It’s the last week of April and before the month gets away from me, I wanted to have a short birthday episode for you to return to when your birthday rolls around. For today’s episode I’ll keep it short and sweet with just 4 questions you can ask yourself during your birthday week. Listen in.

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• • Episode 272: A Soul Minimalist's Guide to Your Birthday
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Today I'm so glad to talk with bookstore owner and brand new author Annie B. Jones. Annie owns The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in downtown Thomasville Georgia, and she’s the host of From the Front Porch, the store’s conversational podcast about books, small business, and life in the South.

Annie talks about books, sells books, and now she’s written one of her own. It’s called Ordinary Time: Lessons Learned While Staying Put, and it releases into the world on this very day, April 22. Annie challenges the idea that loud lives are the ones that matter most and reminds us that we don't have to leave the lives we have in order to have the lives of which we've always dreamed. Not only do I commend this book to you, I also wrote the forward where I talk even more about my admiration for both Annie as a person and as a writer.

Today we’re going to get into what could be magical about a quiet, ordinary life. I hope you’ll listen in.

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Here we are in Holy Week, just a few days before Easter. Before we arrive at the resurrection, we have to walk through the crucifixion. One of my favorite guides in the dark is Barbara Brown Taylor who wrote one of my top 10 favorite books of all time, Learning to Walk in the Dark. For today’s episode I want to offer a short reflection on walking in the dark – the challenges, yes. But also the necessity and the surprising gift. If you’ve been following along inside The Lent Collection, you’ll recognize this from Day 24. If not, I hope this simple reflection offers something for you to carry into the remainder of this Holy Week. Either way, I hope you’ll listen in.

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It’s been a minute since I’ve dedicated an entire episode to the craft of writing but today is that day. Engaging in writing as a spiritual exercise has many gifts to share beyond publishing. If that’s something you’ve been wanting to explore, I hope you’ll listen in.

• • The Memoir Project by Marion Roach Smith
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If you struggle to find the time for home life, work life, and creative pursuits this episode is for you. Listen in.

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  • Episode 179 of The Life Coach School with Brooke Castillo
  • Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout by Cal Newport
  • The Plan by Kendra Adachi
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Maybe you’re just trying to navigate maintaining some healthy personal boundaries around your intake of headlines and the news but you don’t know where the line is between a legitimate desire to stay informed and an unhealthy addiction to confirmation bias. If you’re looking for some guidance on how to balance the paradox of life that will always be with us, you’re in the right place. Listen in.

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So far this year I’ve been engaging a simple little practice you can do right now that is helping me feel a little bit more grounded than I would without it. And if you’ve been around here very long you know that any practice can be a spiritual practice if we do it with an awareness of God. Listen in.

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What does it mean to pray? How can we do it in a way that both feels like us but also doesn't make all about us? And for lack of a better way to word this question: How can we know if it's working? In today's episode we'll share listeners' experience and questions about prayer as well as what may be important to remember as we engage with God and each other. Listen in.

• • Episode 354: Things We're Trying (That We're Still Not Sure About)
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