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More Than One WayBONUS: Breath Work Exercise with Caroline VogelFollowing our recent episode on Breath with Caroline Vogel. We would like to offer this brief guided breath work exercise, led by Caroline, for you to try on your own. This exercise is a little over 8 and a half minutes long. Give it a try and let us know what you think, you can reach us at hello@morethanonewaypod.com.Send us a textContact Us: Email | Instagram | Facebook | Web Presented by: The Center for Spiritual PracticeCreative Team: Nathan Tipton, Christibeth Paul, Thom Rasnick, Kerry...
2025-04-3009 min
The Edge Effect: A Marketing PodcastLeverage the Power of Influencer Marketing for Brand Growth with Laura VogelJoin us this week on The Edge Effect as your host, Caroline Crawford, dives into the inspiring journey of Laura Vogel, the founder of Vogelle, an international handbag brand that she started at the age of 21 handbags.In this episode, Laura shares her entrepreneurial story of starting a successful brand at 21, blending her modeling background with a finance and marketing education. Discover how Laura navigated the challenges of building a brand, her approach to influencer marketing and how it contributed to her brand growth, and how she prioritized customer engagement to create a loyal...
2024-05-0852 min
En toute confidenceMélanie Vogel : « l’IVG, une condition de la République française »« En toute confidence » reçoit Mélanie Vogel, sénatrice les écologistes des Français établis hors de France. Au cours de ce podcast, la parlementaire explique comment elle a réussi à faire inscrire l’IVG dans la constitution française. Elle évoque aussi le statut des conseillers des Français de l’étranger et son souhait de le voir évoluer. Enfin, les élections européennes occupent aussi une place importante de cette interview politique. Un scrutin crucial pour notre invité.
2024-03-2714 min
Living Embodied FaithMeditation on Peace & LoveThis meditation guides you through opening to the peace and love within, receiving peace and love from the world, and sharing a deep sense of peace and love with others. We are created, woven together with peace and love and have a beautiful capacity to intentionally share this peace & love with the world around us. Be sure to join us for live meditations on Insight Time: www.insighttimer.com/ccvogel
2024-03-1123 minLiving Embodied FaithJoy by Divine DesignMany of us are searching for more joy in our lives. This reflection explores the natural joy that’s already within us because we are created with joy. The Divine weaves us together with holy joy, peace, love. Joy (along with love & peace) is our birthright. Meditation can assist us in opening to the inherent joy within, assist us in receiving pure joy from the world, integrating that joy with the already with, and sharing joy with the world around us. We are vessels of joy. My hope is that this episode opens you to the reality and wisdom that yo...
2024-03-0920 min
Seeking Our SpiritSOS Ep 34 - Therapy and Spiritual Direction - Rev. Caroline VogelMy friend and colleague Caroline Vogel! Journey with us as we Seek our Spirit, an exploration into the stories and spiritual lives of everyday people.Support the show
2024-03-061h 11Living Embodied FaithHeart Interview w/ DeeAnn DeanI hope you’ll enjoy this episode where I interview my friend DeeAnn Dean. She has a big passionate heart for health and wholeness and a deep desire to bring people together in sacred community so they can experience Love in Belonging.
2024-02-221h 16Living Embodied FaithCoherent Breathing 9m meditationThis 9 minute meditation will assist you if you’re wanting work with your nervous system by slowing your breathing down using coherent breathing.
2024-01-1609 minLiving Embodied FaithReflection: Taking the Holy Spirit SeriouslyThis episode is a double dose of good news. We cover the baptism of Jesus and Jesus calling the disciples to follow him. Jesus’ life offers us many insights into how we can live our lives and ways to understand and appreciate the ways God calls us into loving relationship with him and each other. I’ve been asking the Holy Spirit “How seriously do you want me to take you?” Tune in to hear more and ponder for yourself, “How seriously does the Holy Spirit want me to take Her?”
2024-01-1432 minLiving Embodied FaithMeditation: working with restlessness in the middle of the nightThis meditation is designed to work with restlessness in the middle of the night. We can utilize skills from our meditation and mindfulness practices to enhance our ability to shift from restlessness to restfulness.
2023-12-2018 minLiving Embodied FaithHeart Meditation: Grounding in the Heart ♥️This meditation moves through grounding in body and breath then moving into grounding in the heart space. As we experience more groundedness in body, breath and heart, we have greater access to peace. The second half of the meditation utilizes coherent breathing to deepens the sense of grounded peace within our being.
