{"id":27006,"date":"2025-05-07T00:02:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T04:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/?p=27006"},"modified":"2025-05-04T20:31:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T00:31:46","slug":"eps-234-purposeful-pruning-in-evangelicalism-michelle-van-loon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/eps-234-purposeful-pruning-in-evangelicalism-michelle-van-loon\/","title":{"rendered":"Eps: 234 Purposeful Pruning in Evangelicalism; Michelle Van Loon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A return guest Michelle Van Loon speaks to me about her 50 years involved in many versions of Christian Evangelism and getting rid of what is non essential from her  book <strong>Downsizing<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-04-at-7.38.02\u202fPM-1024x338.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27007\" style=\"width:425px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-04-at-7.38.02\u202fPM-1024x338.png 1024w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-04-at-7.38.02\u202fPM-300x99.png 300w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-04-at-7.38.02\u202fPM-150x50.png 150w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-04-at-7.38.02\u202fPM-768x254.png 768w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-04-at-7.38.02\u202fPM.png 1362w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?podcast_id=145167335&amp;media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fspark_my_muse%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fspark_my_muse%2Fvan_loon_234_PurposefulPruning.mp3\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"blubrryplayer-1\" class=\"blubrryplayer\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\"><\/iframe><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/content.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/van_loon_234_PurposefulPruning.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=27006-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/content.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/van_loon_234_PurposefulPruning.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"van_loon_234_PurposefulPruning.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 38:13 &#8212; 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