Podcasts about Luci Shaw

At the age of 96, Luci Shaw is a prolific poet, writer, and editor as well as being a photographer. With 19 volumes of poetry and one on the way, 8 books, and two children's books, Luci has spent a lifetime sharing her gift and love of writing. Along with her first, now late, husband Harold Shaw, she was a co-founder of Harold Shaw Publishers where she was senior editor and eventually President. She has been an English stylist for the popular Biblical translations and paraphrases The Living Bible, The Message, and Today's New International Version. Luci has been an adjunct and summer faculty and a frequent guest lecturer at colleges and universities. In addition she has been a popular workshop leader. She is currently Writer in Residence at Regent College, Vancouver, Canada. Her work has appeared in many journals like The Christian Century, Christianity Today, and Sojourners. Luci describes herself as a Christian who is a poet and not a Christian poet. She was a long-time friend of, co-author with, and editor for Madeleine L'Engle. To learn more about Luci, go to her website at lucishaw.com The intro and outro music for this episode is from a clip of a song called 'Father Let Your Kingdom Come' which is found on The Porter's Gate Worship Project Work Songs album and is used by permission by The Porter's Gate Worship Project.

Like 100% pure oxygen. Like the brilliance 100 times that of our sun. Like the dismantling power of the most searing gaze. Like the healing impact of all the collective medical knowledge known to man. Eclipsing the attraction power of the mind-bogglingly powerful, neodymium magnet (reportedly, the world's strongest). All this compacted and stored up by divine genius within the human newborn, Jesus. He is Love's purest profile, ‘veiled in flesh,' yet revealed to us, shared with us. Luke 2:1-20 1-7 – Love's purity ________________________________________________ 8-14 – Love's miracle _____________________________________________ 15-20 – Love's arrival ______________________________________________ Truth, whom the heavens cannot contain, has sprung from the earth so that He might be placed in a manger. (from a poem by 95-year-old Luci Shaw)

Nate visited with Luci Shaw in her home and recorded this special episode about her life as a poet and the potential she sees in words to call us into conversation with the art form itself and with God.

