That Sounds Fun With Annie F. Downs

Welcome to the first week of our Advent Series where we will be focused on the candle of hope. To access the scriptures, questions, and the video version of this devotional, head to anniefdowns.com/advent. . . . . Did you hear the big news?! We're launching a new podcast! Head over to Let's Read the Gospels and subscribe today so you can start with us on January 1. . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast . . . . . Thank you to our partners! CSB: Head over to lifeway.com/CSB and use the code TSF to save an extra $10 off any order over $40. Thistle Farms: Receive 15% off your order at thistlefarms.org with the promo code THATSOUNDSFUN. . . . . . NYTimes bestselling Christian author, speaker, and host of the That Sounds Fun Podcast, Annie F. Downs shares with you some of her favorite things: new books, faith conversations, entertainers not to miss, and interviews with friends. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more

Welcome to the first week of our Advent Series where we will be focused on the candle of hope. To access the scriptures, questions, and the video version of this devotional, head to anniefdowns.com/advent. . . . . Did you hear the big news?! We're launching a new podcast! Head over to Let's Read the Gospels and subscribe today so you can start with us on January 1. . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast . . . . . Thank you to our partners! CSB: Head over to lifeway.com/CSB and use the code TSF to save an extra $10 off any order over $40. Awana: Try one month of Talk About for FREE with special promo code TSF. Start today at talkaboutdiscipleship.com. . . . . . NYTimes bestselling Christian author, speaker, and host of the That Sounds Fun Podcast, Annie F. Downs shares with you some of her favorite things: new books, faith conversations, entertainers not to miss, and interviews with friends. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor

Welcome to the first week of our Advent Series where we will be focused on the candle of hope. To access the scriptures, questions, and the video version of this devotional, head to anniefdowns.com/advent. . . . . Did you hear the big news?! We're launching a new podcast! Head over to Let's Read the Gospels and subscribe today so you can start with us on January 1. . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast . . . . . Thank you to our partners! CSB: Head over to lifeway.com/CSB and use the code TSF to save an extra $10 off any order over $40. The Chosen: For more information, visit TheChosenTickets.com. . . . . . NYTimes bestselling Christian author, speaker, and host of the That Sounds Fun Podcast, Annie F. Downs shares with you some of her favorite things: new books, faith conversations, entertainers not to miss, and interviews with friends. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megap

I am beyond excited to begin this journey of celebrating and observing Advent together as a podcast community! Today we start by explaining the theme of the next four weeks, making sure we have all we need to get started, and talking about the power of Advent in our lives and how it could change our next year. To get all the goodies that go along with our Advent Series, make sure you've joined up with us at anniefdowns.com/advent! . . . . Did you hear the big news?! We're launching a new podcast! Head over to Let's Read the Gospels and subscribe today so you can start with us on January 1. . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast . . . . . NYTimes bestselling Christian author, speaker, and host of the That Sounds Fun Podcast, Annie F. Downs shares with you some of her favorite things: new books, faith conversations, entertainers not to miss, and interviews with friends.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more ab

Oh y'all...what better way to celebrate Thanksgiving here in the United States than with our friend, Father Mike Schmitz. As we enter into the season of Advent this weekend, Father Mike walks us through how Advent came about, its purpose, and how an Advent rhythm can set us for the coming year. Man, this friend is such a gift and I'm so thankful for his encouragement to all of us. Join us as we celebrate Advent together. Go to anniefdowns.com/advent to get started! . . . . Did you hear the big news?! We're launching a new podcast! Head over to Let's Read the Gospels and subscribe today so you can start with us on January 1. . . . . Find more fun things on this episode by going to anniefdowns.com/thatsoundsfun. . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast . . . . . Thank you to our sponsors! BetterHelp Online Therapy: Visit betterhelp.com/thatsoundsfun today to get 10% off your first month. BEIS: Go to BEISTRAVEL.com/thatsoundsfun for 15% off

