All Episodes
Contemplify — 190 episodes
Sasha Waters on Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World
Beverly Lanzetta on Birthing a New Mysticism
Dr. Liza J. Rankow on Soul Medicine for a Fractured World
Philip Connors on The Mountain Knows the Mountain: A Fire Watch Diary
Anna Tivel on Animal Poem, Short Stories, and Checking Your Shoes
Dr. Martin Shaw on Liturgies of the Wild
Vision for a New Cabinet by Teddy Macker (Season 7 Trailer)
The Famous One
Remembering Lerita Coleman Brown on Waiting for a Word in the Heart
Stay Outside (or Non-Liturgical Liturgical Calendar Musing)
Gail Straub on Embracing Our Human Family
Mark Longhurst on The Holy Ordinary
Haleh Liza Gafori Brings Water to the Thirsty
Contemplative Parenting with Aizaiah G. Yong and Nereyda Yong
[Rebroadcast] Dr. Larry Ward on America's Racial Karma, the Fragrance of Wisdom, and Learning How To Suffer Less
Amy Frykholm on Journey to the Wild Heart
Todd Davis on Ditch Memory
Sr. Laura Swan, OSB on the Radical Wisdom of the Beguines
Patrick Boland on Contemplative Leadership
Cynthia Bourgeault on Thomas Keating, Christian Nonduality, and Mystical Maps
Intensification of Life (Season 6 Trailer)
Peter Traben Haas on Prayer as a Practice of Centering, Abiding, & Radiating
Backporch Advent Outpost with Hadewijch and the Mother of Love
Katherine May on Enchantment, Building Community, Tasting Words, and a Drink of Lake Water
Andrew Krivak on the Inheritance of Loss, Death as a Character, and Like the Appearance of Horses
Remembering Dr. Barbara Holmes (Replay of 2016 Conversation)
Amy Leach on Becoming Salt of the Universe
Ben Katt on Getting Quiet, Midlife, and the Power of Ritual (also, we chat about David Hasselhoff)
Jeffrey Martin on Thank God We Left the Garden, Letters, and Literature
Susan Murphy on Zen Koans for Facing the Climate Crisis, the vast meaning of Country, and Cooling Fires
Drew Jackson on Touch the Earth, Poetry as a Lifesaver, and the Importance of Lucille Clifton
Tracy Cochran on the Art of Presence, Mistakes as Practice, & the Grief of Awakening
Brian McLaren on Life After Doom, Patient Urgency, & Complexifying Hope
Cassidy Hall on Queering Contemplation, Letting Go of Thomas Merton, and Expanding Foundations
Dr. Larry Ward on America's Racial Karma, the Fragrance of Wisdom, and Learning How To Suffer Less
David James Duncan on the Unintentional Menagerie of Sun House, Friendship, and the Beguines
Harmonizing In The Empty Fullness
Turn the Morning into Forever
Reduced to the Scale of Our Competence
Eat the Wild Thing
Lo-Fi & Hushed / 2023 Winter Solstice Session / To Know the Dark
Listen to the Rice, the Rice Will Teach You Everything with Lucien Miller
In Hard Times, In All Times, Eat Sacred Words
Kim Haines-Eitzen on Practicing the Cello in the Dark and Sonorous Deserts
Lerita Coleman Brown on Waiting for a Word in the Heart
Lo-Fi & Hushed Contemplative Practice Session (September 2023 / Autumn Equinox)
David Shumate on When Words Become Thunder
Douglas E. Christie on Depth Without Resolution
Carmen Acevedo Butcher Follows the Mystical Tugs on the Heart
Lisa Wells on Holding a Fierce and Loving Gaze
Scott Avett on Being Here for the Feast
Haleh Liza Gafori on Putting Mystery in the Middle
Belden Lane on the Unbroken Desert of God
Your Naked Freedom
Spare Me Nothing
James Finley on the Healing Path
It's Not About the Beer, It's About the Beer
Prairie Eye & Woods Eye
Sitting on the Present Moment
Engaged Contemplation in a Heartbreaking World with Fr. Adam Bucko
Heathen
Vitality Out of Emptiness with Fr. David Denny
The River You Touch with Chris Dombrowski
Inarticulate as Watercolors, Brazen as Graffiti
Nine Poems from Coffin Honey by Todd Davis
A Revelatory Elegy of Unknowing with Todd Davis (author of Coffin Honey)
Contemplative Gleanings from the Hermits of Big Sur with Paula Huston
Bill Porter (Red Pine) on Zen and Taoist Masters, Mountain Hermits, & the Life of a Translator
Here There Are Woods, Foxes (Season 3 Trailer)
An Old Growth Forest
Solitude at the Center of All Beauty with Fenton Johnson
The Harmonic Resonance Found in Unknowing with Brie Stoner
A Wild Mystical Woman of the Desert with Amy Frykholm
Enlivening the First Christmas with Stephen Mitchell
Backporch Advent Outpost with Chris Dombrowski (#2)
