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“Stay the Course” #OnTheSauce · Spiritual Hot Sauce

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  Chris Jones: It's been a while since we just sat down and chatted.
• 0:02
  Chris Jones: I think we're long overdue, so let's make this happen.
• 0:06
  Chris Jones: Let's chat.
• 0:07
  Chris Jones: Welcome.
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  Chris Jones: I'm Chris Jones, and this is Spiritual Hot Sauce.
• 0:15
  Chris Jones: I've been saying that now for more than a year.
• 0:18
  Chris Jones: I'm pretty proud of that.
• 0:20
  Chris Jones: And for those of you who have been following, you know that I work very hard to balance critical thinking with faith.
• 0:27
  Chris Jones: Because I believe faith without critical thinking is just superstition, and critical thinking without faith is nihilism.
• 0:36
  Chris Jones: It's in that balance of those two things, is the heart of spiritual hot sauce.
• 0:41
  Chris Jones: Now, for those of you who may be new to the show, I take three different approaches in order to try and achieve that balance.
• 0:48
  Chris Jones: The first thing is the deep end series, where we dive into the deep end of things and spiritual philosophy in order to try to find a practical takeaway that we can apply in our lives.
• 1:00
  Chris Jones: And then I'll turn around and do Scars That Speak series, where we get into emotional trauma and how people find hope, where there should be no hope.
• 1:09
  Chris Jones: And in between all of that, I do these solo episodes where I offer my own insights.
• 1:16
  Chris Jones: So it just started to feel like I was taking everybody all over the place.
• 1:21
  Chris Jones: And everybody may want me to just settle down and focus on one thing.
• 1:24
  Chris Jones: And I was considering dropping the Deep in series and focusing on just scars that speak in practical application.
• 1:32
  Chris Jones: Now I'm just going to be open and honest so you can be a part of why I'm staying the course.
• 1:38
  Chris Jones: I reached out to a friend of mine, Colin Connor.
• 1:40
  Chris Jones: A lot of you know him as the host from the podcast, The Bible Uncut and Unfiltered.
• 1:45
  Chris Jones: Good stuff.
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  Chris Jones: Now, Colin's very familiar with the show, and I very much appreciate that.
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  Chris Jones: He's a regular listener.
• 1:51
  Chris Jones: Thank you, Colin.
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  Chris Jones: And I got to tell you, if you haven't heard him on as a guest because he came on the show, it's a stellar conversation.
• 1:59
  Chris Jones: And at the end, he synthesizes my own metaphor of the compass.
• 2:04
  Chris Jones: And man, he did a fantastic job.
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  Chris Jones: It's worth going and listening to.
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  Chris Jones: Now I told him that I was considering not doing the deep end series anymore and just staying to the practical part of it.
• 2:15
  Chris Jones: Now, Colin took a pretty strong stance and he asked me to reconsider because he felt like what I was doing was important, that it was something that was needed.
• 2:25
  Chris Jones: So I think maybe what he was trying to say is that spiritual hot sauce is creating a very unique space.
• 2:32
  Chris Jones: I appreciate the fact that Colin finds value in the show and what I do.
• 2:37
  Chris Jones: And I hope that you find value in what I do.
• 2:40
  Chris Jones: I appreciate you hanging out with me as we explore these different ideas because I know how different spiritual hot sauce is.
• 2:48
  Chris Jones: We're very unique.
• 2:50
  Chris Jones: And when I say we, I mean you and me.
• 2:52
  Chris Jones: Now you've probably noticed I don't run ads, I don't have a Patreon account, I'm not asking for donations, and I'm absolutely not corporately sponsored.
• 3:01
  Chris Jones: I'm as grassroots as they come.
• 3:03
  Chris Jones: I do my own editing, my own promotion, or lack thereof.
• 3:07
  Chris Jones: I do everything.
• 3:08
  Chris Jones: But I am asking for your support and your help.
• 3:11
  Chris Jones: And how you can do that is however you hang out with me here on The Sauce, whether it be Spotify, Apple Podcasts, whatever it is, follow, subscribe, and tell other people to come hang out with us and share it on social media, whatever platform you like being on.
• 3:27
  Chris Jones: But when you do, make sure you hashtag it on the sauce.
• 3:32
  Chris Jones: That way we know who we are.
• 3:33
  Chris Jones: But above all, when you have the opportunity, throw the rock.
• 3:38
  Chris Jones: And if you don't know what that means, go listen to episode 48.
• 3:42
  Chris Jones: And it's been a while.
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  Chris Jones: It'll taste a little for you.
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  Chris Jones: Appreciate you.