YOU GUYS WE DID IT.
So many of you started 100 Days To Brave together on May 28. And September 4 felt a million miles away.
But we are here. Day 100. I cannot wait to hear your stories- the hashtag on instagram (#100DaysToBraveSummer) was incredibly fun to follow every day. And massively inspiring. Y’all are amazing.
A few things:
If you are free tonight (Tuesday night) and want to hang out with me and some other finishers, we’re gonna get together around 8pm CT. Have your confetti popper ready! FOLLOW THIS LINK and you will give me your email address and then I’ll send you an invite to the video chat! Come with any questions you have or conversations you want to start and we’ll all just say hi and chat and celebrate finishing!
So many of you have been asking me if we would do this again and what to do next. Here are the answers:
Proud proud proud of you. What God can do when you don’t give up will always be more than you could have asked or imagined or planned for. I can’t wait to hear what these 100 days have been like for you!
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The calmness of Aaron’s voice is going to be what makes the truth bombs fall much lighter into your heart. 🙂 I am such a fan of this guy- as a writer, friend, worship leader, experience creator, and family man. His new book, The Eternal Current, puts down on paper the way that Aaron has lived and led us for so long. I think you are going to love this conversation and this book.
Thanks to our friends at Samaritan Ministries for sponsoring this episode!
Enter to win a copy of The Eternal Current!
Aaron Niequist
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The Divine Conspiracy by Dallas Willard
The Daily Examen (podcast)
A New Liturgy (music)
I have been so dying to get Jessica Honegger on the show! (And you guys have requested her like crazy too.) The founder and CEO of Noonday Collection, she is also the author of Imperfect Courage. This conversation with Jessica is enneagram 7 heavy :), so prepare your hearts for that. You know when you get two of us together, it’s volume and laughter and tears and dreams. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.
Jessica Honegger
YOU GUYS. Okay so I already loved her music I had no idea I WOULD FALL ALL THE WAY IN LOVE with Steffany Gretzinger. Like, immediate need to know her and be her friend forever kind of love. Her music and her worship leading have meant so much to me in the last few years, but gracious her wisdom and humor! I didn’t know BUT NOW WE KNOW. If you haven’t listened to her album Blackout, please do. Like soon and very soon. Hope you love this one!
Thanks to our friends at Prep Dish for sponsoring this episode!
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Steffany Gretzinger
Order Blackout, here!
Dave Barnes’ tickets to the Ryman
Oh y’all. I so love this dude. Jeremy Courtney is truly one of my heroes- not just in what he does, but how he thinks and talks and leads. Jeremy and his wife Jessica run Preemptive Love, bringing relief and jobs and friendship to people in war-torn nations like Iraq and Syria. And not just for a season, but for the long haul. This conversation is so moving as Jeremy walks us through what their life in the middle east is like, the work they are doing, and why it all matters.
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Jeremy Courtney
Join us August 2nd for the RedJett event 🙂
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I’m so excited to have Russ Ramsey back on the podcast to hang with us! We talk about all sorts of topics – prayer, Jesus, his new adventure in pastoring- have lots of laughs and a few tears (duh it’s me).
He has three new books that released last week and I love them — The Advent of the Lamb, The Passion of the King of Glory, and The Mission of the Body of Christ.
(And you gotta listen to the show to hear why each book is the exact length that it is. RUSS IS BRILLIANT.)
Russ Ramsey
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Redjett Fundraiser, August 2nd!
I am such a huge fan of Ally Fallon. As my friend, as a writer, and as a woman who is living open and honest and telling the truth. I admire her so so much and I think you will too after this conversation. Pre-order her latest book Indestructible– it’s such a beautiful story of pain and resilience and trust and hope.
Thanks to our friends at Prep Dish for sponsoring this episode!
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Ally Fallon
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It’s my birthday week so this podcast is just some of my favorite things! 🙂
First up, Dave Barnes and Aaron Chewning are back to talk us through the final 8 teams of the World Cup and who is gonna win this whole thing.
Then, my friends and co-workers Maggie and Eliza bring some of the questions that you guys asked during the TSF Survey we put out in May. Friendship, God, singleness, church, Starbucks order. We only covered about 10 of the 3000 questions, but we got a good start. 🙂
Happy 4th of July week and HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME week and Happy Summer, friends!
Thanks to our friends at Samaritan Ministries for sponsoring this episode!
Here are links to some of the things we talked about on today’s episode:
Come see Dave at the Ryman, August 3rd
Join us August 2nd for the RedJett fundraiser!
PART 1:
World Cup Teams (Players, News, Results)
Diving (in soccer)
Japan fans stayed to clean stadium trash after loss (USA Today article)
Don’t forget to use #baguettes as you post about the World Cup! 😉
PART 2:
That Sounds Fun Podcast Episode 35: Book Writing
The Voice of the Heart by Chip Dodd
That Sounds Fun Podcast Episode 86: Tom (and Melissa!) Tanner
That Sounds Fun Podcast Episode 22: Scott Sauls
How to Lead When You’re Not in Charge by Clay Scroggins
Fiction:
Where’d You Go, Burnadette? by Maria Semple
Christy by Catherine Marshall
NonFiction:
How to Get a Date Worth Keeping by Henry Cloud
Tribes by Seth Godin
Abide in Christ by Andrew Murray
As my college pastor at UGA’s Wesley Foundation and my pastor for a season at RiverStone Church, Tom Tanner is one of the most influential voices in my life. Tom and Melissa are on a short list, after my own parents, of people who have had the most impact in my life and growth. And I think that is true for hundreds of my friends, including some that you know- like Tyler Reagin from Catalyst and my pastor Kevin Queen.
We are living in a world where people walk away from their faith and the church fairly often, and sometimes people fall so deep into their own sin it costs them their ministry all together. I wanted to know how to do this faith life for the long haul and TOM AND MELISSA DID NOT DISAPPOINT.
Settle in for a conversation that just may change some things for you… and give you a reason to make a phone call to someone who has influenced your life, too.
Write Tom a letter!
2005 Stilesboro Road
Kennesaw, Georgia 30152
What a joy to have such a strong, insightful, and fun woman on the podcast with us today! Kate Bowler is a brilliant writer and communicator and we really dig into some of the hard things going on in her life right now. This conversation is special. For sure. She’s honest and kind and a real joy to hang out with. Her new book, Everything Happens For A Reason: And Other Lies I’ve Loved, really moved me and is worth the read. You’re gonna love being friends with Kate.
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Kate Bowler
Everything Happens for a Reason
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When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
Defying Gravity (song from Wicked the musical)
Present over Perfect by Shauna Niequist
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Educated by Tara Westover
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