The Presence Project Podcast
by Summer Gross
Overcome chronic anxiety through resting in God.Simple, repeatable tools. Ancient contemplative practices. Modern brain science.Practice resting in the heart of God on the good days so you can make your way home to the Prince of Peace in the middle of your hurricanes.
Episodes
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Ep. 75 Beauty that Provides Resilience through pain with Guest, Christie Purifoy
Join Summer Gross and Christy Purifoy as they explore the profound role of beauty in spiritual life, placemaking, and community. Discover how cultivating beauty can nourish the soul, foster resilience, and reflect God's redemptive love. Read the transcript on substack HERE Find out how to join us...
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Ep. 74 How Praying the Psalms Heals our Avoidant Attachment: A Conversation with Author, Leslie Leyland Fields
Many insecure avoidants have a hard time placing their fingers on their emotions. They feel more comfortable learning. They feel more comfortable conquering. It allows them to keep their emotions at a distance. But, when they sense a call to open up their inner life to God or they hit a wall and...
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Ep. 73 Coming as a Child: Uncomplicating the Examen
Uncomplicating the Ignatian Examen & Reflecting w/ God as a Child If we are anxious or avoidantly attached, often as we move toward prayer, we sift and sort our stories ourselves, wondering which ones to tell God. We weigh our story and wonder if it is worthy. Will it hold his attention? Does it...
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Ep 72 Summer reads Ch 1 of The Emmanuel Promise
I loved reading chapter 1 of The Emmanuel Promise for you. You can watch me read it to you over at YouTube HERE. PRE-ORDER The Emmanuel Promise: Discover the Security of a Life Held by God wherever you find your books. $11.39 and free shipping at Baker Publishing's own site HERE. At this price…
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Welcome Home: The Attachment Invitation of the Prodigal Son
This episode is DAY 1 of a private 7-Day podcast devotional called "Welcome Home," a gift for anyone who pre-orders The Emmanuel Promise. Pre-order from Baker Publishing for $11.39 and free shipping here! Pre-order from Amazon here After pre-ordering, get your gifts and join the launch team here....
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Our Attachment Wounds and God's Healing: A Conversation with Maggie Rhine
The neural pathways for relationship are developed in the first three years of a person's life. This affects even our relationship with God and is at the heart of attachment theory. Therapist Maggie Rhine, the head of the Healing Care Center, tells the story of her struggle to gain a secure...
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Journey to Attachment with God, an honest conversation with Terry Wardle
Attachment theory and the many obstacles to a life immersed in the Trinity's Love Honest conversation about detaching to attach in our marriages Understanding our attachment story and style in order to heal and live out of knowing you are God's beloved. The simple, but profound spiritual…
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How Different Attachment Styles May Experience Lent
The insecure anxious attached hope to get an "A" in Lent to try to be more worthy for God. They're afraid they have to clean themselves up before God wants to be in their presence. The insecure avoidant attached like to keep things more intellectual, reading about someone else's Lent. If they…
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Accepting your Season of Life, An Intimate Conversation with Writer Friends: Jodi Grubbs, Kris Camealy, Bette Dickinson, Maeve Gerboth, and Julianne Clayton
Preorder THE EMMANUEL PROMISE: Discover the Security of a Life Held by God Neuroscience. Attachment theory. The stories that shape our image of God AND the spiritual practices that invite us to experience His tender love to build attachment. Just $11.39. Arrives April 30th Writer Summer Gross...
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FIXED! Alan Fadling and Listening to God's Pace for our New Year
Show Notes for Episode 66 with Alan Fadling: Pre-order The Emmanuel Promise by Summer Gross for $11.39!!! HERE Find A Year of Slowing Down: Daily Devotions for Unhurried Living by Alan Fadling HERE Pre-order Alan Fadling's newest book, A Non Anxious Life: Experiencing the Peace of God's Presence...
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Slowing Down and Listening to God's Desire for Your Year with Alan Fadling
Show Notes for Episode 66 with Alan Fadling: Pre-order The Emmanuel Promise by Summer Gross for $11.39!!! HERE Find A Year of Slowing Down: Daily Devotions for Unhurried Living by Alan Fadling HERE Pre-order Alan Fadling's newest book, A Non Anxious Life: Experiencing the Peace of God's Presence...
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Ep 65 Finding Joy When the Holidays are Hard
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…
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Ep 64. Author A.J. Sherrill's Journey Out of Performance Christianity
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...
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Ep. 63 Lectio Divina 101
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....
