Our December episode looks at the complex version of the Advent season. Rick, Jenna, and Sandee are joined by Rick's wife, Laura, as she talks about walking with her daughter with special needs.

Chapters

00:00 Welcome
01:27 Sandee's Sphinxsteen
04:14 Theme of a Suffering Advent
07:27 Laura's Story of Lottie Joy
10:48 Complicated Hope & Surrender to Suffering
19:20 Stephanie Duncan Smith on Expansion
26:51 Joy in Integrating Reality and Idealism
30:33 Slowing Down, Breathing to Stay Available
34:53 The Potato Farmer
37:46 Humility as a Posture of Acceptance
42:48 Rick: In the Still of the Night
45:20 Wrap up

Jenna Brack shares her original poetry around the topic of surrender.  

Written format of Jenna's poems

Takeaways

Our October episode of Art+Heart features the original poetry of Sandee Finley as she gives us a glimpse into her processing of grief and loss. Sandee Finley is spent 25 years teaching English, Speech, and Drama in public, private, and homeschool settings. She has published essays in Fathom and is currently working on a collection of essays and poems called Running Routes. Sandee and her husband Greg live in Leawood, KS near their five adult children. Art+Heart is a special feature of the HeartStrong podcast. About every month, our host Rick Pierce along with friends Sandee Finley and Jenna Brack take a look or listen at some piece of art as means of celebrating the heart.