A Thanksgiving Prayer
Today's episode, in anticipation of the Thanksgiving holiday, features a prayer by Ted Loder, "My Words Can't Carry All the Praise," from his book, Guerrillas of Grace. I hope you have a blessed holid...
20 Nov 20236min
Flow
Today's episode is about the concept of flow developed by Hungarian-American psychologist, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. A flow state is when you are so absorbed in what you are doing that you lose all sen...
15 Nov 20239min
The Cushion of the Sea
Today's episode is about a concept I first heard Arianne preach about several years ago in a sermon at the church we served together in Fort Wayne. The concept is "the cushion of the sea," and it come...
1 Nov 20237min
Tend to Your Pain
Today's episode is an invitation to tend to your own pain, as we reel from terror and war in Israel and Gaza in these very difficult days. We talk about what is ours to do, Richard' Rohr's line about ...
25 Okt 20239min
The Eight Wonders of Life
Today's episode is about the "eight wonders of life" that Dacher Keltner articulates in his new book, "Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How it Can Transform Your Life." He defines awe as th...
18 Okt 202312min
Unconditional Positive Regard
Today's episode is about something I've learned from my social worker friends: unconditional positive regard. As my friend and colleague Allison Bengfort writes, "It's an intentional, emotional postur...
6 Okt 20239min
Deep Gratitude
Today's episode is about the spiritual practice of gratitude - in particular, deep gratitude. We touch on a retreat I attended last week, a line from the apostle Paul's letter, 1 Thessalonians ("Give ...
4 Okt 202310min
I Will Not Die an Unlived Life
Today's episode features a short poem by Dawna Markova, "I Will Not Die an Unlived Life." It reflects on how to inhabit our lives, risk our tender significance, and set aside the voices of fear. It in...
27 Sep 20239min
