The Ridiculous Hour

Episode 77: Perfect Has a Made

Our story this month seems totally made up. You may have a hard time believing it is true, until you read past the highlight reel of her life. Diana Timmons ridiculous life includes time with Pope Francis, Zig Ziglar, Barbara Bush, Joel Osteen, Dallas Willard, and time in The White House, the Vatican, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Israel [13 times], and presence at the red-carpet premiere of the recent Lionsgate film, I Can Only Imagine – 2 about her son (by marriage) Tim Timmons played by Milo Ventimiglia of This is Us fame. Listen to the full podcast for the fuller list of unbelievables.   Laced through that highlight reel, however, is a little girl who carried the burden of perfectionism through some painful circumstances and came out on the other side with a faith refined in suffering. So much so that at the ripe young age of 79, Diana Timmons started Joy Please! a nonprofit dedicated to exploring the mystery of constant joy. Not because her life has been easy. It hasn’t. But because she asked God for joy in hard circumstances and He was pleased to give it to her.

Episode 76: The Architecture of Beginning: Starting in the Middle

For the most part, we don't start at the beginning of much in life, do we? We are born into the middle of our parents' lives, a political culture, a particular century. When we meet new people, we don't start with "in the beginning." We don't say: "My parents decided to have a second child in New Jersey in 19......" No, that would just be weird. We start in the middle of our lives and theirs -- cancer, divorce, aging parents, graduations, weddings, births, funerals, renovations, job shifts, you name it. The same can be said of our faith walks. Our awareness of the Lord's presence comes in the middle of every imaginable circumstance. Join Kat Silverglate, Founder of the Mobile Mission Project at The Ridiculous Hour Foundation, for the organization's 76th true story and responsiveness challenge. To learn more about the Mobile Mission Project and The Ridiculous Hour Foundation, visit www.theridiculoushour.com.

Episode 75: Look Again

What we magnify, we become. Sounds a little dramatic, doesn't it? Samuel Hubbard Scudder, a mid 1800's scientist, learned that lesson in a most humorous way from a quirky passionate professor -- a mentor he credits with the way he walked the rest of his career, eventually becoming the foremost expert in his field. When the Scriptures talk about moving through our lives from one degree of glory to another, they talk about what we magnify. Join The Ridiculous Hour Foundation for its 75th consecutive true story and Mobile Mission challenge. If you would like a free set of the equipping pieces discussed in this episode, visit www.theridiculoushour.com.

Episode 74: The Order Project - Hidden Treasure

In this Episode we'll met a metal-detecting, treasure-hunting lawyer who faced a personal storm that brought anxiety to the surface of his life -- a storm he preferred to keep buried. When an emotional storm swept a fellow-lawyer away, his own hidden struggle with anxiety seemed more like treasure to others who needed to know they aren't alone. Join Mobile Mission Project founder Kat Silverglate as she introduces the true story that frames the Ridiculous Hour Foundation's 74th consecutive Mobile Mission called The Order Project: Hidden Treasure. For more information about this mission and project, visit www.theridiculoushour.com.

Episode 73: Tiny in a Spacious Place

She was angry when things didn't go the way she hoped. She prayed. Everybody prayed. But God said no. Her anger was tempered, however, by a crack in its hot logic -- her father's faith grew the sicker he got. With every unanswered prayer, he seemed to fall more in love with the Lord. Meet Hannah Miller King, author of Feasting on Hope [Intervarsity Press, release date February 2026]. God met her in what she calls the "wilderness of why." But it took years to unpack. Join the founder of The Mobile Mission Project at The Ridiculous Hour Foundation, Kat Silverglate, for the foundation's 73rd true story and Mobile Mission -- Tiny in a Spacious Place. To learn more about the mission and the project, visit www.theridiculoushour.com