Around the Buoy, a podcast that centers on people who live, work and play on the water.
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You have never been a person who splashes around in the shallows. You swim toward deeper. Buoy is about moving through life with a resilient, unsinkable witness anchored in the power of seeking God’s nature. Faith that rocks. In open water. Spend a few minutes navigating a deeper perspective on how our faith is God's divine persuasion in our deep blue lives--how we witness to each other. 99 episodes. Because Jesus will leave the 99 to find you when you have lost your way (Matthew 18:12). If ...
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Ep.88: Team Wickedly Wildcat Tames the R2AK
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The Race to Alaska, a 750 mile Cannonball Run up the Canadian coast, is a simple race: survive the unpredictable weather, navigate whirlpools created from 20kt tidal rips, dodge shipping traffic, and lastly avoid being eaten by bears all with no outside support on an engineless boat. What could possibly go wrong? Adam Cove of Team Wickedly Wildcat …
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Episode 98. I Want to Live All of Life Coram Deo (show me your Glory, Lord) It is all about the knowing. About a relationship with our Creator that answers to, that fulfills all the shortcomings of our earthly connections with each other. From the beginning of creation, the Genesis of what we know as part of humanity, we seek and seek and seek—from…
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Episode 97. From Him, Through Him, and Back To Him (I am a Glory girl) God gives us what we need to bring His glory back to Him. I have never thought this before. I did not know this until He put it on my heart. My life purpose is to be obedient to what is from Him, and take the “from” to serve others through Him, so His glory returns to Him. I am …
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Episode 96. I Know God by His Revelation (my soul stirs for reconciliation of the heavens and earth) I spend a good portion of BUOY in the scripture. I believe it’s the most powerful place to hang out together. I suspect I lose humans long before I say “His grace, my gratitude...” because of all the scriptures I note. But I do so as if studying the…
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Episode 95. What I Keep Asking God to Give You (the mystery of Christ) Ephesians 1:9-10 9 he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, 10 to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment—to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ. Paul starts with the “mys…
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Episode 94. The Questions Jesus Gives Us to Ask (because He never met a stranger) Jesus has never and will never meet a stranger. I am following the man who knows everyone. And it is through His eyes I want to see those who I do not yet know. The Gospels give us the roadmap for how Jesus did it, and how we are to do it. The beauty of asking the que…
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Episode 93. Eve’s Apple and God’s Question (I fell with her—separated from my Creator) Choices shape our spiritual journey. What happened in the Garden is part of the DNA of what happens in our lives. We are part of The Fall. In my life today, I accept that when I stand in front of the tree that makes me my own god, I need to do this: Pray for clar…
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Give God Your Problem Through Praise (a DIY Psalm for bringing your humility to His solution)
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Episode 92. Give God Your Problem Through Praise (a DIY Psalm for bringing your humility to His solution) What % of your time would you say you hold on to your problems, every day? 10% or 75%, 30% or double that, at 60%? This scenario is something God frees us from. Seems appropriate to think about during freedom week of 2024. I hadn’t thought abou…
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Episode 91. I Lost Someone Twice (who I am not done loving in Christ Alone) ...think about the emotional shards in your relationships that leave parts of your life broken, bleeding, splintered by conversations unspoken, dialogues that went downhill, moments and memories on hold, and for some, the abrupt call of mortality to cut it all short. Think …
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I Rode the A Train to Eternity (a garden conversation at The Cloisters that stirred my soul)
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Episode 90. I Rode the A Train to Eternity (a garden conversation at The Cloisters that stirred my soul) Earthly life teaches us what part we each have in the story of God’s Genesis. How we work through our mortality in God’s story about His eternity. And the one most jarring earthly collision with the soul, that feeling of spiraling isolation when…
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Episode 89. Solus Christus. In Christ Alone (I am not alone). What “in Christ alone” means to me and how I fight it with the futility of my human nature. I know that sounds a little too weighty. Maybe this. I fight it with trying to help Christ save me. As if He did not. I think of “casting shade” as not living as if Christ has completed the story.…
