What’s the difference between solitude and isolation? How can solitude actually help us be more present with others? What difference does solitude make in your spiritual life? All this and more as Adaobi and JD explore the spiritual discipline of solitude.

Show notes: 

Pacem in Terris: Hermitage north of Minneapolis where you can try a silent retreat 

Personal Spiritual Retreat Guide: 3-5 Hours alone with God, a Guide designed by Pastor Stephanie O'Brien (future pod guest) 

Paker Palmer: various works 

Sunday North City had the special privilege of joining with 3 other Covenant Churches to hold a combined multi-cultural service at Brookdale Covenant Church. It was an amazing testament to the beauty of the church and the kingdom of God. 

Pastor Hector Reyes preached the sermon which is the substance of this podcast episode (in Spanish with a translator). 

Rest On Us - UPPERROOM

Surrounded (This Is How I Fight My Battles) - UPPERROOM

To The One - UPPERROOM

Worthy of It All + All Of The Glory - UPPERROOM

“Simplicity is the only thing that sufficiently reorients our lives so that possessions can be genuinely enjoyed without destroying us.”

What is the discipline of simplicity in Christian spiritual formation? How can and change and affect our lives. Join Adaobi and JD as they discuss simplicity and how it helps us fight against the temptations of power, success, and popularity to embrace the kingdom of God first.

Can Jesus relate to us?  Adaobi addresses this question and poses a couple of questions to take us deeper to gain more understanding on the difference Jesus makes.

Why study? How do we actually pursue God through Study? 

Join Adaobi & JD as they explore the spiritual discipline of study. Hear how study has shaped their lives, and how you can get started if studying scripture is something you’ve wanted to start or jumpstart in your relationship with God.

Nothing I Hold Onto - United Pursuit

Great Are You Lord - All Sons & Daughters

Build My Life - Pat Barrett

You Deserve It All - Josh Baldwin

Have you ever missed the moment? This year has "been a moment", a tough one, a disruption in our lives. But sometimes disruptions in our lives can have the potential for the most positive transformation. Listen in as Pastor JD explores how if we don't want to "miss the moments" in our lives, we need to create space to meet God in those moments.

What if you spent your life building a life you never stopped to enjoy? Would you really be living? God wants something better for you, its called sabbath. 

Join Pastor CA and JD as they explore the practice of sabbath and how it can transform your life. Sabbath as enjoyment, sabbath as resistance, sabbath as awareness. 

Resources:

Sabbath as Resistance - Walter Brugggemann

Celebration of Discipline - Richard foster (Fasting Chapter)

The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry - John Mark Comer 

In the Name of Jesus - Henri Nouwen

Emotionally Healthy Day-by-Day: Peter Scazzero

Late-night taco bell runs.... Dreams of deliverance... Fasting. Join Adaobi and JD as they tell stories of what fasting has looked like in there lives, and talk about how its a forgotten spiritual discipline that can have tremendous power in our lives. Oh and they do a bunch of laughing along the way :) 

Resources: 

Celebration of Discipline - Richard foster (Fasting Chapter) 

The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry - John Mark Comer 

In the Name of Jesus - Henri Nouwen 

Emotionally Healthy Day-by-Day: Peter Scazzero