2023-12-1322 minLiving Embodied FaithReflection on Waiting with PatienceIn the season of Advent we’re given the opportunity to intentionally wait with patience. We wait for God to be made manifest in the world. It’s an arduous task- waiting. As human beings we often have a difficult time waiting for anything much less the big things in life like waiting for hope to be made manifest in our lives and the world. This episode breaks open the opportunity to consider how we wait… do we wait with patience and trust that ultimately what we’re waiting for will be made manifest and it will be full of joy and...
2023-12-1022 minLiving Embodied Faithheart meditation: grounding in self compassionThis is a heart meditation that grounds in body and breath and then drops into the heart space to cultivate self-compassion. Every time we practice drawing the mind back to the present moment, the body, breath, our own hearts, the more we have the opportunity to practice non-judgment and self-compassion. Given our practice in formal meditation, the greater our capacity to practice self compassion in our everyday lives.
2023-12-0522 minLiving Embodied FaithReflection: leaving church, going where I’m called, honoring where I’m notOn this 12th anniversary of my priest ordination, I find myself leaving church, a place I was never called to in the first place. After a dozen years of going where I haven’t been called, I lean into the risk and vulnerability of going where I do. What does it mean to live into the call upon your life? What does it mean to honor the person God has called you to BE regardless of what you DO? Living an embodied faith requires being honest, wrestling, asking tough questions and calling a spade a spade. What do you yearn to...
2023-12-0337 min
Turning On The LightEmbracing Change and Cultivating Mental Wellness with Caroline VogelAfter a brief hiatus, "Turning on the Light" is back with a heartfelt and candid conversation about how to support oneself through life's changing seasons. Host Eric Bell is joined by Caroline Vogel, a therapist, spiritual director, and Episcopal Priest. Together, they open up about their recent periods of introspection and transformation, sparked by life-altering events. They explore the significance of vulnerability, the power of seeking help, and the courage it takes to navigate through life's intricate challenges. Caroline, drawing from her wealth of experience in counseling, shares invaluable insights about inner work and the impact it c...
2023-12-0137 minLiving Embodied Faithheart meditation: equanimityThis is a meditation on equanimity. First we’ll ground in body and breath then move to the heart space with intention and compassion. We’ll build on the inherent strength of the heart to broaden awareness of our capacity to weather whatever comes our way in life- whether the storm be outer circumstances or inner emotional waves. Tapping into the wisdom and strength of our hearts can offer grounding and equanimity for our whole being.
2023-11-3020 min
Turning On The LightHealing Hearts with Caroline VogelMillions of lives are affected by heart conditions, but how to we respond when stress is the main factor? After a recent serious heart incident, host Eric Bell is prioritizing mindfulness and self-compassion. Today, he is joined by Caroline Vogel, who shares a similar story.Caroline, director of spiritus knox, experienced a pac-arhythmia that opened her up to a deeper daily spirituality. Recognizing how stress led to his event, Eric is evaluating the cost of his work and embracing the importance of giving back to others.Tune in to hear about their healing process, life...
2023-06-2655 minLiving Embodied FaithSermon: entering the resurrection narrative by the breath of GodThis sermon weaves scripture from Ezekiel and the gospel of John. Can we let go of what binds us and allow the breath of God to fill us? Setting us free to experience resurrected living?
2023-03-2913 minLiving Embodied FaithThe Hero’s Journey: Transfiguration into Wholeness of LoveThis sermon was preached Sunday, February 19th and reflects on the Hero’s Journey using the illustration of actress Viola Davis’ memoir Finding Me.
2023-02-2615 min
Kindness & Compassion PodcastCaroline Vogel & Billy Daniel | Living Into Self Kindness and Compassion | K&C 21In this episode, Gordon has a conversation with The Rev. Caroline Vogel and The Rev. Dr. Billy Daniel about how we can practice kindness and compassion by reaching out to those around us, offering a helping hand, and showing understanding and empathy. They also talk about ways to build bridges between different communities, cultures, and beliefs by listening to each other and trying to understand one another's perspectives. One of the most important practices to foster kindness and compassion is self-compassion. Self-compassion is the practice of being kind to oneself and recognizing that we all make mistakes and have f...
2023-02-1442 minKindness & Compassion PodcastCaroline Vogel & Billy Daniel | Living Into Self Kindness and Compassion | K&C 21In this episode, Gordon has a conversation with The Rev. Caroline Vogel and The Rev. Dr. Billy Daniel about how we can practice kindness and compassion by reaching out to those around us, offering a helping hand, and showing understanding and empathy. They also talk about ways to build bridges between different communities, cultures, and beliefs by listening to each other and trying to understand one another's perspectives. One of the most important practices to foster kindness and compassion is self-compassion. Self-compassion is the practice of being kind to oneself and recognizing that we all make mistakes and have f...
