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All of This & More with Charlotte DonlonBelonging through Art with Tyler Jones Part 2 (Mini-Season 2, Episode 11)Charlotte Donlon speaks with Tyler Jones about finding belonging through art. This episode is part one of their conversation.Learn more about Tyler and his work here.Read the show notes and transcript here.2025-05-2714 minAll of This & More with Charlotte DonlonBelonging through Art with Tyler Jones Part 1 (Mini-Season 2, Episode 10)Charlotte Donlon speaks with Tyler Jones about finding belonging through art. This episode is part one of their conversation.Learn more about Tyler and his work here.Read the show notes and transcript here.2025-05-2735 minAll of This & More with Charlotte DonlonBelonging through Art with Bettina Byrd-Giles Part 2 (Mini-Season 2, Episode 9)Charlotte Donlon speaks with Bettina Byrd-Giles about finding belonging through art. This episode is part two of their conversation.Learn more about Bettina and her work here.Read the show notes and transcript here.2025-05-2714 minAll of This & More with Charlotte DonlonBelonging through Art with Bettina Byrd-Giles Part 1 (Mini-Season 2, Episode 8)Charlotte Donlon speaks with Bettina Byrd-Giles about finding belonging through art. This episode is part one of their conversation.Learn more about Bettina and her work here.Read the show notes and transcript here.2025-05-2733 minAll of This & More with Charlotte DonlonBelonging through Art with Tanya Davis (Mini-Season 2, Episode 7)Charlotte Donlon talks to Tanya Davis about belonging through art.Learn more about Tanya, her writing, and her work here and here.Read the show notes and transcript here.2025-05-2728 minAll of This & More with Charlotte DonlonBelonging through Art Mini-Season (Mini-Season 2, Episode 6)In this new mini-season on Belonging through Art, Charlotte Donlon invites a few guests on the show to share their own stories and insights about belonging through art. They talk about how different forms and genres of art shape identity, help us process grief and joy, and bring people together across differences. Our hope is that these conversations will inspire you to notice the art in your own life and to consider how it might be inviting you into deeper connection.Read the show notes and transcript here.2025-05-2703 minAll of This & More with Charlotte DonlonAuthor Conversation: Reverend Nhien Vuong and The Enneagram of the Soul (Episode 5)Charlotte talks to Reverend Nhien Vuong about her new book, The Enneagram of the Soul: A 40-Day Spiritual Companion for the 9 Types.Learn more about Rev Nhien and her book here.Read the show notes and transcript here.2025-04-2943 minAll of This & More with Charlotte DonlonAuthor Conversation: Emely Rumble and Bibliotherapy in the Bronx (Episode 2)Charlotte talks to author Emely Rumble about her new book Bibliotherapy in the Bronx.Learn more about Emely and her book here.Read the show notes and transcript here.2025-04-2937 minAll of This & More with Charlotte DonlonAuthor Conversation: Cara Meredith and Church Camp (Episode 3)Charlotte talks to author Cara Meredith about her new book Church Camp: Bad Skits, Cry Night, and How White Evangelicalism Betrayed a Generation.Learn more about Cara and her book here.Read the show notes and transcript here.2025-04-2931 minAll of This & More with Charlotte DonlonAuthor Conversation: Tanya Davis and Threads (Episode 4)Charlotte talks to author Tanya Davis about her new book, Threads: A Tapestry of Life in the Black Community of Shiloh and Beyond.Learn more about Tanya and the book here.See the show notes and transcript here.2025-04-2934 minAll of This & More with Charlotte DonlonIntroducing All of This & More with Charlotte DonlonRead the show notes and transcript here.*A podcast for the curious soul—those drawn to the rich intersections of art, faith, belonging, and wonder. Hosted by Charlotte Donlon, a writer, spiritual director, and gatherer, each episode of All of This & More invites listeners and viewers to explore topics that illuminate our shared longing for connection and meaning. Through thoughtful conversations, reflections, and creative prompts, Charlotte helps listeners discover practical ways to make room for art and other good things. The podcast is designed to broaden your sense of belonging to yourself, others, th...2025-04-2704 min
