ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Recorded from Raleigh during chaplaincy training with the NC State Highway Patrol.
In Luke 10:38–42, Martha is busy, sincere, and missing the one thing. We sit with her tension and ask why the same thing happens to us — why we can be loud, faithful, and still distracted from the only voice that matters.
A story from the SHP training floor becomes the picture: one instructor giving clear orders, another knocking things off the table. We hear both. We only obey one.
This episode is about the quiet, off-platform shaping no one applauds — formation over performance, faithfulness over flash.
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