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Why should we make sourdough? Why is it important to farm sustainably? I fanatically need to know not just "how-to", but "why?" When I was fired from the medical system with untreatable infertility I asked a lot of "why's". I found my answers revealed in God's original design (of us and nature)- we were both CREATED HEALTHY and are undeniably connected. My perspective as a Christian color my career as a plant scientist, certified herbalist, and author. My faith in the answers I found in natu ...
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Rotten Mango

Stephanie Soo

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Rotten but still a little sweet! Rotten Mango is a true crime + all things spooky podcast. We love doing deep dives into the darkest crimes and we tend to not leave out any details - which can get a little rotten at times. If you want deep dives in the psychology of killers, no holding back storytelling of crimes, and stories of lesser known criminals from around the world this is the place for you. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Rotten Mango ad-free. Start a fr ...
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Join ”Just Johnda” for your dose of The Culture (News, Political, Pop, Celebrities and more) for those of us who like it straight, no chaser. She‘s an attorney, writer, commentator who will talk, debate and have an opinion about just about everything. Book: ”The Parenting Odyssey: Trials, Treasures and Triumphs of Parenting in a Pandemic” Link to Buy: https://mailchi.mp/38d20cee2b50/justjohnda
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I'd love to hear from you, text me your thoughts! Each stone was broken out of the earth, polished and smoothed to compliment its unique character AND to be a perfect compliment for the four stones it would be stacked against. This was done off site, with no tools present at the tabernacle build site. The craftsmanship needed to get this done offsi…
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I'd love to hear from you, text me your thoughts! It turns out that David's choice of where to send Solomon to be anointed as king wasn't random. Gihon was a military stronghold, an amplifier of sound, and a connection to the creation of the world! God's living waters were there to give life to the garden, and as Solomon came into his throne they w…
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I'd love to hear from you, text me your thoughts! Today I'm looking at a famous "deadly" plant. Almost everyone knows to fear it, but the interesting thing is... there might not actually be a reason for that. One of the most successful campaign to separate us from God is found in separating us from His creation. Fear of plants separates us from usi…
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September 11th, 2025, Yu Menglong, a Chinese actor with 25M followers is found dead in pools of his own blood after an alleged industry dinner party. Police quickly claim that he ‘drunkly fell’ from the fifth floor of the luxury Beijing apartment and close his case. Chinese netizens couldn’t disagree more. A list is released of all the high ranking…
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I'd love to hear from you, text me your thoughts! King David was so very imperfect, he sinned often... and thoroughly! For that reason he is an important figure to study when we want to see what sin does to our bodies (physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, AND social). David wasn't just a cautionary tale though- he was acutely aware that there wa…
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I'd love to hear from you, text me your thoughts! David felt his strength was in not being "thorny"... meaning he could easily be taken "in hand" when God felt he needed some correction. He said that almost in the same breath as he continued to make selfish choices- so God tested him. If presented with a choice of consequences for his actions- woul…
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I'd love to hear from you, text me your thoughts! That favorite holiday flick is all about how your life affects the lives of others in ways you may not always recognize. Today's reading reminds us that this is not only true in "good" ways, but also that we must be mindful about how our sin affects others. When David sinned by sleeping with Bathshe…
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I'd love to hear from you, text me your thoughts! Covenants and promises.... they're kind of like the root causes of illnesses. You can't ignore them forever. Even if you've broken your word, or stepped off God's path, it doesn't apply to just that moment in time. We can't move on without fixing the problem... broken promises and bad health choices…
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Yu Menglong, a famous actor is confirmed to be dead. The authorities say he fell to his death from the 5th floor of a luxury Beijing apartment that wasn’t his. They say it’s just a drunk accident and quickly rule out any foul play. They don’t investigate the dozen plus partygoers in the apt that evening… They don’t even investigate further into his…
