RedCircle VERIFY_TOKEN_2bd9bd9f-4d18-4309-a34d-fa7276d95f04 -- Rendered At Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:36:44 +0000 Roadside Notes https://redcircle.com/shows/roadside-notes en-US © 2025 Table 66 Productions / Faith and Good Courage. All rights reserved. A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading Christopher Tuttle Short, soulful reflections from the Faith and Good Courage Journal — read by Route 66 Chaplain Christopher Tuttle. Roadside Notes offers quiet stories from the road, told with warmth, humor, and a touch of grace. 2bd9bd9f-4d18-4309-a34d-fa7276d95f04 Roadside Notes is a Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading — short, soulful reflections written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.

Each episode is a five-minute stop along the highway: a story, a thought, a quiet moment for the soul.

No sermons, no spotlight — just roadside faith, diner-table wisdom, and the sound of grace still traveling well.

🛣️ New readings every week.

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]]> episodic no Christopher Tuttle roadsidenotes@gmail.com false full The Note You Leave Behind | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep45 The Note You Leave Behind | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep45 45 1 Christopher Tuttle Seven words on a napkin. Sometimes that's everything. In this week's Roadside Notes, Christopher Tuttle, the Route 66 Chaplain, sits at a diner counter and hears a voice in the booth behind him that's been holding it together for too long. What follows isn't a conversation or a grand gesture. Just seven words on a napkin, left where someone will find them after he's gone. A quiet, honest reflection on what it means to pay attention and leave something behind. The Note You Leave Behind doesn't require a conversation. It doesn't require an introduction or an explanation or even eye contact. It just requires paying attention long enough to notice that the person next to you at the counter is carrying something heavy today.

The counter stool is the best seat in the house. Always has been. You get the front row view of everything. And sometimes what you hear from the booth just behind your left shoulder is a voice that's been holding it together for too long and just ran out of road. You know that voice. Most of us do. We've used it ourselves at some point, hunched over a phone in a public place trying to keep it together while the world kept moving around us like nothing was happening.

You don't go over. That's not what they need. What they need is simpler than that. A receipt. A napkin. The back of whatever's in your pocket. Seven words. Find happiness in the fact that the world needs you. You fold it once, set it where they'll find it after you're gone, and then you walk out to the parking lot and let it do whatever it's going to do. You'll never know. That's the whole deal.

This week's Roadside Notes is about the kind of attention that changes how you move through every room you walk into. It doesn't cost anything. But what it produces can mean everything to somebody on a day when everything felt like nothing.

📖 Read the full Journal entry: https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/07/09/what-the-road-taught-me/

🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.

#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66 #matthew25lives

]]> <p>The Note You Leave Behind doesn&#39;t require a conversation. It doesn&#39;t require an introduction or an explanation or even eye contact. It just requires paying attention long enough to notice that the person next to you at the counter is carrying something heavy today.</p><p>The counter stool is the best seat in the house. Always has been. You get the front row view of everything. And sometimes what you hear from the booth just behind your left shoulder is a voice that&#39;s been holding it together for too long and just ran out of road. You know that voice. Most of us do. We&#39;ve used it ourselves at some point, hunched over a phone in a public place trying to keep it together while the world kept moving around us like nothing was happening.</p><p>You don&#39;t go over. That&#39;s not what they need. What they need is simpler than that. A receipt. A napkin. The back of whatever&#39;s in your pocket. Seven words. Find happiness in the fact that the world needs you. You fold it once, set it where they&#39;ll find it after you&#39;re gone, and then you walk out to the parking lot and let it do whatever it&#39;s going to do. You&#39;ll never know. That&#39;s the whole deal.</p><p>This week&#39;s Roadside Notes is about the kind of attention that changes how you move through every room you walk into. It doesn&#39;t cost anything. But what it produces can mean everything to somebody on a day when everything felt like nothing.</p><p>📖 Read the full Journal entry: <a href="https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/07/09/what-the-road-taught-me/" rel="nofollow">https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/07/09/what-the-road-taught-me/</a></p><p>🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.</p><p>#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66 #matthew25lives</p> f977cc94-535d-4841-bc41-92b16124f38d https://roadsidenotes.com Thu, 16 Jul 2026 13:00:14 +0000 303 false full What The Road Taught Me | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep44 What The Road Taught Me | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep44 44 1 Christopher Tuttle The lessons you need most show up right where you are. In this week's Roadside Notes, Christopher Tuttle, the Route 66 Chaplain, reflects on what a life spent on the road has actually taught him. About people, about showing up, and about the quiet that settles in somewhere between Barstow and Flagstaff when you finally stop arguing with the miles. Grounded, honest, and worth pulling over for. What the Road Taught Me didn't come from a book or a classroom or a motivational weekend. It came from a diner stool, a long stretch of highway, and enough miles to finally stop arguing with the quiet.

Everybody's carrying something. The man eating alone at the end of the counter isn't necessarily lonely. The woman who doesn't make eye contact isn't necessarily rude. Most of the time people are just tired in a way that doesn't show up on the outside. The road taught me to give people the benefit of the quiet. Don't fill it. Don't explain it. Just let them have it. Sometimes that's the kindest thing you can offer a stranger.

This week's Roadside Notes is about what happens when you log enough miles to stop passing through and start paying attention. The road doesn't reward the people who have it all figured out. It rewards the ones who keep going anyway. There's a point on a long drive where the noise in your head runs out of things to say. That's where the real lessons live. And if you're willing to sit still long enough to receive them, they have a way of showing up right where you are.

📖 Read the full Journal entry: https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/07/09/what-the-road-taught-me/

🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.

#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66 #matthew25lives

]]> <p>What the Road Taught Me didn&#39;t come from a book or a classroom or a motivational weekend. It came from a diner stool, a long stretch of highway, and enough miles to finally stop arguing with the quiet.</p><p>Everybody&#39;s carrying something. The man eating alone at the end of the counter isn&#39;t necessarily lonely. The woman who doesn&#39;t make eye contact isn&#39;t necessarily rude. Most of the time people are just tired in a way that doesn&#39;t show up on the outside. The road taught me to give people the benefit of the quiet. Don&#39;t fill it. Don&#39;t explain it. Just let them have it. Sometimes that&#39;s the kindest thing you can offer a stranger.</p><p>This week&#39;s Roadside Notes is about what happens when you log enough miles to stop passing through and start paying attention. The road doesn&#39;t reward the people who have it all figured out. It rewards the ones who keep going anyway. There&#39;s a point on a long drive where the noise in your head runs out of things to say. That&#39;s where the real lessons live. And if you&#39;re willing to sit still long enough to receive them, they have a way of showing up right where you are.</p><p>📖 Read the full Journal entry: <a href="https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/07/09/what-the-road-taught-me/" rel="nofollow">https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/07/09/what-the-road-taught-me/</a></p><p> 🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.</p><p> #FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66 #matthew25lives</p> 67943072-28f3-4ada-b07f-c659facccb09 https://roadsidenotes.com Thu, 09 Jul 2026 13:00:42 +0000 255 false full The Man Who Drove Every Road | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep43 The Man Who Drove Every Road | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep43 43 1 Christopher Tuttle Somebody pulled off the road needing to see the light was still on. In this week's Roadside Notes, Christopher Tuttle, the Route 66 Chaplain, meets a man at a diner counter who has driven every road in this country and sat next to every kind of person doing it. What he stopped for that morning wasn't the coffee. It was something quieter than that. A gentle, honest reflection on what we give people simply by showing up with something genuine in us. He sat down next to me at the counter like he'd done it a thousand times, because he had. Different counter, different state, same stool. He drove cars for dealerships. Picked them up in one place, delivered them somewhere else, and filled the miles in between with diners just like this one. He'd seen enough of this country to stop being surprised by it.

He told me the world had gotten loud. That most people he sat next to anymore were either angry about something or worn down from pretending they weren't. He wasn't complaining. Just reporting. The way a man who has driven every road learns to report. Then he said something I didn't expect. He said he liked my laugh. Said it plain, the way people say things when they actually mean them.

This week's Roadside Notes is about what happens when a stranger pulls off the highway not for the coffee but because something in him needed to see that it was still possible. That a person could move through all of it and still have a light in them. You don't always know what you're giving people when you show up with something genuine in you. Sometimes you're just having coffee. Sometimes you're the answer to a question somebody carried in from the highway and didn't know how to ask. Both can happen on the same Tuesday.

📖 Read the full Journal entry: https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/07/02/the-man-who-drove-every-road/

🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.

#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66 #matthew25lives

]]> <p>He sat down next to me at the counter like he&#39;d done it a thousand times, because he had. Different counter, different state, same stool. He drove cars for dealerships. Picked them up in one place, delivered them somewhere else, and filled the miles in between with diners just like this one. He&#39;d seen enough of this country to stop being surprised by it.</p><p>He told me the world had gotten loud. That most people he sat next to anymore were either angry about something or worn down from pretending they weren&#39;t. He wasn&#39;t complaining. Just reporting. The way a man who has driven every road learns to report. Then he said something I didn&#39;t expect. He said he liked my laugh. Said it plain, the way people say things when they actually mean them.</p><p>This week&#39;s Roadside Notes is about what happens when a stranger pulls off the highway not for the coffee but because something in him needed to see that it was still possible. That a person could move through all of it and still have a light in them. You don&#39;t always know what you&#39;re giving people when you show up with something genuine in you. Sometimes you&#39;re just having coffee. Sometimes you&#39;re the answer to a question somebody carried in from the highway and didn&#39;t know how to ask. Both can happen on the same Tuesday.</p><p>📖 Read the full Journal entry: <a href="https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/07/02/the-man-who-drove-every-road/" rel="nofollow">https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/07/02/the-man-who-drove-every-road/</a></p><p> 🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.</p><p> #FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66 #matthew25lives</p> 60fb7bd4-1791-4092-8145-4d8b4f41eec6 https://roadsidenotes.com Thu, 02 Jul 2026 15:47:31 +0000 253 false full Kindness Costs Nothing | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep42 Kindness Costs Nothing | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep42 42 1 Christopher Tuttle Kindness doesn't always wait for a plan. In this week's Roadside Notes, Christopher Tuttle, the Route 66 Chaplain, is sitting in a diner booth watching a parking lot when an old man helps his wife out of their car with quiet, unhurried devotion. What follows is a gentle reflection on what kindness looks like when nobody planned it, nobody performed it, and nobody needed an audience. Simple, human, and worth every minute. It wasn't a remarkable morning. Coffee. A window seat. The kind of quiet that settles in before the day gets loud. I wasn't looking for anything. I was just there. That's when they pulled in. An older car moving carefully into the handicap space. And then everything slowed down.

He was old. Fragile in the way that men who were once very strong sometimes become. Getting out of that car took everything he had. When he finally stood, he straightened up and adjusted his sweater the way a marine adjusts his dress uniform. Like it mattered. Like he still had somewhere worth showing up to. He retrieved the walker, opened her door, positioned it at just the right angle, and walked her inside. I don't think he saw a single person watching. I don't think it would have changed anything if he had.

This week's Roadside Notes is about what happens when kindness moves before you do. Nobody planned it. Nothing dramatic happened. An old man loved his wife well in a parking lot. A stranger held a door. Two menus got grabbed without thinking. That's all it was. And somehow it was everything. Kindness costs nothing. But what it gives back is something you carry for a long time.

📖 Read the full Journal entry: https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/06/25/kindness-costs-nothing/

🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.

