Jesus listens. The 365-day prayer devotional now comes in a note-taking edition.

This beautiful book includes a leather softcover and space each day for you to write your reflections,

prayers, and thoughts. It makes a perfect gift for anyone who journals and wants to make a record

of their walk with God. Look for the Jesus listens note-taking edition wherever you buy books.

What I did get for my parents that I'm able to pass on to lift up others is this idea of redemption.

And through the Lord we find that and it isn't for man or woman to judge whether or not we deserve it.

So I will sit and talk with anybody and everybody. It's not my job, my responsibility or my divine

assignment to judge them. Welcome to the Jesus Calling Podcast. Perhaps you've heard the sentiment.

You can't really judge person until you walk a while in their shoes. This thought goes beyond the

idea of just a reprimand against being judgmental. It's one that reminds us to have empathy and

understanding of others' experiences and actions with an open heart in mind. The greatest example

of walking in someone else's shoes is Jesus, being fully God, who stepped into humanity's shoes

by being born into this world so we could know with certainty that he experienced the same kinds

of trials and losses once it needs that we all experience as humans. When we tune into how Jesus

lived we could in turn begin to tune into others and like Jesus. Show them love even when we don't

understand or agree with them. Our guests this week are people who've had experience stepping into

other people's shoes. One is a reporter who makes it her job to understand the people she's

interviewing to best be able to tell their stories and the other an actor who has had to inhabit

the lives of the characters real and fictional that he brings to life and TV and film.

News anchor and author Harris Faulkner shares how the loss of her parents opened up a side of her

that helped her relate to people in a more compassionate way. One that shows up when she's

interviewing people about their own experiences good and bad. Actor Omar Benson Miller tells us how he

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