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<p><strong><strong>Roadside Notes Podcast</strong> is part of the <em>Faith and Good Courage</em> series. It features short, soulful reflection <a href="https://faithandgoodcourage.com/faith-and-good-courage-journal/">Journals</a> written and read by <strong>Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain</strong>. Each episode is a five-minute stop for the soul, blending humor, hope, and spiritual honesty drawn from life along America’s most storied highway.</strong></p> <p><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-3031 size-full" src="https://faithandgoodcourage.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/3-ChatGPT-Image-Dec-26-2025-02_46_18-PM-copy-2.webp" alt="Roadside Notes Podcast is part of the Faith and Good Courage series" width="300" height="300" srcset="https://faithandgoodcourage.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/3-ChatGPT-Image-Dec-26-2025-02_46_18-PM-copy-2.webp 300w, https://faithandgoodcourage.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/3-ChatGPT-Image-Dec-26-2025-02_46_18-PM-copy-2-150x150.webp 150w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" />Roadside Notes is not a sermon and it is not a lecture. It is a quiet companion for the road, meant to meet people where they are. Sometimes that place is a long commute. Sometimes it is a grocery store parking lot. Sometimes it is the stretch of highway between one hard day and the next. These reflections are rooted in real moments, ordinary encounters, and the small kindnesses that often go unnoticed, yet carry more weight than we realize.</p> <h2>Why the Roadside Notes Podcast Exists</h2> <p>The Roadside Notes Podcast grew naturally out of the <strong>Faith and Good Courage Journal</strong>. After sharing written stories online, listeners began writing back with a common refrain. They loved the Journal, but they did not always have time to sit and read. Life moved too fast. There were kids to pick up, miles to drive, work to finish, and responsibilities that did not pause.</p> <p>That response struck a chord.</p> <p>Faith does not only live in quiet mornings or church pews. Sometimes it rides along in the carpool lane. Sometimes it hums through a grocery store parking lot. Sometimes it shows up when you are running on empty and did not plan on thinking deeply at all.</p> <p><strong>Roadside Notes Podcast</strong> was created for those moments. These are the same Journal stories, read aloud slowly and without rush, meant for the miles between where you are and where you are going. The goal is simple. Keep grace close when your hands are full and your heart is still catching up.</p> <p>Each episode is intentionally short. Five minutes is long enough to breathe and short enough to fit into a real life schedule. It is not about consuming more content. It is about creating a pause, even if that pause happens at a red light or while waiting in line.</p> <p>Wherever this finds you, heading home, heading out, or just heading through, I am grateful you are here. Let’s travel a few quiet miles together.</p> <hr /> <h2 style="text-align: center;"><strong>Listen to 7/9/26 Roadside Notes</strong></h2> <div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 1rem auto 0;"> <div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 1rem auto 0;"> <div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 1rem auto 0;"> <div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 1rem auto 0;"> <div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 1rem auto 0;"> <div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 1rem auto 0;"> <div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 1rem auto 0;"> <div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 1rem auto 0;"> <div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 1rem auto 0;"> <div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 1rem auto 0;"> <div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 1rem auto 0;"> <div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 1rem auto 0;"> <div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 1rem auto 0;"> <div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 1rem auto 0;"> <div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 1rem auto 0;"> <div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 1rem auto 0;"> <div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 1rem auto 0;"> <div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 1rem auto 0;"> <div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 1rem auto 0;"> <div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 1rem auto 0;"> <div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 1rem auto 0;"> <div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 1rem auto 0;"> <div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 1rem auto 0;"> <div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 1rem auto 0;"><iframe style="width: 100%; height: 175px; border: 0; overflow: hidden; background: transparent;" title="Apple Podcasts Embed" data-src="https://embed.podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/roadside-notes/id1846908723?i=1000776119206" sandbox="allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-to-custom-protocols" src="about:blank" class="lazyload" data-load-mode="0"><br /> </iframe></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p style="text-align: center;"><!-- APPLE PODCASTS: Thanksgiving Dinner On The Road, Pie For Strangers (native lazy) --></p> <p style="text-align: center;">Available on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/roadside-notes/id1846908723" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Apple Podcasts</a> or wherever you download your favorite podcasts.</p> <hr /> <h2 style="text-align: center;"><strong>Watch Roadside Notes</strong></h2> <p>Along with the podcast, <strong>Roadside Notes</strong> is also produced as a video series filmed along <strong>Route 66 in Arizona, California, and New Mexico</strong>. Each vodcast is recorded somewhere along the Mother Road, featuring real dashcam footage and roadside moments from places like <strong>Topock, Oatman, the Sidewinder at Sitgreaves Pass, Kingman, and beyond</strong>.</p> <p>These visuals are not decorative. They are part of the story. Sunrise drives, desert horizons, weathered pavement, and quiet stretches of highway all shape the reflections being read. Sometimes you have to see the miles to feel the message. The road itself becomes a companion in the telling.</p> <p>Watch the vodcast on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUz44R5iITbavN__yOy0KB5aup-bAIP4O" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>YouTube</strong></a> and experience the journey as it was meant to be shared, from the driver’s seat of Route 66.</p> <h2 style="text-align: center;"><strong>7/9/26 Roadside Notes</strong></h2> <div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 1rem auto 0;"> <div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 1rem auto 0;"> <div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 1rem auto 0;"> <div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 1rem auto 0;"> <div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 1rem auto 0;"> <div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 1rem auto 0;"> <div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 1rem auto 0;"> <div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 1rem auto 0;"> <div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 1rem auto 0;"> <div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 1rem auto 0;"> <div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 1rem auto 0;"> <div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 1rem auto 0;"> <div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 1rem auto 0;"> <div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 1rem auto 0;"> <div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 1rem auto 0;"> <div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 1rem auto 0;"> <div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 1rem auto 0;"> <div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 1rem auto 0;"> <div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 1rem auto 0;"> <div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 1rem auto 0;"> <div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 1rem auto 0;"> <div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 1rem auto 0;"> <div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 1rem auto 0;"> <div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 1rem auto 0;"><iframe style="width: 100%; height: 450px; border: 0; overflow: hidden; background: transparent;" title="YouTube Video Player" data-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5mYb-reBOGw" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" src="about:blank" class="lazyload" data-load-mode="0"><br /> </iframe></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p style="text-align: center;"><!-- YOUTUBE: Thanksgiving Dinner On The Road, Pie For Strangers (native lazy) --></p> <div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 0 auto; text-align: center;"> <div>🛣️ New episodes every week | 🎙️ Recorded along America’s Mother Road</div> </div> <hr /> <h2>Join the Roadside Club</h2> <p><a href="https://faithandgoodcourage.com/roadside-club/"><strong>Join the Roadside Club</strong></a> to receive new <em>Roadside Notes Podcast</em> readings, Journal updates, and behind the scenes notes delivered straight to your inbox. 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