Okay, friends, this is not your usual intro.

So Alan and Blaine and I were supposed to have had a couple of guests in the studio this week,

but one of them got sick, and since it was a group conversation, we're going to have to punt that down the field.

And instead of like scrambling and getting our ducks in a row and coming in here looking like nothing happened, I thought, no way.

No way.

Let's let people into our real life and how we would navigate this, which we're about

to do. Like we don't have a plan and we're not going to scramble. Instead, we're going to invite

you into what we normally do. But before we go there, we would love to take a pause, and we're going to invite you to

take a pause with us, our weekly practice here, one of the simplest spiritual disciplines you can adopt,

which I know from so many of you sending in little notes just saying,

thank you so much for the pause every week.

So let's do that right now.

Father, Jesus, Holy Spirit.

Just settle into that, friends. We're not in a hurry here. There's no rush.

Father, Jesus, Holy Spirit.

As I turn my attention to you right now, I need to give everyone and everything to you.

Just breathe deeply, friends. Let go of the tension, let go of the underlying anxieties.

And begin to release your world to the God who loves you, who can handle it for you,

who is meant to carry the world.

Just begin to release people, projects, your future, and we'll give you a little space me last night that I never give enough time for this.

So if you need more time,

just pause, hit pause, and keep releasing. But we're going to transition into your presence,

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