SoulStream, Living from the Heart PodcastThe Art of Belonging: Creativity, Contemplation, and Connection with Charlotte DonlonWelcome to the *Living from the Heart* podcast. This episode’s host is Nelson Boschman. Nelson is a writer, spiritual director, musician, and a proud partner with SoulStream. Nelson’s guest is Charlotte Donlon, a compassionate and deeply insightful writer and spiritual guide.Charlotte’s work centers around the beautiful intersections of art, belonging, and spirituality. Through her first book, The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other, she invites readers to explore how our connections with each other and with art create a sense of home in our lives. Beyond her professional life...2024-10-2645 min
I'd Rather Be ReadingCharlotte Donlon on Loneliness, Belonging, and How Both Are Essential to the Human ExperienceToday on the show, we’re talking about loneliness. Now, before you switch off this episode and head off to what you might consider greener pastures, let me reframe loneliness for you: it can actually have an upside. Today’s guest Charlotte Donlon writes, in her book The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other, “Everyone knows loneliness. Some may experience it more often. Some may find relief from it more quickly. Some may deny or avoid it. But I don’t think any of us escapes its company entirely, and I’m no longer sure we should.” S...2024-02-2946 min
A Writer's Diary with Charlotte DonlonEpisode 35: Belief & Technique for Modern Prose or Poetry or Whatever You’re WritingA diary entry about writing and the writing life from Charlotte Donlon.We share diary entries about writing and the writing life from Charlotte Donlon and other writers because the writing life can be a solitary life. (Guest submissions are closed.)Sometimes it’s nice to know we aren’t alone.Charlotte Donlon helps her readers and clients notice how they belong to themselves, others, God, and the world. Charlotte is a writer, a spiritual director for writers, and the founder of Spiritual Direction for Writers™. Her essays have appear...2023-05-0412 minA Writer's Diary with Charlotte DonlonEpisode 34: Blessings for You and Me and All Writers and EveryoneA diary entry about writing and the writing life from Charlotte Donlon.We share diary entries about writing and the writing life from Charlotte Donlon and other writers because the writing life can be a solitary life. (Guest submissions are closed.)Sometimes it’s nice to know we aren’t alone.Charlotte Donlon helps her readers and clients notice how they belong to themselves, others, God, and the world. Charlotte is a writer, a spiritual director for writers, and the founder of Spiritual Direction for Writers™. Her essays have appear...2023-03-2101 minA Writer's Diary with Charlotte DonlonEpisode 33: The Great Belonging and Taylor Swift as Books and Not Knowing How to Be in Christian PublishingA diary entry about writing and the writing life from Charlotte Donlon.We share diary entries about writing and the writing life from Charlotte Donlon and other writers because the writing life can be a solitary life. (Guest submissions are closed.)Sometimes it’s nice to know we aren’t alone.Charlotte Donlon helps her readers and clients notice how they belong to themselves, others, God, and the world. Charlotte is a writer, a spiritual director for writers, and the founder of Spiritual Direction for Writers™. Her essays have appear...2023-03-1005 minA Writer's Diary with Charlotte DonlonEpisode 32: On Considering Giving Back the Advance and Not Writing the BookA diary entry about writing and the writing life from Charlotte Donlon.We share diary entries about writing and the writing life from Charlotte Donlon and other writers because the writing life can be a solitary life. (Guest submissions are closed.)Sometimes it’s nice to know we aren’t alone.Charlotte Donlon helps her readers and clients notice how they belong to themselves, others, God, and the world. Charlotte is a writer, a spiritual director for writers, and the founder of Spiritual Direction for Writers™. Her essays have appear...2023-03-0204 minA Writer's Diary with Charlotte DonlonEpisode 31: Move Closer to the Creative Work That Won't Leave You AloneA diary entry about writing and the writing life from Charlotte Donlon.We share diary entries about writing and the writing life from Charlotte Donlon and other writers