7 Habits You Need To Survive Christian Ministry

the secret is out Christian Ministry is the secret is out Christian Ministry is difficult it wasn't a secret maybe not difficult it wasn't a secret maybe not difficult it wasn't a secret maybe not but you know what can ratchet up the but you know what can ratchet up the but you know what can ratchet up the stress even more young kids troubles in stress even more young kids troubles in stress even more young kids troubles in your marriage worldwide economic your marriage worldwide economic your marriage worldwide economic instability we can relate and so here's instability we can relate and so here's instability we can relate and so here's what we do as we try to manage it all what we do as we try to manage it all what we do as we try to manage it all seven habits you need to survive seven habits you need to survive seven habits you need to survive Christian Christian Christian Ministry well hey there and welcome to Ministry well hey there and welcome to Ministry well hey there and welcome to the pro Church tool show we're here to the pro Church tool show we're here to the pro Church tool show we're here to help you and your church navigate the help you and your church navigate the help you and your church navigate the biggest communication shift in 500 years biggest communication shift in 500 years biggest communication shift in 500 years I'm Brady sheerer your host I'm joining I'm Brady sheerer your host I'm joining I'm Brady sheerer your host I'm joining as always is by my co-host he's about to as always is by my co-host he's about to as always is by my co-host he's about to share with us his holy habits it's share with us his holy habits it's share with us his holy habits it's Alexander Ms quick housekeeping item Alexander Ms quick housekeeping item Alexander Ms quick housekeeping item before we dive into the habits and that before we dive into the habits and that before we dive into the habits and that is that social sermons public enrollment is that social sermons public enrollment is that social sermons public enrollment opens today we've got 50 open spots only opens today we've got 50 open spots only opens today we've got 50 open spots only once they're taken that's it everything once they're taken that's it everything once they're taken that's it everything we do is custom we can only work with uh we do is custom we can only work with uh we do is custom we can only work with uh with so many churches we've got room for with so many churches we've got room for with so many churches we've got room for 50 churches you can go to Social 50 churches you can go to Social 50 churches you can go to Social sermons.com and see all that we have sermons.com and see all that we have sermons.com and see all that we have available offering new packages new available offering new packages new available offering new packages new prices yeah that's right new prices new prices yeah that's right new prices new prices yeah that's right new prices new packages is we're doing a lot more and packages is we're doing a lot more and packages is we're doing a lot more and the lowest package has a more accessible the lowest package has a more accessible the lowest package has a more accessible price point now so if you evaluated price point now so if you evaluated price point now so if you evaluated social sermons in the past you're like I social sermons in the past you're like I social sermons in the past you're like I don't know if we could swing that in our don't know if we could swing that in our don't know if we could swing that in our budget there is a lower priced option budget there is a lower priced option budget there is a lower priced option now and there are more involved uh now and there are more involved uh now and there are more involved uh pricing options as well where we do a pricing options as well where we do a pricing options as well where we do a lot more and it costs a little bit more lot more and it costs a little bit more lot more and it costs a little bit more as well so check those out social as well so check those out social as well so check those out social sermons.com diving into uh Habit number sermons.com diving into uh Habit number sermons.com diving into uh Habit number one it's real simple and yet it's in its one it's real simple and yet it's in its one it's real simple and yet it's in its Simplicity it's so bothersome how simple Simplicity it's so bothersome how simple Simplicity it's so bothersome how simple this one is and how Challen in it is to this one is and how Challen in it is to this one is and how Challen in it is to routinely pull this off it's

walking that's not a joke you you made a walking that's not a joke you you made a great choice listening to this podcast great choice listening to this podcast great choice listening to this podcast you're about to get some profound you're about to get some profound you're about to get some profound insights so here's why this was profound insights so here's why this was profound insights so here's why this was profound for me I have been for my entire life for me I have been for my entire life for me I have been for my entire life skeptical of walking as a valuable skeptical of walking as a valuable skeptical of walking as a valuable exercise I lifted weights I did cardio I exercise I lifted weights I did cardio I exercise I lifted weights I did cardio I tracked tracked tracked macros walking okay that that that to me macros walking okay that that that to me macros walking okay that that that to me that was like yeah sure like that's a that was like yeah sure like that's a that was like yeah sure like that's a great starting point that's a great like great starting point that's a great like great starting point that's a great like I don't know Recreation oh let's go like I don't know Recreation oh let's go like I don't know Recreation oh let's go like walk in the pumpkin patch or whatever walk in the pumpkin patch or whatever walk in the pumpkin patch or whatever but like that's not going to be part of but like that's not going to be part of but like that's not going to be part of like my exercise routine I have elevated like my exercise routine I have elevated like my exercise routine I have elevated I have graduated to things that are more I have graduated to things that are more I have graduated to things that are more effective and optimal turns out I effective and optimal turns out I effective and optimal turns out I couldn't have been more wrong and that couldn't have been more wrong and that couldn't have been more wrong and that walking is the superpower that every one walking is the superpower that every one walking is the superpower that every one of us needs to embrace so I began going of us needs to embrace so I began going of us needs to embrace so I began going for daily walks once daily uh more than for daily walks once daily uh more than for daily walks once daily uh more than a year ago now and the reason that I a year ago now and the reason that I a year ago now and the reason that I started going for was because I was started going for was because I was started going for was because I was having like this chronic pain in my in having like this chronic pain in my in having like this chronic pain in my in my neck and it was creating these my neck and it was creating these my neck and it was creating these headaches and you know I've had chronic headaches and you know I've had chronic headaches and you know I've had chronic pain before like oh like my my knee or pain before like oh like my my knee or pain before like oh like my my knee or my leg that's fine when it created my leg that's fine when it created my leg that's fine when it created headaches it was like I I can't work and headaches it was like I I can't work and headaches it was like I I can't work and I didn't want to just be popping Tylenol I didn't want to just be popping Tylenol I didn't want to just be popping Tylenol every day and so I had gone to Physio I every day and so I had gone to Physio I every day and so I had gone to Physio I had tried so many different things and had tried so many different things and had tried so many different things and and and I can't say that walking cured and and I can't say that walking cured and and I can't say that walking cured this um but walking was what initiated this um but walking was what initiated this um but walking was what initiated the habit and I was like okay fine I'm the habit and I was like okay fine I'm the habit and I was like okay fine I'm going to go for it started being a going to go for it started being a going to go for it started being a 20-minute walk every day and I started 20-minute walk every day and I started 20-minute walk every day and I started when it was cold so I would go out and when it was cold so I would go out and when it was cold so I would go out and I'd be bundled all up this is Canadian I'd be bundled all up this is Canadian I'd be bundled all up this is Canadian winter and I'm walking and I was okay

winter and I'm walking and I was okay winter and I'm walking and I was okay and and here I am a year later I now I'm and and here I am a year later I now I'm and and here I am a year later I now I'm going on twice daily walks I average going on twice daily walks I average going on twice daily walks I average between 12,000 15,000 steps a day and between 12,000 15,000 steps a day and between 12,000 15,000 steps a day and the number of benefits that walking has the number of benefits that walking has the number of benefits that walking has brought into my life it has become so brought into my life it has become so brought into my life it has become so important that I will cancel other important that I will cancel other important that I will cancel other things neglect work responsibilities things neglect work responsibilities things neglect work responsibilities just to get these done because the the just to get these done because the the just to get these done because the the the spring that comes out of this habit the spring that comes out of this habit the spring that comes out of this habit it just it fixes everything so just a it just it fixes everything so just a it just it fixes everything so just a list uh mood improvements energy list uh mood improvements energy list uh mood improvements energy throughout the day higher my mind throughout the day higher my mind throughout the day higher my mind quickens to better ideas and this was quickens to better ideas and this was quickens to better ideas and this was from a tweet that you sent me earlier from a tweet that you sent me earlier from a tweet that you sent me earlier today from sahil Bloom and I'll just today from sahil Bloom and I'll just today from sahil Bloom and I'll just read it it's it's it's it's great Steve read it it's it's it's it's great Steve read it it's it's it's it's great Steve Jobs had his best ideas while walking Jobs had his best ideas while walking Jobs had his best ideas while walking this Stanford study explains why you this Stanford study explains why you this Stanford study explains why you don't need research I didn't even don't need research I didn't even don't need research I didn't even include research which I normally would include research which I normally would include research which I normally would to prove that walking is great but then to prove that walking is great but then to prove that walking is great but then Alex came through so this is 2014 team Alex came through so this is 2014 team Alex came through so this is 2014 team of Stanford researchers examined how of Stanford researchers examined how of Stanford researchers examined how creativity levels were impacted by creativity levels were impacted by creativity levels were impacted by walking so if all you get from today's walking so if all you get from today's walking so if all you get from today's show and podcast is like yeah I work in show and podcast is like yeah I work in show and podcast is like yeah I work in church commoms Church media I work in church commoms Church media I work in church commoms Church media I work in the church creativity matters I want to the church creativity matters I want to the church creativity matters I want to have more creativity I want to have have more creativity I want to have have more creativity I want to have prolonged creativity go for a prolonged creativity go for a prolonged creativity go for a walk 176 participants in the study and walk 176 participants in the study and walk 176 participants in the study and they had different situations some they had different situations some they had different situations some walked on a treadmill facing a wall walked on a treadmill facing a wall walked on a treadmill facing a wall others walked outside some sitting others walked outside some sitting others walked outside some sitting inside facing a wall others sitting inside facing a wall others sitting inside facing a wall others sitting outside those were kind of the four outside those were kind of the four outside those were kind of the four control groups in each situation the control groups in each situation the control groups in each situation the participants were asked to complete a participants were asked to complete a participants were asked to complete a range of tasks that are typically used

range of tasks that are typically used range of tasks that are typically used to measure creative thinking the results to measure creative thinking the results to measure creative thinking the results were incredible participants were were incredible participants were were incredible participants were dramatically more creative while walking dramatically more creative while walking dramatically more creative while walking than sitting in fact one group of than sitting in fact one group of than sitting in fact one group of participants who took back-to-back tests participants who took back-to-back tests participants who took back-to-back tests first sitting inside and then walking first sitting inside and then walking first sitting inside and then walking inside on a treadmill saw a 60% inside on a treadmill saw a 60% inside on a treadmill saw a 60% Improvement in Creative output while Improvement in Creative output while Improvement in Creative output while walking and sitting indoors versus walking and sitting indoors versus walking and sitting indoors versus Outdoors though though had a similar Outdoors though though had a similar Outdoors though though had a similar robust positive impact on creative robust positive impact on creative robust positive impact on creative thinking the authors concluded many thinking the authors concluded many thinking the authors concluded many people anecdotally claim they do their people anecdotally claim they do their people anecdotally claim they do their best thinking while walking we finally best thinking while walking we finally best thinking while walking we finally may be taking a step nice or two toward may be taking a step nice or two toward may be taking a step nice or two toward discovering what wait is that how the discovering what wait is that how the discovering what wait is that how the authors actually conclud this that authors actually conclud this that authors actually conclud this that actually makes me think the study is actually makes me think the study is actually makes me think the study is inal imagine the researchers being like inal imagine the researchers being like inal imagine the researchers being like yes we've been waiting for this I am a yes we've been waiting for this I am a yes we've been waiting for this I am a professor in Stanford but you wait I'm professor in Stanford but you wait I'm professor in Stanford but you wait I'm just going to sneak this little pun in just going to sneak this little pun in just going to sneak this little pun in there many of History's Greatest there many of History's Greatest there many of History's Greatest thinkers entrepreneurs artists and thinkers entrepreneurs artists and thinkers entrepreneurs artists and athletes have believed in the power of athletes have believed in the power of athletes have believed in the power of walk walk walk simple challenge for all of you and then simple challenge for all of you and then simple challenge for all of you and then he does make a distinction don't bring he does make a distinction don't bring he does make a distinction don't bring your phone no music no podcasts no your phone no music no podcasts no your phone no music no podcasts no articles no audio books just you and articles no audio books just you and articles no audio books just you and your thoughts and I walk so much now your thoughts and I walk so much now your thoughts and I walk so much now that even I have gone on walks that are that even I have gone on walks that are that even I have gone on walks that are just completely silent and I have a just completely silent and I have a just completely silent and I have a problem with silence because I am a problem with silence because I am a problem with silence because I am a person in person in person in process but you can pray and walk you process but you can pray and walk you process but you can pray and walk you can listen to books and walk you can can listen to books and walk you can can listen to books and walk you can listen to your thoughts and walk scary listen to your thoughts and walk scary listen to your thoughts and walk scary it is but almost assuredly excellent for it is but almost assuredly excellent for it is but almost assuredly excellent for your mental health for your creative your mental health for your creative your mental health for your creative health and for your physical health as health and for your physical health as health and for your physical health as well I love walking Outdoors because well I love walking Outdoors because well I love walking Outdoors because it's a Lifeline to the natural world and it's a Lifeline to the natural world and it's a Lifeline to the natural world and I never had this and you always talked I never had this and you always talked I never had this and you always talked about this you like oh I'm out I'm

