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Susie Larson Live

Alan Fadling on slowing down

Susie Larson Live

Faith Radio

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.7689 Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

We are not machines, we are part of God's creation. Like trees, we are more fruitful when we have a time of rest. Spiritual Director and author Alan Fadling talks about his book "A Year of Slowing Down: Daily Devotions for Unhurried Living." Faith Radio podcasts are made possible by your support. Give now: click here

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0:00.0

Thanks for listening to this Susie Larson Live podcast available thanks to support from listeners like you. Welcome just won't do dance. You don't have to know how to ever since, ever since we've got

0:23.2

you late. Welcome to Susie Larson Live. So honored to get to spend this time with you. In fact,

0:28.7

I look forward to bringing you conversations every single day that hopefully inspire you in your

0:33.9

faith walk, that deepen your understanding of God's word, and that heightens your

0:38.2

awareness of his very real presence in your life. Well, years ago, I read a quote, and this is my

0:42.6

paraphrase of the quote, but it stopped me in my tracks, and I literally been thinking about it

0:46.6

ever since, and it goes like this, since we follow an unhurried Savior, what should the pace of

0:51.6

our lives be? Since we follow an unhurried Savior, what should the pace of our lives be? Since we follow an unhurried Savior, what should the

0:55.7

pace of our lives be? We need to think about that. Jesus was never in a hurry, yet he was always on

1:01.2

mission. There was a purpose in his rest. There was a purpose in his work and even a purpose in

1:06.0

his interruptions. So is it possible to live an unhurried life in this culture i really believe it is in fact the

1:12.7

author of that quote is the one who joins me today he asked that thought-provoking question many

1:17.5

years ago today we're celebrating his book a year of slowing down daily devotions for unhurried living

1:23.6

it's a hardcover book with short daily readings, and he looks at each of the daily readings

1:28.0

as a five-minute retreat. And I'll tell you a lot of times, when we give resources away almost every

1:32.6

day, I almost always give my copy away, too, because I want to get as many books out to people as

1:37.2

possible. But selfishly, I'm just, I'm not sharing my copy today. I really got to tell you, I feel like this is the next book my hubby and I are supposed

1:44.6

to go through. But I am thrilled to say we do have five copies to give away. If you need a year

1:49.7

of slowing down, if you need to learn how to exhale, inhale and exhale, I would love to get

1:55.6

your name in on the drawing. You can just text the word book. No exclamation point, no quotations,

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just the word book,

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because it'll give you a link, it'll automatically kick a link back to you. Text the word book to

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