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Family nudist camps. They’re real and exist today. Children are 100% allowed. Clothes are not. A lot of people wonder if it’s uncomfortable for children, which one camp addresses in their website’s FAQs: Q: Are children forced to be nude? A: The word “forced” is an emotionally loaded word that suggests unreasonable force or other inappropriate coer…
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We went to see Luigi Mangione in court. September 16, 2025, in a New York State Courthouse, Mangione’s terrorism charges are dropped. The courtroom remains silent with court officers stationed at every corner. There are cheers from protestors right outside the courthouse. A strange energy clash between mainstream media and the members of the public…
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I'd love to hear from you, text me your thoughts! Have you ever wanted something so badly that you spent all your time praying for it. It might have consumed your every waking thought- to the extent that you decided that God's quiet must mean you need to get out there and help yourself? I think it's pretty common. I've DEFINITELY done it. But, when…
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I'd love to hear from you, text me your thoughts! Any parent who has ever experienced the loss of a child struggles with why. Why would a just God allow babies to die. But what do we do with the idea that God would intentionally allow a baby to die as a punishment for a parent's sin? The story of David and Bathsheeba requires a bit of wrestling... …
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I'd love to hear from you, text me your thoughts! One of those BIG lessons we have to learn as God's children is that when He takes something away, it isn't in our best interest to go chasing after it. It's part of learning obedience to trust that God removes things from our life because He loves us. There is always something better coming! If God …
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I'd love to hear from you, text me your thoughts! Who were the blind and the lame that David hates in 2 Samuel Chapter 5? The answer is found in putting the situation in context. Once we understand that this was figurative and not literal... we can ask ourselves- are there blind and lame people that fit into this passage from the present? If God pu…
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I'd love to hear from you, text me your thoughts! We are a finite being with very limited resources contained within our bodies. This means that we can only achieve a given set of things in a day, a week, a lifetime. Walking God's path in the purpose of our lives uses those resources wisely and efficiently- funneling them all toward our purpose wit…
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It is not until Spetmber 17th, 2025 that the body found in D4vd’s Tesla is identified as 14 year old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. And she has been missing for over a year. The last time her family saw her in person seems to be in April of 2024 though her family has remained out of the public eye with no official statements. The police are quiet. The me…
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I'd love to hear from you, text me your thoughts! Young king David was in an impossible situation. He idolized the king and had become like a brother to the king's son. God came along an annointed him the new king, all while Saul still lived. As both an idol and a father figure, he clearly craved Saul's approval... or at least an absence of the des…
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I'd love to hear from you, text me your thoughts! We all are guilty of trying to go our own way instead of staying on God's path from time to time. The degree to which we damage ourselves and/or others is determined by how far we stray. After David was rejected by the Philistine commanders he literally walks back to his people at Ziklag...only to f…
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I'd love to hear from you, text me your thoughts! We aren't designed to procrastinate, especially when we are avoiding God's plans. In fact, it's the definition of sin... to go our own way, to serve our own desires or to seek our own counsel instead of God's. We all do it though- put off something that is uncomfortable emotionally or physically. Th…
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None of the people that are carrying the casket are saying anything. They just roll it into the building. Once the casket finds its spot in the room, people file in to pay their respects. It’s not an open casket but as people pass by the roses and the guestbook, they see that the casket is for a young man depicted in a blood stained dress shirt. Th…
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I'd love to hear from you, text me your thoughts! In today's episode we're looking at the circumstances around two different swords. One is given and one was taken. The symbolism surrounding their stories couldn't be more different. If you thought King David's story was about someone perfect who was chosen by God because he had it all together in t…
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I'd love to hear from you, text me your thoughts! If we're being honest about reading the Bible as true, cover to cover, we can't just gloss over the parts that seem to make God sound bad. My faith needs to be strong enough to lean into the difficult spots and question my Creator to find an answer. In 1 Samuel 16 we're told that God "sent an evil s…
