For many of us, the steady hum of worry feels ever present and hurry has become our default. 

Life circumstances and uncertainties, our own anxiety-bent thoughts, and the constant overwhelm of our news feeds have created a perfect storm for fear to distract us from God’s loving presence. 

As we begin season 2 of The Digital Examen, host Jay Y. Kim sets the tone for the journey ahead—thoughtful conversations with leaders and luminaries on God’s nearness in every aspect of life. 

In this first episode, Kim reflects on his personal journey of parenthood to illustrate the steady closeness and safety God offers his children. Though anxiety and hurry can so easily narrate our lives, God’s presence offers a profound alternative formation. Kim shares how life lived with God is the antidote for fear, and he invites us to notice and receive God’s fatherly love and grounding presence in our everyday.

This episode highlights the following themes:

• Reframing worry by recognizing God’s nearness
• Practical ways to meet with God through the Prayer of Examen
• Biblical insights into God’s love and presence

Links from this episode:

• Read the transcript here 
• Read The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence

God is present; do we notice him? As the world gets louder, listening to God’s voice becomes increasingly challenging. We are bombarded by the chaos of our feeds, by distractions both inside and out, and by the everyday cacophony that drowns out the calm of a life lived in close communion with God. In this season of The Digital Examen, pastor and author Jay Y. Kim guides us toward reorienting our lives so that we can notice God with the entirety of our beings—heart, soul, mind, strength—in both the mundane and majestic moments of everyday life. 

Learn more about The Digital Examen

Learn more about your host, Jay Y. Kim

Read Analog Church and Analog Christian by Jay Y. Kim

Listen to Meditations from The Digital Examen

Download a Guide to The Examen.

Links and Credits

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✅ Consulting Producer: Helen Lee

✅ Producers: Christine Pelliccio Melo and Travis Albritton

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✅ Social Media Managers: Allie Noble and Makayla Payne

✅ Podcast Art: Kate Lillard and Elsbette San Blas

✅ Theme Song: "For They Will Inherit the Earth" by Stephen Keech

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