Sometimes, the absence of God is a still, in some ways, a felt presence. In this week's prayer episode, Rachel offers a prayer that helps center our attention, even in the midst of God's felt absence.

Continuing our interviews with LIDE community partners, Joel has a conversation with Bill Holston, the executive director of Human Rights Initiative. To find out more information about HRI, you can visit their website at https://hrionline.org/.

Rachel continues the "Revolution of Gratitude" sermon series with a reflection on our common humanity, the blessings we all share, and the blessings that are unique to each of us.

This week, Rachel's guided prayer is an imaginative prayer that invites us to see where God meets us at the intersection of nature and our imagination.

Over the next few months, Chris, Gina, and Joel will be doing interviews with some LIDE community partners. This first interview is between Chris and Janie Bordner with New Horizons of North Texas.

If you'd like more information about New Horizons, you can visit their website: https://newhorizonsofntx.org/.

You can also go to the LIDE Community Partner page to see how you can help them or some of our other partners as well: https://www.lifeindeepellum.com/partnersupport/

LIDE starts its new series this week called "A Revolution of Gratitude." Today, Joel reflects on the idea that everyone has something to teach us -- enemies, truth-tellers, and those who reveal to us our own flaws and shortcomings.

This week, Rachel offers a prayer to help guide us into a deeper spiritual awareness.

For the final interview of the Hispanic Heritage Month series on the podcast, Joel interviews Beto Moreno. Beto has been a long-time member of LIDE, leads worship for the faith community, and grew up in Mexico.

To wrap up the series on Ecclesiastes, Rachel offers five vignettes that reflect on the major themes of Ecclesiastes.

This week, Rachel offers us a contemplative prayer that explores the idea that we are not and cannot be self-sufficient.