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As we head into this season of Advent, my friend Tsh Oxenreider, walks us through an introduction to this special time in the liturgical calendar. We talked all about boundaries around social media, the different traditions surrounding Advent, and we took a deep dive into the difference between Lent and Advent. I'm so thankful for Tsh and the wisdom she shares! You can find the special video version of this conversation on YouTube HERE. . . . . Join us as we celebrate Advent together. Go to anniefdowns.com/advent to get started! . . . . Find more fun things on this episode by going to anniefdowns.com/thatsoundsfun. . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast . . . . . Thank you to our partners! Thistle Farms: Receive 15% off your order at thistlefarms.org with the promo code THATSOUNDSFUN. StoryWorth: Go to StoryWorth.com/thatsoundsfun today and save $10 on your first purchase! The Chosen: For more information, visit TheChosenTickets.com.

I LOVE when I get to have a conversation with one of my all-time favorite pastors, Louie Giglio! Talking to Louie about all things Jesus is just the BEST! His newest book, Winning the War on Worry, is such a breath of fresh air as we walk towards our Thanksgiving celebrations next week. Also, be sure to grab a copy of his newest devotional, At the Table with Jesus. Y'all are going to love these two books and this conversation! I'm so thankful for Pastor Louie's voice as he guides us through this season. . . . Join us as we celebrate Advent together. Go to anniefdowns.com/advent to get started! . . . . Find more fun things on this episode by going to anniefdowns.com/thatsoundsfun. . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast . . . . . Thank you to our sponsors! BetterHelp Online Therapy: Visit betterhelp.com/thatsoundsfun today to get 10% off your first month. Indeed: Visit Indeed.com/SOUNDSFUN to start hiring now. ZocDoc: Go to Zocdoc.com/TH

What a joy to have my friend, Lysa TerKeurst in the studio today! This conversation about healthy relationships, loving those who struggle with addiction, and, of course, our mutual love for Jim Cress... GAH, isn't she the best?! Be sure to grab a copy of Lysa's new book, Good Boundaries and Goodbyes: Loving Others Without Losing the Best of Who You Are. It's been a hot commodity here at the office, so I know y'all are going to love it! HERE is my conversation with Jim Cress that we talk about! Also, check out our previous episodes with Lysa. Episode 262 about forgiveness and Episode 126 about disappointment. . . . . Join us as we celebrate Advent together. Go to anniefdowns.com/advent to get started! . . . . Find more fun things on this episode by going to anniefdowns.com/podcast. . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast . . . . . Thank you to our partners! Awana: Try one month of Talk About for FREE with special promo code TSF. Start

Happy Veteran’s Day (on Friday!) and thank you so much to all the men and women who have served our country and allowed us the freedoms we have today. To celebrate, I got to sit down with Evan and Dr. Jenny Owens, founders of REBOOT Recovery and authors of Healing What's Hidden. Their work with veterans and first responders is truly remarkable and I'm so grateful for their wisdom, education, and humility. May we all lead with grace, vulnerability, and curiosity. Parents, just a note that due to the nature of the Owens' work, this would be a good one to listen through before any miniBFFs are within earshot. . . . . Find more fun things on this episode by going to anniefdowns.com/podcast. . . . . Join us as we celebrate Advent together. Go to anniefdowns.com/advent to get started! . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast . . . . . Thank you to our sponsors! BetterHelp Online Therapy: Visit betterhelp.com/thatsoundsfun today to get 10% off

What is more fun than politics and faith?! With the midterm elections going on, I'm honored to have Pastor Andy Stanley on the pod today. So much wisdom - he's just the BEST! I'm so thankful for Pastor Andy and this conversation about choosing friendship and relationship over politics. Friends matter more. Amen. Grab a copy of his incredible book Not In It to Win It and go out and VOTE! . . . . Find more fun things on this episode by going to anniefdowns.com/podcast. . . . . Join us as we celebrate Advent together. Go to anniefdowns.com/advent to get started! . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast . . . . . Thank you to our partners! Athletic Greens: Athletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visit athleticgreens.com/soundsfun. Brooklinen: Let the gifting begin! Visit Brooklinen.com and use promo code THATSOUNDSFUN to