#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66 #matthew25lives

]]> <p>It wasn&#39;t a remarkable morning. Coffee. A window seat. The kind of quiet that settles in before the day gets loud. I wasn&#39;t looking for anything. I was just there. That&#39;s when they pulled in. An older car moving carefully into the handicap space. And then everything slowed down.</p><p>He was old. Fragile in the way that men who were once very strong sometimes become. Getting out of that car took everything he had. When he finally stood, he straightened up and adjusted his sweater the way a marine adjusts his dress uniform. Like it mattered. Like he still had somewhere worth showing up to. He retrieved the walker, opened her door, positioned it at just the right angle, and walked her inside. I don&#39;t think he saw a single person watching. I don&#39;t think it would have changed anything if he had.</p><p>This week&#39;s Roadside Notes is about what happens when kindness moves before you do. Nobody planned it. Nothing dramatic happened. An old man loved his wife well in a parking lot. A stranger held a door. Two menus got grabbed without thinking. That&#39;s all it was. And somehow it was everything. Kindness costs nothing. But what it gives back is something you carry for a long time.</p><p>📖 Read the full Journal entry: <a href="https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/06/25/kindness-costs-nothing/" rel="nofollow">https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/06/25/kindness-costs-nothing/</a></p><p> 🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.</p><p> #FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66 #matthew25lives</p> f900d160-4e7e-4a99-8adb-3b4ecfd28ef7 https://roadsidenotes.com Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:00:43 +0000 323 false full Grace Takes the Detour | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep41 Grace Takes the Detour | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep41 41 1 Christopher Tuttle Sometimes the detour is the whole point. In this week's Roadside Notes, Christopher Tuttle, the Route 66 Chaplain, misses a ramp on I-40 out of Kingman and ends up on a frontage road where a young man is sitting on the hood of a busted car, flipping a coin and waiting on the right moment. What follows is a quiet conversation about grace, courage, and the turns in life that don't come with guarantees. This one is unhurried, honest, and worth the stop. I wanted the straight shot. Efficient. The kind of drive that gets you somewhere without asking much of you along the way. But I missed the ramp on I-40 just out of Kingman. No signal, no GPS worth trusting, just heat waves and a frontage road that hadn't seen a map update since the Eisenhower administration. That's when I saw him. A kid sitting on the hood of a busted car, flipping a coin like he was in quiet conversation with the universe.

He wasn't flagging anyone down. He wasn't panicking. He was just waiting. And when I pulled over and asked if he needed a ride, he said something I didn't expect. "I don't need a map. I just need a reason." He'd left a bad place and didn't know exactly where he was headed. Only that staying behind was no longer an option.

This week's Roadside Notes is about what happens when you miss the exit and end up exactly where you were supposed to be. Grace doesn't always announce itself with flashing arrows or clear outcomes. Sometimes it shows up as a detour, a kid on the hood of a car, and a coin with no wrong side. This one is for anyone who's ever wondered whether the unplanned turns in life are leading somewhere worth going. They are.

📖 Read the full Journal entry: https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/06/18/grace-takes-the-detour/

🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.

#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66 #matthew25lives

]]> <p>I wanted the straight shot. Efficient. The kind of drive that gets you somewhere without asking much of you along the way. But I missed the ramp on I-40 just out of Kingman. No signal, no GPS worth trusting, just heat waves and a frontage road that hadn&#39;t seen a map update since the Eisenhower administration. That&#39;s when I saw him. A kid sitting on the hood of a busted car, flipping a coin like he was in quiet conversation with the universe.</p><p>He wasn&#39;t flagging anyone down. He wasn&#39;t panicking. He was just waiting. And when I pulled over and asked if he needed a ride, he said something I didn&#39;t expect. &#34;I don&#39;t need a map. I just need a reason.&#34; He&#39;d left a bad place and didn&#39;t know exactly where he was headed. Only that staying behind was no longer an option.</p><p>This week&#39;s Roadside Notes is about what happens when you miss the exit and end up exactly where you were supposed to be. Grace doesn&#39;t always announce itself with flashing arrows or clear outcomes. Sometimes it shows up as a detour, a kid on the hood of a car, and a coin with no wrong side. This one is for anyone who&#39;s ever wondered whether the unplanned turns in life are leading somewhere worth going. They are.</p><p>📖 Read the full Journal entry: <a href="https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/06/18/grace-takes-the-detour/" rel="nofollow">https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/06/18/grace-takes-the-detour/</a></p><p>🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.</p><p> #FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66 #matthew25lives</p> 1df2dfee-b41d-47e8-846a-d4e5357a65cc https://roadsidenotes.com Thu, 18 Jun 2026 13:00:37 +0000 321 false full Kindness Is Not Always Reactive | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep40 Kindness Is Not Always Reactive | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep40 40 1 Christopher Tuttle Stay ready. Keep your hands open. In this week's Roadside Notes, Christopher Tuttle, the Route 66 Chaplain, reflects on a quiet decision made at a diner pie case that led to an unexpected moment of kindness a few miles down the road. Drawing from a real stop along Route 66, he explores what it means to live generously before the moment arrives and why keeping your hands a little more open changes the way ordinary days unfold. This one is warm, grounded, and worth carrying with you. It wasn't a remarkable day. Just the road and a reason to stop. A handwritten sign in a diner pie case. Buy one, get one. Nothing spiritual about it. Just a bakery that made a little too much and a diner trying to move it before closing. But somewhere between the first cup of coffee and the second, something shifted quietly. And a few miles down the road, a man standing on a corner with a handwritten sign that said Hungry got a piece of pie he wasn't expecting.

Kindness is not always reactive. Sometimes the decision comes first. Before the moment. Before the need is even visible. This week's Roadside Notes is about what happens when you start living a little more ready than you used to. Hands a little more open. A quiet yes made in a diner before you even know where it's going.

It doesn't take much. A second cup of coffee. An extra slice of pie. A few dollars set aside just in case the road puts something in front of you that you didn't plan for. This one is for anyone who's ever wondered whether staying ready makes a difference. It does. More than you think.

📖 Read the full Journal entry: https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/06/11/kindness-is-not-always-reactive/

🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.

#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66 #matthew25lives

]]> <p>It wasn&#39;t a remarkable day. Just the road and a reason to stop. A handwritten sign in a diner pie case. Buy one, get one. Nothing spiritual about it. Just a bakery that made a little too much and a diner trying to move it before closing. But somewhere between the first cup of coffee and the second, something shifted quietly. And a few miles down the road, a man standing on a corner with a handwritten sign that said Hungry got a piece of pie he wasn&#39;t expecting.</p><p>Kindness is not always reactive. Sometimes the decision comes first. Before the moment. Before the need is even visible. This week&#39;s Roadside Notes is about what happens when you start living a little more ready than you used to. Hands a little more open. A quiet yes made in a diner before you even know where it&#39;s going.</p><p>It doesn&#39;t take much. A second cup of coffee. An extra slice of pie. A few dollars set aside just in case the road puts something in front of you that you didn&#39;t plan for. This one is for anyone who&#39;s ever wondered whether staying ready makes a difference. It does. More than you think.</p><p>📖 Read the full Journal entry: <a href="https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/06/11/kindness-is-not-always-reactive/" rel="nofollow">https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/06/11/kindness-is-not-always-reactive/</a> </p><p>🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain. </p><p>#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66 #matthew25lives</p> 24405eda-a24e-4739-bbb9-c78faedbd8c0 https://roadsidenotes.com Thu, 11 Jun 2026 13:00:50 +0000 323 false full Coffee Came Back | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep39 Coffee Came Back | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep39 39 1 Christopher Tuttle The small things come back around. In this week's Roadside Notes, Christopher Tuttle, the Route 66 Chaplain, shares a quiet moment at a diner counter where a small act of kindness came back around in a way he didn't expect. Drawing from a real morning on Route 66, he reflects on why the small things count more than we give them credit for and why living generously without keeping score has a way of showing up when you least expect it. This one is warm, simple, and worth sitting with. I was sitting at a Route 66 diner not long ago, hands wrapped around a cup of coffee, watching the quiet rhythm of the morning unfold. The kind of place where the plates clink softly, the coffee keeps coming, and nobody's in too much of a hurry. Then something small broke the pattern in the best possible way.

The waitress poured a little more coffee, paused, and said she wanted to cover mine. Not because of anything big. Just because she'd noticed. And in that one quiet moment at a diner counter, something came back around that I hadn't thought twice about giving. That's the whole story. And it's bigger than it sounds.

This week's Roadside Notes is for anyone who's ever wondered whether the small things count. The quiet kindness nobody saw. The breakfast you picked up for someone without making a thing of it. The moment you chose to notice someone who might otherwise go unnoticed. They count. More than you think. Maybe more than you'll ever know.

📖 Read the full Journal entry: https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/06/04/coffee-came-back/

🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.

#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66 #matthew25lives

]]> <p>I was sitting at a Route 66 diner not long ago, hands wrapped around a cup of coffee, watching the quiet rhythm of the morning unfold. The kind of place where the plates clink softly, the coffee keeps coming, and nobody&#39;s in too much of a hurry. Then something small broke the pattern in the best possible way.</p><p>The waitress poured a little more coffee, paused, and said she wanted to cover mine. Not because of anything big. Just because she&#39;d noticed. And in that one quiet moment at a diner counter, something came back around that I hadn&#39;t thought twice about giving. That&#39;s the whole story. And it&#39;s bigger than it sounds.</p><p>This week&#39;s Roadside Notes is for anyone who&#39;s ever wondered whether the small things count. The quiet kindness nobody saw. The breakfast you picked up for someone without making a thing of it. The moment you chose to notice someone who might otherwise go unnoticed. They count. More than you think. Maybe more than you&#39;ll ever know.</p><p>📖 Read the full Journal entry: <a href="https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/06/04/coffee-came-back/" rel="nofollow">https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/06/04/coffee-came-back/</a></p><p>🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.</p><p>#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66 #matthew25lives</p> 9b8b244b-235a-444f-9f68-d3eb34c22396 https://roadsidenotes.com Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:00:19 +0000 287 false full One More Day | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep38 One More Day | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep38 38 Christopher Tuttle One more chance. One less reason to wait. n this week's Roadside Notes, Christopher Tuttle, the Route 66 Chaplain, reflects on the quiet truth that every morning is both one more day and one less day. Drawing from a simple but honest observation about time and the way we spend it, he invites listeners to let the ordinary moments of life shine a little brighter. This one is for anyone who's been putting love, grace, or courage off until tomorrow. There's a quiet truth that lives on both sides of the same coin. Every morning is one more day. And every morning is one less day. Most of us live on one side of that and never think much about the other. This week's Roadside Notes sits with both at the same time.

One More Day isn't meant to frighten you. It's meant to wake you up. When you understand both sides of that truth, the ordinary moments of life begin to shine a little brighter. Today is one more chance to show kindness, repair something broken, or tell someone they matter. And it's one less reason to put love, grace, or courage off until tomorrow.

This entry is short, honest, and worth sitting with over your morning coffee. It won't take long to read. It might stay with you longer than you expect.

📖 Read the full Journal entry: https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/05/28/one-more-day/

🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.

#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66 #matthew25lives

]]> <p>There&#39;s a quiet truth that lives on both sides of the same coin. Every morning is one more day. And every morning is one less day. Most of us live on one side of that and never think much about the other. This week&#39;s Roadside Notes sits with both at the same time.</p><p>One More Day isn&#39;t meant to frighten you. It&#39;s meant to wake you up. When you understand both sides of that truth, the ordinary moments of life begin to shine a little brighter. Today is one more chance to show kindness, repair something broken, or tell someone they matter. And it&#39;s one less reason to put love, grace, or courage off until tomorrow.</p><p>This entry is short, honest, and worth sitting with over your morning coffee. It won&#39;t take long to read. It might stay with you longer than you expect.</p><p>📖 Read the full Journal entry: <a href="https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/05/28/one-more-day/" rel="nofollow">https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/05/28/one-more-day/</a> </p><p>🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain. </p><p>#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66 #matthew25lives</p> d04fa5ce-65b0-4504-951b-3553cff765d7 https://roadsidenotes.com Thu, 28 May 2026 13:00:02 +0000 344 false full Grief Is the Echo of Love | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep37 Grief Is the Echo of Love | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep37 37 1 Christopher Tuttle Love that outlasts the loss In this episode, Christopher Tuttle sits with a man at a diner counter who lost his wife and isn't sure he wants his grief to pass. Drawing from that quiet conversation, Christopher explores the idea that grief is not a wound to heal but the echo of a love that once changed everything. A gentle, honest reflection for anyone who has ever wondered why the missing doesn't stop. Most of us have sat across from someone who was carrying grief and didn't know what to say. This episode begins at a diner counter with a man who'd lost his wife the previous winter and said something that stopped the morning cold. "Everyone keeps telling me the grief will pass. I'm not sure I want it to." That one sentence opens a quiet conversation about what grief actually is and why we've been thinking about it wrong.

