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Welcome to the Journey Women Podcast. I'm your host, Hunter Beelis. Life's the journey we were never meant to walk alone.

We all need friends along the way. On the Journey Women Podcast, we'll chat with men towards about gracefully navigating the seasons and challenges we face on our journeys to glorify God.

Today, we're wrapping up our series Blind Spots with a conversation on legalism with Jason Cook. If you don't know him, Jason is a husband, father, and the lead pastor at Fellowship Bible Church in Roswell, Georgia.

I can't think of a better conversation to wrap up not only this series, but this year as I start maternity leave this week through the end of 2022.

We are praising God for all of you who have listened to the podcast, shared it with friends, and left a rating interview on iTunes.

Without you, this show would not be possible. We will certainly miss you during our break, so be sure to connect with us on social media at Journey Women Podcast and catch up on past episodes wherever you like to listen.

Jason, welcome to the Journey Women Podcast. Thank you so much for joining us today.

Hunter, thanks so much for having me, sis. I'm glad to be here.

This is so exciting. I think we've reached out to you probably two years ago and begged you to come on the show because you're a connection of Lauren Bowerman who has been on the podcast many times and she's behind the scenes on almost everything we do here at Journey Women.

And she's a dear friend of yours and she said, hey, if we could get one person on the podcast, I would recommend Jason Cook. So tell us a little bit about your friendship with our girl Lauren.

So first of all, Lauren is an antihouseman Matthew, by the way, incredible people. I met Matthew while I was in seminary and Lauren and Matthew, both were members of a church that I helped to start in Birmingham, Alabama, and over the years before they got married.

And even after they got married, just super encouraged by their love for Jesus and his church. And I have my soul edified when I think about where they are, what they're walking through and the ways in which Jesus is with them and they exude Jesus and everything they do. That's just so amazing.

I love her and Matthew a lot.

Yep. Yep. We definitely would not be functioning here at Journey Women without Lauren. She is really carried Journey Women over the last couple of years behind the scenes because you and I Jason, we are kind of in the same season of life, which is pretty chaotic.

Let's see, do you still have, are they still seven, five, 22 months and then one on the way? Or is it a little bit progressed like since you've written your bio?

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