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Sports Creative ShowcaseHow to become a PROFESSIONAL Hockey Photographer with Erica Perreaux & Paul Swanson - SCS Ep. 16A very spontaneous episode of the Sports Creative Showcase while I was out in Edmonton with two of the most talented hockey photographers I know - Erica Perreaux and Paul Swanson. This was a great episode with two very close friends and with a lot of personal stories and experiences of growth in the hockey space as creatives, so I hope you guys enjoy!
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2024-08-221h 06
GuildSomm PodcastTasting with Ally Lanoue and Paul SwansonIn our latest blind tasting podcast, host and Master Sommelier Chris Tanghe speaks with two Seattle sommeliers, each working in a different sector of the business, about how they apply blind tasting skills to their daily routines. They taste a white wine that tends to be a bit tricky! Ally Lanoue is the assistant wine director at the Canlis restaurant, a Seattle icon that has been open for more than 70 years on Lake Union. Originally from Massachusetts, Ally studied violin at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee and found her way into restaurants while attending school. She moved...2024-06-2530 min
One Voice Makes A Difference with Janet SwansonI THINK MYSELF HAPPY!!! How to combat negative thoughts | Janet SwansonJanet shares with you some things she has learned throughout the years about how to combat negative thoughts that brought healing to her heart. Hey you guys. I am going to share with you some things I have learned throughout the years, but... also... something that I just read that the HOLY SPIRIT BROUGHT LIGHT AND REVELATION! I THINK MYSELF HAPPY!!! Acts 26:1-3 New King James Version Paul’s Early Life 1 Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You are permitted to speak for yourself.” So Paul st...2024-06-1747 minOne Voice Makes A Difference with Janet SwansonI THINK MYSELF HAPPY!!! How to combat negative thoughts | Janet SwansonJanet shares with you some things she has learned throughout the years about how to combat negative thoughts that brought healing to her heart. Hey you guys. I am going to share with you some things I have learned throughout the years, but... also... something that I just read that the HOLY SPIRIT BROUGHT LIGHT AND REVELATION! I THINK MYSELF HAPPY!!! Acts 26:1-3 New King James Version Paul’s Early Life 1 Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You are permitted to speak for yourself.” So Paul st...2024-06-1747 min
My Perfect FailureMeditation Made Easy: Find the Perfect Practice for You with Ann SwansonMPF Discussion with Ann SwansonMeditation Made Easy: Find the Perfect Practice for You with Ann Swanson About AnnAnn Swanson is the author of the internationally bestselling book SCIENCE OF YOGA, which has been translated into over 15 languages. Her new book, Meditation for the Real World, illuminates the fascinating science behind meditation with step-by-step practices to help you find peace in everyday life. She worked alongside Harvard neuroscientist Dr. Sara Lazar and an illustrator for the New York Times to create this sc...2024-05-271h 04
Go Lead Everything (GLE) with Phil Swanson#140 Rev. Dr. Scott Murray - Go Lead Everything (GLE) Podcast with Phil SwansonSubscribe to the Memorial Moment:
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Check out Rev. Dr. Scott Murray's books:
-A year with the church fathers: Devotional with the ancient church fathers
-Law, life, and the living God: the third use of the law
-The Gates of Hell: Confessing Christ in a Hostile world
-Rediscovering the Issues: the 1974 Concordia Seminary walkout
The Rev. Dr. Scott R. Murray is a vice-president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) and a member of the Council of Presidents of the LCMS. He was elected in...2024-03-2854 min
Garage Monologues with Jay SwansonThe Dream Paris Apartment with Paul TaylorPaul Taylor stops by to discuss buying an apartment in Paris, and the challenges of building and maintaining community in an urban setting with the additional challenges of having a family.Whether it's the challenges of having kids, finding a place to live, or managing to cross paths with friends, we cover it all in this episode of Garage Monologues. You can find Paul at https://paultaylorcomedy.com/ or on socials like Instagram @ptcomedy
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2022-10-061h 04
Chasing SundaySoul Care with Ally Ley & Debbie SwansonSpiritual Directors Ally Ley and Debbie Swanson join the pod to talk about caring for one's soul and being in relationship with a relational God who is for us and with us, living in partnership with God rather than feeling the need to perform for God. More, they invite leaders into a new way of living and serving, one in which they are filled up and give of the over flow, rather than constantly pouring themselves out for others.Ally Ley is a trained Christian spiritual director dedicated to creating space for individuals and groups to encounter...2022-10-041h 15
Interviews and More"Interviews and More" Rosenberg/Swanson Episode #7Welcome to our newest show at Impact Radio USA, "INTERVIEWS and MORE", the show that features past interviews from our guests on "Dr. Paul's Family Talk" radio show.
In addition to continuing to promote our guests, this show also gives our listeners another opportunity to hear the great information that our guests have provided.
As for the "More", we will cover everything from food, to cars, to Bible verses, to music, and so much "MORE"!
NEW SHOWS ARE DROPPED EACH MONDAY AT 10:00 AM ET.
