Brave New Adventures and Starting a Podcast - Lori Altebaumer

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Sometimes we have to practice what we preach.  And sometimes I hate it when that happens! I love dispensing encouragement and spiritual insights to others, but when the words come back to step on my own toes, well… that’s not as much fun. Especially when embarking on a brave new adventure equals starting a podcast.

My last blog post was all about being ready give your “talent” (aka your donkey… read the full post here) to the Lord whenever Him say He needs it (see Matthew 21:3). We aren’t to stall on our obedience claiming a need to polish it up, perfect it, or in any way to plead for more time because we just aren’t ready.

I hope you’ll bear with me as I depart from my usual form of blog post to share something else—hopefully something exciting—with you.

And I hope that in it you will find the encouragement to do that new thing, that big thing, or that hard thing that God has been nudging you to do.

I’m about to saddle up my smelly little beast of burden and embark on an enterprise I never thought I’d do, and to be honest, something I’ve never wanted to do.

I’m co-hosting brand new faith-based podcast with my husband.

Do I know anything about sound equipment? No.

Do I have adequate capability with technology in general? Definitely no.

Do I like the sound of my voice recorded? Absolutely NO!

Do I have answers for every faith related question? Is that even a question? Of course I don’t!

But do I want to share good news and encouragement with everyone I can? Yes.

When God started nudging me in this direction, I hesitated (as in ignored Him for months). Finally, I mentioned it to my husband, expecting him to put the idea to rest by shedding some commonsense wisdom about why that was a bad idea. Instead, I discovered that he’d been having the same thoughts.

Now in my previous blog I made comments about just going when God says go. I referred to Matthew 21, where Jesus’ disciples came to get the donkey for His Palm Sunday ride into Jerusalem. The donkey they acquired, the exact one they were told to get, was an untrained colt.

Well, I certainly don’t want my podcast to show up on the scene like an untrained colt, so I’ve been researching. I found a coach to work with. And together, my husband and I have been praying and planning.  Am I ready now? No. But I will honestly never be ready. I will never be a sound equipment aficionado. I will never be confident in my technological skills. My voice isn’t going to miraculously turn into the voice of a songbird. And this side of eternity I’ll never have all the answers (and I suspect when I get to the other side, I won’t need them).

But I’m going to do this anyway.

I will never be beyond making mistakes or reach the level of perfection I expect of myself.

But God says go.

I hope this is an encouragement to you. If God has put something on your heart, He will prepare the way. If that means opening doors or bringing you coaches or reminding you that He is all you really need, He’ll do it.

Be bold. Be fearless. Embrace the adventure.

And never underestimate where an idea might originate. This podcast was born out of the morning conversations my husband and I have as we start our days discussing Scripture and the lessons we are learning about living a life of bold faith.

More details are coming soon. I hope you’ll give it a listen when it launches on March 6^th.

Until then, if God has invited you into a new adventure that has you feeling completely unqualified, send me an email. I get it and I’d love to pray for you.