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Espresso and Earl GreyLD 3 - A Quest for Beauty
17 year old me had a dream of a beautiful life - and decided to choose it. 17 year old me sat down in front of the principal, who looked at the report card and asked: “What are you wanting to study?”
“Primary Education.”
He paused, placed the report down and commented. “That’s honourable.”
With limited eyes to see, and limited choices to take as a 17 year old, we choose a path. Optometrist, accountant, lawyer, doctor, priest.
Where does beauty lie in our quest for life?
Theme Music:
Slainte - Gander in the Pratie Hole.
Music:
Crow...
2024-07-2119 minEspresso and Earl GreyLD 2 | Hope in Rock Bottoms"There’s no ending wave after wave of tomorrows, there’s no slowing down. Sometimes you find yourself like a deer in headlights - staring ahead frozen with the onslaught of mondays to fridays - and even weekends dont appear to offer the relief because there’s washing to do, groceries to buy, meal prep for the week, cobwebs to clean and vacuuming under the couch.
By the end of the weekend, collapsed onto the bed, the next week starts again."
Sometimes life overwhelms. After 2 years of absence, I'm back to continue the series to learn to...
2024-07-0718 min2022-06-1001 minEspresso and Earl GreyLB 1 | Patience in the Journey"Perhaps the path of being humbled in our pride, being frustrated by our limitedness, being held back because of barriers is the path needed to learn the patience we need in our lives.
We will only learn to slow down when we’ve run for a thousand miles an hour, and realise that this speed is sustainable. When we get glass in our foot, mould in our books, Covid in our lungs and have to lie in bed in exhaustion."
The journey of living deliberately is filled with frustrations. Frustrations that need patience and lead to p...
2022-04-2020 minEspresso and Earl GreyLB 0.5 | Beginning the Journey into the Woods"Stripped from things that made me useful and busy, having to drop projects for work without notice, disconnected from others in isolation - I had unknowingly wandered into the woods and to Walden Pond
And now, I had to figure out what it meant to live deliberately. To front only the essential facts of life - sleeping, breathing, eating, going to the bathroom, and see if i could not learn what it had to teach, and not when I came to die, discover that I had not lived."
Begin the journey into the woods with S...
2022-04-1410 minEspresso and Earl GreyLiving Deliberately - A new initiativeWhat does it mean to live deliberately?
What does it mean to understand ourselves more?
What does it mean to love others?
Join me, Sam Wan, for the next seven weeks for a new Earl Grey segment -
Living Deliberately.
Slow Down, Open our eyes, Live Deliberately.
Music by Sláinte.
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Slinte/Cup_of_Tea/slainte_-_05_-_britches_full_of_stitches_munster_bank_bill_sullivans_the_a_polkas
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Slinte/Slin...
2022-04-1002 minEspresso and Earl GreyS2 E8 - Spaces: How spaces and rituals transform our livesThe two Sams chat about how the different physical and nonphysical spaces in our lives and the different rituals embedded in them transform our work, rest and play.
BWV 1107: Jesu, meines Lebens Leben by James Kibbie
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/James_Kibbie/Bach_Organ_Works_Neumeister_Chorales/BWV1107
2021-07-0128 minEspresso and Earl GreyS2 E7 - Storytelling: Tips on how to successfully tell a good storyDr. Sam Chan, public speaker and story teller sits down and shares with us the art of story telling. He breaks it down and helps us to grow in our storied lives.
2021-06-2723 minEspresso and Earl GreyS2 E6 - Destiny: Free will, Choices and how we live our livesThis week we return from a break to chat about predestination, free will and how we live our lives (ethics). It's a bit more than we usually do, but we do have cups of coffee!
2021-05-2622 minEspresso and Earl GreyS2 E5 - Stories: The stories we watch, the stories we read, and the stories we live.This week the Sams talk about how stories aren't only the texts we consume but they are part of our very lives.
2021-05-1125 minEspresso and Earl GreyS2 E4 Fear - Uncertainties, Future and AlzheimersThis week we explore fear and insecurities in our lives; how the lack of control shape our fears and how we can better navigate through them.
2021-05-0619 minEspresso and Earl GreyS2 E3 - Parenting - Tsing Ging, expectations, overcommitted children and family discipleship.This week we wandering along the topics of Tsing Ging, parenting and expectations, overcommitted children and how Parents can think about discipling children.