On...2022-08-1559 min
Post Game with Paul GoldenDane Swanson, Jr., Navy LacrosseToday’s guest is Navy lacrosse player, Dane Swanson, Jr. This 20-year-old was recruited heavily as an 8th grader and ended up as standout athlete at the United States Naval Academy. In this episode, Dane details a typical day in the life of a Midshipman and the excitement of the famous Army/Navy game. He describes his faith and identity in Jesus Christ and shares his future goal of being a Navy fighter pilot. Be sure to subscribe to Post Game with Paul Golden wherever you listen to podcasts.You can also listen and make a...2022-07-2717 min
ContemplifySlow Yourself to be Awed with J. Drew LanhamJ. Drew Lanham is an Alumni Distinguished Professor of Wildlife Ecology, Master Teacher, and Certified Wildlife Biologist at Clemson University . He's the author of The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man's Love Affair with Nature and the collection of poetry and meditations, Sparrow Envy: Field Guide to Birds and Lesser Beasts, which is the focus of our conversation today. And I just gotta share this self-descriptive line by Drew, “I am a wondering wander in love with nature and all the sensuality that falls softly in raindrops, rises riotously with each dawn chorus and whispers goodnight with Whip-poor-wills at...2021-11-1957 min
ContemplifyGary Nabhan (aka Brother Coyote) on Wisdom Gleaned from Fishers & FarmersGary Nabhan (aka Brother Coyote) is an Ecumenical Franciscan Brother, a first generation Lebanese-American, seed saver, agro-ecologist, ethnobotanist, agrarian activist, and author. A former MacArthur Fellow, he has been called the "father of the local food movement" by Time. He currently holds the W.K. Kellogg Chair in Food & Water Security for the Borderlands. Gary has engaged with farmers and refugee farmworkers in Lebanon, Egypt, Palestine, and Oman. Nabhan keeps orchards, gardens and greenhouses at his home in Patagonia, Arizona, then fishes and forages from an old adobe house on the shores of the Sea of Cortez in Mexico...2021-11-051h 06
ContemplifySeason Two TrailerOn the cusp of season 2, I was ruminating on how I might introduce the tonality of this series of conversations. The September musing jumped to mind. In this musing, I reflected one some words to live by according to Ralph Waldo Emerson And there was one Emerson line that stuck to my ribs. No matter how hard I scraped, it would not leave me alone. "Nothing great is ever accomplished without enthusiasm." Not cheerleader or car salesman enthusiasm. But enthusiasm as the fire within, the fire blazing the passions of being an...2021-10-3002 min
ContemplifyYour Work Should Be the Praise of What You Love (September Musing)September 2021 Musing on Ralph Waldo Emerson's philosophy of life. Season 2 of Contemplify is getting warmed up on the stove. I'll let you know when it is ready to be served. Visit contemplify.com2021-09-2107 min
ContemplifyLike People or DogsThis marks the 100th episode of Contemplify. We celebrate the triple digit with a musing and an announcement.2021-08-1711 min
IB Teacher Talk21 - Paul Swanson - Digital LearningDan and Rachael discover the ways digital tools can help or hinder learning with Paul Swanson, who has never given a grade to a student!2021-06-2428 min
ContemplifyCharlie Chaplin in the Gears of Modern TimesA contemplative musing on machines, lifeblood, and facing the facts of life. Visit contemplify.com for more shenanigans 2021-06-1707 min
ContemplifyScott Ballew on Talking to Mountains & the Sublimity of Sad SongsScott Ballew is songwriter from Austin, Texas. He earns his keep as the Head of Films and Commercials at YETI, producing and directing films that inspire a life well-lived. During the pandemic, Scott dusted off his guitar and got to writing songs, polishing them, and then to his own surprise, releasing an album out into the wild. Scott Ballew’s first album is called Talking to Mountains. In our conversation we talk about the genesis of his album, the relationship between sobriety and creativity, the entanglement of humor and sadness, how legendary Texan songwriter Terry Allen helped form Scott’s ar...2021-05-231h 27
Paul Taylor's Happy HourJay Swanson 2.0 @ Paul Taylor's Happy Hour LiveOn today’s episode, YouTuber Jay Swanson came back on the show to talk about his recent trip to the US, renewing his French visa and learning French expressionsSupport the show and get exclusive content here: https://www.patreon.com/paultaylor2021-05-221h 19
ContemplifyTending to the Spiritual Interior of Language with Lia PurpuraThere is so much I can say about the poet and essayist Leah Purpura. I’ll give this brief introduction, Lia was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the writer in residence at the University of Maryland, and has been published in all the notable places. I read her two most recent works, It Shouldn’t Have Been Beautiful, a book of poems, and All the Fierce Tethers, a book of essays, and was graced by her mastery of language and reverence for the awe and wonder in the details. Our conversation does not disappoint, Lia is w...2021-04-191h 13Paul Taylor's Happy HourJay Swanson @ Paul Taylor's Happy Hour LiveOn today’s episode I talked with my friend and YouTuber Jay Swanson. We had some strong beers and talked about Monty Python, the French language, and learnt some QuébécoisSupport the show and get exclusive content here: https://www.patreon.com/paultaylor2021-03-111h 24
ContemplifyDeadstock in the Storm with Jeffrey FoucaultJeffrey Foucault is a top shelf songwriter. Foucault has a slew of albums worth your collection and his latest album, Deadstock, should be the first one you pick up. Deadstock has been a real good friend to me in the ups and downs of this season. Foucault’s music makes a grown man like me swoon, sway, and slyly sing his lyrics to myself. This is the type of music that keeps me sane and holds my heart in communion with the whole heartbreaking human family. Our conversation holds the tenor of two respectful Midwesterners holding court while a...2021-03-091h 58
The Truth for Youth PodcastPaul David Tripp - Gospel-Centered Living#15 - Welcome back to the show! Today, I am honored to have author, pastor, and speaker Paul David Tripp on the show to encourage young people with Biblical wisdom. As I mention in this episode, this will unfortunately be one of my last episodes for a while due to my busy academic load right now, but I look forward to returning to this podcast when I find myself in a more free season! Here are some links to Paul David Tripp's resources: Paul's Website Paul's Podcast Paul's Youtube 2021-02-1342 min
ContemplifyBeing is Action with Andrew KrivakAndrew Krivak is the author of three novels: The Signal Flame (2017), a Chautauqua Prize finalist, and The Sojourn (2011), a National Book Award finalist and winner of both the Chautauqua Prize and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize for fiction, and his latest novel, The Bear. In our conversation you hear of Andrew’s formation as a Jesuit, our dwelling in the depth dimension of now, how his novel The Bear relates to that dimension and is also a manifesto against interiority, and so much more. Friends, I read The Bear and found it to be an incredibly moving novel about place, prese...2021-02-071h 09