Luci Shaw was born in 1928 in London, England, and has lived in Canada, Australia and the U.S.A. A graduate of Wheaton College, she became co-founder and later president of Harold Shaw Publishers, and since 1988 has been a Writer in Residence at Regent College, Vancouver, Canada.Shaw has lectured in North America and abroad on topics such as art and spirituality, the Christian imagination, poetry-writing, and journal-writing as an aid to artistic and spiritual growth.A charter member of the Chrysostom Society of Writers, Shaw is author of fourteen volumes of poetry including Angels Everywhere, The Generosity, Eye of the Beholder, Sea Glass: New & Selected Poems (WordFarm, 2016), Thumbprint in the Clay: Divine Marks of Beauty, Order and Grace (InterVarsity Press, 2016), Polishing the Petoskey Stone (Shaw, 1990), Writing the River (Pinon Press, 1994/Regent Publishing, 1997), The Angles of Light (Waterbrook, 2000), The Green Earth: Poems of Creation (Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2002), has edited three poetry anthologies and a festschrift, The Swiftly Tilting Worlds of Madeleine L'Engle, (Shaw, 1998). Her most recent books are What the Light Was Like (Word Farm), Accompanied by Angels (Eerdmans), The Genesis of It All (Paraclete), and Breath for the Bones: Art, Imagination & Spirit (Nelson). Her poetic work and essays have been widely anthologized. Shaw has authored several non-fiction prose books, including Water My Soul: Cultivating the Interior Life (Zondervan) and The Crime of Living Cautiously(InterVarsity). She has also co-authored three books with Madeleine L'Engle, WinterSong (Regent), Friends for the Journey (Regent), and A Prayer Book for Spiritual Friends (Augsburg/Fortress).Shaw is poetry editor and a contributing editor of Radix, as quarterly journal published in Berkeley, CA, that celebrates art, literature, music, psychology, science and the media, featuring original poetry, reviews and interviews. She is also poetry and fiction editor of Crux, an academic journal published quarterly by Regent College, Vancouver, Canada.-bio via LuciShaw.com Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome to this conversation with two people who really inspire me, Andi Ashworth and Charlie Peacock. They provide ample hope from further down the road - having accumulated decades of wisdom in the public square as Nashville music producing influencers. Dare I say - few people have influenced our generation through music more powerfully than they have. I read their book, meaningfully titled “Why everything that doesn't matter, matters so much” and then awaited this conversation with giddiness, anticipation, excitement, a little bit of shyness. Maybe I was – and still am? – a little starstruck? I will let you decide. Have you ever asked, what can I do to mend the world, to mend my family or my own life? And if I could, is it worth it? Should I bother? Does my own small part in the world really matter? And so today, multi-Grammy-winner Charlie Peacock and his wife, delightful author Andy Ashworth, come to share their encouragement. Their book is a collection of 16 essays or letters. They are here to share their wisdom, calling us to discover and to join God's mission to love and care for a very hurting world. They are sharing with honesty, vulnerability, humility and wisdom from their own life experiences. They are beloved and trusted mentors. They invite us into a thought-provoking exploration of the many facets of the Christian culture care and culture-making in all areas - from the kitchen, hospitality, generosity, gardening all the way to Carnegie Hall and Grammy Awards.  They talk to us about the theology of imagination and creativity, a vocation that provides a framework for all of life. I've found them providing a model for expressing love in marriage, in friendship, in citizenship, and every kind of work, even in the midst of our culture of cynicism, fear, exhaustion, oppression. I have found that each one of these 16 letters is a gentle, wise, humble, vulnerable, and thought-provoking nudge in the direction of God's powerfully ordinary purpose for each one of us. It doesn't matter what the future holds because we're invited to participate fully in the beautiful redemptive work of Christ. Can you begin to see why I can't wait to share this conversation with you? I hope you join us. MEET ANDI ASHWORTH AND CHARLIE PEACOCK Andi Ashworth is the author of Real Love for Real Life: The Art and Work of Caring. She is Co-Founder of The Art House in Nashville where she served for over two decades through hospitality and mentoring, hosting a wide range of guests and organizations including Bono, Blood: Water Mission, International Justice Mission, The Gathering, and the ONE Campaign. Andi holds an MA in Theological Studies from Covenant Seminary in St. Louis. As Editor-In-Chief of the Art House America Blog she stewarded hundreds of essays from a variety of authors such as Tish Harrison Warren, Steven Garber, Sandra McCracken, Russ Ramsey, and Luci Shaw. Andi is most recently published in Wild Things and Castles in the Sky: A Guide to Choosing the Best Books for Children and A Book for Hearts & Minds: What You Should Read and Why. She has been married to Charlie Peacock for nearly fifty years and they have two grown, married children and four grandchildren. Charlie Peacock is a Grammy Award–winning, Billboard Chart–topping music producer, composer, and recording artist. He is a co-founder of the Art House, Wedgwood Circle, and founder/director Emeritus of the Commercial Music Program at Lipscomb University. Charlie has produced music for film and television, including A Walk to Remember, Chris Cornell's "Misery Chain" from the soundtrack of 12 Years a Slave, and "Hush," the title theme to the AMC drama Turn: Washington's Spies. 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“We enriched each other.” Luci Shaw speaks with Nate about her rich friendship with Madeleine L'Engle and how they made one another better writers and better followers of Jesus.Show Notes + TranscriptNate: Lucy, we get to talk about your friend today. How did you first come to meet Madeline?Luci: Well, Madeleine and I met originally at Wheaton College at a conference on, on literature, and she was a speaker and I was a speaker, and so we just happened to connect at that, at that time, and we discovered we had a lot in common.Madeline had just written a couple of poems that she wanted published. So, since my husband and I had just started the publishing company, Harold Shaw Publishers, I asked Madeline if she would like us to publish her poetry. Which is one of the things we had planned to do, was publish poetry people of faith. So, we did. We published two of her books. One was called A Cry Like a Bell. And the other one was Oh, I can't even remember the name of it. But this was very early on. And we discovered the more we talked, the more we found we had in common. We loved Bach. We loved the music of Bach. We had a number of common friends. That was way back when. Nate: Now, was this before she'd written Wrinkle in Time?Luci: She had written A Wrinkle in Time.Nate: And then you two went on to write some books together.Luci: That's right, yeah, we had our publishing company, and we were trying to publish, books by people of faith who had a literary bent. Anyway, that was the beginning of a really fruitful friendship. We found that, though Madeline had a number of people who were devoted to her and looked up to her, she didn't have many colleagues who were sort of meeting her at the friendship level, not just the sort of worshipful level that she had managed to accumulate.So, the first book that we did together, I asked her to write a book on faith, how faith and literature work together. So she, at one point, handed me this very untidy typescript. Piles and piles of typed notes and possible chapter headings and so on.So I had to just take the whole thing, pull it apart, I emptied my dining room, got the table out of the way, and started making piles. of different ideas that would flow together. We called it the Weather of the Heart. She needed someone who could sort of say, Madeline, you can't say that. You know, that's... not orthodox. We'll have to talk through that one. So, we did. We did a lot of discussion. She came from a very liberal background in New York City. I came from a very conservative background. And we sort of met in the middle and discovered that we loved each other's works. And we learned a lot from each other and through each other.Nate: What did you learn from her? Luci: I learned to be a lot more open about what faith in God was all about. That you didn't have formulas by which to describe your faith. That this was a freeing thing, that the Holy Spirit of God could work in different ways. We just enjoyed each other's experiences with the Spirit of God. We shared so much. We found that working together was truly an act of worship to God. I remember after working through an entire manuscript, The Weather of the Heart, we finished all the copy editing and so on, we spontaneously stood to our feet and sang the doxology, "Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow." Nate: What do you want people to remember about her?Luci: I want them to remember that she loved God with all her heart. That she wanted to be God's child and servant. And I think that what I could bring to her was a sense that God was larger than either her understanding or my understanding of God. That God was so magnificent and so wide, in the ways we could reach to God through the Holy Spirit.So it was a very Trinitarian friendship. She loved Jesus, and you know, the fact that God was both Jesus and also the Divine Creator of the world. Nate: How did you see her work influence people spiritually?Luci: I think she asked a lot of questions that people had. People you know, had a lot of questions because God is knowable through various ways, but not always easily understood. And because Madeline had a very great respect for the Bible and for Holy Scripture, and she realized that, throughout Scripture, God speaks to us through metaphors.God spoke to Moses with the Ten Commandments, but also through acts of grace and love. It was, an ongoing, free flowing relationship that God wants to have with us as his children, as his followers, and both Madeline and I wanted to have that characterize our life and our writing.Nate: Mm-Hmm. . Do you miss her?Luci: I miss her a lot. I think I was the only true friend she had at the level where we could be honest, really honest with each other. We rescued each other several times. Once she was in California speaking at a conference and she became very ill and was hospitalized. And I was living in the state of Washington. And she phoned me and she said, can you come down and be with me? So I went down to the hospital in Santa Cruz and spent three weeks. I lived in a motel nearby, and came in and spent time with her, telling jokes, writing things together, just conversing at the deepest level about what our lives were meant to be, and what was truly significant and important for us to believe and to do with our writing. And of course, I was a poet. She's a fiction writer. And sort of, we met in the middle, which was a really good place. We enriched each other at that wonderful level. I also got to know her family. I spent quite a bit of time visiting New York and staying with her in her apartment on the Upper West Side.Most days we would walk over to the cathedral, Anglican Cathedral of St. John the Divine. And go to communion there at noon.And that was the sort of thing that we were able to join in wholeheartedly with no reservations. But also, when we had questions, we were able to share our questions with each other and search what the great theologians had to say and what Scripture had to say about topics and about themes.When we had doubts, when we had huge questions about what God was doing in the world. We could share those with each other and pray together. We did a lot of praying. Nate: Sounds like a really special friendship that you two had. What was the role she filled for you?Luci: She filled for me a challenge. She would ask me to move beyond my evangelical faith and open up to various other questions about who we were to be in the world, how we were to reflect the Holy Spirit's wide ranging creativity in the world.So we can be part of that flow of creativity that comes through the Holy Spirit into the created world.Nate: What was she like as a person?Luci: Well, she was quite-- she was, pretty strong minded. Yeah, she didn't suffer fools gladly, but she was very loving to people who were questioning, who were seekers after God.I think one of the things that blessed me was that ...

