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Maybe its time to get rid of the beast or to upgrade to a new one.  In this episode I present some things to keep in mind if you are selling or buying an RV.  These are some things I've experienced or found in my research.  Even if you are not in the market yet, you know someone might be so please share this episode with them.

Hello fellow Sojourners!  In this episode I look at a few ideas to help us get the most out of our RV experience.  I talk about planning, helpful apps, and general tips for traveling and maintaining our rigs. 

You might already know much of this or have a lot more great ideas.  Please share any ideas you have with me and also share this podcast and your ideas with new RVers.

Remember, we want to safe and effective as we travel with a purpose.

Hello fellow Sojourners.  In this episode I speak just a bit about proper care and use of RV awnings.  Our awnings are important to helping us get the most out of our RV experience.  If we don't care and use them properly, it can result in a lot of expense.

In this episode we visit with Danny and Lynn Spain.  This wonderful Sojourner couple describe themselves as, "Most Timers" as they travel with a purpose.  We discuss several ideas of how to save money while traveling in their RV.  
 
 Please note that we mention several brand names and names of organizations in this conversation.  We are not compensated in any way by these agencies.  We simply have found them and others like them to help us save money as we travel.

Friends, in this episode we discuss the very important topic of keeping safe while online.  My guest is Randy Bowman, an expert in cyber security, especially in the area of personal security.  I've known Randy for over 20 years as a brother in the Lord, personal friend, and professional collogue.  He has served as an information technology specialist for government agencies, non-profit organizations, and is now the interim CEO for the International Accreditors for Continuing Education and Training (IACET).  Randy brings his vast knowledge and experience together to offer us some very important information to help protect us as we travel with a purpose.

This episode is rather lengthy, running an hour long.  But it is well worth listening to through the end.

This is a bit of a departure from our regular podcast content.  Some of you may know that I have a second podcast called, Our Journey to Hope where I discuss how we can discover, sustain, or regain hope.  I thought the subject of this specific episode would be of help and interest to our Sojourning community.  But not only for ourselves, but to help others discover, sustain, or regain hope  so please consider sharing.  

In this episode we have an insightful discussion with Aven Hook of the Easten Hills congregation about how we can sustain and regain hope as we age.  As we age we face changes , sometimes from a direction we didn't expect.  Some of these changes are negative, and some positive.  We look at some of these and some suggestions of how we can overcome the negative ones and increase the hope found through the positive ones.

If you have a loved one or know someone facing changes as they grow, please consider sharing this episode with them.  You might also enjoy listening to it so you will be prepared to face changes in your life and in the life of others.

In this episode I discuss some things to keep in mind for traveling during severe weather.  I offer some suggestions for preparing for a severe weather event.  I also look at some things to keep in mind if you are caught in a tornado or winter weather event.

Remember, planning is critical.  We want to keep everyone safe as together we travel with a purpose.

With us in the midst of perilous times in the last days we as Christians need to remember we are strangers and pilgrims in this world.  It is okay for us to be homesick and want to be in the Lord's presence, but we have to remember that there is still work for us to do here on earth.  The patriarchs of old looked for a city whose builder and maker was God and we too look for that city.   God has a city prepared for His children and until that time He calls us home we must remember to stay in faith and the joy of the Lord. 

Hebrews 11:8-16, 2 Timothy 3:1-5, John 17:6-23

In this episode I introduce Traci Hanson of Port Jefferson Coffee Roasters in Jefferson, Texas.  Traci tells us about how she and her husband David got started in the coffee roasting business and a little bit about the roasting process.  It is fascinating to learn how things are done that we take for granted.    Also, many Sojourners enjoy a good cup of coffee.  Well, that and more is what Port Jefferson Coffee Roasters offers.  You can purchase excellent coffee in variety of flavors and strengths and unique gifts for a special person..

You can also visit their web site to learn more about them and to purchase items.  Their web site is:  www.portjeffersoncoffeeroasters.store.  They also have a Facebook page.  Just search for Port Jefferson Coffee Roasters on Facebook to see all the exciting things going on at their location.

