{"id":1924,"date":"2011-10-21T01:56:57","date_gmt":"2011-10-21T06:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markdroberts\/?p=1924"},"modified":"2015-03-13T15:36:08","modified_gmt":"2015-03-13T20:36:08","slug":"permission-to-wake-up-your-soul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markdroberts\/2011\/10\/21\/permission-to-wake-up-your-soul\/","title":{"rendered":"Permission to Wake Up Your Soul"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Bradley L. Moore is a Senior Vice President in a large, multinational corporation. He is also a fine writer whose work has been published in a variety of media, including <em>The Chicago Sun Times<\/em> and <em>Christianity Today<\/em>. Bradley is an editor and featured writer for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehighcalling.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>The High Calling<\/em><\/a>, a website devoted to Everyday Conversations About Work, Life, and God.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Bradley wrote a thoughtful piece called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehighcalling.org\/work\/permission-wake-your-soul-0\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cPermission to Wake Up Your Soul.\u201d<\/a> He talked about how his artistic explorations at a retreat helped him, not only to do what he loved, but also to regain fresh perspective for his day job.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d encourage you to check out Bradley\u2019s article. He\u2019ll help you give yourself permission to wake up your soul.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1925\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1925\" style=\"width: 576px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/44\/2011\/10\/man-doing-art-laity-8.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1925\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/44\/2011\/10\/man-doing-art-laity-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"384\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1925\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A man engaged with his art project at Laity Lodge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bradley L. Moore is a Senior Vice President in a large, multinational corporation. He is also a fine writer whose work has been published in a variety of media, including The Chicago Sun Times and Christianity Today. 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