2023-02-1442 minLiving Embodied FaithPersisting in the Gifts God BestowsThis is a sermon that weaves the wisdom of the persistent widow with Jacob’s wrestling with an angel. We’re all given spiritual gifts in our lives. How do we awake to them, honoring what they are and are not, and live into the fullness of those gifts?
2022-12-0519 minLiving Embodied Faith20m meditation: being breathed by the holyThis is a 20m meditation that guides you through connecting to your body, breath and breath of the divine so much so that you become aware of being breathed by the holy. The beautiful vessel of your body moment by moment surrendering to and being breathed by the holy breath of The Spirit.
2022-11-1622 minLiving Embodied FaithThe Importance of WanderingThis sermon was preached Sunday, October 30th at The Episcopal Church of The Ascension. It pulls from the wisdom of Laurie Brock’s new book God, Grace & Horses and weaves the story of Jesus’ encounter with Zacchaeus. Not always knowing where we are is actually part of the walk of faith. Whether we’re on trails that lead to somewhere or nowhere, God is here and using all of it for good.
2022-11-1238 minLiving Embodied Faithloved in our wholenessThis is a sermon preached September 25, 2022. Prompted by a podcast episode on We Can Do Hard Things, I venture into the question must of ourselves ask at some point in n life if not wrestle with on a daily basis in some form or fashion: “Am I a good person?” It is a deeply spiritual question which pulls for a deeply spiritual answer.
2022-09-2622 min
Fr. Billy DanielHomily by The Rev. Caroline Vogel, September 25, 2022Homily preached in Church of the Ascension, Knoxville, Tennessee, by Caroline Vogel, on Sunday, September 25, 2022. To learn more, visit www.frbillydaniel.com or www.knoxvilleascension.org. And be sure to check out Becoming Fully Alive, a podcast hosted by Church of the Ascension: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/becoming-fully-alive/id1648035313
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2022-09-2517 minLiving Embodied FaithMeditation using Psalm 51This is a meditation using three verses of Psalm 51- a meditation for your heart space to connect with your own breath & the divine breath. Focusing the breath in the heart space allowing the movement of the Spirit to dust off the heart creating a right spirit by way of The Spirit. And, connecting to the joy of receiving God’s help over and over again. We are truly sustained by God’s bountiful Spirit. 🕊
2022-09-1317 min
Turning On The LightListening To The Spirit with Caroline VogelThis week on the pod, Eric is joined by Caroline Vogel. Caroline is an Episcopal Priest and lover of the Holy Spirit. She serves as The Director for Spiritus Knox and is The Associate Rector for Spiritual Formation for The Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Knoxville, TN. She also has a Masters in counseling from the University of Tennessee. As you'll hear in this discussion, Caroline has a deep passion for the holy spirit, serving others through her writing, podcast, and c...
2022-09-0547 minLiving Embodied FaithThe Bittersweet Heavenly CityThis sermon was preached in August 2022 at The Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Knoxville, TN. This sermon weaves the wisdom of Susan Cain’s latest book Bittersweet with the narratives found in Genesis 15 & Hebrews 11. All of us have a bit of melancholy within us; some of us lead with it… a felt sense of the interconnectedness between the beauty & sorrow of the world. When we have the courage to get in touch with that which we long for, that which creates a homesickness we may just find ourselves drawing ever nearer to God and the heavenly city.
2022-09-0318 minLiving Embodied FaithThe Spirit of MusicThis is a reflection that was offered at the monthly Celtic Service at Church of the Ascension in Knoxville, TN. Have you ever listened to a song and found yourself in tears? The breath of the Spirit often uses music to crack open our hearts & bring us to a feeling of deep aliveness.
2022-08-2210 min
Living Embodied Faithmeditation: finding rest for our restlessnessThis meditation is an opportunity to create sacred space to be with and let be whatever might be restless within your mind, heart space, gut, body, soul &/or spirit. When we turn towards our own experience with compassion we have the opportunity to not only listen to whatever wisdom the restlessness might have to share, we also realize we come home to the presence of a loving God right there with us in the restlessness. Connected with the breath of God (The Holy Spirit) we can experience the divine breath transforming whatever is restless within us into a place...