It's a podcast party! The ENTIRE band from We The Kingdom is in the studio today and I could not be.more.excited. Y'ALL this conversation...actually changed my life and the way that I do friendship. Ed, Scott, Franni, Martin, and Andrew were so kind and generous in their vulnerability to talk about healing from church hurt, being authentic with ourselves and our people, and letting public faith people be humans. You're going to love their new album, Miracle Power! ALSO. Be looking for our future WTK/AFD tour promo in a hot air balloon coming soon to a tour poster near you. . . . . Find more fun things on this episode by going to anniefdowns.com/podcast. . . . . Join us as we celebrate Advent together. Go to anniefdowns.com/advent to get started! . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast . . . . . Thank you to our partners! Start with Hello: You can find Start with Hello wherever you like to buy your books, or go to BakerBookHouse.com to

My dear, dear, friend and one of our FAVORITE guests, Ginna Claire Mason Moffett, is BACK! Ginna Claire is STARRING in a Hallmark Christmas movie, premiering November 27, and I could not be more excited. We talk all about GC filming a movie in New York while performing in Wicked on Broadway AT THE SAME TIME. Excuse me...ma'am! We also talk about what it's like to be a Rockette, balancing disappointment and hope, and I learned a lot about Doris Day. Be on the lookout for our group viewing party plan so we can all watch our girl star in A Holiday Spectacular together! . . . . Find more fun things on this episode by going to anniefdowns.com/podcast. . . . . Join us as we celebrate Advent together. Go to anniefdowns.com/advent to get started! . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast . . . . . Thank you to our sponsors! BetterHelp Online Therapy: Visit betterhelp.com/thatsoundsfun today to get 10% off your first month. Awana: Try one month o

My good friend and incredible songwriter and record producer, Jeff Pardo is on the podcast today in a very special episode of That Sounds Fun! Jeff is ridiculously talented and was nominated for the most Dove Awards of the year. He graciously popped into the studio both BEFORE and AFTER the Dove Awards show to talk about how he felt and what he was processing before the night of the award show and how he felt after the results were in. No spoilers here, because y'all get to hear me find out the results LIVE on this episode! . . . . Find more fun things on this episode by going to anniefdowns.com/podcast. . . . . Join us as we celebrate Advent together. Go to anniefdowns.com/advent to get started! . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast . . . . . Thank you to our partners! Operation Christmas Child: Visit SamaritansPurse.org/occ to learn how to pack a shoebox or build one online! . . . . . NYTimes bestselling Christian author, speaker,

I’m so grateful to our friend Mike Kelsey for hosting, creating, and curating this week’s podcast episodes! Today, Mike chats with his friend and fellow pastor Mitchel Lee about his experience being an Asian American pastor of a predominately white megachurch, his journey of racial identity, and dynamics between the Black and Asian community. And yes, Pastor Mitchel's book, Even If: Trusting God When Life Disappoints, Overwhelms, or Just Doesn't Make Sense, IMMEDIATELY went into my Amazon cart after listening to this conversation. Here’s a playlist with every Mike Kelsey episode of the podcast from the past few years! . . . . Find more fun things on this episode by going to anniefdowns.com/podcast. . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast . . . . . Thank you to our partners! Thrive Market: Join Thrive Market today to get a FREE $60 gift! Go to https://ThriveMarket.com/THATSOUNDSFUN. The Chosen: For more information, visit TheChosenTicket

