Episodes
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Faith Moving Forward with Kevin O'Hara | Everyday Spirituality
What an amazing and profound conversation with Rev. Kevin O'Hara about entering community during Covid, his personal faith journey, and how he approaches life in the the church in the world today with trust and hope!
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Writing and Visual Art with Lily Li | Everyday Spirituality
Pastor Debbie speaks with Lily Li about the intersections of writing, visual art, motherhood, meditation, and more.
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Song and Courage with Chanda Rule | Everyday Spirituality
With feet rooted in gospel, a heart filled with soul, and a voice touched with jazz, singer and songwriter Chanda Rule has been weaving stories through song, humming melodies, and bending words since her childhood. A published writer and host of The Courageous Voice podcast, Chanda also uses her...
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Creativity with Ike Sturm | Everyday Spirituality
A conversation with Ike Sturm - highlighting the creative and spiritual process he embraced as he composed "Let the River Flow." Ike is our connect.faith Resident. He's known beyond our ministry as a fantastic jazz musician - bassist, teacher, group leader, community builder and composer - as…
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The Creative Voice with Dea Jenkins | Everyday Spirituality
This week on Everyday Spirituality, Debbie spoke with Dea Jenkins about how she found her creative voice, how she formed the creative community Inbreak Collective, and how she balances the growth of simultaneous creative endeavors Learn more about Dea and her work at https://www.deastudios.com....
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Faithful Innovation with Brendan McClenahan | Everyday Spirituality
This week on Everyday Spirituality, Debbie and Brendan McClenahan discuss the idea of faithful innovation. This week on Everyday Spirituality, Debbie and Brendan McClenahan discuss the idea of faithful innovation. Brendan McClenahan is the Director of Cyclical Publishing, and serves as Director…
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Neurodivergence with Katrina Pekich-Bundy | Everyday Spirituality
This week on Everyday Spirituality, Debbie spoke with Katrina Pekich-Bundy about inclusive spiritual spaces for neurodivergent folks. -- Everyday Spirituality is a podcast from connect.faith; which is a new worshiping community of the Presbyterian Church (USA) unbound by location coming together…
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"Parenthood and Spirituality" with Lauren Burdette | Everyday Spirituality | connect.faith
This week on Everyday Spirituality, we are joined by Lauren Burdette, a spiritual director and the author of the book "This Life That is Ours: Motherhood as Spiritual Practice." During their conversation, Lauren shares her journey from industrial engineer to mother, to spiritual director, and...
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Catherine Goodman Farley | Everyday Spirituality | connect.faith
Today on Everyday Spirituality: The Podcast, we spoke with Catherine Farley. Catherine Farley is an author, physical therapist, and wellness coach, and she combines these passions to connect the body and the spirit. Be sure to check it out on our website, or wherever you regularly listen to...
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The Beauty of Books with Jen Kohn | Everyday Spirituality
We have a new episode of Everyday Spirituality to help kick off your week! Jen Kohn is the owner of The Village Bookstore in Pleasantville, NY. She sits down with Debbie to discuss her favorite parts of running a local business, the beauty that can be found in a hardcover book, and the creativity...
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On Writing with Nick Warnes | Everyday Spirituality | connect.faith
We have an inspiring episode of Everyday Spirituality to share! Nick Warnes joins us to discuss his creative process, the new direction he will be taking his writing in, and how he is doing publishing differently through his company, Cyclical, a faithfully innovative publishing company. We can't...
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Swooning with Kat Nemec | Everyday Spirituality
We're honored to have Kat Nemec join us on Everyday Spirituality next week! We have an exciting episode launching Monday, and we hope you will tune in. Kat will be discussing her creative journey and how she took up creating beautiful art and writing a blog during the pandemic. Find Kat's writing...
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Turning Books into Bread and Milk | David Tullock | Everyday Spirituality
David Tullock owns and operates a small press publishing company called, "Parson's Porch & Company." Parson's Porch celebrates gratitude by turning books into bread, milk & haircuts! Parson's Porch never charges authors a dollar, and after 100 books are sold, a portion of Parson's Porch's profits...
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Faith, Art, and Justice | Katrina Zezza | Everyday Spirituality
In this episode of Everyday Spirituality, Debbie sat down with Katrina to discuss her creative journey, her artwork, and her work at the Kairos Center and for the Poor People's Campaign. Katrina is a New York based artist and illustrator who draws using ink, water-based paints and digital...
