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In this first episode of Season 3, you'll pray imaginatively through Psalm 23 as we journey together through the shadows. Shadowy times are familiar to all of us. These are times when, perhaps, we feel death is near. Times of loss, lament, sickness. Perhaps, like me, you or a loved one have encountered the shadow of cancer. In the shadows we find we are never, ever alone.

Today, we'll pray imaginatively through a version of Psalm 23 from Psalms for Praying by Nan Merrill. Engage all your senses to place yourself in the scripture. What do you see, feel, experience? How is Jesus with you today, even in the shadows?

Are you looking for a safe space to experience a transformational encounter with God? Join me at www.susancarson.net.

How we see God is how we see everything. In this episode, we wrap Season 2 with Gem and Alan Fadling, and a conversation on the way of unhurried living. This episode feels a little bit like a spa to me, an invitation to an internal slowing that restores your soul. How does your view of God affect your ability to live in an unhurried rhythm rooted in grace and rest? A beautiful guided meditation on Psalm 23 opens the way for you to re-image God as your good shepherd.

Gem and Alan are leadership coaches, spiritual directors, authors, podcasters and speakers. You can connect with them, sign up to receive weekly inspiration, and find their books and podcasts at unhurriedliving.com.

Are you looking for a safe space to experience a transformational encounter with God? Join me at www.susancarson.net.

In this second half of Season 2, I'm bringing you a series on healing our image of God. Because how we see God is how we see everything. In this episode, I'm joined by the delightful Jonathan Puddle, author of You Are Enough and host of the Puddcast (one of my faves). In this very honest (and fun) conversation, we share our journeys of deconstructing and reforming our images of God. Then I get to lead Jonathan and you in a practice to illuminate the differences in how we image Father and Jesus. Turns out, it's a big deal.

Watch the full interview on my YouTube channel. And if you haven't watched Jonathan's first episode with me, check out the Zoomcast with Jonathan Puddle: Learning to Love Ourselves the Way God Loves Us. The practice he shares is beautiful!

Are you looking for a safe space to experience a transformational encounter with God? Join me at www.susancarson.net.

In this second half of Season 2, I'm bringing you a series on healing our image of God. How we see God is how we see everything. In this episode, I'm joined by Felicia Murrell, author of Truth Encounters. She shares how a broken image of God hindered her ability to fully receive God's love. Spoiler alert, both Felicia and I had help reimaging God from Paul Young's novel The Shack. Plus she leads us in a practice of guided inquiry that heals and restores. You're going to want to follow her on Facebook because her posts are honest, deep and meaningful.

Are you looking for a safe space to experience a transformational encounter with God? Join me at www.susancarson.net.

How we see God is how we see everything. In this second half of Season 2, I'm bringing you a series on healing our image of God. In this episode, theologian and author Bradley Jersak joins me to talk about how you form a more Christlike image of God through Scripture and encounter. With lightness and humor, Bradley encourages you to see the connection between theology and experience. Then, he walks you through a deeply transformational experience of beholding God, using me as his example. You guys, it made me cry right on camera! (No, I was not expecting that.)

Are you looking for a safe space to experience a transformational encounter with God? Join me at www.susancarson.net. Find Bradley's books and resources at www.bradjersak.com.

How we see God is how we see everything. Does that sound like an overstatement? Maybe. But I've come to believe it's true.

We're changing things up in the second half of Season 2 to bring you a series on healing our image of God. In this episode, spiritual directors (and super awesome people!) Dave and Beth Booram of fallcreekabbey.org. join me to talk about how your image of God is formed and why it matters. Then, they lead you through a powerful reflective exercise to identify how your image of God may be shaped by something other than love. How do you experience God experiencing you? This may be one of the most important questions you can explore as you seek to heal your image of God.

Are you looking for a safe space to experience a transformational encounter with God? Join me at www.susancarson.net.

Shame lies to you about who you are. It is a relentless abuser, telling you you're not fully loved by God. In this imaginative prayer experience from John 21, you'll engage all your senses to meet Jesus and Peter at the beach. As Jesus walks with Peter back to the scene of his betrayal, shame dissolves as love and grace break in. With Peter, you'll experience the healing work of love and the reminder of true self. Replay the podcast and return to this place on the beach with Jesus again and again. The story becomes richer with repetition.

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Socrates said, "The unexamined life is not worth living." St. Ignatius of Loyola agreed, but probably for different reasons. Today's exercise is a Prayer of Examen, one of the pillars of Ignatian spirituality. Examen invites you to intentionally notice the moments when you are living in love and when you are not. (Every day is full of both for me.)

When you take silent time each day to reflect on these moments in the light of God's love, you will grow in both gratitude and repentance. Drink in this exercise today – and go back to it again if you find it helpful. It's a powerful tool to help you live more fully rooted and grounded in God's love. How is God inviting you to turn toward grace today?

Join the rooted community at susancarson.net. Find Susan's book there. You can also work with Susan as your personal spiritual coach or invite her to speak or teach at your next event, blog or podcast.

As you go through life, you are constantly getting messages that more, bigger and faster are better. Perhaps even signs of God's love and approval. Jesus shows us another way. In this episode, Susan leads you in a practice centered on the self-emptying way of Jesus. As you contemplate the cross of Christ and meditate on the words of Philippians 2: 5-11 during this season of Lent, you'll encounter the transforming glory of Jesus. What if the way to freedom isn't more? What if it's less?

Join the rooted community at susancarson.net. Find Susan's book there. You can also work with Susan as your personal spiritual coach or invite her to speak or teach at your next event, blog or podcast.

Life is loud. Chaotic. Stressful. How do we move through the noise to be still and know God? In this extended episode, Susan is joined by Matt Tebbe, a pastor, communicator and co-founder of Gravity Leadership. To normalize the practice of silence, Matt models practical tools you can use to move into and experience quiet. In the stillness of silence, you'll find a new pathway to know God and your true self. Connect with Matt and learn more about Gravity Leadership at gravityleadership.com.

Join the rooted community at susancarson.net. Find Susan's book there. You can also work with Susan as your personal spiritual coach or invite her to speak or teach at your next event, blog or podcast.