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Curiously with Ericka GrahamPracticing Faith with Aaron NiequistIn this conversation, Aaron Niequist describes how faith is not just a belief, but a practice to be actively participated in. He reminds Christians that as part of their faith, they are invited to join in building the kingdom here on earth and that includes protecting those without power. More about Aaron Niequist:Aaron Niequist is a liturgist, writer, and pastor who recently graduated from General Theological Seminary in NYC. After leading worship at Mars Hill Church (Grand Rapids, MI) and Willow Creek Church (Barrington, IL), he created A New Liturgy - a co...
2025-02-1232 min
The Eternal Current PodcastTap tap...is this thing on? An update and an exciting invitationAfter a podcast hiatus, Aaron shares a life update and invites us into a collaboration with Pastors, Priests and Guides called "Practices to Prevent a Civil War". In this divided, tumultuous season--especially approaching the November election--we are learning practices to form us into people who are less likely to participate in Civil War, and more likely to join God's work of Shalom. All the show notes, future episodes, and next steps are at The Between Retreats Substack. Join us!
2024-10-1523 min
space for faith with mike goldsworthy068 - The Divine Conspiracy Project: Chapter 3 with Aaron NiequistAaron Niequist is a liturgist, writer, and pastor currently living in New York City. He is the creator of A New Liturgy, founder of Pastors, Priests and Guides and the author of The Eternal Current.
Aaron and I shared together in his first earthquake, which hit New York while recording this podcast. But we also talk about understanding God’s presence and space and how we open ourselves up with new eyes to recognize its implications around us, and experiencing the reality of the way the world actually works.
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2024-04-1856 min
The Eternal Current PodcastFinding Delight in the Right Now (w Aaron Niequist)Can a melancholy Enneagram 4 practice Delight, or is it only for naturally happy people? Beginning with a Richard Rohr quote, Aaron reflects on the universal invitation of Delight for every one of us, and shares three ways he is learning to be present to The Presence in the present.
2023-08-2522 min
The Eternal Current PodcastThe Practice of Delight (w Shauna Niequist)Shauna Niequist offers her definition of the Spiritual Practice of Delight, and then invites us to practice it in tangible and helpful ways. She embodies what she preaches, and offers a winsome road map to join the goodness.
2023-08-0326 min
St. Peter's ChelseaUnforced Rhythms of Grace | Aaron NiequistAaron Niequist kicks off our summer series "Finding Ourselves in the Story of God" where speakers are sharing passages of Scripture that have been particularly meaningful and formative in their lives. Aaron describes how this invitation from Matthew 11:28-30 saved him in a season of stress and burnout.
2023-07-0218 min
The Daily Still Podcast - Guided Christian Meditations and DevotionsPractice-Based Faith - Guest Meditation by Aaron NiequistToday we are pleased to present an encore guest meditation by Aaron Niequist. Aaron is a liturgist, writer, and pastor who recently graduated from General Theological Seminary in NYC. After leading worship at Mars Hill Church (Grand Rapids, MI) and Willow Creek Church (Barrington, IL), he created A New Liturgy - a collection of modern liturgical worship recordings. He then curated a discipleship-focused, formational, ecumenical, practice-based community at Willow Creek called "The Practice". Aaron released a book called The Eternal Current: How a Practice-based Faith can Save us from Drowning, and continues to create resources to help others flesh...
2023-03-2715 min
Sinner Saint SisterPastors, Priests & Guides w/Aaron Niequist S9 E3Aaron Niequist is back to talk about rest, healing and reflection after a long season of chaos, hurt and reactivity. Pastors, Priests & Guides, a retreat designed to help us recenter and seek peace for ourselves, our churches, and the world is coming up, and you won’t want to miss it if you’ve felt tossed about the ways of the world and need time to reconcile, rebuild and restore. This soulful conversation about confronting what ails us and taking steps to create peace gave me a boost and I know you’ll love it too.
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2022-11-291h 00
The Eternal Current PodcastEmbodiment, Truth, and Yoga for Retreat (w Allison Sullivan)Author, host of the “Sinner Saint Sister” podcast, and yoga instructor Allison Sullivan joins Aaron to talk about ways we can all begin healing from the last couple years.
2022-11-2829 min
The Eternal Current PodcastNight Prayer Ep 2: Compline and Praying Other People's Prayers (w Rev Christine Lee)Rev Christine Lee, the priest in charge at St Peter’s Episcopal Church, joins Aaron to reflect on her experience with the prayer of Compline. From her earliest experiences as a new priest to the overwhelming days of Compline to a community practice of Compline last fall, Christine helps us get to the heart of it. She also answers the question “Why should we pray other people’s prayers, rather than just make up our own?” A wise and grace-filled guide.
2022-10-0227 min
The Eternal Current PodcastNight Prayer Ep 1: A Compline New LiturgyAaron invites us into the story of A New Liturgy No 10: Night Prayer -- a contemplative, music-carried Compline service. (Released 09.28.22) In this episode, Aaron tells the story of the project, shares his heart for Compline, and plays a few sections of the new recording. Learn how to create holy space at the end of each day to release it all back into God's hands.
2022-09-2631 min
ThinSpaceEpisode 45: Practice Based Faith with Aaron NiequistPurchase The Eternal Current by Aaron Niequist
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In this episode Aaron Niequiest shares his journey to, and with, a practice based faith.
Learn more about Aaron: https://www.aaronniequist.com/
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2022-07-0445 min
strich;punktEpisode 30 – Aaron NiequistIn the last few episodes, I have talked to some phenomenal guests about their personal worship journey and how they’ve managed to continue making music. Developing new forms of expressions for yourself is an important step of the journey, but how about our communities? How do we practice our faith together in our new reality?
About two years ago, I stumbled across Aaron Niequist’s book The Eternal Current, in which he tells his story of leading worship on big stages and leaving it all behind. His ideas have transformed the way I think about church servic...
2022-05-261h 07
The Eternal Current PodcastPraying Like a Master Chef (w Shauna Niequist)Shauna Niequist teaches us a form of prayer based on the words of Jesus and a master chef's approach to recipes. Fresh, insightful, and incredibly practical for anyone who desires to pray in a more whole-hearted way. Shauna also shares the heart behind her brand new book, I Guess I Haven’t Learned that Yet, which is available this week.