Grief isn't a problem to be solved or a phase to push through. It's the echo of a love that had nowhere left to go. The pain we carry after losing someone isn't a sign that something is broken. It's proof that something real and irreplaceable once lived. This episode sits with that truth gently, without rushing past it.

You'll hear stories about the little things that stay with us after someone is gone, the humming in the kitchen, the hand reached for crossing a street, the habits that outlast the person. And somewhere in those small details, a different way of understanding grief begins to take shape.

📖 Read the full Journal entry: https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/05/21/grief-is-the-echo-of-love/

🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.

#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66 #matthew25lives


]]> <p>Most of us have sat across from someone who was carrying grief and didn&#39;t know what to say. This episode begins at a diner counter with a man who&#39;d lost his wife the previous winter and said something that stopped the morning cold. &#34;Everyone keeps telling me the grief will pass. I&#39;m not sure I want it to.&#34; That one sentence opens a quiet conversation about what grief actually is and why we&#39;ve been thinking about it wrong.</p><p>Grief isn&#39;t a problem to be solved or a phase to push through. It&#39;s the echo of a love that had nowhere left to go. The pain we carry after losing someone isn&#39;t a sign that something is broken. It&#39;s proof that something real and irreplaceable once lived. This episode sits with that truth gently, without rushing past it.</p><p>You&#39;ll hear stories about the little things that stay with us after someone is gone, the humming in the kitchen, the hand reached for crossing a street, the habits that outlast the person. And somewhere in those small details, a different way of understanding grief begins to take shape.</p><p>📖 Read the full Journal entry: <a href="https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/05/21/grief-is-the-echo-of-love/" rel="nofollow">https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/05/21/grief-is-the-echo-of-love/</a> </p><p>🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain. </p><p>#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66 #matthew25lives</p><p><br></p> e87268d4-ad7e-4f2d-ae48-36ca796acf15 https://roadsidenotes.com Thu, 21 May 2026 18:16:28 +0000 293 false full Don't Be The First To Let Go | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep36 Don't Be The First To Let Go | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep36 36 1 Christopher Tuttle Stay a little longer. In this episode, Christopher Tuttle reflects on a simple idea behind how some Disney performers approach a child's hug — they don't end it first. Drawing from years of quiet moments after weddings, conversations, and ordinary days that turned out to matter more than expected, this episode explores what it looks like to stop rushing kindness. A warm, grounded reflection for anyone who has ever been the person who stayed. There is a quiet idea behind the way some character performers at Disney parks approach a child's hug. They don't end it. The child decides when it's over. Whether it's official policy or simply something passed along doesn't matter much. What matters is the heart behind it. You never know how much that child might need that hug.

This week's Roadside Notes entry explores what happens when we stop rushing kindness. The world moves fast, and most of us have learned to keep pace with it. Conversations get shortened. Encouragement turns into quick advice. Presence gets replaced by schedule. But real kindness sometimes asks for something different. It asks us to stay a little longer, listen a little deeper, and let the moment last as long as it needs to.

Don't Be The First To Let Go is a reflection on the kind of grace that rarely makes headlines but is often the thing people remember years later. The person who stayed. The moment that wasn't rushed. The kindness that didn't need a reason to keep going.

📖 Read the full Journal entry: https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/05/14/dont-be-the-first/

🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.

#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66 #matthew25lives

]]> <p>There is a quiet idea behind the way some character performers at Disney parks approach a child&#39;s hug. They don&#39;t end it. The child decides when it&#39;s over. Whether it&#39;s official policy or simply something passed along doesn&#39;t matter much. What matters is the heart behind it. You never know how much that child might need that hug.</p><p>This week&#39;s Roadside Notes entry explores what happens when we stop rushing kindness. The world moves fast, and most of us have learned to keep pace with it. Conversations get shortened. Encouragement turns into quick advice. Presence gets replaced by schedule. But real kindness sometimes asks for something different. It asks us to stay a little longer, listen a little deeper, and let the moment last as long as it needs to.</p><p>Don&#39;t Be The First To Let Go is a reflection on the kind of grace that rarely makes headlines but is often the thing people remember years later. The person who stayed. The moment that wasn&#39;t rushed. The kindness that didn&#39;t need a reason to keep going.</p><p>📖 Read the full Journal entry: <a href="https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/05/14/dont-be-the-first/" rel="nofollow">https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/05/14/dont-be-the-first/</a> </p><p>🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain. </p><p>#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66 #matthew25lives</p> c483c95a-a797-4791-956a-8984d44cabb7 https://roadsidenotes.com Thu, 14 May 2026 13:00:22 +0000 337 false full Do Not Grow Weary | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep35 Do Not Grow Weary | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep35 35 1 Christopher Tuttle Faithfulness plants what you may never harvest. In this episode of Roadside Notes, Christopher Tuttle — the Route 66 Chaplain — reflects on a diner conversation with an old farmer that brought Galatians 6:9 quietly to life. The episode explores what it means to keep doing good when results aren't visible and seasons feel long. It's an honest word for anyone who is still planting and wondering if it matters. There's a kind of tiredness that doesn't come from lack of sleep. It comes from planting without seeing anything come up. From doing good work quietly and wondering if it's landing anywhere. From showing up day after day in a season that doesn't seem to be turning yet. That's what this entry is about.

A conversation in a Route 66 diner with an old farmer who'd been planting longer than he'd been harvesting said something that stayed with me. He wasn't discouraged. He wasn't measuring. He was simply doing what the season called for. Paul said the same thing in Galatians 6:9 in a way that's less a pep talk and more a steady hand on the shoulder. There will be a harvest. The season belongs to something larger than your timeline.

Some seeds belong to the next pair of hands. Some harvests are gathered by people you'll never meet. This episode is for the ones who are still planting anyway.

📖 Read the full Journal entry: https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/05/07/do-not-grow-weary/

🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.

#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66 #matthew25lives

]]> <p>There&#39;s a kind of tiredness that doesn&#39;t come from lack of sleep. It comes from planting without seeing anything come up. From doing good work quietly and wondering if it&#39;s landing anywhere. From showing up day after day in a season that doesn&#39;t seem to be turning yet. That&#39;s what this entry is about.</p><p>A conversation in a Route 66 diner with an old farmer who&#39;d been planting longer than he&#39;d been harvesting said something that stayed with me. He wasn&#39;t discouraged. He wasn&#39;t measuring. He was simply doing what the season called for. Paul said the same thing in Galatians 6:9 in a way that&#39;s less a pep talk and more a steady hand on the shoulder. There will be a harvest. The season belongs to something larger than your timeline.</p><p>Some seeds belong to the next pair of hands. Some harvests are gathered by people you&#39;ll never meet. This episode is for the ones who are still planting anyway.</p><p>📖 Read the full Journal entry: <a href="https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/05/07/do-not-grow-weary/" rel="nofollow">https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/05/07/do-not-grow-weary/</a></p><p>🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.</p><p>#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66 #matthew25lives</p> f59a037c-5bd1-4da4-b456-78c6585635ce https://roadsidenotes.com Thu, 07 May 2026 13:00:06 +0000 338 false full Center of Attention Without Being Seen | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep34 Center of Attention Without Being Seen | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep34 34 1 Christopher Tuttle Guard the motive. Let love take the spotlight. In this Roadside Notes reading, Christopher Tuttle reflects on what it means to lead quietly, give generously, and share stories of kindness without making yourself the point. Drawing on his years as a wedding officiant and the honest tension of Matthew 6, he explores the difference between illuminating a path and spotlighting the person holding the light. A gentle, grounding read for anyone who wants to do good without needing credit for it. There is a line Christopher uses with couples when he is deciding whether he is the right officiant for their wedding. He tells them he has the toughest job of anyone in the room. He has to be the center of attention without being seen, and he has to do all the talking without being heard. It gets a laugh. But he means every word.

This entry sits with that idea alongside Matthew 6, the passage that doesn't condemn giving but questions the audience. It asks an honest question: when we share stories of kindness, when we encourage others to act, are we teaching or performing? Are we illuminating the path or spotlighting ourselves? That line is worth examining. Quietly. Regularly. Without flinching.

The goal isn't invisibility. It's proper positioning. Let the love shine. Let the kindness become normal. Let the idea outlast the name of the person who shared it.

📖 Read the full Journal entry: https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/04/30/center-of-attention/

🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.

#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66 #matthew25lives

]]> <p>There is a line Christopher uses with couples when he is deciding whether he is the right officiant for their wedding. He tells them he has the toughest job of anyone in the room. He has to be the center of attention without being seen, and he has to do all the talking without being heard. It gets a laugh. But he means every word.</p><p>This entry sits with that idea alongside Matthew 6, the passage that doesn&#39;t condemn giving but questions the audience. It asks an honest question: when we share stories of kindness, when we encourage others to act, are we teaching or performing? Are we illuminating the path or spotlighting ourselves? That line is worth examining. Quietly. Regularly. Without flinching.</p><p>The goal isn&#39;t invisibility. It&#39;s proper positioning. Let the love shine. Let the kindness become normal. Let the idea outlast the name of the person who shared it.</p><p>📖 Read the full Journal entry: <a href="https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/04/30/center-of-attention/" rel="nofollow">https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/04/30/center-of-attention/</a></p><p>🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.</p><p>#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66 #matthew25lives</p> dcdf3ac5-dd22-472f-90f6-05d25f0a16ba https://roadsidenotes.com Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:00:26 +0000 405 false full Gratitude Reciprocates | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep33 Gratitude Reciprocates | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep33 33 1 Christopher Tuttle Kindness keeps moving without you. In this episode of Roadside Notes, Christopher Tuttle reads his journal entry about a Route 66 diner waitress who recognized him and shared what happened the day a small handwritten note changed everything. It is a story about anonymous kindness, answered prayer, and the grace that moves forward when we let go. A quiet reminder that what we leave behind is rarely the end of the story. Most of the time you leave something kind and you never hear what happened next. A note tucked under a sugar dispenser. A tip that was a little more than usual. A quiet prayer in a cracked asphalt parking lot. You walk away and the story moves without you. That is the way it is supposed to work.

This week's entry from the Roadside Notes journal is about a moment I didn't expect. A waitress on Route 66 who recognized me. A note she almost threw away. And a battery that got paid for by grace she couldn't explain. I didn't orchestrate any of it. I just got to hear about it. And that, it turns out, is a gift of its own.

Gratitude reciprocates not because we design it to, but because something received with a thankful heart refuses to stop moving. Sometimes you get to hear a little of the harvest. Not to take credit. Just to stay humble and keep going.

📖 Read the full Journal entry: https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/04/23/gratitude-reciprocates

Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.

#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66 #matthew25lives

]]> <p>Most of the time you leave something kind and you never hear what happened next. A note tucked under a sugar dispenser. A tip that was a little more than usual. A quiet prayer in a cracked asphalt parking lot. You walk away and the story moves without you. That is the way it is supposed to work.</p><p>This week&#39;s entry from the Roadside Notes journal is about a moment I didn&#39;t expect. A waitress on Route 66 who recognized me. A note she almost threw away. And a battery that got paid for by grace she couldn&#39;t explain. I didn&#39;t orchestrate any of it. I just got to hear about it. And that, it turns out, is a gift of its own.</p><p>Gratitude reciprocates not because we design it to, but because something received with a thankful heart refuses to stop moving. Sometimes you get to hear a little of the harvest. Not to take credit. Just to stay humble and keep going.</p><p>📖 Read the full Journal entry: <a href="https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/04/23/gratitude-reciprocates" rel="nofollow">https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/04/23/gratitude-reciprocates</a> </p><p> Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain. </p><p>#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66 #matthew25lives</p> 360d7b4a-9f5d-42e3-b516-ad9960e6deca https://roadsidenotes.com Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:00:53 +0000 297 false full Spring Is Coming I Can Feel It | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep32 Spring Is Coming I Can Feel It | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep32 32 1 Christopher Tuttle Gratitude clears your eyes. Apple Summary: Christopher Tuttle, the Route 66 Chaplain, sits at a cold cement table outside a Dunkin' with a head full of heavy things and decides, for once, just to say thank You. When he lifts his head, a man named Pete's best friend is sitting nearby, and a donut he couldn't eat becomes exactly what someone else needed. This episode is a quiet reminder that gratitude shifts your posture and helps you see what you might otherwise miss. It started at a cold cement table outside a Dunkin' with a cup of familiar coffee and a head full of heavy things. Bills. Health. The state of the world. The kind of weight that settles in when you sit alone with it long enough. But instead of asking God to fix everything on that list, Christopher bowed his head just to say thank You. Simple. Quiet. No agenda.

