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11am Tuesday 11/10/2015
Tag: podcast
EPS 35: Sarah Bessey talks about “Out of Sorts”
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A big welcome back to Sarah Bessey!
You will LOVE this conversation about Sarah’s new book which involves a spiritual homecoming. Her message of love and hope oozes from every decibel of this episode.
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Sarah Bessey “Out of Sorts”
The difference between this book and the last one.
8:00
Six years away from church.
Finding friends outside of a church community context and the loneliness of that.
Making friends in the neighborhood and having more time because church obligations didn’t take so much time.
11:30
Programing church can take away the organic way people can become bonded.
“Maybe community is a really churchy word for being a really good friend.”
13:30
Obey the Sadness is her favorite chapter
Barbara Brown Taylor
“Learning to Walk in the Dark”
Solar and Lunar Christians
15:30
What unanswered prayers teach.
16:20
I didn’t know how to be sad. I didn’t know how to say [things weren’t] right and that I was longing for wholeness and longing for resolution and redemption. And make peace with that and sit in that tension well.
Holding space for unfinished business.
18:00
The lamenting psalms are meant to be sung in community.
The sacred work of listening when people are hurting.
19:30
When people are uncomfortable with our pain.
The winnowing times when friendships don’t stay provide comfort during the painful times.
22:00
The Ash Wednesday breakthrough story.
27:00
on not knowing how to pray anymore.
The Book of Common prayer
The daily offices
The 28:00
The papal visit in Philly
LINK for the videos of all the U.S. papal messages
Open communion in the street
The World Meeting of Families
Sarah’s interaction with liturgy now and underestimating her spiritual roots and homesickness.
Missing the unscripted script of her church.
34:00
Recognizing the global church and its expressions.
35:30
Sushi forever or the many expressions of Christianity.
If your hands are open you can have many ways to encounter God.
37:00
Understanding the wrath of God and sovereignty of God.
46:00
The pain and relief of the dross getting burning away.
“Can God Be Trusted”
by John Stackhouse
49:00
Being okay with growing pains.
The one message she hopes people get from the book.
(She takes us to church! ENJOY!)
Soul School – Lesson 3
Soul School Lesson 3 – Infectious Hurried Syndrome
For the rest of the year Soul School a new Soul School episode will be released on Hump Day (Wednesday). If you enjoy this short episodes meant to increase mindfulness and soul care, let me know and I’ll continue them in 2016.
Have you have noticed how a whole day can go by and you were so hurried that it’s hard to remember what even happened in your day?
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EPS 26: When Childhood Suffering is Transfigured into a Thriving Life
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INTRO TO THE EPS 26:
Melissa Wilson didn’t just survive mistreatment as a child, she worked to heal from it, redeem it, and establish a platform to help sufferers and advocate for those who are suffering now or wounded from the past.
Melissa converses with me about how she found healing and the joy of transforming her pain into a thriving website and podcast that shares stories of victory, triumph, and overcoming great odds.
Don’t let your past define you. Here are some ways you can move forward and even find a valuable mission in life.
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SHOWNOTES with links
(These are approximate times in this audio broadcast.)
MIN 1:30
The Grass Gets Greener is Melissa’s project that has and continues to redeem and heal her past.
How did she begin to sense this path of helping and advocating for others?
2:00
Getting therapy and then being able to think about helping others.
10:00
How forgiveness played a huge part in the process of getting to a point of thriving and peace.
“If someone’s hurt us we forgiven for ourselves and not for the person who caused the pain.
13:20
The aspect of the continual forgiveness process.
15:00
Every story of surviving is important.
17:00
What helped her most in the process of healing and the first barrier that stood in her way was stigma.
18:00
The crisis event that sparked clarity to get therapy to heal.
20:00
How talking it out helped her and gave her confidence, and she even spent some time traveling in Europe alone.
22:00
How she developed social anxiety problems and then came to overcome them.
23:00
Post-Traumatic Stress symptoms and high adrenaline responses.
23:30
Finding a safe place and an outside perspective to find space from the trauma and grow in self-awareness.
25:00
The impact on relationships, trust, and bonding.
28:00
Rebounding and developing good friendship and meeting her now-husband as she got well.
31:00
On deciding what to make public.
33:00
Becoming who you really are and meeting new people at that point.
33:30
We attract people who are healthier because we are healthier.
34:00
“You have to connect with people who aren’t going to try to hurt you and who are going support you.”
35:30
Creating a family of choice, the core people who will help you be most well.
36:00
Connecting unawares with people who remind you of old pain.
36:30
You are most vulnerable on the road to recovery.
37:20
Feed your mind with the right stuff that’s going to inspire and motivate you and shift your mindset and body.
Here are resources that helped Melissa.
Special End-of-Summer News and Updates Episode
Here’s a picture of me “at the office” as I write this post. I love creating episodes and posts for you, and it’s especially nice to do it outdoors…but I’m going to need a hoodie…more on that later.
This short Sunday episode contains news and info.
I’m debuting my new microphone for you to hear. Tell me if you can hear the difference!
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A few Episodes are already in the queue, but after those air, you will hear a much richer and higher quality sound demonstrated in this short episode! Many thanks for your kind response to my need for financial support. I still need to buy more monthly space at the audio hosting site, but it is a landmark accomplishment to upgrade my mic and I had to share my joy, gratitude, (and the new and improved sound) with you!
It’s getting chilly. Time for a cozy hoodie (ends SEPT 7th! These are on sale to finance the show and ordering ends soon: SEPTEMBER 14th.
