Live Ridiculously Responsive to the Promptings of God

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The Ridiculous Hour Foundation is a nonprofit dedicated to inspiring lives ridiculously responsive to the promptings of God. Monthly, the Foundation releases mission packs that challenge recipients to grow in practical responsiveness to the promptings of God. In this podcast, Founder Kat Silverglate brings each mission challenge to life through story, expanded content, prayer and ridiculous encouragement. Won't you join us as we grow toward ridiculous responsiveness?

All Episodes

Each of our podcast episodes coincides directly with a Monthly Mobile Mission. Here you can listen at your own pace your own way. To view them all, simply scroll down in the section below. Who knows what kind of ridiculous promptings you may hear along the way!

Episode 59: Tamper Evident Joy

Episode 59: Tamper Evident Joy

Ever see those "tamper resistant seals" that restaurants use on plastic to-go cups to assure the purchaser that th...

00:13:22

November 01, 2024

Episode 58: Wash

Episode 58: Wash

If anybody asked us whether our lives had a central theme, we'd probably bumble and stumble and waffle and throw i...

00:17:54

October 02, 2024

Episode 57: Feather Weight

Episode 57: Feather Weight

Conflict is weighty. Unresolved conflict after genuine attempts at reconciliation can be downright heavy. Our sto...

00:19:56

September 01, 2024

Episode 56: Moved

Episode 56: Moved

Does anybody love moving? Sure, we may love where we are going, like change or love that we are leaving something ...

00:18:09

August 01, 2024

Episode 55: Partly Cloudy With a Chance of...

Episode 55: Partly Cloudy With a Chance...

For most of us, receiving help is harder than giving it. Particularly when we don't know someone very well. We...

00:13:02

July 01, 2024

Episode 54: Don't Forget to Remember

Episode 54: Don't Forget to Remember

In her book Compelled by Love, Heidi Baker, a missionary in Mozambique, describes a condition we may all have. Or ...

00:18:40

June 01, 2024

Episode 53: Blah Blah Blah

Episode 53: Blah Blah Blah

Imposter syndrome plagues writers. No matter how many times you try to talk them off the ledge or give them a pep ...

00:19:10

May 01, 2024

Episode 52: Thunk Thunk Thunk

Episode 52: Thunk Thunk Thunk

The racetrack ride at Disney – The Speedway to Tomorrowland – is shockingly real to a kid. Bright popping colo...

00:17:05

April 02, 2024

Episode 51: Do-Over

Episode 51: Do-Over

Ever ironed a crease in the wrong spot in a garment? Once that crease gets set and cool, it's pretty challengi...

00:15:30

March 01, 2024

Episode 50: I Signed Up for This

Episode 50: I Signed Up for This

We've all said it. Under our breath. In our heads. On our knees. To a trusted friend in whispered tones. &quot...

00:19:34

January 31, 2024

Episode 49: Boxing

Episode 49: Boxing

Some say when we pray for patience, God allows challenges and tests. How else would one know the presence of patie...

00:24:57

December 27, 2023

Episode 48: Pocket Confetti

Episode 48: Pocket Confetti

Have you seen that viral social media post with the eight-year-old in the car with Mom?8YO: “Do you want me to...

00:14:42

December 02, 2023

Episode 47: Feast Mode

Episode 47: Feast Mode

When we are invited to a dinner with fancy napkins, we know there's something more than food being served. We ...

00:19:38

October 21, 2023

Episode 46: Lights Up, So That...

Episode 46: Lights Up, So That...

Our story this month begins with a five-time Emmy winning sports producer who moves from a big city to Boise Idaho...

00:17:19

October 01, 2023

Episode 45: Salt & ...

Episode 45: Salt & ...

You ARE (fill in the blank) is very different than you MUST BE something. Or you HAVE something. Think about these...

00:14:00

September 01, 2023

Episode 44: Mid-Life: Reinforcing Holes

Episode 44: Mid-Life: Reinforcing Holes

The phrase mid-life is curious, isn't it? Especially when we have no way of knowing where the middle will be. ...

00:17:30

August 02, 2023

Episode 43: Old Love New Love

Episode 43: Old Love New Love

There is a truth that would make most of us viscerally nod our heads up and down -- a phrase that tugs our heart s...

00:18:18

June 29, 2023

Episode 42: Still with the IF in LifE

Episode 42: Still with the IF in LifE

We are so fond of the phrase "life is a gift," and it is; but, the middle letters in both these words, l...