Port Jefferson Coffee Roasters is easy to find in Jefferson.  They are located at 116 West Lafayette St. Jefferson, TX.  They are behind Kits Sandwich Shop, just off the main street.

When prominent spiritual leaders are abusive, their victims are at the epicenter of the earthquake. But when the truth comes out, the rest of us still feel the aftershocks.

In this final episode, we turn to the wider community that was impacted by Jean Vanier’s abuse — people who didn’t know Vanier directly, but who read his books, were inspired by L’Arche’s model of community, or served as volunteers. What do we call the kind of harm these people experience? And how do we heal from it? You’ll hear from ethicist Karen Guth about different options for responding to tainted legacies and from spiritual abuse expert Rachael Clinton Chen about the “shrapnel” of spiritual abuse. 

And you’ll hear the story of how Judy Farquharson — with the help of Donna Varnau and Cecilia McPherson — helped clear the path for other victims of Jean Vanier to come forward.

Listen and subscribe today on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or anywhere you get your podcasts.

Lead Us Not is a podcast from Sojourners magazine. This episode was produced, written, and edited by, Jenna Barnett, with executive production and story editing by Betsy Shirley. Sound design and mixing by JP Keenan, fact checking by Mitchell Atencio. Tiarra Lucas designed our podcast cover. Our theme music is by Borrtex and by Yehezkel Raz. 

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If you want to support this show, listeners can save $10 on a subscription to Sojourners magazine by visiting  sojo.net/lun. In each issue, we explore current topics of faith, social justice, politics, and culture, with bold commentary, compelling reporting, and gorgeous original artwork. Thanks so much for your support.

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Sojourners magazine is an independent, award-winning magazine of faith, culture, and politics. Our mission is to inspire hope and action by articulating the biblical call to racial and social justice, life and peace, and environmental stewardship.

Donna knew something wasn’t right when Thomas Philippe came to her room. Cecilia hid the truth even from herself. Judy thought she just wasn’t “holy enough” to understand.

In this episode, three women who were sexually and spiritually abused at L’Arche by Jean Vanier and Thomas Philippe tell their stories. You’ll learn how each of them suffered, but also how they’ve worked together to find healing and justice. You’ll also hear from Rachael Clinton Chen, an expert who helps people recover from spiritual and sexual abuse.

Listen and subscribe today on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or anywhere you get your podcasts.

Lead Us Not is a podcast from Sojourners magazine. This episode was produced, written, and edited by Jenna Barnett, with executive production and story editing by Betsy Shirley. Sound design and mixing by JP Keenan; fact-checking and additional producing by Mitchell Atencio. Tiarra Lucas designed our podcast cover. Our theme music is by Borrtex and by Yehezkel Raz.

If you want to support this show, listeners can save $10 on a subscription to Sojourners magazine by visiting  sojo.net/lun. In each issue, we explore current topics of faith, social justice, politics, and culture, with bold commentary, compelling reporting, and gorgeous original artwork. Thanks so much for your support.

You can learn more about the podcast, sign up for email updates and bonus information about each episode, and get a transcript of each episode at sojo.net/podcast.

Follow Sojourners on Facebook (@SojournersMagazine), Twitter (@sojourners), and Instagram (@sojogram), and share your thoughts about the podcast with #LeadUsNot or by emailing response@sojo.net.

Sojourners magazine is an independent, award-winning magazine of faith, culture, and politics. Our mission is to inspire hope and action by articulating the biblical call to racial and social justice, life and peace, and environmental stewardship.

Jean Vanier died in May 2019, a beloved spiritual leader, celebrated for his work with people with intellectual disabilities. But in February 2020, he died again when a report published by L’Arche, the organization Vanier founded, revealed that he had been credibly accused of spiritual and sexual abuse by six women. 

In this episode you’ll hear from people who were deeply influenced by Vanier’s work – and equally shaken by the report from L’Arche. You’ll meet Charles Clark, a core member of a L’Arche community in Virginia who was “mad as heck” when he learned about Vanier’s abuse, and Tim Moore, a L’Arche leader in Atlanta who had to break the terrible news to his community. Plus, host Jenna Barnett opens up about the role of L’Arche and Jean Vanier in her own faith journey. 

