It's basically been the Fourth of July for a month straight, and I've got thoughts. This episode started with bottle rockets on my childhood cul-de-sac and ended up somewhere I didn't expect

We spend three billion dollars a year lighting things on fire for four seconds of glory, and I think we're doing the same thing with our opinions. This one's not really about politics to me. It's about what happens when we set the bomb down and love somebody quietly instead. No boom, no audience, just the kind of love that's still standing when the smoke clears.

00:00 – Intro: four weeks of Fourth of July

01:10 – Bottle rockets, walking targets, and my childhood cul-de-sac

05:15 – Why we can't stop exploding at everything,

06:30 – Christian nationalism is wrong, here's why

08:45 – The mindset behind the mortar

10:00 – Great deportation vs. Great Commission

11:20 – The "stop it" sermon I needed

12:30 – Who Jesus actually went to

13:40 – Why I stopped saying "thank you for your service"

5:00 – Set the bomb down

16:15 – Prayer

17:30 – PSA

Amber Weigand-Buckley is an Amazon #1 bestselling and multi-award-winning author, podcaster, and the founding editor and art director of the multi-award-winning Leading Hearts magazine. She's the #shortyellowpencilgirl living in a neurotypical world — navigating life with a beehive brain, a lot of sticky notes, and an unwavering belief that God wired her exactly right.

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