about this you like oh I'm out I'm about this you like oh I'm out I'm foraging again that's how you talk foraging again that's how you talk foraging again that's how you talk actually and I'd be like okay and you'd actually and I'd be like okay and you'd actually and I'd be like okay and you'd be like touch grass I'd be like shut be like touch grass I'd be like shut be like touch grass I'd be like shut up and and now I'm walking outside and up and and now I'm walking outside and up and and now I'm walking outside and I've done it now for more than a year so I've done it now for more than a year so I've done it now for more than a year so now I've seen multiple Seasons turn so now I've seen multiple Seasons turn so now I've seen multiple Seasons turn so now I have an Evernote called seasonal now I have an Evernote called seasonal now I have an Evernote called seasonal rhythms so now I have certain Al ALB rhythms so now I have certain Al ALB rhythms so now I have certain Al ALB that I listen to when the seasons turn I that I listen to when the seasons turn I that I listen to when the seasons turn I got you for instance my guy our Welsh got you for instance my guy our Welsh got you for instance my guy our Welsh father who is literally younger than me father who is literally younger than me father who is literally younger than me by a couple months uh noore like I can't by a couple months uh noore like I can't by a couple months uh noore like I can't listen to noore in the summer gross listen to noore in the summer gross listen to noore in the summer gross that's not that's not optimal but when I that's not that's not optimal but when I that's not that's not optimal but when I got out during that curious beef fall got out during that curious beef fall got out during that curious beef fall day and I put on cannot be whatsoever day and I put on cannot be whatsoever day and I put on cannot be whatsoever and I listen to the 35-minute album why and I listen to the 35-minute album why and I listen to the 35-minute album why is noville more perfect cuz his albums is noville more perfect cuz his albums is noville more perfect cuz his albums are 35 minutes which means there are no are 35 minutes which means there are no are 35 minutes which means there are no skips and every one of those tracks is skips and every one of those tracks is skips and every one of those tracks is perfect I was having an emotional and perfect I was having an emotional and perfect I was having an emotional and spiritual experience walking through spiritual experience walking through spiritual experience walking through like when I walk by the barn that has like when I walk by the barn that has like when I walk by the barn that has the chickens in my little neighborhood the chickens in my little neighborhood the chickens in my little neighborhood and I look and I go are the chickens out and I look and I go are the chickens out and I look and I go are the chickens out today and most of the time they're not today and most of the time they're not today and most of the time they're not but then sometimes they're free roaming but then sometimes they're free roaming but then sometimes they're free roaming chickens like wow when I see the vines chickens like wow when I see the vines chickens like wow when I see the vines at the winery across the street it's the at the winery across the street it's the at the winery across the street it's the best thing in the world and the amazing best thing in the world and the amazing best thing in the world and the amazing thing about Autumn walks is that the sun thing about Autumn walks is that the sun thing about Autumn walks is that the sun is lower to the horizon and so it just is lower to the horizon and so it just is lower to the horizon and so it just cuts through all the trees the trees and cuts through all the trees the trees and cuts through all the trees the trees and their Peak fall fi it's like I I I their Peak fall fi it's like I I I their Peak fall fi it's like I I I cannot properly articulate the physical cannot properly articulate the physical cannot properly articulate the physical Sensations that I experien going on Sensations that I experien going on Sensations that I experien going on these walks Also earlier this year I

these walks Also earlier this year I these walks Also earlier this year I started taking my daughter 14 months on started taking my daughter 14 months on started taking my daughter 14 months on all the walks she has this little all the walks she has this little all the walks she has this little stroller where she can face forward and stroller where she can face forward and stroller where she can face forward and I take her on every walk so we're I take her on every walk so we're I take her on every walk so we're walking now together like 2 hours a day walking now together like 2 hours a day walking now together like 2 hours a day so good and it's been amazing she's in so good and it's been amazing she's in so good and it's been amazing she's in that period of development where she's that period of development where she's that period of development where she's going so fast 14 months like you know going so fast 14 months like you know going so fast 14 months like you know within a few months she'll be like within a few months she'll be like within a few months she'll be like saying like 500 Words but like a month saying like 500 Words but like a month saying like 500 Words but like a month ago she had like three so like crazy ago she had like three so like crazy ago she had like three so like crazy development and she's now become development and she's now become development and she's now become pointing at all the dogs and I'll say pointing at all the dogs and I'll say pointing at all the dogs and I'll say what is what sound do the dog hand what is what sound do the dog hand what is what sound do the dog hand she'll go woof woof as she points at the she'll go woof woof as she points at the she'll go woof woof as she points at the dog and then I'll say what sounds did dog and then I'll say what sounds did dog and then I'll say what sounds did the chickens make and she'll go BP and the chickens make and she'll go BP and the chickens make and she'll go BP and she'll she'll take sometimes like these she'll she'll take sometimes like these she'll she'll take sometimes like these little um hard cover books that we read little um hard cover books that we read little um hard cover books that we read at home and she'll pretend she's reading at home and she'll pretend she's reading at home and she'll pretend she's reading them she just them she just them she just nonsense just and she waves to everyone nonsense just and she waves to everyone nonsense just and she waves to everyone I know all my neighbors now yeah like I know all my neighbors now yeah like I know all my neighbors now yeah like they wave to me oh there's Phil hi Phil they wave to me oh there's Phil hi Phil they wave to me oh there's Phil hi Phil and you know the the the family from and you know the the the family from and you know the the the family from school and then we showed up to parent school and then we showed up to parent school and then we showed up to parent teacher night the other night and teacher night the other night and teacher night the other night and they're like hey would you like to they're like hey would you like to they're like hey would you like to volunteer for you know one hour a month volunteer for you know one hour a month volunteer for you know one hour a month at the school and Brit's like I'd love at the school and Brit's like I'd love at the school and Brit's like I'd love to do that now we're getting involved in to do that now we're getting involved in to do that now we're getting involved in that and like I I met like my elderly that and like I I met like my elderly that and like I I met like my elderly neighbors one day I was walking by and neighbors one day I was walking by and neighbors one day I was walking by and this house was for sale and they're like this house was for sale and they're like this house was for sale and they're like hey can you like I I put the the real hey can you like I I put the the real hey can you like I I put the the real estate sign too deep in can you get it estate sign too deep in can you get it estate sign too deep in can you get it out and I was like don't worry ma'am I out and I was like don't worry ma'am I out and I was like don't worry ma'am I walk a strapping young lad is here to walk a strapping young lad is here to walk a strapping young lad is here to help so I reached down no it was like help so I reached down no it was like help so I reached down no it was like dude it was like Excalibur it I was not dude it was like Excalibur it I was not dude it was like Excalibur it I was not the anointed man I it was not moving and the anointed man I it was not moving and the anointed man I it was not moving and I was like I was like don't tell my wife I was like I was like don't tell my wife I was like I was like don't tell my wife about this okay like you know I was about this okay like you know I was about this okay like you know I was already to have my like night and already to have my like night and already to have my like night and shining armor moment where like the shining armor moment where like the shining armor moment where like the elderly woman is helped by the young man elderly woman is helped by the young man elderly woman is helped by the young man no embarrassing and she's like you know

no embarrassing and she's like you know no embarrassing and she's like you know maybe you loosened it up for me and I maybe you loosened it up for me and I maybe you loosened it up for me and I was like okay that's what I say to my was like okay that's what I say to my was like okay that's what I say to my wife when she needs me to open a can and wife when she needs me to open a can and wife when she needs me to open a can and then I'm like a jar and she's like oh I then I'm like a jar and she's like oh I then I'm like a jar and she's like oh I got it I was like yeah yeah you lo you got it I was like yeah yeah you lo you got it I was like yeah yeah you lo you loosened it up I you don't need to loosened it up I you don't need to loosened it up I you don't need to patronize me like that Mary okay what patronize me like that Mary okay what patronize me like that Mary okay what else do I have down here I mean I could else do I have down here I mean I could else do I have down here I mean I could just go on but I won't because we got to just go on but I won't because we got to just go on but I won't because we got to stick to these seven habits but stick to these seven habits but stick to these seven habits but transformative in my life in in in every transformative in my life in in in every transformative in my life in in in every way so I have also begun walking you way so I have also begun walking you way so I have also begun walking you have yeah not as regimented as you like have yeah not as regimented as you like have yeah not as regimented as you like I don't do it every day um but that's my I don't do it every day um but that's my I don't do it every day um but that's my so I started uh late spring early summer so I started uh late spring early summer so I started uh late spring early summer and it's easy to walk in fair weather and it's easy to walk in fair weather and it's easy to walk in fair weather and so that's my that's my question is and so that's my that's my question is and so that's my that's my question is like it was not easy in summer for me no like it was not easy in summer for me no like it was not easy in summer for me no oh no like what time were you doing it oh no like what time were you doing it oh no like what time were you doing it though like even if you go early like it though like even if you go early like it though like even if you go early like it it I'm just sweating by the end of it we it I'm just sweating by the end of it we it I'm just sweating by the end of it we would go at like would go at like would go at like 6:30 oh okay because as got to get to 6:30 oh okay because as got to get to 6:30 oh okay because as got to get to daycare I gotta get to work yeah I daycare I gotta get to work yeah I daycare I gotta get to work yeah I didn't go that early and we only walk didn't go that early and we only walk didn't go that early and we only walk for like a half hour so it was doable for like a half hour so it was doable for like a half hour so it was doable but that's my concern is like I want to but that's my concern is like I want to but that's my concern is like I want to continue walking but I where am I going continue walking but I where am I going continue walking but I where am I going to find the motivation to get up in the to find the motivation to get up in the to find the motivation to get up in the winter and go for a walk yeah I it's you winter and go for a walk yeah I it's you winter and go for a walk yeah I it's you know what it's changing the seasons like know what it's changing the seasons like know what it's changing the seasons like it's a different mindset yeah you're it's a different mindset yeah you're it's a different mindset yeah you're like I'm on my grind now no one else is like I'm on my grind now no one else is like I'm on my grind now no one else is out here it's just me and the elements out here it's just me and the elements out here it's just me and the elements yeah and I will overcome we're having a yeah and I will overcome we're having a yeah and I will overcome we're having a baby in November and I people ask me how baby in November and I people ask me how baby in November and I people ask me how I'm feeling and the season is changing I'm feeling and the season is changing I'm feeling and the season is changing we're entering into fall and but I have we're entering into fall and but I have we're entering into fall and but I have that season in my sights because we're that season in my sights because we're that season in my sights because we're having a baby it's all you think about having a baby it's all you think about having a baby it's all you think about and I really feel like my answer is I and I really feel like my answer is I and I really feel like my answer is I feel like we are slowing down towards a

feel like we are slowing down towards a feel like we are slowing down towards a like a hibernation season like for our like a hibernation season like for our like a hibernation season like for our family because I'm going to take a few family because I'm going to take a few family because I'm going to take a few months off work I'm going to be home and months off work I'm going to be home and months off work I'm going to be home and that's just my sense of how I see that that's just my sense of how I see that that's just my sense of how I see that season going from where I am right now season going from where I am right now season going from where I am right now is like you know like it's hockey is like you know like it's hockey is like you know like it's hockey Seasons you're watching the game you got Seasons you're watching the game you got Seasons you're watching the game you got the newborn on your chess like I don't the newborn on your chess like I don't the newborn on your chess like I don't really intend on doing anything this really intend on doing anything this really intend on doing anything this winter so we'll see how my my my winter so we'll see how my my my winter so we'll see how my my my non-habitual walking uh works out there non-habitual walking uh works out there non-habitual walking uh works out there speaking of our Autumn rhythms you had speaking of our Autumn rhythms you had speaking of our Autumn rhythms you had your first uh soup season how did that your first uh soup season how did that your first uh soup season how did that go at the new F place so the new F place go at the new F place so the new F place go at the new F place so the new F place was not open oh contrary to what their was not open oh contrary to what their was not open oh contrary to what their website said the open sign was not on website said the open sign was not on website said the open sign was not on Google my business people it's important Google my business people it's important Google my business people it's important and so I walked in just to see like oh and so I walked in just to see like oh and so I walked in just to see like oh maybe the sign's not on so I I open the maybe the sign's not on so I I open the maybe the sign's not on so I I open the door and it's like oh it's wide open I door and it's like oh it's wide open I door and it's like oh it's wide open I walk in the restaurant looks done except walk in the restaurant looks done except walk in the restaurant looks done except for the fact that there was construction for the fact that there was construction for the fact that there was construction gear everywhere like men were working in gear everywhere like men were working in gear everywhere like men were working in there so I like quietly backed out and there so I like quietly backed out and there so I like quietly backed out and we went to the other place down the we went to the other place down the we went to the other place down the street classic cuz I saw your photo and street classic cuz I saw your photo and street classic cuz I saw your photo and I was like that looks like looks like a I was like that looks like looks like a I was like that looks like looks like a dut Diner because that restaurant is a dut Diner because that restaurant is a dut Diner because that restaurant is a refurbished dut Diner yeah soup was refurbished dut Diner yeah soup was refurbished dut Diner yeah soup was great uh Vibes Immaculate I'm going to great uh Vibes Immaculate I'm going to great uh Vibes Immaculate I'm going to make a white bean soup next week I think make a white bean soup next week I think make a white bean soup next week I think last night we had lentil K and mushroom last night we had lentil K and mushroom last night we had lentil K and mushroom soup okay well betrayal but I love soup okay well betrayal but I love soup okay well betrayal but I love lentils all right I'm a sicko lentil lentils all right I'm a sicko lentil lentils all right I'm a sicko lentil maybe we'll make you that soup uh sanss maybe we'll make you that soup uh sanss maybe we'll make you that soup uh sanss mushrooms yeah do you like can you bring mushrooms yeah do you like can you bring mushrooms yeah do you like can you bring the macros though no I'll need the the macros though no I'll need the the macros though no I'll need the rest okay uh next habit this one is mine rest okay uh next habit this one is mine rest okay uh next habit this one is mine one that I have talked about on the show

one that I have talked about on the show one that I have talked about on the show before and it's simply uh Sabbath so before and it's simply uh Sabbath so before and it's simply uh Sabbath so when I say Sabbath I mean a regular when I say Sabbath I mean a regular when I say Sabbath I mean a regular weekly rhythm of rest and it's clear weekly rhythm of rest and it's clear weekly rhythm of rest and it's clear that I it it's imperative that I Stay it that I it it's imperative that I Stay it that I it it's imperative that I Stay it that clearly that clearly that clearly because I have done this and so I know because I have done this and so I know because I have done this and so I know others listening will will have the others listening will will have the others listening will will have the temptation to do this to make room for temptation to do this to make room for temptation to do this to make room for Sabbath in some seasons and not other Sabbath in some seasons and not other Sabbath in some seasons and not other seasons and so when I say Sabbath I seasons and so when I say Sabbath I seasons and so when I say Sabbath I don't mean rest generally I mean a don't mean rest generally I mean a don't mean rest generally I mean a regular weekly rhythm of rest and what's regular weekly rhythm of rest and what's regular weekly rhythm of rest and what's challenging for those of us who work in challenging for those of us who work in challenging for those of us who work in church and sometimes even those who who church and sometimes even those who who church and sometimes even those who who just like belong to church is that just like belong to church is that just like belong to church is that Sunday does not it does not meet that Sunday does not it does not meet that Sunday does not it does not meet that criteria Sunday is not for a lot of criteria Sunday is not for a lot of criteria Sunday is not for a lot of folks Sunday is their Sabbath it is folks Sunday is their Sabbath it is folks Sunday is their Sabbath it is their daily weekly rhythm of rest for their daily weekly rhythm of rest for their daily weekly rhythm of rest for those of us who work in church it is not those of us who work in church it is not those of us who work in church it is not so even if even if you want to so even if even if you want to so even if even if you want to philosophically try and tell me that philosophically try and tell me that philosophically try and tell me that that church is not work which I that church is not work which I that church is not work which I understand what you're saying but understand what you're saying but understand what you're saying but practically it is it is not the first practically it is it is not the first practically it is it is not the first half of that day sometimes more than the half of that day sometimes more than the half of that day sometimes more than the first half of that day is not a regular first half of that day is not a regular first half of that day is not a regular rhythm of rest and so that makes it rhythm of rest and so that makes it rhythm of rest and so that makes it challenging for us because Saturdays are challenging for us because Saturdays are challenging for us because Saturdays are like are we fill up with stuff that we like are we fill up with stuff that we like are we fill up with stuff that we can't do during the work week so you're can't do during the work week so you're can't do during the work week so you're like working at home you're maybe you're like working at home you're maybe you're like working at home you're maybe you're doing a side gig they tend to be busy doing a side gig they tend to be busy doing a side gig they tend to be busy they tend to be full and so what I'm they tend to be full and so what I'm they tend to be full and so what I'm what I'm suggesting here as this habit what I'm suggesting here as this habit what I'm suggesting here as this habit and what I'm calling like our listeners and what I'm calling like our listeners and what I'm calling like our listeners to what I call our church to what I'm to what I call our church to what I'm to what I call our church to what I'm calling our family to is to is to

