Hi, friends. Welcome to another episode of That Sounds Fun. I'm your host, Annie F. Downs. I'm really happy to be here with you today. We have a great show in store. Y'all

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All those links are in the show notes. So today here we are right at the start of the midterm elections.

And so I wanted to talk with pastor author leadership expert Andy Stanley. He's a hometown friend of mine. Andy founded the Atlanta based North Point Ministries in 1995.

And today North Point has eight churches in the Atlanta area and a network of 180 churches around the globe. And he's written over to 20 books. You heard that 20.

Any communicates through sermons and podcasts all over the world. His latest book is why he is here. It's why I was really, really thankful. He agreed to come on the show. It's called not in it to win it.

Why choosing sides sidelines the church. And y'all it is so good. It's why I invited him to be on with us today. It's because with the midterm elections going on. I just wanted us to talk about this profound wisdom that he has.

And some things for us to consider. He's brilliant and funny. And I know this episode is going to give us some things to think about.

And I want to say up front what Andy and I say in the show. Please vote. It is one of the things we get to do as Americans.

It's one of the things we get to do as women that even our grandmothers and great-grandmothers may not have gotten to do. We get to vote.

And you're going to hear Andy say this, but we can use our Christ-centered conscience to vote well.

And so I hope you will vote. I hope you will vote. It's how we get to make a difference you guys. So here is my conversation all about this.

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