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Jan 2024
44m 25s

You Are a Tree

Tsh Oxenreider
About this episode

You are a tree. You are also not a tree. You are on a journey. You are also not on a journey. We use metaphors all the time to describe life, and funnily enough, so does the Bible. Joy Clarkson unpacks why we use metaphors, and she and Tsh also get into why we need to be rooted — and open to change.

* Host: Tsh Oxenreider

* Guest: Joy Clarkson

* Joy’s new book, You Are a Tree

* Create Your Rule of Life

* Buy a round of drinks

* Recommended reads

* Comment on this episode (for Commonplace subscribers)

* LAMY Fountain Pens

* Michael & Michelle

* p.s. Here's the previous episode, which bypassed quite a few podcast feeds!



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