Everyday Spirituality

We have a new episode of Everyday Spirituality to help kick off your week! Jen Kohn is the owner of The Village Bookstore in Pleasantville, NY. She sits down with Debbie to discuss her favorite parts of running a local business, the beauty that can be found in a hardcover book, and the creativity she used in order to run a small business during the pandemic shut-down.

Tune into the episode below, and check out The Village Bookstore's website here! https://thevillagebookstore.net/

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"I think it's fulfilling to be part of the community in a different kind of way, and to provide people with the experience of talking about books." -Jen Kohn

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Everyday Spirituality is a podcast from connect.faith; which is a new worshiping community of the Presbyterian Church (USA) unbound by location coming together at the intersection of creativity, spirituality and justice.

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We have an inspiring episode of Everyday Spirituality to share! Nick Warnes joins us to discuss his creative process, the new direction he will be taking his writing in, and how he is doing publishing differently through his company, Cyclical, a faithfully innovative publishing company. We can't wait to share this episode with you! Check out Nick's latest release here, now available for pre-order: https://cyclicalpublishing.com/deconstructing-church-planting/ Nicholas Warnes is the Founder and Executive Director of Cyclical Inc. and Director of Cyclical LA in Los Angeles. Nick is also a recognized speaker on church planting, coach for New Worshiping Communities with the Presbyterian Church USA, on the advisory board for the Brehm Center and the Church Planting Program at Fuller Theological Seminary, and an adjunct professor at Fuller Theological Seminary.

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"My preconceived notion of authors was that you sit up in a place by yourself with a typewriter and type away... Once I figured out I could do this with friends, it was way better, and matched who I am as a human." -Nick Warnes

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Everyday Spirituality is a podcast from connect.faith; which is a new worshiping community of the Presbyterian Church (USA) unbound by location coming together at the intersection of creativity, spirituality and justice.

Learn more about connect.faith at our website - https://connect.faith

Donate to support our mission.

We're honored to have Kat Nemec join us on Everyday Spirituality next week! We have an exciting episode launching Monday, and we hope you will tune in. Kat will be discussing her creative journey and how she took up creating beautiful art and writing a blog during the pandemic.

Find Kat's writing on her blog: https://swooning.me

Find Kat's design work: https://www.studiokatinc.com

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"I don't believe in perfection... I like to say that I am a person who gets things done, because I'm really okay with getting it done at 80%. I don't really believe there is a 100%, because your 100% and my 100% are really different." —Kat Nemec

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Everyday Spirituality is a podcast from connect.faith; which is a new worshiping community of the Presbyterian Church (USA) unbound by location coming together at the intersection of creativity, spirituality and justice.

Learn more about connect.faith at our website - https://connect.faith

Donate to support our mission.

David Tullock owns and operates a small press publishing company called, "Parson's Porch & Company." Parson's Porch celebrates gratitude by turning books into bread, milk & haircuts! Parson's Porch never charges authors a dollar, and after 100 books are sold, a portion of Parson's Porch's profits are used to support people who do not have enough resources to live a peaceful life.

David's journey is profound and insightful and has inspired us to find more opportunities to celebrate gratitude.

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"My books, and the money from that, turns into milk and bread for the homeless. For me at least, it's the most perfective expression of my own personal faith that I could imagine." - David Tullock

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Everyday Spirituality is a podcast from connect.faith; which is a new worshiping community of the Presbyterian Church (USA) unbound by location coming together at the intersection of creativity, spirituality and justice.

Learn more about connect.faith at our website - https://connect.faith

Donate to support our mission.

In this episode of Everyday Spirituality, Debbie sat down with Katrina to discuss her creative journey, her artwork, and her work at the Kairos Center and for the Poor People's Campaign. Katrina is a New York based artist and illustrator who draws using ink, water-based paints and digital applications. Her inspiration is often derived from things I think I saw, or symbols that want to be reconfigured.

