The Friday ReFresh

Be the Good

Help Ben meet his St. Jude fundraising goal of $4000 here: https://fundraising.stjude.org/site/TR/Heroes/SJMMW?pg=personal&px=5816464&fr_id=164588 [https://fundraising.stjude.org/site/TR/Heroes/SJMMW?pg=personal&px=5816464&fr_id=164588] A week like this week always seems to put things in perspective for me. I’ve spent the last week working in a town called Munford. Most of you have probably never heard of Munford, Alabama. It’s a fairly small dot on the map and on your GPS you have to zoom in a little to get it to show up. It’s not far from Oxford which more of you might know simply because of the interstate between Birmingham and Atlanta. Munford lies between Oxford and Talladega which I’m sure even more have heard of simply because of racing. And yes I said Talla-dig-ah and not Talla-day-ga because I learned that’s how the locals say it. Links mentioned in this episode: * http://www.benandtravis.com [http://www.benandtravis.com] * http://www.facebook.com/groups/benandtravis [http://www.facebook.com/groups/benandtravis] * http://www.patreon.com/benandtravis [http://www.patreon.com/benandtravis] * Reframing Hope Book https://www.benandtravis.com/books [https://www.benandtravis.com/books] * Helping. Healing. Humor. with Ben and Travis: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/batify/id1457601152?mt=2&uo=4 [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/batify/id1457601152?mt=2&uo=4] * GOOD OLD FASHIONED DISLIKE PODCAST: HTTPS://PODCASTS.APPLE.COM/US/PODCAST/GOOD-OLD-FASHIONED-DISLIKE/ID1643163790 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-old-fashioned-dislike/id1643163790] CO-PRODUCERS: JUSTIN B., DORIS C., RHONDA F., SCOTT K., MARY H., SCOTT B. This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm [https://wwww.zencast.fm]

A Different Light

This is your Friday refresh brought to you by my St Jude Marathon Weekend Fundraiser. Go to Benandtravis.com to clink the link and give. I got a long way to go to $4000. So go to benandtravis.com and donate to help kids in need and help fund research for cancer. One of my favorite past times is bowfishing. I consider myself somewhat of an outdoorsman. I like to hike. I love to hunt. I have always loved outdoor sports—from baseball to football to ultimate frisbee and golf. But one of my favorites is bowfishing. For those of you unfamiliar with it, it combines the sport and art of archery with fishing. You have a bow, rigged with a reel and line attached to an arrow. You shoot the fish — where we live it is mostly gar, carp, catfish and buffalo — anything other than game fish like bass and brim. I’ve bowfished at the gulf and in florida wetlands for stingray, crabs, mullet, and tilapia. It is incredibly fun and challenging at the same time. And for me, the fellowship is even better. It is always with some combination of some of my closest friends, mentors, family, and brothers in Christ. One of the coolest things about bowfishing is 95% of the time it is at night on a boat set up with lights able to penetrate the surface of the water and allow us to see things that most people will never see. Links mentioned in this episode: * http://www.benandtravis.com [http://www.benandtravis.com] * http://www.facebook.com/groups/benandtravis [http://www.facebook.com/groups/benandtravis] * http://www.patreon.com/benandtravis [http://www.patreon.com/benandtravis] * Reframing Hope Book https://www.benandtravis.com/books [https://www.benandtravis.com/books] * Helping. Healing. Humor. with Ben and Travis: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/batify/id1457601152?mt=2&uo=4 [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/batify/id1457601152?mt=2&uo=4] * GOOD OLD FASHIONED DISLIKE PODCAST: HTTPS://PODCASTS.APPLE.COM/US/PODCAST/GOOD-OLD-FASHIONED-DISLIKE/ID1643163790 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-old-fashioned-dislike/id1643163790] CO-PRODUCERS: JUSTIN B., DORIS C., RHONDA F., SCOTT K., MARY H., SCOTT B. This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm [https://wwww.zencast.fm]