ContemplifyImmersion Journalist of the Soul with Fred BahnsonFred Bahnson is an immersion journalist of the soul and one of my favorite public contemplative intellectuals. If you’ve been hanging out around Contemplify, you have likely heard his name or seen links to his work. And I am sure that won’t be changing anytime soon. His most recent piece appears in Harper’s Magazine and is called ‘The Gate of Heaven is Everywhere’. It charts the contemplative turning in our times with gusto, charm, and sustained attention to the deep roots of the Christian contemplative tradition. Check it out, you’ll dig it. Much of our conver...2021-01-171h 21
ContemplifyAnswering the Monk Within with Beverly LanzettaBeverly Lanzetta is a profound teacher who invites her readers and students to engage in the fullness of Mystery each day through the cultivation of practice and rhythm. I was elated to get my mitts on her latest book A New Silence: Spiritual Practices and Formation for the Monk Within. Our conversation flows out of this work, we talk about contemplation rhythms, parenting, the archetype of the monk, the via feminia and so much more. Reflecting on A New Silence makes up the bulk of our conversation today, but I want to really emphasize how A New Silence provides...2021-01-0359 min
ContemplifyAdvent Outpost from the Backporch (#3)I’m closing this Advent Series out with some poetic gifts. A few friends are stopping by to raise a glass and offer a poem or prayer, though I am unsure of the difference anymore. In this final Advent outpost, the Mystery is stirred by a couple of my favorite poets, Teddy Macker and then Todd Davis, before contemplative teacher Beverly Lanzetta brings us home with a prayer. Like I said, prayers and poems dip from the same well. Join us as we take our fill. Visit Contemplify.com2020-12-2108 min
ContemplifyAdvent Outpost from the Backporch (#2)I’ve asked some friends to swing by and offer a few words. In this second Advent outpost, we move throuogh the course of a day, from dawn to dusk. one of my favorite poets, Chris Dombrowski, kicks us off with a dawn poem from his book Ragged Anthem. I have some words on attention for the life of a day. And artist Jonathon Stalls leads us on a sunset walking meditation to round us out. So lace up and stretch those limbs or roll those wheels to this second Advent outpost. Check out Chris Dombrowski’s work at c...2020-12-0734 min
ContemplifyAdvent Outpost from the Backporch (#1)My wife and I started an Advent neighborhood get together last year; soup, wine, bread, cheese, poetry, stories, hymns, and children bellowing. A eucharist of sorts, but more with an ancient turn to honoring both the light in the darkness, and the darkness itself. Due to Covid this will not be happening this year. So I am attempting to put the spirit of what I experienced in that neighborhood Advent get together into a Contemplify Advent series. Something not churchy, but more in line with the wonder of seeing a coyote's hideout in my neighborhood park or...2020-11-2908 min
ContemplifyApprentice to the Slow Immediacy of Daily Life with Douglas E. ChristieIt took me months to read Douglas E. Christie’s book Blue Sapphire of the Mind: Notes for a Contemplative Ecology. I found it a joy to read slowly, soaking in the poetics married with scholarship on the Christian contemplative tradition which I so dearly love. It felt like a love letter, albeit in academic one, to a tradition that is still bursting with so much fruit waiting to be tasted by the many. I think it will wet your contemplative whistle, disarm any judgements, and welcome you to be a part of the great contemplative conversation. Our conversation hi...2020-11-181h 02
ContemplifyEverybody Now: Climate Emergency and Sacred DutyToday’s episode is first. It is one voice among many podcasters from around the globe releasing the same episode, a collective call for awareness, grief, and loving action in our climate emergency and our sacred duty to participate whole-heartedly-bodily-mindfully in the healing of our home in the cosmos. This episode includes Scientists, activists, farmers, poets, and theologians who talk bravely and frankly about how our biosphere is changing, about grief and hope in an age of social collapse and mass extinction, and about taking action against all the odds. Visit contemplify.com2020-10-191h 46
ContemplifyMoth & Mother / New FoundationsRuminations on divine union and the contemplative uprisings available in each moment. Visit contemplify.com to sign up for the Contemplify NonRequired Reading List2020-09-2613 min
ContemplifyWriting an Intentional Life with David FaroA conversation decades in the making. It all started with a letter 20 years ago... Visit contemplify.com for the shownotes and to sign up for the Contemplify NonRequired Reading List.2020-09-1500 min
Loungin' with Locals#033 - Redondo Beach & Los Angeles, CA with Paul SwansonAnother week, another awesome episode getting to chat with an old college lacrosse teammate. Today Paul Swanson and I catch up and chat about his nook of LA, Redondo Beach and the surrounding areas. Always fun to catch up with old teammates and this one is no exception! Thanks for coming on Paul and hope everyone enjoys!2020-09-0440 min
ContemplifySubtle Sacraments & The Quiet MindExploring the subtle sacraments that animate our lives and the process of quieting the mind in words and silence. Visit contemplify.com to sign up for the Contemplify NonRequired Reading List2020-08-0518 min
ContemplifyPoetic Nature of Walking with Jonathon Stalls “The walking of which I speak has nothing in it akin to taking exercise, as it is called, as the sick take medicine at stated hours …but it is itself the enterprise and adventure of the day.” - Henry David Thoreau 2020-07-1151 min
The Dode Fox PodcastEpisode 49 with Danny SwansonIn Episode 49, we are talking about 1st of August kick off, Social Distancing at Football grounds, New Contracts, The Rumour Mill, On This Day with the Arab Archive and he plays on the left, he plays on the right, Danny Swanson is our special guest today… | You can follow us @dodefoxpodcast on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook | 🧡🖤 | #podcast #dufc #p2baa2020-06-012h 25
ContemplifyKitchen Music Society of Sorrow and DelightA plucked musical movement, hairpin poetic turns, mythical stories in rough harmonics. Baptize me into this Kitchen Music Society of Delights and Sorrows. No time like a pandemic to establish a new society. Perhaps by the end of this, you’ll join the membership. To learn more about Contemplify, head over to contemplify.com2020-04-1518 min
