Still Pouring is an original podcast series from Christopher Tuttle, the Route 66 Chaplain and creator of Faith and Good Courage. These are stories from behind the counter. Not the weekly journal. Not the Thursday story. Just Christopher sitting down and talking honestly about faith, kindness, and real life.

The counter is open to everyone. Or it’s open to no one. There’s no in between.

Nobody gets asked their politics before they sit down at this counter. That’s not an accident. That’s not avoidance. That’s a decision made every single day. I’ve been a chaplain long enough to know that pain doesn’t vote. Hunger doesn’t have a party affiliation. And Matthew 25 didn’t ask me to check anyone’s voter registration before I showed up.

The people who are most exhausted right now aren’t exhausted because of one side or the other. They’re exhausted because they can’t find a single place that isn’t asking them to be exhausted. Every platform. Every feed. Every comment section is a battlefield. And they’re tired of suiting up. Roadside Notes is not a battlefield. Still Pouring is not a battlefield. The diner counter is not a battlefield. It’s just a place where the coffee is hot and the door swings both ways and nobody has to prove anything before they sit down.

That’s not apathy. That’s a choice. Made every single day.

New episodes of Still Pouring release on Substack first at roadsidenotes.substack.com. Podcast directories receive episodes two to three weeks later.

🎙️ Still Pouring is a series from Faith and Good Courage. Stories from behind the counter written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.

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I Don't Charge for Kindness | Faith and Good Courage

Still Pouring is an original podcast series from Christopher Tuttle, the Route 66 Chaplain and creator of Faith and Good Courage. These are stories from behind the counter. Not the weekly journal. Not the Thursday story. Just Christopher sitting down and talking honestly about faith, kindness, and real life.

My mother didn't have a methodology. She didn't have a framework or a system or a set of principles she'd developed over years of study. She had a kitchen table. She had coffee that was always on. And she had a way of making whoever walked through the door feel like they were exactly where they were supposed to be. No agenda. No follow up. No invoice. She just showed up. Every time. For everyone. That's where I learned it.

This episode is about the things that were never meant to have a price tag. Presence. Genuine human connection. The kind of conversation that changes the temperature of someone's day. Still Pouring is built on one simple foundation. You can't charge for borrowed grace. You just pass it on. My Rule 66 says it simply. Leave people better than you found them. No invoice attached.

Everything here is free. It's always going to be free. Tips appreciated. Never required. Just like the best diners on the Mother Road.

New episodes of Still Pouring release on Substack first at roadsidenotes.substack.com. Podcast directories receive episodes two to three weeks later.

🎙️ Still Pouring is a series from Faith and Good Courage. Stories from behind the counter written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.

#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #StillPouring #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #Matthew25Lives #GraceOnTheGo #route66

Still Pouring is an original podcast series from Christopher Tuttle, the Route 66 Chaplain and creator of Faith and Good Courage. These are stories from behind the counter. Not the weekly journal. Not the Thursday story. Just Christopher sitting down and talking honestly about faith, kindness, and real life.

I thought I was just tired. That's what I told myself anyway. Turns out I was wrong. Tired wasn't the problem. It was the answer. I left a corporate salary and a broadcast radio career without a map. No grand plan. No safety net. Just a feeling that had been building for long enough that ignoring it had become its own kind of work.

This episode is about the exhaustion that sleep doesn't fix. The kind that settles in when you've been performing a version of yourself for long enough that you can't quite remember who you were before the performance started. It's about the recognition that staying had become more costly than going. And about the one thing Route 66 will teach you if you let it. You don't need the whole map. You just need to be willing to take the next honest turn.

If you've ever been tired in a way that a vacation won't touch, this one's for you.

New episodes of Still Pouring release on Substack first at roadsidenotes.substack.com. Podcast directories receive episodes two to three weeks later.

🎙️ Still Pouring is a series from Faith and Good Courage. Stories from behind the counter written and read by Christopher Tuttle, The Route 66 Chaplain.

#FaithAndGoodCourage #faithgoodcourage #Route66Chaplain #ChristopherTuttle #RoadsideWisdom #Rule66 #StillPouring #KindnessForTheRoad #QuietStrength #TheExhaustionWasTheSignal #GraceOnTheGo #route66