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Creativity and Ritual | Casey Carbone | Everyday Spirituality
Casey Carbone is the pastor at the First Presbyterian Church of Mahopac and an IT/Communications Facilitator with the Hudson River Presbytery. Casey and Debbie talked about creativity, spirituality, and non-traditional daily meditative practices. — "I like a lot of different kinds of music, but I...
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Environmental Activism | Kitty Ufford-Chase | Everyday Spirituality
Kitty Ufford-Chase lives in Lowell Vermont, and was most recently Co-Director of Stony Point Conference Center with her husband Rick. She recently accepted a position with Sterling College whose mission is to advance ecological thinking and action through affordable experiential learning that...
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Music and Spirituality | Tabreeca Woodside | Everyday Spirituality
Debbie and Tabreeca sit down to discuss Tabreeca's musical journey, her inspiration, and how she tapped into her creative side. -- Everyday Spirituality is a podcast from connect.faith; which is a new worshiping community of the Presbyterian Church (USA) unbound by location coming together at the...
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Empathy | Cali Bronkema | Everyday Spirituality
Tune in today for a special crossover episode of Everyday Spirituality and Generation Hope. Generation Hope host, Cali Bronkema, speaks with Bryan about her work as the Director of Children and Youth Ministry at First Presbyterian Church, her plans for the future, and where she sees hope in the...
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Music and Life's Journey | BA Huffman | Everyday Spirituality
This week's episode of Everyday Spirituality features BA Huffman, a singer, songwriter, conductor and music director. BA talks about his own life's journey around music, spiritual exploration, and life in the time of COVID. He also shared some original music including, "Same Yolk Inside" and...
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Documentary Filmmaking | Andrea Garbarini | Everyday Spirituality
This week's episode of Everyday Spirituality features Andrea Garbarini, a local documentarian involved with Films on Purpose. Andrea and Debbie discuss how she got involved with documentary making, and what she has learned from listening to and telling people's stories. — "Everybody wants to be...
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Running as a Spiritual Practice | Skyler Mosenthal | Everyday Spirituality
Is exercising or enjoying the outdoors part of your spiritual practice? In this week's episode of Everyday Spirituality, we are joined by Skyler Mosenthal, a biology teacher and running enthusiast. Skyler discusses his spiritual journey, how he uses running as an exercise for both mind and body,...
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Creative Writing as a Spiritual Practice | Debbie Bronkema | Everyday Spirituality
This week we turn the tables on Pastor Debbie Bronkema and interview her about her creative writing as a spiritual practice and her new book! The Rev. Dr. Debbie Bronkema is the founder of connect.faith and the pastor of Pleasantville Presbyterian Church, she's also a mother, wife, and now, the...
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Singer/Songwriter Nicholas Zork | Everyday Spirituality
In this episode of our podcast, Nick discusses his journey as a musician, the intersection of theology and music, and how he sees a silver lining during this challenging year. While we can't physically experience musicians perform these days, Nick reminds us that the most important part of making...
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Using Music as a Healing Modality | Chris Dingman | Everyday Spirituality
Today, we talk with Chris Dingman, vibraphonist and composer who embodies creativity and spirituality in his journey to connect people. Music can bring people together; music is a place where everyone can gather. Chris' began seeing music as a healing modality when walking with his father in his...
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Young Leaders & Activists 2 | Kyla and Jayda | Everyday Spirituality
Today's episode of our Young Leaders series Cali spoke with two activists, Kyla Maryangelene and Jayda-Milan Parker about the important work they did in the wake of George Floyd's death. Kyla and Jayda are the co-founders of Black Solidarity Group in Trenton, NJ. In this episode, they spoke about...
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Young Leaders & Activists 2 | Milton and Humza | Everyday Spirituality
In this episode of Everyday Spirituality, Cali Bronkema sat down with activists Humza Mumtaz and Milton Esliker who took action in their community following the death of George Floyd. In the second part of our two-part podcast series on Young Leaders, Milton and Humza dive into the importance of...
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Young Leaders & Activists | Kyla MaryAngelene & Jayda-Milan Parker | Everyday Spirituality
Today's episode of our Young Leaders series Cali spoke with two activists, Kyla Maryangelene and Jayda-Milan Parker about the important work they did in the wake of George Floyd's death. These activists organized a successful protest with over 1,500 people in downtown Trenton, NJ, as well as...
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Young Leaders & Activists | Milton and Humza | Everyday Spirituality
In this episode of Everyday Spirituality, Cali Bronkema sat down with activists Humza Mumtaz and Milton Esliker who took action in their community following the death of George Floyd. This important conversation covers how and why these young leaders got involved in combating racial injustice, in...