2022-04-1042 min
The Eternal Current PodcastFather Stu and the Way of Jesus (with Mark Wahlberg)Actor and Producer Mark Wahlberg joins Aaron to talk about his new film, Father Stu, and the tension between the way of Jesus and the messy brokenness of the church. Plus, they talk about golf. A lot.
2022-04-0737 min
Darling: Confessions of a Former Megachurch SingerEpisode 14: Church as Gymnasium with Aaron NiequistHow can we infuse our worship services with some holy creativity? What if church was more like a gymnasium than a museum, concert hall, or classroom? Thanks for listening!
Aaron Niequist is a liturgist, writer, and pastor living in NYC. After leading worship at Mars Hill Church (Grand Rapids, MI) and Willow Creek Church (Barrington, IL), he created A New Liturgy and is passionate about the holy possibilities at the intersection of modern and ancient forms of worship and spiritual practices.
Aaron’s book, The Eternal Current: How a Practice-Based Faith Can Save Us from Dro...
2022-03-2855 min
Saving You a SeatEp.16 | Aaron Niequist: Rhythms, Practices & All Things HealingJoin Karen this week as she chats with Aaron Niequist, a liturgist, pastor, musician, and author of The Eternal Current. Karen and Aaron wade into a conversation centered around the things that enhance self-connection from a spiritual, relational, and emotional perspective. These two talk about how grounding and healing spiritual practices can be in this good-hard, amazing-messy life.
Join them as they chat directly (no sugar-coating!) about how difficult, yet releasing, it is to forgive people and the wisdom-ways that help. Aaron’s focus on practicing and living his faith is inspirational, especially during a season when so...
2022-03-2227 minspace for faith with mike goldsworthy037 - Aaron Niequist - New Liturgies, Formation & a RetreatAaron Niequist is a liturgist, writer and pastor currently living in NYC. Having led worship at Mars Hill, and Willow Creek, Aaron has created A New Liturgy, written The Eternal Current, and leads the Pastors, Priests and Guides Retreat.
Aaron and I talk about his movement from being an evangelical megachurch worship leader to becoming more oriented towards liturgy and practice. We talk about bringing about change in churches, and worship services in particular. Building a worship service with an eye towards a formative journey. Liturgy as building a muscle of spiritual development. And moving to a place where we t...
2022-03-0754 min
Seminary DropoutAaron Niequist on Why Pastors, Priests, and Guides Deserve a Retreat
Aaron Niequist is a liturgist, writer, in New York City. After leading worship at Mars Hill Church (Grand Rapids, MI) and Willow Creek Church (Barrington, IL), Aaron created A New Liturgy- a collection of modern liturgical worship recordings. Shortly after, Aaron started a discipleship-focused, formational, ecumenical, practice-based community at Willow Creek called The Practice. Since writing ‘The Eternal Current: How a Practice-Based Faith Can Save Us from Drowning’, he’s continued to create resources to help us all flesh it out.
You can find Aaron’s book, music, and other resources on his website, and you can follow h...
2022-02-2537 min
Potter's Inn Soul Care ConversationsThe Future of the Church with Aaron NiequistSHOW NOTES "So deconstruction is not demolition, demolition is easy. You just rent a bulldozer, knock it all down. That's easy. That's not all that courageous - you can knock things down. But deconstruction, to say there is some good here and there is some toxicity here. How do I do the work to humbly enter in to take this piece, pull this layer back to explore? It's more about curiosity. But it's also so difficult. People underestimate the pain. The pain that initiates deconstruction, and then the pain of doing the deconstruction. — Aaron Niequist Aaron Niequist is...
2022-02-161h 01
Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership with Ruth Haley BartonBONUS: A Conversation with Aaron Niequist about Fixed Hour Prayer and Transforming Community 18Please enjoy this bonus episode, a conversation between Ruth Haley Barton and Aaron Niequist, recorded at the Becoming A Transforming Church retreat. Ruth and Aaron discuss Aaron's experience as both a participant and worship leader of Transforming Communities and the ways in which worship and fixed hour of prayer contributed to his journey in community.
If you feel drawn by God to get on a new kind of journey we hope you would consider Transforming Community 18. We are still accepting applications. TC18 begins February 20-22, 2022.
Find more information about Transforming Community 18 HERE.
2022-01-2016 min
The Eternal Current PodcastThe Beatitudes: The Ninefold Path (with Mark Scandrette)Mark Scandrette joins Aaron to talk about the Beatitudes and how Christ’s words lead us back into reality. Speaking from his book “The Ninefold Path of Jesus: Hidden Wisdom of the Beatitudes”, Mark invites us into new ways of hearing, and new tangible practices. Compelling and practical.
2022-01-1829 min
The Eternal Current PodcastThe Beatitudes: A New Liturgy and Three ConversationsInspired by the brand new A New Liturgy No 9: The Beatitudes project, Aaron invites us to dive into an embodied practice of the beatitudes. In this first episode, he shares the heart behind the project and why the neighbor-loving, peace-making Way of Christ is the only hope for our world. Aaron also plays numerous clips of the new liturgy recording, along with stories about the process and reflections on how to engage the liturgy. anewliturgy.com
2022-01-1024 min
Sinner Saint SisterEternal Current w/Aaron Niequist | S7 E10I’ve admired Aaron Niequist and studied his perspective for quite some time. When the world started to fall apart I leaned in especially close. The Lord seems to have gifted Aaron in a lot of ways— teacher, musician, writer— but in my opinion, most especially as a sage in times of crisis. This episode is about his own time of crisis and what he learned was the only way through.
You can follow Aaron on Instagram at @aaronieq and you can buy his book at https://www.amazon.com/dp/0735291160/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fa...
