The Slow Work with Sandra McCracken

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What's The Slow Work with Sandra McCracken about?

The Slow Work is a new podcast connecting the creative process and spirituality. Join songwriter and host Sandra McCracken along with a talented array of guests as they explore the pursuit of beauty, grace, and justice in their lives and work.

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The Slow Work with Sandra McCracken episodes:

06.20.2023
Intricate Melodies, Infinite Grace with John Patitucci
Bassist John Patitucci retraces his life through faith and Fenders. For show notes and more, click here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
06.14.2023
Music Outside the Music Industry with JJ and Dave Heller
Once upon a time there was a music industry without streaming music. Songwriting duo JJ and Dave Heller remember this day well. They once had sixty thousand of JJ’s CDs in their garage to prove it. This week on The Slow...
06.06.2023
The Love That Holds All Things Together with Justin McRoberts
Most of us move at a frantic pace with little time for intentional rest. As author and artist Justin McRoberts works to balance his work and creative life with his spiritual and family life, he understands this pull toward frenetic...
06.01.2023
The Way You Become a Writer with Bret Lott
Author Bret Lott once held five majors in college; but he quit halfway through and learned the discipline of writing by pounding pavement as an RC Cola salesman. It is, perhaps, this salt of the earth quality that makes his...
05.16.2023
Winning the Dave Barnes Lottery
Dave Barnes has been a Nashville fixture for more than 20 years now, and he’s still writing melodies that are new and creative. How does he keep doing it year after year? For Dave, it's pretty simple: respect the past...
04.18.2023
The Year of Jubilee with Cindy Morgan
Growing up as mountain folk in East Tennessee, two-time GRAMMY nominee and 13 time Dove award winner Cindy Morgan, learned to write and play music with its roots in gospel. Today, Cindy’s writing is arriving at fans in a new...
02.28.2023
Bonus Episode: Slow Me Down
This week we wanted to share a new song that Sandra recorded with her friends at The Porter's Gate. Slow Me Down songwriters: Leslie Joran, Sandra McCracken, Matthew Kaemingk, Wendell Kimbrough, Kate Bluett. Special thanks to Isaac Wardell. Be sure to subscribe and...
02.14.2023
Life Beyond Scarcity with Jen Seger
Who serves the servers? As it turns out, very few do. In the midst of serving others, those working in the hospitality industry -- waitresses, maids, line cooks and hotel front desk attendants -- often struggle to make ends meet....
02.07.2023
Sinners and Saints and Sacks of Meat with Mike Cosper
In a culture of loneliness, charisma and freewheeling rootlessness seduce with empty promises. We are all looking for meaning, but few stop long enough to consider where it might be found in rich supply. In this week’s episode, host Sandra McCracken...
01.31.2023
Running on Empty with David Ramirez
The pandemic changed how all creatives produced and marketed their work, but as restrictions have lifted many are holding onto the lessons learned from that season of limitations. Whether it’s saying “no” to technological advances in favor of stripped down...
01.05.2023
Untying Knots with Colleen Ramser
Trauma may be a buzzword today, but it’s no simple concept to untangle. For many who experience abuse or trauma at the hands of church leaders, their pain becomes the breeding ground for doubt, deconstruction, and despair. Thankfully, God’s Spirit...
01.05.2023
Can I Get a Witness? with Sara Groves
Singer-songwriter Sara Groves knows a thing or two about storytelling. However, in the experience of these recent years, Sara realized she still had much to learn about the narratives that shape us. In this episode of The Slow Work, host Sandra...
01.05.2023
The Beautiful Mending with Mako and Haejin Shim Fujimura
In this first episode of The Slow Work, host Sandra McCracken sits down with husband and wife team, Makoto and Haejin Shim Fujimura, to discuss commitment, kintsugi, and creative justice. Learn how a unique marital commitment has focused the Fujimuras’...
01.03.2023
Preview: The Slow Work
We are all creatives at heart, no matter what career or calling we find ourselves in. Inspiration can happen in a second, but the work of creativity only happens when we are patient enough to stay with it. It takes grit to...
12.16.2022
Trailer: The Slow Work
The Slow Work is a podcast connecting the creative process and spirituality. Join songwriter and host Sandra McCracken along with a talented array of guests as they explore the pursuit of beauty, grace and justice. Launching January 5, 2023. Subscribe...
06.18.2021
Bob Goff
