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welcome welcome to cissy larsen live so honored always honored to get to spend this time with you in

fact i look forward to bringing new conversations every single day that hopefully inspire you in

your faith walk that deepen your understanding of god's word and that heightens your awareness

of his very real

presence in your life. Well, many of us, probably most of us, are still so shell-shocked and stunned

over the events that have happened in the recent days. Most of you know that though we're

heard all over the Upper Midwest and in Connecticut, and then through podcast around the world,

we do broadcast out of the Twin Cities where George Floyd's life was tragically ended at the hands of a rogue police officer.

The world mourned and raged over this injustice, and then the riots ensued.

They left us breathless and afraid.

We've got a long way to go in the way of healing, but I do believe it's possible.

That's why I invited my friend, author, speaker, and pastor Satis Rati on the show to help us better understand the racial divide, the hurts that need healing, and the wisdom that we need to move forward from here.

We're going to get her on in just a moment, a quick announcement.

If you have any kind of desire in your heart to get published, you've got to join us for the upcoming Northwestern Christian Writers Conference takes place in July. Normally, this would be a gathering, and we've had an amazing

run of it in the last several years, but due to the COVID crisis, we've moved the conference online

for this year. What's amazing about that, first of all, it was very affordable at $250 because

you're getting to see A-list levels of

editors, agents, experts in the field. Well, now that we've moved it online, we've knocked $100 off

the price. So you have a $150 ticket to see keynotes, Karen Kingsbury, Dr. Alicia Britt

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