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Getting to Know God's Heart through Lectio Divina
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…
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Ep. 61 Becoming Good Soil for Scripture: The First Step to Lectio Divina
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…
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A Prayerful Reading of Psalm 23
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...
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Ep. 59 Retreating 101 with Lane Arnold and Summer Gross
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...
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Ep. 58 Where God's Pursuit and Practical Habits Meet
Receive weekly mini-retreat newsletter by clicking here. Free 9 page examen workbook with classic and creative practices for reflection 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 Untamed Christian;...
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Breakup with Netflix: Create a Refreshing Evening Routine
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…
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What Your Soul Needs through Transitions
I've been noticing that what I need through transition has a pattern. Tired? Feeling overwhelmed? Disoriented? I wonder if these stages will resonate with you. Please subscribe and leave a review. This helps other people find this free resource. If you'd like to have a full retreat based on this...
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God's Invitation During Transition
If we take the time to Stand, Look, and Ask as God invites in Jeremiah 6:16, transition can be a place of powerful growth. There is often a great shifting in liminal spaces. As Madeleine L'Engle said, "It's a good thing to have all the props pulled out from under us occasionally. It gives us some...
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A Gentle Invitation to Advent
Advent gives us time to remember that THIS is not the end of the story. This is not the end of your story or your child's story, your marriage's story, the church's story, or our country's story. Christ, our Beloved and our Victor, WILL return. Truthfully, it's my favorite time of the church…
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Bette Dickinson, Advent, and an Artist's Vocation
Bette Dickinson tells the story of how saying "yes" to enfleshing God's message of the Magnificat became one painting, then twenty-five, and then an entire Advent devotional. She also gives us an inside view on how her inner achiever was set free from striving so the Spirit could truly flow…
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Spiritual Direction for your God-Given Dream with Beth Booram
We have a complicated relationship with desire and longing. Yes, our every cry is welcomed, but do we even want it to come up for daylight? Sometimes desire can feel vulnerable. Other times sharing can be a delight. What happens when we begin to recognize God has a new calling for us? In this...
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Creative Ideas for Naming Emotions with Alison L. Bradley
You've heard the phrase, "name it to tame it?" When we name our emotions, the heaviness around our feelings suddenly lifts. In this episode, Alison L. Bradley and I talk through page 5 of the workbook I created for you outlining a four-step process to emotional resiliency. In it I give multiple...
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Building Resilience with Therapist Melody Ries
Some of these thoughts on resilience from Melody Ries have been breakthroughs for me. Here you can learn from my mom's spiritual director and her profound story. Neuroscience and Redemption. This conversation is full of gold.
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A SIMPLE Ignatian Contemplation Prayer Practice: Blind Bartimaeus
God never tells someone they are too needy. He never rebukes or shushes them. God moves towards us in our need. You can do this SIMPLE prayer practice as often as desired.
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Your Every Cry is Welcome
What if you knew that every cry was welcomed? What if you knew you didn't have to weigh your need or manage expectations, just come? This is the focus of today's Presence Project Podcast episode. Want to dive deeper with us? bio.site/summerjoygross
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Healing the Inner Critic
In this podcast episode, Summer invites us to think about our inner critic in another way. Maybe our inner critic is a part of us who needs the love and compassion of God. Also included is a prayer exercise to invite our inner critic out of the darkness of shame and into the Light of God's healing.
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Befriending our Inner Critic with Gem Fadling
How do we become aware and discerning with the toxic thoughts which have become the fbackground noise of our life? They are stealing our joy. They are robbing us of courageous creativity. They are demanding perfection. It's time to take back stolen ground by befriending our inner critic.…
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Befriending our Inner Critic with Gem Fadling
How do we become aware and discerning with the toxic thoughts which have become the fbackground noise of our life? They are stealing our joy. They are robbing us of courageous creativity. They are demanding perfection. It's time to take back stolen ground by befriending our inner critic.…
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Creative Right Brain Prayer Tools with The Examen
Sarah Herring, Spiritual director, therapist and former Dean of Students at Simpson, teaches us a beautiful, grace-filled way to reflect on your day and pray the Examen. This is so rich, friends. Find a beautiful video by Sarah and free 9 pg Examen workbook for a gentle reflection on your day on...