This finale episode of Steadfast season two features Bob Goff and latest book Dream Big. Bob is a best-selling author, storyteller, speaker, coach, and lawyer. Through this book and in his own life, Goff draws upon our ability to be...
06.04.2021
Curt Thompson
Dr. Curt Thompson is a therapist, speaker, and the author of The Anatomy of the Soul and The Soul of Shame. As a psychiatrist, Curt’s work in recent years has helped others develop authentic relationships through interpersonal neurobiology and the...
05.21.2021
David Kim and Amilee Watkins
Goldenwood, a ministry that seeks to cultivate a new vision of faith and work, is the creation of Dr. David Kim and Amilee Watkins. Goldenwood offers quarterly reflective retreats, daily practice, and listening prayer exercises in community. Kim and Watkins...
05.07.2021
Mark and Anne Marie Canlis
One of the areas hardest-hit by COVID was the restaurant industry. This episode features a conversation with Mark Canlis, whose family restaurant has been a longtime favorite in Seattle. In order to survive, Canlis tried many different creative solutions over...
04.23.2021
Matthew Perryman Jones
This season has been a difficult one for many, and particularly those who make their living in and around music and performance. Matthew Perryman Jones has been writing songs for over twenty years and this season of slow taught him...
04.09.2021
Andi Ashworth
When the pandemic began last year, there was no way to predict how profoundly it would affect all of us. This episode touches on some of the most difficult moments of a quarantined reality as Sandra talks to her dear...
03.26.2021
Jay and Katherine Wolf
Season two of Steadfast will center on patience and endurance, themes Sandra painstakingly experienced and highlighted in her newest record Patient Kingdom.Jay and Catherine Wolf’s calling is to encourage families through difficult seasons of suffering. This work began in 2007...
03.19.2021
Season Two Trailer: Patience
Steadfast is back with a new season of conversations between Sandra and writers, artists, thinkers, and friends reflecting together on the idea of patience. Tune in to the trailer for a glimpse of what's ahead, and subscribe today so you don't...
11.15.2017
Cason Cooley
For the last episode of Steadfast season one, Sandra sits down in Nashville with producer and longtime friend Cason Cooley to talk about their experiences in recording music and how God's steadfastness shows up in the process. Steadfast is a production...
11.01.2017
Liz Vice
Liz Vice is a Gospel, Soul, and R&B artist, best known for her 2015 release "There's a Light." Sandra and Liz talk about what's shared in suffering and rest, how God uses the gifts He gives us, and supporting people...
10.18.2017
Peter Harris
Peter Harris and his wife Miranda are the founders of A Rocha International–a Christian organization engaging communities in nature conservation. Peter and Sandra talk about environmental work by Christians as faithfulness, the need for slowness, and the implications of the...
10.04.2017
Kevin Finch
Kevin Finch is the founder of The Big Table–a ministry serving people in the food industry. He's the nephew of Eugene Peterson and comes from a long line of pastors. In this episode we talk about what it means to...
09.20.2017
James and Deanna Smith
James KA Smith is the author of many books, most recently "You Are What You Love." On today's podcast, James and his wife Deanna sit down with Sandra to talk about going home again, wine Wednesdays, friendship, and more. A production...
09.06.2017
Steve Garber
On our first episode, Sandra sits down with teacher and writer Steve Garber. Steve has spent much of his life thinking about faith and vocation, and their conversation covers the nature of calling, the numbness of our culture, and the...
07.24.2017
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What's The Slow Work with Sandra McCracken about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

The Slow Work with Sandra McCracken episodes:

Intricate Melodies, Infinite Grace with John Patitucci

Music Outside the Music Industry with JJ and Dave Heller

The Love That Holds All Things Together with Justin McRoberts

The Way You Become a Writer with Bret Lott

Winning the Dave Barnes Lottery

The Year of Jubilee with Cindy Morgan

Bonus Episode: Slow Me Down

Life Beyond Scarcity with Jen Seger

Sinners and Saints and Sacks of Meat with Mike Cosper

Running on Empty with David Ramirez

Untying Knots with Colleen Ramser

Can I Get a Witness? with Sara Groves

The Beautiful Mending with Mako and Haejin Shim Fujimura

Preview: The Slow Work

Trailer: The Slow Work

Bob Goff

Curt Thompson

David Kim and Amilee Watkins

Mark and Anne Marie Canlis

Matthew Perryman Jones

Andi Ashworth

Jay and Katherine Wolf

Season Two Trailer: Patience

Cason Cooley

Liz Vice

Peter Harris

Kevin Finch

James and Deanna Smith

Steve Garber

Steadfast Podcast Preview