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Wayfair issue 7 is almost ready to print, and we can't wait for you to read it. It's all about the concept of trust. Trust in God, in ourselves and in our communities. And it centers women's wisdom and experience with trust, especially the trust in our individual relationship with heavenly parents that allow each of us to act with power and integrity in our own lives. Become a friend of Faith Matters or become a paid subscriber to Wayfair magazine by March 31st. To receive this beautiful issue in the mail. Links are in the show notes. Hey, everybody, this is Aubrey Chavez from Faith Matters. We live in a world that prizes activity. Being productive, staying in control, always doing something. So when life brings seasons of waiting through illness, loss or circumstances we didn't choose, it can feel unsettling, even threatening, to our sense of self. But what if those seasons are actually inviting us into a deeper understanding of God? Today we're joined by Taryl Givens to explore an extraordinary book called the Stature of waiting by W.H. van Stone. Van Stone noticed something hiding in plain sight in the Gospel accounts of the last week of Jesus life. Up until a certain moment, Jesus is the one acting. He's teaching, healing, feeding, leading. And then, almost imperceptibly, the grammar of the story shifts. He's no longer the one doing, but the one to whom things are being done. He's handed over. He waits, he receives. And Van Stone suggests that this isn't a tragic turn in the story. It's its deepest revelation. Teryl and Fiona introduced so many of us to the God who weeps in Moses 7. In Vanstone, we meet the same vulnerable God again, this time waiting. And we ask what it means to follow that God in how we love, how we age, how we suffer, and how we let ourselves be carried. We hope that as you move through Holy Week, that this conversation helps you see the face of God in the most vulnerable moments of the Easter story and in your own. And with that, here's Terrell Gibbons.
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All right, Terrell, thank you so much for being here.
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Great to be here again.
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It is always. You're our favorite guest. Do we need to edit that out?
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I was going to say they'll let that out, won't they?
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It is just so good to be with you always.
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Thanks.
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Very excited about this discussion. I wonder if you'd start by saying a few words about William Vanstone, who publishes as W.H. vanstone.
