Stories Around a Fire

As we start the new year, one of the most dangerous assumptions is that things will be the same as last year. Our world is growing increasingly dangerous and uncertain. Rather than move through it casually or rely on self-effort, a sobriety is required to follow God in both the b ...  Show more

Christmas is past but the new year hasn’t yet arrived. In this in-between week, John and Allen invite you to slow down and experience a thin place with God before jumping back into your regular routine. Doing so can radically change your new year—if you’ll try these simple yet pr ...  Show more

Two men, both having been cast down from their positions in New York society, share hunger and a park bench in turn of the century New York City. O. Henry's twist is terrific. Episode contains racial references to Italians and Jews as was common in that melting pot at that time i ...  Show more

This week's author: Brandon Faircloth. Otis brings your ears two tales to keep them soundly awake: in the first, what appears to be a cut and dry case of battery turns south when the attackers begin to fare worse than the victim. In the second, a wanderer on the Appalachian Trail ...  Show more

After his dad died, he kept seeing a column of smoke in different places in his house. Was it his dad telling him there was an afterlife? If you have a real ghost story or supernatural event to report, please write into our show or call 1-855-853-4802! If you like the show, pleas ...  Show more

This week, host Steve Taylor invites you to wade into waters best left untested. In our latest episode, faith and fear run together in dark currents, pulling you toward something ancient beneath the surface. When a forgotten journal resurfaces on the banks of an Ohio river, it wh ...  Show more