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    • With all the joy you see in our faces, @lisajobaker and I proudly present today’s #thatsoundsfunpodcast episode to you and you and you and you! It’s a truth-telling one, where we say real some things about some things, and I just feel freer because this conversation exists. LJ’s new book #TheMiddleMatters releases TOMORROW but you can still pre-order today and get them gooooodies so head to her website for all those details. ..... You can listen in by searching “That Sounds Fun” in your favorite podcast app (including @spotify!) and Lisa-Jo is Episode 153!
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    • I’ve done stupid stuff for student ministry a lot of times for a lot of my life, but nothing has made me laugh as hard as being in this video. 3:21-3:30 may be the best recorded seconds of my life. 😂 Interviewed in the back of an off-roading truck with a massive bowl of cereal? You are brilliant and insane (and covered in Wheaties because I’m no dummy), @lukehansenbentley. ..... You can watch the whole thing on YouTube- just search “Truck Talk with Annie F Downs” or click the link in my bio! (And special guest appearance by @cinnamon46 because he’s next level.)
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    • This is my favorite part of a Sunday morning at @crosspoint.tv, when whichever one of us is hosting fistbumps the one that is teaching. We do it every week. Gracious being on this teaching team is one of the best parts of my life.
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    • ✨SIX YEARS✨ ..... It’s my counselingversary. Six years ago this week, I showed up to the lovely truth-telling counselor who has walked with me ever since. (You can read the whys and hows in my book #LookingForLovely.) I say often I do not know the path my life would be on today if it wasn’t for how God has used counseling, enneagram, and @onsiteworkshops to heal me, teach me, and transform me. ..... Today we laughed and I cried. We made two small decisions and one big one. We talked through an important story I’m living and about the book I’m writing. She said she was proud of me, I said I was proud of me. Then I listed some things I want to do better tomorrow. And in a few weeks, I’ll get to do it again. ..... There have been times when counseling was weekly and messy, other times it has been monthly and thoughtful, but since 2013 it has been a constant. A mentor and guide on the journey to emotional and mental health should be an easy yes for all of us. ..... I thank God for my counselor. I thank God for her six years of hard questions, thoughtful responses, and kindness in every way. And I thank God that He provided help for me in a dark dark time in 2013, always knowing light would come.
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    • I cried twice at @lostvalleyranch. This was the second time. ..... I didn’t know creating my own brand would make me feel anything, but it did. I watched my wrangler friend Johnny burn my first two initials into the wood, right next to @campwellsummit and @jenn_jett and @rhett_barrett_ and @ifgathering. Me. Standing alone. My initials. Your girl Annie F. #AlwaysAnnie. Proudly. Celebrating a week well spent with people I dearly love and marking it in such a profound way. It was beautiful to me. ..... I’ve been told I wear my heart on my sleeve. (BUT I HAD ON A TANK THAT DAY SO NOT POSSIBLE, HATERS.) But it’s actually true, I do. And I’m sentimental. And when my wrangler friend is so carefully and kindly creating my brand, some of my best friends are standing around watching, the week went deeper into my soul than I dreamed it could have, it made me cry. ..... You👏🏼better👏🏼 remember what makes you cry. What makes your chest knot up and your breath get short. Those are the moments that are teaching you something. Something about you. And your life. And God. And sacred spaces. Your body is saying what your guts know is true- THIS. MOMENT. MATTERS. You may not know why, that’s okay. It’ll come. But you know it matters. Remember that. ..... I still don’t have words for how much @lostvalleyranch and last week meant to me. But I have letters. And they are burned into the ceiling. And I have this moment, burned into my heart.
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    • Thanks to my sweet sister @sallyed for my birthday gift- a ticket to the @atlutd match tonight! Got to watch so many players I like, ate a halftime hot dog (it’s a family tradition), laughed and cheered and had the best time. #uniteandconquer ♥️🖤⚽️🖤♥️
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