everybody what is going on you know what time it is you're listening to join the journey podcast

with your host emma daughter thanks for joining did you know that the book of luke places a unique

emphasis on jesus's treatment of women before we dive in i want to take a moment to remind us of a few

details as i know a lot of new readers are

jumping in with us today. As always, you can find the Join the Journey Bible reading plan,

daily devotionals, discussion questions, and information about the guided journal on

jointhejourney.com. Every day, Monday through Friday, on this podcast, we're spending around 10 minutes or less diving into a challenging verse, application point, or just a piece of helpful contextual information to help us better understand what we're reading.

Sometimes it's just me, and other days I'll be joined by a Watermark member.

But all the while, our hope and prayer is that

Join the Journey helps Watermark members and all our other readers grow together in spiritual

disciplines that deepen our love for God. And today, we're reading Luke One together. If you

haven't gotten to read the chapter, I'd encourage you to pause the episode and then jump back in. You can even click

the listen button on join the journey.com and have the passage read to you if you're on the go.

But if you've already read it, I want you to think about some of today's cultural norms.

The other week at Staff Prayer, our weekly Watermark staff meeting, we were talking about how

iPhones have changed American

culture. Whenever you leave somewhere, you make sure that you've got your car keys, your wallet,

and your phone. I mean, nowadays, you might not even need your wallet, just your keys and your phone.

For a lot of us, our phones are the first thing we look at in the morning and the last thing we look at before

bed. Some of us, dare I say it, are even scrolling on our phones in the bathroom. When we get

in an elevator, we hardly try to make conversation. Instead, we look at our phones. At a stoplight,

we might check our phones, in line waiting at the grocery store on our phones.

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