A Good Name

Welcome in to the Friday Refresh, brought to you by Team Ben and Travis for St. Jude Marathon Weekend. We are all raising money to help with cancer research at St. Jude and we would love for you to help us out. And by the way, send up an extra prayer of thanksgiving for Travis receiving the good news of “cured” from leukemia! All those folks who donated for years and years to cancer research at St. Jude might just have helped make that possible. Go to http://Benandtravis.com [http://Benandtravis.com] and follow the links to give to St. Jude and support our run. The school year is winding down. We are at that point in the year when many of the days are filled with fun activities or tying up the loose ends of the school year and praying every day that the break will hurry up and arrive. There are picnics, awards days, and outdoor fun days — basically “let’s get through the end of the year without a complete meltdown days.” Links mentioned in this episode: * http://www.benandtravis.com [http://www.benandtravis.com] * http://www.facebook.com/groups/benandtravis [http://www.facebook.com/groups/benandtravis] * http://www.patreon.com/benandtravis [http://www.patreon.com/benandtravis] * Reframing Hope Book https://www.benandtravis.com/books [https://www.benandtravis.com/books] * Helping. Healing. Humor. with Ben and Travis: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/batify/id1457601152?mt=2&uo=4 [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/batify/id1457601152?mt=2&uo=4] * GOOD OLD FASHIONED DISLIKE PODCAST: HTTPS://PODCASTS.APPLE.COM/US/PODCAST/GOOD-OLD-FASHIONED-DISLIKE/ID1643163790 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-old-fashioned-dislike/id1643163790] CO-PRODUCERS: JUSTIN B., DORIS C., RHONDA F., SCOTT K., MARY H., SCOTT B. This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm [https://wwww.zencast.fm]

I Still Believe in You

This episode of the Friday ReFresh is brought to you by Team Ben and Travis for St. Jude! Donate here: https://fundraising.stjude.org/site/TR?px=5816464&fr_id=164588&pg=personal [https://fundraising.stjude.org/site/TR?px=5816464&fr_id=164588&pg=personal] He was in dire straights. He needed some financial help. Their band’s name was Dire Straights. And they needed another band member for their world tour. It was the perfect opportunity. Both parties mutually getting what they needed. And who knows how that could have turned out for both of them. The world will never know. Because  he turned the band down. It was around the year 1989 and this up and coming star wanted nothing more than to make his mark on the country music world. He called them back and regretfully declined because he felt he could do something great in the country world. And so a man with financial difficulties chose to stay there and the band would have to find someone else. Links mentioned in this episode: * http://www.benandtravis.com [http://www.benandtravis.com] * http://www.facebook.com/groups/benandtravis [http://www.facebook.com/groups/benandtravis] * http://www.patreon.com/benandtravis [http://www.patreon.com/benandtravis] * Reframing Hope Book https://www.benandtravis.com/books [https://www.benandtravis.com/books] * Helping. Healing. Humor. with Ben and Travis: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/batify/id1457601152?mt=2&uo=4 [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/batify/id1457601152?mt=2&uo=4] * GOOD OLD FASHIONED DISLIKE PODCAST: HTTPS://PODCASTS.APPLE.COM/US/PODCAST/GOOD-OLD-FASHIONED-DISLIKE/ID1643163790 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-old-fashioned-dislike/id1643163790] CO-PRODUCERS: JUSTIN B., DORIS C., RHONDA F., SCOTT K., MARY H., SCOTT B. This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm [https://wwww.zencast.fm]

Find Your Chill

Welcome in the Friday Refresh brought to you by the Adventures of Ben and Travis and the Divided Kingdom - PREORDER TIME! We have gotten amazing reviews on our first two books - The WorryCoaster and the Joy Rider and if you don’t have those you can order your copy today...but while you are at it, preorder the Divided Kingdom to help us get those out. In this installment Ben and Travis will be facing off against some dragons of loneliness, self-doubt, and jealousy that some kids have to face when they go through big changes like their parents going through divorce. You guys have been so kind already in purchasing the book and giving us kind comments...we can’t wait to see what else is in store. Go to BenandTravis.com today. It immediately changes the mood of the room. It is really amazing how our senses work. All year I have struggled with a few of my classes at school with them getting loud while they are supposed to be having quiet time working on their iPads doing work in reading and math. But they get to cutting up and playing rather than working. But that changed a little this week. I decided to turn on a YouTube kids channel that plays relaxing music and shows calming images of animals and sea creatures. Links mentioned in this episode: * http://www.benandtravis.com [http://www.benandtravis.com] * http://www.facebook.com/groups/benandtravis [http://www.facebook.com/groups/benandtravis] * http://www.patreon.com/benandtravis [http://www.patreon.com/benandtravis] * Reframing Hope Book https://www.benandtravis.com/books [https://www.benandtravis.com/books] * Helping. Healing. Humor. with Ben and Travis: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/batify/id1457601152?mt=2&uo=4 [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/batify/id1457601152?mt=2&uo=4] * GOOD OLD FASHIONED DISLIKE PODCAST: HTTPS://PODCASTS.APPLE.COM/US/PODCAST/GOOD-OLD-FASHIONED-DISLIKE/ID1643163790 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-old-fashioned-dislike/id1643163790] CO-PRODUCERS: JUSTIN B., DORIS C., RHONDA F., SCOTT K., MARY H., SCOTT B. This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm [https://wwww.zencast.fm]