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Episode 88 When You Feel Like Jumpin’ Ship (honor the struggle of God’s work in You) Life is full of wanting to abandon the struggle. A struggle that is tethered to, grounded in, conversations, memories, love, respect, honor, collaboration, laughter, crying, caring, sharing the intimacy of human nature. I am talking about the human cargo in every r…
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Ep.87: Restoration of the Schooner L.A. DUNTON
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We are very lucky in New England to have an organization like Mystic Seaport and its Henry B. Du Pont Preservation Shipyard, the first shipyard in the nation dedicated to the preservation of historic vessels, both large and small. Join us on this episode of ATB as we talk with Walt Ansel, Director of the Henry B. du Pont Preservation Shipyard, abou…
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Episode 87. Obedience is the Path to God’s Presence and Provision (enough said) I think obedience is how we know God more deeply, how we connect to His presence. When He asks us to obey His commands, He is literally asking us to obey His nature. He created us in His image. This is a promise: that we take on His attributes when we do the things He d…
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God’s Providence through His Presence (His nearness is the provision for my future) The corners I put God in, are because I only see in part. I corner God when I can’t understand His presence, His reach, His provision for my life. I put my timeless, eternal God in timeout. I won’t belabor this. When He asks me “Am I only a God nearby?” Even though …
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I need to show I am open to helping others more (Jesus said, “Your light is a house on a hill.”)
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Episode 85 ... do something from what you see. Do something for someone who needs more than they asked for... one time I helped get a spicy pepper product for a lady in a wheelchair at Costco, and when she said “this is the only pepper to use when frying chicken” I spent the next 15 minutes getting her recipe. Just time being with her, hearing abou…
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Who is Willing to Consecrate Themselves to the Lord Today? (calling all broken spirits and cedar logs)
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Episode 84. Who is Willing to Consecrate Themselves to the Lord Today? (calling all broken spirits and cedar logs) Psalm 51:17 17 My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise. I am layer upon layer crazy about this... that the thing we can give to God through the agency of our free will, are the th…
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Episode 83. I Sing to the Lord a New Song (wake up to His faithfulness) Turning our face toward God, toward Jesus, focusing on His faithfulness, is the best possible training for singing to Him. We are made in His image, so our faith comes from His faithfulness. When we look to Him for the lyrics to a new song every morning, and throughout our day,…
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Episode 82. I Pray Beyond the Healing (my suffering is parenthetical to His Glory) So, what is so important to me, and for you, human, is to praise how God stabilizes us, so we can do His will for His glory. I pray every morning—because this is one of my diehard fears, that something like vertigo will stand in the way of His purpose for my life—so …
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Ep.86: Wreck Diving with Eric Takakjian
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Wreck diving is a perfect mix of maritime history and ocean exploration and that is why we at ATB are fascinated with the subject. For the past five decades, Eric Takajian has been diving on deepest and most infamous wrecks in the world and at the same time discovering over seventy of history’s most notorious lost ships. From German U-Boats to ocea…
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BUOY Episode 81. God Gives Me a Willing Spirit (when I bring my broken spirit to Him) Psalm 51: 11-12 11 Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. 12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. When I drift, I lose my joy. It’s the first thing to go... I remember having had it, I k…
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Episode 80. .... It does mean we all make one binary choice. God, or man. God, or things, God, or fame. God, or fortune. God, or followers. Am I trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? There is a timely moment in your life, human, when you decide to take that one-way all-in ride to your abbey, your purpose according to how your Creat…
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Episode 79. What we want is often not what Jesus was sent to do. Or for the purpose for which He was sent. Jesus asks me to get clear, be honest about what is in my heart, be honest about why I am approaching Him. Jesus is not the Savior of our selfish purposes. He is the Savior of our selfish nature. Jesus is not the Lord of our self-proclaimed li…
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Jesus Prayed This WHY For Us the Night He Was Arrested (“that the love you have for me... ”)
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It was just before the Passover Festival; Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world. He had just washed their feet, predicted his death for a final time, and predicted Peter’s denial three times before the rooster crows. (John 13) This was his last night with his disciples before his death. To comfort, to assure, to inspire, to …