ContemplifyBuilding Character that Bends Towards Mystery with Christian Miller "Christian Miller teaches us that the road to virtue lies in humility about our own virtue and an acceptance that others are struggling with their flaws. This is a very valuable book at a moment when our society could use a dose of openness and a sense of forgiveness." - E.J. Dionne Jr., Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution and University Professor in the Foundations of Democracy and Culture, Georgetown University visit Contemplify.com for drink pairing and other goodies2019-11-1358 min
ContemplifyManifesto Contemplatio"Be like the fox who makes more tracks than necessary, some in the wrong direction. Practice resurrection." Wendell Berry, Manifesto: Mad Farmer Liberation Front In this episode, we’ll explore the God of tree trimmers and the souvenir of deep breathing.2019-10-1507 min
The WallStreetWindow PodcastTrump Trade Deals And The Non-Interventionism Of Ron Paul With Scott HortonAfter a quick update about the trade deal that has turned out to be a trade truce I interview Scott Horton of The Libertarian Institute (www.libertarianinstitute.org) about a new book he has published titled The Great Ron Paul.Scott has done well over a thousand, perhaps several thousand, interviews with people mainly regarding US foreign policy and foreign non-interventionism. One of his most important guests has been former Congressman and Presidential candidate Ron Paul.Scott explains why Ron Paul's views have been so important since 9/11 and continue to be important. I also asked him...2019-10-1435 minThe WallStreetWindow PodcastTrump Trade Deals And The Non-Interventionism Of Ron Paul With Scott HortonAfter a quick update about the trade deal that has turned out to be a trade truce I interview Scott Horton of The Libertarian Institute (www.libertarianinstitute.org) about a new book he has published titled The Great Ron Paul.Scott has done well over a thousand, perhaps several thousand, interviews with people mainly regarding US foreign policy and foreign non-interventionism. One of his most important guests has been former Congressman and Presidential candidate Ron Paul.Scott explains why Ron Paul's views have been so important since 9/11 and continue to be important. I also asked him...2019-10-1435 min
ContemplifyBirthday Questions (39 Laps Around the Sun)Birthdays are akin to over-excited neighbors. You either appreciate their intrusions or avoid them like Homer Simpson does Ned Flanders. I treat birthdays like Flanders. I love a good party, cake, and sing-song version of ‘Happy Birthday’, but I am slow to allow the spotlight to turn squarely onto my face. A strange confession for a guy with a podcast. But I do love the birthday questions...2019-10-0210 min
ContemplifyAbsorbing this World Fully with Todd Davis (Of the Invisible #5)"Many poets feel that they know the natural world, Todd Davis has absorbed this world fully into his heart and mind. He is a fine, rare poet." - Jim Harrison, author of Legends of the Fall2019-09-1253 min
ContemplifyMaurice Manning on the Symbolic & Actual (Of the Invisible #4)“Although Manning has been lauded throughout the country for his work — garnering accolades from some of the major poets of our time, like W.S. Merwin, in addition to the numerous awards he has received — he has found his place in this literary life, wearing it now as effortlessly as the patterned chambray shirts he favors. He is a man of the people, intent on bringing poetry and scenes of rural beauty to them, words of the past, but also the present — the poetry of preservation, of all of us." —Jason Howard, Leo Weekly2019-07-251h 15
ContemplifyJericho Brown (Of the Invisible #3)“In that larger tradition of transcendent art, if we let them into our hearts, these new poems from Jericho Brown will awe and unsettle us.” - Frederick Speers, New York Journal of Books2019-06-1543 min
ContemplifyChris Dombrowski: Part Two (Of the Invisible #2) I hoped for some last gesture beyond a handshake, writes Chris Dombrowski in Ragged Anthem, a soulful book of longing that is as comic as it is reflective. These poems sing of humankind in need of something it can only seem to get from the natural world, and of how we won t get it until we begin to understand ourselves as natural as any tree or river. Or as Dombrowski himself says, Again / I took daybreak for granted, easy / as mistaking pinecone for wasp nest, / wasp nest for shed antler, antler / for branch. Here, these so-called mistakes make...2019-06-0841 min
ContemplifyChris Dombrowski: Part One (Of the Invisible | Poetry Series #1)"Chris Dombrowski has proven himself to be among the best poets of his generation. As one of those readers who admired and enjoyed his first two books — better put, who has gone to the poems for spiritual sustenance, for wisdom, and for the magic of being transported to the landscapes where the poet makes his life—I’m happy to report that Ragged Anthem continues to sing those essential songs in beautiful and unexpected ways." – Todd Davis, author of Native Species and Winterkill2019-06-0142 min
ContemplifyOf the Invisible (Poetry Series Trailer) This series will introduce you to two poets who help me circle the mystery: Chris Dombrowski and Jericho Brown. My hope is that through these conversations you’ll get a taste of poetry as a contemplative gateway. Poetry has played that role for me as a contemplative practice; seeing reality from an angle that I had not yet noticed. Clear enough to see and yet cloudy enough to draw me closer, to engage all of my faculties in this new perception of reality. This practice of poetry drops me into the depth of my self, into the de...2019-05-2507 min
Content Strategy InsightsFlora Paul: Editorial IntelligenceFlora Paul developed an analytics practice she calls "editorial intelligence" during her time at BuzzFeed Brasil. She firmly believes that writers and content strategists "can be friends with numbers and data." https://ellessmedia.com/csi/flora-paul/2019-04-1025 min
ContemplifyCultivating Contemplation & Mysticism of Rhythm (Life of a Day Finale)This final episode of the Life of a Day series is all about you. It is about offering a reframing of your day with a new way of seeing, a new way of showing up as a contemplative in the world.2019-03-1810 min
ContemplifyCompline (Life of a Day Series #5)“The church is near, but the road is icy. The bar is far away, but I will walk carefully.” — Russian proverb I raise this frosty pint in your direction for this fifth installment of the Life of the Day series here on Contemplify where I'll be exploring my interpretation of the divine hour called ‘Compline’.2019-02-2208 min
ContemplifyVespers (Life of a Day Series #4)‘There are two ways to wash the dishes. The first is to wash the dishes in order to have clean dishes and the second is to wash the dishes in order to wash the dishes.’ - Thich Nhat Hanh My intention here is to be present at hand to the dish in my hand. Perhaps we’ll strike gold today and I’ll communicate some semblance of that in this fourth installment of the Life of the Day series here on Contemplify.2019-02-1516 min