calling our family to is to is to calling our family to is to is to intentionally push back against like the intentionally push back against like the intentionally push back against like the rhythm of the secular calendar and rhythm of the secular calendar and rhythm of the secular calendar and embrace a weekly rhythm of of rest I'm I embrace a weekly rhythm of of rest I'm I embrace a weekly rhythm of of rest I'm I I want to suggest that this cannot be I want to suggest that this cannot be I want to suggest that this cannot be understated or overlooked um I I think understated or overlooked um I I think understated or overlooked um I I think that our I'm reminded of of Jesus when that our I'm reminded of of Jesus when that our I'm reminded of of Jesus when he says like what does it what does it he says like what does it what does it he says like what does it what does it serve you to gain your your life insert serve you to gain your your life insert serve you to gain your your life insert whatever you want there for life but whatever you want there for life but whatever you want there for life but lose your soul and I want to suggest lose your soul and I want to suggest lose your soul and I want to suggest that what's at stake here is without that what's at stake here is without that what's at stake here is without this weekly rhythm of regular rest is this weekly rhythm of regular rest is this weekly rhythm of regular rest is losing um the health of our our soul and losing um the health of our our soul and losing um the health of our our soul and so braid your first habit there talking so braid your first habit there talking so braid your first habit there talking about walking has a lot to do with about walking has a lot to do with about walking has a lot to do with physical health but as as we as we physical health but as as we as we physical health but as as we as we talked about and as we read about it's talked about and as we read about it's talked about and as we read about it's not just physical health it transcends not just physical health it transcends not just physical health it transcends um into spiritual and emotional and um into spiritual and emotional and um into spiritual and emotional and relational health and I think the same relational health and I think the same relational health and I think the same thing is true of of Sabbath but like in thing is true of of Sabbath but like in thing is true of of Sabbath but like in the inverse it's primarily about tending the inverse it's primarily about tending the inverse it's primarily about tending to our souls and our spirits but also to our souls and our spirits but also to our souls and our spirits but also transcends into our our physical health transcends into our our physical health transcends into our our physical health um I've heard it said this way and this um I've heard it said this way and this um I've heard it said this way and this is how I this is how I internally Define is how I this is how I internally Define is how I this is how I internally Define Sabbath and ask myself did I Sabbath Sabbath and ask myself did I Sabbath Sabbath and ask myself did I Sabbath rightly or correctly this week did I do rightly or correctly this week did I do rightly or correctly this week did I do anything that was beyond praying and anything that was beyond praying and anything that was beyond praying and playing playing playing praying and playing and if so then I praying and playing and if so then I praying and playing and if so then I probably did a little bit too much work probably did a little bit too much work probably did a little bit too much work and not enough resting praying and and not enough resting praying and and not enough resting praying and playing resting in the provision of God playing resting in the provision of God playing resting in the provision of God that I don't have to I don't have to that I don't have to I don't have to that I don't have to I don't have to produce anything today for my life to produce anything today for my life to produce anything today for my life to matter or for my my weak to go on and matter or for my my weak to go on and matter or for my my weak to go on and resting in the presence of God like just resting in the presence of God like just resting in the presence of God like just playing with the kids playing with

playing with the kids playing with playing with the kids playing with yourself doing something that brings you yourself doing something that brings you yourself doing something that brings you something of of leisure that brings you something of of leisure that brings you something of of leisure that brings you Joy and praying not just like in the Joy and praying not just like in the Joy and praying not just like in the closet like we mentioned on another show closet like we mentioned on another show closet like we mentioned on another show with like on your knees with your hands with like on your knees with your hands with like on your knees with your hands class but like being aware of the class but like being aware of the class but like being aware of the presence intimately of of a relational presence intimately of of a relational presence intimately of of a relational God who wants to relate to us that way God who wants to relate to us that way God who wants to relate to us that way speak language one as Eugene Peterson speak language one as Eugene Peterson speak language one as Eugene Peterson would say so um yeah Eugene Peterson We would say so um yeah Eugene Peterson We would say so um yeah Eugene Peterson We Made It 20 minutes yeah uh okay senator Made It 20 minutes yeah uh okay senator Made It 20 minutes yeah uh okay senator of the Sabbath the Sabbath Senator I'm of the Sabbath the Sabbath Senator I'm of the Sabbath the Sabbath Senator I'm going to need uh a ruling on if this going to need uh a ruling on if this going to need uh a ruling on if this qualifies as Sabbath qualifies as Sabbath qualifies as Sabbath [Music] okay okay 7 hours of commercial free football 7 hours of commercial free football 7 hours of commercial free football listen I can't don't don't send your listen I can't don't don't send your listen I can't don't don't send your wives into my inbox to say to to go home wives into my inbox to say to to go home wives into my inbox to say to to go home don't go home and tell your wife hey uh don't go home and tell your wife hey uh don't go home and tell your wife hey uh um you know pastor of the senator of um you know pastor of the senator of um you know pastor of the senator of Sabbath said sabath Senator that all Sabbath said sabath Senator that all Sabbath said sabath Senator that all afternoon I have license to just sit on afternoon I have license to just sit on afternoon I have license to just sit on the couch and watch football it's the couch and watch football it's the couch and watch football it's commercial free yes uh but yeah I think commercial free yes uh but yeah I think commercial free yes uh but yeah I think that's a I think that is that is is such that's a I think that is that is is such that's a I think that is that is is such a great um example of doing nothing a great um example of doing nothing a great um example of doing nothing productive and by some people's metrics productive and by some people's metrics productive and by some people's metrics like maybe doing something I I don't like maybe doing something I I don't like maybe doing something I I don't know how they would Define watching know how they would Define watching know how they would Define watching football but I can imagine well look football but I can imagine well look football but I can imagine well look Sports gambling is legal so hey I I Sports gambling is legal so hey I I Sports gambling is legal so hey I I cashed out right but doing nothing to be cashed out right but doing nothing to be cashed out right but doing nothing to be clear I no longer Sports gamble right clear I no longer Sports gamble right clear I no longer Sports gamble right and have not for a while but uh but just

and have not for a while but uh but just and have not for a while but uh but just watching football like that is permitted watching football like that is permitted watching football like that is permitted I want to say that is permitted in the I want to say that is permitted in the I want to say that is permitted in the kingdom of God uh not just permitted kingdom of God uh not just permitted kingdom of God uh not just permitted perhaps encouraged wow the Pauline perhaps encouraged wow the Pauline perhaps encouraged wow the Pauline prisoner senator of Sabbath holy habits prisoner senator of Sabbath holy habits prisoner senator of Sabbath holy habits praise God okay my second H uh uh Habit praise God okay my second H uh uh Habit praise God okay my second H uh uh Habit um subscribe to Doone Andor YouTube for um subscribe to Doone Andor YouTube for um subscribe to Doone Andor YouTube for NFL Sunday Ticket No No I just learned NFL Sunday Ticket No No I just learned NFL Sunday Ticket No No I just learned this week that it's pronounced Doone this week that it's pronounced Doone this week that it's pronounced Doone yeah that's the worst so so in Canada we yeah that's the worst so so in Canada we yeah that's the worst so so in Canada we watch football not through NFL Sunday watch football not through NFL Sunday watch football not through NFL Sunday Ticket we don't have access to that so Ticket we don't have access to that so Ticket we don't have access to that so we subscribe to it through a streaming we subscribe to it through a streaming we subscribe to it through a streaming service called Doone Doone is spelled D service called Doone Doone is spelled D service called Doone Doone is spelled D A A A ZN which right of course looks like ZN which right of course looks like ZN which right of course looks like dazin da and is apparently D yeah so dazin da and is apparently D yeah so dazin da and is apparently D yeah so okay and I would assume is a reference okay and I would assume is a reference okay and I would assume is a reference to to to dzone like defensive Zone Oh I thought dzone like defensive Zone Oh I thought dzone like defensive Zone Oh I thought it was more like I'm in the zone man I'm it was more like I'm in the zone man I'm it was more like I'm in the zone man I'm in the zone I'm watching sports with my in the zone I'm watching sports with my in the zone I'm watching sports with my Bros yeah I Bros yeah I Bros yeah I guess okay second habit sleeping didn't match The Vibes there no sleeping didn't match The Vibes there no it's perfect okay okay so the I have it's perfect okay okay so the I have it's perfect okay okay so the I have this written down is the more that's this written down is the more that's this written down is the more that's required of me the more I prioritize my required of me the more I prioritize my required of me the more I prioritize my sleep so this dovetails almost exactly sleep so this dovetails almost exactly sleep so this dovetails almost exactly off of how I described walking and the off of how I described walking and the off of how I described walking and the reason I put these two down and I was reason I put these two down and I was reason I put these two down and I was looking at all of the different like looking at all of the different like looking at all of the different like habits that I track and all of the habits that I track and all of the habits that I track and all of the different like rhythms of life that I different like rhythms of life that I different like rhythms of life that I have like formed and I and I was like have like formed and I and I was like have like formed and I and I was like okay if I had to pick like just just

okay if I had to pick like just just okay if I had to pick like just just like the ones that are most important like the ones that are most important like the ones that are most important it's the ones that I find myself doing it's the ones that I find myself doing it's the ones that I find myself doing more the more that's required of me more the more that's required of me more the more that's required of me which is paradoxical which is why I which is paradoxical which is why I which is paradoxical which is why I think they are different from the others think they are different from the others think they are different from the others anytime something is paradoxical I'm anytime something is paradoxical I'm anytime something is paradoxical I'm like ah must be Kingdom of godish like ah must be Kingdom of godish like ah must be Kingdom of godish and I will purposely using football as and I will purposely using football as and I will purposely using football as an example I turned off Sunday Night an example I turned off Sunday Night an example I turned off Sunday Night Football on Sunday and I turned it off Football on Sunday and I turned it off Football on Sunday and I turned it off Monday night at halftime before the game Monday night at halftime before the game Monday night at halftime before the game was over before I knew if my fantasy was over before I knew if my fantasy was over before I knew if my fantasy team had won or not I was in a team had won or not I was in a team had won or not I was in a precarious situation spoiler alert got precarious situation spoiler alert got precarious situation spoiler alert got him but I turned it off at halftime him but I turned it off at halftime him but I turned it off at halftime because I was like I know I have to wake because I was like I know I have to wake because I was like I know I have to wake up at 5:00 a.m. which means I've got to up at 5:00 a.m. which means I've got to up at 5:00 a.m. which means I've got to fall asleep at 9:00 p.m. and I will fall asleep at 9:00 p.m. and I will fall asleep at 9:00 p.m. and I will sacrifice things like that to protect my sacrifice things like that to protect my sacrifice things like that to protect my sleep now I was walking this morning and sleep now I was walking this morning and sleep now I was walking this morning and I saw a tweet from a blue jay's pitcher I saw a tweet from a blue jay's pitcher I saw a tweet from a blue jay's pitcher did you see this this is just about the did you see this this is just about the did you see this this is just about the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard so most ridiculous thing I've ever heard so most ridiculous thing I've ever heard so Jay's won last night but their pitcher Jay's won last night but their pitcher Jay's won last night but their pitcher had to exit the game with cramps cramps had to exit the game with cramps cramps had to exit the game with cramps cramps they ask him hey are you going to be they ask him hey are you going to be they ask him hey are you going to be okay like is it serious you never know okay like is it serious you never know okay like is it serious you never know with these pictures and he goes yeah you with these pictures and he goes yeah you with these pictures and he goes yeah you know I think I just didn't get enough know I think I just didn't get enough know I think I just didn't get enough sleep last night okay he like yeah nor I sleep last night okay he like yeah nor I sleep last night okay he like yeah nor I only got 11 or 12 and I need 13 or 14 only got 11 or 12 and I need 13 or 14 only got 11 or 12 and I need 13 or 14 hours of sleep this is a man with young hours of sleep this is a man with young hours of sleep this is a man with young children that means going to bed at 9:00 children that means going to bed at 9:00 children that means going to bed at 9:00 and waking up at like 10 I don't think and waking up at like 10 I don't think and waking up at like 10 I don't think I've ever slept that long in my life and I've ever slept that long in my life and I've ever slept that long in my life and he can't function without and Now he can't function without and Now he can't function without and Now function professional sports player but function professional sports player but function professional sports player but he can't do his job without cramping if he can't do his job without cramping if he can't do his job without cramping if he's not getting more than half of the he's not getting more than half of the he's not getting more than half of the day unconscious I don't like I don't day unconscious I don't like I don't day unconscious I don't like I don't think that's healthy like I think the

