Yay, you're here. I'm Lisa Whittle, and welcome to Jesus Over Everything, affectionately known as Joe, a short practical podcast where we will not be perfect, we will be honest, and we'll talk a lot about Jesus along the way.

Bonus pod today, because we need to talk about Lent. But really, it's not

necessarily about Lent. It's about something I was already planning since last year to do with

this community. And Lent felt like the right time to do it. So many of you that have read

Jesus over everything and my story about my one year shopping fast have emailed me and

DMed me about your own struggle with shopping and you've asked me for help. So if you have

found yourself needing to fast from consumerism, you have needed some help not pressing add to cart

so much. Let's go because I've got something really important for you.

When I just said Ad DeKart, I meant that. There was a meme going around during quarantine last

year that was of someone talking to their therapist,

and the therapist said, and what do we say when we're sad? And the person said, add to cart.

And the therapist said, no. That is real because while we were all in quarantine last year,

we all hit add to cart all the time, didn't we? A lot of us did. I know because we talked about it.

You may know that we've been doing a house reno. And I found myself in this very weird place of looking

forward to the deliveries from Amazon a little too much. Even though they were things like faucets,

I had gone to this place where I'd come to rely upon seeing the delivery truck and the boxes on my porch, and I'm here to testify, yes,

you can get addicted to Amazon deliveries. We know deep down when shopping has gone too far.

We know when it's become a deflection. We might

even be able to technically afford something, but if we use it to numb or escape, it's still

not helping us at all. So if you are in that place and you're ready to break that habit, maybe

you will want to join me in a six-week

shopping fast that I'm starting on the start of Lent this year on Wednesday, February 17th.

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