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We Just Want You to ReadIntentionally Looking For It (No Spoilers)We're recommending Black authors that we have read and/or are excited to read! It's important to diversify your reading habits so we're here with a list of authors you may want to check out. No spoilers in this episode - just a list of authors you should definitely support throughout the year, not just during Black History Month.Our Personal Must Read Authors:Yaa GyasiOyinkan BraithwaiteP. Djèlí ClarkN.K. JemisinS.A. CosbyHelen OyeyemiHistorical Fiction:Yaa GyasiColson WhiteheadToni MorrisonMemoirs: Michelle ObamaTrevor NoahRuPaulGabrielle UnionNicole ByerMichelle ButeauYoung Adult (YA):...
2025-02-1942 min
Meditations from The Digital ExamenMeditating on God's Loving Presence All AroundA chaotic world often drowns out the peace we seek. But in this meditation, there’s an invitation to step back, breathe, and experience God's steady love.Host Jay Kim revisits a conversation with Kristel Acevedo from season one, where they explored living fully in God's presence. Acevedo shared how the constant input from social media, news, and daily anxieties can overwhelm and paralyze us. Kim encourages listeners to slow down, take deep breaths, and tune into God’s loving voice, which speaks peace over performance.Let this meditation guide you towards stillness, where God's lovi...
2024-12-1105 min
The Digital ExamenExamining the Freedom of Being in God's Presence with Kristel AcevedoWhy is it so hard to make space to hear God’s comforting, loving voice in a world filled with daily pressures and burdens? How do we release ourselves from a spirituality based on “doing” the right things and instead focus on being in God’s presence? It is as we grow to love God’s voice which can fill us with his good gifts of encouragement, reassurance, peace, and hope that we can withstand and resist the cultural pressures around us.In this episode, host Jay Y. Kim is joined by Kristel Acevedo, spiritual formation director at Transfo...
2024-03-2034 minThe Digital ExamenIntroducing The Digital Examen PodcastWelcome to The Digital Examen Podcast! Amid the noise and busyness of the digital age, it can feel impossible to hear God’s voice. Even though we can trust that God is always speaking, we struggle to foster the quiet needed to tune our ears, hearts, and minds in to his speech.On The Digital Examen podcast, author and pastor Jay Y. Kim invites us on a journey, to truly listen and be present with God. By reckoning with the spiritual, mental, and physical effects of living in a digitally-saturated culture, Kim explores an alternative way...
2023-12-2803 min
IN LOVE - Dein Podcast über Dating, Liebe und Beziehungen026// „Wahre Liebe gibt es nicht“ - und andere Glaubenssätze, die dein Glück verhindern! Dating Mythen - Teil 3Im dritten Teil unserer Serie über Dating-Mythen beleuchten wir weitere in unserer Gesellschaft verwurzelte Überzeugungen, die dein Dating-Verhalten beeinflussen.
Vergiss nicht, Teil 1 und Teil 2 anzuhören: Link zu Teil 1, Link zu Teil 2
In dieser Episode diskutieren erneut, wie diese Glaubenssätze entstehen und welche Auswirkungen sie auf Beziehungen haben.
Die behandelten Glaubenssätze sind:
- "Mit Kindern will mich keiner"
- "Keiner ist beziehungsfähig"
- "Dating ist hart"
- "Wahre Liebe gibt es sowieso nicht
In Liebe, Stella ❤️
Fall i...
2023-11-1353 min
Remember Reading PodcastHauntingly Good Stories: Wait Till Helen Comes(ft. Mary Downing Hahn, Chantel Acevedo, & J.A. White)There is much to be learned from stories, whether they feature ghosts, witches, or monsters, even when they scare us. It is the lessons learned in the face of darkness that make supernatural stories important for young readers. And, it is telling, that stories of ghosts and graveyards stay with us. They might cause us a bit of grief, but when we face them, we face ourselves, our fears, and our histories, and in confronting them we learn collaboration, problem-solving, empathy, and companionship.
In this episode, we dredge up some Halloween spirit and examine our favorite graveyards and the ghosts...
2022-09-2832 min
ASESORÍA para NOSOTROS, como PEREGRINOS y EXTRANJEROS.De las tinieblas a la LUZ, es nuestra RESPONSABILIDAD. REFLEXIONANDO... Lunes 12 Jl. 21"NADIE que nadie que ENCIENDE una LUZ la CUBRE con una vasija NI la PONE DEBAJO de la cama sino que LA PONE en un CANDELERO PARA QUE los que ENTRAN VEAN la LUZ." Lc. 8: 16 ¿QUIÉN fue HELEN KELLER? HELEN ADAMS KELLER fue una ESCRITORA, ORADORA y ACTIVISTA POLÍTICA SORDOCIEGA estadounidense. A la edad de DIECINUEVE MESES sufrió una grave enfermedad que le PROVOCÓ la PÉRDIDA TOTAL de la VISIÓN y la AUDICIÓN. Wikipedia
Nacimiento: 27 de junio de 1880, Tuscumbia, Alabama, Estados Unidos
Fallecimiento: 1 de junio de 1968, Easton, Connecticut, Estados Unidos
Educación: Radcliffe College (1900–1904), The Cambridge School of W...
2021-10-2001 min
From the Front PorchEpisode 333 || Literary Therapy, Vol. 8This week Annie is back to answer listeners' literary conundrums in round eight of Literary Therapy.
