Hi, I'm Susie Larson. Thank you for listening to Susie Larson Live. Faith Radio podcasts are only possible because of your support. So the back row is you glide.

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Welcome to Susie Larson Live.

Always so honored.

I get to spend this time with you.

In fact, I look forward to bringing you conversations every single day that hopefully

inspire you in your faith walk, the deep in your understanding of God's Word, and that

heightens your awareness of this amazing and beautiful presence in your life.

Well, believe it or not, the Advent season starts in a little over two weeks.

Don't turn off yet.

Just stay with me.

We're going to slow the pace today. We're going to take a few deep breaths. And we're going to consider what God might want to

say to us as we approach this season. I'm so big on this season that we often say that God cares

so much about our beginnings and our endings and that the way that

we go into these next weeks takes intention. If you want them to be meaningful, if you want

Jesus to be at the center, you actually got to think about that and make that a priority.

Well, Caroline Cobb joins me today to talk about our new book, Advent for Exiles, 25 devotions to awaken gospel

hope in every longing heart. And as a writer myself, I got to just say, I appreciate it when I read

someone who can write. And this woman, wow, she writes in this lyrical way, which is not a surprise

because she's a singer-songwriter. This is her first book. Brilliant,

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