When he lifted his head, someone was sitting a few feet away. A man with a worn-haired dog named Pete and a smile that didn't ask for anything. What happened next wasn't planned or dramatic. A donut he couldn't eat. Half a cup of coffee. A few honest words. And then a line that landed like a promise: "Spring is coming, I can feel it."

Gratitude changes what you see. When you stop demanding and start noticing, your eyes adjust. And sometimes what you're holding is exactly what someone else needs.

📖 Read the full Journal entry: https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/04/16/spring-is-coming-i-can-feel-it/ 🎙️

Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.

#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66 #matthew25lives

]]> <p>It started at a cold cement table outside a Dunkin&#39; with a cup of familiar coffee and a head full of heavy things. Bills. Health. The state of the world. The kind of weight that settles in when you sit alone with it long enough. But instead of asking God to fix everything on that list, Christopher bowed his head just to say thank You. Simple. Quiet. No agenda.</p><p>When he lifted his head, someone was sitting a few feet away. A man with a worn-haired dog named Pete and a smile that didn&#39;t ask for anything. What happened next wasn&#39;t planned or dramatic. A donut he couldn&#39;t eat. Half a cup of coffee. A few honest words. And then a line that landed like a promise: &#34;Spring is coming, I can feel it.&#34;</p><p>Gratitude changes what you see. When you stop demanding and start noticing, your eyes adjust. And sometimes what you&#39;re holding is exactly what someone else needs.</p><p>📖 Read the full Journal entry: <a href="https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/04/16/spring-is-coming-i-can-feel-it/" rel="nofollow">https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/04/16/spring-is-coming-i-can-feel-it/</a> 🎙️</p><p>Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.</p><p>#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66 #matthew25lives</p> e65a7c91-503a-4af6-ba16-d037fd8a2f27 https://roadsidenotes.com Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:00:40 +0000 343 false full Because He Knew I Didn't | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep31 Because He Knew I Didn't | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep31 31 1 Christopher Tuttle Grace before you ask for it. Christopher Tuttle reflects on a moment at a diner counter where a familiar kind of noise leads to a quiet and unexpected truth. This episode explores what it looks like when grace arrives not because it was earned, but because someone knew you needed it before you did. A warm and grounded reading from the Faith and Good Courage Journal. There is a kind of loud that is not confidence. It is defense. Most of us have heard it. Some of us have been it. A man at a diner counter talking about bad breaks and wrong people and what he would do if life would just give him a clean shot. And somewhere in the listening, something familiar starts to stir.

This entry is not about that man. It is about what happens when someone sees through the noise to what is underneath. When grace shows up not because we earned it or asked for it, but because someone knew we needed it before we did.

That is the kind of moment that stays with you long after the coffee goes cold.

📖 Read the full Journal entry: https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/04/09/because-he-knew-i-didnt/

🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.

#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66 #matthew25lives

]]> <p>There is a kind of loud that is not confidence. It is defense. Most of us have heard it. Some of us have been it. A man at a diner counter talking about bad breaks and wrong people and what he would do if life would just give him a clean shot. And somewhere in the listening, something familiar starts to stir.</p><p>This entry is not about that man. It is about what happens when someone sees through the noise to what is underneath. When grace shows up not because we earned it or asked for it, but because someone knew we needed it before we did.</p><p>That is the kind of moment that stays with you long after the coffee goes cold.</p><p>📖 Read the full Journal entry: <a href="https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/04/09/because-he-knew-i-didnt/" rel="nofollow">https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/04/09/because-he-knew-i-didnt/</a> </p><p>🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain. </p><p>#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66 #matthew25lives</p> 7ef8c081-a51d-4e39-87b4-2c4f8b40190c https://roadsidenotes.com Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:00:16 +0000 324 false full Your Own Devotional | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep30 Your Own Devotional | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep30 30 1 Christopher Tuttle Your devotion is worth sharing. In this episode, Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain, reflects on a simple sentence spoken by his wife Mary on a desert freeway that reframed everything he thought he was building. Your Own Devotional explores what it means to live faith honestly in ordinary places and share it without pretense. If you've ever wondered whether your reflections are too small or too unfinished to matter, this one is for you. It wasn't a strategy or a brand plan. It was a sentence spoken in the front seat of a car on a desert freeway, creosote bloom drifting through a cracked window. Mary said it simply and it landed deeper than any metric ever could. "It's your own devotional and you're just sharing it with others."

This week's Roadside Notes is about what happens when someone else names the calling before you do. It's about faith worked out in ordinary places, not on stages or in polished presentations, but in booths, in cars, and on long stretches of road where the only sound is tires humming against asphalt. Your Own Devotional doesn't require perfection. It requires sincerity.

If you've been waiting for permission to share what you're learning, this one is for you. Your lived faith, imperfect and unfolding, might be exactly what someone else needs to hear today.

📖 Read the full Journal entry: https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/04/02/your-own-devotional/

🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.

#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66 #matthew25lives

]]> <p>It wasn&#39;t a strategy or a brand plan. It was a sentence spoken in the front seat of a car on a desert freeway, creosote bloom drifting through a cracked window. Mary said it simply and it landed deeper than any metric ever could. &#34;It&#39;s your own devotional and you&#39;re just sharing it with others.&#34;</p><p>This week&#39;s Roadside Notes is about what happens when someone else names the calling before you do. It&#39;s about faith worked out in ordinary places, not on stages or in polished presentations, but in booths, in cars, and on long stretches of road where the only sound is tires humming against asphalt. Your Own Devotional doesn&#39;t require perfection. It requires sincerity.</p><p>If you&#39;ve been waiting for permission to share what you&#39;re learning, this one is for you. Your lived faith, imperfect and unfolding, might be exactly what someone else needs to hear today.</p><p>📖 Read the full Journal entry: <a href="https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/04/02/your-own-devotional/" rel="nofollow">https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/04/02/your-own-devotional/</a> </p><p>🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain. </p><p>#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66 #matthew25lives</p> d3f6a87c-a8f9-4fff-9329-a0a9c815de5d https://roadsidenotes.com Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:35:13 +0000 335 false full The Power Of Listening | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep29 The Power Of Listening | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep29 29 1 Christopher Tuttle Presence creates connection. This reflection explores the quiet strength of listening. By slowing down and offering genuine presence, we create space for trust, encouragement, and connection to take root, often in ways that matter more than we realize. Maybe someone near you is carrying a story they don’t plan to share. Maybe they’re waiting for a reason to speak, or a signal that it’s safe to be heard. In a world that moves fast and talks louder, listening has quietly become one of the most powerful things we can offer.

The Power Of Listening reflects on the courage it takes to slow down, stay present, and create space for another person to matter. You don’t need perfect words. You don’t need a solution. You just need to be there long enough for trust to form. Sometimes a quiet hello, a patient moment, or a simple word of encouragement can become the rope that pulls someone back into the light.

📖 Read the full Journal entry:

https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/03/26/the-power-of-listening/

🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.

#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66 #matthew25lives

]]> <p>Maybe someone near you is carrying a story they don’t plan to share. Maybe they’re waiting for a reason to speak, or a signal that it’s safe to be heard. In a world that moves fast and talks louder, listening has quietly become one of the most powerful things we can offer.</p><p><em>The Power Of Listening</em> reflects on the courage it takes to slow down, stay present, and create space for another person to matter. You don’t need perfect words. You don’t need a solution. You just need to be there long enough for trust to form. Sometimes a quiet hello, a patient moment, or a simple word of encouragement can become the rope that pulls someone back into the light.</p><p>📖 <strong>Read the full Journal entry:</strong></p><p><a href="https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/03/26/the-power-of-listening/" rel="nofollow">https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/03/26/the-power-of-listening/</a></p><p>🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.</p><p>#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66 #matthew25lives</p> bdc238a9-8754-4fd6-b913-75ebb70803fe https://roadsidenotes.com Thu, 26 Mar 2026 13:00:15 +0000 342 false full What God Hands You | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep28 What God Hands You | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep28 28 1 Christopher Tuttle Holding what the road places in your hands. This reflection explores the unexpected responsibilities and opportunities life places before us. When we choose to receive what God hands us with trust and humility, ordinary moments can become the beginning of deeper purpose. The road has a way of handing us things we didn’t plan for. Some arrive wrapped in joy. Others come disguised as inconvenience, uncertainty, or responsibility we weren’t expecting to carry. But over time, the miles teach a quiet truth: what God places in our hands is rarely accidental.

What God Hands You reflects on the choices we face when life places something unexpected before us. We can resist it, question it, or learn to hold it with faith and humility. Often the very thing we hesitate to accept becomes the place where purpose quietly begins to grow. The road doesn’t always explain the reason, but it does invite us to trust that every moment placed in our care can become part of something meaningful.

📖 Read the full Journal entry:

https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/03/19/what-god-hands-you/

🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.

#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #Matthew25Lives #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66

]]> <p>The road has a way of handing us things we didn’t plan for. Some arrive wrapped in joy. Others come disguised as inconvenience, uncertainty, or responsibility we weren’t expecting to carry. But over time, the miles teach a quiet truth: what God places in our hands is rarely accidental.</p><p><em>What God Hands You</em> reflects on the choices we face when life places something unexpected before us. We can resist it, question it, or learn to hold it with faith and humility. Often the very thing we hesitate to accept becomes the place where purpose quietly begins to grow. The road doesn’t always explain the reason, but it does invite us to trust that every moment placed in our care can become part of something meaningful.</p><p>📖 <strong>Read the full Journal entry:</strong></p><p><a href="https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/03/19/what-god-hands-you/" rel="nofollow">https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/03/19/what-god-hands-you/</a></p><p>🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.</p><p>#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #Matthew25Lives #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66</p> cae7df39-eb70-40c4-bf43-9f254220e2c7 https://roadsidenotes.com Thu, 19 Mar 2026 13:00:05 +0000 327 false full Seeing Past The Look | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep27 Seeing Past The Look | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep27 27 1 Christopher Tuttle Looking beyond first impressions. This reflection explores the quiet courage it takes to look beyond appearances and remember that every life carries a deeper story. When we slow down and choose compassion over assumption, ordinary encounters can become moments of grace. First impressions come quickly. A glance across a room, a look exchanged in passing, a quiet assumption forming before a single word is spoken. But every once in a while the road invites us to slow down and look again.

Seeing Past The Look reflects on the difference between what we see on the surface and the deeper story that often hides just beneath it. Compassion begins when we pause long enough to remember that every face carries a life we cannot fully see. When we choose curiosity instead of judgment, kindness finds room to move, and ordinary encounters can turn into moments of unexpected grace.

📖 Read the full Journal entry:

https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/03/12/seeing-past-the-look/

🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.

#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66

]]> <p>First impressions come quickly. A glance across a room, a look exchanged in passing, a quiet assumption forming before a single word is spoken. But every once in a while the road invites us to slow down and look again.</p><p><em>Seeing Past The Look</em> reflects on the difference between what we see on the surface and the deeper story that often hides just beneath it. Compassion begins when we pause long enough to remember that every face carries a life we cannot fully see. When we choose curiosity instead of judgment, kindness finds room to move, and ordinary encounters can turn into moments of unexpected grace.</p><p>📖 <strong>Read the full Journal entry:</strong></p><p><a href="https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/03/12/seeing-past-the-look/" rel="nofollow">https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/03/12/seeing-past-the-look/</a></p><p>🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.</p><p>#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66</p> d7b35b3e-5377-4e93-a9a7-acfa8f298a9a https://roadsidenotes.com Thu, 12 Mar 2026 13:00:52 +0000 335 false full Dropping The Stone | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep26 Dropping The Stone | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep26 26 1 Christopher Tuttle Choosing mercy over judgment. This reflection explores the quiet power of letting go of condemnation and choosing grace instead. Through a simple roadside moment, it reminds us that compassion often begins when we drop the stone we’re tempted to carry. Judgment can feel easy in a noisy world. It slips into conversations, rides along with assumptions, and gathers weight before we even realize we’re carrying it. But every once in a while the road offers a quieter invitation: to loosen our grip, step back, and choose grace instead.