2022-01-0459 min
Word Made DigitalS06 E12: A Life Submitted with Aaron NiequistAaron Niequist is a liturgist and creator of A New Liturgy and The Practice. He is the author of The Eternal Current and has recently launched a podcast exploring the practice of contemplation and living a life in the flow of God. Together Joanna and Aaron discuss liturgy in the modern church, surviving the pandemic in a major city and how a life of contemplation allows us access and operate in all the Fruits of the Spirit. We couldn't have asked for a better conversation to close out Season 6 of our podcast. Special thanks to...
2021-09-0144 minThe Daily Still Podcast - Guided Christian Meditations and DevotionsPractice-Based Faith - Guest Meditation by Aaron Niequist (Meditation Monday Series) Today we are pleased to present a guest meditation by Aaron Niequist. Aaron is a liturgist, writer, and pastor who recently graduated from General Theological Seminary in NYC. After leading worship at Mars Hill Church (Grand Rapids, MI) and Willow Creek Church (Barrington, IL), he created A New Liturgy - a collection of modern liturgical worship recordings. He then curated a discipleship-focused, formational, ecumenical, practice-based community at Willow Creek called "The Practice". Aaron released a book called The Eternal Current: How a Practice-based Faith can Save us from Drowning, and continues to create resources to help others flesh it out...
2021-06-2114 min
The Eternal Current PodcastJesus and John Wayne (w Kristin Kobes Du Mez)Author and historian Kristin Kobes Du Mez joins Aaron to talk about her provocative new book, Jesus and John Wayne. In the first half of this episode, Kristin shares the history of how white Evangelicalism was malformed through an embrace of toxic masculinity. In the second half, three compelling guests join the conversation to explore the practices that can help us repent, heal, and return to the Way of Christ.
2021-02-241h 04
The Eternal Current PodcastA New Story of Losing and FindingIn this vulnerable episode, Aaron offers his messy faith story of the last couple years. May it create a bit of safe space for you to engage the losing and finding of your faith. And may we all be swept more fully into the depth of Reality and the Hope of a God who has not given up on us or the world.
2021-01-2834 min
The Eternal Current PodcastA Story of Losing and Finding FaithIn this vulnerable episode, Aaron offers his messy faith story from the last couple years. May it create a bit of safe space for you to engage the losing and finding of your own faith. And may we all be swept more deeply into Reality and the hope-filled experience of a God who has not given up on us or the world.
2021-01-2834 min
The Eternal Current PodcastIntro to Season Two: Swimming in a TsunamiAaron shares the heart and invitation of Season 2: Swimming During a Tsunami. Over the next twelve episodes, we will explore the question: How do we not drown in the whirlpool of society's chaos and religion's complicity? Is it even possible in 2021 to swim in the river that Christ called 'life to the full'? And if so…HOW? Season 2 invites us back into the themes of the Eternal Current with new guests, new questions, and new concrete practices. Join us!
2021-01-2521 min
The Eternal Current PodcastA Full Re-Cap of Season ONE of the Eternal Current PodcastIn this re-cap of Season 1, Aaron talks through the heart and most notable moments from the first ten episodes. He shares the central idea driving the season, reflects on the process of making each episode, and then plays a few of his favorite clips from the interviews. We offer this episode as a way to remember where we’ve been, and as an easy on-ramp for those who are new to the podcast. Season 2 of the Eternal Current Podcast is coming soon.
2021-01-1954 min
Deeper and WiderAaron Niequist- A Practiced Based FaithIn this weeks episode we will be speaking with Aaron Niequist on having A Practiced Based Faith.
Aaron is a liturgist, writer, and pastor currently living in NYC. After leading worship at Mars Hill Church and Willow Creek Church, he created A New Liturgy- a collection of modern liturgical worship recordings. Shortly after, Aaron started a discipleship-focused, formational, ecumenical, practice-based community at Willow Creek called The Practice. In 2018, he released a book about a practice-based faith called The Eternal Current: How a Practice-Based Faith Can Save Us from Drowning, and he continues to create resources to help us all...
2020-10-121h 00
The Eternal Current PodcastThe Lord's Prayer Ep 10: An Embodied Hope (with Glenn Packiam)How can we have hope when the world feels this messed up? Glenn Packiam brings his doctoral research plus years of pastoral ministry to help us move beyond simplistic optimism and into a deep, grounded, Christian Hope. Both theologically rigorous and surprisingly practical, this episode helps us cultivate an embodied hope that propels us into the work of building for God’s Kingdom right now, on earth as it is in Heaven.
2020-09-1734 min
The Why Behind The WhatS.2 Episode 29 - The Eternal Current with Aaron NiequistWhat if the faith isn’t simply believing things about God, but practicing the way of God? What if faith isn’t knowing things about the Divine, but experiencing the Divine all around you?
That’s what Aaron and I talk about in this episode.
Aaron Niequist is a liturgist, writer, and pastor. He’s worked as a worship leader at Willow Creek Church and Mars Hill Bible Church. He’s also the creator of A New Liturgy, which is a collection of modern liturgical worship recordings as well as The Practice, which is a formational...
2020-09-1442 min
The Eternal Current PodcastThe Construct of Race, the Evangelical Church, and the Mind of Christ (with Daniel Hill)Pastor and author Daniel Hill helps us consider how the parasite of white supremacy has infected our country and particularly the Christian faith. With a humble and bridge-building spirit, Daniel brings incredible insight into how we got here, and the practices that can realign us with the reconciling way of Christ. Please don’t miss this one.
2020-09-0444 min
Restoring the Soul with Michael John CusickEpisode 143 - Aaron Niequist, "The Eternal Current"“The invitation is participation.” - Aaron NiequistOn this edition of Restoring the Soul, Michael welcomes Liturgist, Writer, and Pastor Aaron Niequist. Currently living in NYC, Aaron’s career has taken him from leading worship at Mars Hill Church alongside Rob Bell and Willow Creek just outside of Chicago. He has also created A New Liturgy - a collection of modern liturgical worship recordings.In 2018, Aaron released a book about a practice-based faith called The Eternal Current: How a Practice-Based Faith Can Save Us from Drowning, which serves as the foundation of he and Michael’s discus...
2020-08-2848 min
The Eternal Current PodcastA Lord's Prayer reflection: What Do We Do With Our Fear?Aaron pauses the series to share a story and reflect on the question "What do we do with our fear?" An informal and personal episode that ends with a brand new liturgy.