2022-05-0721 minLiving Embodied FaithMeditation: being blessed by the fruits of the SpiritThis is a meditation that utilizes both body awareness, connection with the breath, Spirit and your own soul. Towards the end of the meditation is a brief body scan that prompts the opening to receive the fruits of the Spirit in every fiber and cell of our being in addition to our souls and spirits.
2022-04-1028 minLiving Embodied FaithMeditation: receiving the fruits of the SpiritThis meditation works with how we might open ourselves to receive the fruits of the Spirit. Coming to stillness and coming home to our bodies and breath create the foundation to best connect with the breath of the Holy Spirit. Connected to the Spirit's presence and movement within us, we can open ourselves to receive any or all of the nine fruits of the Spirit- love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. The hope is that by the end of the meditation you might be more aware of the presence of the fruits within your own body and...
2022-04-0225 minLiving Embodied FaithMeditation: circle of graceThis meditation is a Christian version of loving kindness meditation that works with the notion of grace- God’s love and favor towards us. The meditation works with both receiving God’s love, blessings, & gifts of the Spirit, while also offering blessings of loving kindness to others.
2022-03-2730 minLiving Embodied FaithMeditation: Meditating in body & Spirit (20min)This is a meditation crafted after the LIVE meditations I offer every Saturday morning at 8am eastern on Insight Timer. You can find more information about these live events on my website www.carolinevogel.com. You can also find links to more recorded meditations both on my website and on my teacher page on Insight Timer.
2022-03-2022 minLiving Embodied FaithLight for the WorldThis was a sermon preached Sunday, February 27th- Transfiguration Sunday. The sermon explores how part of our walk with God is opening and allowing ourselves to radiate the love of God.
2022-03-1915 minLiving Embodied Faithmeditation (3min): blessing on the flyWe don't always have 20 minutes to sit in meditation and be mindful of a holy sense of blessing. We oftentimes need to be reminded of God's blessing when we're on the fly, in the midst of our hectic and busy lives. So, this 3 minute meditation was crafted to practice on the fly. Any time you have three minutes and want to come home to a sense of blessing, there you are. This meditation on blessing like the longer version (19 minutes) incorporates the use of John O'Donohue's definition of blessing "a circle of light drawn around a person to protect...
2022-01-2203 minLiving Embodied Faithmeditation on blessingThis meditation is created to bring to mind something or someone you're holding in your heart, mind, soul, spirit with a sense of blessing. We work with the definition of blessing offered by John O'Donohue in his book To Bless the Space Between Us. O'Donohue shares, "A blessing is a circle of light drawn around a person to protect, heal, and strengthen." This meditation crafts sacred space for a felt sense of blessing both upon whatever your seeking blessing (whether that be a person, situation, or pain) and you the holder of intention.
2022-01-2119 minLiving Embodied FaithMeditation: The Need for Only One ThingThis meditation was crafted to assist all of us who get too busy in our lives and forget to come home to a loving God dwelling within us. The meditation offers the practitioner the opportunity to ground in the body and breath and then lean into the wisdom Jesus shares with Mary in Luke 10:38-42. Though Martha truly believes her actions are superior to her sister's, Jesus sheds light on in the reality that Martha is "worried and distracted by many things" when there is really only "need for only one thing." When we take the time to deepen out...
2022-01-0110 minLiving Embodied FaithChristmas Eve Sermon: Curveballs & MiraclesThis sermon was preached Christmas Eve 2021. The sermon highlights the reality that following God rarely leads to a predictable path. From the human eye, our lives of faith can look like one curveball after another. What if the curveballs are portals for God to meet us- the Emmanuel- God with us?
2022-01-0114 minLiving Embodied FaithLiving in Joyful AnticipationThis is an Advent sermon focused on how we can live into a greater sense of joy even amidst the darkness.
2021-12-0816 minLiving Embodied FaithAdvent Meditation: First Song of IsaiahThis meditation invites the listener into a time of quiet stillness to honor the season of Advent using The First Song of Isaiah. Surely, it is God who saves me; I will trust in him and not be afraid. For the Lord is my stronghold and my sure defense, and he will be my Savior.
2021-11-2810 minLiving Embodied FaithGarden Variety Saints- the best saintsMy grandmother didn’t go down in history as famous; she didn’t accomplish anything grand or exceptional. Yet, she was very much a Saint to me in that she shined the Light of Christ into my life, shared God’s love with me, and drew me closer to our loving God. The celebration of All Saint’s Day is an opportunity to remember all the saints in our lives- those we can no longer see or touch or feel, those who continue to walk alongside us, and the saints we’ve yet to meet.