Transfiguration Sunday | Mark 9: 2-9    Rev. Andrew Chappell asks this of his congregation: Are you prepared to allow God to change you in such important and intense ways that he might be able to use you for peace?  Are you ready to allow God to transfigure your life?  Are you ready to live a life of dynamic faith?   The Transfiguration. I've always viewed the transfiguration of Jesus as this weird, hard to fathom thing. When I think of the idea of transfiguration, I immediately think of the moment in Beauty and the Beast, when the beast transfigures back into a human…OR in Harry Potter's Transfiguration class, when he transfigures animals into goblets. I have memories when I was young of asking my father (who is a pastor) what the transfiguration meant…and he didn't say it was magic or that it involved anything to do with Disney. He just said this: “It's a mystery. No one really knows what this scene is or what Jesus became at that moment. But we do know that it was a response to a protest and a glimpse into the future.” Let me explain. Answer to a Question. In chapter 8, after Jesus feeds four thousand with a few fish and heals a blind man, he goes to Caesarea Philippi (on the northern end of present day Israel) and asks his disciples, “Who do you say that I am?”  Of course, Peter is the one to respond (confidently, as he often does), “I'll tell you who you are…you are the Christ, the Messiah.”  And then Jesus goes on to tell them about the suffering and death that is in store for him. He shares word for word what is coming his way. And Peter, always a hot head, grabs Jesus and protests, “This can't be! We won't let you go this way! Don't talk like this! We will protect you!”  That's when Jesus exclaims, “Get behind me Satan.” And he then calls out to the crowd, but we all know he's saying these things to Peter, “If you are going to follow me, then follow me! And let me lead! Indeed the kingdom is coming…the day is coming when the world shall see what I'm talking about, the world shall witness true glory, the splendor of God, an army of angels, the Son of Man…” And not a week later, Mark says, they SEE a glimpse of what Jesus is talking about. And all of it occurs when they climb the mountain and three disciples have this mountain top experience. Mountain Tops Have you ever experienced something like that? A mountain top experience I mean? An moment between you and God that changed you? And it is seared into your brain? It's interesting, in film and literature, in our cultural stories, whenever there is a mountain, something big is happening, something that will change the course of the story. (My favorite marvel movie is Iron Man, and if you remember that story)...Weapons manufacturer Tony Stark (after being injured by his own weapons), creates his first prototype of the Iron Man suit and begins a deep philosophical change of how he sees his life in the mountains of Afghanistan. The mountains are present in the Lord of the Rings as well. Throughout and at the end of the story, Frodo Baggins contends with the destruction of evil, which has to occur at Mt. Doom, in the mountains of Mordor, and such an experience transforms Frodo in the process. In Frozen, Elsa sings Let it Go and finally allows herself to become who she is in the mountains of Arendell. Authors and filmmakers love to have big moments set near or on or in the mountains. Scripture is no different. The authors of Scripture continually depict God as someone who loves the mountain top. Exodus 19-20 - God descends on Mount Sinai in fire and thunder to meet Moses and share ten commandments.  1 Kings 19 - God meets Elijah on Mount Horeb in a gentle whisper and offers renewal and strength. Zechariah 14 - Zechariah is given a prophecy that one day, God will descend upon the Mount of Olives and establish justice and the reign of God's kingdom. (Which is why you see graves on the Mount of Olives today - people want to be close to the action). God loves a mountain top…and more often than not, mountain top moments are transitional experiences. They are important moments in which God introduces a change that has consequences for the future. The Transfiguration Jesus and his three friends go up to the mountain top, and we are told that while there, Jesus is transfigured before their very eyes. The Greek there is metamorphoo - where we get the word metamorphosis.  What does that mean? It means Jesus looks different. It means his form changes. His clothes shimmer, they glisten white. In Luke's, the appearance of his face is altered. And not only that, but Moses of the Torah and Elijah of the prophets appear too. Jesus and these two legendary figures of the Hebrew faith are there, right before their eyes! And the disciples are amazed. They cannot believe what is occurring, what they are being allowed to see. Talk about a mountain top experience.  And naturally, what happens? Whenever we experience something amazing and wondrous, whenever human beings have a mountain top experience, we want to figure out how to keep that feeling, don't we? We try to figure out how to experience that same thing again. That's exactly what Peter wants to do here. He wants to build them each a place on the ground, to keep them physically present, to maintain that amazing experience… Poet Jan Richardson writes about the desires of Peter and the others in her poem “Dazzling”:  We could build walls Around this blessing, Put a roof over it. We could bring in  A table, chairs,  Have the most amazing meals. We could make a home. We could stay. I'm reminded of the title of the band Nickel Creek's second album,  “Why Should the fire die?” Peter doesn't want the fire to die. He wants to nail down this experience, so that he can experience it again! But it doesn't happen. And then, responding to Peter's previous protest from chapter eight, in which Jesus demonstrates that the end is coming, the glory of God is near…a voice from the cloud echoes onto the mountain top, “This is my Son, marked by my love. Listen to him!” (MSG).  In other words, God says, “This IS the Christ. The kingdom IS coming. This is my guy. Hear him when he says this stuff. Don't brush it off. Trust me. Elijah and Moses are here, but he is greater than they. So you disciples (and Peter). Listen to him. And trust him.” But the transfiguration is not simply an answer to a dialogue between Jesus and Peter. It is much more than that. The Transfiguration Stuff Because for me, the climax of the story is not when God speaks. It's the transfiguration part. It's the metamorphosis, the actual change in form that Jesus undergoes.  Now…this story is so wild, it's so weird, some scholars think that Mark accidentally put this story in the wrong spot. Some think that this actually happened after the resurrection, and Mark just forgot where it needed to go. Why? Because the Jesus we find here is a lot like the post-resurrection Jesus. I mean it sort of makes sense on one level. Jesus WAS different after the resurrection. His form was not as it was before. It was new. It was different. And it's true that transfiguration Jesus and post-resurrection Jesus have a lot in common.  But I think it's in the right place, because it seems to have a pre-resurrection purpose. And its purpose is to give us a glimpse of what the future form/glory will look like.  My favorite scholar and preacher of the 20th century, Leslie Weatherhead (you've heard me quote him all the time) used to get questions about Jesus' divinity and humanity. Someone would ask, “How can Jesus be fully human and fully divine?” Remember, that is essential Christian doctrine, and has been for a very long time. But it is hard to explain and understand. And Weatherhead would answer like this: “Jesus contained as much of God as can be poured into a man without disrupting his humanity (and making him a monstrosity).” I've always liked that.  