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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 
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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.