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The Ridiculous Hour
The Ridiculous Hour Foundation is a nonprofit dedicated to inspiring lives ridiculously responsive to the promptings of God. Monthly, the Foundation releases mission packs that challenge recipients to grow in practical responsiveness to the promptings of God. In this podcast, Founder Kat Silverglate, brings each mission challenge to life through story, expanded content, prayer and ridiculous encouragement. Won't you join us as we grow toward ridiculous responsiveness?
Episodes
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 83: Sacred Wrest
Meet Nebraska labor and employment attorney Mark Fahleson. At the same firm since 1997, he spent a few years advocating for a sabbatical policy. When the firm…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 82: Be Low the Surface
A man died in his neighborhood and wasn't discovered for months. Lev Montgomery was rocked to his core. How is it possible nobody knew this neighbor beyond the…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 81: Becoming Overpackers - For Me, For You, For Us!
Two little girls meet in middle school and bond over rescue horses. They dream of a future that includes horses and children and spouses and families that love…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 80: In-formation
Sometimes we don't need more information, we simply need to allow ourselves to see how we are being formed in the waiting. When we've done all we know to do…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 79: Builders - Weapons of Mass Construction
We are builders by nature. We build families and houses and companies. We build names for ourselves and libraries and friendships. We were made to build. When…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 78: The US in Trust
Roxanna Miyares learned, in a most shocking way, that trusting God includes learning to trust those He sends our way in response to our prayers. Only God would…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 77: Perfect Has a Made
Our story this month seems totally made up. You may have a hard time believing it is true, until you read past the highlight reel of her life. Diana Timmons…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 76: The Architecture of Beginning: Starting in the Middle
For the most part, we don't start at the beginning of much in life, do we? We are born into the middle of our parents' lives, a political culture, a particular…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 75: Look Again
What we magnify, we become. Sounds a little dramatic, doesn't it? Samuel Hubbard Scudder, a mid 1800's scientist, learned that lesson in a most humorous way…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 74: The Order Project - Hidden Treasure
In this Episode we'll met a metal-detecting, treasure-hunting lawyer who faced a personal storm that brought anxiety to the surface of his life -- a storm he…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 73: Tiny in a Spacious Place
She was angry when things didn't go the way she hoped. She prayed. Everybody prayed. But God said no. Her anger was tempered, however, by a crack in its hot…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 72: Finishing School
If we are meant to live lives worthy of our callings, how exactly do we figure out calling? The concept can seem a bit amorphous until we look at a real life…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 71: Threshold
When Mr. Ed snuck across the threshold of his daughter's life, Don Blackwell went through a heart scrubbing of sorts. Mr. Ed is a akin to the mayhem character…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 70: Guidance - The Pilgrim's Power
The Gateway Arch in St. Louis is so tall that the top is sometimes covered in clouds. When the clouds are low, you can see a curved pole on one side and a…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 69: The Story I Want My Life to Tell
Andy Stanley’s book on minimizing regrets by making better decisions gives several questions to ask before making important choices [Better Decisions, Fewer…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 68: Find Me; Yay, I'm Here
Sometimes you need to know how lost you are before you want to be found; want to be rescued. That's what Spencer Silverglate discovered on a dusky evening…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 67: Name Alert
Pliny the Elder, a first century secular naturalist, is often quoted for the principle that you cannot appreciate the magnitude of redemption until you glimpse…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 66: Not Crushed, Not Abandoned
We never mean to carry someone poorly through loss. We don't plan to drop them or miss a step in how we show up. Nor do we plan to push people away when we are…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 65: You Are My Mother [originally Episode 66]
The name her birth parents gave her included a Bassa tribal word that means "God's Power." Nobody could know in 1950's Liberia how she'd come to depend on that…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 64: Stop the Movie
Ever play that worst case scenario movie in you head? Thinking about what might go wrong? Ever let that movie affect the way you choose to live? In our story…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 63: Ridiculous Hours
We often hear that expectations are the enemy of joy, but could it be more nuanced than that? After all, when the seed of something is planted in a heart, or a…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 62: Packed & Ready
Ever seen one of those videos of a baby with total hearing loss hearing for the first time post surgery? You see the too-awesome-to-comprehend-feeling…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 61 Symphonic Expectations
So much is written about the danger of expectations. But the reality of our life in Christ is built on promises that command hopeful expectations. Like a…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 60: Up Club
In many ways, we are living arrows, pointing others in various directions. Whether we speak up or stay silent, our action and inaction both point, sometimes in…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 59: Tamper Evident Joy
Ever see those "tamper resistant seals" that restaurants use on plastic to-go cups to assure the purchaser that the drink is safe? It's a long thin strip that…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 58: Wash
If anybody asked us whether our lives had a central theme, we'd probably bumble and stumble and waffle and throw in a generous number of "umms" while we…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 57: Feather Weight
Conflict is weighty. Unresolved conflict after genuine attempts at reconciliation can be downright heavy. Our story begins with a priest telling a woman to…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 56: Moved
Does anybody love moving? Sure, we may love where we are going, like change or love that we are leaving something behind, but the physical act of moving... not…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 55: Partly Cloudy With a Chance of...
