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In our current series here on Bright Harth on on being human, we've been talking through four

aspects of life where a man or a woman can grow and improve and become more fruitful as a result.

It's the physical, the spiritual, the social, and the vocational.

And we're rounding the finish line in the series, now more than 20 episodes in, and deep into the fourth and final category of vocational. And we're rounding the finish line in the series, now more than 20 episodes in

and deep into the fourth and final category of vocation. We do hope it's been helpful for you,

and it certainly has been for us. There's something about working through topics like this

that make you think about your own first principles. Some of our conversations on vocation

have done that for me, thinking about some of my own vocations. Some of our conversations on vocation have done that for me, thinking about

some of my own vocations. One of those is a little unusual, which is the vocation of songwriter

and musician. This is something I've really enjoyed doing all my life, even from a very young

age. My parents can vouch for me. Lexi has many years now of experience and can also

vouch for me that I sing a lot and it really should stop, but it doesn't show any signs of

slowing down. I've spent decades at this point learning to play the guitar, learning how to write

songs, and frankly writing a lot of bad songs along the way. I worked as a

musician in church context for many years and in some ways I still do fulfilling the role of music

minister at our church even to this day along with my normal preaching duties. But for the last five or

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