Maddie loves Harry Potter, so she leads us through a practice of Lectio Divina using Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
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Today I interviewed Maddie Johnson a minister of magic, avid traveler, and a new dog owner. Maddie and I talked about her love for Harry Potter, how images of the Divine help us understand God in new ways, and her work as a pastor in a church that loves blue grass music.
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Chris leads us through the spiritual practice of cutting an onion!
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Today I interviewed Chris Ramos a Christ-follower, husband, father, musician, and professional transitioner. Chris discusses how the last three months have constituted a full-time move from: Eastern Hemisphere to Western Hemisphere, teacher to student, expatriate to local, the left side of the road to the right, American foreigner to just American, Texan to Yankee, beard to no beard, and somehow, Honda to Honda. We also talked about his work as an overseas band director and general music teacher for the past four years in Christian education.
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In this episode, I interviewed Justin Carter, a city resident with a naturalists heart, game nerd, theologian, and an adventurer who tries new things. Justin shares with us about the challenges of being a pastor and finding space for yourself. He shares how meditation has affected his spiritual practice within a theological tradition that sings gospel music. We also take some time to share some of our favorite resources around care for creation including books, prayers, poems, and spiritual practices.
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Today I interviewed Taylor Pryde Barefoot a Tik Tok Evangelist, Lover of Trader Joes, and a Vegan Recipe Explorer. We discussed the challenges of biblical food metaphors in relation to disordered eating, how perfectionism affects us, and how Tik Tok just might save all of us. We also took some time to share two of our favorite recipes and make a recipe while we were live. Enjoy!
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In this episode, I interview Tim Clark, master coffee maker, professional TV addict, and the Best of Grooms-humans! Tim was one of the grooms-humans in my wedding and one of my dearest friends. He chronicles his journey as someone who felt he should have been a pastor at a young age and how he came to the decision to leave church work to work at a Starbucks. We also take some time to discuss some of our favorite tv shows and to play some of their theme songs on his melodica.
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Today I interview my coworker, the fantastic and fabulous Wendi Bernau, who is a spiritual direction, a wizard of the arts, an enneagram coach, and an expert on the hero’s journey. Today we discuss all of these topics in one interview and are somehow able to also talk about the significance of unicorns within the Christian tradition and in Wendi's own spiritual journey.
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In this video Hannah leads us through a simple chair yoga practice. This video is a follow up to her interview that we did together on her journey with practicing yoga as a Christian and her love of lists.
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Today I interviewed Hannah Sutton-Adams, Soon to be PhD student at Boston College, yoga practitioner, lover of lists, and dog mom to Charo. We discuss the disconnection between the body and faith, as well as the challenges of practicing yoga as a Christian. This episode is divided into two parts because Hannah leads us through a simple chair yoga practice in the second video.
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In today’s episode, I interview Christian S. Watkins, the Windland Fellow for Faith and Justice, General Board of Church and Society of The United Methodist Church. Christian lives across the street from the supreme court and he works alongside activists on a daily basis. We discuss the challenges of activist work, especially in regards to care for their own soul and spirituality in the process of their work.
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Today I am interviewing Bill Kempffer who shares his life journey from being a marine in the Vietnam War to leaving corporate America to start a contemplative shooting range in nature to his current call as a spiritual director. Bill offers numerous nuggets of wisdom from his long and well-lived life that are gifts waiting to be received by whoever will listen.
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This week I interviewed Catherine Johnson, who works for the Conservation District in Wichita, Kansas. Catherine fascinated by how soil connects us all to each other, and has done amazing work recording people’s soil stories. Catherine lives in SoCe, a neighborhood in Wichita, where her intentional community connects neighbors together through their gifts.
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For our first episode of Spiritual Misfits and Unicorns, I interviewed Rebecca Mitts, a dear friend of mine who I met in seminary. Rebecca lived in the Missional Wisdom Foundation’s intentional Christian communities in Dallas before moving to Alamosa, Colorado with her wife. Rebecca is a fantastic theologian, but also is a dungeon master and game designer for Dungeons and Dragons.
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