2020-08-2720 min
The Eternal Current PodcastThe Lord's Prayer Ep 9: Lead Us and Deliver Us (with Stu G)Stu G brings the wisdom and incredible music from his Beatitudes Project to help us hear “Lead us not into temptation and deliver us from evil” with new ears. What does it mean to be a holy troublemaker in the world today? How can we know if we are being persecuted for Christ, or persecuted because we are unlike Christ? A robust conversation...with great music.
2020-08-1940 min
Create Radio Show121 | Aaron NiequistThe podcast is back! After a brief hiatus, the crew is ready for a whole new experience. Today, we are joined, once again, by Aaron Niequist. Aaron is a liturgist, writer, and pastor currently living with his family in NYC. Aaron has recently released A New Liturgy, No. 8 – The Lord’s Prayer. This creative experience is a 25-minute journey that helps us not simply recite The Lord’s Prayer, but to embody and put it into practice. During the conversation, we discuss how the project came to be, and what we are learning during the time of COVID-19. We also i...
2020-08-1955 min
The Eternal Current PodcastThe Lord's Prayer Ep 8: As We Forgive (with Fr Michael Sparough, SJ)Fr Michael Sparough, SJ, returns with a brand new meditation that helps us forgive those who have sinned against us. He brilliantly guides a four step process to extend the mercy we’ve been given to a person who has hurt us. This is a life-changing invitation. A deeper freedom is possible. And Grace will carry us through.
2020-08-1143 min
The Eternal Current PodcastThe Lord's Prayer Ep 7: Forgive Us (with Fr Michael Sparough, SJ)Fr Michael Sparough, SJ, returns to the podcast with a brand new meditation to help us pray for the grace to know our sin. Trusting in the bedrock of God’s unquenchable mercy, we learn to notice and let go of anything that holds us back from love. To prepare for the meditation, Fr Michael and Aaron have a short conversation about the nature and gift of confession and forgiveness.
2020-08-0735 min
The Eternal Current PodcastThe Lord's Prayer Ep 6: Give Us Our Daily Bread (with Shauna Niequist)Author Shauna Niequist invites us into the earthy and tender prayer “give us our daily bread” during this season of pandemic and uncertainty. Pulling from culinary and theological streams, with her usual wisdom and humor, Shauna names the gift God offers every one of us—and teaches us how to humbly receive it every day.
2020-07-3130 min
The Eternal Current PodcastThe Lord's Prayer Ep 5: May Your Kingdom Come (with Shane Claiborne)Activist and author Shane Claiborne explores the phrase “May Your Kingdom come.” Through word pictures, humble reflections, and compelling stories from his life, Shane helps us imagine how to participate in God’s dream for the world, on earth as it is in Heaven. A deeply moving, surprising, and practical episode.
2020-07-2636 min
The Eternal Current PodcastThe Lord's Prayer Ep 4: Hallowed is Your Name (with Sean Palmer)We live in a culture that is coarse, frantic, and frenetic. Pastor and author Sean Palmer explores what it means to consider something holy. Set apart. He helps us receive Jesus’ phrase “Hallowed be Your Name” as less of a religious appeal to an insecure God in need of worship, and more of a pathway to anchor our trust in the One who cannot fail us or the world.
2020-07-2135 min
The Eternal Current PodcastThe Lord's Prayer Ep 3: Who Art in Heaven (with Diana Butler Bass)Episode 2 asked “Is God a dude?” This episode asks “Does God live on a cloud somewhere far away?” And I can’t imagine a better guide to help us explore these questions than Diana Butler Bass. In her words, the first line of The Lord’s Prayer “explodes” many of our concepts of God...inviting us into a wider and more beautiful space. At the end, Aaron Niequist teaches a new practice—creatively titled “My crazy, made up, underwater coffee shop practice”. May we learn to find God's presence everywhere.
2020-07-1828 min
The Eternal Current PodcastThe Lord's Prayer Ep 2: Our Father (with Diana Butler Bass)As we explore The Lord's Prayer, the brilliant Diana Butler Bass helps us think theologically and historically about Jesus' choice to name God "Our Father". Is God a dude? Or is the invitation to pray "Our Father" something deeper and wider and more beautiful? Pulling from scripture, church history, and the world we live in, Diana helps us reimagine and fully embody this historic prayer.
2020-07-1524 min
The Eternal Current PodcastThe Lord's Prayer Ep 1: Introduction and Brand New Song (with Aaron Niequist)In a season of pandemic and social tumult, we are spending the next 9 episodes exploring The Lord's Prayer and learning to put it into practice. One line per episode. A short conversation and a tangible practice. In this episode, Aaron Niequist shares the invitation of this historic prayer, and debuts the new song from A New Liturgy No 8: The Lord's Prayer. Please join us as the journey begins.
2020-07-1111 min
The Eternal Current PodcastPractices for Pandemic Ep 13: Race, Injustice and Practices of Reconciliation (with David Bailey)David Bailey, founder of Arrabon, helps us wrestle with the realities of race in the U.S. After a short history lesson, David offers a brilliant definition of “white supremacy”, teaches a roadmap for constructive action, and leads a powerful spiritual practice. A masterclass by a truly gifted guide…for such a time as this.
2020-06-1540 min
The Eternal Current PodcastPractices for Pandemic Ep 12: The Right Bodies in the Right Places (with Angie Hong)Angie Hong shares her experience as a Korean-American woman...feeling like she was the wrong body in the place she found herself. But in view of The Creator, she learned that she was actually given the right body; but she was simply in the wrong place. Angie invites us into a four part practice of being the right body in the right place: Truth, Communion, Lament, and Creative Imagination.
2020-05-2326 min
A Theology of HustleAaron Niequist | Liturgist, Writer, and Pastor[ep 97] Aaron Niequist is a liturgist, writer, and pastor currently attending General Theological Seminary in NYC. After leading worship at Mars Hill Church (Grand Rapids, MI) and Willow Creek Church...
