The Presence Project Podcast

Show Notes for Episode 66 with Alan Fadling:

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Buy Steve Macchia's accessible book on Rule of Life: Crafting a Rule of Life HERE.

Get Margaret Silf's book Inner Compass with chapters on Holy Desire HERE.

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What if we were invited to savor the holidays, the moments of delight we initiated as well as the unforeseen joys, all as gifts from our Emmanuel?

For many, the holidays are full of reminders of pain and we either overschedule ourselves or numb, hoping not to pop up until after January 1st when all the painful nostalgia is over. Barb McMaster, a member of the Presence Project shares her practice of creating a delight list, the neuroscience of why it matters, and how we can experience God's joy in our joy.

Episode 65 show notes:

1. Pre-Order The Emmanuel Promise: Discovering the Security of a Life Held with God here from Baker Books. And friends, thank you. Your pre-orders are the way booksellers make decisions of what books to stock on their shelves.
2. FREE Savoring Christmas Delight Journal: Click here to start your journey to more joy this holiday
3. Need to know that God sees you in the middle of your heaviness this holiday? Click here for the FREE Workbook will walk you through.
4. Barb McMaster, who was my conversation partner this episode, and a thoughtful and articulate guide, has created a podcast here.
5. You can join the Presence Project including the twice-monthly retreat called Table of the Beloved @ www.patreon.com/thepresenceproject

How burning out from performance Christianity could actually save your life. AJ Sherrill teaches us how after burning out as a young church planter, he found a new rule of life based in contemplative prayer and discovered a depth to the Christian life he didn't know was available. And it all started with learning to slow down, and create rhythms of being with God throughout the day.

Show Notes:

1. A.J. Sherrill's website
2. AJ's book: Being with God: The Absurdity, Necessity, and Neurobiology of Contemplative Prayer just $10 on Amazon. A wonderful resource
3. Pre-order Summer's book: The Emmanuel Promise: Discovering the Security of a Life Held by God
4. Get on Summer's mini-retreat newsletter list to find out about groups and resources, including the upcoming Lectio Diving journal.
5. Receive free 21 page workbook helping you go from overwhelm to emotional resiliency by clicking here.

In episode 63, I invite you fireside for a lectio divina 101 chat and together we answer Jesus' invitation in John 21:9-13 to "Come, have breakfast."

Show Notes:

*Have Summer come lead at your gathering: [email protected]

*Want to find out more about All Soul's Atlanta? Click here.

*Philip Yancey's article, The Death of Reading is Threatening the Soul. Read it here.

*Summer's future book, The Emmanuel Promise has a chapter about lectio divina and free corresponding lectio divina videos throughout. Pre-Order Summer's upcoming April 2024 book, The Emmanuel Promise by clicking here.

This statement by my spiritual direction professor, Robert Woodcock, peaked my curiosity: "We sometimes forget that there are two people in this relationship, us and God. We forget that we are in a relationship with a Person with feelings and hopes and dreams for our life together. Sometimes we are brave enough to ask God what He thinks but rarely are we brave enough to ask God how He feels."

With lectio divina, we slow down the Scripture so we can get to know God's heart.

Show Notes:

Interested in finding out more about getting a 2 year spiritual direction certificate? healingcare.org/direction

Want to listen to Jesus' heart through John? Start in the sister podcast, The Slow Word Movement, here.

Want to join a group doing this LIVE? Join Table of the Beloved, patreon.com/thepresenceproject

Pre-order Summer's book on looking at how we've shaped our image of God through the lens of our attachment wounds here.

We've become such a fast culture. Becoming good soil for the word takes an intentional step. Otherwise, our time in scripture feels more like coming up to the drive thru window for fast food.

When I hear people say they can't "do" contemplative exercises, I wonder if they're giving their body time to ground first.

Show notes:

Want to sign up for the Saturday morning mini-retreat? Click here.

Interested in finding more lectio divina videos over on YouTube? Click here.

1. Join the Presence Project newsletter list and receive a free mini-retreat on the weekends here.

2. Find the Renovare episode with Richard Foster I quoted from here.

3. Go from emotional overwhelm to building resiliency with this free 21 pg workbook curated by Summer.

4. Pre-order Summer's upcoming spring 2023 book with Baker Publishing,

The Emmanuel Promise: Discovering the Security of a Life Held by God here.

Let's make getting away with God on retreat Monday-morning-practical. How do you plan? What do you put in your suitcase? At its most basic, planning a retreat is creating time for unscheduled abiding with God. Let's start small.

Lane Arnold, spiritual director and writing coach, has created resources for your retreat here.

1. Receive weekly mini-retreat newsletter by clicking here.
2. Free 9 page examen workbook with classic and creative practices for reflection
3. God's invitation scriptures: Isaiah 55:1-3, Song of Songs 2:13-15, Proverbs 9:4-5, Matthew 11:28-30 in The Message, Mark 1:17, Mark 6:31-32
4. Untamed Christian; Unleased Church by Terry Wardle
5. Join Table of the Beloved here for LIVE zooms and four years of teachings

Episode 57, show notes:

1. Download worksheet for creating your own tray here.

2. Sign up for a weekly mini-retreat slipped into your inbox by clicking here.

3. Huberman lab podcast episode:

Click here for The Science of Making and Breaking Habits: (Start at minute 24)

4. Presence Project Podcast:

A Beginner's Guide to the Examen, click here.

5. Nightly Examen: a 7 1/2 minute recording.

Just push play. I'll lead you through by clicking here.