This whole show is based around the idea that knowing ourselves fully is too wonderful to understand, BUT we can’t forget the importance of knowing ourselves in part. Lauren gracefully shares how she has learned to know herself and others in the past four years. This understanding has led to places of scary vulnerability, risk, and trust in God-given identity. We talk about the difference between transparency and vulnerability, receiving your identity from people versus God, and how loving people also means letting them love you. 

Life of the Beloved by Henri Nouwen

How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen by David Brooks

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