Hi, I'm Susie Larson.

Thanks for listening to this podcast for Middays with Susie Larson.

This is an encore presentation of Middays with Susie Larson.

Welcome, welcome to middays.

I'm Susie Larson, and always honored to get to spend this time with you.

I look forward to connecting with you every single day,

hopefully to bring you conversations that inspire you in your faith walk,

deepen your understanding of God's Word,

and that heighten your awareness of God's very real presence in your faith walk, deepen your understanding of God's word, and that heighten

your awareness of God's very real presence in your life. Here are a couple words for you to think about.

Autopilot, cruise control. It is amazing how many people go through life that way. You know,

when you're going to the motions, your heart's not in it. And when your heart's not in it,

you miss what God is up to in and all around you. You miss the best parts of life. But imagine if

you felt less anxious in your day to day life, if you could read the Bible and pray without

your mind constantly wandering. If you're more present for your kids, your spouse, your friends, God,

if you were more at a pace where you'd notice the warmth of the sun in your face or a tree

that's just freshly budding, you know, or the sense when you walk into a restaurant and you

just breathed in and thought, man, everything, every good gift is a gift from God.

Well, we have an interesting show plan for you today.

My guest is Charles Stone.

The title of his book is Holy Noticing, the Bible, Your Brain, and the Mindful Space

Between Moments.

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