Dropping The Stone is a reflection on mercy, humility, and the quiet courage it takes to let go of condemnation. Instead of joining the chorus of criticism, this story invites us to pause long enough to remember that every life carries a story we can’t fully see. Sometimes the bravest act isn’t speaking louder, it’s simply dropping the stone and choosing compassion.

📖 Read the full Journal entry:

https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/03/05/dropping-the-stone/

🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.

#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66

]]> <p>Judgment can feel easy in a noisy world. It slips into conversations, rides along with assumptions, and gathers weight before we even realize we’re carrying it. But every once in a while the road offers a quieter invitation: to loosen our grip, step back, and choose grace instead.</p><p><em>Dropping The Stone</em> is a reflection on mercy, humility, and the quiet courage it takes to let go of condemnation. Instead of joining the chorus of criticism, this story invites us to pause long enough to remember that every life carries a story we can’t fully see. Sometimes the bravest act isn’t speaking louder, it’s simply dropping the stone and choosing compassion.</p><p>📖 <strong>Read the full Journal entry:</strong></p><p><a href="https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/03/05/dropping-the-stone/" rel="nofollow">https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/03/05/dropping-the-stone/</a></p><p>🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.</p><p>#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66</p> 7e909d8e-3d5f-4593-b6ee-2fcccad34f08 https://roadsidenotes.com Thu, 05 Mar 2026 16:41:31 +0000 342 false full Rule 66 Kindness | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep25 Rule 66 Kindness | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep25 25 1 Christopher Tuttle Let compassion take the wheel. This reflection explores what it means to make kindness active instead of optional. Through the lens of Rule 66, it invites listeners to choose compassion over convenience and leave people better than they were found. What would it look like if kindness stopped riding in the passenger seat and started taking the wheel? This reflection imagines a year shaped not by louder opinions or sharper edges, but by deliberate compassion. Not fixing everything. Not solving every argument. Simply responding when something is within reach.

Rule 66 Kindness is about treating kindness as active, not optional. Leaving people better than you found them. Feeding when you can. Staying when it would be easier to leave. Helping without first checking for agreement. It doesn’t promise easy answers, but it does offer a better direction. In a world that often defaults to convenience, this story invites us to let compassion steer.

📖 Read the full Journal entry:

https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/02/26/rule-66-kindness/

🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.

#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66

]]> <p>What would it look like if kindness stopped riding in the passenger seat and started taking the wheel? This reflection imagines a year shaped not by louder opinions or sharper edges, but by deliberate compassion. Not fixing everything. Not solving every argument. Simply responding when something is within reach.</p><p><em>Rule 66 Kindness</em> is about treating kindness as active, not optional. Leaving people better than you found them. Feeding when you can. Staying when it would be easier to leave. Helping without first checking for agreement. It doesn’t promise easy answers, but it does offer a better direction. In a world that often defaults to convenience, this story invites us to let compassion steer.</p><p>📖 <strong>Read the full Journal entry:</strong></p><p><a href="https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/02/26/rule-66-kindness/" rel="nofollow">https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/02/26/rule-66-kindness/</a></p><p>🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.</p><p>#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66</p> da20b7fb-bf64-4d45-8af9-9bcb0a92fc93 https://roadsidenotes.com Thu, 26 Feb 2026 13:00:48 +0000 298 false full The Coffee That Changed Nothing and Everything | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep24 The Coffee That Changed Nothing and Everything | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep24 24 1 Christopher Tuttle Ordinary generosity, lasting impact. This reflection explores how small, unnoticed acts of kindness ripple far beyond the moment. Through a quiet diner encounter, it reminds us that generosity doesn’t need applause to change hearts, and that grateful giving keeps goodness moving down the road. A simple breakfast. Pancakes ordered with quiet relief. An older man sipping tea, content in a way money can’t explain. No speeches. No spotlight. Just a small act of kindness passed quietly across a diner table.

The Coffee That Changed Nothing and Everything reflects on how ordinary generosity shifts the atmosphere of a room and the posture of a heart. What looks like “nothing” on the surface can realign something deeper within us. Kindness rarely begins with us, but it absolutely continues because of us. This story is about grateful heart giving, about the subtle way grace moves through people, and about how the world often changes without fireworks or announcements, just everyday decency choosing to keep traveling.

📖 Read the full Journal entry:

https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/02/19/grateful-heart-giving/

🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.

#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66

]]> <p>A simple breakfast. Pancakes ordered with quiet relief. An older man sipping tea, content in a way money can’t explain. No speeches. No spotlight. Just a small act of kindness passed quietly across a diner table.</p><p><em>The Coffee That Changed Nothing and Everything</em> reflects on how ordinary generosity shifts the atmosphere of a room and the posture of a heart. What looks like “nothing” on the surface can realign something deeper within us. Kindness rarely begins with us, but it absolutely continues because of us. This story is about grateful heart giving, about the subtle way grace moves through people, and about how the world often changes without fireworks or announcements, just everyday decency choosing to keep traveling.</p><p>📖 <strong>Read the full Journal entry:</strong></p><p><a href="https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/02/19/grateful-heart-giving/" rel="nofollow">https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/02/19/grateful-heart-giving/</a></p><p>🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.</p><p>#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66</p> f10c1fa0-c020-4437-b3f9-6fd5058543a2 https://roadsidenotes.com Thu, 19 Feb 2026 13:00:54 +0000 358 false full Today Is Your Chance To Do Better | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep23 Today Is Your Chance To Do Better | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep23 23 1 Christopher Tuttle A small step can change the road. This reflection invites listeners to release yesterday, resist rushing tomorrow, and focus on the grace available today. Through honesty, patience, and small acts of courage, it reminds us that new beginnings are built one faithful step at a time. Sometimes the road asks us to be brave. Other times it asks us to be honest. And every now and then, it asks us to begin again. This reflection sits in that quiet space between yesterday and tomorrow, where nothing is fixed all at once, but something new can begin.

Today Is Your Chance To Do Better is about offering God the pieces instead of pretending they’re already whole. It’s a reminder that grace works patiently, shaping what feels worn out into something usable again. You don’t have to fix everything. You don’t have to rush the process. You just have to take the next small step and trust that God will meet you there.

📖 Read the full Journal entry:

https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/02/12/today-is-your-chance/

🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.

#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66

]]> <p>Sometimes the road asks us to be brave. Other times it asks us to be honest. And every now and then, it asks us to begin again. This reflection sits in that quiet space between yesterday and tomorrow, where nothing is fixed all at once, but something new can begin.</p><p><em>Today Is Your Chance To Do Better</em> is about offering God the pieces instead of pretending they’re already whole. It’s a reminder that grace works patiently, shaping what feels worn out into something usable again. You don’t have to fix everything. You don’t have to rush the process. You just have to take the next small step and trust that God will meet you there.</p><p>📖 <strong>Read the full Journal entry:</strong></p><p><a href="https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/02/12/today-is-your-chance/" rel="nofollow">https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/02/12/today-is-your-chance/</a></p><p>🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.</p><p>#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66</p> 5ad003ea-4853-4455-8e8c-478ebcad5163 https://roadsidenotes.com Thu, 12 Feb 2026 13:00:49 +0000 296 false full When Kindness Takes The Wheel | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep22 When Kindness Takes The Wheel | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep22 22 1 Christopher Tuttle When softness shows its strength. This reflection looks at kindness as a quiet form of courage. Through lived experience, inherited wisdom, and an ordinary moment along Route 66, it reminds us that compassion does its best work without recognition and leaves a lasting impact long after the moment passes. Kindness takes the wheel in ways most people never notice. What looks simple on the surface can unsettle those who have forgotten how heavy life can feel for someone else. Some misunderstand kindness. Some mock it. Some mistake it for weakness. But this reflection tells a different story, one learned slowly, over long miles and quiet moments.

Drawing from a mother’s wisdom, diner counter conversations, and an unnoticed act of generosity along Route 66, this story explores kindness as a form of courage, softness with strength behind it. No applause. No cameras. Just the kind of compassion that leaves a mark long after the coffee has gone cold. Kindness still works best when no one is watching, and it still has the power to change a moment, a morning, and sometimes a life.

📖 Read the full Journal entry:

https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/02/05/kindness-takes-the-wheel/

🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.

#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66

]]> <p>Kindness takes the wheel in ways most people never notice. What looks simple on the surface can unsettle those who have forgotten how heavy life can feel for someone else. Some misunderstand kindness. Some mock it. Some mistake it for weakness. But this reflection tells a different story, one learned slowly, over long miles and quiet moments.</p><p>Drawing from a mother’s wisdom, diner counter conversations, and an unnoticed act of generosity along Route 66, this story explores kindness as a form of courage, softness with strength behind it. No applause. No cameras. Just the kind of compassion that leaves a mark long after the coffee has gone cold. Kindness still works best when no one is watching, and it still has the power to change a moment, a morning, and sometimes a life.</p><p>📖 <strong>Read the full Journal entry:</strong></p><p><a href="https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/02/05/kindness-takes-the-wheel/" rel="nofollow">https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/02/05/kindness-takes-the-wheel/</a></p><p>🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.</p><p>#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66</p> ba0334fc-6dcb-4fac-b32e-14c4709d5fdd https://roadsidenotes.com Thu, 05 Feb 2026 13:00:48 +0000 309 false full I See You and Thank You | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep21 I See You and Thank You | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep21 21 1 Christopher Tuttle A thank-you for the quiet givers. This reflection offers gratitude to the unseen helpers whose small, faithful acts hold the world together. Through everyday kindness and quiet service, it reminds us that love changes lives one gentle moment at a time. We don’t always get to stand on mountaintops and shout about heroes. The world rarely pauses to notice the small acts that quietly hold it together. But this reflection does. It’s a thank-you to the gentle, steady souls whose love shows up without applause, wrapped in kindness and offered without expectation.

I See You and Thank You honors the quiet givers, the ones who sew, cook, share, and stop for strangers. It’s a reminder that love doesn’t always arrive with trumpets or miracles. Sometimes it comes as a handmade bag, a half-burger, or a soft word spoken at the right moment. These small acts feed more than bodies, they feed the soul, one moment of quiet grace at a time.

📖 Read the full Journal entry:

https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/01/29/i-see-you-and-thank-you/

🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.

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]]> <p>We don’t always get to stand on mountaintops and shout about heroes. The world rarely pauses to notice the small acts that quietly hold it together. But this reflection does. It’s a thank-you to the gentle, steady souls whose love shows up without applause, wrapped in kindness and offered without expectation.</p><p><em>I See You and Thank You</em> honors the quiet givers, the ones who sew, cook, share, and stop for strangers. It’s a reminder that love doesn’t always arrive with trumpets or miracles. Sometimes it comes as a handmade bag, a half-burger, or a soft word spoken at the right moment. These small acts feed more than bodies, they feed the soul, one moment of quiet grace at a time.</p><p>📖 <strong>Read the full Journal entry:</strong></p><p><a href="https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/01/29/i-see-you-and-thank-you/" rel="nofollow">https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/01/29/i-see-you-and-thank-you/</a></p><p>🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.</p><p>#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66</p> 93ab2120-8658-4a75-8aaf-93d33b05e438 https://roadsidenotes.com Thu, 29 Jan 2026 13:00:21 +0000 311 false full Feed Somebody | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep20 Feed Somebody | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep20 20 1 Christopher Tuttle Love with its sleeves rolled up. This reflection explores what it really means to help. Feeding someone isn’t about charity or fixing the world. It’s about recognition, attention, and small acts of kindness that meet real needs. Hunger takes many forms, and love still fills them in ordinary ways. Feed Somebody is not charity from on high. It’s recognition. A brother. A sister. A mirror. Every sandwich, every grocery drop-off, every spare-dollar coffee handed to someone shivering on a curb is the gospel with its sleeves rolled up. You don’t need perfect answers. You need a willing heart, a shopping basket, and the courage to stop.

