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, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2024

⏱️ 69 minutes

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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

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0:00.0	Hey friend I just want to take a quick moment to let you know about something we offer here at Nothing
0:04.5	as Wasted Ministries. Now listen, nothing is wasted is not just this podcast that you've been enjoying,
0:09.1	full of stories of hope and healing in the midst of difficult and painful valleys. We're also a ministry. and healing journey from whatever pain you've experienced in life.
0:22.8	We've got the pain to purpose course, master classes,
0:25.5	curated pathways around specific pain points,
0:28.0	an online community, and so much more.
0:31.4	But if you're just getting started on the path of healing and you're interested in learning
0:34.9	more about how you can even begin to untangle your pain, I want to invite you to our free
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0:45.4	I'll just be sharing some practical steps that you can take right here right
0:48.6	now to move from the hurt and trauma you've walked through and into deeper
0:52.0	healing.
0:53.2	You and I will be able to engage with each other,
0:55.4	you'll be able to ask questions,
0:56.6	and learn what it looks like to start taking back your story.
1:00.6	Now it's completely free,
1:02.3	but it may just be the step that God uses to begin in you a journey of deeper hope and healing no matter what you faced.
1:08.0	All you got to do is sign up at nothing is wasted.com slash start here.
1:12.0	Again, that's nothing is Wasted.com, slash Start Here, and join me as a first step to taking
1:16.8	back your story no matter what you've gone through.
1:19.4	Now, listen, there is very real pain and loss that is threatening to keep you discouraged and despairing,
1:24.7	but it doesn't have to be that way.
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