Hi, I'm Susie Larson.

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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, years ago, I read a quote, and this is my paraphrase of the

quote, but it stopped me in my tracks, and I literally have been thinking about it ever since,

and it goes like this, since we follow an unhurried Savior, what should the pace of our lives be?

Since we follow an unhurried Savior, what should the pace of our lives be? Since we follow an unhurried savior, what should the pace of our

lives be? We need to think about that. Jesus was never in a hurry, yet he was always on mission.

There was a purpose in his rest. There was a purpose in his work and even a purpose in his interruptions.

So is it possible to live an unhurried life in this culture? I really believe it is. In fact,

the author of that quote is the one who joins me today. He asked that thought-provoking question many years ago.

Today we're celebrating his book, A Year of Slowing Down, Daily Devotions for Unhurried Living.

It's a hardcover book with short daily readings, and he looks at each of the daily readings as a five-minute

retreat. And I will tell you a lot of times when we give resources away almost every day, I almost

always give my copy away too because I want to get as many books out to people as possible.

But selfishly, I'm just, I'm not sharing my copy today. I really got to tell you, I feel like

this is the next book my hubby and I are supposed to go through,

but I am thrilled to say we do have five copies to give away. If you need a year of slowing down,

if you need to learn how to exhale, inhale and exhale, I would love to get your name in on the

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