Episode 77 - E is for Etiquette Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Host: Jim. Jim explores some theories about the actual birth date of Jesus, and how December 25th was chosen. Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com More information about Deanna & Jim Cheyne is here: https://www.cheynemusic.com Thanks for listening. Share with your friends. Find this and more at cheynemusic.com/podcast.

Episode 76 - A Belated Birthday? Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Host: Jim. Jim explores some theories about the actual birth date of Jesus, and how December 25th was chosen. Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com More information about Deanna & Jim Cheyne is here: https://www.cheynemusic.com Thanks for listening. Share with your friends. Find this and more at cheynemusic.com/podcast.

Episode 75 - X Marks the Spat Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Host: Jim. Jim traces the history of the word “Xmas,” and pushes against the Christmas tradition of being offended by everything. Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com More information about Deanna & Jim Cheyne is here: https://www.cheynemusic.com Thanks for listening. Share with your friends. Find this and more at cheynemusic.com/podcast.

Episode 74 - More Traditions Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Hosts: Jan, Rob, Dee & Jim. The crew discuss more of their seasonal traditions, including Canadian Thanksgiving, standing kettles for The Salvation Army, The Marks Family Thanksgiving, Advent, and Rob’s Village. Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com More information about Deanna & Jim Cheyne is here: https://www.cheynemusic.com Thanks for listening. Share ...

Episode 73 - 3 Rules for the Holidays Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Host: Jim. Jim sets out 3 Rules for the holidays: Respect; focus; no distractions. Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com More information about Deanna & Jim Cheyne is here: https://www.cheynemusic.com Thanks for listening. Share with your friends. Find this and more at cheynemusic.com/podcast.

Episode 72 - In Context Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Hosts: Dee & Jim. Dee & Jim discuss 3 biblical passages that a very young Jim used to misunderstand because they were out of context. One used the wrong context, a second ignored the author’s context, and a third ignored cultural context. Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com More information about Deanna & Jim Cheyne is here: https://www.cheynemusic.com Th...

Episode 71 - The B-I-B-L-E Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Hosts: Jan, Rob, Dee, & Jim. Having been raised in a Protestant evangelical church, what role does the Bible currently play in our lives? Is it inspired? Infallible? Inerrant? Not surprisingly, our regard of scripture is ever in transition. Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com More information about Deanna & Jim Cheyne is here: https://www.cheynemusic.com T...

Episode 70 - New Orleans Postcards Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Host: Jim. To celebrate their anniversary, Dee & Jim traveled to New Orleans and recording a few audio postcards from around the French Quarter. Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com More information about Deanna & Jim Cheyne is here: https://www.cheynemusic.com Thanks for listening. Share with your friends. Find this and more at cheynemusic.com/podc...

Episode 69 - In Memoriam Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Hosts: Jan, Rob, Dee, & Jim. We remember Ethel Mae (Robb) Cheyne, Jan & Jim’s mom, on the 30th anniversary of her passing. These few craps are not enough. Volumes could be written. Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com More information about Deanna & Jim Cheyne is here: https://www.cheynemusic.com Thanks for listening. Share with your friends. Find this ...

Episode 68 - At the Movies Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Hosts: Jan, Rob, Dee, & Jim. Making Our Way goes to the movies to review 7 films: The Naked Gun (2025), Superman (2025), A Charlie Brown Christmas, Sharknado, The Thursday Murder Club, The Outfit, and War of the Worlds (2025). Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com More information about Deanna & Jim Cheyne is here: https://www.cheynemusic.com Thanks for list...

Episode 67 - Alaska: 3 Ways from Sandy Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Hosts: Jan, Rob, Dee, & Jim. Guests: Sandy & Russ. All things Alaska, and how to get there, including Fat Bear Week, the Alcan Highway, Denali, cruises, reindeer, dog sleds, & humpback whales. Plus, halibut, just because. Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com More information about Deanna & Jim Cheyne i...

Episode 66 - The Rest of the Story Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Host: Jim. Jim meets power pitcher and Detroit Tiger legend Frank Lary -perhaps. Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com More information about Deanna & Jim Cheyne is here: https://www.cheynemusic.com Thanks for listening. Share with your friends. Find this and more at cheynemusic.com/podcast.

Episode 65 - Autographs Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Hosts: Jan, Rob, Dee, & Jim. “Have you ever asked for an autograph?” asks Stephen Colbert’s “Colbert Questionnaire.” We supply a few answers, plus name our favorite Robert Redford films. Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com More information about Deanna & Jim Cheyne is here: https://www.cheynemusic.com Thanks for listening. Share with your friends. Find this a...

Episode 64 - Keep Calm & Carry-ons Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Hosts: Jan, Rob, Dee, & Jim. Travel Tips, including packing, AirTags, Passports, Global Entry, TSA PreCheck®, USB at airports, RESERVE, CLEAR Plus, and a few things from Rick Steves. Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com More information about Deanna & Jim Cheyne is here: https://www.cheynemusic.com Thanks for listening. Share with your friends...

Episode 63 - All Lives? Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Hosts: Jan, Rob, Dee, & Jim. We continue our conversation about race with focus on New Orleans, red lining, Black Lives Matter, Trayvon Martin, and how engaging people does not always bring the results one might hope for. Thanks for listening. Share with your friends. Find this and more at cheynemusic.com/podcast.

Hosts: Jan, Rob, Dee, & Jim. A conversation about race, and how 3 kids from the suburbs of Detroit, and 1 from Newfoundland, Canada, became aware of racial tensions, and how we came to the positions on the question we hold today, with help from Francis S. Collins. Plus, a nod to television, Ed Sullivan, and Star Trek. Thanks for listening. Share with your friends. Find this and more at cheynemusic.com/podcast.

Episode 61 - Bentham’s Selfie Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Jim takes on philosophy’s “Trolley Problem,” discusses Jeremy Bentham and Immanuel Kant, Bentham’s utilitarianism and Kant’s categorical imperative, and learns of Bentham’s rather unique idea of how he might be useful even after death. Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com More information about Deanna & Jim Cheyne is here: https://www.cheynemusic.com Thanks ...

Episode 60 - All Creatures Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts We lay the groundwork for a discussion of the ethical treatment of animals, including their use in the food chain, in entertainment, in research, in product testing, in zoos and wildlife parks, and in hunting, including our own experiences and changing points of view as we have been Making Our Way. Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com More information about Deanna ...

Episode 59 - Companions Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Jan & Rob, Dee & Jim talk about companion animals they have known, some of whom do well in the home, others not so much. Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com More information about Deanna & Jim Cheyne is here: https://www.cheynemusic.com Thanks for listening. Share with your friends. Find this and more at cheynemusic.com/podcast.

Episode 58 - Imago Dei Official transcript: https://www.cheynemusic.com/transcripts Jim wishes a happy birthday to the universe - 7002 years old on Sunday, April 27th, 2025. He also takes a look at Johannes Kepler, the Parthenon, the Imago Dei (image of God) from Genesis 1, and sees an unexpected connection between “Dei” and “DEI.” Links: Making Our Way is hosted through buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com More information about Deanna & Jim Cheyne is here: https://www.cheynemusic.com ...