2021-11-1113 minLiving Embodied FaithBelieveThis sermon is a shout out to all my fellow Ted Lasso fans out there woven with the gospel reading Mark 10:46-52. Our belief in God and ourselves can truly set us free to follow The Way. Thanks be to God!
2021-11-0112 minLiving Embodied FaithGraft in Our HeartsThis sermon speaks to the reality that disagreements can be difficult to work through in loving relationships.
2021-09-0311 minLiving Embodied FaithMetaphorical BackpacksDo you ever feel as if you’re carrying around a lot in a metaphorical backpack? Worries, fears, preoccupations? This sermon looks at how lightening our load can empower us to live into the wisdom of Ephesians 4:25-5:2. God can do infinitely more with us when we receive God’s peace that surpasses all understanding.
2021-08-1112 min
Handwerkskammer Wiesbaden - MacherPodcast13. Folge: Maja Ebertshäuser und Caroline VogelMit einem Lächeln verbreitet sie in der Konditorei eine Wohlfühlatmosphäre, beantwortet Fragen fachkundig und berät, wenn Cafégäste sich nicht zwischen Macarons, Törtchen und Torte entscheiden können. Als Fachverkäuferin im Lebensmittelhandwerk sieht sich Abiturientin Caroline Vogel in der Rolle der Gastgeberin. Die 26-Jährige ist bereits die dritte Generation der Konditorenfamilie Vogel aus Braunfels. Auch, wenn sie sich zunächst nicht zwischen einem Studium der Veterinärmedizin und der Ökotrophologie entscheiden konnte, ist sie letztendlich ihrem Herzenswunsch gefolgt und hat eine Ausbildung zur Fachverkäuferin im Lebensmittelhandwerk begonnen, denn: die Konditorei ist ihre Heimat un...
2021-08-0425 minLiving Embodied FaithA Tapestry of God’s GoodnessEver think about how God uses the pieces of our lives to stitch together a tapestry of Hod’s goodness? This sermon reflects on this idea and how we are called to share with good friends and the world God’s goodness in our lives. Our faith is always emerging, and we have so much to learn from each other. ♥️🕊
2021-07-2013 minLiving Embodied FaithMindful WorshipLiving an embodied faith encompasses worshipping in a mindful way. Over the last year and a half I’ve enjoyed and come to greatly appreciate worshipping in the Celtic Tradition within The Episcopal Church. This episode reflects on the inherent wisdom and mindful practices embedded in the the Celtic Tradition, the ease of rest in the quiet & stillness, and the connections this tradition offers our souls, the earth and the divine.
2021-07-1111 minLiving Embodied FaithThe Promise of PentecostThis sermon was preached for The Diocese of East Tennessee in the celebration of Pentecost. The story of Pentecost is powerful, informative to our faith and relevant to how we live our lives even in 2021. May you experience the Holy Spirit guiding you into all truth and may you have the courage to go where She leads.
2021-05-2217 min
Puppet PodcastEpisode #101 - Nina Vogel - Puppet Podcast🎙Puppet Podcast #101 - 👉GUEST: Nina Vogel
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2021-05-0643 minLiving Embodied FaithThe Heartsong in StoryA version of this sermon was preached to the Foothills Unitarian Universalist Fellowship on May 2, 2021. Everyone has a heartsong- the notes that sing from within that tell the story of who we are and our deepest longings. One of the many gifts of novels, memoirs, movies and tv shows is that we have the opportunity to draw connections and watch patterns emerge as characters develop. Noticing these patterns can become incredibly helpful in understanding our own patterns of relating to others, ourselves and the world. Hearing the heartsong in others helps us identify and claim our own heartsong better which...
2021-05-0518 minLiving Embodied FaithBeloved, We Are God’s Children NowA version of this sermon was preached Sunday, April 18, 2021 @ The Episcopal Church of the Ascension. Scripture readings are for the third Sunday in Eastertide including 1 John 3:1-7 & Luke 24: 36b-48.
2021-04-1913 minLiving Embodied FaithSermon: You Never Really KnowThis sermon is about taking on grace in the wilderness of Lent, trusting God’s love & favor reaches us even, especially in our struggles. A version of this sermon was preached March 14, 2021 on the Fourth Sunday in Lent. Includes verses from Ephesians 2:1-10.
