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Bootleg Prayers
by Aaron Austin
Aaron Austin shares songs and stories as he rummages through our metaphysical couch cushions for crumbs of hope and glimmers of kindness. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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All Will Be Well
I just wrote this song over the past couple of days. I’m pretty sure I stole the chords and the melody from another song in the podcast. Oops. I was looking for some hope in these days and a friend mentioned Julian of Norwich, so of course I went back to her glorious visions and remembered “all...
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Back Home to the Light
Here’s a song I wrote to say thanks to my congregation on my ordination. I wrote it last week—the lyrics basically came out start to finish while I was walking one morning. That hasn’t happened for a while. I made a few edits, and it took a while to find the melody, but it was a pretty quick...
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Up in Smoke
This song has been in my head a lot recently. I wrote it more than a decade ago. I remember sitting on the back porch in our first house, looking up at the rich blue of late evening while it got too dark to see. It was a darkness that wasn’t dark. It was like a sea of blue coating everything...
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Then We All Will Be Free
Whatever you believe about it, I think it’s pretty obvious that we need each other. We’re made for community. We’re made for connection. I think it’s in those connections where we’ll find healing and grace and new life. So may you have a happy pride however you celebrate, and may you know that…
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The Answer is Love
I wrote this song back in 2021 when we were still in the throes of the pandemic. As is the case with a lot of the songs I’ve written in the past several years, I wrote it for a service at church. The theme that day was pretty simple — the love of God. Simple, yes, but there’s an eternity in that...
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There's a Light in You
Sometimes what we bring with us makes us close ourselves off in fear rather than remain open and curious. I’ve got a suspicion that we have to find that light within us to be able to truly resonate with that light in others. So kindness to ourselves isn’t selfish. It’s part of our journey to...
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Down to the River
I've been trying to prayer the Jesus Prayer lately: "Lord Jesus have mercy on me, a sinner." While in the past this prayer has been a reminder of my unworthiness, as I started envisioning the presence of Christ with me, I saw there was no shame in “sinner.” There’s just love. I thought about…
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Taste the Truth
I used to think faith was about believing the right things. Now I wonder if faith is more about accepting our acceptedness. What if acceptance of our failures and neediness and shortcomings and hurts is the real gateway transformation? I wonder if faith is falling into the grace that the divine...
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When God Made Baseball
One day while I was sitting out in left field in my camping chair watching the kids field grounders and chase pop ups, I started thinking about the lessons I’ve learned while watching baseball. The games are long and the seasons are long. You just have a few chances each game to make a hit. So…
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A Moment
This song is one I just finished for our Maundy Thursday service, so it hasn’t been played anywhere yet. It’s really just an invitation to reflect on this evening of Holy Week from the Last Supper to the Mount of Olives where Jesus went to pray. We imagine together what Jesus might be thinking…
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Letters From Back Home
As we approach Palm Sunday and Holy Week, I’m thinking about the strange mixture of hope and heartache that we experience. Even messages of welcome, acceptance, and inclusion can bring hateful responses when folks feel their power is threatened. And somehow Jesus shows resistance to oppressive...
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Holy Now
Since the rhythms of the church calendar tend to set the tempo for a lot of my life, it’s time to talk about Lent. This year have that lovely confluence of Ash Wednesday and Valentines Day. Like peanut butter and chocolate. This is a song I wrote for Ash Wednesday in 2021 while we were still in…
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You Can Find Me
After a week of snow in Kentucky, we turn our thoughts to warmer climates. This began on a back porch on Sanibel Island and ended up on a driveway in Kentucky. There are places and times when we seem to naturally connect with the ground of our being. Sometimes a change of scenery can help us find...
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You Don't Have to Believe
Welcome to Bootleg Prayers. A podcast where Aaron Austin as he rummages through our collective sock drawer looking for tufts of hope and threads of sublimity. He'll share songs and stories (and maybe transcendental grocery lists) for each week (or so) as we look for beauty in this mess. This…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Aaron Austin shares songs and stories as he rummages through our metaphysical couch cushions for crumbs of hope and glimmers of kindness.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Aaron Austin shares songs and stories as he rummages through our metaphysical couch cushions for crumbs of hope and glimmers of kindness. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Bootleg Prayers is created and hosted by Aaron Austin.
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