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Welcome to Sissy Larson Live.

Always so honored to get to spend this time with you.

In fact, I look forward to bringing you conversations

every single day that hopefully inspire you in your faith walk, that deepen your understanding

of God's Word, and that heightens your awareness of his very real presence in your life.

When we had Mark Batterson on recently, and he said so much that stuck with me, but one thing

I'm still thinking about,

especially because it pertains to today's topic, he said, sometimes you've got to get out of your

tent to be able to think outside the box. Well, our friend Carlos Whitaker returns to this show,

this time to talk about his newest book, Reconnected. Listen to the subtitle, how seven screen-free

weeks with monks and Amish farmers help me recover the lost art of being

human. And he writes, most of us have gotten so used to notifications, alerts, pings, and rings,

that even if we don't want to be on our phone so much, we don't know what to do about it. So what if

there is a better way to do life? What if God's calling us to a season of

stepping out of the rat race so we can find and keep a sacred pace? We're going to get Carlos

on in just a moment. A quick announcement. I recorded 15 short audio clips. They're about two to

three minutes long for the person who's in the battle. If you're walking through a battle right now

and you need some encouragement, these clips come out of my book strong in battle.

But there are things like remembering who you are, remembering who God is, not forgetting to take some Sabbath rest, you know, rehearsing his promises to you.

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