A vibrant, story-filled look at contemporary spirituality that's fun, contemplative, practical and cultural.
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Fr TJ Humphrey is the rector of St Paul’s Episcopal Church in Beloit, WI and of Trinity Episcopal Church in Janesville, WI. His Youtube channel is Episcopalianish.
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This podcast explores the wide variety of contemplative practices for our modern world.
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Contemplation and Reflective Meditations to help with an empowered life.
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Contemplations behind the windshield. contemplativetrucker@gmail.com
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Inspired by Lectio Divina and the Collatio, this podcast offers the listener sessions of guided, meditative, listening prayer around different passages of scripture. Each episode will take you in to a deep place of listening in the Lord's presence where you will hear a gospel story read very slowly so that you can savour each word, imagine the scene vividly and perhaps even discern what the Holy Spirit is speaking into your own life through the text. This prayer experience is ideal if you wo ...
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Welcome to the Contemplative Caregiver Podcast podcast, where amazing things happen.
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The Contemplative Life Blogcast is a collection of publicly available lectures and discussions related to contemplative spirituality and comparative religion. For more, visit www.thecontemplativelife.org.
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Life moves quickly. Contemplative Tuesday Podcast invites you to slow down, take a deep breath, contemplate the Word of God, and prayerfully reflect. Together, we’ll ask God to search us, guide us, and reveal Himself to us. The profound truth in mystery is that as we gaze upon Him, we will be made like Him. Let’s find ourselves in the God who makes all things new.
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Christian music podcast from Color located in Barbados. Episodes include the sung Rosary, prayerful reflections from our monthly Contemplative Worship session, traditional Roman Catholic hymns, contemporary Christian music and original music recorded by Color.
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This spirituality and self-help podcast features interviews, stories, and commentary from top writers and authors. Topics include Mysticism, Contemplative Spirituality, Nondual Awakening, Meditation, Christianit Mysticism, Psychology, Buddhism, Integral Theory, Advaita Vedanta, and more. Contemplative Light provides education and resources in a global effort towards inner transformation through contemplative prayer and meditation. Find us on Facebook where we have a very active community. WE ...
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This Podcast represents a sequel to the first 27 episodes that concerned my transition from being a Protestant pastor back to Catholicism. The following episodes (28ff) will continue to explore Catholicism in the light of current theological debate and current events. These podcasts will also explore the extra-ordinary stories of other Catholics who have a great story to tell.
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Jesse watches birds and contemplates things. Lots of birdsong with intermittent thoughts subjects both avian and non-avian. Recommended to listen to at 1x speed when you're not rushing through anything. Produced by Jesse's friend Zach, who appreciates the chance to share this with everyone.
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A Sacred Space for talking about Contemplative Practices, Spirituality + Messy Motherhood. We seek the Divine Presence amidst the Beautiful Chaos of Motherhood and share our failures, our triumphs, and our missteps. Your hosts on this journey are Erin Thomas and Chelsea Whipple. To get in touch with Erin and Chelsea email them at contemplativemotherhoodpodcast@gmail.com Check out our main website: contemplativemotherhood.org
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A weekly WCCM audio podcast: Talks, Interviews and dialogues from the World Community for Christian Meditation - www.wccm.org
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Where do you go to slow down, listen to, reflect on and discuss the deeper questions of life? Each season will consist of short reflective episodes on the season theme so you can listen and let yourself be drawn into deeper inquiry, presence and stillness. You'll come away with a deeper connection to your own wisdom and knowing, greater comfort with being in a space of not knowing, more inspired and open to new ideas and different ways of seeing the world and being in the world, and more rea ...
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A 13-minute guided meditation to help you settle on how you will observe Advent this year. If you’re not quite sure what your advent observance will look like this year, or how to balance the sacred time of waiting with the jolly buzz of December, let me accompany you as you pray through these questions. This guided intention-setting meditation cam…
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Also know as ‘One Anothering 2.0’. Because radically countercultural messages deserve to be updated and proclaimed twice.
