You're listening to Breakpoint this week, where we're talking about the top stories of the week from a Christian worldview.

Today we're going to talk about Lent. This past week was Ash Wednesday, and we're going to talk about what Lent means for the Christian believer.

We're also going to talk about a new study from Harvard about what friendships can do for our mental and social well-being, including our socio-economic class.

We have a lot to get to today. We're so glad you're with us. Stick around.

Welcome to Breakpoint this week. From the Colson Center for Christian Worldview, I'm Maria Bear alongside John Stone Street, president of the Colson Center, with a new mug.

It looks like I haven't seen that one before.

No, it's not new, but it's pretty great. It's one of those. It's called a bison cooler. So it's enormous. Look at that.

Oh, it's like insulated. Is that all coffee right now?

It's the best insulated. This thing keeps coffee warm for hours. This comes from Fellowship Adventures, which is a school organization.

Primarily, a men's ministry. I don't know if it would be considered exclusively a men's ministry, but get together, hunt stuff, shoot stuff, lots of fun.

And this is a fun part of the story. You're not old enough to remember this, plus you didn't grow up in evangelical subculture. So I'm guessing the band Jeff Moore in the distance means nothing to you.

Never heard of him.

It should. Man, they were killers. They were great.

They like Fanny, Fanny Crosby, where they contemporaries.

Next time I see Jeff Moore, I am telling him that he was compared on our podcast with Fanny Crosby and to see what he says about that. No, not necessarily Jeff Moore runs Fellowship Adventures.

I got a bunch of friends that are connected.

Oh, okay. Cool.

Yeah, he was in a band called Jeff Moore in the distance. And they were great. They actually were great. I remember listening to him as a kid.

So when he when he do these adventures, does he bring out his guitar like around the campfire?

Did play like old Dave Matthews band songs and stuff like you're supposed to do. He plays his own songs. Good heavens. It's Jeff Moore and Jeff Moore in the distance.

He does. He's actually good friends with Stephen Kerr-Shatman. I understand. I know him.

They're buddies. But anyway, best, best travel mug. There is a bison cooler. I wonder if C12 has this. C12 should have these because they have a C12 is this wonderful group and Mike Sharers speaking at the national conference.

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