In this week’s episode of the Follower of One Podcast, Mike speaks with Dr. Svetlana Papazov. Dr. Svetlana is an author, entrepreneur and Founder and President of Real Life RVA. Her recent book Church for Monday helps us use practical lessons to grow our faith at work. Please welcome her to the community!
Episode Breakdown
- 1:00 – Meet Dr. Svetlana Papazov
- 2:50 – Svetlana’s Background
- 8:00 – Seamless Faith
- 10:30 – Secular Divide
- 12:15 – Church For Monday
- 15:20 – Dr. Svetlana’s Story to Ministry
- 20:25 – Real Life Church
- 26:05 – Advice on Faith at Work
- 30:40 – Mindset Changes
Faith Like Breathing
There is a common misconnect between our faith in church and our faith outside of those walls. Dr. Svetlana talks about how our faith should be like our breath. If we think about this, we breathe without thinking. It is a natural human function. Our goal should be to have our faith be seamless between everything that we do. Seamless faith means that just as we breathe, we believe. With every breath we take, it is another opportunity to liv our faith. Don’t stop after you leave church!
Passion is a Key Component
Living your faith everyday at all times is a difficult task and we are not perfect humans. Passion should be apart of your faith, without the passion, we lose the fire that can fuel us to stay focused on God. We talk about faith at work and in this sense the reason we love to go to work is because we are passionate about what we do. In order to love living our faith everyday, we need that catalyst. In a world where our brains tend to focus on the negative, we need to practice challenging ourselves to find the light of God in every problem!
“The way we breathe should be the way we practice our faith.”
– Dr. Svetlana Papazov
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