ContemplifyNone (Life of a Day Series #3)“Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson This is the third jaunt of the Life of the Day series here on Contemplify.2019-02-0808 min
ContemplifyTerce (Life of a Day Series #2)My old pal Thomas Merton wrote, ‘[Contemplation] can be suggested by words, by symbols, but in the very moment of trying to indicate what it knows the contemplative mind takes back what it has said, and denies what it has affirmed.’ So...how do I talk about contemplation then? Briefly. My intention here is to grasp at words that give shape to the formless abiding, even if only for a moment. If we are lucky here today, I’ll communicate some semblance of that in this second installment of the Life of the Day series here o...2019-02-0105 min
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ContemplifyMatins & Lauds (Life of a Day Series #1)My intention here is to kick off the Life of a Day series in grand style, with coffee. This is the first installment of the Life of the Day series here on Contemplify, which is the reimagining of the Divine Office into my own personal reflective interpretations as a contemplative in the world. The intention is to mark each of the Hours but in a form very different from their regular practice behind monastery walls. In other words, this is what a contemplative rhythm looks like in my particular life.2019-01-2513 min
ContemplifyLife of a Day Series (Trailer)How does contemplation appear in the life of your day? I've heard from many of you that this question lingers as you listen to the contemplative echo calling you in your daily life. My hope is that this series will help you answer that question for yourself.2019-01-2403 min
ContemplifyThe Mystery Never Leaves You AloneThis episode came to life a month before my newborn son. Inspired by friends, poets and writers I mused over the words to offer my son as he packed up his belongings from the dark warmth of the womb and worked his way into the shivering light of humanity. Finally, I put ink to paper. Once complete, the following letter laid in waiting alongside the clutter of discarded receipts and grocery lists. The sacred and profane cohabiting on my night stand. Weeks later, my son was born. Upon his entrance into this world, the world’s response wa...2018-12-1318 min
ContemplifyAnything Goes | Dan Reeder "One of the foremost outsider artists in modern folk." - The New Yorker The first time I ever heard the music of Dan Reeder was when someone sent me a link to the video of ‘The Work Song’ (NSFW). Once I heard it, I had to find out who this guy was. I found out that his story is even more interesting than that song. I’ve been trying to set up this conversation with Dan for years, it took the kindness of his record label Oh Boy Records to put us in touch. Dan Reeder...2018-12-121h 01
ContemplifyAwake in Mindful Silence | Phileena Heuertz "Phileena writes here with such simple clarity—and easy readability—because she knows she does not need to prove, convict, or defend anything. Mindful Silence contains not just her wisdom but the spiritual wisdom of the ages that is again standing the test of time and showing itself in the fruits of incarnational holiness. It is the great tradition of action and contemplation again showing itself." -Richard Rohr, OFM Eleven years ago I was a work intern at the Center for Action and Contemplation. A season of life that would unknowingly tether me to the cont...2018-11-2048 min
ContemplifyDaring A Journey of Texture | Theodore RichardsTheodore Richards latest work’s A Letter to My Daughters: Remembering the Lost Dimension and the Texture of Life. Theodore Richards is a philosopher, poet and novelist. He has won numerous awards for his writing, most recently winning the Nautilus Book Award for his book The Great Re-imagining: Spirituality in an Age of Apocalypse. As the founder of The Chicago Wisdom Project, editor of the online magazine Re-imagining: Education, Culture, World, and a board member of Homebound Publications, his work is dedicated to re-imagining education and creating new narratives about our place in the world. Yo...2018-10-0957 min
ContemplifyWild Mystic Folk for Lovers, Gamblers, and Rovers Alike | Luke RedfieldI love the kinship one can feel with a poet, author, or musician. The right song or poem can track you down and settle into the liturgy of your life. I count myself lucky to have had that experience too many times to count. I try to keep my ears open enough so artistic expressions can tunnel their way from my ears down to my heart and gut. It was a lovely New Mexican Fall day when one of my favorite poets suggested I listen to the song ‘Sand Hills’. I tracked song the down, put my headphones on, and...2018-09-181h 01
ContemplifyWendell Berry & Gary Snyder are Distant Neighbors | Chad Wriglesworth "In Distant Neighbors, both Berry and Snyder come across as honest and open-hearted explorers. There is an overall sense that they possess a deep and questing wisdom, hard earned through land work, travel, writing, and spiritual exploration. There is no rushing, no hectoring, and no grand gestures between these two, just an ever-deepening inquiry into what makes a good life and how to live it, even in the depths of the machine age." - Orion Magazine Chad Wriglesworth is a professor (at St. Jerome’s University), literary critic, book editor and writer. What most strikes me...2018-09-1057 min
ContemplifyContemplative Happy Hour | Tessa Bielecki “Tessa said something that completely change my path and my life. She said that 'falling in love with life was the first step on the a mystical path.'" - Adam Bucko I first met Tessa Bielecki as I was exiting a port-a-potty. Let me explain. A few years back, I was at an arts and spirituality festival. As I departed a port-a-potty, I made a crack about it being a cramped prayer cell (or some such nonsense) to the woman next in line, and she let out an infectious belly laugh while held the gr...2018-08-201h 02
ContemplifyShould a Hermit Like Bob Dylan?Famed contemplative hermit Thomas Merton wrote in his journal in the mid 1960s, ‘Should a hermit like Bob Dylan? He means at least as much to me as some of the new liturgy, perhaps in some ways more. I want to know the guy. I want him to come here, and I want him to see one of my poems.’(p. 107) And after hearing Dylan’s album Blonde on Blonde, Merton pronounced, “One does not get ‘curious’ about Dylan. You are either all in it or all out of it. I am in his new stuff.” (p.2) Robert Hudson...2018-07-1658 min
ContemplifyDel Barber is an Easy KeeperThe first time I hung out with songwriter extraordinaire Del Barber was back in 2005 when he drove me from Calgary, Alberta to Winnipeg, Manitoba. I fell asleep almost immediately after he turned the ignition, waking hours later confused and unsure which Canadian prairies we were in the middle of. Del told me I snored. I apologized. He said he didn’t mind. The only other conversation I remember from that drive was about the sacredness of wine in various religious traditions. This would be the first of many long stretches on the highway together. This was back in the da...2018-06-261h 01
