Podcast appearances and mentions of Adam S Mchugh

To be truly listened to is a gift of hospitality for your soul. Our conversation on listening revolves around this idea that to be truly present and listen means we may have to slow down and set aside our own agenda for the conversation. Inspired by the book, The Listening Life (by Adam S. McHugh), we review what kinds of listening may not be so helpful and contrast that with the idea of being fully present to another. "To be present to you means that I must be prepared, temporarily, to be absent to me." - Sacred Companions by David G. Benner

Notable Quotes and Thoughts: How does trauma effect the way we are attentive to others?Can anyone help Jamalyn with what's happening in season 4 of Ozark?When you have more than you need make your table longer not your fences higher.God calls all of us to something, not just a church. God calls all of us to a joy-filled life of wholeness. When we are attentive to this, God offers us pathways out or pathways to new endeavors.Does Monday invade your Sunday? Maybe God is making you uncomfortable where you are because you need to be in a new place.What are people around you saying that resonate with what you might be thinking? Could God be trying to use those people to push you?Episode Notes and Links:Sunday Sermon link | https://www.zumc.org/sermons/2022/1/23/the-practice-of-attentiveness Rev. Kim King - Kim has been a practicing therapist since 2007. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and an Ordained Elder in The United Methodist Church. Helping people heal and realize their true potential is her calling. https://kimkingcounseling.com/about/. You can find Kim on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/kimberly.f.king.7 and Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/kimkingindy Rev. Jamalyn Peigh Williamson - Jamalyn and husband, David lived in Fondwa, Haiti from 2003-2005 and consider Fondwa like home. Before founding Zanmi Fondwa (https://zanmifondwa.com), Jamalyn held a variety of roles in the United Methodist Church as an ordained Elder. Outside the office, Jamalyn loves hanging out with her family, watching sports and drinking coffee with friends. You can find Jamalyn on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/jpeighwilliamson and Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jpw675.Zionsville United Methodist Church | https://www.zumc.org Moses and the Burning Bush, Exodus 3:1-10 | https://www.bible.com/bible/111/EXO.3.1-10 Boundaries for Leaders, Henry Cloud | https://www.drcloud.com/books/boundaries-for-leaders Steps for Practicing Attentiveness:- Get up early - before the noise- Turn off the radio in the carProgressive Commercials | https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=progressive+commercials&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 Introverts in the Church, Adam S. McHugh | https://www.ivpress.com/introverts-in-the-church

Do you find it hard to slow down? Would you classify your life as busy? I think a lot of us would. I am excited to have Jodi Grubbs on the podcast this week. She is a fellow podcaster, and we talk about slow living. Jodi shares with us about her podcast, Our Island in the City, as well as why slow living is her life message. This revelation that she discovered recently is one of my favorite parts of the episode. I love how God never wastes any of our pain. We also talk about soul-care and its importance in slowing down in life. I promise you do not want to miss the truths Jodi shares. Book Recommendations: *The Listening Life by Adam S. McHugh *Essentialism by Greg McKeown *Effortless by Greg McKeown *What Does Your Soul Love? By Gem & Alan Fadling Also, I am so excited for someone to win a copy of one of Jodi's recommended books: *What Does Your Soul Love? By Gem & Alan Fadling. All the details of the book giveaway are on my website at jodirosser.com or you can click this direct link: https://jodirosser.com/giveaways/what-does-your-soul-love-book-giveaway/ I'm Jodi Grubbs ~ a lingering coffee conversationalist and slow living advocate. I live outside of Raleigh, NC and share a 1952 bungalow with my husband and teen daughter. As a former island girl, I am passionate about coming alongside women who long for that shift to slower living.  I'm a writer & the the host of  Our Island in the City Podcast where I love conversing with my guests about faith, ordinary soul care and deep community. I love interacting over on Instagram @jodi.grubbs. If you are interested in subscribing to her newsletter, please I'm a writer & the the host of  Our Island in the City Podcast where I love conversing with my guests about faith, ordinary soul care and deep community. I love interacting over on Instagram @jodi.grubbs. If you are interested in subscribing to her newsletter, please click this link. *Note: If you are interested in purchasing this book or the books recommended, I would love for you to use the Amazon Affiliate link above to help support the podcast. Thank you!

