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Life As Spiritual Practice
by Lauren Burdette
Conversations about how to experience every day life as a spiritual practice
Episodes
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Quarantine As Spiritual Practice
Whether it's quarantine, shelter in place, or social distancing, how could this challenging and extraordinary time become a spiritual practice? I share some ideas of ways I am opening curiosity and vulnerability in what is an uncertain and scary time. I hope you'll join me, and then share the…
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Playing Games As Spiritual Practice
We think of game-playing as frivolous, indulgent, child-like. Game store owner and philosopher Kylie Prymus shares how games have changed his life, and will leave you wanting to find a game to play with your loved ones, to experience the rich field of relationship-building and spiritual insight...
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Honoring Mess As Spiritual Practice
"Honoring mess" is a surprising phrase, one that jars with our mental image of a spiritual life that is structured, orderly, quiet. Mystic and change agent Preeta Banerjee shares how her experience with the divine feminine has invited her into a flexible, collaborative, creative way of being. You...
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Photography As Spiritual Practice
Photography can be a place of intimacy and relationship with the holy, if we slow down and open up to the image before us. Stephanie Bell shares her own transforming experiences with photography as a spiritual practice, and offers ways to play with this practice in our daily life. SHOW NOTES...
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Enneagram As Spiritual Practice
In this conversation, Chichi Agorom makes the Enneagram accessible, shares her own journey from skeptic to teacher, and beautifully captures the graces she has experienced from engaging with this ancient tool. Whether you’ve never head of the Enneagram or have been studying it for years, you’ll...
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Brewing As Spiritual Practice
How can a hobby become a way to connect with God? Pastor BJ Woodworth shares his journey with home-brewing, revealing how fermentation is a metaphor for the spiritual life, and inspiring us to listen for ways to enjoy time with God in new ways. Show Notes Into the Silent Land: The Practice of...
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Re-Telling Your Story As Spiritual Practice
Dr. Diane Millis joins me for a conversation about the power of telling more life-giving stories. As Diane says, the nature of our lives is narrative. We are inherent story-tellers, but all of us have stories that don’t serve us well. Diane shares her own experience of learning to tell more...
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Singing As Spiritual Practice
I am joined by a very special guest - my mother! Lou Ann Horstman shares her story of embracing her love of singing. You will be inspired by her journey with singing, how she traveled from seeing it as "decoration on the liturgy" to a rich and valid way of experiencing God's presence. Her story...
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Motherhood As Spiritual Practice
In our last regular episode of Season 1, Barbara Mahany joins us to discuss motherhood as spiritual practice. Barbara is the author of several books, including Motherprayer, and she explores in her writing how parenting is an invitation into a holy curriculum. As she says, "no other spiritual...
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Fatherhood As Spiritual Practice
How can we move from seeing our children as "in the way" of our spiritual practices, and instead see them as the way itself? Gavriel Strauss shares from his own experience as a father of two, and provides simple, practical ways to open up to the spiritual potential of fatherhood. Gavriel is a...
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Midlife As Spiritual Practice
What if an entire season of life could be a spiritual practice? L. Roger Owens, author of Threshold of Discovery, shares how entering his 40th year with curiosity and intention opened him up to surprising connection with God. He will inspire you to wonder about how your current season of life…
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Art As Spiritual Practice
Katherine Josten, the founder and Executive Director of the Global Art Project for Peace, shares stories of the surprising way deep listening has informed her own artistic practice. She inspires us to listen deeply, and to tend to the creative responses that rise in us, whether we think of...
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Permaculture As Spiritual Practice
"When you're in better relationship with the earth and with people," says John Creasy, "it's a natural connection point to the Creator." John is a pastor and executive director of a permaculture farm in Pittsburgh, PA. He shares with us ways that we can draw on the principles of permaculture to...
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Dreaming As Spiritual Practice
What if we could see our dream world as a place of playful connection with God? I am joined by spiritual director Dr. Kristen Hobby, who provides us with tools and inspiration to approach our dreams with curiosity and openness instead of fear or dismissal. SHOW NOTES Kristen’s Website Dream App...
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Beauty As Spiritual Practice
"Most people think of beauty as innocuous," Rita Patel says, "but it's actually radical." Rita is an artist and creativity consultant who has dived deeply into beauty as a spiritual practice in both her life and her work. We discuss how taking beauty seriously has changed her life, opening her...
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Listening As Spiritual Practice
In this inaugural episode, Yael Allen joins us to interview me about who I am and how listening became a significant spiritual practice for me. You’ll be invited to imagine what it could be like for you to engage listening more deeply in your own life.
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Conversations about how to experience every day life as a spiritual practice
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Lauren Burdette
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Life As Spiritual Practice is created and hosted by Lauren Burdette.
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