ContemplifyRediscovering the Prayer Wheel with David Van Biema “This bold recovery of a long-forgotten path to prayer, expertly situated in its historical context and made accessible for modern-day believers, makes for absolutely fascinating reading--for the devout and doubtful alike." - James Martin, SJ, author of Jesus: A Pilgrimage Imagine a wheel, a wheel with nesting concentric circles within it. Each circle holding the sacred text and ancient contemplative practice of a devoted community of monks. This sounds a lot like something pulled from Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter, but actually I am describing a book, and contemplative practice, called The Prayer Whe...2018-06-1057 min
ContemplifyLauds (of Coffee)‘What I wear is pants. What I do is live. How I pray is breathe.’ These 3 sentences come from my self-adopted contemplative grandfather, Thomas Merton.They ring so true for me that they were the basis for my thesis paper in graduate school. Why? Well, for me, they represent an embodied response to one of my essential life questions - how does contemplation intersect with day-to-day life? So there is this contemplative rhythm in some monasteries of the Christian tradition called the Divine Office...or the Liturgy of the Hours. Today’s episode is goin...2018-05-3015 min
ContemplifyShaped by the Dance Between Landscape & Consciousness with Gail Straub (Author of The Ashokan Way) “Quoting the ancient I Ching, [Gail] writes about “coming to rest in motion.” She should know: a world traveler and social activist, Gail brings the steady calm she finds in the mountains to her work at peacemaking in a troubled world. ” - Elizabeth Lesser cofounder Omega Institute I feel like an absurd lover torn between two beloveds. But rather than being drawn to different people, I’m torn between landscapes. My primary loves are the lakes and trees of Minnesota, but I have also deeply fallen for the desert mountains and mesas of New Mexico...2018-05-151h 05
ContemplifyContemplate Your Death Five Times a Day with Hansa Bergwall (Co-Founder of WeCroak)I have only purchased one app for my phone. I find cell phones to be a necessary nuisance, helpful enough that I keep one, annoying enough that I keep it on silent. I don’t bemoan or resent anyone who has finally found love with their device. I get it. I just find it terribly distracting to the notes of life that I want to pay attention to. Then a friend forwarded me an article on a mobile app called WeCroak. I immediately realized I had been introduced to the perfect app. The gist is this, after ha...2018-04-2449 min
ContemplifyHeartfulness in the Space Between Things with Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu (author of From Mindfulness to Heartfulness)Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu (スティーヴン・マーフィ重松) is a subtle and winsome teacher. I had the privilege of being in the student seat last fall at a conference where he was teaching. The first words I remember him speaking were in reference to the Japanese word ‘ma’, which he translated as the space that is the space between things. Inviting each attendee to take on the practice of listening by feeling and holding the spoken words before responding. I remember letting out a big sigh of relief (and of celebration) and recognizing that he was not a typical presenter seeking to bombard listeners, but to create space. It takes a sub...2018-04-0958 min
ContemplifyHow Death Prepares You For Life: Buddhist Teacher Frank Ostaseski on The Five InvitationsFrank Ostaseski knows death. Not in a metaphorical or figurative way, but through concrete presence. Frank has held hands, laughed with, cried with and learned from those who were welcomed in the doors of the Zen Hospice Project during their final days on the planet. As you will soon find out, he honors them through magnanimous storytelling and wisdom from the depths of experience. Frank is a sought-after Buddhist teacher who co-founded the Zen Hospice Project in 1987 and founder of the Metta Institute in 2005 to train countless healthcare clinicians and caregivers and building a national network of educators, advocates...2018-03-271h 11
ContemplifyMontaigne in a Deer Stand: A Roughneck Contemplative on Philosophy, Bon Iver, and Marriage with Michael Perry (Author of Montaigne in Barn Boots)Michael Perry is a roughneck contemplative. A term that I am hoping he will half smirk at in self-recognition from his deer stand. We got together to talk about his latest book, Montaigne in Barn Boots: An Amateur Ambles Through Philosophy, a book that mind you, made me deeply reflect on my own life and laugh out loud while reading in crowded public spaces. A combination that doesn’t happen as often as I would like. So I wondered, what would a conversation with Michael Perry be like? Perry falls into the category of conversation partner that I admire, on...2018-03-061h 01
ContemplifyThe Reverence Chocolate Evokes with Shawn Askinosie (Author of Meaningful Work: A Quest to Do Great Business, Find Your Calling, and Feed Your Soul)You know that old story of a successful criminal defense lawyer who quits practicing law to start a bean to bar chocolate factory? Yeah...it’s a new story for me too. But that is the story of Shawn Askinosie. Shawn is a remarkable human being. Not because Oprah Magazine named him “One of 15 Guys Who Are Saving the World” or because Forbes named his small batch, award winning chocolate factory, Askinosie Chocolate ‘One of the 25 Best Small Companies in America’ (both of which are true by the way). It’s because Shawn holds a contemplative vision for his life and bus...2018-02-2055 min
ContemplifyThe Sunday Letters: A Practice in Contemplative Thinking with Jana Marie “The Sunday Letters are always a thoughtful and welcome stop during my week. You get a moment to pause, to consider and to reflect … and Jana often leaves you with a question to keep you thinking long after you’ve finished reading. I love these letters and find myself forwarding them regularly to friends and family.” - Reader, The Sunday Letters Have you ever wanted to be a writer? Maybe the type of writer with an acute eye for detail that maintains a deep connection with your readers. This is how I would describe the curator a...2018-02-1246 min
ContemplifyTransforming Cinemas into Meditation Halls with Director Max Pugh on Walk With Me: A Journey Into Mindfulness Featuring Thich Nhat HahnThich Nhat Hahn is a world renowned Zen Master, author of more than a 100 books and in my opinion, a winsome meditative stroller. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr nominated him for a Nobel Peace Prize in 1967. Then in 1982, Thich Nhat Hahn founded a community called Plum Village in the south of France. In 2008, a young man was ordained a monk at Plum Village. The young man’s brother is a filmmaker, Max Pugh, who was in attendance reflected upon this experience of bearing witness to his brother’s ordination as a Buddhist monk. Later, Max Pugh would Dire...2018-02-0255 min