Has someone ever said to you: “You’re just not listening to me!”  What was their tone of voice?  What moved them to say that?  How did you respond? To be heard and understood is one of the greatest gifts we can receive; and one of the greatest gifts we can give.  It is how we empathise and care for one another. The power of listening helps us know that we are not alone. It brings people closer together. It brings restoration to broken hearts and hurting souls. The best book I’ve ever read on listening is by Adam S. McHugh: The Listening Life – Embracing Attentiveness in a World of Distraction, (IVP: 2015).  Like a treasure chest, this book is full of gems for everyone who seeks to become a better listener and carer to others.  Here are a few of them: ‘…how would our relationships change, and how would we change, if we approached every situation with the intention of listening first?  What if we approached our relationship with God as listeners? What if we view our relationship with nature as one of listening? What if we approached our relationships using our ears rather than our mouths?’ (p.10) ‘Hearing is an act of the senses, but listening is an act of the will. In listening you centre not only your ears but also your mind, heart and posture on someone or something other than yourself.’ (p.16) ‘The true listeners are those who stay, who crowd around Jesus and ask the interpretation of the parable. This is the kind of listeners God desires: those who pursue and seek and relentlessly question. They sit with Jesus’ words like an old friend that you know yet don’t really know, chewing and digesting, continuing to seek greater clarity and depth of understanding.’ (p.17) ‘The sort of people we become is, in large part, determined by the voices that we choose to listen to. Truly, we do not have a choice of listening versus not listening. We all obey certain voices, and thus the question is not “Will I listen?” but “Which voices will I listen to?” (p.21) Jesus says: “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me.” (John 10:14 NIV)  And: “My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.”  (John 10:27 NIV) Over the last two Sundays, our themes have been Open Door and Open Eyes.  This Sunday we will consider: Open Ears.  It’s a privilege to come together to listen to the words of Jesus, to discuss what that means for us, and to help each other to live them out! Pr Rolly Stahl

Has someone ever said to you: “You’re just not listening to me!”  What was their tone of voice?  What moved them to say that?  How did you respond? To be heard and understood is one of the greatest gifts we can receive; and one of the greatest gifts we can give.  It is how we empathise and care for one another. The power of listening helps us know that we are not alone. It brings people closer together. It brings restoration to broken hearts and hurting souls. The best book I’ve ever read on listening is by Adam S. McHugh: The Listening Life – Embracing Attentiveness in a World of Distraction, (IVP: 2015).  Like a treasure chest, this book is full of gems for everyone who seeks to become a better listener and carer to others.  Here are a few of them: ‘…how would our relationships change, and how would we change, if we approached every situation with the intention of listening first?  What if we approached our relationship with God as listeners? What if we view our relationship with nature as one of listening? What if we approached our relationships using our ears rather than our mouths?’ (p.10) ‘Hearing is an act of the senses, but listening is an act of the will. In listening you centre not only your ears but also your mind, heart and posture on someone or something other than yourself.’ (p.16) ‘The true listeners are those who stay, who crowd around Jesus and ask the interpretation of the parable. This is the kind of listeners God desires: those who pursue and seek and relentlessly question. They sit with Jesus’ words like an old friend that you know yet don’t really know, chewing and digesting, continuing to seek greater clarity and depth of understanding.’ (p.17) ‘The sort of people we become is, in large part, determined by the voices that we choose to listen to. Truly, we do not have a choice of listening versus not listening. We all obey certain voices, and thus the question is not “Will I listen?” but “Which voices will I listen to?” (p.21) Jesus says: “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me.” (John 10:14 NIV)  And: “My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.”  (John 10:27 NIV) Over the last two Sundays, our themes have been Open Door and Open Eyes.  This Sunday we will consider: Open Ears.  It’s a privilege to come together to listen to the words of Jesus, to discuss what that means for us, and to help each other to live them out! Pr Rolly Stahl