You see, in the transfiguration, I believe that God gives us a glimpse, a vision of the fully realized Christ, on full display. This is a vision of the future Christ of glory, of wonder and splendor, this is sitting-on-the-throne Jesus. And Jesus does this, he transfigures, he changes, I think, to show us what the end will be like. And in seeing the end, his purpose becomes clear. HOPE.  AFTER ALL, Peterson, Hope is the activity of love that reaches into the future. That to me is the deeper meaning of the transfiguration, the metamorphosis, the change of Jesus of Nazareth to Jesus the Christ. It is that he already has the future in his hands. He already knows the end result. And he's willing to show us a glimpse, he's willing to transfigure, to transform, to change. To give us hope. In all aspects of our lives. Hope that the end is not the end, that the hardship will not win, that suffering will have meaning, that though we may go through hell, we will bring something back with us, that death cannot ultimately be stronger than love. HOPE. Our Future There is, I think, one more thing to be gained from this story. Because Jesus is doing more than just responding to Peter. He is doing more than simply giving us a glimpse into HIS future, with the purpose of granting hope. I think Jesus, in this magnificent transformation and change is giving us a glimpse into OUR future.  I think Jesus is sharing with us that we too will be transfigured, that we too will undergo a metamorphosis of sorts, that we too will change. In fact, I believe that he is already in the process of changing us. If you are seeking to follow closely behind Jesus today, you are being transfigured. You are being changed! Wesley called it sanctifying grace - the process by which God is working to renew the image of God in you that has been there since the beginning.  Paul confirms it when he writes in his second letter to the church in Corinth, (MSG) “And so we are transfigured much like the Messiah, our lives gradually becoming brighter and more beautiful as God enters our lives and we become like him.” It seems that in the end, Jesus is not the only one who changes…we change too.  But I'm not sure our change process will be as sudden and abrupt. Rather I think it will likely occur over time, over experience, over life, over trials, over joys, over suffering, in low valleys and in mountain top experiences. Change Is Hard  Gardener and poet Luci Shaw says it like this in her book Water My Soul. She says:  …I've been…astonished at how [God] can transmute experiences that we can only look at with revulsion or disappointment into good use. He allows us to learn from our mistakes; just because we stumble and fall, God doesn't disqualify us from further enterprises. Though we often have to live with the consequences of our choices, those consequences are illuminating, providing us with the wisdom and experience for future decisions. On occasion, the Lord has had to let me hit rock bottom, in enough despair that life seemed to hold nothing of value for me any more. But distressing as this was, it had a clarifying effect. In the pit of desperation I could see that many of the minor issues that had so obsessed me were just that-minor. That out of the grave where I had to die to those things, God was going to resurrect me, purged clean and more prepared to face his priorities for me. Do you know what Luci Shaw is talking about?  She's talking about transfiguration.  She's talking about transformation.  She's talking about sanctification.  She's talking about God's incredible ability to reach into our lives and invite us to CHANGE. And change is hard. Change is difficult and painful. When I think of the change that God invites us into, I think of Scrooge's response to the ghost of Jacob Marley, who when invited on a journey that will inevitably lead to change, Scrooge's reply is simply: “I think I'd rather not.” And if I am honest, (maybe it's just me) but I think sometimes I'd rather not. And I don't think I'm the only one! I think that sometimes we Christians can be known more for our immovable nature than our desire to be changed. Sometimes I think that as a faith group we would rather check the box next to Christ-follower than truly be transformed. I see the evidence all the time, in myself, in others, and in an American church that occasionally seems more concerned with being wrapped up and soaked in the partisan political games of our nation, rather than seeking to be transfigured by the grace and love and forgiveness of Jesus Christ. And all the while, the world is in need now more than ever. And do you know what the world needs? I think the world needs a savior. I think the world needs hope and healing. I think the world needs care and compassion. I think the world needs to know that our cultural or political identifiers are surface level compared to our original identifier, that each of us is first and foremost a child of the living God.  And I hope that anyone who walks in those doors finds exactly what they need. I hope that anyone who is in here today finds a community ready to offer those things. I hope that anyone who walks in here meets a group of people willing to say, “We don't have it all together, but we sure are open and willing and ready for God's Holy Spirit to shift and change and transform and transfigure us so that we might continue to look a little more like Jesus every day.”  That's what a life of faith is. A life of faith, of following Jesus, a life lived under the Lordship of Christ is one of growth, it's one of shedding old parts and gaining new parts. A life of faith is all about not conforming to the patterns of this world, but rather being transfigured, being transformed, being changed by the renewing of our minds. And we certainly don't do the changing. As LaDon Denham told me this past week, “Only God can do that.” And that's true. But we can certainly open ourselves up to the Spirit, to God, we can unclench our fists and hold loosely the non essentials, and have willing hearts and minds, willing to let God guide and direct and do some transfiguring work within us for the sake of Jesus Christ in the world.  Leadership Morning A few weekends ago, we held a leadership retreat on a Saturday morning for all of our folks that are on administrative committees of our church. We had a room of about 60 of our church leaders. And we spent the morning dreaming about the future of the church. It was a pretty mountain top-y experience for me at least.  At the end of the morning, I asked everyone in the room to take a sticky note and write a one word prayer. {explain I used to do this with youth} After we were done I went through the prayers that next week. Here is some of what was written down, here are some of the one-word prayers that the leadership of this church prayed for you and for Newnan First UMC:  Unity Growth Relationships Wisdom Guidance Joy Strength Health Inclusion Stay United Thankfulness Passion Grace Peace Hope I'm so proud of the words our leadership offered to God on behalf of this church. What An amazing group of folks. And I think those are great prayers, necessary prayers. God knows we need peace in our communities, unity in our churches, wisdom in our states, grace in our nations, and guidance in our world.  But if we really want to pray for those things, I wonder, then do we know who God's instruments of peace on earth are going to be? Do you know who God will use to be the peace-makers? Do you know who he will call to be the hope-bringers, and the unity-sewers, and the grace-givers and the includers and the strengtheners and the growers? You. And me. And if you and I really want to be a community that exhibits those things, I wonder today what might need to change in us, that God might be able to do some of that work THROUGH us. I'll finish with a question: Are you prepared to allow God to change you in such important and intense ways that he might be able to use you for peace?  Are you ready to allow God to transfigure your life?  Are you ready to live a life of dynamic faith? After all, a life of dynamic faith is a life filled with change. Amen.

