"The Quaker practice called clearness committee is about silence, deeply listening to someone else's story, and cultivating space for the inner teacher to emerge. It's not about telling someone what to do or even helping a person figure a problem out, it's about opening space so they can do the work themselves."Music excerpt from Fireside Concert by Annemarie Russell (guitar/vocal) and Hallie Parkins (cello) August 15, 2019Rev. Erik Samuelson is a minister of Word and Sacrament in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and a Coach with Vibrant Faith. He has been working in the area of vocational discernment and spiritual formation (particularly in intergenerational and multi-racial communities that engage young adults) for over 10 years. Annemarie Russell is a writer, singer/songwriter, and English teacher whose vocation is helping others give voice to their own stories. She is also a practitioner in the art of accompanying people in vocational discernment and spiritual discovery. Annemarie brings her authenticity and optimism to the work of story sharing, artistic expression and spiritual formation as she seeks to live deeply into the intersection of faith, art and story through her teaching and songwriting.To learn more about Holden Village, visit: www.holdenvillage.org or to listen to more audio recordings visit: http://audio.holdenvillage.orgThe Holden Village Podcast is accessible through Apple iTunes, Google Play Music, Spotify, TuneIn, iHeart Radio, and most podcast apps. To contact the podcast author, podcast@holdenvillage.org
