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The Reconnect with Carmen LaBerge
With unique insights from a Biblical context, Carmen LaBerge seeks to reconnect the eternal with the everyday and enters into conversations in ways that honor Jesus.
Episodes
- The Reconnect with Carmen LaBerge
News stories and the Overstory - Thann Bennett | Will Meta deal with its human trafficking problem? - Chris Martin
In our 24-hour news cyclone, it's easy to get lost in all the stories. Thann Bennett of The Equipped Newsletter and radio show encourages us to keep our focus…
- The Reconnect with Carmen LaBerge
Abundant life in a broken world - Carol McLeod | Going on a journey of healing with God - Gale Kragt
Carol McLeod, author of "Overflowing," helps open up the Paul's epistle of Colossians to help us focus on Jesus, who is our life! We need Him as we live in our…
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Good political ends need good political means - Mark Caleb Smith | Alignment over resolutions in the new year - Kathy Branzell
Yes, Muduro was an illegitimate ruler in Venezuela! Political scientist Mark Caleb Smith talks about while it might be a good end to remove him from power, the…
- The Reconnect with Carmen LaBerge
Facing your shadow side - Bill English | Letting the seed of God's Word to reproduce in you - Robert Dayton
OnPath Coaching's Bill English talks about facing your shadow, that dark side of you: those parts of you that you don't want others to see. How do you confront…
- The Reconnect with Carmen LaBerge
Bible reading is surging! - Billy Hallowell | Praying for Venezuela, Iran, and beyond - Ruth Kramer
Faithwire's Billy Hallowell talks about how in 2025, the sale of physical Bibles and the number of Bible app downloads surged. He also talks about the books…
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What happens when God's Word gets into people's hands and hearts - Dirk Smith | How are you engaging the Bible? How is it engaging you? - John Plake
EEM's Dirk Smith, author of "The Impossible Dream," shares about the dream getting God's Word into everyone's hands, and he shares accounts of how God's Word…
- The Reconnect with Carmen LaBerge
Reclaiming Epiphany and remembering the Declaration of Independence - Adam Carrington | How do you see what you see? - Carmen LaBerge
Before January 6th was day of political infamy, it was, and is, a Christian holiday. Political scientist and chaplain Adam Carrington helps us remember the…
- The Reconnect with Carmen LaBerge
Thinking through US policy toward Venuzuela - Elizabeth Neumann | It takes more faith to believe there isn't a God - Michel-Yves Bollore
Security analyst Elizabeth Neummann, author of "Kingdom of Rage," addresses the capture of Venuzuela's president Maduro by US forces, what are the benefits and…
- The Reconnect with Carmen LaBerge
New Year, new mindset toward God - Dave Buehring | What's new in the New Year? - Carmen LaBerge
Lionshare's Dave Buehring helps us ask ourselves questions like: how does God want to grow me in this new year? What am I really seeking first? What…
- The Reconnect with Carmen LaBerge
Cultivating attitudes and faith that lead to bouncebackability - Valorie Burton | A common rule for spiritual growth - Paul Gutacker
Renewal in 2026 takes more than just good intentions and will-power! In this best-of show, Valorie Burton, author of "Rules of Resilience," talks about laying…
- The Reconnect with Carmen LaBerge
Allegiance to God and love of country - Dan Darling | What is your part when emotionally hurting people come to your church - Shaunti Feldhahn
How do we love well? Our country? Those sitting next to us at church who are hurting? In this best-of show, Cultural analyst Daniel Darling, author of "In…
- The Reconnect with Carmen LaBerge
Forgiving the offenses of the past as we head into the New Year - Micah Davis and James Runcorn
In this New Year's Day best-of show, let's looks at forgiveness. Micah Davis, author "Three Strikes, You're Forgiven," shares the story of his family's broken…
- The Reconnect with Carmen LaBerge
God made us to be attached to him and others - Geoff Holsclaw | Cultivating a home a family wants to return to - Jessica Smartt
In this New Year's Day best-of show, Embodied Faith's Geoff Holsclaw, co-author with his wife Cyd of "Landscapes of the Soul," looks at the science around…
- The Reconnect with Carmen LaBerge