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Ep 200 Spirituality of Healthy Eating with Betsy Gonwa
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Send us a text Today, we are joined by spiritual guide Betsy Gonwa to discuss the intersection of food, spirituality, and health. We hope you find inspiration from her story and the ways healthy eating impacts our daily lives. Learn more at listeningspacemke.com Support the show저자 Chris & Christina Roberts
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Hartmut Rosa is a German sociologist whom many Christians have been looking to as a guide to how our lives seem to be accelerating. Do we somehow need to opt out of this acceleration if we want a happy life, much less a life with God? Rosa says no, opting out isn’t possible. But he does have a contemplative answer: “resonance,” a kind of paying att…
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A homily reflecting on the importance of being there for and being there with one another.
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Send us a text We are continuing our series about food, looking at 4 common ways we relate to food. Check out Ep 198, Spirituality of Food, for the first part of the series. Support the show저자 Chris & Christina Roberts
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Send us a text Food is something every single one of us interacts with regularly. Join us as we take what might seem like a mundane part of life and explore some of the spiritual implications. Support the show저자 Chris & Christina Roberts
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A reflection on the readings for All Saints.
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Send us a text As the US is in an election week, we are reminding ourselves of some helpful spiritual practices Support the show저자 Chris & Christina Roberts
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Send us a text Join us for Part 2 where we continue the conversation from last week around common questions and ideas about spiritual direction and contemplative spirituality. For part 1, please check out Episode 195. Support the show저자 Chris & Christina Roberts
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Dave Schmelzer is in touch with many people who are, to a greater or lesser degree, deconstructing their earlier faith experience, a common process for midlife people of faith. HIstoric Christian spirituality tells us there's a unique second-half-of-life flowering of faith. Dave lets us in on a series of conversations he's been having about how we …
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Send us a text We have collected a few common questions and ideas about spiritual direction and contemplative spirituality. Join us as we address some myths and help expand our understanding around the benefits of spiritual guidance. Support the show저자 Chris & Christina Roberts
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Send us a text Today we have the honor of interviewing one of the leaders of Spiritual Directors Europe, an organization that networks and trains spiritual guides across that continent. Join us as Rafael Maria Theuvenet shares about spiritual direction in the Netherlands, as well as other parts of Western Europe. Support the show…
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Send us a text Today we hear from an interior designer (Carol), bus driver (Chris) and non profit worker (Abbie) about ways they are seeing God show up in their work and everyday lives. We hope you find inspiration in your own life and work. Support the show저자 Chris & Christina Roberts
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Discovering Your Untapped Potential: Embrace Your True Nature
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Welcome to another episode of Contemplative Living with David Bennett. In this episode, we delve into the concept of untapped potential that resides within each of us. Spirit once said, "Dance with the light of being. Know your potential is moving toward wholeness." Join us as we explore how to move towards wholeness by connecting with our true nat…
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Send us a text Today we learn wisdom from Ancient Chinese Medicine about the shortest season and how we might engage with it. Even though most of us follow a four- season calendar, we hope you find ways to contextualize this fifth season. Support the show저자 Chris & Christina Roberts
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Howard Thurman was the great behind-the-scenes spiritual leader of America’s civil rights movement. Martin Luther King was said to carry a copy of Thurman’s Jesus and the Disinherited with him for inspiration on each march. But Thurman starts by being among the great nature mystics in the Christian tradition. Why do you (like everyone) love nature …
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Send us a text There is something deeply spiritual about places and our orientation to particular places. Poets, photographers, and families remind us of their importance and meaning. Join us as we explore our relationship with place through a contemplative lens. Support the show저자 Chris & Christina Roberts
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The apostle Paul in First Corinthians 15 makes the argument that without the resurrection of Christ our faith is worthless. The resurrection is the basis our hope in this life and in the life to come that we affirm in our creeds and in every mass. (This podcast was originally posted on the YouTube channel "Virtue and Vise" Chris Ranly)…
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Episode 42: A Catholic Response to the New Apostolic Reformation
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The false teaching of the new apostolic reformation is anti-Catholic and should be recognized as cultic.
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Ep 190 Seeking Shalom in our Neighborhoods (With Justin Markofski.