2020-05-191h 01
PRAYERFULLY WOKEThe Eternal Current w/ Aaron NiequistThank you for listening to this episode of PRAYERFULLY WOKE!
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2020-05-1849 min
The Eternal Current PodcastPractices for Pandemic Ep 11: Blessed to Be a Blessing (with Aaron Niequist)Aaron shares a personal experience from the week, reflecting on ways that quarantine has turned his focus overly inward. After telling the story of writing the song “Changed” for the Mars Hill community, he invites us into a short “blessed to be a blessing” liturgy. Join us as we pray for (and seek to serve) our neighbors, family, enemies, and world.
2020-05-1619 min
The Eternal Current PodcastPractices for Pandemic Ep 10: Praying for President Trump with Eyes Open (with Brian McLaren)Writer and public theologian Brian Mclaren helps us reflect on a Christianity that helps us love the world rather than escape from it. We explore the tension of rejecting an “us vs them” posture without choosing false equivalence. And then Brian guides a sincere and prophetic prayer for President Trump based on 1 Corinthians 13.
2020-05-0931 min
rooted (IN).ten.tionallyA Practice for Holding Blessing and Sorrow Together with Aaron NiequistAs we seek to live rooted and grounded amidst all that's wrong in the world, we inevitably experience a mix of emotions--blessing, sorrow, and more. In today’s episode, liturgist and author Aaron Niequist joins me to guide you through a practice that embraces both blessing and sorrow together. As you hold both the good and the bad in your life before God, you will enter the calming peace of God’s presence no matter your circumstances. Join the rooted community at susancarson.net. Purchase Susan’s book rooted(IN). Work with Susan as a y...
2020-05-0724 min
The Eternal Current PodcastPractices for Pandemic Ep 9: Radical Kindness (with Ashlee Eiland)Pastor and author Ashlee Eiland offers a vision and practice for radical kindness. Sharing from her book Human(kind), she calls for something deeper than mere “niceness”--inviting us to embrace our own imago Dei and honor it in everyone we meet. A beautifully prophetic practice for our divided times.
2020-05-0125 min
The Eternal Current PodcastPractices for Pandemic Ep 8: Prayer of Imagination PART TWO (with Fr Michael Sparough, SJ)(Part 2 of 2) Fr Michael Sparough, SJ, returns to guide a two part prayer of imagination on the Two Standards by St Ignatius. Together with an original score by Aaron Niequist, we invite you into a fully immersive prayer experience for your heart, mind, imagination, and body. Join us?
2020-04-2615 min
The Eternal Current PodcastPractices for Pandemic Ep 8: Prayer of Imagination PART ONE (with Fr Michael Sparough, SJ)Fr Michael Sparough, SJ, returns to guide a two part prayer of imagination on the Two Standards by St Ignatius. Together with an original score by Aaron Niequist, we invite you into a fully immersive prayer experience for your heart, mind, imagination, and body. Join us? (Part 1 of 2)
2020-04-2420 min
The Eternal Current PodcastPractices for Pandemic Ep 7: Lectio for Courage (with Rich Villodas)Rich Villodas lives and pastors in Queens, NY. After sharing about life near the center of the pandemic, he guides us in a Lectio Divina experience of Christ’s assuring words: "Take courage, it is I. Don’t be afraid."
2020-04-1928 min
The Eternal Current PodcastPractices for Pandemic Ep 6: Contemplative Action (with Jonathan Merritt)Jonathan Merritt guides us in a practice for contemplative activists in the time of pandemic. He helps us anchor our souls deeply in God, and then open to the ways we can participate in loving action—both during the crisis and beyond. May our doing always flow from our being.
2020-04-1318 min
Radical Love LiveAaron Niequist: Liturgy, Spiritual Practice, and an Uncertain WorldAaron Niequist is a liturgist (creator of the New Liturgy series) and author (The Eternal Current). We had the opportunity to talk with Aaron online about the everyday liturgies that form us, the spiritual practices that help us connect with one another and others, the ways that the world is forcing us to make terrible binary choices about what we believe, and what the future of spirituality looks like. Find out more about Aaron at www.aaronniequist.com and look for his Eternal Current podcast on this and other platforms
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2020-04-0149 min
The Eternal Current PodcastPractices for Pandemic Ep 3: Learning to Lament (with Aaron Niequist)Unless we find concrete ways to weep over the brokenness, we will often use the brokenness to break others. Or ourselves. Lament provides a healing third way to engage the sorrow without exporting it. In this episode, Aaron Niequist invites us into this historic spiritual practice. Carried by Jenna Perinne's nine steps of lament, David Gungor's singing, and a whole team of collaborators, you will experience a liturgy of lament, and you'll be empowered to create your own. For such a time as this.
2020-03-3019 minCreate Radio Show92 | Aaron NiequistAaron Niequist is a liturgist and writer, in New York City. After leading worship at Mars Hill Church (Grand Rapids, MI) and Willow Creek Church (Barrington, IL), Aaron created A New Liturgy - a collection of modern liturgical worship recordings. Shortly after, he started a discipleship-focused, formational, ecumenical, practice-based community at Willow Creek called The Practice. In 2018, Aaron wrote a book about a practice-based faith called The Eternal Current: How a Practice-Based Faith Can Save Us from Drowning.
Links:
https://www.aaronniequist.com/
https://www.anewliturgy.com/
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2019-11-1850 min
The Eternal Current PodcastGod-Given Desire (with Ruth Haley Barton)Author and spiritual director Ruth Haley Barton joins Aaron for a deep dive into the central role our desires play in the spiritual life. Rather than repressing or shaming, Ruth invites us to follow Jesus’ example of uncovering and embracing our true, God-given desires. May this conversation stretch and heal you in surprising ways.
2019-11-1437 min
Dismantle Podcast103. "The Eternal Current" with Aaron NiequistAuthor, liturgist, and worship leader Aaron Niequist shares his thoughts on the Eternal Current, authentic living, and how our spiritual practice is like wearing our dad's jacket.
