Love Wins | The Porch LIVE! July 2026 Full Video & All Speakers

Don Hiser plays us beautiful music while sharing all that his guitar and travels have taught him.

Martha Chinnock shares how decorating her body became the ultimate act of self-love.

Elena Joy Thurston tells us about her fly fishing trip and the best big fish story you've ever heard

Melissa Lahti shares how she learned that love does NOT mean abandonment. You can trust yourself.

Kate Thierry tells a story of finding herself though nuggets of hope that found her along the way.

Toni Gierhart shares her story of resilience and hope, no matter what.

Stories Carry Hope | The Porch LIVE! May 2026 Full Video & All Speakers #storytelling #live

Michelle Edwards tells us about her most loyal (and demanding) partner: her 100-year-old violin

Keith Green talks about the difference hope can make in one's perception of self.

Stories Carry US! - The Porch LIVE! March 2026 Full Video & All Speakers #storytelling #live

Martha Chinnock Introduces Jill Davis

A children’s story read by Jill Davis reminds us how stories carry memories and share the future.

When the future Monica Hall worked toward disappears, she must decide what will carry her forward.

While waiting in line in Uganda, Jeff Meade finds out what it means to carry hope.

A journey across the ocean carries Aryn Lockhart back to the place where her story first began.

Finding Kindness in Community | Laura Amundson

A Small Kindness Can Change Someone’s World | Tobias Neal

Stories Carry Kindness | The Porch LIVE! January 10, 2026

How Kindness and One Small, Intentional Choice Quietly Changed Everything | Janice Horne

The Kindness in the Unexpected Wisdom of Strangers| Mytchell Mead

Robert Kittridge

Scott McFadden

John Putnam

October 2025 Highlights from The Porch LIVE!

Finding Hope in Unexpected Places with Toby Dorr

Meeting Donny Osmond and Heartfelt Connections with Kerry Krueglar

Pillowcases and Connections with Heather Wilde

Learning the Charleston with Harry Slick

Peace, Solitude, and More Lessons Learned on the Farm

Lessons Learned on the Farm

Life Continues after Loss

A Little Bit of Whiskey and a Lot of Community

A Daughters Love and a Brownie Camera

Mom Said It Was a Pickup but It Was Also a Love Story

Sometimes It Was Pretty Hard to Pay the Taxes

Emma, Gracie, Sangria, and a Dance Party

Roger Butts, Cheerwine, and Finding Love in the Dark Side of the Soul

Amy and Artie, Iced Coffee, and The Delicate Balance of Luck and Chaos

Vivian Cobb, Earl Grey, and Walking on the Edge with Covid

Scott Ohlgren, Pepsi, and Getting Out of the Story You're In

Scott Ohlgren, Double Espresso, and $99 to London

So You’ve Inherited a Family Farm… Now What?

Emily Chase Smith, extra-iced water, and Seven Minutes in Heaven or Six minutes in hell

Sue Sume, Irish, and The Stories We Carry With Us

Toni Gierhart, Sweet Tea, and 15 years of choosing hope

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