Podcast appearances and mentions of beth booram

In this episode I share out of a book of liturgy called, “Prayers at Twilight” by our friends, David and Beth Booram.

We have a complicated relationship with desire and longing. Yes, our every cry is welcomed, but do we even want it to come up for daylight? Sometimes desire can feel vulnerable. Other times sharing can be a delight. What happens when we begin to recognize God has a new calling for us? In this episode I invited Beth Booram to teach us to listen to the first seeds of a God-given dream.

How we see God is how we see everything. Does that sound like an overstatement? Maybe. But I've come to believe it's true.  We're changing things up in the second half of Season 2 to bring you a series on healing our image of God. In this episode, spiritual directors (and super awesome people!) Dave and Beth Booram of fallcreekabbey.org. join me to talk about how your image of God is formed and why it matters. Then, they lead you through a powerful reflective exercise to identify how your image of God may be shaped by something other than love. How do you experience God experiencing you? This may be one of the most important questions you can explore as you seek to heal your image of God.   Are you looking for a safe space to experience a transformational encounter with God? Join me at www.susancarson.net.

Beth and Dave Booram are the founders of Fall Creek Abbey, where they also serve as spiritual directors. In their own words, "Fall Creek Abbey is an urban retreat house in Indianapolis thoughtfully designed for those seeking to reconnect their hearts with the heart of God. We welcome those desiring personal retreat space for half day, full day or overnight retreats, as well as meeting space for small groups and teams." Beth and Dave Booram, When Faith Becomes Sight: Opening Your Eyes to God's Presence All Around You. Beth Booram, Start Something New. J. Brent Bill and Beth Booram, Awaken Your Senses: Exercises for Exploring the Wonder of GodBeth Booram, Picturing the Face of Jesus: Encountering Christ through Art Thanks to our awesome sponsors: Studio 2 Ceramics. 10% discount code: GOSPEL Worship ForwardSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/gospelbeautiful)

The better we understand ourselves, the better we can relate to our children—and the better our relationships with our grandchildren. Emily talks with author and counselor Beth Booram about the Enneagram, a great tool for self-knowledge, and the challenges of transitioning from parent to grand. We also hear from Caitlin, a young mom who is working a parallel transition with her kids’ grandparents (that is, her own mom and dad). We start the episode with another TGL production meeting, and you’re invited to the conversation on what’s next for Emily and her producer/husband Mike. Beth Booram’s retreat center is Fall Creek Abbey; more info here. "The Road Back To You," which both guests mention, is a book and a podcast by Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When it comes to our spiritual lives, most of what we talk about is the work we can see God doing. It feels good to see God pouring out His blessings in our lives. It's fun to celebrate the victories and feel that God is actively involved in our day to day activities. Dave and Beth call this work "Day Work.” It's God's work in us that is easy to see. But what happens when the Night comes and it feels as if God has withdrawn His presence from our lives. Do we have the faith to believe that God is still working in us even when we do not feel Him? All of us, if we are serious about following Christ, will experience a dark night of the soul. But as Dave and Beth explain, this isn't an experience from which we should run. Because this is just one more season of life that God wants to use to make us more like Him. Check out the full show notes and resources for this episode at dailygrowthdiscipleship.com. Get your copy of the Daily Growth Journal and start creating a lifestyle of discipleship with the simple practice of journaling.

How you view God affects the way your relationship with God develops. This is one of the components of step 1 in creating a lifestyle of discipleship, which is knowing your identity as a beloved child of God. If you are a beloved child, it means God loves you and that you hold value to him. But we often struggle to grasp this reality. We look at ourselves and see the brokenness and ugliness inside our own natures and assume no one, including God, would ever love us. And when we do that, we deny the reality God demonstrated to us in Jesus' life. In this chapter, Dave and Beth give us a bit of a spiritual direction session as we process our own views of God and how that has affected our lives as disciples of Christ. Check out the full show notes and resources for this episode at dailygrowthdiscipleship.com. Get your copy of the Daily Growth Journal and start creating a lifestyle of discipleship with the simple practice of journaling.