because the writing life can be a solitary life.Sometimes it’s nice to know we aren’t alone.Charlotte Donlon is a writer, a spiritual director for writers, the Church Street Coffee & Books Writer-in-Residence, the founder and host of the Our Faith in Writing podcast and website, and the host of A Writer's Diary podcast.Charlotte helps her readers and clients notice how...2022-04-2602 minA Writer's Diary with Charlotte DonlonEpisode 30: I Failed 100 Days of Creative Acts and Please Don't Make Me Create a CommunityA diary entry about writing and the writing life from Charlotte Donlon.We share diary entries about writing and the writing life from Charlotte Donlon and other writers because the writing life can be a solitary life.Sometimes it’s nice to know we aren’t alone.Charlotte Donlon is a writer, a spiritual director for writers, the Church Street Coffee & Books Writer-in-Residence, the founder and host of the Our Faith in Writing podcast and website, and the host of A Writer's Diary podcast.Charlotte helps her readers and clients notice how...2022-04-2505 minA Writer's Diary with Charlotte DonlonEpisode 29: Writers Who Read: Landslide by Susan Conley (And a Few Other Thoughts)A diary entry about writing and the writing life from Charlotte Donlon.We share diary entries about writing and the writing life from Charlotte Donlon and other writers because the writing life can be a solitary life.Sometimes it’s nice to know we aren’t alone.Charlotte Donlon is a writer, a spiritual director for writers, the Church Street Coffee & Books Writer-in-Residence, the founder and host of the Our Faith in Writing podcast and website, and the host of A Writer's Diary podcast.Charlotte helps her readers and clients notice how...2022-01-2806 minA Writer's Diary with Charlotte DonlonEpisode 28: Am I Writing a Novel or Am I Writing a Memoir?A diary entry about writing and the writing life from Charlotte Donlon.We share diary entries about writing and the writing life from Charlotte Donlon and other writers because the writing life can be a solitary life.Sometimes it’s nice to know we aren’t alone.Charlotte Donlon is a writer, a spiritual director for writers, the Church Street Coffee & Books Writer-in-Residence, the founder and host of the Our Faith in Writing podcast and website, and the host of A Writer's Diary podcast.Charlotte helps her readers and clients notice how...2022-01-2603 minA Writer's Diary with Charlotte DonlonEpisode 27: Toni Morrison Says We Need to Make Our ArtA diary entry about writing and the writing life from Charlotte Donlon.We share diary entries about writing and the writing life from Charlotte Donlon and other writers because the writing life can be a solitary life.Sometimes it’s nice to know we aren’t alone.Charlotte Donlon is a writer, a spiritual director for writers, the Church Street Coffee & Books Writer-in-Residence, the founder and host of the Our Faith in Writing podcast and website, and the host of A Writer's Diary podcast.Charlotte helps her readers and clients notice how...2021-12-2003 minA Writer's Diary with Charlotte DonlonEpisode 26: On Being Awake for Two Hours in the Middle of the NightA diary entry about writing and the writing life from Charlotte Donlon.We share diary entries about writing and the writing life from Charlotte Donlon and other writers because the writing life can be a solitary life.Sometimes it’s nice to know we aren’t alone.Charlotte Donlon is a writer, a spiritual director for writers, the Church Street Coffee & Books Writer-in-Residence, the founder and host of the Our Faith in Writing podcast and website, and the host of A Writer's Diary podcast.Charlotte helps her readers and clients notice how...2021-12-1903 min
Our Faith in WritingEpisode 14: The Contemplative Life: An Audio Essay on How Observing Advent Makes Me Feel Less AloneIn this episode, Charlotte reads an essay she wrote about how the church years helps her feel less alone. This essay was originally published in Christianity Today.
As we engage more deeply with the ancient streams of art and faith, how they inform one another, and how all of this can create profound new possibilities for belonging, we need ways to respond.
Through her work as a spiritual director for writers, artists, and those all along the belief-and-unbelief spectrum, Charlotte Donlon explores how belonging intersects with the contemplative life.