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"Your need for restoration and justice is tied up with mine--we are inextricably connected and the pain of others affects us. We can and do wall ourselves off from the suffering of other people, and the more privileged you are the more you can do that, but it's just an illusion because we are not actually seperate." -Katrina Zezza

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Everyday Spirituality is a podcast from connect.faith; which is a new worshiping community of the Presbyterian Church (USA) unbound by location coming together at the intersection of creativity, spirituality and justice.

Learn more about connect.faith at our website - https://connect.faith

Donate to support our mission.

Casey Carbone is the pastor at the First Presbyterian Church of Mahopac and an IT/Communications Facilitator with the Hudson River Presbytery. Casey and Debbie talked about creativity, spirituality, and non-traditional daily meditative practices.

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"I like a lot of different kinds of music, but I really have a heart for songs and artists that tell stories with their music. Both stories that are hopeful and stories are upbeat, but also ones that can be vulnerable and authentic." -Casey Carbone

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Everyday Spirituality is a podcast from connect.faith; which is a new worshiping community of the Presbyterian Church (USA) unbound by location coming together at the intersection of creativity, spirituality and justice. Learn more about connect.faith at our website - https://connect.faith

Donate to support our mission.

Kitty Ufford-Chase lives in Lowell Vermont, and was most recently Co-Director of Stony Point Conference Center with her husband Rick. She recently accepted a position with Sterling College whose mission is to advance ecological thinking and action through affordable experiential learning that prepares people to be knowledgeable, skilled, and responsible leaders in the communities in which they live.

Kitty talked with us about her Quaker roots and practices, and how they have helped her through this time of transition and discernment. She also shared her excitement about moving into a period of her life dedicated to being an Environmental Advocate.

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"I feel like in our society, something has to be turned on all the time. The one gift that I hope to impart to my kids is the ability to be comfortable in silence." -Kitty Ufford-Chase

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Everyday Spirituality is a podcast from connect.faith; which is a new worshiping community of the Presbyterian Church (USA) unbound by location coming together at the intersection of creativity, spirituality and justice.

Learn more about connect.faith at our website - https://connect.faith

Donate to support our mission.

Debbie and Tabreeca sit down to discuss Tabreeca's musical journey, her inspiration, and how she tapped into her creative side.

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Everyday Spirituality is a podcast from connect.faith; which is a new worshiping community of the Presbyterian Church (USA) unbound by location coming together at the intersection of creativity, spirituality and justice.

Learn more about connect.faith at our website - https://connect.faith

Donate to support our mission.

Tune in today for a special crossover episode of Everyday Spirituality and Generation Hope. Generation Hope host, Cali Bronkema, speaks with Bryan about her work as the Director of Children and Youth Ministry at First Presbyterian Church, her plans for the future, and where she sees hope in the world.

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"I tried to think of whose stories are not shared? Who's stories are underrepresented? How can I shed some light on those stories?" - Cali Bronkema

"I hope for more empathy. I feel like that is what could drive our society if we open ourselves up to it." -Cali Bronkema

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Everyday Spirituality is a podcast from connect.faith; which is a new worshiping community of the Presbyterian Church (USA) unbound by location coming together at the intersection of creativity, spirituality and justice.

Learn more about connect.faith at our website - https://connect.faith

Donate to support our mission.

This week's episode of Everyday Spirituality features BA Huffman, a singer, songwriter, conductor and music director. BA talks about his own life's journey around music, spiritual exploration, and life in the time of COVID.

He also shared some original music including, "Same Yolk Inside" and "Soften My Heart."

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"It's about being present. I spend a lot of time now being present to the moment, and recognizing the small little things that we just don't usually see. I do it on a nearly daily basis, at least 5 days a week, and I notice the difference when I haven't." -BA Huffman

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Find more about BA on his website: https://bahuffman.com

Everyday Spirituality is a podcast from connect.faith; which is a new worshiping community of the Presbyterian Church (USA) unbound by location coming together at the intersection of creativity, spirituality and justice.

Learn more about connect.faith at our website - https://connect.faith

Donate to support our mission.