I'm Emily P. Freeman and welcome to the next right thing.

You're listening to episode 247.

This is a podcast about making decisions, but it's also about making a life.

If you struggle with decision fatigue, chronic hesitation, or if you just need a few minutes

away from the constant stream of information and the sometimes delightful but also distracting

hum of entertainment, you're in the right place for discerning your next right thing.

Today's question, what's saving your life right now?

It's often asked and answered by writers and podcasters alike, and it's easy to see why.

It's a simple, direct, and deeply thought-provoking question.

And along with making a list of what I'm learning each season, I also love to every now

and then make note of what's saving my life.

So that's today's episode.

Listen in.

Well just this week, I've finished listening to Barbara Brown Taylor's memoir, Leaving

Church.

It's all about her story of finally getting her dream job as an Episcopal priest and

serving a small parish in Georgia, only to realize about five years in that in order

to save her own faith.

She had to leave the role of priest behind.

Now I've read portions of this particular book of hers over the years, but the last few

weeks I listened to the entire book from start to finish.

And toward the end, she tells the story of being a guest speaker and an event.

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