In this final episode in our senses series, today we'll discover the role our senses might play in our life with God. One of the most life-giving discoveries I've made over the past decade or so has been to understand that our expression of faith doesn’t have to look just one way. Listen in. Links + Resources From This Episode: Discover new things with 30% off Kiwico The Divine Hours by Phyllis Tickle The Listening Life by Adam S. McHugh Sacred Pathways by Gary Thomas To Bless the Space Between Us by John O'Donohue Grab a copy of my book The Next Right Thing  Find me on Instagram @emilypfreeman Download Transcript

14 but if anyone drinks the living water I give them, they will never thirst again and will be forever satisfied! For when you drink the water I give you it becomes a gushing fountain of the Holy Spirit, springing up and flooding you with endless life!”John 4:14 The Passion Translation 13-14 Jesus said, “Everyone who drinks this water will get thirsty again and again. Anyone who drinks the water I give will never thirst—not ever. The water I give will be an artesian spring within, gushing fountains of endless life.”John 4:13-14 The Message metamorphosis by Kerry Tomberlin https://www.johnodonohue.com/store https://www.amazon.com/Holy-Listening-Art-Spiritual-Direction/dp/1561010561 https://www.amazon.com/Listening-Life-Embracing-Attentiveness-Distraction/dp/0830844120/ref=sr_1_1?crid=GK4MFPXLEARB&dchild=1&keywords=the+listening+life+by+adam+mchugh&qid=1593039672&s=books&sprefix=the+listening+life%2Cstripbooks%2C223&sr=1-1 I had no idea that listening can heal the rift between those proverbial enemies, hearing and doing.The Listening Life, Adam S. McHugh https://www.amazon.com/Keywords-5-selected/s?k=9780310325505%7C9780310327127%7C9780310339731%7C9780310341826%7C9780310346913&rh=ssx%3Arelevance&aaxitk=aWXhwOKyAQ0KR-TYQ0XRqQ&hsa_cr_id=5180318130501&lp_asins=0310327121%2C0310339731%2C0310341825&lp_mat_key=the+circle+maker&lp_query=circle+maker&lp_slot=auto-sparkle-hsa-tetris&pf_rd_p=0695bfd4-f098-403d-ad0f-7db64c30b506&store_ref=SB_A02774951QVOJUADLR58D&ref=sbx_be_s_sparkle_td_brand https://holyyogafoundation.org http://blakekhealy.com/about/ Blessing at the Well (John 4:14)  Many come to this well finding they are limping, performing, hiding, judging  Themselves and others.   Travel weary a little tattered around the edges at best. Almost comatose and holding deep wounds at worst.  For some this well is our first line of defense, for others it our last resort.  And so we walk in slowly to the clearing, where this particular well stands.  There is something different about this well. Something that feels like home.  Slide up close to the edge of this well and listen carefully  You might be able to hear the stream that feeds this source of nourishment.  Listen closer and you might hear the Everlasting feeding it with the soft but fierce declarations...  I see you.  I cherish you.  I forgive you.  I delight in you.  Here drink this cup...  I see you.  I cherish you.  I forgive you.  I delight in you.  Drink again and again  You will find refreshment and rest here.  You will find as you leave this place for the day with your canteen full that what’s required of you is pleasant and easy to bear.  Kimberly Mervyn Living Water Beyond the confines of the mind lies a stream of living water It winds its way slowly ever onward moving forward leaving nothing behind taking nothing at the same time Free to be as it is free to run free to pause and slow down free to overflow free to hold This water is cleansing renewing refreshing this water is everything you need The flow of life the rhythm of love generously flowing growing, going beyond The Sound of the current beckons A whisper running, humming calling your name Step into the water allow it to pull you under and begin to find your breath Enter into the flow of the unknown and you will be set free. Kelsey Zahn Melton

Enjoy this 26-minute soul conversation with my sweet friend, Brianna Brown, as she shares her real time vulnerability about being a mama of 3 young boys and heading to Taiwan as a missionary family. We laugh about how we met over Instagram and ended up living in the same town. Presently, Brianna finds herself in the "valley of the shadow of death," specifically when it comes to navigating her oldest, adopted son's special needs. We discuss how she is experiencing peace and comfort, how God is cupping her face, and where she is noticing tiny pockets of grace and love in the present. Brianna ends our time by reading a poem she wrote about her current pasture season. *cue tears* Show Notes Follow/ Support The Brown Family's Taiwan Story via IG: mrsbribrown www.worldventure.com/thebrowns Brianna's reading recs: Here Now by Kate Merrick The Listening Life by Adam S. McHugh Bekah's reading rec: The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me. - Psalm 139:5 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bekah-pogue/support