think that's healthy like I think the think that's healthy like I think the only people that sleep that long are only people that sleep that long are only people that sleep that long are like in depressive states that was my like in depressive states that was my like in depressive states that was my understanding hey I'm not a sleep uh understanding hey I'm not a sleep uh understanding hey I'm not a sleep uh sleep EX expert but here are the things sleep EX expert but here are the things sleep EX expert but here are the things that I do to uh maintain sleep hygiene I that I do to uh maintain sleep hygiene I that I do to uh maintain sleep hygiene I have an eight sleep mattress which is have an eight sleep mattress which is have an eight sleep mattress which is like the most expensive thing I've ever like the most expensive thing I've ever like the most expensive thing I've ever bought for for sleep so this is a bought for for sleep so this is a bought for for sleep so this is a mattress cover that regulates mattress cover that regulates mattress cover that regulates temperature and so I can open the app temperature and so I can open the app temperature and so I can open the app and it does all the the tracking which and it does all the the tracking which and it does all the the tracking which we'll get into the metrics here in a we'll get into the metrics here in a we'll get into the metrics here in a second but I can choose okay I want my second but I can choose okay I want my second but I can choose okay I want my my U my mattress cover to be cold when I my U my mattress cover to be cold when I my U my mattress cover to be cold when I fall asleep and then it will track the fall asleep and then it will track the fall asleep and then it will track the different cycles of sleep and match the different cycles of sleep and match the different cycles of sleep and match the heat of the mattress with the cycle so heat of the mattress with the cycle so heat of the mattress with the cycle so it's actually warmer when you wake up it's actually warmer when you wake up it's actually warmer when you wake up because that is more conducive to waking because that is more conducive to waking because that is more conducive to waking up smoothly and the other side of the up smoothly and the other side of the up smoothly and the other side of the mattress where my wife is she can mattress where my wife is she can mattress where my wife is she can control that on her own now we had this control that on her own now we had this control that on her own now we had this mattress cover and uh it it broke and mattress cover and uh it it broke and mattress cover and uh it it broke and it's it's cooled and heated with water it's it's cooled and heated with water it's it's cooled and heated with water so then my wife was just in a puddle of so then my wife was just in a puddle of so then my wife was just in a puddle of water for a while unfortunately I was in water for a while unfortunately I was in water for a while unfortunately I was in Europe at the time so that was Europe at the time so that was Europe at the time so that was unfortunate but we reached out to them unfortunate but we reached out to them unfortunate but we reached out to them and no questions asked they sent us a and no questions asked they sent us a and no questions asked they sent us a new one for free and that one has been new one for free and that one has been new one for free and that one has been going really great our house the the going really great our house the the going really great our house the the furnace is not great at reaching the top furnace is not great at reaching the top furnace is not great at reaching the top level and so our room has always been level and so our room has always been level and so our room has always been really hot and this is like so important really hot and this is like so important really hot and this is like so important for sleep you need to sleep in a cool for sleep you need to sleep in a cool for sleep you need to sleep in a cool room we did everything that we could and room we did everything that we could and room we did everything that we could and this mattress cover was actually the this mattress cover was actually the this mattress cover was actually the most cost effective say for like most cost effective say for like most cost effective say for like installing a second furnace or a second installing a second furnace or a second installing a second furnace or a second air conditioning unit or redoing all the air conditioning unit or redoing all the air conditioning unit or redoing all the ducks or whatever uh so that's that's ducks or whatever uh so that's that's ducks or whatever uh so that's that's been really positive blackout curtains been really positive blackout curtains been really positive blackout curtains huge uh and then rain machine we have we huge uh and then rain machine we have we huge uh and then rain machine we have we we didn't do this until we had I had a we didn't do this until we had I had a we didn't do this until we had I had a kid but ever since so now you know 8 kid but ever since so now you know 8 kid but ever since so now you know 8 years we've been sleeping with sound

years we've been sleeping with sound years we've been sleeping with sound machines which is really great machines which is really great machines which is really great especially cuz you know you hear a especially cuz you know you hear a especially cuz you know you hear a little sound at night you're like oh my little sound at night you're like oh my little sound at night you're like oh my goodness what is that I don't know we're goodness what is that I don't know we're goodness what is that I don't know we're always scared like oh no something's always scared like oh no something's always scared like oh no something's breaking in whatever it is um now I do breaking in whatever it is um now I do breaking in whatever it is um now I do break the cardinal sin of sleep hygiene break the cardinal sin of sleep hygiene break the cardinal sin of sleep hygiene and that is we don't turn off the TV and that is we don't turn off the TV and that is we don't turn off the TV before bed my wife will very commonly before bed my wife will very commonly before bed my wife will very commonly fall asleep with the TV on and uh yeah fall asleep with the TV on and uh yeah fall asleep with the TV on and uh yeah by every metric I have about as good as by every metric I have about as good as by every metric I have about as good as sleep as anyone can have and so this sleep as anyone can have and so this sleep as anyone can have and so this doesn't seem to be bothering us but I'm doesn't seem to be bothering us but I'm doesn't seem to be bothering us but I'm pretty sure if you told the doctor like pretty sure if you told the doctor like pretty sure if you told the doctor like no no no an hour or more without any TV no no no an hour or more without any TV no no no an hour or more without any TV I also don't eat very close to bed right I also don't eat very close to bed right I also don't eat very close to bed right which is a big one as well sleep with which is a big one as well sleep with which is a big one as well sleep with kids is hard so this is of course you kids is hard so this is of course you kids is hard so this is of course you know hey caveat do the best you can with know hey caveat do the best you can with know hey caveat do the best you can with your kids my daughter not the young one your kids my daughter not the young one your kids my daughter not the young one my 8-year-old woke me up at 3:00 a.m. my 8-year-old woke me up at 3:00 a.m. my 8-year-old woke me up at 3:00 a.m. last night and said she had a bad dream last night and said she had a bad dream last night and said she had a bad dream and so that messed up my sleep cuz I and so that messed up my sleep cuz I and so that messed up my sleep cuz I looked and it was 3:30 and I knew I was looked and it was 3:30 and I knew I was looked and it was 3:30 and I knew I was waking up at 5:00 and that final hour waking up at 5:00 and that final hour waking up at 5:00 and that final hour and a half was not great but and she's and a half was not great but and she's and a half was not great but and she's always had bad sleep our 14-month-old we always had bad sleep our 14-month-old we always had bad sleep our 14-month-old we did sleep training with her at 5 months did sleep training with her at 5 months did sleep training with her at 5 months old she really took to it and like old she really took to it and like old she really took to it and like sleeps perfectly mhm 14 hours a night sleeps perfectly mhm 14 hours a night sleeps perfectly mhm 14 hours a night you and me were two peas in a pod last you and me were two peas in a pod last you and me were two peas in a pod last night proverbially cuz uh my son woke up night proverbially cuz uh my son woke up night proverbially cuz uh my son woke up at at at 137 uh asking to sleep in the big bed so 137 uh asking to sleep in the big bed so 137 uh asking to sleep in the big bed so that's where me and him slept last night that's where me and him slept last night that's where me and him slept last night slept using that term loosely yeah we slept using that term loosely yeah we slept using that term loosely yeah we had a a had a a had a a sleepover Lil gets one sleepover a week sleepover Lil gets one sleepover a week sleepover Lil gets one sleepover a week so she's been taking it on Sunday nights so she's been taking it on Sunday nights so she's been taking it on Sunday nights and uh yeah that was that was a rough go and uh yeah that was that was a rough go and uh yeah that was that was a rough go of it that 5 a.m. wakeup call was of it that 5 a.m. wakeup call was of it that 5 a.m. wakeup call was actually welcome because she was you actually welcome because she was you actually welcome because she was you know just like draped all over me uh I know just like draped all over me uh I know just like draped all over me uh I figured it'd be worthwhile kind of figured it'd be worthwhile kind of figured it'd be worthwhile kind of hitting kind of my sleep metrics to just

hitting kind of my sleep metrics to just hitting kind of my sleep metrics to just provide some context so these are for provide some context so these are for provide some context so these are for the last 6 months I've averaged seven the last 6 months I've averaged seven the last 6 months I've averaged seven hours and 30 minutes of sleep what's hours and 30 minutes of sleep what's hours and 30 minutes of sleep what's cool about um the eight Sleep mattress cool about um the eight Sleep mattress cool about um the eight Sleep mattress versus sleep cycle which is the app versus sleep cycle which is the app versus sleep cycle which is the app you're using right now is that it tracks you're using right now is that it tracks you're using right now is that it tracks when you are as sleep and not just when when you are as sleep and not just when when you are as sleep and not just when the phone on the nightstand thinks the phone on the nightstand thinks the phone on the nightstand thinks you're sleeping the the eight the Sleep you're sleeping the the eight the Sleep you're sleeping the the eight the Sleep Cycle app which Alex is looking at now Cycle app which Alex is looking at now Cycle app which Alex is looking at now and what I have used for you know a and what I have used for you know a and what I have used for you know a decade before the mattress was always I decade before the mattress was always I decade before the mattress was always I think a bit um over you know extending think a bit um over you know extending think a bit um over you know extending on how much time I thought I was asleep on how much time I thought I was asleep on how much time I thought I was asleep so what is your say I'm trying to see so what is your say I'm trying to see so what is your say I'm trying to see here uh here uh here uh on on on average I'm getting like seven looks average I'm getting like seven looks average I'm getting like seven looks like about seven hours of sleep at night like about seven hours of sleep at night like about seven hours of sleep at night okay yeah and that's pretty good with a okay yeah and that's pretty good with a okay yeah and that's pretty good with a two and a halfy old yeah yeah we go to two and a halfy old yeah yeah we go to two and a halfy old yeah yeah we go to bed early I wake up at 6 yeah so my bed early I wake up at 6 yeah so my bed early I wake up at 6 yeah so my bedtime 952 average wake up average bedtime 952 average wake up average bedtime 952 average wake up average 605 uh it takes me 29 minutes on average 605 uh it takes me 29 minutes on average 605 uh it takes me 29 minutes on average to fall asleep 1 minute on average to to fall asleep 1 minute on average to to fall asleep 1 minute on average to wake up and a 92 sleep Fitness score wake up and a 92 sleep Fitness score wake up and a 92 sleep Fitness score which is an aggregate of all the which is an aggregate of all the which is an aggregate of all the different metrics that the eight sleep different metrics that the eight sleep different metrics that the eight sleep metric cover tracks I would like to metric cover tracks I would like to metric cover tracks I would like to suggest that similar to Sabbath suggest that similar to Sabbath suggest that similar to Sabbath prioritizing prioritizing prioritizing sleep um in a capitalist culture is a sleep um in a capitalist culture is a sleep um in a capitalist culture is a little bit countercultural and I would little bit countercultural and I would little bit countercultural and I would like to suggest that prioritizing sleep like to suggest that prioritizing sleep like to suggest that prioritizing sleep is actually an active like embodiment of is actually an active like embodiment of is actually an active like embodiment of our measure of trust in the provision of our measure of trust in the provision of our measure of trust in the provision of God that like when we are asleep God is

God that like when we are asleep God is God that like when we are asleep God is still at work he created before we ever still at work he created before we ever still at work he created before we ever had the chance to create and we'll be had the chance to create and we'll be had the chance to create and we'll be creating long before we're done creating creating long before we're done creating creating long before we're done creating not to say that our work isn't not to say that our work isn't not to say that our work isn't meaningful and that our works of Faith meaningful and that our works of Faith meaningful and that our works of Faith aren't worth something um but it is all aren't worth something um but it is all aren't worth something um but it is all Grace and choosing to prioritize sleep Grace and choosing to prioritize sleep Grace and choosing to prioritize sleep and rest and being unconscious is and rest and being unconscious is and rest and being unconscious is actually proof of like how much do I actually proof of like how much do I actually proof of like how much do I trust God to be doing the work here and trust God to be doing the work here and trust God to be doing the work here and how much am I trusting my own my own how much am I trusting my own my own how much am I trusting my own my own whatever I can create with my own hands whatever I can create with my own hands whatever I can create with my own hands my own however productive I can be my own however productive I can be my own however productive I can be anyways so that's a bit of a love I'm anyways so that's a bit of a love I'm anyways so that's a bit of a love I'm suggesting suggesting suggesting that our fourth habit my second is uh that our fourth habit my second is uh that our fourth habit my second is uh simply silence uh I went with a bit of simply silence uh I went with a bit of simply silence uh I went with a bit of literation here for my three Sabbath literation here for my three Sabbath literation here for my three Sabbath first and silence and this is um oh boy first and silence and this is um oh boy first and silence and this is um oh boy well I'm I'm just like as we're working well I'm I'm just like as we're working well I'm I'm just like as we're working this out I'm I'm I'm Rec I'm recognizing this out I'm I'm I'm Rec I'm recognizing this out I'm I'm I'm Rec I'm recognizing that a lot of our habits here are like that a lot of our habits here are like that a lot of our habits here are like pretty countercultural to the world that pretty countercultural to the world that pretty countercultural to the world that we currently live in uh here in our we currently live in uh here in our we currently live in uh here in our context in the west like you haven't context in the west like you haven't context in the west like you haven't gotten to my third habit get gotten to my third habit get gotten to my third habit get money but like walking is not is not money but like walking is not is not money but like walking is not is not popular it's not efficient as far as popular it's not efficient as far as popular it's not efficient as far as like getting anywhere quickly or like like getting anywhere quickly or like like getting anywhere quickly or like making use of our time I never see making use of our time I never see making use of our time I never see anyone my age yeah ever yeah um anyone my age yeah ever yeah um anyone my age yeah ever yeah um demographics of community and demographics of community and demographics of community and neighborhood aside but like I always neighborhood aside but like I always neighborhood aside but like I always find that interesting it's like the find that interesting it's like the find that interesting it's like the older folks like they're like no no you older folks like they're like no no you older folks like they're like no no you should just do this this is so important should just do this this is so important should just do this this is so important they all realize it and if anyone's they all realize it and if anyone's they all realize it and if anyone's watched um the uh documentary with it's watched um the uh documentary with it's watched um the uh documentary with it's a series but with Zack Efron on Netflix

