I'm Emily P. Freeman and welcome to The Next Right Thing. You're listening to episode 368.

This is a podcast about making decisions, but 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 distracting hum of entertainment, you're in the right place for discerning your

next right thing.

I'm an author, a spiritual director, and an occasional workshop leader.

I live in North Carolina with my family, and through my work, I've helped thousands of spiritually

thoughtful people overcome decision fatigue so that they can discern

their next right thing in faith, work, and life. It's our first episode back after our summer hiatus,

and I'm so glad to welcome my friend, partner, and husband, John Freeman. Aside from being my

biggest cheerleader, John is also a pastor who served for 12 years in two different churches

as a youth pastor until 12 years ago when he walked out of the room of official church ministry

and walked into the room of our actual home, where he worked for several years as a stay-at-home dad.

For the last decade, he's been running his own nonprofit called Grace Discipleship,

where he offers soul care and spiritual direction for couples, pastors, and Gen Z high school

and college students. On this first episode of this next season of the podcast, we'll cover

some questions you submitted about spiritual direction, family life, life with God,

and John will share which episodes of this podcast are his favorite. Listen in.

Welcome to the next right thing.

Hi.

John, we are, we are, this is our first episode back after I've taken kind of the summer off.

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