Episode 005: New Year's Resolutions (in February)

James Decker is a rural mayor. Dan Stewart is a rural pastor. Both care deeply about their local community and want to make Stamford TX better! This is not a podcast on politics or theology, but a conversation on how to be a good neighbor...

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On this episode, we discuss New Year's resolutions! Have you already given up on them? Did you set yourself up to fail? How can we set ourselves up for success?

0:00 - Introduction
2:00 - What are we reading?
  James Decker:
    1. G.K. Chesterton - The Outline of Sanity - Book Link.
    2. Christian Beamish - The Voyage of the Cormorant - Book Link.
  Dan Stewart:
    1. Cixin Liu - Death's End - Book Link.
    2. Joe Abercrombie - The First Law Triology - Book Link.
    3. Jeremy Popkin - A New World Begins - Book Link.
    4. Andy Stanley - Not in it to Win it - Book Link. 
12:30 - Resolution Discussion