This reflection invites us to rethink what helping really looks like. Feeding isn’t always dramatic. It’s ordinary. It’s practical. It’s paying attention. Hunger takes many forms, and love still meets it in everyday ways, through food, kindness, and presence. Sometimes God isn’t shouting from the sky. Sometimes He’s whispering from the checkout line, or sitting beside someone on the curb.

📖 Read the full Journal entry:

https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/01/22/feed-somebody/

🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.

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]]> <p>Feed Somebody is not charity from on high. It’s recognition. A brother. A sister. A mirror. Every sandwich, every grocery drop-off, every spare-dollar coffee handed to someone shivering on a curb is the gospel with its sleeves rolled up. You don’t need perfect answers. You need a willing heart, a shopping basket, and the courage to stop.</p><p>This reflection invites us to rethink what helping really looks like. Feeding isn’t always dramatic. It’s ordinary. It’s practical. It’s paying attention. Hunger takes many forms, and love still meets it in everyday ways, through food, kindness, and presence. Sometimes God isn’t shouting from the sky. Sometimes He’s whispering from the checkout line, or sitting beside someone on the curb.</p><p>📖 <strong>Read the full Journal entry:</strong></p><p><a href="https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/01/22/feed-somebody/" rel="nofollow">https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/01/22/feed-somebody/</a></p><p>🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.</p><p>#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66</p> 0148e05b-be4a-415e-a5c3-d6cd1884fbfa https://roadsidenotes.com Thu, 22 Jan 2026 13:00:34 +0000 322 false full Finding Common Ground | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep19 Finding Common Ground | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep19 19 1 Christopher Tuttle Looking for connection in the middle of the noise. This reflection explores how difficult it has become to find common ground in a noisy, divided world. Through ordinary moments and shared spaces, it invites listeners to slow down, listen more closely, and choose connection over conflict. Finding common ground used to feel simple. A handshake. A neighborly wave. A shared laugh over burnt toast in a diner booth. Lately, it feels harder. Conversations carry tension. Quiet places aren’t quiet anymore. Screens shout from every corner, pulling us left and right while most of us sit somewhere in between, just trying to finish our coffee.

This reflection looks at what it means to seek common ground in a divided world. Not by winning arguments or raising our voices, but by choosing presence, listening, and remembering our shared humanity. It’s about slowing down long enough to notice the person across the table, even when the noise refuses to stop, and choosing connection over certainty.

📖 Read the full Journal entry:

https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/01/15/finding-common-ground/

🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.

#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66

]]> <p>Finding common ground used to feel simple. A handshake. A neighborly wave. A shared laugh over burnt toast in a diner booth. Lately, it feels harder. Conversations carry tension. Quiet places aren’t quiet anymore. Screens shout from every corner, pulling us left and right while most of us sit somewhere in between, just trying to finish our coffee.</p><p>This reflection looks at what it means to seek common ground in a divided world. Not by winning arguments or raising our voices, but by choosing presence, listening, and remembering our shared humanity. It’s about slowing down long enough to notice the person across the table, even when the noise refuses to stop, and choosing connection over certainty.</p><p>📖 <strong>Read the full Journal entry:</strong></p><p><a href="https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/01/15/finding-common-ground/" rel="nofollow">https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/01/15/finding-common-ground/</a></p><p>🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.</p><p>#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66</p> b21461db-755b-4dde-9d2b-1bbebf8e7b2c https://roadsidenotes.com Thu, 15 Jan 2026 13:00:15 +0000 405 false full Strength To Endure | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep18 Strength To Endure | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep18 18 1 Christopher Tuttle Endurance is a strength we grow into. This reflection explores the strength that develops when life remains difficult and relief does not come quickly. Rather than escaping hardship, it looks at how patience, resilience, and faith deepen over time, forming an endurance that carries us forward when the road stays hard. 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.

📖 Read the full Journal entry:

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

🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.

#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66

]]> <p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>📖 <strong>Read the full Journal entry:</strong></p><p><a href="https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/01/08/strength-to-endure/" rel="nofollow">https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/01/08/strength-to-endure/</a></p><p>🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.</p><p>#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66</p> 1f1aa7ed-66ee-4c19-95b9-39c6ed2a01b1 https://roadsidenotes.com Thu, 08 Jan 2026 13:00:18 +0000 280 false full Rule 66 | Kindness Born of a Mother’s Love | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep17 Rule 66 | Kindness Born of a Mother’s Love | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep17 17 1 Christopher Tuttle A mother’s quiet lessons that still guide the road. This reflection traces the heart of Rule 66 back to a mother’s kitchen table, where kindness, restraint, and grace were taught through everyday moments. It’s a story about inherited wisdom, living gently, and letting love shape the road you walk long after the lessons were first given. 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.

📖 Read the full Journal entry:

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

🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.

#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66

]]> <p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>📖 <strong>Read the full Journal entry:</strong></p><p><a href="https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/01/01/rule-66/" rel="nofollow">https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2026/01/01/rule-66/</a></p><p>🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.</p><p>#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66</p> 66c908c6-63b0-4a69-802d-067305ed81b7 https://roadsidenotes.com Thu, 01 Jan 2026 13:00:04 +0000 376 false full Love Came Quietly | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep16 Love Came Quietly | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep16 16 1 Christopher Tuttle Love arrived quietly, and it never left. This Christmas Day reflection explores the quiet way love entered the world, not through spectacle, but through humility. From the manger in Bethlehem to modern tables where meals are shared with strangers, this story reminds us that love still comes softly, meeting us low, staying close, and changing everything without needing to shout. 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.

📖 Read the full Journal entry:

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

🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.

#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66

]]> <p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>📖 <strong>Read the full Journal entry:</strong></p><p><a href="https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2025/12/25/love-came-quietly/" rel="nofollow">https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2025/12/25/love-came-quietly/</a></p><p>🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.</p><p>#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66</p> bd9d4bb7-9965-4cbf-af2e-6f1489f412b6 https://roadsidenotes.com Thu, 25 Dec 2025 13:00:33 +0000 275 false full Sharing Your Story of Faith | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep15 Sharing Your Story of Faith | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep15 15 1 Christopher Tuttle Sharing your story is an act of faith. This reflection explores why sharing your story of faith matters, not to impress or persuade, but to witness what God has done. When stories are told with humility, kindness, and care, they become trail markers for others, reminders that grace is real, healing is possible, and the next mile is worth taking. 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.

📖 Read the full Journal entry:

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

🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.

#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66

]]> <p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>📖 <strong>Read the full Journal entry:</strong></p><p><a href="https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2025/12/18/sharing-your-story-of-faith/" rel="nofollow">https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2025/12/18/sharing-your-story-of-faith/</a></p><p>🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.</p><p>#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66</p> 13c4e5de-3fca-4f75-b7d2-8267b60b654f https://roadsidenotes.com Thu, 18 Dec 2025 13:00:11 +0000 427 false full Heal | Grace on the Move | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep14 Heal | Grace on the Move | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep14 14 1 Christopher Tuttle Grace moves slow, but it never stops working. Part Two of “Living the Mission Statement” explores what healing looks like when grace moves with you one mile at a time. Healing doesn’t arrive suddenly, it unfolds gently in the middle of your everyday life, showing up in the slow and steady rhythm of grace on the move. 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.

📖 Read the full Journal entry:

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

🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.

#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66

]]> <p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>📖 <strong>Read the full Journal entry:</strong></p><p><a href="https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2025/12/11/heal-grace-on-the-move/?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="nofollow">https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2025/12/11/heal-grace-on-the-move/</a></p><p>🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.</p><p>#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66</p> e8a95387-4941-4fe1-aefa-2d5472e8228d https://roadsidenotes.com Thu, 11 Dec 2025 17:23:10 +0000 301 false full Drive - Faith In Motion | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep13 Drive - Faith In Motion | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep13 13 1 Christopher Tuttle A pre-dawn reflection on trust, movement, and learning to let God steer. Faith in motion begins in the quiet before dawn when the world feels half asleep and the road waits without answers. Part One of the “Living the Mission Statement” series explores trust, direction, and choosing slow miles with God over fast miles alone. 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.

📖 Read the full Journal entry: https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2025/12/04/drive-faith-in-motion/

🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.

#FaithAndGoodCourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66

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]]> <p>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.”</p><p>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.</p><p>📖 <strong>Read the full Journal entry: </strong>https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2025/12/04/drive-faith-in-motion/</p><p>🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.</p><p>#FaithAndGoodCourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66</p><p>S1E13</p> 6c7cb390-d7e8-443b-a749-395d51a77cd9 https://roadsidenotes.com Thu, 04 Dec 2025 16:13:59 +0000 372 false full Thanksgiving Dinner On The Road, Pie For Strangers | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep12 Thanksgiving Dinner On The Road, Pie For Strangers | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep12 12 1 Christopher Tuttle A Thanksgiving story from the road A Thanksgiving meal in a small Flagstaff café turns into a moment of unexpected grace when four strangers share the last slices of pie. A quiet, heartwarming Journal reading about kindness, gratitude, and the mercy found along Route 66. 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.

📖 Read the full Journal entry: https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2025/11/27/thanksgiving-dinner-on-the-road/

🎥 Subscribe to our Youtube Chanel: https://youtube.com/@faithandgoodcourage

🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal — stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.

#FaithAndGoodCourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66

]]> <p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>📖 <strong>Read the full Journal entry: </strong>https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2025/11/27/thanksgiving-dinner-on-the-road/</p><p><strong>🎥 Subscribe to our Youtube Chanel:</strong> https://youtube.com/@faithandgoodcourage</p><p>🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal — stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.</p><p>#FaithAndGoodCourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66</p> 20195106-32f5-40c0-8dd8-59dd532531be https://roadsidenotes.com Thu, 27 Nov 2025 15:50:10 +0000 361 false full Faith and Good Courage Mission Statement | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep11 Faith and Good Courage Mission Statement | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep11 11 1 Christopher Tuttle A reading of the Faith and Good Courage Mission Statement Christopher Tuttle reads the “Faith and Good Courage Mission Statement,” a grounding reflection on hope, kindness, and the purpose behind this entire project. A quiet, honest look at why these stories matter and who they are written for. 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.

📖 Read the full Journal entry: https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2025/11/20/the-mission-statement/

Watch the YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/y9hDZChtWu8

🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, featuring stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.

#FaithAndGoodCourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66

]]> <p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>📖 <strong>Read the full Journal entry: </strong>https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2025/11/20/the-mission-statement/</p><p><strong>Watch the YouTube Video</strong>: https://youtu.be/y9hDZChtWu8</p><p>🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, featuring stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.</p><p>#FaithAndGoodCourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #HealingHighway #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #GraceOnTheGo #route66</p> fc4284e3-4d87-4d82-b2ff-949085a830c2 https://roadsidenotes.com Thu, 20 Nov 2025 18:52:51 +0000 321 false full Healing Old Wounds in a Chaotic Present | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep10 Healing Old Wounds in a Chaotic Present | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep10 10 1 Christopher Tuttle a reflection on how the past resurfaces during seasons of chaos, and how gentleness, patience, and good courage help us reclaim peace one small moment at a time. A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading. Christopher Tuttle reads “Healing Old Wounds in a Chaotic Present” — a reflection on how the past resurfaces during seasons of chaos, and how gentleness, patience, and good courage help us reclaim peace one small moment at a time. 📖 Read the full Journal entry:

https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2025/09/24/healing-old-wounds/

🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal — stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.

In this episode, Christopher revisits a journal entry about the kind of pain that doesn’t stay neatly in the past. You know the kind — the wounds that flare up when life gets loud, when stress hits hard, when the world feels a little too chaotic for its own good.

He opens the door to what healing actually looks like on an ordinary Tuesday. The slow work. The honest work. The kind that doesn’t make headlines but changes the way you breathe. It’s a reminder that even when old hurts rise to the surface, they’re not proof of failure. They’re proof you’re still growing. Still choosing courage. Still saying, “I’m trying… and that counts.”

If you’ve ever wondered why an old memory can knock the wind out of you, or why your heart tightens before your mind catches up, pull up a chair. This one’s a gentle companion for anyone carrying more than they let on.

Give me 5 minutes, I’ll give you hope.

