Episode 308 - Made for People: Why We Drift into Loneliness and How to Fight for a Life of Friendship with Justin Whitmel Earley

The Nothing Is Wasted Podcast

Davey Blackburn and Aubrey Sampson

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

How do we live in the most connected generation and yet feel so alone? What do we do when we find ourselves struggling with loneliness? Author and lawyer Justin Whitmel Earley argues that loneliness isn't the way God intended for us to live because we were made for deep and intentional friendships. It was his own journey through a season of depression and anxiety led him to discover the power of spiritual disciplines including the practice of embodied community. In his latest book, Made for People: Why We Drift into Loneliness and How to Fight for a Life of Friendship, Justin looks at how we as a culture have gotten to this epidemic of loneliness and how we can find our way back to what God has for us when it comes to friendship. In this episode, Davey talks with Justin on how spiritual disciplines can help us in our suffering, the ways in which our daily decisions are forming us and how to combat loneliness with true, Christ-centered connection. If you are struggling with feeling alone even though your life is full of interactions each and every day, this conversation will help you recognize how to take the first steps towards the life-giving friendships God has for you. Website: https://www.justinwhitmelearley.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justinwhitmelearley/ Book: The Common Rule: Habits of Purpose in an Age of Distractionhttps://a.co/d/jc0XVmY Habits of the Household: Practicing the Story of God in Everyday Family Rhythms https://a.co/d/gNVJHGk Made for People: Why We Drift into Loneliness and How to Fight for a Life of Friendshiphttps://a.co/d/akLPtMI Life is difficult and pain is real. Join Davey as he helps you move through your pain and on to a life of purpose and meaning in a LIVE Zoom call. www.nothingiswasted.com/starthere Want to see healing and life transformation after the pain you've encountered? Check out the Pain to Purpose course and start the path towards healing today: www.course.nothingiswasted.com Pastors, looking for a way to establish a path towards healing and redemption within your church? Join Davey Blackburn for a live call on how Nothing is Wasted can help: www.nothingiswasted.com/pastors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Nothing is Wasted podcast, where we meet you in your pain and help you discover a pathway through.
0:09.6	No matter what you've faced or what you're walking through now, we believe your story isn't over.
0:15.0	Each week, you'll hear powerful conversations with people who've partnered with God to reclaim their stories of trauma, loss, and heartbreak, and we'll chat with Christian experts who offer wisdom and
0:26.2	practical tools for healing. This is a place of hope, redemption, and the reminder that
0:31.5	even in your darkest moments, God is still writing your story, because with him, nothing is wasted.
0:38.8	I'm your host, Davey Blackburn.
0:50.5	Well, Justin, it's great to have you on the Nothing Is Wasted podcast.
0:53.1	Thanks for joining me.
0:54.3	You bet. Honor to be here on the Nothing is Wasted podcast. Thanks for joining me. You bet. I'm honored to be here.
0:56.3	Man, I'm so appreciative of this conversation that we're going to have. I dug into a little bit of your story.
1:01.7	and this was a really, really pivotal part of my own healing journey.
1:05.2	And I know so many people were watching and listening to this,
1:07.7	this topic that we're going to talk around.
1:09.6	Actually, these two topics we're going to talk around are really important to healing journeys.
1:11.6	Why don't you tell us a little bit first about who you are, what you do, where you're located in the world, and just a little about yourself, and then we'll dive into some of your story your own journey. Yeah, just briefly my background overview is I'm sitting here in my law office because I'm a business lawyer. That's what I do with my 9 tos. I'm sitting here in my law office because I'm a business
1:14.0	lawyer. That's what I do with my 9 to 5, which can become 8 to 6. But I, we'll talk about that.
1:27.6	I'm also a father of four boys, Witt, Asher, Colt, and Shepard. They are between 11,
1:36.5	Witt is 11, and Shep Shepherd just turned five. So we have a
1:43.5	pretty lively house right now. I'm married to my wife, Lauren, for now 16 years. She's my
1:46.7	favorite. She's the best, great mom and a great woman. And I, for the past, now six years, I've been alongside my
1:53.6	lawyering, writing some books. I've always been to someone who loved writing, but for the
2:04.3	first time someone decided to publish me about five years ago. And it's been a fun journey since.
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