{"id":24149,"date":"2021-03-03T03:15:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T07:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/?p=24149"},"modified":"2021-03-23T09:21:53","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T13:21:53","slug":"sophfronia-scott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/sophfronia-scott\/","title":{"rendered":"Eps 193: A Seeker Mentored by Thomas Merton; Guest, Sophfronia Scott"},"content":{"rendered":"Enjoy my conversation with Sophfronia Scott today as we converse about her book <strong>&#8220;The Seeker and the Monk: Everyday Conversations with Thomas Merton&#8221;.<\/strong>\u00a0This is a enriching and down-to-earth interaction with the private journals of the famous author monk of the mid-20th Century in conversation with Sophfronia&#8217;s own life and spiritual growth. 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