
WHAT YOU WILL HEAR
My guest for The Happy Hour # 236 is Shruthi Parker. Shruthi is a professional blogger and event host. Shruthi recently hosted Keep Austin Warm in December 2018 which benefited three Austin nonprofits. Shruthi is passionate about connecting people together and sharing different perspectives with different crowds. Shruthi and her husband live in Austin along with their two rascal dogs.
Whether you love it or hate it, social media can bring people together. I met Shruthi through social media and it turns out we go to the same church and live in the same city! After having coffee, I knew I wanted to bring her on the show to share her story. Shruthi and I start off talking about her conversion from Hindu to Christianity that started with a friend named Faye in the 8th grade who invited her to small group. Shruthi shares how this started her down a path that, years later, would bring her to praying “who is God? I need to know who you are, and I need you to be over my life”. I got tears in my eyes as Shruthi told me how God revealed His truth while she listened to her boyfriend recite Romans in a Barnes and Noble. She tells us how she hid her faith from her family for fear of disapproval, and how the secret was finally revealed and caused a deep divide. You'll also get to hear about Shruthi's blog and how God used a job that fell through for an even better plan that He had for her.
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LINKS FROM THE SHOW
- Shruthi's Website
- More Than A Carpenter
- Keep Austin Warm
- Austin Stone Community Church
- What Shruthi is Loving: Moroccan food (in Austin Shruthi recommends Darna), vegan food (in Austin Shruthi recommends Counter Culture), trench coats
- Jamie recommends for Shruthi to read The Martian by Andy Weir
- Come join The Happy Hour on Patreon
- If You Only Knew
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Hello Jamie!! I love love your podcast!! I always look forward on Wednesday’s because I love listening to your podcast when I get ready for work brings me encouragement. Thank so much for what you do. A request if you know anyone that was Catholic but now is Christian? I been really struggling because I was brought up Catholic but so many rules and etc. It’s more of a relationship with idols then with God.