The Chuckanut Radio Hour is celebrating its sweet 16th birthday!  Tonight's guest author Jessica Gigot for her memoir, A Little Bit of Land.  Interviewed by Claire McElroy. Guest poet Luci Shaw joins us for her new book, Angels Everywhere. The Chuckanut Radio Players take flight in a new episode of As the Ham Turns.   Our musical guest is singer, songwriter Sarah Goodin. Our resident poet, Kevin Murphy weaves words of wisdom and whimsy. Announcer Rich Donnelly and hosts Kelly Evert and Paul Hanson.  Recorded live at The Firehouse Arts and Events Center in Bellingham, Washington, the City of Subdued Excitement.   

Leslie Bustard, our previous episode's guest, shares three of her favorite poems with us, each unique in its own wonderful way. Take a moment to indulge in a little poetry today with Leslie and Ty, and allow these works to help you see the world (and the Lord) with fresh eyes. If you enjoyed this episode and our previous interview with Leslie on loving poetry, you'll enjoy Square Halo Books' upcoming conference Ordinary Saints - Creativity, Collaboration, and Community coming up on February 17-18, 2023 at the Trust Performing Arts Center in Lancaster. Veritas Academy is a sponsor of this event, which promises to be an enjoyable and inspiring time! Poems in this episode: Luci Shaw, The Meaning of Grass (From The Generosity) Seamus Heany, Postscript (From 100 Poems) Malcolm Guite, The Church's Banquet (From After Prayer) Also referenced: Malcolm Guite, Sounding the Seasons *** About Our Guest Leslie Anne Bustard lives in a century-old row home in Lancaster City with her husband Ned and her two dogs, Pevensie and Milly-Molly-Mandy. They are the parents of three grown daughters. After years of homeschooling, classroom teaching, and producing high school and children's theater, Leslie now fills her time writing and caring for loved ones. Her most perfect day would be walking somewhere in Northern Ireland where she could, in one day, traverse with Ned over green fields and farmers' lanes, through breeze-kissed woods, and over rocks and sandy beaches. Wild Things and Castles in the Sky: A Guide to Choosing the Best Books for Children, co-edited with daughter Carey and friend Théa Rosenburg, was published through Square Halo Books in April 2022. Her second book The Goodness of the Lord in the Land of Living: Selected Poems will be published in 2023. As vice president of Square Halo, Leslie has developed and hosted their podcast series The Square Halo, as well as planned their conferences. Leslie is a contributor at The Black Barn Online, Story Warren, Anselm Society, and Calla Press. She also shares on her website PoeticUnderpinnings.com.

Whether it's having a new baby, starting our kids into school, transitioning into teen years, or navigating relational realities, our life continually moves through passages. Luci Shaw is a professor, and poet with over 35 published books, including 3 co-written with A Wrinkle In Time author/friend Madeleine L'Engle. Luci is 93 years old with a wealth of wisdom from decades of courageous living. In this updated interview, she speaks against protecting and guarding our children with ‘safe things,' describing how that creates a dry and uninteresting way to live.

A music podcast featuring Alana Levandoski's "The Christ Hymn," from her 2015 album Behold, I Make all Things New. This song features the work of four great poets of our time: Malcolm Guite, Scott Cairns, Joel McKerrow, and Luci Shaw.   For more information on Alana and her work, you can simply click here. For the words of the poetry for this song, you can head to the liner notes from the original album by clicking here, and then scrolling down to page 24 in the booklet. You can also head to our web post for this song for a bit more information as well as links to other podcasts featuring Alana's work.  You might also consider offering a bit of support for our online ministry, which you can do through the Donate page on our website.Subscribe to the show wherever you listen to audio and recommend this episode to your friends. We invite you to rate us or write a review of what we are doing on Apple Podcasts. Reviews help others join the conversation.* * *This podcast is created at saint benedict's table, a congregation of the Anglican Church of Canada in Winnipeg, where we've been making great audio since 2006. Listen to other recent episodes on our website and see our entire catalogue of some 600 shows on our hosting page.Our MissionTo provide rich and stimulating audio resources to the wider church and engage topics and issues relevant to the concerns and questions of the larger culture in which we live.

  I'm delighted to have another conversation with Melinda Schmidt on the podcast. This time we talk poetry. We read and discuss a number of poems written by Luci Shaw. All are from her more recent book, The Generosity: Poems. I think you'll enjoy the conversation and I hope we... The post Melinda Schmidt – episode 326 appeared first on Anita Lustrea.

Luci Shaw, acclaimed poet and the author of more than 40 books, joins Karen Pascal for a vibrant discussion of faith and creativity on this episode of "Henri Nouwen, Now & Then." At 93, Luci shares about her lifetime of work and inspiration from nature, Henri Nouwen, and the Divine. * EPISODE PAGE: https://henrinouwen.org/listen/luci-shaw/ * PURCHASE "Adventure of Ascent: Field Notes from a Lifelong Journey" by Luci Shaw Amazon USA: https://amzn.to/3HVQGqJ Amazon Canada: https://amzn.to/3rZDlbr * PURCHASE "The "O" in Hope" by Luci Shaw Amazon USA: https://amzn.to/3LLwJ8a Amazon Canada: https://amzn.to/3v0oJdO * PURCHASE "Thumbprint in the Clay" by Luci Shaw Amazon USA: https://amzn.to/33BC1Cg Amazon Canada: https://amzn.to/3LJTvNR * PURCHASE "The Generosity" by Luci Shaw Amazon USA: https://amzn.to/3I3WMVU Amazon Canada: https://amzn.to/3I2FCYY ____________ * TO WATCH FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY "Journey of the Heart: The Life of Henri Nouwen": www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U8M1gx5Rk4&t=1808s * LISTEN on iTUNES: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/henr…?ign-mpt=uo%3D4 * LISTEN on SPOTIFY: open.spotify.com/episode/4AfAnO1Mqu5Yal2Idix5ii * WATCH the PODCAST on YOUTUBE: youtu.be/1rEqHnkVxXc * TO SIGN-UP FOR FREE DAILY E-MEDITATIONS: henrinouwen.org/resources/daily-meditation/ * FOR HENRI NOUWEN SOCIETY CAREGIVING RESOURCES: henrinouwen.org/resources/caregiv…caregiving-books/ * MORE FREE RESOURCES: www.henrinouwen.org * READ HENRI NOUWEN: henrinouwen.org/read-nouwen/

This is our fourth of six installments of poetry, one poem each week for the seasons of Advent and Christmastide. "Kenosis," by Luci Shaw, is placed during this fourth week of Advent, whose theme is Love. The music on this episode is by Evan Hansen, from the album "Advent" by All Souls Charlottesville. Used with permission.

Poet Luci Shaw and artist/illustrator Ned Bustard join Phil to discuss art, poetry, creativity, and their new children’s book The O in Hope. Luci and Ned share the process of writing this book together, the creative process in general, and how art and creativity intersect with their faith. The O in Hope is a poetic […]

Poetry is so good for mysteries... for wondering about things that lie beyond the scope of arguments and thesis statements. This week's two poems take on a big one. "Annunciation" by John Donne and "Mary's Song" by Luci Shaw.

