Words have such power when used by a gifted writer. A friend's comment on FaceBook today got me thinking about another one of my favorite writers, Anne Lamott, and the way she tells her stories through writing. Specifically, one passage from her book Traveling Mercies came to mind, one that I share here. (7:26, 6.8 MB)

During Spring Break, 2007, nine Communication Arts students and I - all from Franciscan University of Steubenville - drove to the Mississippi Gulf Coast and New Orleans on a "media mission" to create stories about recovery progress a year and a half after Hurricane Katrina devastated these areas. Two weeks after our trip I produced this podcast with some initial impressions of the experience. While I published the program on another podcast series as a class demo, it looks as if I didn't post if here on the Endless Road Podcast site.

I'm glad I found it. (Running time: 12-1/2 minutes)

Jim Coyle

Family dinners are such an important part of many people's lives, and memories of these times last a lifetime. As I get ready to visit my brother and sisters this week, I've been thinking about Thanksgiving dinners as we were growing up - and the special joy that's come at the occasional dinners we've enjoyed as a family since then. A couple of weeks ago, Fr. Lou Molinelli shared about Sunday dinners in his home and the joy of family. It's a great story in this edition of the Endless Road Podcast. (15:46, 10.9 MB)

 

The Endless Road Podcast visits Digitworks today. The new Podcasting season is about to start at Digitworks.tv - and they've a great crop of new podcasters ready to go! Their website ends with tv, but they do audio podcasts too. (8:00)

Some of today's music provided by music.podshow.com.

This is a special release of an interview with Kristi McClintock of Franciscan University of Steubenville's Youth Outreach office, recorded for Spirit and Life: The Franciscan Conferences Podcast's January 1, 2009 edition. Kristi joins host Mark Nehrbas to share about the Franciscan LEAD Program for Youth. (15:47, 11 MB)

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