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That Sounds Fun with Annie F. Downs

2021 Christmas Party Episode 10: The Bethkes

That Sounds Fun with Annie F. Downs

Annie F. Downs

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.910.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2021

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

As always, Jeff Bethke and Alyssa Bethke show up today with great laughs, great wisdom, and great encouragement. I am so thankful for them and the way they pastor us. Jeff's new book, Take Back Your Family, and Alyssa's new book, Satisfied, are both perfect for any stocking you are stuffing this year!

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0:00.0

Hi friends, happy Saturday. Welcome to another episode of that sounds fun. I'm your host,

0:15.3

Annie F. Downs. I'm so happy to be with you today. We have got a great show. It is day 10

0:20.1

of the 2021 Christmas party. So we've just got a couple more episodes in our 12 days

0:25.0

in a row of Christmas episodes. Imagine they were all just still like mingle and around

0:29.1

this lovely party. Nobody wants to leave because we're having such a good time chatting with our

0:34.1

friends, eating some great stuff, talking to dear friends. Don't miss the earlier episodes of our

0:38.4

12 days. They are so good and definitely doing the trick and getting me in that Christmas spirit.

0:43.1

The soundtrack of our party is Little Drummer Boy from For King and Country. It's from their

0:47.4

album, A Drummer Boy Christmas. It's so good. Be sure to check it out. Today on the show, I get to

0:52.6

talk with some dear friends, Jeff and Alyssa Bethke. They've been on the pod before, but they've been

0:58.0

busy since then, both releasing books this year and, you know, doing the rest of their life, too.

1:03.0

Alyssa released satisfied finding hope, joy and contentment right where you are. And Jeff's

1:07.4

new one is called Take Back Your Family. Their parents, bloggers, YouTubers, and hosts of the

1:12.9

Real Life podcast. They're at the friends at the party. They're going to pull everyone into a

1:16.6

conversation and ask all the good questions. So here's my conversation with Jeff and Alyssa Bethke.

1:29.1

When guys grow out their facial hair, how older you and you figure out what your face does and

1:34.0

doesn't do? You know, I'm a bad person to ask because I think I was 30 or one or 29 when I was

1:39.9

like, oh, I have not a little bit more than fuzz now. I was a late bloomer, but I think that's

1:43.9

probably like an early college thing where you start seeing that awkward like, oh, yeah, they can

1:46.8

really grow it or it starts looking very inappropriate. But even in your own face, are you like,

1:51.8

huh, there's no hair on that part? Or are you like, oh, wow, I have a beard.

1:56.4

I literally sat and stared at the mirror and I'm like, why does a gap exist there? Like, why is

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