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2019-10-2023 min
The Eternal Current PodcastFor the Sake of the World (with Todd Deatherage)Aaron welcomes Todd Deatherage, co-founder of the Telos Group, about his provocative vision to build a pro-Israel, pro-Palestine, pro-peace movement in America and the world. As a peacemaker and a Christ-follower, Todd helps us explore ways that our private faith can and must be connected to our public mission. We don’t need to become an exhausted activist or an isolated contemplative, we can choose a third way.
2019-10-0346 min
Language of God18. Aaron Niequist | Learning to SwimGrowing up in the church, Aaron Niequist never imagined he would experience a faith crisis—until he did. On this episode, he recalls this time of doubt and what helped him through it. Aaron and Jim also discuss reviving liturgy and the seeing faith in light of the Kingdom of Heaven.
Aaron Niequist is a liturgist, writer, and pastor. After growing up in a Plymouth Brethren community, he led worship at Mars Hill Church in Grand Rapids, MI and Willow Creek Church in Barrington, IL. Recently, he has shifted his focus to creating ‘A New Liturgy’—a series o...
2019-09-2647 min
The Eternal Current PodcastWe Need Everybody (with Rev Stephanie Spellers)Rev Canon Dr Stephanie Spellers joins Aaron for a wide-ranging conversation about the necessity and challenge of moving outside of our faith traditions. The gift of Ecumenism. Can we remain open to new experiences of God without losing our roots? Can we hold onto the gifts of our preferred tradition without needing it to be dominant? Can we embrace the “both/and” without compromising our deepest values? What are the unique dynamics that our racial identities play in all this? Rev Stephanie guides us masterfully into this conversation. Her wisdom is deep and her hope is infectious.
2019-09-1844 min
The Eternal Current PodcastA Rule of Life (with Rich Villodas)Pastor Rich Villodas joins Aaron to explore the tangible ways we can join with the Spirit’s movement in our actual, everyday life. The invitation is participation. In this highly practical episode, Rich teaches a historic framework that can help us stay in the flow of God’s unforced rhythms of Grace, Monday through Sunday.
2019-09-1038 min
The Eternal Current PodcastCreating a Practice-Based Gathering PART TWO (with Glenn Packiam, Jenna Perrine and Jonathan Martin)PART TWO of a two-part episode about the nuts and bolts of creating a practice-based gathering. Glenn Packiam, Jenna Perrine, and Jonathan Martin join Aaron to explore three aspects of a formative service: an opening liturgy, a teaching that leads to practice, and the Eucharist that sends us out. This is the one episode of the season focused a little more on those who lead gatherings, but we hope the conversation will be a gift to everyone.
2019-09-0533 min
The Eternal Current PodcastCreating a Practice-Based Gathering PART ONE (with Glenn Packiam, Jenna Perrine, and Jonathan Martin)PART ONE of a two-part episode about the nuts and bolts of creating a practice-based gathering. Glenn Packiam, Jenna Perrine, and Jonathan Martin join Aaron to explore three aspects of a formative service: an opening liturgy, a teaching that leads to practice, and the Eucharist that sends us out. This is the one episode of the season focused a little more on those who lead gatherings, but we hope the conversation will be a gift to everyone.
2019-09-0549 min
The Eternal Current PodcastGood Fruit (with Shauna Niequist)Shauna Niequist joins Aaron for an honest conversation about the beauty and struggle of a spiritual life that bears good fruit--inside and out. They talked about the spirituality of a well-balanced meal, four cultural lies that are starving us, her story of burnout and soul recovery, and then they walked through a few concrete practices to keep us plugged into the Good Vine. Shauna brings deep wisdom and really fresh language (usually food related!) for a practice-based faith.
2019-08-2942 min
The Zeitcast with Jonathan MartinA Practice Based Faith (Why Liturgy Matters) with Aaron NiequistLiturgist & Writer Aaron Niequist is a guide for those of us looking for a deeper, more integrated faith. On today’s Zeitcast, Aaron shows us how a practice-based faith can help us get caught up in “the eternal current,” and the power of liturgy to alter the shape of our real lives. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sonofapreacherman/ Visit Jonathan's Website: http://www.jonathanmartinwords.com/ Watch The Zeitcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdHzTuNKhTK-AZjfmkxQiww Please rate, review, share, and subscribe! Edited and produced by Reese...
2019-08-2835 min
The Eternal Current PodcastSwimming with the River (with Fr Michael Sparough, SJ)In Episode 4, Aaron welcomes Fr Michael Sparough, SJ, to explore the idea and practice of The Kingdom of God. What is The Kingdom and how do we learn to swim in it? From a deep foundation as a Jesuit Priest and a lifetime spent walking with Christians as a spiritual director, Fr Michael brings a winsome wisdom to this incredibly important conversation. At the end, he guides a powerful "Sign of the Cross Meditation" that helps us get swept up into the deep streams.
2019-08-2243 min
The Eternal Current PodcastThe Birth of the PracticeThis is the story of the birth of The Practice, which is a practice-based, contemplative, neo-liturgical, ecumenical, eucharistic gathering we started in the Willow Creek Chapel in 2014. Aaron Niequist shared some of the story and then sat down with three founding members--Lori Shoults, Kellye Fabian, and Jason Feffer--to share reflections from the beginning of this experimental community.
2019-08-0942 min
The Eternal Current PodcastLosing and Finding Faith (with Sarah Bessey)In this episode, Aaron Niequist and author Sarah Bessey share their stories of faith, losing faith, and re-finding it in a new way. The conversation moves into deep and quite honest places, and they try to honor the messy reality of the spiritual life. At the end, Sarah offers three concrete practices that help us not lose our souls in a season of questioning and deconstruction. Friends, new life is possible.
2019-08-0948 min
The Eternal Current PodcastIntroduction: Invitation into the Eternal CurrentIn this very first episode, Aaron Niequist shares the heart behind the podcast and the book that inspired it, The Eternal Current. And at the end, you'll be invited to engage a simple and historic practice called Lectio Divina. The Eternal Current journey begins here.