2021-03-1412 min
The Energy Matters PodcastKelly Vogel and the Power of VoiceOn today's show, Caroline and co-host Beth sit down to chat with Kelly Vogel. Kelly discusses what uncovering your voice can look and sound like. Kelly guides us through several warm up exercises to understand how sound resonates in our body and what that means to truly connect with the healing power of our voice. Tune in for a great show!
2020-12-2245 minLiving Embodied FaithAdvent Sermon: Do Not Quench the Spirit, Light Your Pink Candles!This an Advent sermon for the third week of Advent. It pulls from Isaiah 61, Psalm 126, & 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24. The third week of Advent asks us to lean into the joyful anticipation of Christ arrival. How do we honor the real grief and sorrow of our pandemic reality and adhere to the wisdom of joyful anticipation? Can we integrate our full experience for a greater sense of wholeness?
2020-12-1313 minLiving Embodied FaithAdvent Reflection: The One on Whom We WaitThis is an Advent reflection offered at a Celtic Service. As the darkness of winter sets in and the virus numbers rage on the prophetic words of Isaiah & gospel message take on a new perspective and promise of hope.
2020-12-0706 minLiving Embodied FaithSeparation, Enlighten, Given (sermon)A version of this sermon was preached Sunday, November 22, 2020. It reflects on the passages from Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24, Ephesians 1:15-23, & Matthew 25:31-46 and incorporates reflections on Henri Nouwen’s book “Life of the Beloved: Spiritual Living in a Secular World.”
2020-11-2415 minLiving Embodied FaithReturning to God What is God’s: Our Whole LivesThis was a sermon preached on Sunday, October 18, 2020 in Knoxville, TN. Scripture readings are from Exodus 33:12-23 & Matthew 22:15-22.
2020-10-1913 minLiving Embodied FaithClaiming the Cornerstone: practicing & producing the fruitsA version of this sermon was preached on Sunday, October 4, 2020.
2020-10-0511 minLiving Embodied FaithWho am I?This is a reflection offered to The Episcopal Church Women of the Diocese of East TN.
2020-09-2714 minLiving Embodied FaithCeltic Service Reflection: The Beat of Sacred PresenceThis was a reflection offered at The Celtic Service @ The Episcopal Church of the Ascension on Sunday, September 6th.
2020-09-0714 minLiving Embodied Faith🕊Turning Towards in the WildernessThis episode accompanied the Adult Christian Formation Class: The Holy Spirit, Jesus & Us. In wilderness times in our lives we tend to run away from, suppress or deny the very things that hold the key to being led into all truth by the Spirit. This meditation is designed to turn towards what we’d normally run away from. We intentionally draw to our awareness a stressful element of living in a pandemic and work with it including bringing to awareness the presence of the Spirit, a loving God and the light of Christ.
2020-07-2018 minLiving Embodied Faith🕊10min meditation: With You, I am Well PleasedThis meditation is an invitation to dwell with the indwelling of the Holy Spirit and specifically receive the words Jesus heard from heaven at his baptism: With you I am well pleased.
2020-07-1311 minLiving Embodied FaithSowing and Yielding by the Power of the SpiritThis sermon was live streamed from Church of the Ascension on Sunday, July 12th.
2020-07-1213 minLiving Embodied FaithMindful MorningsAs part of the 4Ms of Mental Health Offering: mindfulness, movement, mastery, meaningful connection, The Episcopal Diocese of East TN is doing a live Zoom call to practice together the 4 mornings of July 2020: 8-8:45 eastern. This recording is a way to practice all 4Ms at any time. 💜
2020-07-0634 minLiving Embodied Faith🕊Filling Up with Spirit & Settling into Presence of Holy SpiritThis is a 10 minute meditation to focus on the breath, the connection our breath offers to the Holy Spirit, and intentionally allowing the Holy Spirit to fills us up (inhale) and settle into the presence (exhale).
2020-06-2810 minLiving Embodied Faith🕊Spending time with The Holy Spirit (5 min meditation)This is a 5 minute meditation to draw the attention to the breath and into awareness of the presence of the Holy Spirit with us with each and every breath.
2020-06-2105 minLiving Embodied Faithnew beginnings ☀️This is a 15 minute meditation created for the season of Eastertide- the 50 days that follow the celebration of Easter Day. Each day can we open our hearts anew to the promise of a new beginning? May our courage be kindled and our trust be bold enough to open our hearts anew.
2020-04-1414 minLiving Embodied FaithMaking the Old NewThis episode is a sermon preached Maundy Thursday, April 9, 2020 @ The Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Knoxville, TN. The sermon was broadcast live on Facebook, only the clergy, musicians and tech person were in the sanctuary due to COVID19.