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Revelation 22:12-13 12 Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to each person according to what they have done. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. Jesus was with God in the beginning, and He proclaims that He is the one who conquers the ending to God’s story. His Heavenly Father…
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The new covenant we have with God through His Son, lives in every moment. I love that God’s nature is timeless. That His presence doesn’t require a special day or a particular moment to do what He plans to do. He is always, constantly, going before me. Clearing a Psalm 139 path for my earthly ascent to a heavenly home. Jesus always “goes before and…
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Episode 75 I Have a Covenant with My Creator (sealed with the blood of the One) Hebrews 8:10 10 This is the covenant I will establish with the people of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. What a powerful way to stay in His pres…
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Ep.85: Sara Stone
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The America’s Cup has always been about pushing yacht design to the limit and embracing changes to keep the sport relevant for future sailors. But over the past 153 years, the teams have been predominantly filled with male crews with opportunities few and far between for female sailors to compete. In a move to change that, the organizers of the 37t…
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Episode 74 I am Worthy of His Calling (because He is worthy) Give me a minute more human, to witness why this is mind-blowing to me... I can intellectually check all the boxes Maclaren lays out. That I am unworthy, that I can commit to not striving to be worthy as if by my own power, that I can accept my life on God’s terms – that it is all a gift …
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Part 2 Suffering is a Selfless Way to Love (five affirmations + two steps on what to do when loving someone seems like an unfair proposition)
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Episode 73. The love God gives us is a divine, selfless love. My spiritual commission is to be clear and convicted, to remain clear and convicted about the Jesus who has resurrected my heart, so I can wrap my heart around the lives of others in my path. That I embody the death of Jesus, and His resurrection through my life and actions. That’s the p…
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Paul’s dissenters thought he suffered too much to be Spirit-filled, that he was weak and tossed about in his person (his trials, imprisonments, etc.), that his life did not represent the authority of God. But what this letter does is open the unseen of Paul’s life. I landed on this threshold of suffering because I am a jar made of clay. And God has…
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When we confess, it is like saying “here” at roll call. It is our time to tell God when we did not choose Him, when we did not choose His Will, His way, when we tried to get out ahead of Him, when we tried to rule alongside Him, when we treated His people poorly, or when we gave our minds and hearts to something, anything, other than Him. When we n…
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Ep.84: Must Be Nice Lobster
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The expression, “Must Be Nice” is often a dig towards someone else's perceived luck or easy road to success. Whoa, you vacationed in Aspen... MUST BE NICE! Today's guest, Sadie Samuels, might single-handedly change that phrase's definition. Starting at the age of 7, Sadie has made her own luck with an unstoppable drive to catch lobsters. Now with a…
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We have longings that we choose to pursue like the prodigal son, through earthly means. What I call the human gain of things. We are all distracted, selfish, consumed, confused, restless, lost, prideful, arrogant, idol worshipers, and what else? Whatever keeps us spiritually compromised, depleted, paralyzed. Until we are found. What brings us to re…
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A hush comes over the room, you hear a rushing sound, and see a cloud come over the desk and He begins to tell you, a beneficiary, what you will receive in His Kingdom. Because you have died to sin and will live with Him forever. You believe that. You have professed that. You count on that. Although the room is filled with people, you fall deeply i…
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A beautiful and enduring prophetic assurance comes from the God of Moses, the same God of the apostle John. Deuteronomy 30:14 14 No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it. John 1:1 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. This summons me to yield to the power of …
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I just finished reading the Old Testament. 872 pages. With one question: What happened, God? For those who are jumpin’ on BUOY for the first time, I made this commitment to immerse myself in God’s journey with His people. Not as a student, not as part of a Bible study with a group, not as a daily devotional over the course of a year. Not as a follo…