2019-08-0826 min
TypologyBest of Season 2: Instincts and Subtypes with Aaron NiequistWith so many of our listeners asking about subtypes on a daily basis, we thought we'd celebrate the end of Season 2 with this replay of Aaron Niequist and Ian discussing instincts and subtypes and using them as another way to help hone in on your Enneagram type. Aaron Niequist has served as a leader at some of the most influential churches in the country. In 2014, he launched a neo-liturgical, ecumenical, practice-based service at Willow Creek in Chicago. He also created a series of liturgical recordings called A New Liturgy to help people create holy space wherever they f...
2019-08-0856 min
At Sea with Justin McRoberts@ Sea Podcast #32: Aaron Niequist (full interview)For a season, Aaron Niequist worked at a church called Willow Creek in the Chicago area; a church that functioned as a kind of flagship for mainline christian Chruch practice. He also served at Mars Hill in Grant Rapids Michigan, a church whose culture was often seen as a next step away from (if not a remedy for) the culture and practice of churches like Willow Creek.
In my conversation with Aaron, I found someone who is sincerely and profoundly concerned with the actual formation of actual people. His concern as well as his expertise stem form...
2019-03-2657 min
Betwixt Podcast on the Brink of Becoming17 Aaron Niequist on Practice-based FaithAaron Niequist helps launch Season 2 of the Betwixt Podcast! In this episode, Aaron and I share a really beautiful conversation about how practice-based faith draws us into spaces that are ripe for transformation.Aaron is a liturgist, writer, and pastor. After leading worship at two of America’s largest mega churches, Aaron began to re-imagine what a discipleship-focused, contemplative, practice-based community might look like, and so he began The Practice - an experimental gathering in the Willow Creek Chapel. “Jesus did not say, ‘Here is the truth. Believe it.’ He said, ‘I am the truth. Follow me.’ The invitation is participatio...
2019-02-0555 min
Gravity Commons Podcast048 – Aaron Niequist on Embracing a Practice-Based FaithWe interview Aaron Niequist about his new book The Eternal Current: How a Practice-Based Faith Can Save Us from Drowning. Links and resources: Pick up Aaron’s new book: The Eternal Current: How a Practice-Based Faith Can Save Us from Drowning Connect with Aaron on Twitter Aaron’s website Gravity Leadership Academy | we’re always starting new cohorts! If […]
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2019-01-2940 minSeminary Dropout197 – Aaron Niequist, Author of The Eternal Current, Talks about a Practice Based Faith*Originally Posted at MissioAlliance.org
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2018-12-0743 min
Linch With A LeaderEpisode 29: Aaron Niequist Aaron Niequist is a liturgist, writer, and pastor in the Chicago, Illinois area. He has led worship at large churches such as Mars Hill Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan and at Willow Creek in Barrington, Illinois. He went on to create a new set of modern worship recordings that are called A New Liturgy. Aaron has also gone on to author a book entitled: The Eternal Current: How a Practice-Based Faith Can Save Us from Drowning which is focused on a practice-based faith.In this episode, Mike Linch talks with Aaron Niequist about his background in leadership...
2018-10-0842 min
Changing Company# 17 (S2) Aaron Niequist and The Eternal Current
# 17 (S2) Aaron Niequist and The Eternal Current
Aaron shares with us his journey from being a spiritually bankrupt worship director to learning how to engage with those who have different viewpoints than your own. Join us as we discuss all of this and more with the release of his new book, The Eternal Current.
2018-09-1800 min
Guys Like UsPractice, practice, practice! with Aaron NiequistThe Guys Like Us is joined with Aaron Niequist, who is a liturgist, writer, and pastor coming to us from Chicago, Illinois. We dig into his latest book, The Eternal Current: How a Practice-Based Faith Can Save Us from Drowning. In this episode you’ll hear more about his book, and a foundational image that we can imagine and furthermore, experience in our life. This approach shifts the intention and emphasis away from an agreeance-based faith that some may know and rather seeing the end goal from a different lens. Aaron shares on liturgical practice and the manifestations of the sp...
2018-09-1300 min
otherWISEEpisode 015 // Casey and Aaron Niequist Talk About the Current We Swim InThis week we spend time talking with Aaron Niequist, worship leader and author of the new book The Eternal Current: How a Practice-based Faith can Save us from Drowning.Aaron is a liturgist, writer, and pastor in the Chicago area. After leading worship at Mars Hill Church (Grand Rapids, MI) and Willow Creek Church (Barrington, IL), he created A New Liturgy - a collection of modern liturgical worship recordings. He then curated a discipleship-focused, formational, ecumenical, practice-based community at Willow Creek called “The Practice”. Aaron recently released a book called The Eternal Current: How a Practice-based Faith can...
2018-09-1000 min
The Holy PostEpisode 316: Embracing a Practice-Based Faith w/ Aaron NiequistMany Christians have elevated knowledge as the key to personal transformation which is why we've made sermons the center of many church gatherings. Aaron Niequist is back to challenge that assumption in favor of a practice-based faith. As a worship leader and liturgist, Niequist has discovered that transformation takes more than knowledge, and worship is more than celebration. Plus, Mike Pence offers NASA a space sermon, Phil found an atheist professor who says religion is good, and Christian slept in a Nazi bunker.
2018-09-051h 04
Good / True / & Beautiful | with Ashton GustafsonThe Eternal Current with Aaron NiequistA conversation with Aaron Niequist on his book, The Eternal Current: How a Practice-Based Faith Can Save Us from Drowning. https://www.aaronniequist.com/
2018-08-2735 minStrengthening the Soul of Your Leadership with Ruth Haley BartonBONUS EPISODE: A Conversation with Ruth Haley Barton and Aaron NiequistBefore we kick off a new season next Wednesday, Ruth Haley Barton sat down with Aaron Niequist and discussed a variety of topics from their shared background to their journey to a practiced-based faith. In a time where there is much to be discouraged about about in the Church, this conversation will give you hope.
Note: The idea Ruth attributes to Richard Rohr regarding “being on the inside of the outside” is more accurately stated in his own words as “being on the outside of the inside" or “the edge of the inside.”
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2018-08-2336 min
This Good Word With Steve WiensEpisode 160 | The Eternal Current with Aaron NiequistAaron Niequist is the author of the brand new book, The Eternal Current: How a Practice-Based Faith Can Save us From Drowning.