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MDC Brooklyn is a notoriously known prison in New York. The beds are made of steel and you get a 1.5 inch foam mattress to throw on top. There are no pillows and the showers have the thinnest curtain for privacy. The food is not so surprisingly prison slop. On the menu are ‘murder burgers’ which one inmate describes the meat patty being like shoe l…
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I'd love to hear from you, text me your thoughts! We are told to "put on the armor of God". We are told that we have the ability to do that, but it's an important distinction that not just anyone can put on God's armor- it's only those whose identity has been rooted in Christ. Only Christians can take up God's protection. Saul wanted to be a good k…
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A new true crime documentary has just been released on Netflix titled, ‘Unknown Number.’ The twist at the end is so unexpected and shocking that people start making TikToks of their friends and family’s reactions. The premise: Lauryn and Owen are thirteen year olds navigating a middle school romance until they get put into a group chat with an unkn…
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The story was simple. Perhaps, a little too simple. Rebecca says she pulled into the parking lot of the sports store with her 7 month old son, Emmanuel. She went to get him from the back but a creepy man walked up to her, said “hola,” knocked her out, and stole her son. A tragic situation. But what if it never even happened? There are so many quest…
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Ikbal's mother has been trying to get in contact with her daughter for over an hour at this point. Ikbal had been dealing with a stalker for a few years and her family were frantic. One more try. Ikbal’s mother dials for her daughter. Click. Someone picks up the phone, but the response is not from a 19 yo teenage daughter. It’s a low, quiet voice; …
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I'd love to hear from you, text me your thoughts! The almighty "If/Then" statement... part math, part logic and part contract. The clear understanding here is that there are two sides to the equation. It only works if both sides are balanced one with the other. We are constantly being romanced, in current Western culture, into believing that someho…
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I'd love to hear from you, text me your thoughts! When Israel begged for a king so they could be like all the other nations around them Samuel told them they were being wicked. God flat out said that they were rejecting Him in favor of an earthly king. But God has always put people in positions of authority... Moses, priests, judges, men at the hea…
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It will be their first time seeing each other in 20+ years. The last time they saw each other was when they broke up after college. Now, so much has changed. He’s gotten out of prison for killing his childhood abuser. She’s started her own business and moved on with her life. Maybe this is a bad idea. Maybe they have nothing in common anymore. Mayb…
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I'd love to hear from you, text me your thoughts! What happens when God's hand rests heavily on you and you have no intermediary? The Philistines cast golden representatives of the tumors that happened in every one of their cities as the ark of the covenant traveled among them! In the old testament, it took a priest who had lived a life set apart a…
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I'd love to hear from you, text me your thoughts! Hannah made a deal with God for healing her infertility- that she would give the only thing she owned in the world right back to Him... for life! That meant that she would give Samuel away to Eli the priest to be raised. Eli, it turns out, may have been a decent priest, but he was an absolute disast…
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I'd love to hear from you, text me your thoughts! Don't let anyone ever tell you that God does not think women are important! Here in Ruth is proof positive that honors a woman's choice in powerful ways... allowing these choices to change the course of history and take part in His ultimate plans. Men may be featured in a lot of the stories told in …
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What happened that day in that little house in the woods is not a debate. The evidence is all there. The blood, the wounds, the dead man lying on the floor of the living room. That night while the homeowner was watching TV - Clark Fredericks walked in, slashed at him with a hunting knife, stabbing him all over his chest, before finally slitting his…
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I'd love to hear from you, text me your thoughts! The meek and humble are said to inherit the earth, but I don't think that happens simply because of their character. There is an action that the meek and the humble take in relation to "the earth" that guarantees there is something to inherit. I think David captures it beautifully in Psalms 37. He s…
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I'd love to hear from you, text me your thoughts! Are we ill because we (or someone in our family) sinned? When we're sick- does it mean we're "bad"? If we believe that God designed our bodies, we must accept that He knows how to make that design work best. If we further believe that sin is anything that goes against His will... any time we go our …
