Why are Christians often known more for who they hate than who they love?  What does it practically look like to love EVERYONE - even the people you can't stand? In a world becoming more polarized by the day - the idea of loving everyone feels more like a fantasty than reality.  Pastor Choco de Jesús- Founding Pastor of New Life Church and General Treasurer of the Assemblies of God passionately shares his guide to loving well in spite of our sometimes radical differences in values and perspectives.  Through his book, “Love Them Anyway” he seeks to answer the prevailing question in our culture, “what should we do with so much racial tension and political unrest?” His answer is that we need to love people the way God does  - and that kind of "in spite of" love is contagious. In the midst of cancel culture fueled by quick offense - Pastor Choco emphasizes that we don't have to surrender our convictions in order to affirm the humanity in others. You don't have to understand or agree to empathize and care. Be encouraged to love like God does.

From award-winning producer and actress Roma Downey's LightWorkers, welcome to the On a Lighter Note Podcast hosted by writer & speaker Elyse Murphy. Here we have conversations with people from all walks of life to speak into the ways we are coping with the ups, the downs and the detours of life to help us thrive even in challenging times. Even when it seems we're surrounded by darkness, there's always a little bit of light to be found - so let's go find it together! New episode airs every Tuesday.