Live From The Path w/ Jacey

Show open and buffet night recap

A host opens the show from the Pathway studios in Johnston and recaps the LFTP listener buffet night at Buffet City, including the large Eisenlauer turnout, Bill Eisenlauer's dessert-in-a-soup-bowl move, and a joke about eating iffy food 'in the kingdom of Jesus.'

Tonight's lineup and guest introduction

The hosts preview the night's show: Boova's questions from a new believer, pope-style advice, a 'what's Jesus talking about' segment, and Dear LFTP; they introduce JC, a singer from Norwalk who records in Nashville with Lighthouse Music, as the musical guest.

JC interview: songwriting and the Nashville scene

The hosts interview JC about co-writing sessions in Nashville, including a session with Tanya Reynolds from The Voice season 4, and about playing the Bluebird Cafe; she explains what starting a song from scratch feels like.

'Where I've Made My Bed' performance

JC performs her song 'Where I've Made My Bed,' a song about sticking to God's plan for your life rather than taking the traditional path; the hosts praise her voice and joke about the song fitting a bank-robbery montage or a dark street walk.

JC's Tijuana mission year

JC describes spending a year after high school at Mexico Caravan Ministries in Tijuana, building houses and teaching missions mobilization, including a story about getting her fingers stuck under a wall; the hosts share where to find her music and EP news.

Hosts' mission-work stories

In response to JC's Tijuana stories, the hosts trade their own mission-trip memories: a Pathway church fence-building trip to the Rosebud reservation in South Dakota and painting an orphanage and visiting schools in China, with running jokes about Great Walls and Lincoln Logs.

New believer question: denominations and identity

• How important is it for a new believer to understand denominations, and which one should they choose?

Boova brings questions from a new believer about how important it is to understand denominations (Baptist, Presbyterian, Catholic) and which one to choose; the hosts answer that identity should be in Christ, not a box: pursue Jesus, find community of people pursuing Jesus, and let the rest filter out; they close joking about a Facebook denominational quiz that labeled most of them Lutheran and Dan a Seventh-Day Adventist.

Sponsors and Mike's cat

The hosts thank sponsors the Bob Eisenlauer team (real estate, EisenlauerTeam.com) and Westfield Veterinary Hospital, noting Bill Eisenlauer's cube van; a host's newly adopted one-eyed cat Mabel is discussed, with jokes about remote-controlled prosthetic cat eyes.

JC interview: new EP and 'Hey Hey' performance

JC talks about writing for her next EP with no fixed theme, then introduces and performs 'Hey Hey,' a song about a bad-for-you guy you keep letting into your life; it was recorded in Nashville in January as her next single.

Post-song banter and music talk

After 'Hey Hey,' the hosts debate relating to the song, joke about Crash Test Dummies' 'God Shuffled His Feet,' and note JC's songs are on Reverb Nation, iTunes, Amazon, and Spotify.

What's Jesus talking about: the Pharisee and the tax collector

• What is Jesus getting at in the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector?

A host retells Luke 18's parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector and asks what Jesus is getting at; the hosts conclude the Pharisee's prayer agrees with himself while the tax collector agrees with God about who he is, and that humility before God is the posture that is justified.

Humility versus false humility

• What does humility look like when the culture praises humility and people compete to out-humble each other?

Building on the parable, the hosts discuss what humility looks like when a culture praises it: false humility that performs self-deprecation, the worship-musician who can't accept a compliment, and defining yourself only as a sinner while ignoring that you are also loved and redeemed; includes an extended joke about all getting Enoch posters and tattoos.

Pope-style advice: morning prayers and night prayers

Dave Harrick delivers the night's pope-style advice: two kinds of prayer — night prayers, where you hand the day's burdens and unfinished work back to God so you can sleep, and morning prayers, where you ask God what is on today's agenda; the framing moves faith from reactive 'what would Jesus do' to proactively letting God set the day's scope.

Station break and struggles with prayer

After the radio sign-off for 99.3 The Truth Network and a sponsor re-read, the hosts react to the morning/night prayer idea; Boova confesses he is 'awful at praying' and goes days without talking to his Father, and the others talk about learning to lay things down at night, with a 'Let It Go' joke.

Dear LFTP: loving an addicted, homeless twin brother

• What should I do about my twin brother, who is an alcoholic and homeless, guilt-trips me for money, faked an overdose, threatens suicide, and refuses professional help?

A listener asks what to do about a twin brother who is alcoholic, homeless, guilt-trips him for money, faked an overdose, threatens suicide, and refuses help; the hosts advise morning/night prayers, being faithful in the means while letting God handle the ends, discerning tough love versus reckless love in prayer, and not letting resentment of the brother or of God take root; the secular answer suggests professional help for the writer's own boundaries.

Dear LFTP: an 11-year-old choosing between two boys

• I am an 11-year-old girl; there are two boys I like — which one should I pick?

An 11-year-old listener asks which of two boys to pick; the hosts joke about the one-boy-versus-Tony-Danza options, then JC advises that at 11 she should not be dating at all but should focus on her relationship with God, school, and friends; the secular answer says enjoy both and decide later.

Dear LFTP: wife hurt by being called 'cheap'

• How do I make my wife realize that her friend calling her 'cheap' should not upset her?

A listener whose wife Tina was called 'cheap' by a friend asks how to make her realize it shouldn't upset her; the hosts advise owning it if true ('I'm cheap'), forgiving Sally since no hurt was intended, and not staking happiness on a friend's perception; the secular answer distinguishes frugal from cheap and urges Tina to tell Sally how it felt.

Chat question: earthly father versus heavenly Father

• If I rarely talk to my earthly father and do not mourn that, why should I mourn going days without talking to my heavenly Father?

A chat-room question responds to Boova's prayer-life confession: if one doesn't mourn rarely talking to one's earthly father, why mourn missing prayer with the heavenly Father? The hosts answer that heaven's fundamental quality is being in line with God's will, so wanting God's presence is the point — they rely on the heavenly Father for everything, including their next breath.

Closing: 'Proud Man'

JC introduces 'Proud Man,' a song about life's choices and whether you'll be proud of them at the end, and performs it to close the show.