Contemplify(MiniSeries, Episode 5) Practice Without Preaching: Creating a Family Spirituality with Ali KirkpatrickAli Kirkpatrick is a writer, speaker, retreat leader, part-time university instructor and business owner. But if i was going to name her post in the world it would be as an ambassador of love. Ali is taking over reins as host for Contemplify for 5 episodes in this miniseries called, Practice Without Preaching: Creating a Family Spirituality. The central beauty of this mini-series is that it holds the potential for you to reflect, question, celebrate and imagine how your family explores the spiritual terrain. Like all authentic explorations you might be challenged by what you discover...rest assured t...2018-01-2353 min
Contemplify(MiniSeries, Episode 4) Practice Without Preaching: Creating a Family Spirituality with Ali KirkpatrickAli Kirkpatrick is a writer, speaker, retreat leader, part-time university instructor and business owner. But if i was going to name her post in the world it would be as an ambassador of love. Ali is taking over reins as host for Contemplify for 5 episodes in this miniseries called, Practice Without Preaching: Creating a Family Spirituality. The central beauty of this mini-series is that it holds the potential for you to reflect, question, celebrate and imagine how your family explores the spiritual terrain. Like all authentic explorations you might be challenged by what you discover...rest assured t...2018-01-2244 min
Contemplify(MiniSeries, Episode 3) Practice Without Preaching: Creating a Family Spirituality with Ali KirkpatrickAli Kirkpatrick is a writer, speaker, retreat leader, part-time university instructor and business owner. But if i was going to name her post in the world it would be as an ambassador of love. Ali is taking over reins as host for Contemplify for 5 episodes in this miniseries called, Practice Without Preaching: Creating a Family Spirituality. The central beauty of this mini-series is that it holds the potential for you to reflect, question, celebrate and imagine how your family explores the spiritual terrain. Like all authentic explorations you might be challenged by what you discover...rest assured t...2018-01-2141 min
Contemplify(MiniSeries, Episode 2) Practice Without Preaching: Creating a Family Spirituality with Ali KirkpatrickAli Kirkpatrick is a writer, speaker, retreat leader, part-time university instructor and business owner. But if i was going to name her post in the world it would be as an ambassador of love. Ali is taking over reins as host for Contemplify for 5 episodes in this miniseries called, Practice Without Preaching: Creating a Family Spirituality. The central beauty of this mini-series is that it holds the potential for you to reflect, question, celebrate and imagine how your family explores the spiritual terrain. Like all authentic explorations you might be challenged by what you discover...rest assured...2018-01-2040 min
Contemplify(MiniSeries, Episode 1) Practice Without Preaching: Creating a Family Spirituality with Ali KirkpatrickAli Kirkpatrick is a writer, speaker, retreat leader, part-time university instructor and business owner. But if i was going to name her post in the world it would be as an ambassador of love. Ali is taking over reins as host for Contemplify for 5 episodes in this miniseries called, Practice Without Preaching: Creating a Family Spirituality. The central beauty of this mini-series is that it holds the potential for you to reflect, question, celebrate and imagine how your family explores the spiritual terrain. Like all authentic explorations you might be challenged by what you discover...rest assured...2018-01-1934 min
Contemplify(MiniSeries, Introduction) Practice Without Preaching: Creating a Family Spirituality with Ali KirkpatrickAli Kirkpatrick is a writer, speaker, retreat leader, part-time university instructor and business owner. But if i was going to name her post in the world it would be as an ambassador of love. Over the past couple of years my friendship with Ali has grown, and so has my awe and respect for her passion to cultivate tools, experiences and resources for families seeking to live out an authentic spirituality. In our conversation today, you will get a sense of who Ali Kirkpatrick is and her infectiously generous spirit, the thoughtful questions and embodied practices that...2018-01-181h 00
ContemplifyMystic Soul Project and the Essence of Deep Spirituality with Teresa Pasquale MateusMy guest today is Teresa Pasquale Mateus, a trauma specialist, contemplative practice teacher, author and co-founder of Mystic Soul Project, an organization that engages in a People of Color (POC) - Centered Approach to Action/Activism and Contemplation/Mysticism. Teresa has written two books, Sacred Wounds: A Path to Healing from Spiritual Trauma and Mending Broken: A Personal Journey Through the Stages of Trauma & Recovery. We cover a lot of ground in our conversation. Teresa shares how the discovery of contemplative practices were integral to her healing process, the significance of language on the spiritual path, her work as a...2017-12-2156 min
ContemplifyOrdinary Mystic & Contemplative Shoveler (Mark Longhurst Interviews Host Paul Swanson)If you are a regular listener to the Contemplify podcast, you might be scratching your head and wondering why I am pairing a drink with this conversation. Let me explain. My pal Mark Longhurst runs the top-notch website OrdinaryMystic.net reached out to me some time ago inquiring if I’d ever consider being interviewed on Contemplify so my fellow contemplatives could get a better sense of who I am. I agreed on the condition that Mark be the one to take interviewer reins. So today I am in the hot seat. My guest today...is me and Mark Lo...2017-12-191h 07
ContemplifyA Handbook to Midlife: Philosophical Tools, Wisdom & Avoiding the Midlife Crisis with Kieran Setiya (author of Midlife: A Philosophical Guide) "Written with charming simplicity and wry humor, Midlife is a philosophically rich source of what might be called 'the higher life hacks' – reflective ways of dissolving the sense of emptiness and regret that tends to hit each of us with the onset of middle age. A work of disarming wisdom." - Jim Holt (author of Why Does the World Exist?) Have you ever asked yourself, what would my life have been like if I’d gone down another career path? Or wished you could release some past grudge that sits on your shoulder like a squaking...2017-12-0553 min
ContemplifyEnlightenment Through Endarkment, or Bumbling Our Way to Possible Magic with Teddy Macker (Author of 'This World') “Who touches this touches a man. Incredibly moving, risk-taking, original, and deep. I was in tears a number of times while reading it. Magnificent.” - Barry Spacks Teddy Macker is a guileless poet who incarnates the beauty and struggle of both the internal and external landscapes of this world we share. I would be lying if I didn’t say that one of my new life goals is buy Teddy a Lagunitas IPA and shoot the bull on all of life’s matter late into the evening. Macker is quick to laugh, invoke the wisdom of elder...2017-11-211h 04