Luci Shaw is one of the great living Christian poets. She has been a pioneer and role model for generations of writers. Her poem "The O in Hope" is now a picture book, illustrated by Ned Bustard. Support the show: https://therabbitroom.givingfuel.com/member See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Luci Shaw is the co-founder and later president of Harold Shaw Publishers, and since 1988 has been a Writer in Residence at Regent College, Vancouver, Canada. Shaw is poetry editor and a contributing editor of Radix, as quarterly journal published in Berkeley, CA, that celebrates art, literature, music, psychology, science and the media, featuring original poetry, reviews and interviews. A charter member of the Chrysostom Society of Writers, Shaw is author of eleven volumes of poetry. Her most recent books are What the Light Was Like (Word Farm), Accompanied by Angels (Eerdmans), The Genesis of It All (Paraclete), and Breath for the Bones: Art, Imagination & Spirit (Nelson). She and her husband John Hoyte live in Bellingham, Washington and are members of St. Paul's Episcopal Church. She loves sailing, tent camping, knitting, gardening, and wilderness photography.

This summer, we're showcasing a few favorite podcasts from our archives. Listen in on this conversation with Luci Shaw from July 2019. "There is always something new ahead." — Luci Shaw Today, let's listen in on a conversation with poet and writer Luci Shaw. This interview originally aired in July 2019, and it's one of my very favorites, full of the wisdom and perspective that comes with Luci's 90-plus years of living. She brings such a generous spirit to the conversation, from her stories about her friendship with Madeleine L'Engle to the encouragement she offers to aspiring writers, to the abundance of freshly-written poems she shares with us. For the past couple of years, I've hung on to her advice to keep journal notes when life gets too busy for more formal writing. Luci says at one point, “I don't think anything is ever lost” — and that's been such a comfort to me when I feel like time is slipping through my fingers. This interview is such a delight and an inspiration. So have a listen! We're so glad you're here with us. — Ann Boyd For show notes or more information please visit our article at The Well. If you'd like to support the work of InterVarsity's Women in the Academy and Professions, including future podcasts such as this episode, you can do so at givetoiv.org/wap. Thank you for listening!

Have you felt the pangs of missing a lost loved one? Remember the words of the hymn, “Be still my soul, the Lord is on your side.” You are not alone, and the Lord is with you in your grief.

Recorded on Sunday, June 6, 2021. Scripture cited: Judges 13:1-5; Luke 1:26-38; Romans 8:1-6.Support the show (https://www.eservicepayments.com/cgi-bin/Vanco_ver3.vps?appver3=wWsk24ZWJSTZKsGd1RMKlg0BDvsSG3VIWQCPJNNxD8upkiY7JlDavDsozUE7KG0nFx2NSo8LdUKGuGuF396vbSw-R2mhrvfe_HJOXvFcrh-XHubq5Z7ap5JVmPErc4ZeYHCKCZhESjGNQmZ5B-6dx0MW8b85t8s_s5fNKictIkY=&ver=3)

Songs from the Silent Passage explores the literary career of Walt Wangerin, Jr. through a collection of essays by Wangerin's friends and colleagues—including Eugene Peterson, Luci Shaw, Philip Yancey, and John Wilson—edited into its final form by Matthew Dickerson. In this episode, Matthew and Jonathan discuss the relationship between pain and beauty in storytelling and the idea that art "won't hug a pulpit." Support the show: https://therabbitroom.givingfuel.com/member See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Luci Shaw's zest for life is contagious. At 92, the poet and writer is still discovering and creating. She talks with Nathan Foster about her new book, The Generosity, her creative process, and her close friendship with Madeleine L'Engle.

The year was 1866. We remember African Anglican Martyr Bernard Mizeki. The reading is from Luci Shaw. #OTD #ChristianHistory #1517 — FULL TRANSCRIPTS available: https://www.1517.org/podcasts/the-christian-history-almanac GIVE BACK: Support the work of 1517 today CONTACT: CHA@1517.org SUBSCRIBE: Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play FOLLOW US: Facebook Twitter Audio production by Christopher Gillespie (gillespie.media).

Coming out of 2020 and setting goals, or having a vision for 2021 has been a unique process. Something that I've really embraced for the last two years or so of my life (especially being a foreigner in the US) has been the process of FIGURING THINGS OUT and being OKAY WITH IT. Today I talk about what figuring things out means for me and what it's looked like with God; that's today's theme. Enjoy!I also share 2 poems:FIGURING IT OUT by Love In MillenniaHOW? by Luci ShawIf you would like to hear more from me after listening to the podcast then go to Love In Millennia on youtube; I answer these questions:What have I figured out about setting goals?What am i learning about setting goals?What is my ultimate 2021 goal?On my podcast everyone is welcome but I thought I would let you know that my discussions are all from a faith based perspective. Jesus is the author and finisher of my faith and all my poems, podcast episodes and Youtube videos are rooted in the foundation of faith in Christ. I love sharing my poetry and life experiences with you and I hope we can grow fruitfully together in this journey of life.Thanks for listening! If you'd like more content from me...watch my youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPK9oqGtGgnJDi7_lAuxUiQFollow me on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/loveinmillennia/

Book launch interview with Luci Shaw Luci's recently released book "The Generosity" is now available from Paraclete Press: https://paracletepress.com/products/the-generosity Learn more about Luci here: https://www.lucishaw.com/