In Episode 4, I invited you to experience how to listen to yourself and God first. Now, in this 24-minute episode, join a soul-nourishing chat with Lucy Malone, my spiritual director, as we continue the conversation about listening, spiritual direction, and how every moment is a miracle. Lucy shares about how she was drawn into spiritual formation and then spiritual direction, defines "hospitality of the heart," and exhorts us to the value of listening. "Spiritual Direction is not a guru or even a life coach. Spiritual Direction isn't counseling or therapy. It is a companion, and we're on the journey together and listening to each other, listening to God, listening to the Holy Spirit. And you need help sometimes. People need help seeing what's going on. That listening process, that discerning process is really better when you go to someone and they help you along. They guide you, and that's what a Director does." - Lucy Malone "Listening to a heart is one of the most important things you can do. It is a hospitality, a welcoming, a warmth... people need to be heard." - Lucy Malone Show Notes Watch Episode 5's conversation on YouTube If you are longing for spiritual direction and/or a retreat at Poustinia (Russian for "desert place"), email Lucy Malone (Columbia, TN): lucyfmalone@msn.com Daily Examen, a spiritual discipline, invites questions to reflect on at the end of the day: 1. How, today, was I drawn toward faith, hope and love? 2. What gave me life today, God? 3. What was draining today, God? There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. - Albert Einstein Recommended books on spiritual direction & listening: Holy Listening by Margaret Guenther Sacred Companions by David Benner Invitation to Solitude and Silence by Ruth Haley Barton The Listening Life by Adam S. McHugh Soul Feast by Marjorie Thompson Interested in a listening retreat? Attend a Pasture Experience Retreat in Spring Hill, TN: PastureExperience.com Interested in having me facilitate a Pasture Experience Retreat at your home, camp, or church? Email me: bekah@bekahpogue.com Instagram: @BekahJanePogue Humble thanks to: Bema Meda Production Team Andrew Cache, Editing Sel Thomson, Graphic Designer Jeniece Harris, Original Art --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bekah-pogue/support

Reading is a big part of our creative lives, and we know the same is true of many of our listeners. We're giving you the rundown of our year in reading, including our top picks in a variety of genres, our favorite read-alouds for our kids, and the one book we BOTH couldn't finish! If mini book club is your favorite part of the podcast, this episode is for you! Love the podcast and happy to see new episodes in your feed? Consider supporting us on Patreon. If everyone who listens gave $1 per month, we could cover our expenses and maybe even hire an editor. That would allow us to create more—for ourselves and you! Follow us on Goodreads! Goodreads is social media for book lovers. Love it or hate it, this platform is a big factor in how we track our books, set reading goals, and decide what to read next. Follow us on Goodreads to keep up with our reading habits in real time! Abbie's Goodreads Ashley's Goodreads Books mentioned in this episode Beartown by Fredrik Backman Circe by Madeline Miller A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles Off the Clock by Laura Vanderkam How to Be a Happier Parent by KJ Dell’Antonia Liturgy of the Ordinary by Tish Harrison Warren Introverts in the Church by Adam S. McHugh Essentialism by Greg McKeown The Road Back to You by Ian Cron and Suzanne Stabile Salt Fat Acid Heat by Samin Nosrat Heating & Cooling by Beth Ann Fennelly Great with Child by Beth Ann Fennelly Bread & Wine by Shauna Niequist Operating Instructions by Anne Lamott Virgil Wander by Leif Enger Peace Like a River by Leif Enger The Red Rising trilogy by Pierce Brown The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden One Beautiful Dream by Jennifer Fulwiler Dinner: A Love Story by Jenny Rosenstrach The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin The Road by Cormac McCarthy The Girls by Emma Cline The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert Jane Unlimited by Kristin Cashore There’s a Monster in Your Book by Tom Fletcher Don’t Push the Button! by Bill Cotter The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear by Don Wood She Has Her Mother’s Laugh by Carl Zimmer The Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan The Temperament God Gave Your Child by Lorraine and Art Bennett Heartland by Sarah Smarsh The Minimalist Kitchen by Melissa Coleman Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver Cozy Minimalist Home by Myquillyn Smith (the Nester) Last Night in Montreal by Emily St. John Mandel Stories by C.S. Lewis Shadowland by Elizabeth Kostova The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova My Life in France by Julia Child A Room with a View by E.M. Forster Where we find book recommendations Erin Smith on Instagram Kendra at the Lazy Genius Collective From the Front Porch podcast Anne Bogel at Modern Mrs. Darcy and the What Should I Read Next? podcast Morgan Swank on Instagram Other links from this episode Personality and Creativity: Chasing Creative Season 4, Episode 20 Here's where you can find Abbie Website: http://www.inkwellsandimages.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/abbigailekriebs Twitter: http://twitter.com/abbigailekriebs Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/abbigailekriebs/ Facebook: http://facebook.com/inkwellsandimages Here's where you can find Ashley Personal blog: http://www.ashleybrookswrites.com Business website: http://www.brookseditorial.com Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/brookseditorial Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/brookseditorial Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/brookseditorial

