, Actress, Author

  
  That's right folks! It's time for our semi-regular visit with our favourite (and only) Hollywood Correspondent!
  www.kerripom.com

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GOD BLOGGER

• Nicole Cottrell - The "Modern Reject"

  
  According to Nicole's controversial blog, “If you’re a truth-seeking, no B.S., Jesus-loving ninja, then hello, this blog is for you. If you desire freedom, like me, then this blog is for you. And let me just say, I’m glad you are here. I’m the Modern Reject and it’s nice to meet you. I don’t like mornings, but I love coffee. I don’t like arguments, but I love clarity. I don’t like religion, but I love Jesus. I don’t only believe in second chances, but I also believe in third and fourth and fifth chances. I don’t enjoy controversy for controversy’s sake, but I love the conversation it can create. I don’t have a white picket fence, but I do have one amazing husband and three amazing kids. I never planned on any of this, but I’m so thankful for each and every moment of my ordinary life because I serve an extraordinary God.” Today we'll chat with Nicole about some of her more controversial posts: God WILL Give You More Than You Can Handle / Have Sex, Even When You Don't Feel Like It / Top 10 Christian Phrases I Never Want to Hear Again / DON'T Be Yourself / Top 5 Lies Christians Believe.
  www.modernreject.com

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JOURNEY

• Kristyn Wagner

  
  On May 5, 2009, the plastic lid of a plastic banana-berry smoothie bottle exploded off an unopened bottle and hit Kristyn in her right eye. The force of the impact lacerated her cornea and caused a hyphema. The next day Kristyn had surgery to re-attach her cornea. After seeing a retina specialist, it was determined that her retina was not damaged in the accident. Shortly after, Kristyn’s eye got worse. The infection and pain was severe. She was referred to a specialist at Toronto Western Hospital who performed an eye biopsy and it was determined that Kristyn had a deep fungal corneal ulcer with a hypopyon. She was told that she would probably need a corneal transplant and was put on a waiting list. Just a few months ago, after multiple surgeries and transplants since the initial trauma, Kristyn has regained the vision in her right eye and can now see 20/25! One day this typical high school student was doing life without a care in the world. Then in an instant, Kristyn was faced with the reality that she might not be able to play on any of the school's sports teams and have to begin a new life with some serious limitations.
  

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• The Counsel Of Many!
  
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  This week on The Counsel Of Many: A man who believes in God, is having a hard time believing stories he's heard from people who have had supernatural phenomenon happen to them and wants to know if anyone else doubts that demons & angels & the Holy Spirit really interact with us.
  
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  I believe there's a God but I'm having a really hard time believing in the “spiritual realm” if that makes any sense. To be more precise, I have a hard time believing people's “manifestation” stories. Whether it's shaking as a result of an encounter with the Holy Spirit or being pinned down in their bed in the middle of the night by a heavy “demonic” force. Lately, I've run into a number of people who have experienced some sort of demon or angel or Holy Spirit and to be honest, I secretly think to myself that they're all full of crap and are simply believing what they so desperately want to believe – have to believe – are taught to believe. Maybe it's because I'm just a skeptical male? I mean obviously I wasn't there so it's impossible for me to know whether or not what they said happened, actually happened, but every story I hear is incredibly easy to shoot holes through. Once again, I believe God exists, but I really doubt people's stories of experiencing supernatural phenomenon. I was wondering two things. A/ Am I alone in doubting everyone's WTF stories? B/ Do any of your listeners have a supernatural manifestation experience they would like to share. I'm honestly open to hearing any and all stories – furniture moving, waking up to the television being on when it was turned off before going to bed, hearing children running up and down the hallway, or any number of apparent manifestations “Holy Spirit” - I've already heard so feel free to share! I just don't think that demons or angels or the Holy Spirit or even JESUS interacts with us the way I've been hearing.
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• God & Stuff
  Join Drew & Tim The Tool as they catch up on current events and the week's happenings in the world of Religion & Faith & Cults – Oh My! Religion & Faith & Cults - Oh my! (Feel free to call in and join the discussion.)
  

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