In this Summer Slowdown message, Joanna Bartel invites us to see delight not as a feeling we earn but as a practice we can step into in any season–even the hard ones.

CHAPTERS

[00:00] - Welcome & Introduction

[00:40] - What Is Delight?

[01:57] - Life Is Hard, But...

[03:39] - Delight as a Practice

[05:20] - Delighting in a Child

[07:40] - Setting Up John 21

[10:37] - Jesus on the Shore

[13:57] - Come and Have Breakfast

[16:16] - The Charcoal Fire

[18:24] - Grace Before Correction

[21:23] - Praise Completes the Delight

[22:42] - Fearfully & Wonderfully Made

[25:08] - Living from God's Delight

[26:49] - Behold, God Beholding You

REFERENCES

[01:25] - Merriam-Webster — definition of "delight"[02:50] - Inside Out (2015) — Pixar film about the complexity of emotions[03:44] - Dallas Willard — The Spirit of the Disciplines[07:40] - Young Life — Christian youth ministry for teenagers[08:51] - John 21 — Jesus appears to his disciples; breakfast on the shore (NIV)[11:41] - Luke 5:1-11 — Jesus' first miraculous catch of fish (NIV)[21:23] - C.S. Lewis — Reflections on the Psalms[23:07] - Genesis 1 — The creation story (NIV)[23:51] - Psalm 139 — "Fearfully and wonderfully made" (NIV)[26:49] - Ben Patterson — Campus pastor at Westmont College, author[26:49] - Westmont College — Christian liberal arts college, Santa Barbara