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NEW ADVENT EBOOK: Four Weeks: Reflections for Advent

Rest is Resistance by Tricia Hersey

The Nap Ministry

Music: "Reflections" by Wild Wonder

In honor of the upcoming release of my new Advent ebook, Four Weeks: Reflections for Advent, I thought I'd take the time to talk a bit more about the books I've already published. This week I focus on the two books I've written that connect faith with pop culture, as well as my previous ebook.

Episode 61: All My Books, Part 1

Wonder and Whiskey: Insights on Faith from the Music of Dave Matthews Band

The Doctor and the Apostle: Intersections Between Doctor Who and the Letters of Paul

No Perfect Time: Brief Essays on Life and Faith

Music: "Reflections" by Wild Wonder

In honor of the upcoming release of my new Advent ebook, Four Weeks: Reflections for Advent, I thought I'd take the time to talk a bit more about the books I've already published. This week I focus on the two books I've written about spiritual practice.

Coffeehouse Contemplative: Spiritual Direction for the Everyday

Prayer in Motion: Connecting with God in Fidgety Times

Music: "Reflections" by Wild Wonder

This week's episode was almost a bad idea, but then I realized that and changed it. How do we spot a bad creative idea, and what makes it bad? I explore that while sharing a few bad ideas I've had over the years.

PRE-ORDER MY NEW ADVENT EBOOK: Four Weeks: Reflections for Advent

Music: "Reflections" by Wild Wonder

What do you do when some part of your life just...stops? It was a part of your meaning-making and helped form part of your identity, and now it's just not there any more? What are our options when we suddenly have to start over?

30 Days of Writing

My Month of Writing, Derailed

My books

My monthly newsletter

Music: "Reflections" by Wild Wonder

Remembering and giving thanks for the life of a recently departed mentor, the Rev. Richard Plant.

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When is an ending really an ending? What does it look like to measure our lives less by calendars and clocks and more by seasons? Changing our perception of the ebbs and flows of our lives may help us identify signs of change, both past and present.

Episode 52: Enjoy the Day

Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman

Managing Transitions by William Bridges and Susan Bridges

Music: "Reflections" by Wild Wonder

Sometimes we do everything as best we can when discerning a new venture, but once we begin we may still discover that it wasn't the right fit after all. What could cause this, and how might we react after?

Episode 55: Notes on Discernment

Episode 48: This, Too, Is a Lesson

Music: "Reflections" by Wild Wonder

So many things factor into a good and faithful process of discerning what we are called to do. Here are 8 factors (among others) that are important to consider when figuring out where we may be meant to go next.

Episode 54: Don't Say That

Finding Your Own North Star by Martha Beck

Coffeehouse Contemplative: Spiritual Direction for the Everyday

Jeremiah 20:7-12

Music: "Reflections" by Wild Wonder

When we consider trying something new, how often might we tell ourselves that we might be too young/old/inexperienced/quiet/outgoing/etc. to actually do it? We might be depriving ourselves by squashing our ambition before we start, or soon after we try. The story of Jeremiah's call helps give insight to moving past these initial statements.

Jeremiah 1:4-10

Music: "Reflections" by Wild Wonder