For most of us, receiving help is harder than giving it. Particularly when we don't know someone very well. We want to hold our own umbrellas in stormy times…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 54: Don't Forget to Remember
In her book Compelled by Love, Heidi Baker, a missionary in Mozambique, describes a condition we may all have. Or perhaps a touch of. She calls it an orphan…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 53: Blah Blah Blah
Imposter syndrome plagues writers. No matter how many times you try to talk them off the ledge or give them a pep talk, they wonder if their words are gonna…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 52: Thunk Thunk Thunk
The racetrack ride at Disney – The Speedway to Tomorrowland – is shockingly real to a kid. Bright popping colorful cars, twisty tracks, revving engines, low…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 51: Do-Over
Ever ironed a crease in the wrong spot in a garment? Once that crease gets set and cool, it's pretty challenging to press it out, isn't it? Dry cleaners…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 50: I Signed Up for This
We've all said it. Under our breath. In our heads. On our knees. To a trusted friend in whispered tones. "I didn't sign up for this!" At the start, we…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 49: Boxing
Some say when we pray for patience, God allows challenges and tests. How else would one know the presence of patience if not by circumstances that require it?…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 48: Pocket Confetti
Have you seen that viral social media post with the eight-year-old in the car with Mom? 8YO: “Do you want me to throw the confetti in my pocket?” Mom: “No not…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 47: Feast Mode
When we are invited to a dinner with fancy napkins, we know there's something more than food being served. We know that we will be fed by something else…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 46: Lights Up, So That...
Our story this month begins with a five-time Emmy winning sports producer who moves from a big city to Boise Idaho to start a family and a family business: "I…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 45: Salt & ...
You ARE (fill in the blank) is very different than you MUST BE something. Or you HAVE something. Think about these you are statements... If you got the news…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 44: Mid-Life: Reinforcing Holes
The phrase mid-life is curious, isn't it? Especially when we have no way of knowing where the middle will be. Which is why mid-life tends to have us…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 43: Old Love New Love
There is a truth that would make most of us viscerally nod our heads up and down -- a phrase that tugs our heart strings when we pause to think about the folks…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 42: Still with the IF in LifE
We are so fond of the phrase "life is a gift," and it is; but, the middle letters in both these words, life and gift, are IF. Both center on the ability to…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 41: Tested Hope
What is hope before it's tested? It's a funny question, isn't it? I mean, we know transformation happens between untested and tested hope, but what kind? C.S…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 40: Active Waiting
Waiting sounds like such a passive thing, doesn't it? The act of waiting. You let time pass until the wait is over and then you go on, right? Sometimes we do…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 39: Nothing Wasted With God
I'm too old. I'm too young. I'm too inexperienced. I'm too poor. I don't have any talents. I'm too tired. I'm too busy. I'm not creative. I'm not bold. I'm…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 38: Texture
In 1964 a father penned a bedtime story for his sons called Flat Stanley. In it, Stanley is flattened by a falling bulletin board which makes it possible for…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 37: Counting Detours
We buy planners this time of year. Preprinted commercial books that give space for yearly goals, monthly calendars, daily plans. We are given room to write and…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 36: More!
Our mission story this month starts with a little girl who communicates through sign language a desperate desire for more time with her grandmother and ends…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 35: Team Lift
Have you ever seen a team lift? A group of people reaching the least, the lost and the lonely TOGETHER! It's beautiful thing to witness isn't it? You see from…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 34: Do Not Stack
Do you give your trust to God in difficult circumstances and then find yourself fretting, worrying, and spinning? Do you give it to Him and then take it back?…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 33: God Size
Are you a resizer? You feel a nudge, a poke, a prompt a call from the Lord and immediately decide it's the wrong size? "Oh no Lord, that's way outside my…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 32: Do Not Separate
Ever notice how some truths seem to go together? Stating one without the counterpart leaves you wanting to complete the thought. Truth #1: Truth without love…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 31: Word Power
Ever had to eat your words? Tasted the bitter fruit of words spoken a little too quickly? Rashly? Carelessly? We all have! But you know what? We've all done…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 30: Orchid [with ridiculous emphasis on the last three letters... HID]
Our story this month begins with a spectacular gift that accidentally ended up on the trash heap and ends with a tree hospital for the deadest of orchids…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 29: Love is a Tuesday
We live in a world that celebrates very visible things. Someone gets an award. Earns a degree. Delivers a speech. Writes a book. Starts a charity. Has lots of…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 28: Small Moves Big Faith
We live in a world obsessed with BIG. Big outcomes. Big following. Big titles. Big results. Big names. Big awards. Big wins. Big gulps. Big deals! Small, for…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 27: Claim Check
We walk the same paths around our postage stamp dwellings -- over and over again. The hallway. The bathroom. The kitchen. The bed. We drive the same routes to…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 26: The Boundary Protection Program
I've always associated boundary tape with controversy. Those little neon strips of plastic tied to twigs on trees scream conflict, boundary disputes, line…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 25 What's Your Prefix
The new year is exciting, especially when we've crushed our goals from the prior year. But what about those years where we feel like we are starting again and…
The Ridiculous HourEpisode 24: Here We Grow Again
I don't know about you, but when I imagine a Gallery Artist in Residence, I think of someone who is so elevated in proficiency that they are a bit guarded by…