2020-04-1014 minLiving Embodied FaithBefore bed prayers & meditationFor anyone wanting to intentionally relax their body, mind and spirit before going to bed at night, hand their worries and fears over to a loving God, and prepare to sleep with ease. About 20 minutes.
2020-04-0619 minLiving Embodied Faithbecoming unbound10 minute meditation seeking the wisdom of God within us about what needs to die within us so that we may be unbound and set free.
2020-03-3010 minLiving Embodied Faithsoul risingThis episode looks at what we can learn and the wisdom we can integrate into our lives concerning the life, death and resurrection of Jesus.
2020-03-2920 minLiving Embodied FaithEyes to SeeThis episode weaves together thoughts about where we are in the world coping with COVID19 and the good news from the gospel (John 9:1-41) on this fourth Sunday in Lent. By the grace of God may we have eyes to see... even now, especially now.
2020-03-2217 minLiving Embodied FaithMindful Prayers at Noonish ☺️For anyone looking to turn to prayer and a bit of mindfulness in the midst of their day. The prayers follow the one page daily devotion for Individuals and Families in the book of common prayer (pg. 138).
2020-03-2015 minLiving Embodied FaithMindful Morning Prayer ☀️This is an opportunity to both say morning prayers and intentionally practice mindfully coming home to a loving God over and over again so that you might find it easier to come home to God within throughout your day. These prayers are found on page 137 of the book of common prayer as part of the Daily Devotions for Individuals and Families. You do not need to read along to move through this recording. Light a candle, sip on some coffee or tea, and open to the loving presence of God who is “full of compassion and love, slow to anger an...
2020-03-1920 minLiving Embodied FaithMindful Prayers at the Close of Day (book of common prayer, p. 140)This meditation follows the prayers at the close of day found in the book of common prayer (pg. 140). The prayers are part of a collection of offerings for individuals and families: In the Morning, At Noon, In the Evening, and this one At the Close of Day. In the middle of the devotion for the close of day is an intentional time to practice mindfulness, drawing your attention into the present moment building awareness and grounding in a loving God and placing all the prayers of your heart into the loving hands of a gracious God.
2020-03-1916 minLiving Embodied FaithLiving Embodied FaithThis episode explores how we might live by the grace of God both being outwardly in our bodies and inwardly in our souls. And how God and his angels may tend to us in these uncertain and fearful times.
2020-03-1518 minLiving Embodied FaithLoving Kindness Offering (5min)This meditation is a loving kindness meditation for self and your community. When you only have 5 minutes and you are wanting to center yourself in God’s love and also offer loving kindness to all those in your town, community, city. May the breath of the Holy Spirit and on the wing’s of God’s angels carry God’s love into you and share it from you. Amen. Be well, friends.
2020-03-1405 minLiving Embodied FaithLoving Kindness Offering (25min)This meditation is an opportunity to ground and strengthen in the present moment by way of centering with the presence of a loving God within and around you. Rounds of loving kindness offered for self, loved one, someone you are worried about, a “sandpaper” person, your community and the world. May you receive the love of God and allow the Holy Spirit to carry God’s love within you into the world. May that offering of being in the flow of God’s love and the movement of the Spirit be a gift to you and others this day. Be well, fr
2020-03-1425 minLiving Embodied FaithMeditation (10min): Listening for Holy SoundThis meditation offers a way to practice and be with the words of Jesus spoken to Nicodemus: “The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
2020-03-0810 minLiving Embodied FaithCourage in the WindThis episode is about when Jesus says to Nicodemus, “The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes.”
2020-03-0812 minLiving Embodied FaithLenten Loving Kindness MeditationAs we move through the wilderness of this Lenten season, may we be mindful of the presence of a loving God with us along the journey and the breath of the Holy Spirit leading us.
2020-02-2911 minLiving Embodied FaithMeditation (10min): Entering the WildernessThis meditation is a practice of grounding and centering in the present moment mindful of how the Holy Spirit is the one leading us into the wilderness season.
2020-02-2710 minLiving Embodied FaithAsh Wednesday: an invitation to stand by your core, heart, treasureThis episode is an expanded offering of the Ash Wednesday sermon preached 2020. It breaks down the invitation to a holy Lent and the life giving, transformative potential of self examination with a loving God.