Looking back at 2025 with a Biblical lens - Collin Hansen | If your heart feels cold, turn to Him who is The Thaw - Karen Ellis
In this New Year's Eve best-of show, The Gospel Coalition's Collin Hansen looks back at 2025 and talks about the top 10 theological news stories of 2025. Karen…
- The Reconnect with Carmen LaBerge
Looking back at 2025 in social media, AI, and technology. Looking forward to 2025 - Chris Martin and Austin Gravley
In this New Year's Eve best-of show, Social media expert Chris Martin, author of "The Wolf in our Pockets," helps us look back at what's been happening in 2025…
- The Reconnect with Carmen LaBerge
We should all believe in God - Ross Douthat | Talking about the stuff we don't what to talk about, but need to - Mike Novotny
In this Christmas season best-of show, New York Times columnist Ross Douthat, author of "Believe," talks about the converging evidences for the existence of…
- The Reconnect with Carmen LaBerge
Miraculous things do happen! - Rick Lawrence | Helping men have conversations around redemptive masculinity – Peter Ostapko
In this Christmas season best-of show, Rick Lawrence, author of "Editing Jesus," examines why we often neglect the supernatural in our lives. He invites us to…
- The Reconnect with Carmen LaBerge
Ordering ourselves in the ancient truths in our confused and corrupt day - Glenn Packiam | Challenging and enriching our walk with Jesus – Trevin Wax
In this Christmas season best-of show, Pastor Glenn Packiam, author of " What's a Christian Anyway?" helps us draw closer to the core teachings of the Bible…
- The Reconnect with Carmen LaBerge
Swimming against the current of the materialism - Rick Lawrence | Enjoying Jesus in soul and body - David Mathis
In this Christmas season best-of show, Rick Lawrence, author of "Editing Jesus," addresses how the idol of materialism darkens our hearts and leads to so many…
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Wow! God knew what He was talking about! - Mark Gerson
In this Christmas season best-of show, Mark Gerson, author of "God Was Right," looks at truth scientists have discovered around human behavior and psychology…
- The Reconnect with Carmen LaBerge
Yes, in God's backyard - Louis Rosenthal | The acts of the risen and living King are ongoing through us - Iain Duguid
In this Christmas season best-of show, Pastor Louis Rosenthal of The McKinney First Baptist Church shares how God lead his church to help provide affordable…
- The Reconnect with Carmen LaBerge
Christmas through the eyes of the manger animals - Carmen LaBerge
Carmen helps you celebrate Christmas as she does with her grandkids: by sharing the stories of the faithful donkey Digaknow and the other animals who witnessed…
- The Reconnect with Carmen LaBerge
You are not forgotten this Christmas - Robert J. Morgan
If you're feeling alone or disconnected this Christmas Day? Robert J. Morgan, author of "God Has Not Forgotten You," joins Carmen to reflect on the story of…
- The Reconnect with Carmen LaBerge
Christmas memories and Christmas hope - Faith Media staff, Part 2
On this Christmas Eve, Carmen is joined by members of the Faith Media team sharing Christmas memories, favorite Christmas stories, and the hope of Jesus this…
- The Reconnect with Carmen LaBerge
Christmas memories and Christmas hope - Faith Media staff, Part 1
On this Christmas Eve, Carmen is joined by members of the Faith Media team sharing Christmas memories, favorite Christmas stories, and the hope of Jesus this…
- The Reconnect with Carmen LaBerge
Mobilizing Christians to serve outside the church walls - Jim Morgan | Feasting on food and feasting on God's goodness - Rebecca Corwin
Jim Morgan of Meet the Need tells his story of wanting to serve through his church, but how much of what was available didn't pair with his abilities and…
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King Jesus, above all earthly powers - Adam Carrington | God showing up in the news - Billy Hallowell
As we get ready to celebrate the birth of King Jesus and also next year's 250th birthday of the United States, political scientist Adam Carrington helps us…
- The Reconnect with Carmen LaBerge
The changing landscape of digital hate - Elizabeth Neumann | Christmas after the loss of a loved one - Christina Hannan
Moonshot Group's Elizabeth Neumann, author of "Kingdom of Rage," summarizes a recent Moonshoot report on the evolution of digital hate. Plus, with 2026 the…
