Hi, I'm Susie Larson.

Thanks for listening to this podcast for Middays with Susie Larson.

It's only just a matter of it's like a matter of heart to sing.

So the back row is you glide because walking just won't do dance.

You don't have to know how to

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Welcome, welcome to middays.

I'm Sizzy Lars and so honored to 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 work

And that heighten your awareness of God's very real presence in your life. Well, once in a great while, we get to take a field trip and go

on site to do an interview, and this is one of those cases. My producer, Kim, and I traveled to

Eaglebrook Church to interview pastor and author Bob Merritt, who's got a brand new book that I absolutely

love. It's just laugh out loud funny and so much practical advice.

The title of the book is done with that.

Escape the Struggle of Your Old Life.

So let me tell you about my guest and we'll get this conversation started.

Bob Merritt is a senior pastor of Eagle Brook Church in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota,

one of the ten largest churches in America.

He's the author of Get Wise and

seven simple choices. He's married to Lori and they have two children, five grandkids,

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