The strength to endure a difficult life is not usually what we ask for at the beginning. Most of us pray for relief, for answers, for the hard parts to be taken away. I know I have. I have asked God to smooth the road, to fix what hurts, to rewind the clock to before everything cracked open and spilled into places I was not ready to face.

Over time, I have learned that endurance is a different kind of gift. This reflection explores the quiet strength that forms when life does not get easier, but we grow steadier. Drawing on wisdom from unexpected places and lived experience, this story looks at patience, resilience, and the kind of faith that does not escape suffering but learns how to remain present within it. Endurance is not about toughness. It is about staying rooted when the storm does not pass quickly.

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https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/01/08/strength-to-endure/

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Rule 66 never began as a campaign or a slogan. It began at a kitchen table that smelled like percolated coffee, ground by hand in a bright red grinder, where my mother quietly taught me how to live. That table became my first classroom, where I learned how to treat people, when to hold my tongue, and how to lead with grace even when life was messy.

This reflection looks back at the woman who shaped the road I’m still traveling. Though she’s been gone more than forty years, her words still echo, reminding me to pause before speaking, offer grace before arguing, never let someone leave hungry, and lift the spirit before leaving the room. Rule 66 is the direction her wisdom pointed me toward, and it still leads me home.

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https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/01/01/rule-66/

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Love came quietly that night, without fanfare or bright lights. Not through a throne or a trumpet, but through a manger that smelled of hay and hope. This Christmas reflection returns to the humility of God’s arrival, reminding us that heaven chose the ordinary, the lowly, and the quiet as its doorway into the world.

Two thousand years later, love still arrives the same way. Not in headlines or spectacle, but in kitchens where meals are shared, church halls where strangers gather around a table, and small acts of kindness offered without applause. This story reflects on serving Christmas dinner, on modern Bethlehem moments hidden in plain sight, and on the truth that love does not need to make noise to change everything. It only needs to arrive, and stay.

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https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2025/12/25/love-came-quietly/

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Sharing your story of faith changes you too. When you speak what God has done, you hear it again with your own ears. Memory turns into gratitude, gratitude into courage, and courage into another mile you are willing to walk. This week’s reflection explores why faith stories are not about impressing, explaining, or forcing conclusions. They are about witnessing what is real and trusting that God was faithful, even when understanding came later.

This story reflects on the quiet responsibility that comes with sharing and receiving sacred stories. Ask more than you answer. Guard what is entrusted to you. Choose humility over hurry. When love is the motive and kindness is the method, stories breathe, heal, and become trail markers for those still finding their way. Telling your story is an act of faith, a way of saying that what God did in you matters enough to be shared.

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https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2025/12/18/sharing-your-story-of-faith/

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Healing rarely arrives all at once. Most days it moves slow, mile by mile, while you live your ordinary life. This week’s reflection is Part Two of the three part series “Living the Mission Statement,” a look at what it means to live the words God handed me: drive, heal, and tell others what He has done.

Grace on the move is quiet and steady. It shows up while you drive, while you work, while you sort through the pieces you wish you could rush. The desert doesn’t hurry its blooming and the rain doesn’t rush its falling. Healing follows that same rhythm, gentle and honest, showing up right on time.

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https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2025/12/11/heal-grace-on-the-move/

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Faith in motion begins in the quiet before dawn when the world feels half asleep and the road waits without answers. This reflection is part one of a three-part Thanksgiving series called “Living the Mission Statement,” three stories exploring what it means to live the message God handed me: “Drive, heal, and tell others what I’ve done for you.”

In Part One: Drive, I talk about what faith actually feels like on the road. Not a finish line, not a medal, but a lane. A place to stay steady. A place to move forward even when the map is foggy. These are the slow miles with God, the ones that carry you farther than you ever expected.

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S1E13

This Roadside Notes episode tells the story of a Thanksgiving spent on Route 66, in a small Flagstaff café running on the last scoops of stuffing and the final crumbs of pie. What began as a simple dinner on the road became a moment of unexpected grace when four strangers shared dessert and found themselves connected by more than a holiday.

In a room full of travelers — truck drivers, young couples, families far from home — Mary noticed an older couple quietly grieving the loss of their holiday tradition. One generous gesture turned into two, and soon four slices of pie brought four people together in the kind of warmth no menu can promise.

This is a story about gratitude that whispers, kindness that multiplies, and the holy way strangers become family when you make room for one more at the table.

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This week’s Roadside Notes steps back from the noise, slows the pace, and puts both hands on the heart of the Faith and Good Courage project. In this Journal reading, Christopher Tuttle shares the Mission Statement that guides every story, every episode, and every moment of grace found along the road.

It is a promise rooted in kindness, courage, spiritual honesty, and the simple belief that even in hard seasons, hope is never far from reach.

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