Looking Within - A Contemplative Podcast

How do we experience God’s love at Christmas in a Covid world? Join us this week, as we consider the story behind a well known hymn, “It is Well with My Soul.” This hymn, though comforting to us, was…

How do we find peace this Christmas in a Covid world? Today, we conclude our conversations about finding peace in times of uncertainty and unrest. On Monday, we talked about the Christmas truce durin…

How do we find peace this Christmas in a Covid world? On Monday, we introduced the theme of peace as we heard the story of the Christmas truce in World War I. Today we continue our theme as we consid…

How do we find peace this Christmas in a Covid world? Join us this week, as we look at a Christmas miracle, soldiers on Christmas Eve stopped fighting and together celebrated Christ’s birth. Their st…

How do we find joy this Christmas in a Covid world? Today, we continue the theme we heard on Monday, God’s last tender word to us, “And all will be well.” As we watch our own lives unfold, we can be …

How do we find joy this Christmas in a Covid world? Today, we continue the theme we heard on Monday, God’s last tender word to us, “And all will be well.” In the story of Jesus’ birth, we see the she…

How do we find joy this Christmas in a Covid world? Join us this week, as we consider the advice of a wonderful woman from the middle ages. She counseled many who struggled with suffering just like u…

How do we celebrate Christmas in a Covid world? How do we live with both the hopelessness of Covid-19 and the hope of Christmas? Today we’ll hear how Julie and Charles practice holding this contradic…

How do we celebrate Christmas in a Covid world? How do we live with both the hopelessness of Covid-19 and the hope of Christmas? Today we’ll hear from Mary in the story of Jesus’ birth. She held on t…

How do we celebrate Christmas in a Covid world? How do we live with both the hopelessness of Covid-19 and the hope of Christmas? Listen to the wisdom of a young woman who experienced great suffering …

Having your heart opened for gratitude enables good and wonderful things to increasingly flow into your life, even in the midst of challenges and hard times.

You were born for such a time as this! Your life -- wherever God has placed you -- does make a difference.

Today, know that Christ’s presence fills you with hope, joy, peace, and love. Carry that thought with you. Sink your roots deep into what this can mean in your life. And let the loving presence of Ch…

What do you actually need for the journey, and how would a home and living spaces that are freed up of extra possessions free up space in your mind and heart for more time in relationships, especiall…

If you’ve been engaging in some home projects and decluttering during the pandemic, let those activities remind you of the need to also spot and discard inner life emotions and stories that are no lo…

Let go of your need to control the present moment, taking any next steps as God shows them to you. Then see how much more joy and freedom you feel when you let go, knowing that God is on the job and …

For the sake of your physical, emotional, and spiritual health -- and no matter what time of life you’re in -- it’s good to spend some time looking at what “letting go” might look like for your daily…

If you need some encouragement today, if you maybe need a mantra to get through the storms and chaos, try using the words peace, be still... peace, be still... peace, be still.

If you’re losing heart and feel rather helpless to make a difference in the world, hold on to Love. It’s already inside of you. Cultivate it in your daily life. And be assured of God’s desire to assi…

The letting go of long time habits or distractions, and the voluntary pruning of things in our life that keep us from being our true and connected self would undoubtedly change us. But the result of …