a series but with Zack Efron on Netflix a series but with Zack Efron on Netflix I'm forgetting what it's called like I'm forgetting what it's called like I'm forgetting what it's called like wild Earth or something like iand and wild Earth or something like iand and wild Earth or something like iand and but one episode he went to Italy and but one episode he went to Italy and but one episode he went to Italy and they went to this little place which is they went to this little place which is they went to this little place which is a Blue Zone there a handful of these a Blue Zone there a handful of these a Blue Zone there a handful of these blue zones across the planet where um blue zones across the planet where um blue zones across the planet where um scientists have have observed that folks scientists have have observed that folks scientists have have observed that folks who live here generally live healthier who live here generally live healthier who live here generally live healthier and longer lives and we're interested in and longer lives and we're interested in and longer lives and we're interested in why and one of them was in Italy and why and one of them was in Italy and why and one of them was in Italy and it's hysterical because um I'm Italian it's hysterical because um I'm Italian it's hysterical because um I'm Italian by Heritage and so I just like I felt at by Heritage and so I just like I felt at by Heritage and so I just like I felt at home watching this episode and these home watching this episode and these home watching this episode and these Italian folks are just like eating pasta Italian folks are just like eating pasta Italian folks are just like eating pasta and drinking wine you know it's like and drinking wine you know it's like and drinking wine you know it's like that that's their steady diet it's just that that's their steady diet it's just that that's their steady diet it's just like carbs and alcohol carbs and alcohol like carbs and alcohol carbs and alcohol like carbs and alcohol carbs and alcohol but where they were was a Blue Zone and but where they were was a Blue Zone and but where they were was a Blue Zone and one of the hypothesis for why folks live one of the hypothesis for why folks live one of the hypothesis for why folks live so well and so long here is that they so well and so long here is that they so well and so long here is that they walk everywhere they walk everywhere they walk everywhere they go and they don't automate a lot of like go and they don't automate a lot of like go and they don't automate a lot of like labor and not not like not even just labor and not not like not even just labor and not not like not even just strenuous labor but like they walk to strenuous labor but like they walk to strenuous labor but like they walk to the grocery store and carry their the grocery store and carry their the grocery store and carry their groceries home for example so all of groceries home for example so all of groceries home for example so all of those things in a way of like those things in a way of like those things in a way of like compounding interest compounding interest compounding interest I guess counteract for all the carbs and I guess counteract for all the carbs and I guess counteract for all the carbs and the wine or maybe carbs and wine are are the wine or maybe carbs and wine are are the wine or maybe carbs and wine are are really the secret to to Good Health um really the secret to to Good Health um really the secret to to Good Health um but they attribute a lot of the the but they attribute a lot of the the but they attribute a lot of the the longevity of Life there to just like longevity of Life there to just like longevity of Life there to just like walking and like lifting things as walking and like lifting things as walking and like lifting things as opposed to I don't know having someone opposed to I don't know having someone opposed to I don't know having someone else lift them for you or like using a else lift them for you or like using a else lift them for you or like using a lever or a device to lift them anyways lever or a device to lift them anyways lever or a device to lift them anyways silence this one's countercultural as silence this one's countercultural as silence this one's countercultural as well we live in a time and an age where well we live in a time and an age where well we live in a time and an age where there's just like just in inundated with

there's just like just in inundated with there's just like just in inundated with so much so much so much information and Beyond information so information and Beyond information so information and Beyond information so much like um language that is much like um language that is much like um language that is motivational in nature um whether it's motivational in nature um whether it's motivational in nature um whether it's like motivate us to do something or like motivate us to do something or like motivate us to do something or motivate us to buy something like so motivate us to buy something like so motivate us to buy something like so much of what we intake both consciously much of what we intake both consciously much of what we intake both consciously and unconsciously is advertisement and and unconsciously is advertisement and and unconsciously is advertisement and it's just I don't know if anyone it's just I don't know if anyone it's just I don't know if anyone resonates this with this but it's just resonates this with this but it's just resonates this with this but it's just loud and so one habit that has really loud and so one habit that has really loud and so one habit that has really cultivated some some you found Health in cultivated some some you found Health in cultivated some some you found Health in my life is my life is my life is cultivating times of silence and this is cultivating times of silence and this is cultivating times of silence and this is hard for me because you know we talk hard for me because you know we talk hard for me because you know we talk about walking or when I'm in the car about walking or when I'm in the car about walking or when I'm in the car it's really hard for me to do it in it's really hard for me to do it in it's really hard for me to do it in silence um and sometimes I'm not good at silence um and sometimes I'm not good at silence um and sometimes I'm not good at it like sometimes I'll be on a walk with it like sometimes I'll be on a walk with it like sometimes I'll be on a walk with my son he's in the stroller he's looking my son he's in the stroller he's looking my son he's in the stroller he's looking at stuff and I know that I should not at stuff and I know that I should not at stuff and I know that I should not have an airpod in listening to something have an airpod in listening to something have an airpod in listening to something I'm listening to something really I'm listening to something really I'm listening to something really valuable it's not just music I'm valuable it's not just music I'm valuable it's not just music I'm listening to a podcast or something and listening to a podcast or something and listening to a podcast or something and I know I shouldn't I know deep down I know I shouldn't I know deep down I know I shouldn't I know deep down myself like I should just be quiet right myself like I should just be quiet right myself like I should just be quiet right now and it's hard so what I'm trying to now and it's hard so what I'm trying to now and it's hard so what I'm trying to say is it's hard to cult cultivate these say is it's hard to cult cultivate these say is it's hard to cult cultivate these these times and sometimes extended these times and sometimes extended these times and sometimes extended seasons of Silence but I think it's I seasons of Silence but I think it's I seasons of Silence but I think it's I think it's necessary I think it's think it's necessary I think it's think it's necessary I think it's required and so simply that could look required and so simply that could look required and so simply that could look like um habits of unplugging so you talk like um habits of unplugging so you talk like um habits of unplugging so you talk about sleep and for us it's like we about sleep and for us it's like we about sleep and for us it's like we don't do phones in bed and so like we've don't do phones in bed and so like we've don't do phones in bed and so like we've got something to do on our phone we do got something to do on our phone we do got something to do on our phone we do it before we get in the bedroom when we it before we get in the bedroom when we it before we get in the bedroom when we get in the bedroom it's like phone is get in the bedroom it's like phone is get in the bedroom it's like phone is off and and on the nightstand bless you off and and on the nightstand bless you off and and on the nightstand bless you for that I really try for my phone to be for that I really try for my phone to be for that I really try for my phone to be the not to not be the first thing I'm on

the not to not be the first thing I'm on the not to not be the first thing I'm on in the morning so I get up I make a in the morning so I get up I make a in the morning so I get up I make a coffee I read for usually an hour before coffee I read for usually an hour before coffee I read for usually an hour before I'm like plugging into something um for I'm like plugging into something um for I'm like plugging into something um for me it's my phone's always on do not me it's my phone's always on do not me it's my phone's always on do not disturb and I'm sorry for that and I'm disturb and I'm sorry for that and I'm disturb and I'm sorry for that and I'm apologizing you've been pretty good apologizing you've been pretty good apologizing you've been pretty good lately with the text yeah sometimes I'll lately with the text yeah sometimes I'll lately with the text yeah sometimes I'll slack you for personal slack you for personal slack you for personal things oh you and then if you don't get things oh you and then if you don't get things oh you and then if you don't get back to me I can be like look employee back to me I can be like look employee back to me I can be like look employee Alex be my friend yeah so yeah and that Alex be my friend yeah so yeah and that Alex be my friend yeah so yeah and that requires discipline if I'm going to have requires discipline if I'm going to have requires discipline if I'm going to have my phone on silent I do have to like I my phone on silent I do have to like I my phone on silent I do have to like I do have to choose to tend to it in do have to choose to tend to it in do have to choose to tend to it in certain moments so it's it's a it's a certain moments so it's it's a it's a certain moments so it's it's a it's a balance um but it could look like an balance um but it could look like an balance um but it could look like an extended period of unplugging from the extended period of unplugging from the extended period of unplugging from the Internet or from podcasts or from from Internet or from podcasts or from from Internet or from podcasts or from from whatever um for me spiritually it's whatever um for me spiritually it's whatever um for me spiritually it's looked like adopting the practice of Leo looked like adopting the practice of Leo looked like adopting the practice of Leo deina which is uh in other words in deina which is uh in other words in deina which is uh in other words in English sacred reading which is a way to English sacred reading which is a way to English sacred reading which is a way to read the scriptures that involves a lot read the scriptures that involves a lot read the scriptures that involves a lot of Silence it you read the scripture and of Silence it you read the scripture and of Silence it you read the scripture and then you meditate quietly on something then you meditate quietly on something then you meditate quietly on something that pop out to you in the scripture that pop out to you in the scripture that pop out to you in the scripture then you pray then you contemplate which then you pray then you contemplate which then you pray then you contemplate which is simply to sit in silence like no no is simply to sit in silence like no no is simply to sit in silence like no no pre-existing thoughts like just bring pre-existing thoughts like just bring pre-existing thoughts like just bring your mind to the space and sit with your mind to the space and sit with your mind to the space and sit with Jesus to just contemplate with Jesus so Jesus to just contemplate with Jesus so Jesus to just contemplate with Jesus so I've adopted that in my own life which I've adopted that in my own life which I've adopted that in my own life which is uh at first a hard thing to cultivate is uh at first a hard thing to cultivate is uh at first a hard thing to cultivate because I just want more and more more because I just want more and more more because I just want more and more more information yeah this is taking a information yeah this is taking a information yeah this is taking a passage of scripture or a passage of passage of scripture or a passage of passage of scripture or a passage of reading and just sitting with it not reading and just sitting with it not reading and just sitting with it not moving beyond it um but we started doing moving beyond it um but we started doing moving beyond it um but we started doing it in our church Community too and the it in our church Community too and the it in our church Community too and the first few times we did it it was really first few times we did it it was really first few times we did it it was really un comfortable like that empty space in

un comfortable like that empty space in un comfortable like that empty space in the church environment was like awkward the church environment was like awkward the church environment was like awkward right cuz that's not something at least right cuz that's not something at least right cuz that's not something at least in the church in the west there's not a in the church in the west there's not a in the church in the west there's not a whole lot of room for silence in our in whole lot of room for silence in our in whole lot of room for silence in our in our spaces they're just really full with our spaces they're just really full with our spaces they're just really full with announcements and worship and and and announcements and worship and and and announcements and worship and and and the word and like it's all good but the word and like it's all good but the word and like it's all good but making room for Silence has been making room for Silence has been making room for Silence has been uncomfortable but it's been so good for uncomfortable but it's been so good for uncomfortable but it's been so good for us um and then I've got one more example us um and then I've got one more example us um and then I've got one more example and this is where I am informing you and this is where I am informing you and this is where I am informing you that I'm going to need to take a few that I'm going to need to take a few that I'm going to need to take a few days off of work oh wow because uh days off of work oh wow because uh days off of work oh wow because uh something that I think could could be something that I think could could be something that I think could could be really viable for people for like uh really viable for people for like uh really viable for people for like uh like like a global reset is a silent like like a global reset is a silent like like a global reset is a silent Retreat so there is oh yeah a retreat Retreat so there is oh yeah a retreat Retreat so there is oh yeah a retreat center here in agar Falls called Mount center here in agar Falls called Mount center here in agar Falls called Mount Carmel and they do silent Retreats where Carmel and they do silent Retreats where Carmel and they do silent Retreats where You' go and like it's against the rules You' go and like it's against the rules You' go and like it's against the rules to to to talk so also against the rules to like talk so also against the rules to like talk so also against the rules to like ingest anything like what about my ingest anything like what about my ingest anything like what about my podcast I can listen to No so uh I'm podcast I can listen to No so uh I'm podcast I can listen to No so uh I'm going to need a few days off work at going to need a few days off work at going to need a few days off work at some point um go do a silent Retreat and some point um go do a silent Retreat and some point um go do a silent Retreat and I'll it we can turn it into content I'll I'll it we can turn it into content I'll I'll it we can turn it into content I'll come back and we can talk about it on come back and we can talk about it on come back and we can talk about it on the show yeah okay but yeah I don't know the show yeah okay but yeah I don't know the show yeah okay but yeah I don't know if hey if anyone's done a silent Retreat if hey if anyone's done a silent Retreat if hey if anyone's done a silent Retreat you can text into the text line or you can text into the text line or you can text into the text line or comment on this video I want to hear comment on this video I want to hear comment on this video I want to hear what your experience is like because what your experience is like because what your experience is like because it's something I've always been curious it's something I've always been curious it's something I've always been curious about doing and wanted to do yeah but about doing and wanted to do yeah but about doing and wanted to do yeah but just seems like a little too much I'd be just seems like a little too much I'd be just seems like a little too much I'd be at the silent Retreat and like 30 at the silent Retreat and like 30 at the silent Retreat and like 30 seconds in someone would hear you've got a burner phone cuz they hear you've got a burner phone cuz they they take your phone when you go in what they take your phone when you go in what they take your phone when you go in what are you doing I'm on the Zone I couldn't

are you doing I'm on the Zone I couldn't are you doing I'm on the Zone I couldn't do it oh no my fantasy team okay I have do it oh no my fantasy team okay I have do it oh no my fantasy team okay I have some some some uh I have some re research to supplement uh I have some re research to supplement uh I have some re research to supplement and what you were saying okay great this and what you were saying okay great this and what you were saying okay great this is from one of the books that I is from one of the books that I is from one of the books that I highlighted on a recent episode where we highlighted on a recent episode where we highlighted on a recent episode where we talked about three books that have talked about three books that have talked about three books that have influenced our uh Christian Ministry and influenced our uh Christian Ministry and influenced our uh Christian Ministry and uh the Comfort crisis so they have an uh the Comfort crisis so they have an uh the Comfort crisis so they have an entire chapter dedicated to this so entire chapter dedicated to this so entire chapter dedicated to this so here's some data from that we have here's some data from that we have here's some data from that we have increased the world's loudness fourfold increased the world's loudness fourfold increased the world's loudness fourfold do you remember when I took out that do you remember when I took out that do you remember when I took out that giant stack of papers on that episode giant stack of papers on that episode giant stack of papers on that episode yeah this is the digital version they're yeah this is the digital version they're yeah this is the digital version they're right there you could you can bring them right there you could you can bring them right there you could you can bring them over and consult the over and consult the over and consult the research just a sec research just a sec research just a sec wait oh still have it on my on my silent wait oh still have it on my on my silent wait oh still have it on my on my silent Retreat can I use can I have paper I Retreat can I use can I have paper I Retreat can I use can I have paper I don't know I haven't got that far into don't know I haven't got that far into don't know I haven't got that far into am I allowed to read I think so yeah oh am I allowed to read I think so yeah oh am I allowed to read I think so yeah oh I can I can I can read okay okay this is okay just let in read okay okay this is okay just let in read okay okay this is okay just let in okay uh oh I'm messing up the the papers okay uh oh I'm messing up the the papers okay uh oh I'm messing up the the papers here this is a great TV everyone loves here this is a great TV everyone loves here this is a great TV everyone loves this okay look at that we have increased this okay look at that we have increased this okay look at that we have increased the world's loudness fourfold based on the world's loudness fourfold based on the world's loudness fourfold based on an average of a 20 dbel rise scientists an average of a 20 dbel rise scientists an average of a 20 dbel rise scientists at the University of Michigan say that at the University of Michigan say that at the University of Michigan say that that more than 100 million Americans that more than 100 million Americans that more than 100 million Americans live with noise levels louder than what live with noise levels louder than what live with noise levels louder than what you'd hear standing next to a working you'd hear standing next to a working you'd hear standing next to a working washing machine or dishwasher so 70 DB washing machine or dishwasher so 70 DB washing machine or dishwasher so 70 DB we've in fact become so used to living we've in fact become so used to living we've in fact become so used to living in noise that most of us now found in noise that most of us now found in noise that most of us now found comfort in the constant Blair another comfort in the constant Blair another comfort in the constant Blair another survey found that Americans increasingly survey found that Americans increasingly survey found that Americans increasingly see the TV not as an entertainment

