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- e4//Making (And Unmaking) the Bed
On this episode of the podcast, I talk about attachment and belonging through the metaphor or making (and unmaking and remaking) our bed. Much thanks to Dr. Renita Weems for the illustration of making the bed, as quoted in Barbara Peacock’s book Soul Care In African-American Practice. (p. 78)
The content of this episode is inspired by Chapter 2 in my new book The Gift of Restlessness: A Spirituality for Unsettled Seasons. You can pre-order the book and then get some pre-order freebies here.
Music by Robert Ebbens
Artwork by Broadleaf Books28 min - E3//Absurd Forgiveness with Sean Palmer
In this episode, we talk with Sean Palmer about the Enneagram, forgiveness, and what it really looks like to live with a posture of forgiveness everyday.
Sean Palmer is the author of Speaking by the Numbers: Enneagram Wisdom for Teachers, Pastors, and Communicators(IVP 2022); 40 Days on Being a Three (Enneagram Daily Reflections), and Unarmed Empire (Cascade 2017). He is also the Teaching Pastor at Ecclesia Houston, one of America’s most innovative and vibrant multi-site churches, serving a predominance of Millennials and young adults.
Sean is a frequent guest on a range of podcasts and has been featured on National Public Radio. Sean is also a speaking and preaching coach, helping speakers conquer self-doubt, lack of clarity, and listener boredom through the craft of storytelling.
Sean and his wife, Rochelle, have been married for over 24-years and live in Houston, TX with their two teenage daughters.
Our conversation comes from content in the upcoming book, The Gift of Restlessness: A Spirituality For Unsettled Seasons. Pre-ordering is NOW available as are gifts for all pre-order customers - you can find more information here.
Music by Robert Ebbens
Artwork by Broadleaf Books57 min - E2//Calling and Purpose With Justin McRoberts
Fair warning: this conversation will challenge what you know and believe about calling, vocation, and doing “what you love.”
In this podcast, we talk to musician, author, and coach Justin McRoberts about the question “What am I here for?” We talk about the restlessness that comes with searching out your purpose, and how sometimes leaving the thing you are “called” to will make you better for the Kingdom as a whole.
Justin McRoberts is the author of 6 books, including his most recent book, "Sacred Strides: The Journey To Belovedness Through Work and Rest.” He also coaches artists and ministers. Justin lives in Martinez, CA where he can often be found playing music with his 12yo son or wrestling with his 5yo daughter.
http://justinmcroberts.com
The book that started this conversation, The Gift of Restlessness: A Spirituality For Unsettled Seasons is currently available for PRE-ORDER. If you pre-order, I have some wonderful free stuff for you! You can find more information about pre-ordering and the free stuff here.
Podcast Music by Robert Ebbens
Artwork Courtesy of Broadleaf Books51 min - E 1 //New Conversations for restless Folks
n this the first episode of a brand new podcast, I talk about where the book The Gift of Restlessness: A Spirituality For Unsettled Seasons came from and why I believe it is key to the transformation story of every human (spiritual) being on earth.
The book is currently available for PRE-ORDER and if you do that (or have already done it) you can sign up for some free stuff here.
Music for the podcast is provided by Robert Ebbens, whom you can hear more of here.
15 min - Episode 406 // Lisa Colón Delay on Exploring the Wild Land WithinIn this episode we talk with author, podcaster, and spiritual companion Lisa Colón Delay about her book The Wild Land Within: Cultivating Wholeness through Spiritual Practice. Lisa shares how spiritual practices introduce us to places - and voices - that are often ignored but are so critical to our spiritual journey.Lisa Colón Delay is a teacher, spiritual director, and host of Spark My Muse, a top-rated religion and spirituality podcast. Originally from Puerto Rico, DeLay has an MA in spiritual formation and has taughtin many settings, from graduate schools to workshops. Her work has appeared in several anthologies and in dozens of places in print and online, and she offers spiritual companioning and retreats. DeLay lives with her family outside Philadelphia.Music by Robert EbbensArt by Eric Wright/Metamora Design0 min
- Episode 405 // Lore Ferguson Wilbert On The Sacredness of TouchAfter a bit of a break, this week offers a powerful conversation with author Lore Ferguson Wilbert. We talk about intimacy, vulnerability, and community and the way each connects to the simple act of touch. Her book Handle With Care: How Jesus Redeems the Power of Touch In Life and Ministry includes Lore’s personal experiences with appropriate and inappropriate touch, and how that act intersects with God’s creative touch and Jesus’ healing touch.Lore Ferguson Wilbert is a writer, thinker, learner, and author of the book, Handle With Care. She writes for She Reads Truth, Christianity Today, and more, as well as her own site, Sayable.net. You can find her on Twitter and Instagram @lorewilbert. She lives in New York and has a husband named Nate, a puppy named Harper Nelle, and too many books to read in one lifetime.We also talked about Andy Crouch’s book, Strong and Weak: Embracing a Life of Love, Risk, and True Flourishing. You can find his “Four Quadrants” that we talked about in a review by Hearts and Minds Books here.Music by Robert EbbensArtwork by Eric Wright/Metamora Design47 min
