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December 10, 2017–Do They Know It’s Christmastime?

Jay McDivitt, Waukesha, WI   Warm-up Question What’s your favorite Christmas song, and why? Do They Know It’s Christmastime? (Do We?) This time of year, it’s hard to avoid hearing Christmas music. One song in steady rotation is the 1980s...

December 3, 2017–Be Prepared…but for what?

Ellen Rothweiller, Des Moines, IA   Warm-up Question How do you prepare for something? For school? For a test? For a big game or music competition? How do you prepare for the unknown? For the future that you know will...

November 26, 2017–Doing What Comes Naturally

Chris Heavner, Clemson, SC   Warm-up Question Do you ever find yourself doing something a particular way and not really knowing why?  (Like putting on one sock and then one shoe rather than putting on both socks then both shoes.) ...

November 19, 2017–Risk and Trust

Faith Lens   Warm-up Question What is the riskiest thing you did last week, something that could have cost you time, money, or health. Risk and Trust The stock market has been booming of late.  That has a lot of...

November 11, 2017–It’s the End of the World as We Know it

Danny Stone, Marion, IA   Warm-up Question Share a story about when you were late, unprepared or procrastinated. It’s the End of the World as We Know it Ever listened to REM’s 1987 classic, “It’s the End of the World?” ...