Backporch Advent Outpost with Todd Davis (#1)
The Monastic Heart & Prophetic Imagination with Sr. Joan Chittister
Slow Yourself to be Awed with J. Drew Lanham
Gary Nabhan (aka Brother Coyote) on Wisdom Gleaned from Fishers & Farmers
Season Two Trailer
Your Work Should Be the Praise of What You Love (September Musing)
Like People or Dogs
Charlie Chaplin in the Gears of Modern Times
Scott Ballew on Talking to Mountains & the Sublimity of Sad Songs
Tending to the Spiritual Interior of Language with Lia Purpura
Deadstock in the Storm with Jeffrey Foucault
Being is Action with Andrew Krivak
Immersion Journalist of the Soul with Fred Bahnson
Answering the Monk Within with Beverly Lanzetta
Advent Outpost from the Backporch (#3)
Advent Outpost from the Backporch (#2)
Advent Outpost from the Backporch (#1)
Apprentice to the Slow Immediacy of Daily Life with Douglas E. Christie
Everybody Now: Climate Emergency and Sacred Duty
Moth & Mother / New Foundations
Subtle Sacraments & The Quiet Mind
Poetic Nature of Walking with Jonathon Stalls
Kitchen Music Society of Sorrow and Delight
Building Character that Bends Towards Mystery with Christian Miller
Manifesto Contemplatio
Birthday Questions (39 Laps Around the Sun)
Absorbing this World Fully with Todd Davis (Of the Invisible #5)
Maurice Manning on the Symbolic & Actual (Of the Invisible #4)
Jericho Brown (Of the Invisible #3)
Chris Dombrowski: Part Two (Of the Invisible #2)
Chris Dombrowski: Part One (Of the Invisible | Poetry Series #1)
Of the Invisible (Poetry Series Trailer)
Cultivating Contemplation & Mysticism of Rhythm (Life of a Day Finale)
Compline (Life of a Day Series #5)
Vespers (Life of a Day Series #4)
None (Life of a Day Series #3)
Terce (Life of a Day Series #2)
Matins & Lauds (Life of a Day Series #1)
Life of a Day Series (Trailer)
The Mystery Never Leaves You Alone
Anything Goes | Dan Reeder
Awake in Mindful Silence | Phileena Heuertz
Daring A Journey of Texture | Theodore Richards
Wild Mystic Folk for Lovers, Gamblers, and Rovers Alike | Luke Redfield
Wendell Berry & Gary Snyder are Distant Neighbors | Chad Wriglesworth
Contemplative Happy Hour | Tessa Bielecki
Should a Hermit Like Bob Dylan?
Del Barber is an Easy Keeper
Rediscovering the Prayer Wheel with David Van Biema
Lauds (of Coffee)
Shaped by the Dance Between Landscape & Consciousness with Gail Straub (Author of The Ashokan Way)
Contemplate Your Death Five Times a Day with Hansa Bergwall (Co-Founder of WeCroak)
Heartfulness in the Space Between Things with Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu (author of From Mindfulness to Heartfulness)
How Death Prepares You For Life: Buddhist Teacher Frank Ostaseski on The Five Invitations
Montaigne in a Deer Stand: A Roughneck Contemplative on Philosophy, Bon Iver, and Marriage with Michael Perry (Author of Montaigne in Barn Boots)
The Reverence Chocolate Evokes with Shawn Askinosie (Author of Meaningful Work: A Quest to Do Great Business, Find Your Calling, and Feed Your Soul)
The Sunday Letters: A Practice in Contemplative Thinking with Jana Marie
Transforming Cinemas into Meditation Halls with Director Max Pugh on Walk With Me: A Journey Into Mindfulness Featuring Thich Nhat Hahn
(MiniSeries, Episode 5) Practice Without Preaching: Creating a Family Spirituality with Ali Kirkpatrick
(MiniSeries, Episode 4) Practice Without Preaching: Creating a Family Spirituality with Ali Kirkpatrick
(MiniSeries, Episode 3) Practice Without Preaching: Creating a Family Spirituality with Ali Kirkpatrick
(MiniSeries, Episode 2) Practice Without Preaching: Creating a Family Spirituality with Ali Kirkpatrick
(MiniSeries, Episode 1) Practice Without Preaching: Creating a Family Spirituality with Ali Kirkpatrick
(MiniSeries, Introduction) Practice Without Preaching: Creating a Family Spirituality with Ali Kirkpatrick
Mystic Soul Project and the Essence of Deep Spirituality with Teresa Pasquale Mateus
Ordinary Mystic & Contemplative Shoveler (Mark Longhurst Interviews Host Paul Swanson)
A Handbook to Midlife: Philosophical Tools, Wisdom & Avoiding the Midlife Crisis with Kieran Setiya (author of Midlife: A Philosophical Guide)
Enlightenment Through Endarkment, or Bumbling Our Way to Possible Magic with Teddy Macker (Author of 'This World')
Teddy Macker Reads "A Poem For My Daughter"