see the TV not as an entertainment see the TV not as an entertainment device but as a companion hey I'm device but as a companion hey I'm device but as a companion hey I'm falling asleep with it the constant falling asleep with it the constant falling asleep with it the constant noise is more than enough to stress us noise is more than enough to stress us noise is more than enough to stress us out according to the CDC and marinating out according to the CDC and marinating out according to the CDC and marinating in stress has consequences what noises in stress has consequences what noises in stress has consequences what noises cause hearing loss just reading out this cause hearing loss just reading out this cause hearing loss just reading out this data and then the final one this is from data and then the final one this is from data and then the final one this is from who the constant stream of decibels that who the constant stream of decibels that who the constant stream of decibels that we live in are quite literally taking we live in are quite literally taking we live in are quite literally taking years off of our lives too much noise years off of our lives too much noise years off of our lives too much noise was directly responsible for nearly was directly responsible for nearly was directly responsible for nearly 2,000 heart attacks in Europe wow so 2,000 heart attacks in Europe wow so 2,000 heart attacks in Europe wow so it's like no wonder we all feel so over it's like no wonder we all feel so over it's like no wonder we all feel so over stimulated our window of Tolerance is so stimulated our window of Tolerance is so stimulated our window of Tolerance is so razor thin you laugh at me no that's razor thin you laugh at me no that's razor thin you laugh at me no that's amazing that was like a month ago that amazing that was like a month ago that amazing that was like a month ago that you printed out that research I'm like you printed out that research I'm like you printed out that research I'm like what what are we doing it was a prop but what what are we doing it was a prop but what what are we doing it was a prop but that was actually very useful exactly that was actually very useful exactly that was actually very useful exactly yeah I mean no wonder so like what I I'm yeah I mean no wonder so like what I I'm yeah I mean no wonder so like what I I'm appealing to like the um you know the appealing to like the um you know the appealing to like the um you know the philosophical bit but but philosophical bit but but philosophical bit but but physiologically the the noise is is physiologically the the noise is is physiologically the the noise is is having real measurable impacts on our having real measurable impacts on our having real measurable impacts on our body so my appeal there is to uh body so my appeal there is to uh body so my appeal there is to uh cultivating a habit of of Silence in cultivating a habit of of Silence in cultivating a habit of of Silence in various forms doesn't have to be a various forms doesn't have to be a various forms doesn't have to be a silent Retreat you know just just unplug silent Retreat you know just just unplug silent Retreat you know just just unplug from your phone for an hour a day or from your phone for an hour a day or from your phone for an hour a day or something but yeah little more silence something but yeah little more silence something but yeah little more silence my uh third habit being unoffendable and my uh third habit being unoffendable and my uh third habit being unoffendable and I have to credit you for being the one I have to credit you for being the one I have to credit you for being the one that phrased it that way someone that that phrased it that way someone that that phrased it that way someone that publishes a lot of content online you publishes a lot of content online you publishes a lot of content online you just get a lot of criticism relatively just get a lot of criticism relatively just get a lot of criticism relatively tiny amount of criticism because people tiny amount of criticism because people tiny amount of criticism because people like our stuff and we make good stuff like our stuff and we make good stuff like our stuff and we make good stuff but when you get like you know 10,000 but when you get like you know 10,000 but when you get like you know 10,000 comments even if a hundred of them are comments even if a hundred of them are comments even if a hundred of them are negative like do most of us like I never

negative like do most of us like I never negative like do most of us like I never got a hundred negative comments in my got a hundred negative comments in my got a hundred negative comments in my first like two decades of life and so first like two decades of life and so first like two decades of life and so that has become something that is also that has become something that is also that has become something that is also you have to learn to filter and being you have to learn to filter and being you have to learn to filter and being unoffendable has been the Mantra that I unoffendable has been the Mantra that I unoffendable has been the Mantra that I have Revisited and return to to help me have Revisited and return to to help me have Revisited and return to to help me kind of like sift through all of these kind of like sift through all of these kind of like sift through all of these things and what's great is when you can things and what's great is when you can things and what's great is when you can be unoffendable you can actually make be unoffendable you can actually make be unoffendable you can actually make improvements because you're not on the improvements because you're not on the improvements because you're not on the defensive you're not like unwilling to defensive you're not like unwilling to defensive you're not like unwilling to hear things I'm I'm not trying to hear hear things I'm I'm not trying to hear hear things I'm I'm not trying to hear that right now because you don't see that right now because you don't see that right now because you don't see them as a threat but either something them as a threat but either something them as a threat but either something that can just be like brushed off your that can just be like brushed off your that can just be like brushed off your shoulder or an opportunity to improve shoulder or an opportunity to improve shoulder or an opportunity to improve and if you know me any opportunity to and if you know me any opportunity to and if you know me any opportunity to improve even if you tell it to me in a improve even if you tell it to me in a improve even if you tell it to me in a hurtful way I will see as a gift I might hurtful way I will see as a gift I might hurtful way I will see as a gift I might have to take a step back first reassess have to take a step back first reassess have to take a step back first reassess from altitude hey reference to a from altitude hey reference to a from altitude hey reference to a previous episode but it's a gift and uh previous episode but it's a gift and uh previous episode but it's a gift and uh my friend Michael tuzinski who Runs my friend Michael tuzinski who Runs my friend Michael tuzinski who Runs Church media Squad I thought he said it Church media Squad I thought he said it Church media Squad I thought he said it in a great way we're talking about hey in a great way we're talking about hey in a great way we're talking about hey when we're working with our creative when we're working with our creative when we're working with our creative team he's like what I always always tell team he's like what I always always tell team he's like what I always always tell them is take your work seriously not them is take your work seriously not them is take your work seriously not yourself so like you really care about yourself so like you really care about yourself so like you really care about what you're doing but he's like what we what you're doing but he's like what we what you're doing but he's like what we found is when we're working with found is when we're working with found is when we're working with creatives and churches are working with creatives and churches are working with creatives and churches are working with creatives like churches are like oh I creatives like churches are like oh I creatives like churches are like oh I don't want to don't want to say don't want to don't want to say don't want to don't want to say something that's too mean and hurt this something that's too mean and hurt this something that's too mean and hurt this creative's feelings because I've had creative's feelings because I've had creative's feelings because I've had creatives in the past that have been a creatives in the past that have been a creatives in the past that have been a bit touchy he's like no if we want to bit touchy he's like no if we want to bit touchy he's like no if we want to create something good for a church we create something good for a church we create something good for a church we have to be able to like take not take have to be able to like take not take have to be able to like take not take ourselves seriously like if you have a ourselves seriously like if you have a ourselves seriously like if you have a problem with this work like I worked problem with this work like I worked problem with this work like I worked really hard on and I'm going to take it really hard on and I'm going to take it really hard on and I'm going to take it seriously to deliver something good to seriously to deliver something good to seriously to deliver something good to you but like you're not going to hurt my you but like you're not going to hurt my you but like you're not going to hurt my feelings and I think that's such a a feelings and I think that's such a a feelings and I think that's such a a great posture this is really just about great posture this is really just about great posture this is really just about posture how can you uh present yourself

posture how can you uh present yourself posture how can you uh present yourself to the world because if you are on the to the world because if you are on the to the world because if you are on the defense of all the time you're you're defense of all the time you're you're defense of all the time you're you're you're closing yourself off and when you you're closing yourself off and when you you're closing yourself off and when you are closed off you are by definition not are closed off you are by definition not are closed off you are by definition not open to all of the good things that the open to all of the good things that the open to all of the good things that the world has for you and so being world has for you and so being world has for you and so being unoffendable is not only a way to unoffendable is not only a way to unoffendable is not only a way to maintain and ensure your mental health maintain and ensure your mental health maintain and ensure your mental health but it's also I think uh effective and but it's also I think uh effective and but it's also I think uh effective and the best way to you know explore all the the best way to you know explore all the the best way to you know explore all the opportunities that are going to come opportunities that are going to come opportunities that are going to come belong to because like you're just open belong to because like you're just open belong to because like you're just open to stuff yeah in my experience with to stuff yeah in my experience with to stuff yeah in my experience with cultivating this discipline or this cultivating this discipline or this cultivating this discipline or this habit a lot of folks will ask me like habit a lot of folks will ask me like habit a lot of folks will ask me like okay but how do you how do you become okay but how do you how do you become okay but how do you how do you become unoffendable right and the answer to unoffendable right and the answer to unoffendable right and the answer to that question is like basically that question is like basically that question is like basically inarticulate like I don't know other inarticulate like I don't know other inarticulate like I don't know other than and maybe just giving this language than and maybe just giving this language than and maybe just giving this language to our listeners will be helpful enough to our listeners will be helpful enough to our listeners will be helpful enough hearing that phrase being unoffendable hearing that phrase being unoffendable hearing that phrase being unoffendable it's just in my experience has just been it's just in my experience has just been it's just in my experience has just been like having that in the back of my mind like having that in the back of my mind like having that in the back of my mind so that when offense comes somehow I so that when offense comes somehow I so that when offense comes somehow I bring myself to make an Act of choice to bring myself to make an Act of choice to bring myself to make an Act of choice to like to to not let offense come to me like to to not let offense come to me like to to not let offense come to me and be unoffendable but beyond that like and be unoffendable but beyond that like and be unoffendable but beyond that like I don't actually I don't actually know I don't actually I don't actually know I don't actually I don't actually know how to do it I just know that it gets how to do it I just know that it gets how to do it I just know that it gets easier with practice Yeah and offence easier with practice Yeah and offence easier with practice Yeah and offence basically comes to you in the form of basically comes to you in the form of basically comes to you in the form of like a like a like a sensation and talking about my daughter sensation and talking about my daughter sensation and talking about my daughter learning the clarinet it's kind of like learning the clarinet it's kind of like learning the clarinet it's kind of like that the first time she started playing that the first time she started playing that the first time she started playing the clarinet in the house you heard it the clarinet in the house you heard it the clarinet in the house you heard it and you like jumped in your seat because and you like jumped in your seat because and you like jumped in your seat because it was such just loud like shrill noise it was such just loud like shrill noise it was such just loud like shrill noise and then after you've heard it a bunch and then after you've heard it a bunch and then after you've heard it a bunch it's just as shrill it's just as loud it's just as shrill it's just as loud it's just as shrill it's just as loud but your response to it has been but your response to it has been but your response to it has been lessened right I have received hundreds

lessened right I have received hundreds lessened right I have received hundreds of negative comments online so now when of negative comments online so now when of negative comments online so now when I receive one it doesn't hurt in the I receive one it doesn't hurt in the I receive one it doesn't hurt in the same way so you start same way so you start same way so you start by articulating a value being by articulating a value being by articulating a value being unoffendable that's the value you say I unoffendable that's the value you say I unoffendable that's the value you say I want to live by this value and what will want to live by this value and what will want to live by this value and what will happen is you will have opportunities to happen is you will have opportunities to happen is you will have opportunities to live by that value and the more you live by that value and the more you live by that value and the more you practice it the more it becomes habit practice it the more it becomes habit practice it the more it becomes habit the more you have that habit the longer the more you have that habit the longer the more you have that habit the longer you live by it the more it becomes you live by it the more it becomes you live by it the more it becomes identity and then you're always identity and then you're always identity and then you're always responding in the same way now the responding in the same way now the responding in the same way now the sensation it might sometimes like sensation it might sometimes like sensation it might sometimes like sometimes people say something that are sometimes people say something that are sometimes people say something that are so crazy they oh that that it kind of so crazy they oh that that it kind of so crazy they oh that that it kind of brings about that same sensation and so brings about that same sensation and so brings about that same sensation and so you're always kind of repr practicing it you're always kind of repr practicing it you're always kind of repr practicing it but the more you practice something it's but the more you practice something it's but the more you practice something it's just like any muscle the more that you just like any muscle the more that you just like any muscle the more that you you grow it but you first need to you grow it but you first need to you grow it but you first need to articulate the value it's funny how this articulate the value it's funny how this articulate the value it's funny how this works in the same way like with church works in the same way like with church works in the same way like with church social media and church Communications social media and church Communications social media and church Communications like hey articulate the policies and like hey articulate the policies and like hey articulate the policies and then when you have an opportunity to then when you have an opportunity to then when you have an opportunity to live by the policy take it because live by the policy take it because live by the policy take it because otherwise the policy is useless you otherwise the policy is useless you otherwise the policy is useless you can't just make a value if you don't can't just make a value if you don't can't just make a value if you don't live bu it it's nothing that's right ooh live bu it it's nothing that's right ooh live bu it it's nothing that's right ooh some might say it's a clanging gong no some might say it's a clanging gong no some might say it's a clanging gong no it's a clanging symbol what is the what it's a clanging symbol what is the what it's a clanging symbol what is the what is the gong doing uh resounding gong I is the gong doing uh resounding gong I is the gong doing uh resounding gong I hate a resounding gong yeah you really hate a resounding gong yeah you really hate a resounding gong yeah you really do uh you put good language to this as do uh you put good language to this as do uh you put good language to this as well in a video that is a year old now well in a video that is a year old now well in a video that is a year old now at this point when uh you were talking at this point when uh you were talking at this point when uh you were talking about reacting versus responding and about reacting versus responding and about reacting versus responding and that's that's how I did come up with that's that's how I did come up with that's that's how I did come up with that I did not hear that anywhere else that I did not hear that anywhere else that I did not hear that anywhere else but that's how that's how responding to but that's how that's how responding to but that's how that's how responding to or that's how engaging with the fence or that's how engaging with the fence or that's how engaging with the fence sometimes feels is like when it first sometimes feels is like when it first sometimes feels is like when it first comes there is this again call back to comes there is this again call back to comes there is this again call back to an earlier episode there is this like an earlier episode there is this like an earlier episode there is this like temptation to to let your amydala flare