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Creativity, Spirituality, and the Farmworker Community | Teresita Matos-Post | Everyday Spirituality
In this episode of Everyday Spirituality, we talk with the Executive Director of the Beth-El Farmworker Ministry in Wimauma, Florida. Beth-El exists to feed the Mind, Spirit, and Body of the farmworking community and our neighbors in need, through opportunities for hunger relief, education,...
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Music and Passion | Joy Zimmerman | Everyday Spirituality
In this episode of Everyday Spirituality, we talk with singer and songwriter Joy Zimmerman. In their conversation, Pastor Debbie and Joy discuss her music, her faith, and her ideas for how we can incorporate justice and peace into our lives. Joy is an award-winning singer/songwriter who is an...
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Privilege and Worldchanging | David LaMotte | Everyday Spirituality
In this episode of Everyday Spirituality we continue our conversation with David LaMotte and discuss music, privilege, and Worldchanging. In this very relevant conversation with David LaMotte from February, we discuss the role work, luck, and privilege plays in our lives and how we can use the...
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Self-Healing | Bill Eschen | Everyday Spirituality
At connect.faith we believe the world feels incredibly uncertain--there is a global pandemic, numerous cries for justice for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, a once-in-a-lifetime chance to make real and substantive change in the world, and yet every conversation we have about the future is...
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Connecting People | Victor and Susana Corona | Everyday Spirituality
In this episode of Everyday Spirituality, we talk with Victor and Susana Corona. Victor and Susana are active community organizers in Northern Westchester County working extensively with the recent immigrant community. In this conversation they share how connecting people is the way they live out...
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Worldchanging is a Movement | David LaMotte | Everyday Spirituality
In this episode of Everyday Spirituality, we talk with singer, songwriter, author and peacemaker, David Lamotte. During this part of our conversation we talk about how the work of Worldchanging is done by movements of people, not individual heroes. Given the current state of the world, we are...
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Quarantine Practices | Bryan Bardin and Pastor Debbie Bronkema | Everyday Spirituality
In this episode of Everyday Spirituality, we take a break from our normal interviews for a quarantined conversation with Pastor Debbie and Bryan Bardin. In this episode they talk about how they are practicing creativity, spirituality and justice during this unprecedented time. My favorite part of...
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Daily Poetry | Justin Hylden | Everyday Spirituality
In this episode of Everyday Spirituality, we talk with Justin Hylden. Justin's spiritual practice is starting the day with the book of Psalms, and responding to what he reads by writing poetry. Justin is the Pastoral Associate at Pleasantville Presbyterian. He comes to Pleasantville by way of...
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Justice Talks | Mark Orendorf | Everyday Spirituality
In this episode of Everyday Spirituality we talk with Mark Orendorf. Mark is the Assistant Director of Cedarkirk Camp and Conference Center, and the leader of the Challenge to Change program, which aims to raise awareness of social justice issues in the migrant community in Florida. I was...
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Daily Mandala Practice | April Castoldi | Everyday Spirituality
Daily Mandala Practice | April Castoldi | Everyday Spirituality In this episode of Everyday Spirituality we talk with April Castoldi. April's journey towards a daily mandala practice started with an "Artist's Date" inspired by the book, "The Artist's Way" by Julia Cameron. For April, a mandala...
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Jazz and Improv | Ike and Misty Ann Sturm | Everyday Spirituality
In this episode of Everyday Spirituality we talk with Ike and Misty Ann Sturm. Ike and Misty met over their love of music and valentines candy while in college--Ike for jazz and sacred music, Misty for classical. After graduation, Ike used his unique blend of sacred music and jazz at St. Peters...
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Meditation and Movement | Cass Ghiorse | Everyday Spirituality
In our premiere episode of "Everyday Spirituality" we talk with Cass Ghiorse, a yoga instructor who incorporated elements of meditation and mindful movement in her practices and classes. We began by learning about where Cass' movement and meditation practices began, specifically from her…
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Everyday Spirituality
Announcing "Everyday Spirituality" the first podcast from connect.faith! While filming our pilot season, we had an opportunity to speak with an incredible array of people from all walks of life. We discussed the intersection of creativity, spirituality and justice, as well as their everyday...
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Exploring the everyday spirituality practices of people from all walks of life. A podcast from connect.faith -- where creativity, spirituality and justice meet.
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