Thaddeus Stevens College specializes in educating under-represented and under-resourced students for careers in the trade industry. Pedro Rivera, President at Thaddeus Stevens College, describes the gifts the and challenges of higher education in today’s changing climate. We discuss how Lancaster and the surrounding area is a unique environment where higher education can flourish.

To learn more about Pedro Rivera and Thaddeus Stevens College, visit https://stevenscollege.edu/

The need for mental health care is at an all time high in the United States, but the mental health crisis continues to rise.

Rev. Keith Espenshade, ACPE Educator at Penn Medicine - Lancaster General Hospital, introduces us to the idea that we all struggle with mental health, and suggests practical ways to love our neighbors and love ourselves.

To learn more about the CPE program at Penn Medicine check out - https://www.lancastergeneralhealth.org/health-care-professionals/clinical-pastoral-education

Kristin Neff - selfcompassion.com

If you are PA and in need of help for mental health, Contacting 988 will connect individuals to 24/7 free and confidential support if they are in distress or in need of prevention and crisis resources for themselves or a loved one.

This episode we are joined by Dr. Linda Cushman - retired Public Health Professor from Columbia University - now working here in Lancaster at Franklin & Marshall University. A long time volunteer of Church World Services, Linda describes the challenges and opportunities shared by refugees settling in Lancaster, and the way it has shaped her life over the years. Learn more about how you can help with Church World Services at cwslancaster.org or reaching out to us here at FPC, info@fpclancasterpa.org.

No, I Don’t Want to Join a Book Club -Virginia Ironside

I Feel Bad about My Neck - Nora Ephron

Faithful - Alice Hoffman