The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf:
Falling by TJ Newman
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
The Wreckage of My Presence by Casey Wilson
Rabbit Cake by Annie Hartnett
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Heating & Cooling by Beth Ann Fennelly
Brood by Jackie Polzin
I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird by Sue Cerulean
...
2021-08-1235 min
Nomad + SpiceSummer books episode! Want to read with us? Join the Long Reads club on Patreon Be our friends on Goodreads! Kit and Viv Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino Convenience Store Woman by Sakaya Murata How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States by Daniel Immerwahr Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens Know your Baldwin: The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin If Beale Street Could Talk - Netflix documentary Kindred by Octavia Butler The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo...
2021-08-1033 min
Neurosapiens21 | Celui où on parlait de l'amourDans le monde entier et de tout temps, les gens aiment. Les mythes et légendes portent sur l’amour et son contraire. Les anthropologues ont découvert que l’amour romantique existait dans plus de 170 sociétés humaines ! L’amour semble être la pierre angulaire de notre espèce mais aussi de bien des espèces animales.
Dans cet épisode, nous répondrons aux questions suivantes :
Que se passe-t-il dans le cerveau quand on tombe amoureux ?
L’amour dure-t-il réellement 3 ans ?
Et pourquoi tombe-t-on amoureux d'une personne plutôt qu'une autre ?
...
2021-07-2816 min
dlr SoundcloudBest LGBTQIA+ books for Young Adults (with Mila from dlr Libraries)The wonderful Mila from dlr Libraries shares her favourite #LGBTQIA books for Young Adults.
Books reviewed or mentioned include:
Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating - Adiba Jaigirdar
The Falling in Love Montage - Ciara Smyth
Queen of Coin and Whispers - Helen Corcoran
All the Bad Apples - Moira Fowley-Doyle
Perfectly Preventable Deaths - Deirdre Sullivan
The Space Between - Meg Grehan
Let's Talk About Love - Claire Kann
The Black Flamingo - Dean Atta
Giant Days series - John Allison
The Prince and the Dressmaker - Jen Wang
Keep This to Yourself - Tom Ryan
Clap When...
2021-06-2844 min
Hablando con el PresiTem01_Ep5: El liderazgo en diversos contextos.Hoy tengo el gusto de dialogar con la señorita Helen Sagastume.
Nos comparte sus experiencias relacionadas al liderazgo a su corta edad.
2021-02-2047 min
Hey YAThe Holiday All-Request Recommendation ShowKelly and Hannah answer listener requests for book recommendations.
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SHOW NOTES
Short story collection. Preferably fiction and/or fun/uplifting
Meet Cute: Some People Are Destined to Meet; Tales from the Inner City by Shaun Tan; Take the Mic edited by Bethany C. Morrow; Snow in Love; Hope Nation edited by Rose Brock; The Radical Element edited by Jessica Spotswood.
A gift for my brother who isn’t a big reader. He’s in co...
2020-11-2500 min
A Bookish AffairEpisode 7: You Had Us At BookmobileAhoy, romantics! In this episode, we'll discuss our favorite and least favorite traits in a romance hero. Vicars and nannies and step-princes, oh my! Plus, we'll enthuse about our recent and upcoming reads and offer our plea to the universe for some slightly less muscular heroes. For readalikes, book lists, and antiracism resources, or to learn more about attending a book club meeting, find us here: https://www.ci.oswego.or.us/library/online-bookish-affairBooks mentioned in this episode:Forbidden to the Gladiator by Greta GilbertSweet Disorder by Rose Lerner
2020-07-211h 00
Fangirl Happy HourFangirl Happy Hour, Episode #125 — Love You 3000We talk about our recent reading, and then go full Marvel to talk about Avengers: Endgame and Shuri Vol. 1 by Nnedi Okorafor, Leonardo Romero, and Jordie Bellaire.
Episode transcript coming soon!
What We’re Reading — starts at 00:50
Avengers: Endgame — starts at 10:56
Shuri, Vol. 1: The Search For Black Panther — starts at 34:12
Discussed: Unraveled by Karen Lord, With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo, Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann, Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey, The Bride Test by Helen Hoang, R...
2019-08-2844 min
Missio Alliance | Awakenings 2019Conference Forum 6 | Oneya Okuwobi, Jorge Acevedo, Dennis Edwards, Helen LeeThis national gathering has been convened at the intersection of two purposes: to continue the conversations that began two years ago with respect to accenting the person and work of the Holy Spirit as the basis of the life of the Church, and to turn our attention to God’s purposes for the Church in and for the sake of the world amid some of the most pressing questions and challenges of our day and contexts. Our Conference Forums are designed to provide an orienting space to the theme of the gathering - the life of the Church for th...
2019-04-271h 17
Three BooksEpisode 10: Summertime and the Readin’ is Easy (Unless You Work in a Public Library)Three Books is Ela Area Public Library’s podcast series where our hosts, Becca and Christen, chat about three popular/favorite books. They talk about what they’re reading this summer and get three book recommendations from Ela Staff.
0:2:28 Staff Picks Part 1
0:5:27 Becca is STILL reading Children of Blood & Bone
0:6:49 Staff Picks Part 2
0:9:23 Christen Book One- The Tin Man by Sarah Winman
0:13:31 Christen Book Two: An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
0:22:53 Christen Book Three: The Murderbot Diaries (Series) by Martha Wells
0:33:22 Books to TV news- Sanditon by Jane Austen
0:34:55 Staff Picks Part...
2018-07-311h 09