- Episode 404 // Stina Kielsmeier-Cook on Mixed-Faith Marriage and Spiritual SinglenessThis week we talk with Stina Kielsmeier-Cook about deconstruction and de-conversion within her own marriage. In her recent book, Blessed Are the Nones: Mixed-Faith Marriage And My Search for Spiritual Community, she talks about her husband’s movement out of Christianity and her movement towards Benedictine and Salesian spirituality as well as what she calls “spiritual singleness.” Stina’s honesty, transparency, and insight are helpful in understanding just how challenging relationships and faith can be - and how beautiful as well.Stina Kielsmeier-Cook is a writer from the cold north where she raises kids, maxes out her library card, and is usually late for church. A former housing advocate for refugees, Stina loves to talk about public policy, parenting, and her neighborhood in Minneapolis. She works as Director of Communications at the Collegeville Institute, where she is also the managing editor of Bearings Online. Stina has a graduate diploma in Forced Migration and Refugee Studies from the American University in Cairo, and a B.A. in Political Science from Wheaton College.Connect with Stina on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook. You can check out her website here.Music by Robert EbbensArtwork by Eric Wright/Metamora Design51 min
- Episode 403 // Padraig O'Tuama On Faith And Poetry In Seasons of GriefThis week we welcome a RETURNING guest! Padraig O’Tuama, award-winning poet and current Theologian in Residence for On Being, joins the podcast to “trade” poems with Casey Tygrett. This week’s format is a bit different and follows the flow of Padraig’s own podcast, Poetry Unbound. The poems shared in this week’s episode are intended to help us all understand how poetry and faith fit together, and how times like grieving the loss of a beloved friend or moving through a pandemic are ripe moments for poetry to do its best work.Pádraig Ó Tuama’s work centres around themes of language, power, conflict and religion. Working fluently on the page and with groups of people, Pádraig is a skilled speaker, teacher and group worker. His work has won acclaim in circles of poetry, politics, religion, psychotherapy and conflict analysis.Poems featured or forthcoming in the following publications or platforms: Poetry Ireland Review, Academy of American Poets, Harvard Review, Post Road, Raidio Teilifís Éireann’s Poem of the Week, Cream City Review, Holden Village Voice, Proximity Magazine, On Being, Gutter, Dumbo Feather, America, and Seminary Ridge Review. Interviews in Orion, Dumbo Feather, Eco Theo Review, Marginalia Review of Books and more.You can find out more about Padraig’s poetry on his website.Music by Robert EbbensArtwork by Eric Wright/Metamora Design55 min
- Episode 402 // Charlotte Donlon Talks About the Great BelongingThis week we talk to author and spiritual director Charlotte Donlon about the uniqueness of one very familiar word: belong. We talk about loneliness and finding spiritual community as we engage with her recent book The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us To Each Other. Charlotte’s honesty about her journey with bipolar disorder as well as her and her husband’s journey to find spiritual community provide an important starting point for what it means to belong in all aspects of life.Charlotte is a writer, certified spiritual director, and podcast host. She holds an MFA in creative writing from Seattle Pacific University where she studied creative nonfiction. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, The Christian Century, Christianity Today, Catapult, The Millions, Mockingbird, and elsewhere. The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other is her first book. Learn more about Charlotte, her writing, and her work here.Music by Robert EbbensArtwork by Eric Wright/Metamora Design59 min
- Episode 401 // Kaitlyn Schiess - Politics, Spiritual Formation, and Our True LovesThis week we talk with author Kaitlyn Schiess on the way that politics flow out of our spiritual formation and vice versa. This conversation is critical in light of the political climate we live in and the overlap between our faith and the partisan divides all around us. We talk about ordering our loves, finding the power of liturgy, and learning how to live by Genesis 1 (rather than Genesis 3) in our politics.Kaitlyn Schiess is a staff writer at Christ and Pop Culture. Her writing has also appeared at Christianity Today, Relevant, and Fathom Magazine. She lives in Dallas, Texas. We talked about her recent book: The Liturgy of Politics: Spiritual Formation for the Sake of Our Neighbor.You can find out more about Kaitlyn on her website.*NEW Music by Robert Ebbens. Check out his new single “Love Goes On”Artwork: Eric Wright/Metamora Design53 min
About Restlessness is a Gift
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Restlessness is one of the most common human experiences - so how do we find the Divine in the middle of these irritated, unsettled seasons. Join author and spiritual director Casey Tygrett for…
various conversations on that very topic.