The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry with John Mark Comer
04/27/21 • 45 min
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Episode Summary
In this episode of the L3 Leadership Podcast, Doug Smith interviews John Mark Comer, Author of The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry and pastor of Bridgetown Church in Portland, Oregon. In the episode, you’ll hear Doug and John Mark discuss the importance of the sabbath, how to work from rest, and having a proper view of success.
6 Key Takes From Episode 275
- John Mark discusses “pleasure-stacking” on the Sabbath and his journey toward making the weekly sabbath a lifestyle.
- Comer talks about how painful it was for him to live the life of hurry.
- The levels of belief:
- What we say we believe
- What we think we believe
- What we really believe (Our true/core beliefs)
- Proper decision-making: Don’t make decisions from exhaustion, but with much rest and waiting. Comer also discuss how decisions should be made in community.
- John Mark shares his thoughts on success - what it looks like.
- In the digital age, we have to take digital Sabbath very seriously.
About John Mark Comer
Author John Mark Comer lives, works, and writes in the urban core of Portland, Oregon, with his wife, Tammy, and their three children, Jude, Moses, and Sunday.
He is the pastor for teaching and vision at Bridgetown Church soon to be transitioning to lead a new non-profit Practicing The Way.
Prior to planting Bridgetown, John Mark was the lead pastor of a suburban megachurch. Before that, he played in a band. John Mark has a master's degree in biblical and theological studies from Western Seminary and is the author of The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry, God Has a Name, Garden City & Loveology. His next book is due out 9/28 entitled Live No Lies: Recognize and Resist the Three Enemies That Sabotage Your Peace.
For more of John Mark's teachings on the Scriptures, Jesus, and life, go to bridgetown.church and sign up for the podcast or visit www.johnmarkcomer.com.
www.instagram.com/johnmarkcomer
www.facebook.com/johnmarkcomer
Links Mentioned
The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer
Loveology by John Mark Comer
Garden City by John Mark Comer
God Has a Name by John Mark Comer
Episode Summary
In this episode of the L3 Leadership Podcast, Doug Smith interviews John Mark Comer, Author of The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry and pastor of Bridgetown Church in Portland, Oregon. In the episode, you’ll hear Doug and John Mark discuss the importance of the sabbath, how to work from rest, and having a proper view of success.
6 Key Takes From Episode 275
- John Mark discusses “pleasure-stacking” on the Sabbath and his journey toward making the weekly sabbath a lifestyle.
- Comer talks about how painful it was for him to live the life of hurry.
- The levels of belief:
- What we say we believe
- What we think we believe
- What we really believe (Our true/core beliefs)
- Proper decision-making: Don’t make decisions from exhaustion, but with much rest and waiting. Comer also discuss how decisions should be made in community.
- John Mark shares his thoughts on success - what it looks like.
- In the digital age, we have to take digital Sabbath very seriously.
About John Mark Comer
Author John Mark Comer lives, works, and writes in the urban core of Portland, Oregon, with his wife, Tammy, and their three children, Jude, Moses, and Sunday.
He is the pastor for teaching and vision at Bridgetown Church soon to be transitioning to lead a new non-profit Practicing The Way.
Prior to planting Bridgetown, John Mark was the lead pastor of a suburban megachurch. Before that, he played in a band. John Mark has a master's degree in biblical and theological studies from Western Seminary and is the author of The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry, God Has a Name, Garden City & Loveology. His next book is due out 9/28 entitled Live No Lies: Recognize and Resist the Three Enemies That Sabotage Your Peace.
For more of John Mark's teachings on the Scriptures, Jesus, and life, go to bridgetown.church and sign up for the podcast or visit www.johnmarkcomer.com.
www.instagram.com/johnmarkcomer
www.facebook.com/johnmarkcomer
Links Mentioned
The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer
Loveology by John Mark Comer
Garden City by John Mark Comer
God Has a Name by John Mark Comer
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ABOUT DOUG SMITH:
Doug is the Director of Development at Light of Life Rescue Mission and Founder and CEO of L3 Leadership. He is the author of his eBook, “Making the Most of Mentoring”, a step by step guide to help you build and cultivate relationships with mentors. He blogs at dougsmithlive.com, he is the host of the L3 Leadership podcast, and he is sought after public speaker. He is married to his high school sweetheart, Laura, who currently works as an Account Executive at Ivalua. Together, they love family, personal growth, travel, working out, and serving others.
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6 Key Take-Aways From Episode 276.
- Doug shares the concept of the Family Team. We Find our identity in our family team first. Everything we do contributes to the family team. We’re a family team on Mission... we want to have generations of Family Teams that live for God and make a difference for Him.
- Doug teaches the legacy of Jonathan Edwards and Max Juke.
- Doug discusses Stay-at-home parenting vs. parents who go to work.
- We try to be as consistent as possible! “Day to day intensity, week to week consistency builds champions!” – Jim Rankin
- 8 Things that Doug & Laura implement to help their children grow.
- Doug shares the importance of having fun as a family.
LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 276:
Intentional Parenting - Phil and Diane Comer
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