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Send us a text Today non-profit community director, Justin Markofski, shares insights on what it means to love our neighbor as ourselves. He dives into the delight of deepening our love of God and how that overflows into the community around us. Support the show저자 Chris & Christina Roberts
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A 11-minute audio guided meditation with mindful breath awareness. The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, God’s mercies never come to an end. They are new every morning Great is Thy Faithfulness. All blessings as you pause with these profound verses. May they be new to you as you pray. Lissy Contemplative at Home offers guided meditative pray…
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Send us a text Today we talk about the speed of life. Join us as we explore a topic that comes up over and over again and has relevance for our daily living. Support the show저자 Chris & Christina Roberts
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A 25-minute audio guided meditation in Luke’s Gospel, Luke 10:38-42, using Imaginative Contemplation. “As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. But Martha was distracted by all the preparat…
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Send us a text Today we explore the idea of resource netting, a term first heard by the author Greg McKeown and then built upon by Martha Beck & poet, David Wythe. Join us as we look at our resource rich world and the contemplative invitations for us in it. Support the show저자 Chris & Christina Roberts
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Welcome back to another episode of Contemplative Living with David Bennett. This week, we delve into the profound concept of 'being' and explore our divine nature, our true essence. What does it mean to truly be? How can we uncover the authentic core of our existence amidst the chaos and distractions of everyday life? David shares insights on findi…
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Send us a text Today we explore various times in our lives when we face interruptions, both small and large. We discuss ways we’ve found helpful in reframing them. Support the show저자 Chris & Christina Roberts
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The Interior Castle: The First Dwelling: Lectio Divina
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A 19-minute audio guided meditation with text from Mirabai Starr’s translation of The Interior Castle. In this meditation I invite you to pray with the wisdom of St Teresa of Avila. Listening prayerfully to the text, you are invited to ask: How is the Lord speaking to me in these words? Teresa was given a picture of her inner self, her soul, as man…
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The Art of Giving Back: Illuminating Lives Through Generosity
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Welcome back to another episode of Contemplative Living! After a brief hiatus due to moving, David Bennett returns with his 200th episode, focusing on the profound topic of giving back. Join David as he explores how acts of generosity, whether big or small, can create ripples of kindness that transform lives and communities. In this episode, David …
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Send us a text Today we discuss some of the benefits and challenges of those who identify as Empaths. We also note people who do not identify that way but live, work or regularly relate to those who do and how we can learn and grow together. Support the show저자 Chris & Christina Roberts
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Episode 41: THE AUTHORITY CRISIS IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
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Like many Protestant denominations, the Catholic church faces a crisis of authority. The primary reason for this is postmodern thinking that places ultimate authority in the thinking of the individual and not in an institutional church. This thinking is hardly new since it manifested itself soon after creation.…
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Send us a text Join us as we reflect on the cyclical nature of life and the wisdom our seasons offer us. Support the show저자 Chris & Christina Roberts
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A 17-minute audio guided meditation in John’s Gospel, John 17:1-4, 10-11, 13, 23, 26, using Lectio Divina. In Jesus’ final prayer/teaching before he arrested, in John’s Gospel, there is both a summary and climax of the primary messages of John. These messages include: the intimacy or one-ness that exists between Jesus and the Father, the invitation…
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Send us a text Today we explore aspects of activating something new and reactivating former parts of our lives. Discover how these 2 aspects build off each other. Support the show저자 Chris & Christina Roberts
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Reflecting on Your Relationship With Christ: John 16:16-27: Guided Meditation
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An 18-minute audio guided meditation in John’s Gospel, John 16:16-27, with questions for reflection. This meditation takes on a slightly different pattern as we allow the text to open up questions for our spiritual journey. Firstly we see how Jesus prepares his disciples for his departure, for a radical shift in their relationship to him. All endur…
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Ep 183 Perspectives from Training: Interview with Linda Hershberger