Be Open to the Unexpected and Find Pure Presence with Tracy Cochran (Editor at Parabola Magazine)
Cal Newport on Kindling an Examined Life Through Deep Work (author of Deep Work)
(Bonus Episode!) Dr. Barbara Holmes from 2016 in Celebration of the Revised Edition of Her Book, Joy Unspeakable
Mindfulness in the Christian Tradition with Dr. Amy Oden (author of Right Here, Right Now: The Practice of Christian Mindfulness)
Blueprint for an Authentic Life with Jeff Johnson (180 South, Bend to Baja)
The Enneagram as a Tool for Excavating Your Essence with Chris Heuertz (Author of The Sacred Enneagram)
Exploring the Silence and Laughter of Eternity with Carl McColman
Thomas Merton, Wisdom Sophia and a Dash of Pink Floyd with Christopher Pramuk
Tasha Wahl on Discovering a God of Love in 'The Shack'
Ecstatic Experiences for the Spiritually Mediocre with Jules Evans (Philosopher and Author of The Art of Losing Control: A Philosopher's Search for Ecstatic Experience)
The Wendell Berry Way of Seeing: Filmmaker Laura Dunn on 'Look & See: A Portrait of Wendell Berry'
The Buddhist Monk Who Adopted 85 Children: Filmmaker Andrew Hinton on His Documentary 'Tashi and the Monk'
Titans of Inaction: The Graduation Address
Lodro Rinzler: When Work Becomes Meditation Practice
Contemplating the Universe (Bonus! Practice Episode)
Becoming Esteemed Ancestors with a Cosmic Vision - Nancy Ellen Abrams (author of A God That Could Be Real)
David Michie: Meditate to Know Thyself (Author of The Dalai Lama's Cat and Hurry Up and Meditate)
Scott Hartley: The Future Needs Philosophers (Author of The Fuzzy and the Techie: Why The Liberal Arts will Rule the Digital World)
Washing Dishes with Thich Nhat Hahn and Hitchhiking to Thomas Merton: Jim Forest on a Life Worthy of Such Friendships
Art is Resonance: The Ambient Internal Landscape of Musician and Ecopsychologist Russell James Pyle
In Rhythm with Life: Alana Levandoski on Being a Contemplative Artisan and Collaborating with James Finley
The Priest of the Woods and the Fullness of the Earth with Stephen Blackmer
The Contemplative Hint: Seeking to Say the Unsayable within Christianity with Rev. Dr. Peter Traben Haas
The Generous Cadence of the Singer of Solitude: Kevin Dann on Henry David Thoreau (Author of Expect Great Things: The Life and Search of Henry David Thoreau)
A Clear Life - Charlie Parr on Harlan Hubbard's Payne Hollow: Life on the Fringe of Society
Minimalist Parenting and Cultivating a Family Dynamic with Christine Koh
A Syllabus for Newfound Seriousness with Christy Wampole
Voicemail - Seeing the World Through a Lens of Awe: Brie Stoner on Pablo Neruda
The Past Has Arms: Risking Relationship with Ourselves So We Can Grow Up with James Hollis, PhD
Voicemails - Alison Kirkpatrick on The Conscious Parent / Mark Longhurst on The Brothers Karamazov
The Other is Us: Connecting to Knowledge, Wisdom and One Another with Barbara A. Holmes
Raghu Markus on How John Coltrane, Ram Dass and a Healthy Dose of Self-Inquiry Can Transform Your Life
The Courage to Be Present: Moving the World Towards Compassion with Marianne Elliot (Activist, Author, Yoga Teacher, Ultramarathon Runner)
Filmmaker and Cultural Anthropologist Jenny Phillips on the Wisdom Found Behind (and Beyond) Prison Bars
Your Teacher's Teacher: Mirka Knaster on the Dharma, Quirks and Stories of Munindra (Teacher of Joseph Goldstein, Sharon Salzberg, Jack Kornfield, Kamala Masters and many more)
Trailblazing in Academia, David Germano on the Contemplative Sciences
Radical Dharma with Lama Rod Owens: A Fresh Approach to Enlightenment and Social Change
Spiritual Wanderings: The Natural Curiosity of T.D. Mischke
Sit in Your Shack, and Your Shack Will Teach You Everything, Dialogues with Andrew Gingerich
Growing Basil and the Art of Eavesdropping, Dar Williams on Building Community through Positive Proximity
Creating Empty Spaces, Toinette Lippe on the Mindful Art of Being
The Life and Art of Thomas Merton: Morgan Atkinson on Crafting the Contemplative Documentary
Simone Weil: Attention, the Agent of Love with Eric O. Springsted
Democracy of the Cosmos: John Muir's Prophetic and Moral vision | A Conversation with Donald Worster (Author, Professor)
Julian of Norwich: Loving Without Annihilating Difference with Amy Frykholm
Drinking Beer with Thomas Merton to Kindle the Examined Life