Restful and soothing help to transform ignorance, grief, and fear so that we may rest and be encouraged in the middle of all of our thoughts and feelings, and the thoughts and feelings about those thoughts and feelings.

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Remnants of a setting sun, T.Kowalski

A common Mystery, T.Kowalski

Floating Hearts, J. Brynn

We're all Runners, C.Reever, N. Alsen

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More bedtime prayers from our sisters and brothers in New Zealand.  Read along at https://anglicanprayerbook.nz/167.html

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Reverse by silver maple

Sweet Hope by Megan Wofford

None Left David Celeste

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Find comfort in a Hebrew Scripture story of God's providence during a national nightmare.  Check out part one as we discuss the book of Daniel.

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Secrets of the Earth by Lama House

Meridian Sun by Daniel Keade

Nadi by Gavin Luke

Skydive by Killrude

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Compline is prayer before sleep at the end of the day.  In this episode, I relive my love of AM radio and remember how comforting music, prayers, and storytelling provided hope in troubling times. May you sleep in peace!

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Amazing Grace performed by Sven Karlsson

Theme for Lona by Jonah Aardekeer

Halcyon Dream by Ookean

Compline prayers read from the 1979 Book of Common Prayer

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Whether it be the two-party system, on/off switches, or day/nights we are likely to think that there are only two ways to see things.  This makes life more difficult than it needs to be. 

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The tree of life is a very popular image among a wide range of religious thought.  In this episode, we dive into Roman history, the wild ending of the Book of Revelation and consider what trees can teach us about shame, violence, peace, and abundance.

* credit to Amy Meverden, and her dissertation The Tree of Life and the Grasp for Power, which greatly inspired and informed this episode.

Using the slumber and waking metaphors in the readings from Advent 1, we sit and reflect on the call to awaken to a new life in the world.

Jonathan Keyser is the founder of KEYSER, a leading commercial real estate firm in Arizona, where he is also a community and professional leader.  His new book, You Don't Have to Be Ruthless to Win, tells the story of his transformation from having a work ethic of ruthless deal-making to one of selfless service.  There is some wisdom for all walks of life in his life story. Get his new book at www.ruthlessbook.com

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How can we keep our sanity in the middle of the conflicts about things we care about?

In this episode, models of conflict, Jesus and conflict, conflict theory, and a recent case in point.

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Meadow Sandoval, my soon to be Junior in High School, has been spending her summer working on her AP Literature reading list which includes several Bible passages.  Now she has some questions! Meadow joins the podcast to discuss her questions from her reading. 

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