temptation to to let your amydala flare temptation to to let your amydala flare up and react out of whatever that's up and react out of whatever that's up and react out of whatever that's making you feel but taking a moment a making you feel but taking a moment a making you feel but taking a moment a deep breath um removing yourself and deep breath um removing yourself and deep breath um removing yourself and gaining some perspective via altitude gaining some perspective via altitude gaining some perspective via altitude will help you respond rather than react will help you respond rather than react will help you respond rather than react yeah um so I mentioned earlier that I yeah um so I mentioned earlier that I yeah um so I mentioned earlier that I was going for some alliteration now this was going for some alliteration now this was going for some alliteration now this is alliteration by sound not by sight oh is alliteration by sound not by sight oh is alliteration by sound not by sight oh I see what you did so Sabbath silence I see what you did so Sabbath silence I see what you did so Sabbath silence and this last one Psychotherapy um and and this last one Psychotherapy um and and this last one Psychotherapy um and this one came to me because of the the this one came to me because of the the this one came to me because of the the title of this title of this title of this this episode is um you know seven habits this episode is um you know seven habits this episode is um you know seven habits you need to survive Christian Ministry you need to survive Christian Ministry you need to survive Christian Ministry and is that what influen the and is that what influen the and is that what influen the alliteration no you survive by Sabbath alliteration no you survive by Sabbath alliteration no you survive by Sabbath silence and Psychotherapy I mean we silence and Psychotherapy I mean we silence and Psychotherapy I mean we could rewrite the intro right now do you could rewrite the intro right now do you could rewrite the intro right now do you have a poem to share Pastor Alex that's have a poem to share Pastor Alex that's have a poem to share Pastor Alex that's it that is the poem oh wow it that is the poem oh wow it that is the poem oh wow um and I I we're we're young at this um and I I we're we're young at this um and I I we're we're young at this I've been I've been doing Christian I've been I've been doing Christian I've been I've been doing Christian Ministry for 10 years and so I've I I've Ministry for 10 years and so I've I I've Ministry for 10 years and so I've I I've haven't survived anything yet you know haven't survived anything yet you know haven't survived anything yet you know like we're just just on our way but I'm like we're just just on our way but I'm like we're just just on our way but I'm so thankful to be living and ministering so thankful to be living and ministering so thankful to be living and ministering in a time in in moment in culture where in a time in in moment in culture where in a time in in moment in culture where therapy counseling Psychotherapy is therapy counseling Psychotherapy is therapy counseling Psychotherapy is culturally not just accepted but like culturally not just accepted but like culturally not just accepted but like endorsed encouraged um our parents endorsed encouraged um our parents endorsed encouraged um our parents didn't grow up in an environment like didn't grow up in an environment like didn't grow up in an environment like that there was um quite a bit of of of that there was um quite a bit of of of that there was um quite a bit of of of baggage taboo around the idea of getting baggage taboo around the idea of getting baggage taboo around the idea of getting help from from a counselor or a help from from a counselor or a help from from a counselor or a therapist and you know folks that I know therapist and you know folks that I know therapist and you know folks that I know who who grew up in a time like that are

who who grew up in a time like that are who who grew up in a time like that are feeling the the reverberations the feeling the the reverberations the feeling the the reverberations the consequences of that now but they're consequences of that now but they're consequences of that now but they're older and so now they they feel older and so now they they feel older and so now they they feel liberated and empowered to do the work liberated and empowered to do the work liberated and empowered to do the work but they've have so much more lived but they've have so much more lived but they've have so much more lived experience that like on an actual experience that like on an actual experience that like on an actual physiological level in their brain it's physiological level in their brain it's physiological level in their brain it's so much harder to get out of those those so much harder to get out of those those so much harder to get out of those those grooves and and rewrite new neural grooves and and rewrite new neural grooves and and rewrite new neural Pathways and so I want to say first and Pathways and so I want to say first and Pathways and so I want to say first and foremost that like it's it's I'm just so foremost that like it's it's I'm just so foremost that like it's it's I'm just so thankful to live in a Time where I I thankful to live in a Time where I I thankful to live in a Time where I I don't feel ashamed to go to therapy um don't feel ashamed to go to therapy um don't feel ashamed to go to therapy um and so so far in my 10 years of and so so far in my 10 years of and so so far in my 10 years of Christian Ministry and and looking Christian Ministry and and looking Christian Ministry and and looking forward into the Future psychotherapy forward into the Future psychotherapy forward into the Future psychotherapy has been uh a really vital piece for me has been uh a really vital piece for me has been uh a really vital piece for me both in and and for me there have been both in and and for me there have been both in and and for me there have been two versions of it one like a sustained two versions of it one like a sustained two versions of it one like a sustained relationship with a therapist where relationship with a therapist where relationship with a therapist where you're talking every month just to have you're talking every month just to have you're talking every month just to have um a measure of accountability um and an um a measure of accountability um and an um a measure of accountability um and an objective voice speaking into just the objective voice speaking into just the objective voice speaking into just the ins and outs of your life but then also ins and outs of your life but then also ins and outs of your life but then also in moments of Crisis um so relationships in moments of Crisis um so relationships in moments of Crisis um so relationships with therapists that maybe aren't with therapists that maybe aren't with therapists that maybe aren't ongoing but like something happens in ongoing but like something happens in ongoing but like something happens in your life whether it's uh traumatic or your life whether it's uh traumatic or your life whether it's uh traumatic or what have you where you need to work what have you where you need to work what have you where you need to work this out with with someone who's going this out with with someone who's going this out with with someone who's going to give you some tools some skills to to give you some tools some skills to to give you some tools some skills to navigate this well and not carry this navigate this well and not carry this navigate this well and not carry this trauma as baggage Beyond where you're trauma as baggage Beyond where you're trauma as baggage Beyond where you're meant to carry it and so simply like meant to carry it and so simply like meant to carry it and so simply like that's all that's all I have to say is that's all that's all I have to say is that's all that's all I have to say is like having um a habit whether it looks like having um a habit whether it looks like having um a habit whether it looks like like um one or either of those like like um one or either of those like like um one or either of those versions whether it's a a regular versions whether it's a a regular versions whether it's a a regular relationship with a therapist that comes

relationship with a therapist that comes relationship with a therapist that comes at a greater expense you know that's at a greater expense you know that's at a greater expense you know that's that's one of those bills every four that's one of those bills every four that's one of those bills every four weeks which those bills are not small by weeks which those bills are not small by weeks which those bills are not small by any by any measure um or just any by any measure um or just any by any measure um or just considering going to a therap therapist considering going to a therap therapist considering going to a therap therapist when you are navigating really something when you are navigating really something when you are navigating really something challenging in your life either way I challenging in your life either way I challenging in your life either way I think it's an essential habit for for think it's an essential habit for for think it's an essential habit for for anyone to survive and not just survive anyone to survive and not just survive anyone to survive and not just survive but thrive in Christian Ministry um over but thrive in Christian Ministry um over but thrive in Christian Ministry um over a lifetime because especially in a lifetime because especially in a lifetime because especially in pastoral work you're walking through pastoral work you're walking through pastoral work you're walking through stuff with people that is really heavy stuff with people that is really heavy stuff with people that is really heavy that um you are meant to to bear with that um you are meant to to bear with that um you are meant to to bear with them but not entirely meant to to be them but not entirely meant to to be them but not entirely meant to to be burdened by in your own personal life burdened by in your own personal life burdened by in your own personal life that can feel like an incredible weight that can feel like an incredible weight that can feel like an incredible weight and so even maybe your relationship is and so even maybe your relationship is and so even maybe your relationship is just your therapy relationship is just just your therapy relationship is just just your therapy relationship is just having someone being a listening ear having someone being a listening ear having someone being a listening ear just where you can you can go to them just where you can you can go to them just where you can you can go to them and share all the stuff that you hear in and share all the stuff that you hear in and share all the stuff that you hear in your pastoral office that you don't need your pastoral office that you don't need your pastoral office that you don't need to bring home to your spouse um that's to bring home to your spouse um that's to bring home to your spouse um that's been really valuable to me as well so been really valuable to me as well so been really valuable to me as well so that's it my my my gratitude and my that's it my my my gratitude and my that's it my my my gratitude and my appeal to uh Psychotherapy a appeal to uh Psychotherapy a appeal to uh Psychotherapy a relationship with a therapist a relationship with a therapist a relationship with a therapist a counselor biblical counselor if you if counselor biblical counselor if you if counselor biblical counselor if you if you want um I've had all shapes and you want um I've had all shapes and you want um I've had all shapes and sizes of therapists I've gone to like sizes of therapists I've gone to like sizes of therapists I've gone to like psychotherapists who have no religious psychotherapists who have no religious psychotherapists who have no religious affiliation or background right now I'm affiliation or background right now I'm affiliation or background right now I'm in a relationship with um like an older in a relationship with um like an older in a relationship with um like an older man who's a Christian counselor and I'm man who's a Christian counselor and I'm man who's a Christian counselor and I'm getting something totally different from getting something totally different from getting something totally different from him but something that I need right now him but something that I need right now him but something that I need right now so is that person Eugene Peterson from so is that person Eugene Peterson from so is that person Eugene Peterson from the grave no but he he went to the the grave no but he he went to the the grave no but he he went to the college that Eugene Peterson uh he went college that Eugene Peterson uh he went college that Eugene Peterson uh he went to Regent College in Vancouver where to Regent College in Vancouver where to Regent College in Vancouver where Eugene Peterson was a professor oh and Eugene Peterson was a professor oh and Eugene Peterson was a professor oh and one of our first sessions I mentioned

one of our first sessions I mentioned one of our first sessions I mentioned like hey this is what I'm going through like hey this is what I'm going through like hey this is what I'm going through this year this is who I'm reading and I this year this is who I'm reading and I this year this is who I'm reading and I just saw this smirk come across his face just saw this smirk come across his face just saw this smirk come across his face and and he said to me he's like of all and and he said to me he's like of all and and he said to me he's like of all of the influences of my Christian Life of the influences of my Christian Life of the influences of my Christian Life oh and he's a presbyterian uh priest as oh and he's a presbyterian uh priest as oh and he's a presbyterian uh priest as well Eugene Presbyterian exactly he said well Eugene Presbyterian exactly he said well Eugene Presbyterian exactly he said Eugene Peterson is like that guy for me Eugene Peterson is like that guy for me Eugene Peterson is like that guy for me and so he just he he stepped off the and so he just he he stepped off the and so he just he he stepped off the camera for a moment not very far cuz the camera for a moment not very far cuz the camera for a moment not very far cuz the books were were books were were books were were like came over with this pile of Eugene like came over with this pile of Eugene like came over with this pile of Eugene Peterson books so we do share that and Peterson books so we do share that and Peterson books so we do share that and you were like okay that is a great first you were like okay that is a great first you were like okay that is a great first interaction so you described therapy as interaction so you described therapy as interaction so you described therapy as an objective voice and I have found that an objective voice and I have found that an objective voice and I have found that to be one of the the biggest benefits of to be one of the the biggest benefits of to be one of the the biggest benefits of having a therapist because you know you having a therapist because you know you having a therapist because you know you have like these like narratives in your have like these like narratives in your have like these like narratives in your own head like this is how I'm seeing it own head like this is how I'm seeing it own head like this is how I'm seeing it they're like yeah okay well your they're like yeah okay well your they're like yeah okay well your behaviors and the way you're describing behaviors and the way you're describing behaviors and the way you're describing it like have you ever thought about it like have you ever thought about it like have you ever thought about seeing it this way you're like oh it can seeing it this way you're like oh it can seeing it this way you're like oh it can just be as simple as that and that kind just be as simple as that and that kind just be as simple as that and that kind of leads into my final habit and the of leads into my final habit and the of leads into my final habit and the final habit that we have have final habit that we have have final habit that we have have collectively which is having a framework collectively which is having a framework collectively which is having a framework for honest evaluation and I will be for honest evaluation and I will be for honest evaluation and I will be honest here like I'm still working on honest here like I'm still working on honest here like I'm still working on this I don't feel like I always have this I don't feel like I always have this I don't feel like I always have this down and and the reason I know that this down and and the reason I know that this down and and the reason I know that is because anytime someone like provides is because anytime someone like provides is because anytime someone like provides that type of insight for me and I don't that type of insight for me and I don't that type of insight for me and I don't really have a great like consistent really have a great like consistent really have a great like consistent stream of this so they'll happen stream of this so they'll happen stream of this so they'll happen intermittently someone will say intermittently someone will say intermittently someone will say something like wait that was happening something like wait that was happening something like wait that was happening this whole time and and and the reason I this whole time and and and the reason I this whole time and and and the reason I feel like I don't have a good grasp on feel like I don't have a good grasp on feel like I don't have a good grasp on this yet and why I'm aspiring striving this yet and why I'm aspiring striving this yet and why I'm aspiring striving towards it is because like I I just wish towards it is because like I I just wish towards it is because like I I just wish I had known earlier like this would have I had known earlier like this would have I had known earlier like this would have been such a gift if I had known earlier been such a gift if I had known earlier been such a gift if I had known earlier so here's a really small example of this so here's a really small example of this so here's a really small example of this without getting like to personal so the

without getting like to personal so the without getting like to personal so the other day a little while ago I'm texting other day a little while ago I'm texting other day a little while ago I'm texting with my buddy Sean canel and he's like with my buddy Sean canel and he's like with my buddy Sean canel and he's like dude cool that you're doing a video dude cool that you're doing a video dude cool that you're doing a video podcast I told you to do that like years podcast I told you to do that like years podcast I told you to do that like years ago and I was like okay Sean thanks and ago and I was like okay Sean thanks and ago and I was like okay Sean thanks and he's like your thumbnails are horrible he's like your thumbnails are horrible he's like your thumbnails are horrible and I was like yeah they are and I was and I was like yeah they are and I was and I was like yeah they are and I was like I know and then here he and then like I know and then here he and then like I know and then here he and then he's like also you should consider he's like also you should consider he's like also you should consider changing the intros to be like this changing the intros to be like this changing the intros to be like this instead and I was like why like we're instead and I was like why like we're instead and I was like why like we're following like this other Creator we following like this other Creator we following like this other Creator we think like they have good intr he's like think like they have good intr he's like think like they have good intr he's like yeah but here's why contextually it's yeah but here's why contextually it's yeah but here's why contextually it's different and he went into like the different and he went into like the different and he went into like the nitty-gritty that only someone who does nitty-gritty that only someone who does nitty-gritty that only someone who does YouTube for a living like would be able YouTube for a living like would be able YouTube for a living like would be able because he's like you're right like because he's like you're right like because he's like you're right like objectively you're doing the same thing objectively you're doing the same thing objectively you're doing the same thing but here's why it doesn't actually but here's why it doesn't actually but here's why it doesn't actually translate in the same way and and it was translate in the same way and and it was translate in the same way and and it was like a big light bulb moment and I was like a big light bulb moment and I was like a big light bulb moment and I was like what a gift that he would like take like what a gift that he would like take like what a gift that he would like take time out of his day to criticize but time out of his day to criticize but time out of his day to criticize but like CRI as a gift like that was a gift like CRI as a gift like that was a gift like CRI as a gift like that was a gift to receive that and we were talking to receive that and we were talking to receive that and we were talking about this texting back and forth about this texting back and forth about this texting back and forth earlier this week this one of the times earlier this week this one of the times earlier this week this one of the times well it was amazing you texted me I know well it was amazing you texted me I know well it was amazing you texted me I know if I text you early in the morning if I text you early in the morning if I text you early in the morning you're going to have to look at your you're going to have to look at your you're going to have to look at your phone eventually and then I'll be there phone eventually and then I'll be there phone eventually and then I'll be there already it's one of my one of my moves already it's one of my one of my moves already it's one of my one of my moves to get you to text me back so I I texted to get you to text me back so I I texted to get you to text me back so I I texted you and and we were talking about I you and and we were talking about I you and and we were talking about I texted you I started the conversation texted you I started the conversation texted you I started the conversation see I'm so used to it being the other see I'm so used to it being the other see I'm so used to it being the other way what a gift you texted me yes I was way what a gift you texted me yes I was way what a gift you texted me yes I was thinking about you and I texted you yeah thinking about you and I texted you yeah thinking about you and I texted you yeah that's true love yeah what did you text that's true love yeah what did you text that's true love yeah what did you text me me me I I I started the conversation talking I I I started the conversation talking I I I started the conversation talking about this thing yeah right right so we about this thing yeah right right so we about this thing yeah right right so we we start talking about like how do you we start talking about like how do you we start talking about like how do you remove yourself essentially from the remove yourself essentially from the remove yourself essentially from the center of your worldview because what