It's often hard for us to live as if God is actively involved in our lives. But have you ever paused to ask yourself “why”? Why don't you live as if God is an active participant in your daily life? I think it's because we don't think He's really there. We don't see Him. So we don't pay much attention to Him. Sure, we give mental assertion to theological statements like “God is omnipresent.” We know in our minds that He is everywhere. But because we don't see Him everywhere, we don't live as if it's true. In fact, we may even begin to unconsciously believe that God isn't involved in our daily lives. But in this chapter, Dave and Beth help us to see the ways in which is God actively working in our everyday moments of life. Check out the full show notes and resources for this episode at dailygrowthdiscipleship.com. Get your copy of the Daily Growth Journal and start creating a lifestyle of discipleship with the simple practice of journaling.

The prophet Elijah ran away from Ahab and Jezebel and hid in the mountains to the south of Israel. And it was in that place he complained about his situation, unable to see what God was doing. It was there Elijah looked for God's presence in an earthquake and a fire, only to find it afterward in a still, small voice. We do much the same in our own lives. As we try to live a lifestyle of discipleship, we look for these great moments where the heavens open up and God's audible voice tells us what to do. But the reality is often much more subtle; it's the still small voice in the everyday moments of life. So then, how can we learn to recognize those moments? How can we learn to listen to the present moment and respond to what God is doing? In this chapter, Dave and Beth unpack the heart behind their new book, When Faith Becomes Sight, and help us learn to recognize, reflect, and respond to God's work in the everyday moments of life. Check out the full show notes and resources for this episode at dailygrowthdiscipleship.com. Get your copy of the Daily Growth Journal and start creating a lifestyle of discipleship with the simple practice of journaling.

We continue our series on how to walk through deconstruction without losing your faith by talking with our friends Dave and Beth Booram about the relationship between deconstruction and spiritual direction. The Boorams operate Fall Creek Abbey, a retreat house and spiritual direction training ministry in Indianapolis. Their website is full of resources, blog posts […] The post Spiritual Direction and Deconstruction with Dave and Beth Booram appeared first on Gravity Leadership.

Our memories of our own grandparents prove it: those relationships are enduring, for better or worse. Emily (and her husband Mike) present a mash-up of grandparent memories from the guests in the first five episodes of the podcast, and a sweet story about Emily's own Grandpa. Also: --The Stretch It Takes: Memories Bigger Than a Tree --Recommended book: It's Nice To Be Little EPISODE NOTES Thanks to Emily's guests from Episodes 1 through 5 who shared their personal memories of their own grandparents: Beth Booram, Jeff Berryman, Peg Mindrebo, Nancy Mullins, Gran (Marina) King, Val Stombaugh, Mickey Gauen (it's her great-grandmother smoking the pipe!), Miki Mathoudaikis, Deborah Peebles, Becky HaakSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The better we understand ourselves, the better we can relate to our children...and the better our relationships with our grandchildren. Emily talks with author and counselor Beth Booram about the Enneagram, a great tool for self-knowledge, and the challenges of transitioning from parent to grand. Also: The Stretch It Takes: Begin At The Beginning Passing Along Your Passions: Things of Beauty Great Works for Grands: Poet Emily Dickinson For more information on Fall Creek Abbey, discussed by Beth, see https://www.fallcreekabbey.org . Beth and her husband David have written When Faith Becomes Sight. Also, "The Road Back To You," which Beth mentions in this episode, is a book and a podcast by Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This episode features Beth Booram, trained Spiritual Director and Co-Founder and Co-Director of Fall Creek Abbey urban retreat home in Indianapolis. We discuss spiritual direction, including what it is, how it works, and who it is for. Download the Show Notes for key points, questions for consideration and discussion, and links to resources mentioned in the podcast.  

Our guest this week is spiritual director Beth Booram. Beth is also an author, retreat leader, and co-founder and director of Sustainable Faith Indy. She joins Amy and Dr. B to outline the purpose of a spiritual director and the concept of a ministry of listening. Beth talks about what drew her to spiritual direction, what to expect from a session with a spiritual director, and explains the difference between spiritual direction and therapy.