Listen and subscribe today, wherever you get your podcasts.

Produced, written, and edited by Jenna Barnett
Executive production and story editing by Betsy Shirley
Sound design and mixing by JP Keenan
Factchecking by Joey Thurmond
Graphic design by Tiarra Lucas
Our theme music is by Borrtex and other music in this episode is by Yehezkel Raz

You can learn more about the podcast, sign up for email updates and bonus information about each episode, and get a transcript of each episode at sojo.net/podcast.

Follow Sojourners on Facebook (@SojournersMagazine), Twitter (@sojourners), and Instagram (@sojogram), and share your thoughts about the podcast with #LeadUsNot or by emailing response@sojo.net.

Sojourners magazine is an independent, award-winning magazine of faith, culture, and politics. Our mission is to inspire hope and action by articulating the biblical call to racial and social justice, life and peace, and environmental stewardship.

Rev. Adam Russell Taylor is president of the Christian social justice organization Sojourners and the author of “A More Perfect Union: A New Vision for the Beloved Community.” He and Eboo discuss how Sojourners’ voting rights work and Interfaith America’s Vote is Sacred campaign is inspiring faith communities to protect participatory democracy. “If we’re serious about following Jesus,” Taylor says, “we have to recognize that following Jesus has profound social, political, and economic implications.”

Guest Bio: Rev. Adam Russell Taylor is the president of Sojourners, a Christian nonprofit organization focused on the biblical call to social justice. Taylor previously led the Faith Initiative at the World Bank Group and served as the executive director of Global Justice. He was selected for 2009/2010 White House Fellows to serve in the White House Office of Cabinet Affairs and Public Engagement and currently serves as a member of the inaugural class of the Aspen Institute Civil Society Fellowship. Taylor is ordained in the American Baptist Church and the Progressive National Baptist Convention and serves in ministry at the Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Va.

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Ken is pleased to welcome Lisa Sharon Harper and her new groundbreaking book, Fortune - How Race Broke My Family and the World--and How to Repair It All. It all began with the results of her submission of DNA to ancestry.com. Lisa learned of her Nigerian roots - and ancestry that extends all the way back to the onset of slavery in America in the 1600s. Lisa shares her story of awakenings, which began when she became a Christian as a high school student in Young Life. She soon learned that her new faith was inextricably linked to white Republican politics - her activist mother was horrified. At Rutgers, as an undergraduate, she was active in Campus Crusade for Christ. She encountered the writings of John Perkins. In her book, Lisa traces the history of her family tree including the Lawrences, the Weeks, and the Fortune Magee Game born in 1689. Her family lived with the heavy consequence of race laws that governed slavery and defined "whiteness" as they were written over 300 years. Jesus, Lisa reminds us, was not white, he was brown, indigenous, and colonized - and killed by Empire. Lisa has a great insight into "white fragility" - it's worse. Resistance has been weaponized. Lisa traveled with "Nuns on the Bus," uncovering the roots of the MAGA narrative.  SHOW NOTES

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Frank Schaeffer In Conversation with Rev. Adam Russell Taylor, exploring his work as President of Sojourners and Author of Mobilizing Hope: Faith-Inspired Activism for a Post Civil Rights Generation. His new book, A More Perfect Union: A New Vision for Building the Beloved Community is available now.

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Rev. Adam Russell Taylor is president of Sojourners and author of Mobilizing Hope: Faith-Inspired Activism for a Post Civil Rights Generation. His new book, A More Perfect Union: A New Vision for Building the Beloved Community is available now. Follow him on Twitter @revadamtaylor.

Taylor previously led the Faith Initiative at the World Bank Group and served as the vice president in charge of Advocacy at World Vision U.S. and the senior political director at Sojourners. He has also served as the executive director of Global Justice, an organization that educates and mobilizes students around global human rights and economic justice. He was selected for the 2009/2010 class of White House Fellows and served in the White House Office of Cabinet Affairs and Public Engagement. Taylor is a graduate of Emory University, the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, and the Samuel DeWitt Proctor

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