This week we're sharing Luci Shaw's advent and Christmas-themed poems with you. Up next: "Advent Visitation. "Biography from LuciShaw.comLuci Shaw was born in 1928 in London, England, and has lived in Canada, Australia and the U.S.A. A 1953 high honors graduate of Wheaton College in Illinois, she became co-founder and later president of Harold Shaw Publishers, and since 1988 has been a Writer in Residence at Regent College, Vancouver, Canada.A charter member of the Chrysostom Society of Writers, Shaw is author of eleven volumes of poetry including Sea Glass: New & Selected Poems (WordFarm, 2016), Thumbprint in the Clay: Divine Marks of Beauty, Order and Grace (InterVarsity Press, 2016), Polishing the Petoskey Stone (Shaw, 1990), Writing the River (Pinon Press, 1994/Regent Publishing, 1997), The Angles of Light (Waterbrook, 2000), The Green Earth: Poems of Creation (Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2002), has edited three poetry anthologies and a festschrift, The Swiftly Tilting Worlds of Madeleine L’Engle, (Shaw, 1998). Her most recent books are What the Light Was Like (Word Farm), Accompanied by Angels(Eerdmans), The Genesis of It All (Paraclete), and Breath for the Bones: Art, Imagination & Spirit (Nelson). Her poetic work and essays have been widely anthologized. Shaw has authored several non-fiction prose books, including Water My Soul: Cultivating the Interior Life (Zondervan) and The Crime of Living Cautiously (InterVarsity). She has also co-authored three books with Madeleine L’Engle, WinterSong (Regent), Friends for the Journey (Regent), and A Prayer Book for Spiritual Friends (Augsburg/Fortress). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we're sharing Luci Shaw's Christmas-themed poems with you. Up first, a poem that suits this week's astronomical happenings! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is a story about your five senses. Each week in December we'll be counting down a new way to celebrate the season. Simple, ordinary, and totally do-able. We hope this Out of the Ordinary advent countdown calendar brings you practical ideas and real joy right in the middle of your ordinary, extraordinary Christmas season too.  Follow us on Instagram to get a peek into our family's Christmas traditions too. Follow Christie here Follow Lisa-Jo here   Links from this week's episode: Luci Shaw’s “Christmas Stars” from Accompanied by Angels: Poems of the Incarnation  Walter Wangerin’s Preparing For Jesus: Meditations on the Coming of Christ, Advent, Christmas, and the Kingdom  Gayle Boss, All Creation Waits: The Advent Mystery of New Beginnings  Click here to get (or gift!) a subscription to Paper&String Click here to join the conversations we have with listeners every week around podcast. _______ Sponsor appreciation: In these uncertain times we're so grateful to partner with show sponsors that keep making our work possible.  Click here to go to GreenChef.com/ordinary90 and use code ordinary90 to get $90 off including free shipping! Click here to try Thrive Market and become a member risk-free! Join today and you’ll get a FREE gift of your choosing, up to $24 dollars in value. http://thrivemarket.com/ordinary Click here to join Advent at Home with the Black Barn Collective 

God’s thumbprints are in everything around us, From a beautiful flower to a peacefully waving ocean. Join us as we talk with Luci Shaw about her insights and enjoy some of her thought provoking poetry.

The central challenge is how to make space for the creative gladness we require in order to create. In this episode, I share about the core value of creativity and five ways to reignite your energy when it seems gone. I attempt to answer the questions: what do we do when our lives are constricted as they are right now with stress upon stress, fear, and anxiety? How do we create in unstimulating spaces? This podcast is all about giving artists confidence and motivation to arrange their lives to do their art and reveal God’s glory to the world. It stands for a well-functioning life cultivated and shaped by creative rhythms that restore and empower through story, celebration, rest, and play. A creative life is about making space to receive sustenance from God, the ultimate creator. Creativity itself is a sacred act, in which we participate in the act of creation like and with our God. Make space to receive and become the poema. The Collegeville Institute How to find creativity when yours feels sapped, blog article Cosmos from Chaos, interview with Luci Shaw, Andrew Peterson, and Carolyn Arends Leave a review via Apple Podcasts/Itunes. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/creativeandfree/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/creativeandfree/support

The year was 1308. We remember John Duns Scotus. The reading is "The foolishness of God" by Luci Shaw. — FULL TRANSCRIPTS available: https://www.1517.org/podcasts/the-christian-history-almanac GIVE BACK: Support the work of 1517 today CONTACT: CHA@1517.org SUBSCRIBE: Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play FOLLOW US: Facebook Twitter Audio production by Christopher Gillespie (gillespie.media).

Luci Shaw was born in London, England, in 1928. A poet and essayist, since 1986 she has been Writer in Residence at Regent College, Vancouver. She is the author of more than 39 books of poetry and creative non-fiction, including her 13th poetry collection The Generosity, published this autumn.Luci lives with her husband, John Hoyte, in Bellingham, Washington.Twitter: @Luci_ShawFacebook: Luci N. ShawWebsite: LuciShaw.comLuci's books on IndieboundLuci's Author Page on Amazon

Rev. Mike Hoogeboom offers a comforting and challenging poem as he reflects on the Incarnation and "Polishing the Petoskey Stone" by Luci Shaw.

Luci Shaw was born in 1928 in London, England, and has lived in Canada, Australia and the U.S.A. A 1953 high honors graduate of Wheaton College in Illinois, she became co-founder and later president of Harold Shaw Publishers, and since 1988 has been a Writer in Residence at Regent College, Vancouver, Canada. Shaw is a frequent retreat facilitator and leads writing workshops in church and university settings. She has lectured in North America and abroad on topics such as art and spirituality, the Christian imagination, poetry-writing, and journal-writing as an aid to artistic and spiritual growth.A charter member of the Chrysostom Society of Writers, Shaw is author of eleven volumes of poetry including Sea Glass: New & Selected Poems (WordFarm, 2016), Thumbprint in the Clay: Divine Marks of Beauty, Order and Grace (InterVarsity Press, 2016), Polishing the Petoskey Stone (Shaw, 1990), Writing the River (Pinon Press, 1994/Regent Publishing, 1997), The Angles of Light (Waterbrook, 2000), The Green Earth: Poems of Creation (Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2002), has edited three poetry anthologies and a festschrift, The Swiftly Tilting Worlds of Madeleine L’Engle, (Shaw, 1998). Her most recent books are What the Light Was Like (Word Farm), Accompanied by Angels(Eerdmans), The Genesis of It All (Paraclete), and Breath for the Bones: Art, Imagination & Spirit (Nelson). Her poetic work and essays have been widely anthologized. Shaw has authored several non-fiction prose books, including Water My Soul: Cultivating the Interior Life (Zondervan) and The Crime of Living Cautiously (InterVarsity). She has also co-authored three books with Madeleine L’Engle, WinterSong (Regent), Friends for the Journey (Regent), and A Prayer Book for Spiritual Friends (Augsburg/Fortress).Shaw is poetry editor and a contributing editor of Radix, as quarterly journal published in Berkeley, CA, that celebrates art, literature, music, psychology, science and the media, featuring original poetry, reviews and interviews. For more information about Radix, click on Radixmag.com. She is also poetry and fiction editor of Crux, an academic journal published quarterly by Regent College, Vancouver, Canada.She and her husband John Hoyte live in Bellingham, Washington and are members of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. She loves sailing, tent camping, knitting, gardening, and wilderness photography.--bio found at lucishaw.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The year was 1838, and we remember Gideon Blackburn. The reading is from Luci Shaw, “The Foolishness of God.” — FULL TRANSCRIPTS available: https://www.1517.org/podcasts/the-christian-history-almanac GIVE BACK: Support the work of 1517 today CONTACT: CHA@1517.org SUBSCRIBE: Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play FOLLOW US: Facebook Twitter Audio production by Christopher Gillespie (gillespie.media).

