{"id":27116,"date":"2025-06-11T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/?p=27116"},"modified":"2025-06-09T11:10:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T15:10:30","slug":"eps-236-community-witnessing-and-care-cindy-s-lee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/eps-236-community-witnessing-and-care-cindy-s-lee\/","title":{"rendered":"Eps 236 : Community Witnessing and Care; Cindy S. Lee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My conversation with author, Cindy S. Lee involves topics of great importance and interest to me. Cindy is thoughtful and spacious and one of just a few contemporary authors I cite in my new book on topics of spiritual formation.<br \/><br \/>We discuss themes of her book:<strong> Contemplative Witnessing: BIPOC Centered Spiritual Direction<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find it here (amazon affiliate link): <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4kyFPqb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/4kyFPqb<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Some of what we cover:<br \/>Avoiding  the loss of the sacred self.<br \/>Embodied spiritual practices<br \/>Spaciousness as a presence we carry<br \/>The power of silence in community and what comes after that.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?podcast_id=146110224&amp;media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fspark_my_muse%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fspark_my_muse%2FContemplative_WitnessingCindy_S_Lee.mp3\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"blubrryplayer-1\" 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