Carry Confetti
A podcast to help you discover how to cultivate a life of hopeful expectation and daily celebration.
I’m Darcie Frost, an Oklahoma girl now living in New Zealand and leading a church with my husband (and our two toddlers in tow). Through weekly episodes released every Monday, I’ll be exploring Christian theology and studies in psychology to better understand the powerful effects of gratitude and hope. No matter what season of life you are in, we could all benefit from a bit more joy infused into those ordinary, everyday moments.
I’ll be tackling questions like: How do I keep believing after so many setbacks? Why hasn’t God answered my prayer yet? How do you know God is good and on your side? How do I find the strength to celebrate others, while walking through grief, disappointment, and pain? What’s the difference between happiness and joy?
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Carry Confetti
Overcoming Choice Paralysis: Which Bible Translation Should I Read? | Ep. 67
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We've all faced choice paralysis or "the paradox of choice" when choosing a Bible and when opening up the Bible to start reading it. Many people have no idea where to start on a book that isn't written like any other book. As we talked about in the last episode, the Bible is a curated library and is the most translated book in all of history.
So, how do we choose which translation is best for us? Is there a "supreme" English translation?
How do we read Jewish meditation literature? Are we approaching it in the wrong way?
And what is the enemy doing to try and stop us from engaging with a book that not only leads us to God but deeply connects us to God?
We're living in an attention economy and facing a reading recession. In the words of Herbert Simon, "A wealth of information creates a poverty of attention."
Attention spans are down, reading comprehension is down, all the while AI summaries are on the rise doing all of the brainwork for us. In a world that is becoming biblically illiterate yet relying on sermon soundbites as nourishment for their soul, how do we fight back against the enemy's tactics?
Start by clicking play on this episode... ;)
Love,
Darcie
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Books Mentioned:
- Living By the Book by Howard G. Hendricks and William D. Hendricks
- How to Read a Book by Mortimer J. Adler and Charles Van Doreen
Episode Mentioned:
- How 12 Focused Minutes Could Change Your Life: https://open.spotify.com/episode/57czeqlU3GnwFcAIJbVG1s?si=hYjf8o8QT92eWwo5Csj1VA
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