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Deuteronomy 11:7 But it was your own eyes that saw all these great things the Lord has done. In Verse 7 Moses calls out each Israelite on this journey as a first-person witness. I see this as saying... take responsibility for what you know about the power of God in your life. You are a first-person witness. When we make that divine decision to love…
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EP. 83: Shaw & Tenney
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Shaw & Tenney has been supplying traditional, heirloom quality oars and paddles since 1858. As the second oldest manufacturer of marine products in the U.S., little has changed over those 165 years. In fact, the company has only been owned by three families until this summer when Neil Gutekunst took the reins. A Marine Corps veteran, Neil is not af…
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Episode 65. I bookmarked God. It was my personalized assurance that He was important, and it did short-term wonders for sending my guilt into hibernation. By bookmarking, I was acknowledging His importance, and my commitment to return to Him. Just give me a little more time on my own... out there, Lord. Matthew 9:9 As Jesus went on from there, He s…
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The Perfect Gift to Give for Christmas (Part 3 - rejoicing that God so loved, yes, I so love)
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For God so loved the world, He gave His only begotten Son... (John 3:16) Begotten as a little boy who weighed 7 lbs. by the estimate of scholars. Begotten as the Son who God knew in heaven before He was born on earth. Begotten as a boy who God placed in Mary’s womb, to grow up and save the world at age 33. Jesus left His heavenly home with all its …
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So, I am seeking to understand the power of unity, the power of completeness—how all the attributes of God’s character represent His love. That loving Him is about the power of His Nature. I seek in this giving season to love others in the fullness of Christ’s character, to “give” the fruit of His Spirit to others as we celebrate the birth of Jesus…
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Episode 62 initiates a three-episode journey leading up to and celebrating the birth of a baby boy in Bethlehem. A journey driven by this question: how do I give to others in this season? How does my witness motivate me, and motivate you, to love your way through this season, with a spiritual robustness that we have not experienced before. Every se…
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Episode 61. I Will Continue to Live Alongside You, Human (the power of bringing devotion to my witness) 1 Corinthians 7:35 This I say for your own benefit; not to put a restraint upon you, but to promote what is appropriate and to secure undistracted devotion to the Lord. In this context “devotion” means: to sit near, to attend assiduously, to be i…
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With the dawn of the iconic flying boat, Trans-Pacific travel that once measured in weeks by ship could be accomplished in only days. These island-hopping aircraft were passports to worlds that were once only seen in books. Travel is different these days, but there are a handful of dedicated aviators who are keeping that dream alive and their stori…
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I am thinking about mashed potatoes. And Martha’s sister, Mary. Luke 10: 41-42 English Standard Version 41 But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, 42 but one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.” Jesus refers to Mary as having chosen the “goo…
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My own conscience is fallible, but God is incapable of falling. The devil fell from heaven. Humanity fell from a position of purity. I fall short of the “fullness of my faith” God’s omniscience provides divine footing for my soul. It serves as solid ground for my continued assurance that the God that holds my salvation—our salvation—continually red…
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I want a letter from the Apostle Paul (about the common faith we share, lucky Titus, lucky me)
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Sometimes I like to just rest in the simplicity of a letter from one early Christian to another. Yes, the amazing apostle Paul and the steadfast Titus, but still... a correspondence in those early days when Jesus had not been long resurrected and the disciples + the 70 + so many others began to build the early body of believers. This letter is part…
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I Need to Pay Attention to Comfort (assure those who need spiritual comfort that “God is Working”)
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I woke up thinking, I need to pay attention to comfort. I need to pay attention to the Great Comforter in my life. God. Jesus. And the Holy Spirit. And I need to name it because I do not seek comfort naturally. I seek independence. The Greek word for Comforter means "one called alongside." The reason for one being called alongside is to give aid an…
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Liz Wardly has done everything in the world of sailing: World Championships, The Fastnet, Sydney to Hobart and four editions of The Ocean Race. So, what is she doing lining up at the start line of the Atlantic Challenge, the 3000 mile row from The Canary Islands to Antigua? We caught up with Liz in between training rows and prepping for the race to…
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