You're listening to the Allender Center podcast with Dr. Dan Allender.

This week, Dan and his wife, Becky Allender, welcome summer by talking about a long road trip

they're planning. As they share their hopes and expectations for the trip,

they reflect on the thrill of planning, the joy of sharing new experiences, and the importance

of remembering. In all of this, Dan shares his hope that a meaningful, memorable trip

will always reveal a small taste of the coming kingdom of God.

Well, welcome to summer.

I have not had the opportunity to greet you all and say, oh, my goodness, thank the living

God.

It's a taste of summer, unfortunately, at the moment, at least in the lovely Northwest, is pouring down rain.

And I have the chance to be with my lovely wife, Becky.

And we are practicing something that we are planning to do in a few weeks.

That is to go on a car trip,

just so that you know that that's sincere.

Hopefully you hear my little horn

and my elegant, almost undisernable

Forrester Subaru engine in the background.

But Becky and I are taking a little trip in order to prepare

for a car trip.

And we're going on a car trip, honey.

That's right.

We're going to go get the oil changed, so make sure that our car is in good shape for a

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