00:22:42

June 01, 2023

Episode 41: Tested Hope

Episode 41: Tested Hope

What is hope before it's tested? It's a funny question, isn't it? I mean, we know transformation happe...

00:25:00

May 01, 2023

Episode 40: Active Waiting

Episode 40: Active Waiting

Waiting sounds like such a passive thing, doesn't it? The act of waiting. You let time pass until the wait is ...

00:17:58

April 01, 2023

Episode 39: Nothing Wasted With God

Episode 39: Nothing Wasted With God

I'm too old. I'm too young. I'm too inexperienced. I'm too poor. I don't have any talents. I'm too tired. I'm too ...

00:23:06

March 01, 2023

Episode 38: Texture

Episode 38: Texture

In 1964 a father penned a bedtime story for his sons called Flat Stanley. In it, Stanley is flattened by a falling...

00:17:04

February 01, 2023

Episode 37: Counting Detours

Episode 37: Counting Detours

We buy planners this time of year. Preprinted commercial books that give space for yearly goals, monthly calendars...

00:17:10

January 01, 2023

Episode 36: More!

Episode 36: More!

Our mission story this month starts with a little girl who communicates through sign language a desperate desire f...

00:18:36

November 29, 2022

Episode 35: Team Lift

Episode 35: Team Lift

Have you ever seen a team lift? A group of people reaching the least, the lost and the lonely TOGETHER! It's beaut...

00:13:27

October 31, 2022

Episode 34: Do Not Stack

Episode 34: Do Not Stack

Do you give your trust to God in difficult circumstances and then find yourself fretting, worrying, and spinning? ...

00:19:22

October 01, 2022

Episode 33: God Size

Episode 33: God Size

Are you a resizer? You feel a nudge, a poke, a prompt a call from the Lord and immediately decide it's the wrong s...

00:16:49

September 01, 2022

Episode 32: Do Not Separate

Episode 32: Do Not Separate

Ever notice how some truths seem to go together? Stating one without the counterpart leaves you wanting to complet...

00:13:31

July 30, 2022

Episode 31: Word Power

Episode 31: Word Power

Ever had to eat your words? Tasted the bitter fruit of words spoken a little too quickly? Rashly? Carelessly? We a...

00:14:09

July 01, 2022

Episode 30: Orchid [with ridiculous emphasis on the last three letters... HID]

Episode 30: Orchid [with ridiculous emp...

Our story this month begins with a spectacular gift that accidentally ended up on the trash heap and ends with a t...

00:12:38

June 03, 2022

Episode 29: Love is a Tuesday

Episode 29: Love is a Tuesday

We live in a world that celebrates very visible things. Someone gets an award. Earns a degree. Delivers a speech. ...

00:12:38

May 03, 2022

Episode 28: Small Moves Big Faith

Episode 28: Small Moves Big Faith

We live in a world obsessed with BIG. Big outcomes. Big following. Big titles. Big results. Big names. Big awards....

00:17:01

April 11, 2022

Episode 27: Claim Check

Episode 27: Claim Check

We walk the same paths around our postage stamp dwellings -- over and over again. The hallway. The bathroom. The k...

00:13:58

March 03, 2022

Episode 26: The Boundary Protection Program

Episode 26: The Boundary Protection Pro...

I've always associated boundary tape with controversy. Those little neon strips of plastic tied to twigs on trees ...

00:16:40

February 01, 2022

Episode 25 What's Your Prefix

Episode 25 What's Your Prefix

The new year is exciting, especially when we've crushed our goals from the prior year. But what about those years ...

00:16:27

January 04, 2022

Episode 24: Here We Grow Again

Episode 24: Here We Grow Again

I don't know about you, but when I imagine a Gallery Artist in Residence, I think of someone who is so elevated in...

00:16:35

December 06, 2021

Episode 23: BTW -- by the way

Episode 23: BTW -- by the way

LOL, ILY, TTYL, BTW -- we type these little phrases now without wondering whether the person on the other end of t...

00:13:31

November 04, 2021

Episode 22: Life Under the Wing

Episode 22: Life Under the Wing

Do you have a place you go to keep from going stir crazy? A place where you feel covered and protected? Like your ...

00:13:22

October 04, 2021

Episode 21: Fragile -- Handle with Care

Episode 21: Fragile -- Handle with Care

Fragile seems synonymous with weak, doesn't it? Like a decidedly negative attribute. But think about really good g...