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A Nightly Examen: 7 1/2 minute Recording
We reflect to gather the manna from the day. We reflect to abide with our Abba, the Gardener. Want to know more? Listen to A Beginner's Guide to the Examen here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-beginners-guide-to-the-examen/id1462343703?i=1000578677170
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A Beginner's Guide to The Examen
St. Ignatius invited his followers to reflect over their day and ask God where He was at work. A beginner's guide as well as an examen recording so you can just "push play" and I'll lead you through. Interested in learning more about the Presence Project? Start here: https://bio.site/summerjoygross
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How Curiosity Can Lead to Transformation
We want to blame, shame, control, or escape the hard, but maybe if we linger and get curious, it can be the gateway to transformation. In this episode, a surprising twist on the flowing River of Life from one of our members became the invitation we needed to be compassionate with slow growth....
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Part 2 W/ Nicole Zasowski: Where is God in our Suffering + our Joy?
Part 2 in a conversation with Nicole Zasowski, author of What if it's Wonderful? She shares her story of infertility and then we talk about how we can experience joy when there's an underlying story of suffering. She teaches us how the simple genius practice of savoring can rewire our brain.…
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Nicole Zasowski: Why our Brains Struggle to Stay in Joy
Why is staying joy-full so dang hard? The answer WILL surprise you and of course, it's revealed in brain science. This is the first of two podcast episodes with Nicole Zasowski, author of What if It's Wonderful?: Release Your Fears, Choose Joy, & Find the Courage to Celebrate.
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Building Joy and Resilience
August's theme over here on The Presence Project is Joy and Resilience. Why is it that we so easily forget the tables God has set in the wilderness? Instead of staying in a place of celebration after the abundance of connection or the kindness of answered prayer, we shift right back into lack.…
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Spacious Living: A Conversation with Ashley Hales
How do we live the unforced rhythms of grace? We say "yes" to the spaciousness of God's good limits and "no" to a life of hustle and hurry. Don't miss this conversation with Ashley Hales or an invitation to walk through Lent with her: Walking at a Human Pace. aahales.com/shop/walking
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Ignatian Contemplation: Found by the Good Shepherd
Encounter the Good Shepherd with this Ignatian Contemplation. Are you wanting more? Join the Presence Project and get a mini-retreat based on contemplative spiritual practices here: https://mailchi.mp/athirstforgod.com/mini-retreat
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Trust in the Slow Work of God: A Gentle Beginning to the New Year
Before we burst into this new year armed with color-coded goal charts and shouldering the weight of a personal-reno project, let's be gentle with ourselves. Let's sit down on the seam of the year and remember who and Whose we are. Want to read along? Find the transcript at SummerJoyGross.com
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The Lavishness of Your Shepherd's Care
The way a shepherd tends the bummer lambs who have been abandoned by their mothers deepen our view of our Shepherd. This is your invitation In the Presence Project, we're focusing on the character of God through the scriptures and music of Handel's Messiah this Advent. In the end of a hard year,...
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How to Rest in God this Advent
Join the 16 day Advent Journey here. Maybe you're like me and you feel the darkness pressing in this year. This Advent I want to spend all of my time gazing on the light of Christ. Captivated. Worshipping. Together, let's become captivated by our Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting…
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Gratitude: From Duty to Delight
And here's my embarrassing truth: Gratitude has always felt a little like a box to check off, more duty than delight. For years, I've checked off the box faithfully knowing it was vital for mental, spiritual, and emotional health, but honestly, it felt a bit like taking vitamins. But interactive...
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Immanuel Journaling: invitation to receiving the comfort of God
Through the structure of Immanuel Journaling, God metabolized emotion with us so it didn't have time to metastasize into trauma.
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Your Emotion and God's Limitless Compassion
Our emotions are just messengers that there's something underneath that's trying to get our attention. They are an invitation to listen to the tender places of our heart. And God loves listening with us. Summerjoygross.com patreon.com/thepresenceproject
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When Jesus Walks through Doors: A Prayer Practice
A Pentecost gift for you. See how your fear shifts when Jesus walks through your closed doors.
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An Interview with K. J. Ramsey: How God Ministers to us in our Anxiety,
K. J. Ramsey and Summer Gross talk life with COVID19, grief, and the brain science of anxiety, giving practical tips for our journey back to awareness of our Prince of Peace. Finally, Summer leads us through an Ignatian style scripture practice where we can walk into the gospel story of Jesus...
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When You Need the One who Calms Storms
Truth is, sometimes connecting with God in the middle of chaos and anxiety can be near impossible. Anxiety disconnects our prefrontal cortex, making it difficult for us to be rational and relational. During times like this, the world feels off-kilter. We feel off-kilter. Today I'm going to walk…
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Overcome chronic anxiety through resting in God.Simple, repeatable tools. Ancient contemplative practices. Modern brain science.Practice resting in the heart of God on the good days so you can make your way home to the Prince of Peace in the middle of your hurricanes.
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