{"id":227,"date":"2009-03-12T11:20:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-12T11:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/omeoflittlefaith\/2009\/03\/speaking-about-spiritual-weakness.html"},"modified":"2009-03-12T11:20:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-12T11:20:00","slug":"speaking-about-spiritual-weakness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/omeoflittlefaith\/2009\/03\/speaking-about-spiritual-weakness.html","title":{"rendered":"Speaking about Spiritual Weakness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);\">Not sure why<\/span> it took me so long to post this, but if you&#8217;ve ever wondered what it looks and sounds like when I do a public speaking gig, then here&#8217;s your chance. This is the introduction to a talk I gave at my church last summer, starting with an illustration that made its way into <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.jasonboyett.com\/2008\/12\/conversation-doubt-book.html\">my doubt book<\/a> for Zondervan. I talk about physical weakness in order to segue into some thoughts on spiritual weakness.<\/p>\n<p>The camera was pretty far away &#8212; too far to see my weird <a href=\"http:\/\/bryanallain.com\/blog\/archives\/2009\/03\/10\/a-gesture-is-worth-1000-words\/\">Bryan Allain-ish facial expressions<\/a> &#8212; but the audio is good. Can you hear my Texas twang? I have a slight one.<\/p>\n<p><object height=\"385\" width=\"480\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Yx7zZXePQ-c&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0&#038;color1=0xe1600f&#038;color2=0xfebd01\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Yx7zZXePQ-c&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0&#038;color1=0xe1600f&#038;color2=0xfebd01\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" height=\"385\" width=\"480\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested, here&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasonboyett.com\/downloads\/exp_doubt.mp3\">the full 36-minute talk<\/a> (mp3).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not sure why it took me so long to post this, but if you&#8217;ve ever wondered what it looks and sounds like when I do a public speaking gig, then here&#8217;s your chance. 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