Crossing Barriers Building Friendships

Nina Perry, Family Service Manager at Spring Hill Memorial Park, Funeral Home and Cremation, says planning and writing down your funeral is an endeavor that will prevent barriers for years to come.

Beekeeper, Mandy Giffin, discusses what it takes to have healthy, honey-producing bee hives

Keeping all of Tennessee's well traveled roads safe, maintained, funded, and improved is a complicated process.

The Rev. Stacy Rector, Executive Director of Tennesseans For Alternatives to the Death Penalty, discusses how Tennessee's death penalty is broken, costly, unfairly applied, creates more victims, ensnares the innocent, and puts murder victims’ families through a painfully, protracted process.  Millions of dollars are expended from the state’s budget on death penalty cases, though the state has acknowledged that it has no centralized way of tracking the true costs of the death penalty to Tennesseans. These resources could be better spent on measures that prevent violent crime such as education, mental health care, drug treatment, law enforcement as well as on victims’ compensation funds.

Randal has worked at Cumberland Heights in the recovery field for 35 years.  He speaks to those  who love someone who is impacted by addiction.

Lisa Samson, a local has over 40 published books.  She shares her experiences of being an author.

Looking for what's strong not wrong in our community.  The positive does exist and it's worth growing.  So many things are on fire, we loose site of what is good.  Our state has really been innovative to deal with childhood adverse experiences and encourage collaboration.  You can make a difference.

Eric Atkins, Co-Chair of Tennessee Poor People's Campaign expands the agenda items, shares recent successes, and current concerns.  "Everybody has the right to live!"  Also visit www.PoorPeoplesCampaign.org

Paul Schmitz, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Shower Up.  Providing mobile shower units to our friends on the street.

"We have to meet people more where they are instead of where we want them to be with us.  Be of good courage, because your work in the Lord is not in vain."

From Augsburg, Germany, Jermaine recounts his 2 week spent with Peace Lutheran Church the summer of 2019.

"Whether is it the gaming table, the dinner table of the Lord's table all are accepted at my tables. ..... Gaming is about holy play, holy times of laughter"

Becca describes Spring Hill, TN as very generous.  Reminds us that together we're better and encourages us to shop Spring Hill

Jaclyn Jones shares her journey from being raised in the church to becoming an Atheist.  "In my day to day experience, the loving Christians are not the majority.  You and I should be frustrated with them, not you being frustrated with me."

The intersection of faith and politics is advocacy.  And it matters!  Pastor Matt Steinhauer explains why.

Whether we hate it or love it, politics effects just about every aspect of our lives.  Tools for following Christ's mandate to care "for the least of these" at City Hall, at Legislative Plaza and on Capitol Hill.

As owner of DogGoneGoodTime Dog Resort, Sharon Fuller shares the barriers to being a dog owner and what it takes to build a deep and lasting friendship with your furry friend.

This conversation with Phil Dodson, Executive Director of Lunches for Learning and Jessica Gonzalez, reveals

• The students' favorite part of their L4L school lunch
• Where and what are the barriers L4L face
• Just as we pray for L4L during worship each Sunday, our school in Santa Rita is praying for us.
• The most important criteria for accepting a school into the L4L program.

This conversation with Shelly Sassen, Executive Director of The Well, not only explains what The Well does but also reveals interesting aspects of our Spring Hill community.

• Discover the biggest barrier The Well      encounters.
• One of the larger demographics of people receiving food      in our community - the answer will surprise you.
• Building friendships, her reply seems obvious, yet      not so much.
• During the podcast Shelley reveals for the      first time a new post-COVID update for receiving food from The      Well.

The joys and challenges of sheltering at home for over a year in Middle TN.