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Valley and Mountain Seattle — 94 episodes
(#94) 02/09/20 - "Joy in the Midst of..." (part 4 of 6) - Dialogue with Journalists Marcus Harrison Green & Aaron Day
(#93) 02/02/20 - "Joy in the Midst of..." (part 3 of 6) - Short Reflections by Yasmin Ravard-Andresen, Rev. Harriett Walden, and Yazzie Henderson
(#92) 01/26/20 - Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou - "Joy in the Midst of...: Celebrating the Gifts and Diversity of Black Spirituality" (part 2 of 6)
(#91) 01/19/20 - "Joy in the Midst of...: Celebrating the Gifts and Diversity of Black Spirituality" (part 1 of 6) - Short Reflections on MLK by Steffany Brown, Tiffani Jones, and Chad-Henry Goller-Sojourner
(#90) 01/12/20 - "ROOTED: Exploring Spiritual Practices (Part 2)" - Community Mic with introductory remarks by John Helmiere
(#89) 01/05/20 - "ROOTED: Exploring Spiritual Practices" - Q&A with John Helmiere
(#88) 12/22/19 - "Queering Advent: Waiting No More (Part 4 of 4)" - Storytellers: Rev Harriett Walden, Eloise, & Adrienne Papermaster
(#87) 12/15/19 - "Queering Advent: Waiting No More (Part 3 of 4)" - Storytellers: Chad-Henry Goller-Sojourner & DeAnza Spaulding
(#86) 12/08/19 - "Queering Advent: Waiting No More (Part 2 of 4)"
(#85) 12/07/19 - 2nd Annual "O Justice Come" Benefit Concert - A night of jazz and poetry with special guest Josephine Howell
(#84) 12/01/19 - "Queering Advent: Waiting No More (Part 1 of 4)" - Storytellers: Eithne Leahy, DeAnza Spaulding, Juliana Bateman
(#83) 11/24/19 - "Ritual vs Tradition" - Dialogue with Neal Sharpe
(#82) 11/17/19 - "Letting Go of Toxic Theology" Q&A (Question & Agitation) with John Helmiere
(#81) 11/03/19 - "All Saints Day: 40/400" - Dr. Ana Maria Cauce, Dr. Lora-Ellen McKinney, and Rev. John Helmiere
(#80) 10/27/19 - "Enough" (part 4 of 4 in the CO-CREATE series) - John Helmiere
(#79) 10/20/19 - 9TH ANNIVERSARY! - "Open Handed and Open Hearted" (part 3 of 4 in the CO-CREATE series) - John Helmiere
(#78) 10/06/19 - "CO-CREATE: Making Peace in Our Community" (Part 1 of 4 in the CO-CREATE series) - Dr. Jabali Stewart
(#77) 09/22/19 - "The Gospel According to Daddy's Girl" (Part 3 of 4 in the Who We Are series) - Pastor Lyvonne Briggs, MDiv
(#76) 09/15/19 - "The Inward Journey: Staying Soft in Fire" - John Helmiere
(#75) 07/28/19 - "And it was Yes" (Part 2 of 7 in the Poem of Creation series) - John Helmiere
(#74) 07/21/19 - "Black Holes, the Body of God, and the Poem of Creation" (Part 1 of 7 in the Poem of Creation series) - John Helmiere
(#73) 07/07/19 - Reflection by Dr. Mari Kim - Part 5 of 6 in our CelebrASIAN series: celebrating the traditions and diversity of our APIDA+ siblings
(#72) 06/30/19 - "Ka kaon ka na? Have you eaten yet?: A Reflection on Filipino Spirituality in Memory & Verse - Part 4 of 6 in our CelebrASIAN series" - Roberto Ascalon
(#70) 06/16/19 - "What is Korean American Spirituality? - Part 2 of 6 in our CelebrASIAN series" - Rev. Thomas Yang
(#69) 06/09/19 - "CelebrAsian! celebrating the traditions and diversity of our APIDA+ siblings" - Yasmin Ravard-Andresen, Dr. DeAnza Spaulding, Tiana Powell, and Brian Park
(#68) 06/02/19 - "The Spiritual Practice of Being Here: Body as Home - Part 6 in the EmBodied Spirit series" - Tiana Powell
(#67) 05/26/19 - "Images: Getting back to my body - Part 5 in the EmBodied Spirit series" - Dani Tirrell
(#66) 05/19/19 - "Living at the Intersection: Part 4 in the EmBodied Spirit series" - Rev. Carla Robinson
(#65) 05/12/19 - "Mystical Body-Positive Theology: Part 3 in the EmBodied Spirit series" - John Helmiere
(#64) 05/05/19 - "Sex-Positive Spirituality: Part 2 in the EmBodied Spirit series" - John Helmiere
(#63) 04/28/19 - "An EmBodied Spirit, part 1" - Community Mic
(#62) 04/21/19 - "Easter Services" - John Helmiere
(#61) 04/14/19 - "Celebrating the Revolutionary Street Theater of Palm Sunday" - Rebecca Saldaña
(#60) 03/31/19 - "We Grieve on Saturdays" - Tiana Powell
(#59) 03/24/19 - "Grief is the Sound of Being Alive" - John Helmiere
(#58) 03/10/19 - "Grief, Death, and Inigo Montoya, Part 1" - Neal Sharpe
(#57) 03/03/19 - "Reclaiming Pleasure" - John Helmiere
(#56) 02/24/19 - "Celebrating Black Spirituality, Part 5" - Dr. Lora-Ellen McKinney
(#55) 02/17/19 - "Celebrating Black Spirituality, Part 4" - Dr. Leroy Barber