Our special guest is Adam McHugh, author of Introverts in the Church. Adam shows how introverts can live and minister in ways consistent with their personalities. He explains how introverts and extroverts process information and approach relationships differently and how introverts can practice Christian spirituality in ways that fit who they are. With practical illustrations from church and parachurch contexts, McHugh offers ways for introverts to serve, lead, worship, and even evangelize effectively. Introverts have gifts for the church and the world. But many churches tend to be extroverted places where introverts are marginalized. Some Christians end up feeling like it's not as faithful to be an introvert. Introverts in the Church is essential reading for any introvert who has ever felt out of place, as well as for church leaders who want to make their churches more welcoming to introverts. This expanded edition has been revised throughout and includes new research on the neuroscience of introversion and material for parenting and encouraging introverted youth. Discover God's call and empowerment to thrive as an introvert, for the sake of the church and kingdom. Adam S. McHugh (ThM, Princeton Theological Seminary) is an ordained Presbyterian minister and spiritual director, and a regular contributor to Susan Cain’s Quiet Revolution website. He has served at two Presbyterian churches, as a hospice chaplain and as campus staff with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. He is the author of The Listening Life, which won the 2017 Christianity Today Book Award for spiritual formation, and Introverts in the Church, and lives on the central coast of California.

Our special guest is Adam S. McHugh, author of The Listening Life: Embracing Attentiveness In a World of Distraction. Adam is an ordained Presbyterian minister and spiritual director, and a regular contributor to Susan Cain’s Quiet Revolution website. He has served at two Presbyterian churches, as a hospice chaplain and as campus staff with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. He is the author of The Listening Life, which won the 2017 Christianity Today Book Award for spiritual formation, and Introverts in the Church, and lives on the central coast of California. (ThM, Princeton Theological Seminary)

Adam S. McHugh is an author, ordained Presbyterian minister, spiritual director, chaplain, speaker, and retreat leader. He is the author of Introverts in the Church: Finding Our Place in an Extroverted Culture (InterVarsity Press, 2009).
Adam has a wide variety of ministry experience, including stints at Trinity United Presbyterian Church in Santa Ana, CA, and Irvine Presbyterian Church in Irvine, CA. He served for 3 years on the staff of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship at the Claremont Colleges, as well as for 2 years as a hospice chaplain with Vitas Hospice in Covina, CA. Adam received his spiritual direction certification through the Spirituality Center of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
Adam has been published in The Christian Century, The Washington Post, RELEVANT Magazine, Jesus Creed, Ministry Today, Patheos, and the Ooze, and has been featured in USA Today, Psychology Today, and the Huffington Post. He has been a guest on Mars Hill Audio Journal, InterFaith Voices, and Moody Prime Time America, among many other programs.
Hailing originally from Seattle, Adam has a B.A. from Claremont McKenna College and a Masters of Divinity and Masters of Theology in New Testament from Princeton Theological Seminary