00:11:45

September 09, 2021

Episode 20: The Stranger Prayer Project

Episode 20: The Stranger Prayer Project

Ever prayed for a stranger? Ever had strangers pray for you? Don't you wonder sometimes if your prayers are heard?...

00:18:06

August 01, 2021

Episode 19: The Time is Now

Episode 19: The Time is Now

Sometimes we have a moment where God's presence is simply undeniable. In the retelling, it seems... well, made up....

00:15:39

June 30, 2021

Episode 18: Remarkable

Episode 18: Remarkable

We are a people who mark! Humans tend to mark things. We mark birthdays and anniversaries and dates of death. But ...

00:13:19

June 22, 2021

Episode 17: Breaking the Ice

Episode 17: Breaking the Ice

Ice breakers can be mortifying to the extroverts out there. Forced connection in a quasi public setting challenges...

00:16:53

June 22, 2021

Episode 16: From Soft Hearts to Hard Feet

Episode 16: From Soft Hearts to Hard Fe...

God tells us that He takes our heart of stone and makes a heart of flesh. He gives us soft hearts, sensitive to hi...

00:16:03

June 21, 2021

Episode 15: Go Gloved, Go Loved

Episode 15: Go Gloved, Go Loved

Praise and compliments are tricky things, aren't they? People want to appreciate us for what we do or how we contr...

00:12:56

June 21, 2021

Episode 14: Whatever is Just

Episode 14: Whatever is Just

We hear the word "just" and a number of synonyms come to mind. Fair. Equitable. Equal. Level. But there are other ...

00:09:48

June 21, 2021

Episode 13: How to Set the Tone

Episode 13: How to Set the Tone

How will we set the tone for 2021? Better yet, who will set our personal tone for the year? What power do we have ...

00:09:34

June 21, 2021

Episode 12: Dare to Share Some Fruit

Episode 12: Dare to Share Some Fruit

We come to the end of a calendar year and we are already on to our new goals. "What's next," we ask? "What didn't ...

00:06:56

June 21, 2021

Episode 11: Let's Be Ridiculous Together

Episode 11: Let's Be Ridiculous Togethe...

As we approach Thanksgiving, we presume that mission organizations world wide will provide hope to the hopeless wi...

00:05:59

June 21, 2021

Episode 10: Don't Just Let it Fall!

Episode 10: Don't Just Let it Fall!

Fall reminds us with its dramatic leaves that we will be shedding our whole lives. Trees shed dead stuff, but peop...

00:06:42

June 21, 2021

Episode 9: I'll Take You There

Episode 9: I'll Take You There

When we are babies, we cry out and someone picks us up and takes us to the source of the solution. They take us to...

00:05:23

June 20, 2021

Episode 8: Disrupting Division

Episode 8: Disrupting Division

Join Host and Mission Founder Kat Silverglate as she shares The Ridiculous Hour Foundation's Report on Reaching Ac...

00:06:33

June 20, 2021

Episode 7: Checked Out For You

Episode 7: Checked Out For You

God is often prompting us to respond in subtle ways. We hear a sermon, and a friend pops in our mind. "She's...

00:09:36

June 20, 2021

Episode 6: Reaching Across A Divide

Episode 6: Reaching Across A Divide

We are in the middle of unspeakable divide. Election divide. Racial divide. Divide divide divide. Often we don't r...

00:07:08

June 20, 2021

Episode 5: The Masked Mission Report

Episode 5: The Masked Mission Report

When we become ridiculously responsive to the promptings of God and we trust that it isn't all up to us, we start ...

00:10:10

June 20, 2021

Episode 4: I Make Masks, What's YOUR Superpower?

Episode 4: I Make Masks, What's YOUR Su...

So often when God prompts us to respond, we look at our own limitations or lack and we think -- "He must be tappin...

00:10:22

June 20, 2021

Episode 3: Make Room at the Table

Episode 3: Make Room at the Table

God tells us there is room at the table. Come to the table, He generously offers. It's an astounding invitation, i...

00:09:12

June 20, 2021

Episode 2: Farmers Have Seeds

Episode 2: Farmers Have Seeds

How often do we feel a prompt or a nudge from the Lord to help someone, but we ignore it because we don't have the...

00:09:56

June 20, 2021

Episode 1: Respond to the Nudge

Episode 1: Respond to the Nudge

With the constant dings and buzzes and prompts that demand our attention, how on earth do we begin to prioritize t...

00:08:48

June 20, 2021