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Welcome to Sissy Larson Live.

Always 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, that deepen your understanding of God's word and that

heightens your awareness of his very real presence in your life. Well, my guest today says that

there are moments of crisis or even just minor disruptions that actually reveal who we are, what we care about, what we're

focusing on. So how do you determine if you're really okay or if you're just sort of getting by

and maybe ignoring some of the things that are kind of brewing beneath the surface?

How do you navigate your emotions when you feel like you want to freak out? And what does

maturity and crisis look like? Well, one of my

favorites gets to join us today. John Eldridge joins me to explore some of the answers to these

questions. Get them on in just a moment. A quick announcement, though. Christmas is our reminder

that God sent Jesus to us because he wants to be with us. Isn't that amazing? And this is the focus of author Max Lucato's

New Advent Devotional in the manger. You can enter to win a copy today. Their publisher

Through Faith Readers giving away a whole bunch of copies. You can enter at my faith radio.com.

And let me tell you about my guests. We'll get this conversation started. John Eldridge is a best-selling

author, a counselor, a teacher. He's president of Wild at Heart. It's a ministry devoted to helping

people discover the heart of God, recover their own hearts in God's love, and to learn to live

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