Charlotte Donlon helps readers...2021-11-2814 min
Hope for the Lonely with Charlotte DonlonEpisode 36: An Audio Essay: How Observing Advent and Following the Church Year Make Me Feel Less AloneIn this episode, Charlotte reads an essay she wrote about how the church years helps her feel less alone.As we engage more deeply with the ancient streams of art and faith, how they inform one another, and how all of this can create profound new possibilities for belonging, we need ways to respond.Through her work as a spiritual director for writers, artists, and those all along the belief-and-unbelief spectrum, Charlotte Donlon explores how belonging intersects with the contemplative life. This essay was originally published in Christianity Today in 2019. This audio essay...2021-11-2413 minA Writer's Diary with Charlotte DonlonEpisode 25: Laura Boggess: On Wintering and Running Late and the Rising SunA diary entry about writing and the writing life from Laura Boggess.We share diary entries about writing and the writing life from Charlotte Donlon and other writers because the writing life can be a solitary life.Sometimes it’s nice to know we aren’t alone.Submissions for guest diary entries are open! Visit ourfaithinwriting.com for guidelines and instructions. Charlotte is currently taking a break from posting her own diary entries, but she is happy to post diary entries from other writers. Send them in!Laura Boggess has an M.A...2021-11-1504 minA Writer's Diary with Charlotte DonlonEpisode 24: Laura Boggess: Reflections on the Writing Life after the Release of a New NovelA diary entry about writing and the writing life from Laura Boggess.We share diary entries about writing and the writing life from Charlotte Donlon and other writers because the writing life can be a solitary life.Sometimes it’s nice to know we aren’t alone.Submissions for guest diary entries are open! Visit ourfaithinwriting.com for guidelines and instructions. Charlotte is currently taking a break from posting her own diary entries, but she is happy to post diary entries from other writers. Send them in!Laura Boggess has an M.A...2021-11-1404 minA Writer's Diary with Charlotte DonlonEpisode 23: Tamara Jong: On Drawing and Taking NotesA diary entry about writing and the writing life from Tamara Jong.We share diary entries about writing and the writing life from Charlotte Donlon and other writers because the writing life can be a solitary life.Sometimes it’s nice to know we aren’t alone.Submissions for guest diary entries are open! Visit ourfaithinwriting.com for guidelines and instructions. Charlotte is currently taking a break from posting her own diary entries, but she is happy to post diary entries from other writers. Send them in!Tamara Jong (she/her) is a...2021-10-2504 minA Writer's Diary with Charlotte DonlonEpisode 22: Christina Kukuk: On Borrowing Art and Finding Inspiration When the Well Is DryA diary entry about writing and the writing life from Christina Kukuk.We share diary entries about writing and the writing life from Charlotte Donlon and other writers because the writing life can be a solitary life.Sometimes it’s nice to know we aren’t alone.Submissions for guest diary entries are open! Visit ourfaithinwriting.com for guidelines and instructions. Charlotte is currently taking a break from posting her own diary entries, but she is happy to post diary entries from other writers. Send them in!CHRISTINA KUKUK has been an o...2021-10-2204 minHope for the Lonely with Charlotte DonlonEpisode 35: Behind the Scenes with The Great Belonging: Chapter SevenWriter and spiritual director Charlotte Donlon goes behind the scenes and provides additional information about each chapter of her first book, The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other. She also shares details about her writing process, lessons learned from writing her first book, and other insights. The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other explores various angles of loneliness and belonging. The book’s sections include Belonging to Ourselves, Belonging to Each Other, Belonging to Our Places, Belonging through Art, and Belonging to God. Behind the Scenes with The Great Be...2021-10-2205 minA Writer's Diary with Charlotte DonlonEpisode 21: Christina Kukuk: On the Struggles of WritingA diary entry about writing and the writing life from Christina Kukuk.Submissions for guest diary entries are open! Visit ourfaithinwriting.com for guidelines and instructions. Charlotte is currently taking a break from posting her own diary entries, but she is happy to post diary entries from other writers. Send them in!CHRISTINA KUKUK has been an ordained pastor in the United Church of Christ for more than sixteen years. A writer and pastor now living in Oregon, Christina started working at her local newspaper in high school, writing meeting briefs, wedding notes, and obituaries...2021-10-1804 minA Writer's Diary with Charlotte DonlonEpisode 20: On Sliding into a SabbaticalA diary entry about writing and the writing life from Charlotte Donlon.We share diary entries about writing and the writing life from Charlotte Donlon and other writers because the writing life can be a solitary life.Sometimes it’s nice to know we aren’t alone.Charlotte Donlon is a writer, a spiritual director for writers, and the founder and host of the Our Faith in Writing podcast and website and A Writer's Diary podcast.Charlotte helps her readers and clients notice how they belong to themselves, others, God, and the...2021-10-1105 min