2021-04-2721 minEspresso and Earl GreyS2 E2 - Home - House ownership, Sydney traffic and the place of home in our lives.We explore our experience of living spaces, the difficulty of home ownership, frustrations of traffic in Sydney and what home means in our lives.
Credits:
J.S. Bach "Prelude & Fugue 1." Recorded by John Lewis Grant. https://freemusicarchive.org/music/John_Lewis_Grant/24_Preludes__Fugues_J_S_Bach/Bach_Prelude___Fugue_1
2021-04-2022 minEspresso and Earl GreyS2 E1 - Nostalgia - 90s movies, memories, the past and the present...We kick off season 2 chatting about the power of nostalgia in our lives, from 90s movies, Total Recall, to memories and regrets.
2021-04-1324 minEspresso and Earl GreySeason 2 Teaser... We're actually back!We launched season 2 and then got too busy... so now we're back with a short teaser for 2021!
2021-04-0613 minEspresso and Earl Grey2.1 Life in PostCovid (?) timesJoin me and Dr. Sam Chan as we kick off season 2 by discussing ambiguity, change and anxiety in these strange times.
2020-07-2822 minEspresso and Earl GreyEpisode #9 Books, Books, Books!This week we sit down and chat about books, books and more books! Grab your favourite cuppa and join us as we chat about reading and challenging ourselves to read.
2020-07-0429 minEspresso and Earl GreyEpisode #8 Time Again!This week we sit down and explore a little bit more about timefulness and inefficiency! Grab your favourite cuppa and spend some time with us just kicking around some ideas on clocks, measuring time and resting in the rhythms of life.
2020-06-2220 minEspresso and Earl GreyEpisode #7 Identity
This week we reflect on identity, the identities we create, the people that we are and just reflecting on what it means to be us.
2020-06-1527 minEspresso and Earl GreyEpisode #6 TimefulnessThis week's episode we chat about what it means to use time well, to waste time well and to spend deep time with one another. Bring your Espresso and Earl Greys and waste some time with us.
2020-06-0127 minEspresso and Earl GreyEarl Grey Reviews - Life and DeathAs a compliment to your Espresso and Earl Grey, Earl Grey review offers some books from which to drink deeply. Check out these books:
Tuesdays with Morrie - Mitch Albom
When Breath becomes Air - Paul Kalanithi
Wit (Play) - Margret Edson
Being Mortal - Atul Gawande
The peace of Wild things - Wendell Berry
All available here (support our local small buisnesses!): https://www.littlelostbookshop.com.au/collections/espresso-and-earl-grey
2020-05-3008 minEspresso and Earl GreyEpisode #5 Life and DeathA long time ago, the phrase "to cross the river Jordan," meant dying. This episode we reflect on life and death from different perspectives, from being a doctor to a theologian, and ask questions of deeper meaning. Join us on Espresso and Earl Grey.
2020-05-2531 minEspresso and Earl GreyEarl Grey Reviews #1 - FriendshipOur first set of book suggestions, curated for your espresso and earl grey experience.
The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse
Wilfred Gordon McDonalf Partridge
Grandma Forgets
True Friendship
2020-05-2207 minEspresso and Earl GreyEpisode #4 Honour and ShameWhat is the honour and shame phenomenon? Is it just a Eastern philosophy or has it always been entrenched in Western society? Hear Sam and Sam chat about this and more on Espresso and Earl Grey.
2020-05-1920 minEspresso and Earl GreyEpisode #3 - Friendship in a time of IsolationIn our COVID and post-COVID period isolations have affected friendships, many of us have been feeling zoomed out and isolation leads to loneliness. What has caused this? Why are our friendships difficult? How do we maintain good friendships? Listen to Sam and Sam as they chat about these things.
2020-05-1124 minEspresso and Earl GreyEpisode #2.5 - Reflecting on Failure and learningSo we accidentally made this podcast available, our first podcast that we recorded together. We call it our pancake episode cos it was our first flip and it was a bit all over the place. But since a lot of people loved it, here it is! Enjoy the pancake!
2020-05-0938 minEspresso and Earl GreyEpisode #2 - A story of failureSam Chan interviews Sam Wan on his story of failure and how it impacted him.
2020-05-0528 minEspresso and Earl GreyEspresso and Earl Grey #1 - Asian Australian Migrants and the COVID and Post-COVID periodSam Wan and Dr. Sam Chan of Espresso Theology, chat about being 1st generation asian Australians and life in COVID times.
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com/
2020-04-2827 min