Renown author Richard Foster joins the show along with Brenda Quinn to talk about Richard's new book: Learning Humility: A Year of Searching for a Vanishing Virtue. This is a great way to start 2023!

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Hey everyone. Welcome to Jessup Think. I'm your host Mark Moore and

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your co host, Rex gurney.

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And Rex, I could not be more excited. I know I've been excited about a lot of podcasts. But I am so excited about our guests. Today we have Richard Foster, on the show, along with Brenda Quinn, who kind of helped him and helped him write this new book called Learning humility. But I've been a fan of Richard foster since college, and he really impacted my spiritual life in a really direct and real way that continues to impact me. So I'm so excited to see him have a new book out of that VP, and beyond excited to have him on the show. And we hope you enjoy this episode as well.

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But definitely, Richard and Brendan want to welcome you onto the show. We're really excited to have you both on the show. Rex and I are big fans. And so we're just really, really excited when we saw the we're not personally when I saw the book come across my desk, I knew for one that I wanted to read it and would just love the opportunity to talk with you Richard more more about the book. So thank you so much for you and Brenda joining us on the show.

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And actually, so Richard's book is learning humility. And so about 38 years ago, you came in gave a series of lectures at the seminary, I was going to at the time, I think it's like 3837 35, whatever. And I have to say, Richard, I don't remember a single thing about those lectures. But But there's actually a point to this story. But I do remember you were out I guess we used to call it jogging, but I guess you would call it running now you are not running on campus. This is a Golden Gate Seminary in Marin County. Yeah, sure.

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I remember. Yeah. And

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well, you probably don't remember. Anyway, so I was walking from the the apartments to class and you're out jogging. And we were the only two people on the Hill. And of course, you kept on jogging. But I remember just your your greeting and your wave as you went by. And I'm thinking, you know, this is a guy who already has a lot of positive notoriety. He's already basically famous. And I actually and I'm not just saying this is a fanboy, Richard, but I really felt validated as a human being that you know, you you, like, notice to me. A lot of people don't have that kind of humility when when they have your, your notoriety. And so that always impressed me don't remember the lectures, but I do remember you and that little 32nd encounter.

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Well, I'm down to walking nowadays. Need to Know, on on, first of January, New Year's Day, my youngest son and I did a little 5k. And there was a wonderful 1000 folks out there. And I came in second in my age group. Of course, there was only two of us signed up for

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I'm impressed.

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Yeah, that's perfect ice. My strategy was to start at the very back of the pack. And I was determined to stay there. And I succeeded. Yeah,

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we just success. Yeah. Yeah.

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Brenda Quinn is with us on the podcast, too. So Brenda, are you a runner? Or you know,

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I'm really not a runner, but I am definitely a walker. Okay, wait, you know, walking in Colorado is wonderful. We have a lot of sunny days and a lot of beauty here. And I love to be outside. I'm just really not a runner, but love to be out walking.

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I'd run from New Mexico,

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as well with a family. Yes, yeah. Yeah. Notice

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that in the book, actually. Some of the meditations um, that kind of came from that. Yeah.

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Yeah. Seemed like a lot of most of the meditations came from walks that you were on Richard and kind of walking through the snow or walking before the snow would come. But but they are slow walks. Okay, I'm buying