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Learning From Silence

  • Post published:March 14, 2025
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In 1990, as towering flames closed in around his California home, author Pico Iyer picked up his mother’s cat and ran to the car, hoping to escape the raging wildfire.…

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Read more about the article S8 E13 | What Solitude Gives Us After Catastrophe with Pico Iyer

S8 E13 | What Solitude Gives Us After Catastrophe with Pico Iyer

  • Post published:March 11, 2025
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Apple YouTube Spotify More! What happens when we step away from the noise of daily life and into silence? Author Pico Iyer joins Amy Julia Becker to explore the themes…

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It’s Worth Seeking After Truth

  • Post published:March 1, 2025
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Have you listened recently to the 1970s song Imagine by John Lennon? New York Times columnist Ross Douthat was on my podcast this week, and he brought up the song…

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Read more about the article S8 E11 | Why Religion Still Matters with Ross Douthat

S8 E11 | Why Religion Still Matters with Ross Douthat

  • Post published:February 25, 2025
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Apple YouTube Spotify More!  In the work of reimagining, religion can play a significant part. What does it mean to be human? Does God exist? Is the universe good? Is…

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Read more about the article S8 E1 | Narrow Path, Spacious Life with Rich Villodas

S8 E1 | Narrow Path, Spacious Life with Rich Villodas

  • Post published:September 10, 2024
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Apple YouTube Spotify More! The ways we have envisioned success—whether it’s more wealth, social media followers, recognition, or power—might actually lead us away from an abundant, spacious life. Pastor Rich…

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Read more about the article S7 E15 | Bringing Politics Under the Power of Love with Michael Wear

S7 E15 | Bringing Politics Under the Power of Love with Michael Wear

  • Post published:April 30, 2024
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Apple YouTube Spotify More!  We are heading into another contentious Presidential election. For people of faith, for people who care about character and gentleness and values, for people who are…

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Reimagining Lent

  • Post published:February 14, 2024
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Today is the first day of Lent, the church season of preparation for Easter. It’s a good time to reconsider this faith. For me this year, that means I’m reading…

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Read more about the article S7 E8 | The Gifts of an Evolving Faith with Sarah Bessey

S7 E8 | The Gifts of an Evolving Faith with Sarah Bessey

  • Post published:February 6, 2024
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Apple YouTube Spotify More! Is faith something that should always stay the same? Or is it something that evolves by necessity? Sarah Bessey, author of Field Notes for the Wilderness,…

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Christianity Today: God Teaches Me Through My Daughter with Down Syndrome

  • Post published:November 29, 2023
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Adults with intellectual disabilities can have robust spiritual lives. Are we learning from them? Every Sunday afternoon, my daughter and I join a Zoom call with her friend and her…

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Awakened Attention and Achievement Attention

  • Post published:May 3, 2023
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It’s getting harder for me to set goals.  I used to look ahead and plot out the course for how to achieve the next big thing, whether that was running…

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