Jeanne Stevens on Being Present
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“If we’re trying to change our past, which is basically rehashing the past, or we’re trying to control our future, we’re not really choosing this NOW moment. And what I began to realize is that the ZIP code of God is ‘right here, and right now.’” - Jeanne Stevens on The Matthew West Podcast
My guest today is a pastor and author from my home city of Chicago, IL. She’s got a great new book called What’s Here Now?
Today we are going to talk about how to stop rehashing the past, rehearsing the future, and start soaking up the present moment. Let’s go to the Story House with Jeanne Stevens!
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Read Jeanne’s new book, What’s Here Now? - With honest transparency, hope-filled compassion, and plenty of vulnerable humor, pastor Jeanne Stevens reveals the shockingly simple path to peace: presence. She helps you slow down, center yourself, and ask the all-important question, What’s here now?
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Life is filled with uncertainty, and people have never needed peace more. In her new book, ‘What’s Here Now?: How to Stop Rehashing the Past and Rehearsing the Future – And Start Receiving the Present’ (Revell, May 17, 2022), sought-after speaker and popular pastor Jeanne Stevens invites readers to embrace the present moment and all that God has for us here, now.
Through her own personal journey of overcoming fear with faith, Jeanne has learned that whatever the past or future may hold, the shockingly simple path to peace remains the same: presence. What’s Here Now? becomes a question with life-changing implications when we slow down, set aside distractions and defenses, and step into the present moment.