Sharing your story of faith changes you too. When you speak what God has done, you hear it again with your own ears. Memory turns into gratitude, gratitude into courage, and courage into another mile you are willing to walk. This week’s reflection explores why faith stories are not about impressing, explaining, or forcing conclusions. They are about witnessing what is real and trusting that God was faithful, even when understanding came later.

This story reflects on the quiet responsibility that comes with sharing and receiving sacred stories. Ask more than you answer. Guard what is entrusted to you. Choose humility over hurry. When love is the motive and kindness is the method, stories breathe, heal, and become trail markers for those still finding their way. Telling your story is an act of faith, a way of saying that what God did in you matters enough to be shared.

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https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2025/12/18/sharing-your-story-of-faith/

🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.

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Healing rarely arrives all at once. Most days it moves slow, mile by mile, while you live your ordinary life. This week’s reflection is Part Two of the three part series “Living the Mission Statement,” a look at what it means to live the words God handed me: drive, heal, and tell others what He has done.

Grace on the move is quiet and steady. It shows up while you drive, while you work, while you sort through the pieces you wish you could rush. The desert doesn’t hurry its blooming and the rain doesn’t rush its falling. Healing follows that same rhythm, gentle and honest, showing up right on time.

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https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2025/12/11/heal-grace-on-the-move/

🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.

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Faith in motion begins in the quiet before dawn when the world feels half asleep and the road waits without answers. This reflection is part one of a three-part Thanksgiving series called “Living the Mission Statement,” three stories exploring what it means to live the message God handed me: “Drive, heal, and tell others what I’ve done for you.”

In Part One: Drive, I talk about what faith actually feels like on the road. Not a finish line, not a medal, but a lane. A place to stay steady. A place to move forward even when the map is foggy. These are the slow miles with God, the ones that carry you farther than you ever expected.

📖 Read the full Journal entry: https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2025/12/04/drive-faith-in-motion/

🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.

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This Roadside Notes episode tells the story of a Thanksgiving spent on Route 66, in a small Flagstaff café running on the last scoops of stuffing and the final crumbs of pie. What began as a simple dinner on the road became a moment of unexpected grace when four strangers shared dessert and found themselves connected by more than a holiday.

In a room full of travelers — truck drivers, young couples, families far from home — Mary noticed an older couple quietly grieving the loss of their holiday tradition. One generous gesture turned into two, and soon four slices of pie brought four people together in the kind of warmth no menu can promise.

This is a story about gratitude that whispers, kindness that multiplies, and the holy way strangers become family when you make room for one more at the table.

📖 Read the full Journal entry: https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2025/11/27/thanksgiving-dinner-on-the-road/

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🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal — stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.

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This week’s Roadside Notes steps back from the noise, slows the pace, and puts both hands on the heart of the Faith and Good Courage project. In this Journal reading, Christopher Tuttle shares the Mission Statement that guides every story, every episode, and every moment of grace found along the road.

It is a promise rooted in kindness, courage, spiritual honesty, and the simple belief that even in hard seasons, hope is never far from reach.

📖 Read the full Journal entry: https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2025/11/20/the-mission-statement/

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🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, featuring stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.

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https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2025/09/24/healing-old-wounds/

🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal — stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.

In this episode, Christopher revisits a journal entry about the kind of pain that doesn’t stay neatly in the past. You know the kind — the wounds that flare up when life gets loud, when stress hits hard, when the world feels a little too chaotic for its own good.

He opens the door to what healing actually looks like on an ordinary Tuesday. The slow work. The honest work. The kind that doesn’t make headlines but changes the way you breathe. It’s a reminder that even when old hurts rise to the surface, they’re not proof of failure. They’re proof you’re still growing. Still choosing courage. Still saying, “I’m trying… and that counts.”

If you’ve ever wondered why an old memory can knock the wind out of you, or why your heart tightens before your mind catches up, pull up a chair. This one’s a gentle companion for anyone carrying more than they let on.

Give me 5 minutes, I’ll give you hope.

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Faith and Good Courage – Roadside Notes Journal Reading

Episode Title: Staying True At The Bottom – Quiet Strength

Author/Narrator: Christopher Tuttle

Sometimes the lowest places become the clearest ones.

This story is about the kind of strength that does not shout, does not show off, and does not need applause. It’s about learning to stay steady when you hit the bottom — not because you failed, but because the ground simply dropped out from under you.

Quiet strength isn’t glamorous. It shows up when the crowd disappears. It steadies you when life has taken more than it has given. It reminds you that God does some of His best work in the unseen places.

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https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2025/11/13/staying-true-at-the-bottom/

🎙️ Roadside Notes is a gentle pause on a noisy road — a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.

Give me 5 minutes, I’ll give you hope.

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Faith and Good Courage – Roadside Notes Journal Reading

Episode Title: I Don’t Care (And That’s the Point)

Date: September 18, 2025

Author/Narrator: Christopher Tuttle

On the road to healing, there comes a day when you finally stop apologizing for being real. This story isn’t about indifference; it’s about release — about learning the difference between what deserves your energy and what just drains it.

“I don’t care” doesn’t mean giving up. It means setting down the performance, the people-pleasing, and the endless need to be understood by everyone. It’s the moment peace starts speaking louder than noise.

📖 Read the full Journal entry:

https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2025/09/18/authentic-storytelling/

🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal — stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.

Give me 5 minutes, I’ll give you hope.

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