Life 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 w…

"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 w…

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…

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 anc…

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…

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 hav…

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 …

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 w…

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 pro…

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 surpr…

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 t…

"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…

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 …

"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 …