Hey friends and welcome to the happy hour with Jamie Ivy podcast. I'm your host Jamie and I'm so glad you're here.

Each week on this show, I invite a friend to join me and we chat about the big things in life, the little things in life and everything in between.

Hey friends and welcome to the last Friday of October plus a happy hour today. I am so excited you're here. My name is Jamie and I'm the host of this show and today my friend Rachel Myers with She Read's Truth sits down in chats with me today.

We talk about some of my favorite things in the world. First of all, we talk about football. Speaking of football, tonight is my senior son's last home game. Just don't mind me. The mom in the stadium crying, but it's okay. We talk about football. We talk about Bible reading. We talk about some of the reasons why people don't want to engage in Bible reading and we talk about how she reads truth is out to make this accessible. And then we also talk about books that we're reading and loving. So three of my favorite things, God's Word, football and books. And so we talk about a lot of things in this show. And so I would never mind you.

That we put all the links to everything we talk about in our show notes to find this particular show and the show notes for the show you can go to jmeiv.com slash h h 4 3 8 since today's episode 4 38. That's how you will find it.

In today's show, Rachel really talks a lot about advent and she reads truth has a beautiful advent study out right now. In fact, the last day to order this study is November 4th.

So that's to get the actual copy physical study in your hands before advent begins. They also have a digital download.

So we put all the links in our show notes, but you guys you really want to check this out because our studies are not only just full of God's word.

They're also beautiful. They give us a code happy advent for 15% off again. All these links are in the show notes.

All right. Here's my friend Rachel in our conversations about football and God's word and lots of books. Here we go.

Rachel Myers welcome back to the happy hour. One of my favorite hours. It's my favorite hour. Always the happy hour.

And then it would even be more of my favorite if I was sitting with you in your living room drinking coffee or whatever we would choose to drink for a real happy hour.

I don't think that I didn't think the same thing. I was like, Gully, last time we were together or less than we recorded we were together.

Yes. And I remember you had some killer shoes on. Am I right about that?

Yes. And I am barefoot today. Well, I am looking pretty rough today, too, but we're in our separate locations. You're in national Tennessee. And I'm in Austin, Texas.

But welcome back. You have been on September, 2017 in January of 2020. And now look at us October of 2021.

A lot of water has passed under the bridge since January of 2020.

You know, January of 2020. Does it not feel as though just saying the words January 2020 when you're thinking new year, new me 2020.

And you're like, was that a decade ago? I was I in high school.

Where was I in my life at that moment?

Like there's a little bit of like, ah, you sweet thing.

I know. January was so fun. So innocent. I know.

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