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I'd love to hear from you, text me your thoughts! I'm sure you were encouraged as a kid to be careful who your friends were... that you might be trying to do the right thing, but if your friends were up to no good, you might get caught up in the mess? Unfortunately, it is all too human to want to fit in.. to be liked... and so it's pretty easy to m…
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It’s a little strange for a eulogy to go viral especially when it’s not dedicated to a politician or celebrity that’s passed, but this eulogy is for the joint funeral of a couple Kristin and James Brock. Killed in their sleep while their two daughters slept just a few doors away. The killer is still on the loose. Kristin’s eldest daughter gives the…
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I'd love to hear from you, text me your thoughts! It's incredibly easy to consult ourselves when faced with life's choices. Sometimes we may feel like our problems are too trivial to bother God with... and sometimes we seek answers within ourselves because we like our answers better than God! The trouble with looking for our own answers... or askin…
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July 5th, 2025 a predator in Nanjing, China is arrested. He’s been nicknamed, ‘Uncle Red’ and his face gets plastered on the news. Finally. The community can breathe and go about their daily lives, right? No. Netizens instead start a boycott and it works. No future travel into or through Nanjing. Gyms are shutting down. No one wants to visit. Some …
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Almost exactly a year before John O’Keefe is found in the snow outside of Boston detective Brian Albert’s home, Sandra Birchmore is found dead in her apartment in the middle of a blizzard. In her phone are thousands of messages between her and a police detective that indicate he is the father of her unborn child. But of course, it’s never that simp…
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Karen Read claims she did not kill her boyfriend. She dropped him off at a friend’s house for a party and he was found the next morning, deceased on the front lawn. The party goers say that he never came inside which has everyone believing Karen Read ran him over with her car. But she says that never happened. Then how do you explain the 40+ pieces…
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Colin Albert is the son of one of the most powerful families in town. And he was supposed to be anywhere but 34 Fairview, the night John O’Keefe died. For months, not a single witness that spoke with authorities ever stated Colin Albert was at the house that night. Until, John’s girlfriend, Karen Read, gets charged with his death. She knows she did…
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It’s a blizzard party. A group of friends at a house, getting drunk, before they all drive back home. By 2AM, the snow is coming down hard and the party goers have left for their own homes. Only the residents of 34 Fairview Road remain. At least that’s what they say. Within just a few hours, the frozen body of John O’Keefe is found outside on their…
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I'd love to hear from you, text me your thoughts! Just because your mama prayed you into this world doesn’t mean you’re walking with God. ⠀ Samson had a calling on his life… but not much interest in answering it. Entitled. Impulsive. Reckless. Sound familiar? ⠀ His mom vowed him to God from the womb — but a personal relationship with the Lord isn’t…
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I'd love to hear from you, text me your thoughts! Ever found yourself bargaining with God in a desperate moment? You’re not alone — but the Bible warns us to be very careful with our words. ⠀ Jephthah made a vow he couldn’t take back. And the cost? Unimaginable. ⠀ This week’s episode dives into the danger of overpromising and the seriousness of mak…
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I'd love to hear from you, text me your thoughts! When things fall apart—we’re quick to hand it over: “God, please take this.” But when things start going right? We just as quickly take credit. 🚗 It’s like we want God to drive through the storms, but jump into the front seat the moment the skies clear. The truth? You can’t pick and choose when God …
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I'd love to hear from you, text me your thoughts! Ever find yourself saying, “What are the chances?” 🚪 A door opens. 📞 Someone calls at just the right time. 💬 A conversation answers a prayer you didn’t even speak aloud. When you’re walking the narrow path… these things don’t just happen. They’re not accidents. They’re assignments. What we call “coi…
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I'd love to hear from you, text me your thoughts! Good judgment isn’t something you’re born with. It’s something you choose to grow. 📖 The Israelites—the very people God chose—are a living cautionary tale: They struggled with peer pressure. They gave in to fear. They wavered with the winds of culture and bad decisions. Sound familiar? The truth is:…
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