2020-02-2715 minLiving Embodied FaithThe Gift of Baptism: Eternal BelongingAuthor, professor, and fellow Episcopalian Brené Brown explains well that belonging is not about fitting in, saying the right things, believing the “right” things, wearing the right clothes to fit in. This has nothing to do with true belonging. Belonging is showing up as the child of God we are with all our quirks and brilliance, our idiosyncrasies and nuance, so that we get the opportunity to be loved for our essence not our pretence. We get the chance to know we are loved for who we are and who God created us to be rather than who society, anyon...
2020-01-1413 minLiving Embodied FaithReceiving Grace: 10m meditation + thoughts on receiving the lasting gift of Christmas- graceThis episode opens with a 10m meditation to practice being with God’s grace and receiving it. Then it moves into expanded thoughts on receiving grace on Christmas, through Christmastide, and through the entire year.
2019-12-2520 minLiving Embodied FaithResolve. Restore. Redeem. 12 minute Advent MeditationThis 12 minute meditation is a loving kindness meditation offering an opportunity to receive blessings for yourself, receive Divine loving kindness, and extend loving kindness to the world by the grace of God.
2019-12-2112 minLiving Embodied FaithAdvent Four: Resolve. Restore. Redeem.This episode shares thoughts about the Scripture readings from Advent Four highlighting how when we resolve to take actions in our lives outside the will of God, God can restore us to His will and redeem our lives. We are called as Christians to discern the voice of God in our lives by practicing being with God, spending time with God. Blessings on your final days of Advent!
2019-12-2109 minLiving Embodied FaithWorking with Fear & AnxietyThis meditation brings to mind a situation that makes you fearful, anxious and/or unsettled. Noticing and being with the physical sensations, emotions and thoughts present when you’re mindful of fear, anxiety, unsettledness. Then we welcome the presence of a loving God to be with us and notice any shifts or changes in our physical sensations, emotions and thoughts. This meditation makes room to notice the presence of a loving God with us.
2019-12-2113 minLiving Embodied FaithJOY: 10 min. Advent meditationThis meditation is designed to center and ground you in the third week of advent which has the theme *joy*. We grow joy in our lives by mindfully practicing gratitude.
2019-12-1410 minLiving Embodied FaithAdvent Three: JoyThis episode is about Christian joy as we anticipate the coming of the Lord and all the ways The Light will full our lives and the world. It also discusses how we can grow joy in our lives by intentionally practicing gratitude.
2019-12-1410 minLiving Embodied FaithLoving Kindness MeditationThis is an 10 minute loving kindness meditation to center yourself in offering love, kindness and compassion to yourself and someone in your life whether that be a child, pet, relative or friend. It simply needs to be someone for whom you care.
2019-12-0811 minLiving Embodied Faith11 minute meditation *prepare*Designed for the season of Advent to assist in preparing for the coming of the Lord.
2019-12-0711 minLiving Embodied FaithPrepare the Way of the LordThe second week of Advent calls us to prepare for the Coming of the Lord. A way to prepare is giving space for our hearts to share whatever is getting in the way or receiving God’s love and light anew.
2019-12-0710 minLiving Embodied FaithAdvent One 10 minute meditationThis 10 minute meditation is designed to help you ground and center in the present moment by way of anchoring in the breath or sound. In coming back to your chosen anchor over and over again, you’re coming home to God’s presence with you- within you and around you which is always with you. You’re also staying awake to the present moment being with whatever arises and falls away. In doing this you are strengthening your capacity to wait and trust that a loving and merciful God is with you as you wait- whatever the season. ⭐️
2019-12-0110 minLiving Embodied FaithWaiting. Advent One.This episode shares about the season of Advent specifically addressing the theme of waiting. Though this is a large theme of the season, there is much wisdom to lift regarding waiting and applying it to every season of our lives.
2019-12-0107 minLiving Embodied FaithGame Changer by Grace: How Mindfulness is Changing My Life by the Grace of GodThis episode is an extended version of the blogpost @ Carolinevogel.com. This episode shares a bit about how I came to mindfulness in the first place in addition to a few of the gifts it’s offer long my life which are proving to be fake changers.
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The Secret Library Podcast#148 : Putting Sexuality at the Center | Saskia VogelOften, the way you treat sex in a book determines where it is shelved in the shop.If the sex is too exciting, or strays outside the usual fare your book could be moved to the Erotica section or even find itself excluded from your neighborhood bookshop.I have always found this fascinating, as no matter how violent your book is, or how graphic a murder your include, there isn't the same risk as with representing a wider range of sexual experiences. For this reason, I was eager to have Saskia...
2019-04-2546 min