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Send us a text Today we are joined by Linda Hershberger. Learn how empty nesting, relocation and a cancer diagnosis led her to seeking out training as a spiritual guide for others. Support the show저자 Chris & Christina Roberts
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A 21-minute audio guided meditation in John’s Gospel, John 16:7-13, using Lectio Divina. John 16:7-13 “Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you, but if I go, I will send him to you. 8 And when he comes, he will prove the world wrong about sin and righteous…
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Ep 182 Mindsets in Starting A Practice with Grace Schmelzer
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Send us a text Today we are joined by spiritual guide, Grace Schmelzer. Learn how a recent graduate (less than 2 years) has started her practice and mindsets faced along the way. Additional Resources: graceschmelzer1@gmail.com Support the show저자 Chris & Christina Roberts
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A 17-minute audio guided meditation in John’s Gospel, John 15:12-17, using Lectio Divina. In this meditation on John’s Gospel, I invite you to join me in taking a ‘long, loving look’ at a few verses of text, beholding the words as living, shimmering, life-giving containers which hold endless layers of wisdom, mystery, beauty and truth. Just for the…
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Send us a text Today we are joined by spiritual guidance trainer, Jo Giarrante. Together we explore what Jo has learned in her decades of spiritual guidance ministry and hear wisdom as it relates to her hopes for the future of this work. Support the show저자 Chris & Christina Roberts
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Imagining The Vine and The Branches: John 15:1-11: Imaginative Contemplation
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A 21-minute audio guided meditation in John’s Gospel, John 15:1-11, using Imaginative Contemplation. We continue our series in John 15 with an imaginative contemplation on the vine and branches, exploring the notion of abiding in God. Imaginative Contemplation invites us to see the scripture in new ways, to attend to it with different parts of our …
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Send us a text Today we are joined by spiritual guide and avid paddler, Becca Langhough. Learn how she combined her love for canoeing, spiritual direction and outdoor adventure. Additional Resources: becca55nb@gmail.com Support the show저자 Chris & Christina Roberts
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A 20-minute audio guided meditation in John’s Gospel, John 8:12-20, using Lectio Divina. “Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit.” “Abide in me.” “Abide in my love.” “I have said these things so that my joy may be in you, and your joy may be complete.” This meditation is in the second half of Jesus’ sermon on the vine and the branches.…
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I want to be happy. You want to be happy. But maybe our best pathway there comes by focusing instead on "living well.". MIT philosopher Kieran Setiya's book Life Is Hard helps Dave Schmelzer navigate those choices, with a particular look at how it applies when we feel like a failure or when we're hunting for meaning. Mentioned on this podcast: Kier…
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Send us a text Today we explore a modern contemplative, Brother Roger. Join us as we talk about the inspirational community in Taize, France and how it has captured the imagination of people around the world. Additional Resources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngA8BFbjrE0 Check out past episodes of exploring contemplative figures: The Contemplati…
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A 17-minute audio guided meditation in John’s Gospel, John 15:1-5, using Lectio Divina. There are so many layers for reflection in this well-known passage and I invite you to come to it fresh today, open to what nuggets of wisdom might be waiting for you in these images today. Abide in me, as I abide in you. Perhaps […] The post The Vine and The Br…
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A sermon about how God uses contemplative prayer to heal us of our stress and trauma.
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Welcome to another episode of Contemplative Living with David Bennett, where we explore contemplative thoughts to empower your life. This week, we delve into the profound journey of enlightenment. Discover why balancing the ego, rather than destroying it, is essential for spiritual growth. David shares personal insights and experiences, emphasizing…
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Ep 178 Contemplative Figures: Desert Fathers and Mothers
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Send us a text Today we talk about the Desert Fathers and Mothers from the 3rd-5th Centuries. Join us as we explore their values of hospitality, storytelling, and the spiritual landscape of the desert. Additional Resources Check out past episodes of exploring contemplative figures: The Contemplative Life, episodes 130-136 Support the show…
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A 23-minute audio guided meditation on the Gifts of Summer. The summer is a time of ripening and fullness, a time to allow the long, warm days to ripen the fruit of the labour of spring. To contemplate, according to Walter Burghardt SJ, is to “take a long, loving look at the real.” Summer, with its […] The post Meditation: The Gifts of Summer appea…
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