Hi, I'm Susie Larson.

Here's the podcast from Middays with Susie Larson.

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So the back row is you glide because walking just won't do dance.

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since me has got you late. Welcome, welcome to middays. I'm Susie Larson. Always, always honored

to get to spend this time with you. In fact, I look forward to bringing you conversations every

single day and hopefully inspire you in your faith walk, the deep in your understanding of God's

word, and that heightens your awareness of his very real presence in your life.

When we've got a powerful show plan for you today, I'm so excited about this.

In fact, if you ask me with all the books that I read, and I read a lot of books for this job,

and just because I love to read, if you were to ask me who are some of my favorite contemporary authors? Well, I would tell you that my guest

today is at the top of my list. She's one of my favorite authors. She writes with depth and

insight and conviction. And the book we're talking about today happens to be the book my

hubby and I are working through during this Lenton season. Dr. Alicia Britt Scholle joins me today

to talk about her stunning book, 40 days of decrease,

a different kind of hunger, a different kind of fast. And here she says this, what if your family

fasted denial? What if your friends fasted comparison? What if your generation fasted escapism?

What if your church fasted spectatorship such heart fast could trigger a spiritual revolution?

We're going to get her on in a moment, but I have a very important announcement.

Dr. Alicia is one of our keynotes for our upcoming Northwestern Christian Writers Conference.

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