#FaithAndGoodCourage #Route66Chaplain #HealingHighway #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments

]]> <p>📖 Read the full Journal entry:</p><p><a href="https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2025/09/24/healing-old-wounds/?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="nofollow">https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2025/09/24/healing-old-wounds/</a></p><p>🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal — stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.</p><p>In this episode, Christopher revisits a journal entry about the kind of pain that doesn’t stay neatly in the past. You know the kind — the wounds that flare up when life gets loud, when stress hits hard, when the world feels a little too chaotic for its own good.</p><p>He opens the door to what healing actually looks like on an ordinary Tuesday. The slow work. The honest work. The kind that doesn’t make headlines but changes the way you breathe. It’s a reminder that even when old hurts rise to the surface, they’re not proof of failure. They’re proof you’re still growing. Still choosing courage. Still saying, “I’m trying… and that counts.”</p><p>If you’ve ever wondered why an old memory can knock the wind out of you, or why your heart tightens before your mind catches up, pull up a chair. This one’s a gentle companion for anyone carrying more than they let on.</p><p>Give me 5 minutes, I’ll give you hope.</p><p>#FaithAndGoodCourage #Route66Chaplain #HealingHighway #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments</p> 711e8469-c835-4291-aaa0-353db789f03f https://roadsidenotes.com Sun, 16 Nov 2025 20:00:07 +0000 337 false full Staying True At The Bottom – Quiet Strength | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep09 Staying True At The Bottom – Quiet Strength | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep09 9 1 Christopher Tuttle A reflection on finding quiet strength at your lowest point, and staying true when life drops you to the bottom. A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading. Christopher Tuttle reads “Staying True At The Bottom – Quiet Strength,” a reflection on finding calm, clarity, and courage at the lowest point of the journey. Faith and Good Courage – Roadside Notes Journal Reading

Episode Title: Staying True At The Bottom – Quiet Strength

Author/Narrator: Christopher Tuttle

Sometimes the lowest places become the clearest ones.

This story is about the kind of strength that does not shout, does not show off, and does not need applause. It’s about learning to stay steady when you hit the bottom — not because you failed, but because the ground simply dropped out from under you.

Quiet strength isn’t glamorous. It shows up when the crowd disappears. It steadies you when life has taken more than it has given. It reminds you that God does some of His best work in the unseen places.

📖 Read the Journal version:

https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2025/11/13/staying-true-at-the-bottom/

🎙️ Roadside Notes is a gentle pause on a noisy road — a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.

Give me 5 minutes, I’ll give you hope.

#FaithAndGoodCourage #RoadsideNotes #QuietStrength #Route66Chaplain #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #KindnessShouldNeverNeedPermission #HealingHighway

]]> <p><strong>Faith and Good Courage – Roadside Notes Journal Reading</strong></p><p><strong>Episode Title:</strong> <em>Staying True At The Bottom – Quiet Strength</em></p><p><strong>Author/Narrator:</strong> Christopher Tuttle</p><p>Sometimes the lowest places become the clearest ones.</p><p>This story is about the kind of strength that does not shout, does not show off, and does not need applause. It’s about learning to stay steady when you hit the bottom — not because you failed, but because the ground simply dropped out from under you.</p><p>Quiet strength isn’t glamorous. It shows up when the crowd disappears. It steadies you when life has taken more than it has given. It reminds you that God does some of His best work in the unseen places.</p><p>📖 <strong>Read the Journal version:</strong></p><p><a href="https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2025/11/13/staying-true-at-the-bottom/" rel="nofollow">https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2025/11/13/staying-true-at-the-bottom/</a></p><p>🎙️ <em>Roadside Notes</em> is a gentle pause on a noisy road — a reading series from the <strong>Faith and Good Courage Journal</strong>, written and read by <strong>Christopher Tuttle</strong>, <em>The Route 66 Chaplain.</em></p><p>Give me 5 minutes, I’ll give you hope.</p><p>#FaithAndGoodCourage #RoadsideNotes #QuietStrength #Route66Chaplain #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments #KindnessShouldNeverNeedPermission #HealingHighway</p> 2bfb73f5-8cc1-4416-bf9a-c9fde338e7cc https://roadsidenotes.com Thu, 13 Nov 2025 22:04:32 +0000 288 false full I Don’t Care (And That’s the Point) | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep08 I Don’t Care (And That’s the Point) | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading | Ep08 8 1 Christopher Tuttle A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading. Christopher Tuttle reads “I Don’t Care (And That’s the Point)” — a reflection on peace, authenticity, and letting go of what no longer matters. A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading. Christopher Tuttle reads “I Don’t Care (And That’s the Point)” — a reflection on peace, authenticity, and letting go of what no longer matters. Faith and Good Courage – Roadside Notes Journal Reading

Episode Title: I Don’t Care (And That’s the Point)

Date: September 18, 2025

Author/Narrator: Christopher Tuttle

On the road to healing, there comes a day when you finally stop apologizing for being real. This story isn’t about indifference; it’s about release — about learning the difference between what deserves your energy and what just drains it.

“I don’t care” doesn’t mean giving up. It means setting down the performance, the people-pleasing, and the endless need to be understood by everyone. It’s the moment peace starts speaking louder than noise.

📖 Read the full Journal entry:

https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2025/09/18/authentic-storytelling/

🎙️ Roadside Notes is a reading series from the Faith and Good Courage Journal — stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.

Give me 5 minutes, I’ll give you hope.

#FaithAndGoodCourage #Route66Chaplain #HealingHighway #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments

]]> <p><strong>Faith and Good Courage – Roadside Notes Journal Reading</strong></p><p><strong>Episode Title:</strong> <em>I Don’t Care (And That’s the Point)</em></p><p><strong>Date:</strong> September 18, 2025</p><p><strong>Author/Narrator:</strong> Christopher Tuttle</p><p>On the road to healing, there comes a day when you finally stop apologizing for being real. This story isn’t about indifference; it’s about release — about learning the difference between what deserves your energy and what just drains it.</p><p>“I don’t care” doesn’t mean giving up. It means setting down the performance, the people-pleasing, and the endless need to be understood by everyone. It’s the moment peace starts speaking louder than noise.</p><p>📖 Read the full Journal entry:</p><p><a href="https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2025/09/18/authentic-storytelling/" rel="nofollow">https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2025/09/18/authentic-storytelling/</a></p><p>🎙️ <em>Roadside Notes</em> is a reading series from the <strong>Faith and Good Courage Journal</strong> — stories of grace, grit, and second chances written and read by <strong>Christopher Tuttle</strong>, <em>The Route 66 Chaplain.</em></p><p>Give me 5 minutes, I’ll give you hope.</p><p>#FaithAndGoodCourage #Route66Chaplain #HealingHighway #TheCompassionDeficit #WitWisdomAndDinerMoments</p> 0421469f-d3bc-465d-80ce-a70b52222301 https://roadsidenotes.com Mon, 10 Nov 2025 15:41:42 +0000 339 false full Facing the Storm - The Buffalo Lesson | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading Facing the Storm - The Buffalo Lesson | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading 7 1 Christopher Tuttle When the weather breaks loose, what we learn is less about surviving and more about standing together. A Roadside Notes reading from the Faith and Good Courage Journal by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain. Reflections on storms, resilience, and what buffalo teach us about standing through the winds. Facing the Storm | The Buffalo Lesson — a Roadside Notes reading from the Faith and Good Courage Journal.

The sky darkened. The road narrowed. Somewhere in the heart of western Arizona’s prairie, a herd of buffalo stood their ground while the winds rose around them. When life sends storms, it’s not always about outrunning the weather — sometimes it’s about planting your feet and facing it together.

In this episode, Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain, visits these silent sentinels on Route 66 and hears what they have to say about community, courage, and staying put when everything else is shaking.

📖 Read the full Journal entry: https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2025/11/06/facing-the-storm/

📺 Watch the vodcast filmed on Route 66: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CH9-sYIIH8

🎧 Listen to the Roadside Notes Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/facing-the-storm-the-buffalo-lesson-roadside-notes/id1846908723?i=1000735625874

Tags: Faith and Good Courage, Roadside Notes Podcast, Route 66 Chaplain, Storms, Buffalo, Resilience, Hope, Grace, Route 66, Western Arizona, Inspirational Stories

]]> <p><strong>Facing the Storm | The Buffalo Lesson</strong> — a <em>Roadside Notes</em> reading from the Faith and Good Courage Journal.</p><p>The sky darkened. The road narrowed. Somewhere in the heart of western Arizona’s prairie, a herd of buffalo stood their ground while the winds rose around them. When life sends storms, it’s not always about outrunning the weather — sometimes it’s about planting your feet and facing it together.</p><p>In this episode, <strong>Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain</strong>, visits these silent sentinels on Route 66 and hears what they have to say about community, courage, and staying put when everything else is shaking.</p><p>📖 Read the full Journal entry: <a href="https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2025/11/06/facing-the-storm/" rel="nofollow">https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2025/11/06/facing-the-storm/</a></p><p>📺 <strong>Watch the vodcast filmed on Route 66: </strong>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CH9-sYIIH8 </p><p>🎧 <strong>Listen to the Roadside Notes Podcast: </strong>https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/facing-the-storm-the-buffalo-lesson-roadside-notes/id1846908723?i=1000735625874 </p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> Faith and Good Courage, Roadside Notes Podcast, Route 66 Chaplain, Storms, Buffalo, Resilience, Hope, Grace, Route 66, Western Arizona, Inspirational Stories</p> b5fe0216-23ad-4175-8d90-c4a658c01aea https://roadsidenotes.com Thu, 06 Nov 2025 21:47:18 +0000 337 false full Staying Neutral in Politics | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading Staying Neutral in Politics | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading 6 1 Christopher Tuttle Finding grace when the world shouts for sides A Roadside Notes reflection from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain. A quiet reminder that staying neutral isn’t about silence — it’s about peace, kindness, and courage on a divided road. Staying Neutral in Politics — a Roadside Notes story from the Faith and Good Courage Journal.

Somewhere between headlines and highways, there’s a middle lane that rarely makes the news — where people choose listening over shouting, compassion over certainty, and grace over being right.

In this reflection, Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain, shares a story from the road about staying grounded when the world pulls hard toward extremes. Sometimes neutrality isn’t weakness; it’s strength under control. The goal isn’t to take a side — it’s to take a breath.

🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts or anywhere you download your favorites: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/roadside-notes/id1846908723

📖 Read the Journal: https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2025/10/02/staying-neutral-in-politics/

📺 Watch the vodcast filmed on Route 66: https://youtube.com/@faithandgoodcourage

Tags: Faith and Good Courage, Roadside Notes Podcast, Route 66 Chaplain, Hope, Grace, Kindness, Faith, Politics, Healing Highway, Listening, Compassion

]]> <p><strong>Staying Neutral in Politics</strong> — a <em>Roadside Notes</em> story from the <strong>Faith and Good Courage Journal.</strong></p><p>Somewhere between headlines and highways, there’s a middle lane that rarely makes the news — where people choose listening over shouting, compassion over certainty, and grace over being right.</p><p>In this reflection, <strong>Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain</strong>, shares a story from the road about staying grounded when the world pulls hard toward extremes. Sometimes neutrality isn’t weakness; it’s strength under control. The goal isn’t to take a side — it’s to take a breath.</p><p>🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts or anywhere you download your favorites: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/roadside-notes/id1846908723" rel="nofollow">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/roadside-notes/id1846908723</a></p><p>📖 Read the Journal: <a href="https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2025/10/02/staying-neutral-in-politics/" rel="nofollow">https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2025/10/02/staying-neutral-in-politics/</a></p><p>📺 Watch the vodcast filmed on Route 66: <a href="https://youtube.com/@faithandgoodcourage" rel="nofollow">https://youtube.com/@faithandgoodcourage</a></p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> Faith and Good Courage, Roadside Notes Podcast, Route 66 Chaplain, Hope, Grace, Kindness, Faith, Politics, Healing Highway, Listening, Compassion</p> cc5257e0-7b62-41af-8961-531884c491ac https://roadsidenotes.com Mon, 03 Nov 2025 17:28:06 +0000 261 false full Upright Mobile and Blessed | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading Upright Mobile and Blessed | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading 5 1 Christopher Tuttle Sometimes grace shows up when the wheels come off, and the Wi-Fi signal is gone. This one’s about what happens when your plans stall out and you’re reminded that being upright, mobile, and breathing might just be enough blessing for one day. It’s a story about surrender and small mercies found in the pauses — told from the road where the dust never quite settles and hope still catches a ride. “Upright Mobile and Blessed” — a new Roadside Notes story from the Faith and Good Courage Journal.