(#54) 02/03/19 - "Celebrating Black Spirituality, Part 2: Come, Spirit, Come" - Yasmin Ravard-Andresen
(#53) 01/27/19 - Rev Sekou Uhuru Osagyefo
(#52) 01/20/19 - "ROOTS: Spiritual Practices to Get Grounded: The Art of Table Turning: A Celebration of the Radical Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. " - John Helmiere
(#51) 01/13/19 - "ROOTS: Spiritual Practices to Get Grounded: The Art of Contemplation" - John Helmiere
(#50) 01/06/19 - "ROOTS: Spiritual Practices to Get Grounded: The Art of 'Being With' - John Helmiere"
(#49) 12/24/18 - "Discovering the Dark and Dazzling God: Beholding the Luminous Darkness" - John Helmiere
(#48) 12/23/18 - "Discovering the Dark and Dazzling God: Dancing with the Darkness" - Olivia Ashé
(#47) 12/16/18 - "Discovering the Dark and Dazzling God: Adjusting to the Darkness" - John Helmiere
(#46) 12/9/18 - "Discovering the Dark and Dazzling God: Embracing the Darkness" - John Helmiere
(#45) 12/2/18 - "Discovering the Dark and Dazzling God, Part 1" - John Helmiere
(#44) 11/11/18 - "Letting Go, Part 1: Moving Forward" - Natalie Kelly
(#43) 10/28/18 - Who We Are Part 4, The Journey Together - John Helmiere
(#42) 10/21/18 - Who We Are Part 3, The Outward Journey - Yasmin Ravard Andresen
(#41) 10/14/18 - Who We Are: The Journey Onward - Neal Sharpe
(#40) 10/07/18 - 8th Anniversary Service - John Helmiere
(#39) 09/30/18 - Story-Keeping - John Helmiere
(#38) 09/23/18 - Story-Making - John Helmiere
(#37) 09/16/18 - Listening to the Land - Reflection by Dayton Edmonds
(#36) 09/09/18 - Giving Up Hope and Finding Deliverance - Frederica Helmiere
(#35) 08/05/18 - Uncovering Empire - Neal Sharpe
(#34) 07/29/18 - Caesar Loves Certainty - John Helmiere
(#33) 07/22/18 - The Subversive Church - John Helmiere
(#32) 07/08/18 - Confronting Caesar on the 4th of July, What is a Prophet - John Helmiere
(#31) 07/01/18 - We Need Companions, An Advocacy Model for Resistance and Solidarity - DeAnza Spaulding
(#30) 06/24/18 - Beauty, Brutality, Marriage, and Offensive Mercy - John Helmiere
(#29) 06/17/18 - Humongous Fungus Among Us What We Must Learn From Mushrooms - Dave Andresen
(#28) 06/10/18 - Mycelium - Art, Multiculturalism, and Spirituality, A Conversation with Roberto Ascalon
(#27) 06/03/18 - We Belong to Each Other - John Helmiere
(#26) 05/27/18 - Bodies Trauma and Holistic Healing - Yasmin Ravard-Andresen
(#25) 05/20/18 - Sensual Spirituality A Pathway into God - John Helmiere
(#24) 05/13/18 - Erotic Theology The Overlap of Sexuality and Spirituality - John Helmiere
(#23) 05/06/18 - (Em)Bodied Spirituality - John Helmiere
(#22) 04/29/18 - Boundaries as Love - Reflection by John Helmiere
(#21) 04/22/18 - Power as Love - Reflection by Christa Mazzone Palmberg
(#20) 04/15/18 - Play as Love - Reflection by Rev. Emily Tanis-Likkel
(#19) 04/08/18 - Art as Love - Reflection by Neal Sharpe
(#18) 04/01/18 We've Already Won - Easter service - John Helmiere
(#17) 03/18/18 - The Borderlands, part 3, Revolutionary Street Theater & Table Turning Action - John Helmiere
(#16) 03/11/18 - The Borderlands, part 2 - John Helmiere
(#15) 03/04/18 - The Borderlands, part 1 - John Helmiere
(#14) 02/25/18 - Rev Sekou Uhuru Osagyefo
(#13) 02/18/18 - Celebrating Black Spirituality Recovering What Has Been Stolen & Erased, part3, Decolonizing Faith - Yasmin Ravard-Andresen
(#12) 02/11/18 - Celebrating Black Spirituality Recovering What Has Been Stolen, Erased, and Lost, part 2 - Dae Shik Kim Hawkins, Jr
(#11) 02/04/18 - Celebrating Black Spirituality Recovering What Has Been Stolen, Erased, and Lost, part 1 - Dr. Lora-Ellen McKinney
(#10) 01/28/18 - ROOTED, part 4 The practice of Defiant Love - John Helmiere
(#9) 01/21/18 - ROOTED, part 3 The practice of prayer - Rev Emily Tanis-Likkel
(#8) 01/14/18 - ROOTED, part 2 The practice of Community - Neal Sharpe
(#7) 01/07/18 - ROOTED, part 1 The practice of awareness and wonder - John Helmiere
(#6) 12/24/17 - Underground Peace - John Helmiere
(#5) 12/17/17 - Audio from Taize service
(#4) 12/10/17 - Underground Love: A Conversation with Jamil Suleman
(#3) 12/03/17 - Underground Hope - John Helmiere
(#2) 11/17/17 - Letting Go, Part 3: Jesus - John_Helmiere
(#1) 11/12/17 - "Letting Go, part 2: God-- from Mean Old Man on a Cloud... to Ocean of Grace and Friend of the Outcast