I’m so grateful to our friend Mike Kelsey for hosting, creating, and curating this week’s podcast episodes! Today, Mike chats with author, speaker, and cofounder of the Best Christian Workplaces Institute, Helen Lee. Mike and Helen's conversation about her experience growing up Asian in a predominately white community and how Asian-Americans often feel in conversations about race is SO GOOD. Be sure to grab a copy of Helen's books, The Race-Wise Family, The Missional Mom, and Growing Healthy Asian American Churches. Here’s a playlist with every Mike Kelsey episode of the podcast from the past few years! . . . . Find more fun things on this episode by going to anniefdowns.com/podcast. . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast . . . . . Thank you to our sponsors! BetterHelp Online Therapy: Visit betterhelp.com/thatsoundsfun today to get 10% off your first month. Liquid I.V.: Grab Liquid I.V. in bulk nationwide at Costco or you can get 15% o

I ADORE my friend, Anne Wilson, and I'm so happy she's back on the podcast! We truly covered a WIDE range of topics in this conversation. Will we be going on a mini tour next fall to cross Vermont off our travel list?? Only time will tell...In the meantime, I'm so excited to get to chat with Anne about her new book, My Jesus: From Heartache to Hope. Our conversation about what loss GIVES you has really stuck with me. AND ALSO, who knew Anne wanted to be an astronaut?! FUN FACT ALERT! . . . . Join us as we celebrate Advent together. Go to anniefdowns.com/advent to get started! . . . . Find more fun things on this episode by going to anniefdowns.com/podcast. . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast . . . . . Thank you to our partners! Cru: Text FUN to 71326 to help now or visit give.cru.org/ThatSoundsFun Indeed: Visit Indeed.com/SOUNDSFUN to start hiring now. ZocDoc: Go to Zocdoc.com/THATSOUNDSFUN and download the Zocdoc app to si

What a true honor to have Dr. Diane Langberg on the show today. Her book, Redeeming Power: Understanding Authority and Abuse in the Church, has taught me so much about trauma, abuse, and power. In this conversation, Dr. Langberg teaches us about paying attention to our own power, misusing that power, and balancing love for our local church with accountability. If abuse is a part of your story, I would encourage you to listen with someone who loves you. This conversation may be tender to you, so I wanted you to know before you listened so you could care for yourself and your heart well. And, for our #miniBFFs, this show may be a bit much for their little ears. . . . . Find more fun things on this episode by going to anniefdowns.com/podcast. . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast . . . . . Thank you to our sponsors! BetterHelp Online Therapy: Visit betterhelp.com/thatsoundsfun today to get 10% off your first month. Athletic Greens: Athle

I'm so happy that my dear friend, Shannan Martin, is in the studio today to chat about her new book, Start with Hello. This book is a practical guide on how to move toward each other in community and it is SO GOOD! What an important conversation that we ALL need! We talk all about loving your people well, the importance of making space for grief, and how the tiniest step toward one another matters. Y'all. Get ready! . . . . Find more fun things on this episode by going to anniefdowns.com/podcast. . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast . . . . . Thank you to our partners! Awana: Try one month of Talk About for FREE with special promo code TSF. Start today at talkaboutdiscipleship.com ThirdLove: Right now, you can get 20% off your first order at THIRDLOVE.com/SOUNDSFUN Shopify: Sign up for a free trial at shopify.com/soundsfun. Raycon: Go to https://buyraycon.com/thatsoundsfun and use code SOUNDSFUN15 to get 15% off your order. Cabinets

We have such a special show for you today! I got to talk with one of my heroes, Richard Foster, and his friend and fellow pastor Brenda Quinn. Richard's new book Learning Humility uses the Lakota calendar as a framework for this study on the virtue of humility. IT'S FASCINATING! What an inspiring  conversation about slowing down enough to be available to God, coming to God as who you already are, and one of our favorite topics - prayer. Due to some technological challenges, this episode's audio isn’t typical TSF quality. We’re sorry about that, but we still wanted to bring you this great conversation! . . . . Find more fun things on this episode by going to anniefdowns.com/podcast. . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast . . . . . Thank you to our sponsors! BetterHelp Online Therapy: Visit betterhelp.com/thatsoundsfun today to get 10% off your first month. Chime: Sign up for a Chime Checking Account takes only two minutes and doesn’t af