This one’s about what happens when your plans stall out and you’re reminded that being upright, mobile, and breathing might just be enough blessing for one day. It’s a story about surrender and small mercies found in the pauses, told from the road where the dust never quite settles and hope still catches a ride.

Filmed along historic Route 66 through Western Arizona,East of Oatman, Sitgreaves Pass, and Kingman, this Roadside Notes reflection reminds us that the road itself has lessons to teach if we just slow down enough to listen.

📖 Read the Journal: faithandgoodcourage.com

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📺 Watch the vodcast version: youtube.com/@faithandgoodcourage

Tags: Faith and Good Courage, Roadside Notes Podcast, Route 66 Chaplain, Inspirational Stories, Hope, Grace, Kindness, Route 66, Oatman, Western Arizona, Healing Highway, Faith, Christian Storytelling

]]> <p>“Upright Mobile and Blessed” — a new <em>Roadside Notes</em> story from the <strong>Faith and Good Courage Journal.</strong></p><p>This one’s about what happens when your plans stall out and you’re reminded that being upright, mobile, and breathing might just be enough blessing for one day. It’s a story about surrender and small mercies found in the pauses, told from the road where the dust never quite settles and hope still catches a ride.</p><p>Filmed along historic <strong>Route 66 through Western Arizona</strong>,East of <strong>Oatman, Sitgreaves Pass, and Kingman</strong>, this <em>Roadside Notes</em> reflection reminds us that the road itself has lessons to teach if we just slow down enough to listen.</p><p>📖 Read the Journal: <a href="https://faithandgoodcourage.com" rel="nofollow">faithandgoodcourage.com</a></p><p> 🎧 Listen to more Roadside Notes: <a href="https://roadsidenotes.com" rel="nofollow">roadsidenotes.com</a></p><p> 📺 Watch the vodcast version: <a href="https://youtube.com/@faithandgoodcourage" rel="nofollow">youtube.com/@faithandgoodcourage</a></p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> Faith and Good Courage, Roadside Notes Podcast, Route 66 Chaplain, Inspirational Stories, Hope, Grace, Kindness, Route 66, Oatman, Western Arizona, Healing Highway, Faith, Christian Storytelling</p> 4675b546-c0b1-43fa-826b-cebc885cc315 https://roadsidenotes.com Thu, 30 Oct 2025 17:26:56 +0000 320 false full Change The Tire | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading Change The Tire | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading 4 1 Christopher Tuttle A flat tire, a dusty road, and a little girl who reminded me that grace still stops for strangers. “Change the Tire” — a Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading from Roadside Notes. Somewhere between mile markers on Route 66, I found a young family stranded with a flat. No jack, no cell signal, just the desert heat and a problem bigger than their toolbox. I stopped to help, not knowing I’d leave with something much heavier than a tire iron — a story about connection, loss, and unexpected love. This episode reminds us that miracles aren’t always loud. Sometimes, they sound like gravel under your boots and a child asking, “Can I call you Papa?” 📖 Read the original Journal entry: faithandgoodcourage.com/2025/09/29/change-the-tire/ 🎧 More at roadsidenotes.com 📺 Watch the vodcast version filmed along Route 66 in Western Arizona: youtube.com/@faithandgoodcourage Tags: Faith and Good Courage, Roadside Notes Podcast, Route 66 Chaplain, Kindness, Grace, Hope, Faith, Miracles, Storytelling, Inspirational Podcast Somewhere on Route 66, the horizon kept running away from me — until I found a young family stranded with a flat. What started as a quick roadside fix turned into something much deeper: shared stories, a shy little girl, and one unexpected word that hit home — “Papa.”

In this episode of Roadside Notes, a Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading, The Route 66 Chaplain reflects on how the smallest gestures — a jack, a story, a hug — can turn inconvenience into grace.

🛞 Because sometimes the miracle isn’t the fix, it’s the stopping.

🎧 Listen to more at roadsidenotes.com

📖 Read the full Journal entry at faithandgoodcourage.com

Tags: Faith and Good Courage, Route 66 Chaplain, Roadside Notes Podcast, Inspirational Stories, Hope, Grace, Kindness, Route 66, Faith, Podcast, Storytelling

]]> <p>Somewhere on Route 66, the horizon kept running away from me — until I found a young family stranded with a flat. What started as a quick roadside fix turned into something much deeper: shared stories, a shy little girl, and one unexpected word that hit home — <em>“Papa.”</em></p><p>In this episode of <strong>Roadside Notes</strong>, a Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading, The Route 66 Chaplain reflects on how the smallest gestures — a jack, a story, a hug — can turn inconvenience into grace.</p><p>🛞 <em>Because sometimes the miracle isn’t the fix, it’s the stopping.</em></p><p>🎧 Listen to more at <a href="https://roadsidenotes.com" rel="nofollow">roadsidenotes.com</a></p><p>📖 Read the full Journal entry at <a href="https://faithandgoodcourage.com/2025/09/29/change-the-tire/" rel="nofollow">faithandgoodcourage.com</a></p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> Faith and Good Courage, Route 66 Chaplain, Roadside Notes Podcast, Inspirational Stories, Hope, Grace, Kindness, Route 66, Faith, Podcast, Storytelling</p> 22060794-15dd-4067-baee-4fb63952f5df https://roadsidenotes.com Mon, 27 Oct 2025 16:30:59 +0000 303 false full Being Seen and Heard | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading Being Seen and Heard | Roadside Notes — A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading 3 1 Christopher Tuttle A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading In “Being Seen and Heard,” Christopher shares a quiet moment in a lab chair that turns into a lesson about calling, humility, and the sacred work of listening. A traveling phlebotomist—“a floater”—meets a floating chaplain, and together they remind us most people aren’t hunting for fixes; they’re longing to be seen and truly heard. Sometimes the gospel fits on a Post-it, and sometimes grace just needs a willing messenger. Recorded on the road in Western Arizona. Tags: Faith and Good Courage, Roadside Notes, Route 66 Chaplain, Being Seen and Heard, Listening, Kindness, Hope, Spiritual Reflection, Western Arizona, Storytelling, Grace, Humility, Journal Reading In “Being Seen and Heard,” Christopher shares a quiet moment in a lab chair that turns into a lesson about calling, humility, and the sacred work of listening. A traveling phlebotomist—“a floater”—meets a floating chaplain, and together they remind us most people aren’t hunting for fixes; they’re longing to be seen and truly heard. Sometimes the gospel fits on a Post-it, and sometimes grace just needs a willing messenger. Recorded on the road in Western Arizona. 

]]> <p>In “Being Seen and Heard,” Christopher shares a quiet moment in a lab chair that turns into a lesson about calling, humility, and the sacred work of listening. A traveling phlebotomist—“a floater”—meets a floating chaplain, and together they remind us most people aren’t hunting for fixes; they’re longing to be seen and truly heard. Sometimes the gospel fits on a Post-it, and sometimes grace just needs a willing messenger. Recorded on the road in Western Arizona. </p> d1c9646f-7dc8-4df7-b99f-0d6afe2901ec https://roadsidenotes.com Thu, 23 Oct 2025 18:10:55 +0000 331 false full Faith and Money | Roadside Notes – A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading Faith and Money | Roadside Notes – A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading 2 1 Christopher Tuttle A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading The premiere episode of Roadside Notes — a Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain. “Faith and Money” shares the story behind why this series exists — an honest reflection on calling, purpose, and learning to serve where you are. Recorded along Route 66 in Western Arizona, it’s a few quiet miles of grace and reflection for travelers and seekers alike. Welcome to the premiere episode of Roadside Notes, a Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.

In this first episode, “Faith and Money,” Christopher shares the story behind why Roadside Notes exists — an honest reflection on calling, purpose, and learning to serve where you are.

Recorded along Route 66 in Western Arizona, this episode combines storytelling, spiritual reflection, and gentle music underscoring to create a few quiet miles of grace.

🎧 Roadside Notes brings the written words of the Faith and Good Courage Journal to life — short, soulful readings for travelers, seekers, and anyone who needs a reminder that hope still travels with us.

💻 Read the full Journal and explore more at faithandgoodcourage.com/roadside-notes


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]]> <p>Welcome to the premiere episode of <em>Roadside Notes</em>, a Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.</p><p>In this first episode, “Faith and Money,” Christopher shares the story behind why <em>Roadside Notes</em> exists — an honest reflection on calling, purpose, and learning to serve where you are.</p><p>Recorded along Route 66 in Western Arizona, this episode combines storytelling, spiritual reflection, and gentle music underscoring to create a few quiet miles of grace.</p><p>🎧 <em>Roadside Notes</em> brings the written words of the Faith and Good Courage Journal to life — short, soulful readings for travelers, seekers, and anyone who needs a reminder that hope still travels with us.</p><p>💻 Read the full Journal and explore more at faithandgoodcourage.com/roadside-notes</p><p><br></p><p>🏷️ <strong>Tags</strong></p><p>Faith and Good Courage, Roadside Notes, Route 66 Chaplain, Faith and Money, Inspirational Podcast, Route 66, Western Arizona, Storytelling, Hope, Grace, Kindness, Healing Highway, Christian Reflection, Short Story Podcast</p> dd5d86db-7d50-461b-8f8d-a6faccf0f188 https://faithandgoodcourage.com/faith-and-good-courage-journal/ Tue, 21 Oct 2025 22:32:55 +0000 482 false trailer What Is Roadside Notes What Is Roadside Notes 1 1 Christopher Tuttle A Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading by the Route 66 Chaplain Faith and Good Courage presents Roadside Notes — short, soulful reflections from the Faith and Good Courage Journal, written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain. Each episode is recorded out on the open road with real dashcam footage from Route 66 in Western Arizona, including Topock, Oatman, Sitgreaves Pass, and Kingman. Every story is a few minutes of grace, a breath of stillness, and a reminder that even when you can’t stop, you can still listen. Welcome to Roadside Notes, a Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading.


You’ve read the Journal — now you can listen on the road.


Each episode of Roadside Notes brings the written stories of the Faith and Good Courage Journal to life, recorded by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain, and filmed along Route 66 in Western Arizona — from Topock and Oatman through Sitgreaves Pass and Kingman.


These are short, soulful reflections for travelers, seekers, and anyone who could use a few quiet miles of grace.


🎧 Listen wherever you find your podcasts, and watch the vodcast version on YouTube at youtube.com/@faithandgoodcourage.


Because even when you can’t stop, you can still listen.


– Faith and Good Courage presents: Roadside Notes.  


Tags: Faith and Good Courage, Roadside Notes, Route 66 Chaplain, Inspirational Podcast, Western Arizona, Storytelling, Grace, Hope, Kindness



]]> <p>Welcome to Roadside Notes, a Faith and Good Courage Journal Reading.</p><p><br></p><p>You’ve read the Journal — now you can listen on the road.</p><p><br></p><p>Each episode of Roadside Notes brings the written stories of the Faith and Good Courage Journal to life, recorded by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain, and filmed along Route 66 in Western Arizona — from Topock and Oatman through Sitgreaves Pass and Kingman.</p><p><br></p><p>These are short, soulful reflections for travelers, seekers, and anyone who could use a few quiet miles of grace.</p><p><br></p><p>🎧 Listen wherever you find your podcasts, and watch the vodcast version on YouTube at youtube.com/@faithandgoodcourage.</p><p><br></p><p>Because even when you can’t stop, you can still listen.</p><p><br></p><p>– Faith and Good Courage presents: Roadside Notes.  </p><p><br></p><p>Tags: Faith and Good Courage, Roadside Notes, Route 66 Chaplain, Inspirational Podcast, Western Arizona, Storytelling, Grace, Hope, Kindness</p><p><br></p><p><br></p> 2b06b6c1-6bb6-48b9-8873-1f734eb63039 https://faithandgoodcourage.com Fri, 17 Oct 2025 17:47:44 +0000 64 false