If you’ve ever wondered what your calling is, then this episode is for you because today I talk with Beth Booram who has written a whole book on understanding what it looks like for God to birth a dream in your life. Beth walks us through the the gestational process of birthing a dream as well as providing a bit of direction and encouragement. Beth is a spiritual director and author, who also runs an urban spiritual retreat center in her home in Indianapolis. She’s written four books, and is writing her fifth with her husband. She is a fellow table person, Big-God-Dreamer and question-asker, and I am just giddy to have her join me on the show today. I can’t wait for you to meet Beth. Here’s the interview on the Dear Daughters Podcast Episode 67. SHOW NOTES Sustainable Faith Indy Awaken Your Senses: Exercises for Exploring the Wonder of God, co-written with Brent Bill The Wide Open Spaces of God: A Journey with God Through the Landscapes of Life Picturing the Face of Jesus: Encountering Christ through Art Beth’s newest book ~ Starting Something New: Spiritual Direction for Your God-Given Dream …and her forthcoming book, co-written with her husband, On the Lookout for God Sustainable Faith in Cincinnati Acts 2.46 Table Colossians 3.23 Liz Alig – Fair Trade Fashion Beth’s site Julie and Julia DD episode 61 ~ Are You Listening to Your Heart? Sign up for my weekly-ish newsletter here.

Beth Booram is the co-founder and director of Sustainable Faith Indy, an urban retreat center in Indianapolis, where she leads The School of Spiritual Direction and offers individual and group spiritual direction. Beth speaks around the country on topics related to spiritual formation and Christian leadership. She is a deep feeler who loves to think; an extrovert with a penchant for solitude; an artist who sees the hand of God in even the smallest encounters with creation. Beth has authored several books including Awaken Your Senses and Starting Something New: Spiritual Direction for Your God-given Dream, which tells the story of her dream to found an urban retreat center. In this episode, Beth shares about starting out, in pursuit of her dream, even when she feared she might have to do it alone. She says this felt like an invitation to grow up – even though she was in her mid-50s at the time. She talks about how she makes decisions now in order to guard her time and say yes to the right things, and she explains how telling her story, face-to-face with other like-minded individuals, built a network and garnered support that ultimately helped her take steps forward. Want to chat more about today's show? Use the hashtag #DreamerChat59 to share your thoughts wherever you like to hang out online. If you need a question to spark the conversation, here's one for you: What can you do to not feel so alone in pursuing your dream? You'll find the show notes, links to resources mentioned, and ways to connect with Beth, here: http://www.merrittonsa.com/podcast/59   GET CONNECTED: Find your tribe in the Devoted Dreamers Insiders Facebook Group where you can connect with other like-minded women in pursuit of their God-shaped dreams. Leave your review of the show on iTunes or Stitcher Subscribe on iTunes * Subscribe on Android  

“As a holy listener …. I have to put myself out of the way, to become humble in the true sense of knowing my place in the order of God’s creation …. above, all, I must be reverent, for I am entrusted with something precious and tender.” (Margaret Guenther) This is the essence of spiritual direction. Enjoy a conversation between Gem Fadling and Beth Booram, who is a seasoned spiritual director. Here are the questions discussed: • How do you meet with God? What is your personal experience tending your own prayer and contemplative life? • What is your favorite definition of spiritual direction? • Describe for me the art of listening to God and the other person at the same time? • How do you develop the skill of asking good questions? • What are the benefits of spiritual direction? • What do you talk about with a spiritual director? • When is a good time in life for someone to seek spiritual direction? • What is one piece of advice you would give to a practicing spiritual director? • What is one piece of advice you would give to someone who is currently in a spiritual direction relationship? Beth Booram, along with her husband David, is the founder and director of Sustainable Faith Indy, a retreat center in Indianapolis. She leads The School of Spiritual Direction, and speaks around the country on topics related to spiritual formation and Christian leadership. She has authored several books including Awaken Your Senses, and Starting Something New: Spiritual Direction for Your God-given Dream.

  Beth Booram is a deep feeler who loves to think! That is reason enough for me to have a conversation with her. But she is also an extrovert with a penchant for solitude. And if you’ve read some of her books, you know Beth is an artist who sees... The post Beth Booram on Starting Something New appeared first on Anita Lustrea.

We continue our series on how to walk through deconstruction without losing your faith by talking with our friends Dave and Beth Booram about the relationship between deconstruction and spiritual direction. The Boorams operate Fall Creek Abbey, a retreat house and spiritual direction training ministry in Indianapolis. Their website is full of resources, blog posts […] The post Spiritual Direction and Deconstruction with Dave and Beth Booram appeared first on Gravity Leadership.