- The Reconnect with Carmen LaBerge
The fatherhood of Joseph and the fatherhood of God - Dave Buehring | Answering questions around Christmas - Carmen LaBerge
Lionshare's Dave Buehring reflects on the birth of Jesus and the place of Joseph as the adopted dad of Jesus, and about how our earthly fathering is meant to…
- The Reconnect with Carmen LaBerge
Mourning the death of Rob Reiner and Skinni Tok - Adam Holz | Jesus, active before Bethlehem - Rob Phillips
Along with reviews of "Kevin Costner Presents The First Christmas," and the new SpongeBob and Avatar movies, Plugged In's Adam Holz talks about the death of…
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God, come in the flesh - Alfonso Espinosa | Ukraine's Carol of the Bells and the Great Invasion - Daniel DeWitt
Pastor Alfonso Espinosa, author of "Contending for Christ Through the Creed," looks at the truth expessed in the Apostle's Creed about the Son, the second…
- The Reconnect with Carmen LaBerge
Rooting our use of AI and tech in use as God's image-bearers - RaShan Frost | Looking back at 2025 with a Biblical lens - Collin Hansen
RaShan Frost from the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention talks about their recent statement of principles for use of…
- The Reconnect with Carmen LaBerge
AI changed our lives in 2025! More to come in 2026 - Austin Gravley | Faith during the highs and the lows - Jason Romano
Austin Gravley of Digital Babylon and the What Would Jesus Tech podcast looks at how Artificial Intelligence has changed and changed us in 2025, plus looks at…
- The Reconnect with Carmen LaBerge
Religious language used of business leaders? - Bill English | Trust: in the Bible? In others? - John Plake
Bill English of Bible and Business and On Path Coaching responds to an article talking of retiring business leader Warren Buffett, calling him a "Zen master."…
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What we often miss at Christmas - Daryl Crouch | Challenges faced by our brothers and sisters overseas - Ruth Kramer
Pastor Daryl Crouch, executive director of Everyone's Wilson, joins Carmen in looking at the Christmas story. What in it do we often miss? What did Mary really…
- The Reconnect with Carmen LaBerge
The push to legalize doctors assisting in ending lives - Dr. Bret Nicks | Are you editing Jesus' Christmas story? - Rick Lawrence
With Illinois becoming the 12th state to legalize medically assisted suicide, Christian Medical and Dental Association's Dr. Bret Nick addresses the growing…
- The Reconnect with Carmen LaBerge
The mind of a shooter and the stink of marijuana - Nick Pitts | The spike in anti-semitic attacks - Luke Moon
Nick Pitts of The Briefing newsletter offer analysis around the Brown University shooting and the hunt for the shooter and the push by the President to cut…
- The Reconnect with Carmen LaBerge
Finding peace amid the Christmas rush - Dr. Linda Mintle | New year, new brain - Susie Larson
Dr. Linda Mintle, host of the Dr. Linda Mintle Show, offers some ideas for managing stress and relational issues better as we head into the Christmas hurry…
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The why and how of #PrayTheNews? - Carmen LaBerge | Lovingly relating to those we disagree with - Carmen LaBerge
What does it mean to #PrayTheNews? Carmen LaBerge opens the Monday mailbag to answer that question and how it applies to what's in the news today. Then, she…
- The Reconnect with Carmen LaBerge
Is Hollywood getting God? - Adam Holz | Changing how you think can change your life - Robert Dayton
Plugged In's Adam Holz responds to a recent NYT article where a writer is struck by the amount of Bible "inspired" and other spiritual content being put out…
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Noticing what's always been there - Thann Bennett | We're becoming less social on social media - Chris Martin
Thann Bennett of The Equipped Newsletter and radio show on Faith Radio talks about the "reticular activating system" in our brains, how God put in our brains…
- The Reconnect with Carmen LaBerge
Emmanuel: God really with us - Carol McLeod | Help for getting into God's Word - Tim Wildsmith
Bible teacher Carol McLeod helps us reflect on the promise in the name Emmanuel, God come in the flesh and with us! Jesus was with us physically. Now He is…