Mornings with Carmen

Plugged In's Adam Holz talks about Netflix's Playground, a platform of video games aimed at little children.  Is it problematic? And if so, how?  Plus, how does your lived faith impact your kids faith formation?  Plus, our literacy rates are dropping, partly due to our skimming of digital data instead of deeply reflecting on what your read. Then, as we wind down the week, Carmen looks some different news items including a new, limited edition ice cream flavor available in Israel called "Milk and Honey."  Plus, is wearable wellness an invasion of privacy?  The Reconnect with Carmen and all Faith Radio are made possible by your support. Give now: Click here  

Thann Bennett of the Equipped Newsletter and radio show helps us thing about the World Cup competition in the US this year.  He also helps us thing about the fact that we have an opportunity reach the nations as they visit us!  Plus, in light of a recent Supreme Court ruling regarding the ending of Temporary Protective Status, he talks about foster care and about his ministry A Fearless Life.  Chris Martin reflects on being a father and the hard part of keeping a steward mindset in what's been entrusted to him.   The Reconnect with Carmen and all Faith Radio are made possible by your support. Give now: Click here

The And Campaign's Justin Giboney, author of "Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around," talks about being honest with our complicated history and yet being positively patriotic and loving our country.  Acknowledge the past and current problems, but not to live in them.  He also tries to help us understand what Democratic Socialism is and isn't.  It's complicated.  Jean Stoffer and Grace Start of The Established Home, authors of "We are Home When We're Together," share how to make the transition to a new communities easier.   The Reconnect with Carmen and all Faith Radio are made possible by your support. Give now: Click here

Political scientist Mark Caleb Smith offers insights into a recent religious freedom decision by the US Supreme Court, plus highlights some of the remaining cases before this year's court session.  Plus, Mark comments on a statewide effort to mobilize South Carolina pastors for political action.  While the goals might be good, does overly politically-engaged pastors actually weaken their impact in their communities? Lex Renick of Revive Traveling Ministry shares her story of living about 14 years as a transgender man, her radical encounter of God's love through a church that love well while upholding God's design truth for sexuality and marriage, and her transforming back to who God called her to be.   The Reconnect with Carmen and all Faith Radio are made possible by your support. Give now: Click here