When the limits of his own faith experience left him feeling spiritually empty, Aaron determined God must have a wider vision for worship and community.
In his search, Aaron discovered that there was historical Christian precedent for enacting faith in a different way, an ancient and now future way of believing. He calls this third way "practice-based faith."
This book is about loving one's faith tradition and, at the same time, fo...
2018-08-2342 min
ILLUMINATE2.6 | AARON NIEQUIST { the eternal current }When it comes to leading worship, liturgist & writer Aaron Niequist likes to swim in the deep end. Coming from a small stream of evangelicalism, Aaron has wrestled & fought with questions like, "Is this all there is? Is there more to worship than a setlist & a sermon?" His questions about worship styles & Sunday morning practices only scratch the surface, for Aaron is always swimming deeper, seeking after the substance beneath all the worship styles. During this journey through doubt & deconstruction, Aaron discovered the rich treasure of ancient Christian practices & the beauty of liturgical wor...
2018-08-231h 18
Seekers & SpeakersAaron NiequistProminent worship leader and author, Aaron Niequist, helps leaders reimagine the word "worship." "Learning to Speak God from Scratch" by Jonathan Merritt - https://amzn.to/2Oyk5fb "The Eternal Current: How a Practice-Based Faith Can Save Us from Drowning" by Aaron Niequist - https://amzn.to/2LEJBSm
2018-08-2133 min
NorsworthyAaron Niequist: The Eternal CurrentAaron Niequist returns to the show to discuss dad life, practices, balanced diets, prayer, evangelicalism, and his new book The Eternal Current.
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2018-08-1352 min
TypologyInstincts and Subtypes with Aaron NiequistWelcome back to Season 2 of Typology. I'm thrilled to continue Season Two with a really great friend who I've known for many years, Aaron Niequist. Though Aaron is a four on the Enneagram, we're actually going to explore some new territory today. We're going to go into some content that'll be great for every single number to know and learn about. With two fours on the line, I do need to say that because otherwise, everyone will just assume that all we're going to do is talk about ourselves for a long time. Not today. So...
2018-08-0956 min
A Year of ListeningEpisode 27: Evangelicalism with Aaron NiequistThis week's guest is author, liturgist and pastor Aaron Niequist. In this conversation Colleen and Aaron discuss Evangelicalism, its problematic connection to politics and power, the good stuff, the baggage and everything in between. Aaron was both prophetically honest and lovingly graceful with this expression of Christianity and it was a topic both personal and tender for Aaron and Colleen.
2018-08-091h 02
Enjoy Anthology of Full Audiobooks in Kids, Animals & NatureEternal Current: How a Practice-Based Faith Can Save Us From Drowning - Aaron NiequistListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://epod.spaceTitle: Eternal Current: How a Practice-Based Faith Can Save Us From DrowningAuthor: Aaron NiequistNarrator: Aaron NiequistFormat: UnabridgedLength: 5:40:00Language: EnglishRelease date: 08-07-2018Publisher: Oasis AudioGenres: Religion & Spirituality, PrayerSummary:A call for Christians to move past doctrinal tensions and denominational disagreements and into a deeper, more vibrant, beatitude-like faith rooted in sacred practices and intimate experiences with God.
When a myriad of tense conversations about ideological differences in...
2018-08-075h 40
Halfway There100: Aaron Niequist and Swimming in The Eternal Current
Aaron Niequist is a worship leader and author of The Eternal Current: How a Practice-Based Faith Can Save Us from Drowning (Amazon affiliate link). Today, Aaron shares how he stumbled into an historic and liturgical faith. When he realized he no longer believed some of the songs he was using to lead worship, he knew there had to be more. A friend introduced him to Dallas Willard’s work and the Gospel began to seem like good news again. Aaron shares how he collaborated to create a practical worship experience viewing the church as a gymnasium where fa...
2018-08-0647 min
WorshipFuel016 – A New Liturgy w/ Aaron NiequistIn this episode of the LC Podcast, Matt talks with Aaron Niequist, liturgist and writer of the book “The Eternal Current”. Listen in as they talk about the importance of combining prayer and scripture with worship music. Matt and Derek then gather around the community talk table to reflect on these topics. LC Producer of... View Article
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2018-04-0247 min
TypologyShauna and Aaron Niequist on Nurturing Relationships with the Enneagram (Enneagram 4 and 7)Recently I came across an intriguing article in the Huffington Post about a group of Harvard researchers who undertook a longitudinal study to answer the questions, "͞What are the secrets to a happy and purposeful life?" and "How do we grow and change, what do we value as time goes on, and what is likely to make us happy and fulfilled?" What do you think the researchers said was their most important finding? It was that love and relationships are really all that matters. A person could have a successful career, money a...
2017-09-281h 02
ILLUMINATE1.3 | CHERYL BRIDGES JOHNS, AARON NIEQUIST, CHRIS GREEN & JACKIE JOHNS { theology on the porch }Exploring the intersection of pentecostal & sacramental theology. Dr. Cheryl Bridges Johns - @cb_johns Aaron Niequist - @aaronieq Dr. Chris Green - @cewgreen Dr. Jackie Johns - @jjohns1221 Pentecostal Theological Seminary - http://www.ptseminary.edu The Practice - http://www.practicetribe.com Music by Thad Kopec & Mason Self Additional Music: "Blood of the Martyrs" by Tony Anderson "More of Your Glory" by Lindell Cooley "Oh My Soul" by A. Taylor
2016-11-161h 02
ILLUMINATE0.9 | BLAINE HOGAN + AARON NIEQUIST { creative pastor x experimental liturgist }Art. Liturgy. And Evangelical Mega-Churches. On the 9th episode of the ALT podcast, I have a joint conversation with Willow Creek pastors Blaine Hogan & Aaron Niequist. Blaine Hogan is the creative pastor for Willow Creek Community Church in Chicago, IL. He's had a career in acting, including a popular TV show. His path then led him to become the creative director of one of the largest & most creative churches in North America. His experience in merging the creative arts into modern worship settings has given him an incredible insight for emerging artists in the Church. He's recently launched a new...
2015-09-091h 48