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Preaching: Rev. Dr. Stephen M. Fearing

Text: 2 Timothy 1:1-14

A single line from 2 Timothy—“Guard the good treasure entrusted to you”—opens a tender, practical conversation about how faith survives and flourishes across generations. We start with Paul’s charge to Timothy and the living faith of Lois and Eunice, then follow that thread into kitchens, classrooms, sanctuaries, and hospital halls where ordinary people pass on courage, love, and self-discipline when fear feels loudest. Along the way, we name the ache of families who no longer share the same practices and offer a wider frame: in Christ, family expands to mentors and friends who quietly keep us brave.

We share personal stories of women who modeled generosity and risk, teachers who renewed a love for Scripture, and congregants who embodied interfaith friendship. The heartbeat of the episode is intergenerational church life: a 100-year-old and a 12-year-old holding hands, a baptism viewed from above with a whole congregation promising to nurture a young life, and the realization that guarding the good treasure is never about hoarding. It’s about stewardship that gives itself away—resisting cruelty with compassion, greed with generosity, division with inclusion, and despair with resurrection hope.

If you’re exhausted by scorched-earth rhetoric, this conversation offers a gentler strength and a clear practice: name your Lois and Eunice, give thanks, and become that person for someone else. Listen for a vision of community that keeps promises, expands belonging, and treats everyday moments as sacred chances to protect what matters most. If the message resonates, subscribe, share this episode with someone who encouraged you, and leave a review with the name of the person who “smiled you into smiling.”

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