center of your worldview because what center of your worldview because what happens is we all by default live at the happens is we all by default live at the happens is we all by default live at the center of our own worldview no one center of our own worldview no one center of our own worldview no one thinks about us as much as we do because thinks about us as much as we do because thinks about us as much as we do because we live as us so it's just by Nature we live as us so it's just by Nature we live as us so it's just by Nature what happens but having a Christ what happens but having a Christ what happens but having a Christ centered worldview means that Christ has centered worldview means that Christ has centered worldview means that Christ has to be at the center not you and so we to be at the center not you and so we to be at the center not you and so we were talking about like how do you were talking about like how do you were talking about like how do you square like a theological belief with square like a theological belief with square like a theological belief with the fact that you might have two camps the fact that you might have two camps the fact that you might have two camps 10 camps that all believe differently on 10 camps that all believe differently on 10 camps that all believe differently on him and you're like well one great him and you're like well one great him and you're like well one great exercise is and maybe I'll just let you exercise is and maybe I'll just let you exercise is and maybe I'll just let you describe it talking about Christian describe it talking about Christian describe it talking about Christian history and weighing things against in history and weighing things against in history and weighing things against in that way yes I can also describe it the that way yes I can also describe it the that way yes I can also describe it the way I heard it but you know it was your way I heard it but you know it was your way I heard it but you know it was your idea yeah I was just saying that like idea yeah I was just saying that like idea yeah I was just saying that like and we were talking about Christian and we were talking about Christian and we were talking about Christian Community and I think I think one great Community and I think I think one great Community and I think I think one great way to to hold those those various way to to hold those those various way to to hold those those various theological beliefs whether it's on on a theological beliefs whether it's on on a theological beliefs whether it's on on a small thing or a big thing is to hold it small thing or a big thing is to hold it small thing or a big thing is to hold it up against the not just our up against the not just our up against the not just our interpretation of scripture because that interpretation of scripture because that interpretation of scripture because that often is like is self-reflective but to often is like is self-reflective but to often is like is self-reflective but to hold it up against that's the word hold it up against that's the word hold it up against that's the word self-reflective that was what was so self-reflective that was what was so self-reflective that was what was so profound like hold it up against the profound like hold it up against the profound like hold it up against the history and the story of the church so history and the story of the church so history and the story of the church so hold it up against like the Journey of hold it up against like the Journey of hold it up against like the Journey of God's people in Israel but then also the God's people in Israel but then also the God's people in Israel but then also the testimony of the church for the last testimony of the church for the last testimony of the church for the last 2,000 years and see what people have had 2,000 years and see what people have had 2,000 years and see what people have had to say about it over time because we're to say about it over time because we're to say about it over time because we're not the first people to wrestle with not the first people to wrestle with not the first people to wrestle with this so how has it been engaged with this so how has it been engaged with this so how has it been engaged with over time and hold it up against that at over time and hold it up against that at over time and hold it up against that at least not not for not for proof but at least not not for not for proof but at least not not for not for proof but at the very least for insight into like the very least for insight into like the very least for insight into like okay what how have other people answered okay what how have other people answered okay what how have other people answered this question throughout not just

this question throughout not just this question throughout not just decades but centuries of faithful decades but centuries of faithful decades but centuries of faithful Christian witness yeah and and what was Christian witness yeah and and what was Christian witness yeah and and what was profound to me is like over time like profound to me is like over time like profound to me is like over time like the creep is going to be your theology the creep is going to be your theology the creep is going to be your theology is formed around you it becomes a mirror is formed around you it becomes a mirror is formed around you it becomes a mirror of you it is self-reflective and the of you it is self-reflective and the of you it is self-reflective and the last thing that I would want would be my last thing that I would want would be my last thing that I would want would be my quote unquote Christ centered world view quote unquote Christ centered world view quote unquote Christ centered world view to be a Brady centered Center just like yeah I live for me for Center just like yeah I live for me for but Jesus even worse uh and so the way but Jesus even worse uh and so the way but Jesus even worse uh and so the way that we evaluate becomes so important that we evaluate becomes so important that we evaluate becomes so important not just for evaluating your behaviors not just for evaluating your behaviors not just for evaluating your behaviors but evaluating your beliefs which of but evaluating your beliefs which of but evaluating your beliefs which of course influence your behaviors I was course influence your behaviors I was course influence your behaviors I was talking with a friend of mine um this talking with a friend of mine um this talking with a friend of mine um this past week and he just sold his company past week and he just sold his company past week and he just sold his company so we were like exciting times like hey so we were like exciting times like hey so we were like exciting times like hey great for you you know it was great for great for you you know it was great for great for you you know it was great for his family and and he's and and he was his family and and he's and and he was his family and and he's and and he was we've been friends for about 10 years in we've been friends for about 10 years in we've been friends for about 10 years in business and I was like Hey like you business and I was like Hey like you business and I was like Hey like you said something like about me like what said something like about me like what said something like about me like what do you mean like what do you mean I act do you mean like what do you mean I act do you mean like what do you mean I act differently now and he's like oh well differently now and he's like oh well differently now and he's like oh well like we used to get on these calls and like we used to get on these calls and like we used to get on these calls and you'd be moving like a mile a minute and you'd be moving like a mile a minute and you'd be moving like a mile a minute and he's a bit of like A's he's more of like he's a bit of like A's he's more of like he's a bit of like A's he's more of like a cerebral creative so he moves at a bit a cerebral creative so he moves at a bit a cerebral creative so he moves at a bit of a slower Pace in our conversations of a slower Pace in our conversations of a slower Pace in our conversations and I'm just like he's like you would and I'm just like he's like you would and I'm just like he's like you would just be like I I couldn't even get a just be like I I couldn't even get a just be like I I couldn't even get a word it and I was like it's so great to word it and I was like it's so great to word it and I was like it's so great to hear that but I I am like eight years hear that but I I am like eight years hear that but I I am like eight years removed from that in this case and so removed from that in this case and so removed from that in this case and so I've moved beyond that like I just I I've moved beyond that like I just I I've moved beyond that like I just I want to get more insight into those want to get more insight into those want to get more insight into those types of things and so I have a habits types of things and so I have a habits types of things and so I have a habits of Joy spreadsheet which I found is of Joy spreadsheet which I found is of Joy spreadsheet which I found is helpful because it gets objective data helpful because it gets objective data helpful because it gets objective data onto the screen you know we were talking onto the screen you know we were talking onto the screen you know we were talking about sleeping right like I I can't just about sleeping right like I I can't just about sleeping right like I I can't just I don't just claim I get good sleep like

I don't just claim I get good sleep like I don't just claim I get good sleep like I have the data here and I have it from I have the data here and I have it from I have the data here and I have it from multiple applications and so even if one multiple applications and so even if one multiple applications and so even if one is you know over indexed in one metric is you know over indexed in one metric is you know over indexed in one metric or another it's being balanced by the or another it's being balanced by the or another it's being balanced by the other application let's say and so that other application let's say and so that other application let's say and so that becomes hard data which means then you becomes hard data which means then you becomes hard data which means then you can say objectively I have achieved can say objectively I have achieved can say objectively I have achieved these things based on my values but then these things based on my values but then these things based on my values but then your unlived experience is so much in your unlived experience is so much in your unlived experience is so much in your head and internal that you don't your head and internal that you don't your head and internal that you don't always get those things and as much as always get those things and as much as always get those things and as much as we want to say the quiet part out loud we want to say the quiet part out loud we want to say the quiet part out loud let's say you know from from a previous let's say you know from from a previous let's say you know from from a previous episode you don't always just go to your episode you don't always just go to your episode you don't always just go to your friends be like you know what here are friends be like you know what here are friends be like you know what here are the eight things that I think you just the eight things that I think you just the eight things that I think you just really suck at like sometimes and you really suck at like sometimes and you really suck at like sometimes and you don't want to be a person who who has a don't want to be a person who who has a don't want to be a person who who has a habit of being critical of others yeah habit of being critical of others yeah habit of being critical of others yeah and other things is like you say it and and other things is like you say it and and other things is like you say it and it's like oh that can never be unsaid it's like oh that can never be unsaid it's like oh that can never be unsaid like is that even worth it like and so I like is that even worth it like and so I like is that even worth it like and so I actually don't have a fully actually don't have a fully actually don't have a fully formed solution for this I have a few in formed solution for this I have a few in formed solution for this I have a few in different Arenas but it's not expansive different Arenas but it's not expansive different Arenas but it's not expansive and maybe it's a Fool's errand to to to and maybe it's a Fool's errand to to to and maybe it's a Fool's errand to to to to believe that like oh I can have a to believe that like oh I can have a to believe that like oh I can have a full understanding of myself like one full understanding of myself like one full understanding of myself like one thing I thought would be extremely thing I thought would be extremely thing I thought would be extremely valuable and probably horrendous is to valuable and probably horrendous is to valuable and probably horrendous is to have a camera on you at all times just have a camera on you at all times just have a camera on you at all times just like to know like how you carry yourself like to know like how you carry yourself like to know like how you carry yourself how you stand like how you come off cuz how you stand like how you come off cuz how you stand like how you come off cuz once you watch it this was great about once you watch it this was great about once you watch it this was great about making YouTube videos I could see but making YouTube videos I could see but making YouTube videos I could see but but but I'm still like prepared now I'm but but I'm still like prepared now I'm but but I'm still like prepared now I'm still I'm still playing Brady on the still I'm still playing Brady on the still I'm still playing Brady on the screen as I teach about church comms and screen as I teach about church comms and screen as I teach about church comms and church social so it's it's still very church social so it's it's still very church social so it's it's still very distinct from like having a camera on distinct from like having a camera on distinct from like having a camera on you 24/7 and like I mean an invisible you 24/7 and like I mean an invisible you 24/7 and like I mean an invisible camera to like truly yeah what I camera to like truly yeah what I camera to like truly yeah what I wouldn't want to see that no I wouldn't wouldn't want to see that no I wouldn't wouldn't want to see that no I wouldn't either I don't need that either I don't need that either I don't need that muchu exactly so maybe I'm striving for muchu exactly so maybe I'm striving for muchu exactly so maybe I'm striving for this for too much any final thoughts no this for too much any final thoughts no this for too much any final thoughts no I I I I I think these um oh I just got a call

I I think these um oh I just got a call I I think these um oh I just got a call from Italy maybe they uh maybe it's from from Italy maybe they uh maybe it's from from Italy maybe they uh maybe it's from the Blue Zone maybe um I'm curious to the Blue Zone maybe um I'm curious to the Blue Zone maybe um I'm curious to know speaking of honest evaluation I'm know speaking of honest evaluation I'm know speaking of honest evaluation I'm curious to know what we will say about curious to know what we will say about curious to know what we will say about this 10 years from now well that's why this 10 years from now well that's why this 10 years from now well that's why we're making it yeah record truth like we're making it yeah record truth like we're making it yeah record truth like what our not what we will say about what our not what we will say about what our not what we will say about about these things because I believe about these things because I believe about these things because I believe these things are you know will stand the these things are you know will stand the these things are you know will stand the test of time but turns out walking was a test of time but turns out walking was a test of time but turns out walking was a farce it was the new smoking but I am farce it was the new smoking but I am farce it was the new smoking but I am curious to know what we will uncover in curious to know what we will uncover in curious to know what we will uncover in the next 10 years about ourselves and the next 10 years about ourselves and the next 10 years about ourselves and our our Ministries and and what habits our our Ministries and and what habits our our Ministries and and what habits we will have adopted over that time um we will have adopted over that time um we will have adopted over that time um that over the course of a lifetime will that over the course of a lifetime will that over the course of a lifetime will will hopefully translate into being will hopefully translate into being will hopefully translate into being people who not just survive Ministry or people who not just survive Ministry or people who not just survive Ministry or work or life but but Thrive and and have work or life but but Thrive and and have work or life but but Thrive and and have habitual practices that that not just habitual practices that that not just habitual practices that that not just contribute to our own personal health contribute to our own personal health contribute to our own personal health but the health of the people that we but the health of the people that we but the health of the people that we influence our friends our workmates our influence our friends our workmates our influence our friends our workmates our our families um that's that's the our families um that's that's the our families um that's that's the journey I I I think and so yeah I'm I'm journey I I I think and so yeah I'm I'm journey I I I think and so yeah I'm I'm anxious for to to meet us meet 10 year anxious for to to meet us meet 10 year anxious for to to meet us meet 10 year later versions of us I'm anxious for the later versions of us I'm anxious for the later versions of us I'm anxious for the next Sabbath we do have a Fantasy Football Sabbath we do have a Fantasy Football Draft today yeah yeah thanks as always Draft today yeah yeah thanks as always Draft today yeah yeah thanks as always everyone for your time attention and everyone for your time attention and everyone for your time attention and trust and and uh we will talk to you trust and and uh we will talk to you trust and and uh we will talk to you next next next week we need one of those like one of week we need one of those like one of week we need one of those like one of those soundboards to do drops that was those soundboards to do drops that was those soundboards to do drops that was like our really low-fi way of doing it like our really low-fi way of doing it like our really low-fi way of doing it oh man I'd get in trouble with one of oh man I'd get in trouble with one of oh man I'd get in trouble with one of those