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Welcome to. Because walking just won't do dance. You don't have to know how to ever since and but since we've got you late.

Welcome. Welcome to Middays. I'm Susie Larson. So honored to have you listening today. In fact, I look forward to bringing you conversation every single day that hopefully inspires you in your faith walk, deepens your understanding of God's word, and that heightens your awareness of his very real presence in your life. Well, empathy is described as follows, the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. My guest today says that empathy could actually

save the world. She joined me a couple months ago. We had such an amazing time together. I asked

her to come back so we could spend

some time today praying for you. Belinda Bauman joins me today. We'll talk a bit about her book

kind of as we wait for your calls. I hope to hear from you. Her book is amazing. It's titled

Brave Souls, experiencing the audacious power of empathy. Christine Kane wrote the forward for her.

I want you to know the phone lines are

open right now. You can either text or call. I know some of you are really shy about getting on the

air, but I know many, if not most people right now, are walking through some kind of hardship in storm.

It just seems to be a season of hardship for so, so many. If you're a little bit shy about getting on the air, you can call. And Krissa is really one of the most amazing people I know. She'll take your call. She's also the show's producer. And she'll get the information to us on the call screen if you just don't want to be heard on the air. I do have four or five copies of one of my blessings books. I'm going to bring in some blessings for the morning, blessings for the evening. They're gorgeous blessing books with picture and scripture and just a

blessing either to end your day or start your day. We'll do a drawing on those. And you can get

in the drawing this way. Email Susie at myfaithradio.com. Susie at myfaithradio.com. So you can

email your prayer request or you can text or call. Here's the number

877-933-24-84-8-8-7-933-24-84. How can we stand with you? Before I get Belinda on,

have a quick announcement. This week only at Faith Radio, we're giving away a woman's

devotional that explores the God who hears.

Maybe you feel like it's been a while since you've been heard by God. He hears you all the time, but this devotional will assure you he is the God who hears you. We've got five copies just this week to give away. You can enter to win on our website at my faith radio.com. Let me tell you about my guest. We'll get her on the show. Belinda Bowman is the founder of one million thumbprints, a movement of peacemakers advocating with women in the world's worst conflict zones. She's also the co-founder of hashtag silence is not spiritual, a campaign calling churches to break the silence on violence against women. Belinda and her husband, Stephen, whom I've also interviewed in the past,

make their home with their two sons in Grand Rapids, Michigan. And dear Belinda, what an honor to have you back on the show today. Oh my gosh. I have been waiting to be with you again. What a joy. Looking forward to the time. And I want to pitch the phone number again. People are a little shy, always to get started but once that first call comes in they usually flood in after that so 877 933-3-2484 how can we

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