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S5 114. Official Book Release – The Words are Salt · Millennial Mustard Seed

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  Welcome back to the Millennial Mustard Seed.
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  I am your host, Rod and thank you for being here with me.
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  This is a mini one. I'm only going to take a couple
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  minutes here to do some announcements.
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  First thing I'd like to talk about is the book update.
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  It is live and published and I'm going to have a link in the
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  details of the show notes as to where you guys can go purchase
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  yourself a copy of my newest book.
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  The words are salt. We've got an excellent feedback
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  with the people who've read it. So far all of the poetry that
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  I've included in this first book, Bodies, is in there.
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  I've gotten a ton of emails from people all around the world on
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  reading that poem on a episode I did with Carly a couple months
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  ago. So I've been working on this and
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  I did one announcement prior months back at the end of an
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  episode for the people who listened all the way through
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  letting you guys know I was writing a book and that it was
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  in the final stages. Well, at this point in time,
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  this is the first time I'm publicly announcing it is
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  published live and available. I'd really appreciate it if you
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  guys would get yourself a copy. If you're asking why is it not
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  available on Kindle for example. But because I want you guys to
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  have a paper copy just in case, you never know and this is the
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  kind of book you can sit with. Reflect on any blank pages that
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  are left in there or semi intentional.
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  There's not many pages like that, but when you see one or
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  half page, feel free to write in it, make it personal with you.
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  This is a bit of a game changer for me personally because it's
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  kind of like letting go of something that's so precious to
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  you and through many troubled nights.
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  I wrote these poems for the last couple years.
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  His way was written in 2019. In parts I was being woken up at
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  3:00 in the morning most nights and into 2020 and I would write
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  just a fragment of that poem. We have some endorsements in the
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  1st 2 pages. I'm just going to take a minute
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  to read those two endorsements for the book here.
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  The first one is from Doctor Laura Sanger, who, if you're new
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  to this podcast, is the author of The Roots of the Federal
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  Reserve. She's a friend of the show she's
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  been on a number of times and will be appearing here in the
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  very near future again. But this is what she had to say
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  about the words are solved. The first time I heard the poem
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  his way was at the end of an interview on the Millennial
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  Mustard Seed podcast. As Rod read it aloud, I was
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  transposed into the presence of our Redeemer.
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  I burst into worship and knew in my spirit that this poem would
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  extend far and wide, calling the wayward home in the faithful
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  hire. These poems come from a deep
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  well of worship within Rod's heart, cultivated by intimate
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  communion with the Waymaker. Just like the biblical giant
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  slayers of old, Rod walks in the fear of the Lord with a warrior
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  poet's heart enter into the sweet aroma of offering up
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  worship in spirit and truth. Through the pages of this book,
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  with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, Rod has crafted words
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  that will ignite you with a holy passion.
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  Join him in stepping out in the faith the size of the mustard
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  seed and watch the mountains in your life.
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  Moon. Laura Sanger, PhD, author of The
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  Roots of the Federal Reserve. The next one I have here, the
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  second endorsement from Carly Tubbs.
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  Let me read this one. Rod has assembled a body of work
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  that invites the reader into a high place upon which to stand
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  and look out through the big windows of Christ's eyes and to
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  see the common experiences of life in a new way.
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  The first time I heard him read Bodies on Season 4 Episode One O
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  Two of his Millennial Mustard Seed podcast, it hearkened back
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  to the beautiful and precarious tensions between our bodies
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  being both the temple of the Holy Spirit and the most abused
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  and relegated vessel of our human experiences.
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  The podcast is a brilliant catalogue of thoughts,
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  reflections, and interviews that testify to just how authentic he
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  is in his pursuit to discuss a wide variety of topics while
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  truly honoring the vessels through which Christ speaks.
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  Everything Rod sets his heart to do for the Lord is a blessing to
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  the body of Christ. And this book is the maiden
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  voyage of his writings that are surely kept in the Libraries of
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  Heaven by Carly Tubbs, life coach and guest and Patreon here
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  at the Millennium Wants to see podcast you guys.
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  I just want to thank you guys for listening to this.
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  And if you are into poetry, parables, rants, short stories,
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  elongated poems, this book is for you.
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  I've actually introduced a new form of poetry into this many
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  traditional styles of poetry that are introduced in this
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  book, one of which I have coined the term collective flow.
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  I'll let you figure that one out.
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  When you get a copy of the book yourself, it is available on
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  Amazon. Both hardcover and paperback
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  options are available right now in the link in the show notes on
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  Amazon. One of the most important things
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  about me publicly talking about this today for the first time.
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  I know I've shared this privately with a couple people
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  leading up to the release who got themselves a copy right when
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  it went live on the 4th and already got theirs in within
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  just a couple days for a paperback.
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  But me and my wife were in agreement for this to be
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  broadcasted to all of you guys who are listeners here on the
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  podcast and for social media, because today is my son Adam's
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  7th birthday. This is something I'll never
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  forget. You know, the first time I ever
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  released one of my writings that became published on my son's 7th
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  birthday. That's kind of a big deal.
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  We were in agreement on that. And it was to me.
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  I'm like, man, I'll just never forget that.
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  This is such a surreal moment. Look at what God did, man.
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  I just praise God and give him glory and credit because a
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  broken vessel like me growing up to become an author and an
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  international broadcaster and just all this cool stuff that's
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  going on behind the scenes, talking with different doctors,
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  getting aligned with all these different ministries, seeing
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  these plans unfold, being ahead of the curb in a lot of ways.
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  And I don't say that proudly. I say that in humility because
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  there's just not enough time in the day for me to try to explain
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  to you guys the shift that is here and the shift that is
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  coming. But I want to keep this under 10
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  minutes, so please go get yourself a copy of The Words Are
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  salt. It does not disappoint.
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  Please help me share this episode here with friends,
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  family members, pastor, Co worker, doctor, whoever.
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  Just share the link and post it on your social medias.
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  Get yourself a copy. I encourage you guys to leave me
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  a review on Amazon and if you have not rated the podcast,
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  leave me a review and plant a seed and partner with us every
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  effort, every dime, every prayer at all the encouragement.
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  It's not a wasted effort. Here we are trusting God to
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  multiply everything so we can see the vision of Kingdom Land
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  Project come to pass. Stepping out with a mustard seed
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  sighs faith. Until next time, God bless and
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  goodbye the, the,
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  the, the.