Hey y'all, welcome back to the Confessions of a Crappy Christian Podcast.

A place where you and all of your crap are not just welcome, you're wanted.

I'm your host, Blake Gieche, and every week I'm showing up with a new friend to talk about

the things we're really great at, the way as Christ fills in the gaps on the things that

we're not, and how he has been faithful to make his power perfect in our weaknesses.

My hope is that you walk away feeling empowered and not alone in your struggles, and that people

sharing their stories pushes you to share yours.

Alright, let's do this.

Y'all, today's interview is with Bailey Hurley.

Bailey is a writer and speaker who invites women to creatively build rooted community

in their corner of the world.

During our interview, she shares so much incredible and tangible knowledge about friendship

and community, the good, the bad, the ugly, it's so good.

It spoke to me so much I can't wait for you to hear it.

Bailey, hey, thank you so much for coming on today.

Thank you for having me, Blake.

I am so excited.

Okay, so when I originally emailed you about coming on the show, we were talking about,

I was like, let's have a conversation about hospitality.

And after a minute, we were both like, that's a huge topic.

Like, let's narrow it down a little bit.

And so we're going to talk about, like, true rooted community and, like, loving where

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