ContemplifyTeddy Macker Reads "A Poem For My Daughter"“Mark, reading the poetry of Teddy Macker who I will interview on Monday. His poetry stops time. Equal parts Wendell Berry, Gary Snyder, St. Francis and yet completely his own man. I can't recommend enough him. His 'poem for my daughter' was my gateway, and the tears haven't stopped since. I've put a copy of his book, This World, in the mail for you. Best read in the still of night when the boys are in bed and a taste of whisky is not far from your lips.” What you just heard was a text I sent my b...2017-11-2009 min
ContemplifyBe Open to the Unexpected and Find Pure Presence with Tracy Cochran (Editor at Parabola Magazine)The winding road of life leads you to beautiful vistas and the shallows of hardship. Tracy Cochran shares her experiences of the vistas and the shallows in our conversation. We touch on the practices that enliven us, vulnerability as a superpower and how she got involved in her work at Parabola Magazine. One thing that particularly struck me about Tracy, was her incredible capacity for deep listening. After hearing our conversation, you will bear witness to the depth that she shares in her words, written or spoken. Tracy Cochran is the editorial director of Parabola magazine, a m...2017-11-0755 min
ContemplifyCal Newport on Kindling an Examined Life Through Deep Work (author of Deep Work) “Cal Newport is a clear voice in a sea of noise, bringing science and passion in equal measure. We don’t need more clicks, more cats, and more emojis. We need brave work, work that happens when we refuse to avert our eyes.” - Seth Godin Where is your attention right now? Do you find your attention span shrinking in the era of sound bites and clickbait headlines? Do you turn towards social media when a moment of boredom arises? Cal Newport has written a book that will upturn your perception of how you ‘should’ be engagin...2017-10-241h 00
ContemplifyDr. Barbara Holmes from 2016 in Celebration of the Revised Edition of Her Book, Joy UnspeakableBarbara Holmes served as president of United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities, as well as professor of ethics and African American religious studies. She was ordained in the Latter Rain Apostolic Holiness Church in Dallas, Texas, and has privilege of call in the United Church of Christ and recognition of ministerial standing in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). In addition to her work with law firms, Holmes has worked with homeless missions, HIV/AIDS ministries, and international ministries in Kenya (the Presbyterian Church of East Africa) and Japan. The author of five books and numerous articles, her m...2017-10-1758 min
ContemplifyMindfulness in the Christian Tradition with Dr. Amy Oden (author of Right Here, Right Now: The Practice of Christian Mindfulness)Dr. Amy Oden is a Professor of Early Church History and Spirituality at the Saint Paul School of Theology. In her latest book Right Here, Right Now: The Practice of Christian Mindfulness Amy draws upon the roots and connection points of mindfulness found in the Christian Tradition. In this episode, Amy shares what ‘mindfulness’ means to her, her own practices to cultivate mindfulness, and the brilliance of Jesus using mindfulness metaphors such as ‘asleep’ and ‘awake’ in his teaching (and some practical application points of those metaphors in our current technology saturated state).2017-10-1054 min
ContemplifyBlueprint for an Authentic Life with Jeff Johnson (180 South, Bend to Baja)Jeff Johnson has surfed distant shores, climbed mountains you’ve never heard of and travelled to corners of the world most people couldn’t place on a map. All of this is impressive, but what is most striking about Johnson is his authenticity. This genuineness comes across in his photography, his film 180 South and his book Bend to Baja. He is not dazzled by the flash of today, but seeks the wisdom of those who are further down the path of life. In our conversation Jeff shares why he gets up early every day, how skateboarding shaped his outlook on l...2017-09-1754 min
ContemplifyThe Enneagram as a Tool for Excavating Your Essence with Chris Heuertz (Author of The Sacred Enneagram) “The Sacred Enneagram is not a just book about an ancient personality framework with a funny name. It is a roadmap to self-understanding written by one of the great spiritual practitioners of my generation. Read it now and you can thank me later.” – Jonathan Merritt (Contributing writer for The Atlantic) How well do you know yourself? Are you able to name your basic desire or fear? The questions that linger around identity and intrinsic drives can be instigation for liberation, but without the right toolkit one may rather stick their head in the sand. Enneagr...2017-09-0553 min
ContemplifyExploring the Silence and Laughter of Eternity with Carl McColman ‘What Richard Foster and Dallas Willard were to my generation – prime tour guides to the spiritual life – I hope and believe Carl McColman will be for the next generation. If you don’t know about him and his work, you should.' - Brian D. McLaren Have you ever had a dream that shook you to your core? Or been given a book at the exact time you needed it? I know I have and if either of those ring true for you, you will raise your pint glass and cheer with what your ears are hear...2017-08-281h 02
The Education VanguardPaul Swanson Brings Big Problems to Our Teaching, But In a Good Way | Education Vanguard #31I’ve got problems, you have problems, but Paul Swanson has HUGE problems. So big, he calls them real problems, or even, 21st Century problems. While this may sound like Paul has a lot of personal issues, what I am really talking about is Paul’s teaching methodology for engaging our students in real work with real world problems.Today Paul explains how technology allows our students to connect, relate and solve real world problems while learning valuable skills along the way.“The competition to get student attention is extremely high today”Connect With Paul @TeacherTechPaul TeacherPaul.orgTackling real world pro...2015-11-0618 min
theAnalysis.newsAre There Just Wars – David Swanson on Reality Asserts Itself Pt 3/3On RAI with Paul Jay, David Swanson says that nonviolent campaigns have been more successful than campaigns of violence. This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced December 17, 2013, with Paul Jay.2013-12-1717 mintheAnalysis.newsWhat Drives War – David Swanson on Reality Asserts Itself Pt 2/3On RAI, Paul Jay and David Swanson discuss the culture and economics of war. This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced December 16, 2013, with Paul Jay.2013-12-1621 mintheAnalysis.newsLies and War – David Swanson on Reality Asserts Itself Pt 1/3On RAI with Paul Jay, David Swanson, author of “War is a Lie”, talks about becoming a full-time activist for peace. This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced December 15, 2013, with Paul Jay.2013-12-1517 min