You're listening to The Allender Center podcast with Dr. Dan Allender. This week, Dan and his best friend,

biblical scholar Dr. Trumper Longman III, conclude our series about the mystery of living with adaptive,

creative wisdom. We're talking about so much more than quick steps or easy answers. It's about learning to move through a fallen world while staying attuned to the deeper movement of the kingdom of God.

That complexity of engaging the realities of brokenness while remaining open to the beauty of God is at the heart of much of our work here at the Allender Center.

So before we hear from Dan and Trumper, we wanted to let you know that our next Story Workshop

is coming up, August 16th through 19th, here in Seattle.

The Story Workshop equips you to tell your story in bold, beautiful, and life-changing ways,

and it's rooted in the belief that the goodness and brokenness in our stories

are best seen in the presence of others. Early bird registration ends this Monday, April 30th.

So we would love to hear from you before then. Learn more at the Allender Center.org.

Well, I'm sad to say this is my final podcast with you, Trump, for the near run.

There will be, of course, many, many more in the years to come.

But again, I apologize to you for in the past screwing up royally to other conversations.

But it's fun every time to talk with you about wisdom and many

other matters.

Yes, yes.

And now to know that once we finish this, we will be moving to an area of your humble

willingness to participate in significant loss.

What will we be doing after we finish this?

Oh, yes, we will be playing ping pong.

And why?

Why is it that we play ping pong?

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