Today's poem is Luci Shaw's "Tenting, Burr Trail, Long Canyon, Escalante." See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today I share poetry by Luci Shaw, Marilyn Nelson and one of my own poems from my free poetry book 'Unveiled'. On the vlog chat today I briefly share about an inspiring book that I just finished reading by Olympic Athlete Lopez Lomong. You can also watch my vlog at http://www.loveinmillennia.com

The Twilight Zone, Garrison Keillor, Billy Collins, Luci Shaw, Scout the Dog, and - around the 18 minute mark - next season and beyond at Pacific Theatre. Featuring music by Michael Hart, Carolyn Credico, and Patrick Holland (AKA "Project Pablo"). 

In this episode, poet, publisher and author Luci Shaw describes what she calls, “The crime of living cautiously.” Luci loves the idea that we can say to a child, “Look this way! There is something fresh to enter into your life,” rather than following the “well worn ruts of civilization.” Luci reflects on childhood, faith, and friendship, from her 9 decades of beautifully articulated perspective.

Hope you had a good Intermission. Time for some more Presence - like Christmas, but, well, for Easter. Act Two features Rebecca deBoer, Loren Wilkinson, Nicola Shannon, and me, reading from from Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Sheila Rosen, David Kossoff, Luci Shaw, and Michael Symmons Roberts. With music from Miriam Jones, Ken Whitely, Cheryl Bear, Gillian Welch, Carolyn Arends, Julee Glaub, Viper Central, The Original Sloth Band, and Taj Mahal (joined by the Pointer Sisters). So let's close the lobby doors, settle in, get comfortable, and turn off your devices - well, except the one you're listening to this on. Enjoy the show!

Hello!  And welcome to Act One of Pacific Theatre's Easter Presence. Like Christmas Presence, it's a potluck of food for the soul - salads and hotdishes and dessert, pretty much whatever folks had on hand and wanted to bring bring to the table.  Music and literature by a host of Pacific Theatre's artists and friends, including The Nelson Boschman Trio, Jon Ochsendorf, Chris Hawley, Rick Colhoun, Adrian Walther, Ira & David, Ken Whiteley, Chantal Gallant, Laura Koch (of The Kwerks), Peter La Grand, Ian Farthing, Leigh Ann & Ryan Howarth, Kirsty Provan, Allen Desnoyers, and Michael Hart. With readings from Lucy Grealy, J.D. Salinger, Steve Turner, and Luci Shaw.

On this day in 1724, Bach's St. John Passion premiered. And we remember William Keith Kellog, born in 1860. The reading is "Judas, Peter" by Luci Shaw. — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at CHA@1517.org. And, of course, share us with a friend or two! Please subscribe, rate, and review us on the following Podcast portals and apps: Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play You can also like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. This show was produced by Christopher Gillespie, a Lutheran pastor (stjohnrandomlake.org), coffee roaster (gillespie.coffee), and media producer (gillespie.media). We’re a part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Support the work of 1517 today.

Jamie Howison speaks with Malcolm Guite, a priest, chaplain to Girton College in Cambridge, theologian, musician and poet. The author of not only theological books but also numerous collections of poetry, Malcolm's latest book is After Prayer: New sonnets and other poems, published in November 2019 by Canterbury Press. In an endorsement for the 2012 Sounding the Seasons collection, the former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams commented, “These pieces have the economy and pungency of all good sonnets, and again and again, offer deep resources for prayer and meditation to the reader,” to which the American poet Luci Shaw added, “Each of Malcolm Guite's sonnets is like a Celtic knot, with threads of devotion and theology cunningly woven into shining emblems of truth and beauty.”To find out more about Malcolm and his work, visit his website, where you will find recordings of him reading his poetry along with all sorts of other good things. You can also follow him on Facebook. Comment on this episode on our website. Subscribe to the show wherever you listen to audio and we invite you to rate us or write a review of what we are doing on Apple Podcasts. Reviews help others join the conversation.* * *This podcast is created at saint benedict's table, a congregation of the Anglican Church of Canada in Winnipeg. We've been podcasting since 2006 and put a renewed focus on this ministry in 2019.Our goal is to provide rich and stimulating audio resources to the wider church and engage topics and issues relevant to the concerns and questions of the larger culture in which we live.

“I am the Lord’s servant.” Mary said "yes" to both shame and glory, writes poet Luci Shaw. In today’s episode I talk about how in saying yes to God’s invitation to bear love in this world, we are willing to endure misunderstanding at best and abuse at worst.

“I think that true hope, that thing inside our spirits that we are clinging to and growing towards, with God’s help, is what we cling to in the deepest darkest times. It’s what keeps us going until the dawn, until spring.” — Catherine McNiel Listen in as WAP associate Caroline Triscik interviews Catherine McNiel. In this conversation, we discuss personal spiritual disciplines, the challenge to stay attentive in the midst of a busy life, the importance of community, and other gems found in her most recent book. Through a timely social media connection over our shared admiration of Luci Shaw’s work, as well as the quote from St. Julian of Norwich, this interview with Catherine came to be. Join us as Catherine shares her hope for new life and restoration that is found in Jesus- a hope that is not idyllic, but recognizes the depth of suffering and injustice in the world. For show notes or more information please visit our article at The Well. If you'd like to support the work of InterVarsity's Women in the Academy and Professions, including future podcasts such as this episode, you can do so at givetoiv.org/wap. Thank you for listening!

“So, awareness and response — I think this is where the Holy Spirit of God really works very powerfully for me, sort of awakening me, keeping me aware, keeping me open. There is always something new ahead — and I’m saying that as a 90-year-old woman. I’m hoping that life continues to open itself to me — and this is a work of God’s Spirit.” — Luci Shaw Listen in as WAP associate Caroline Triscik interviews poet Luci Shaw as they touch on topics around creativity, death, nature, and the friendships of women — with reflections on Luci's own close friendship with author Madeleine L'Engle. (Bonus: Luci reads several of her freshest poems for our enjoyment.) For show notes or more information please visit our article at The Well. If you'd like to support the work of InterVarsity's Women in the Academy and Professions, including future podcasts such as this episode, you can do so at givetoiv.org/wap. Thank you for listening!

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Debie Thomas. Essay by Debie Thomas: *A Visit and a Song* for Sunday, 23 December 2018; book review by Dan Clendenin: *Hadrian's Wall* by Adrian Goldsworthy (2018); film review by Dan Clendenin: *Children at the Border* (2018); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *Virgin* by Luci Shaw.

Welcome to the Daily Poem. Today's poem is Luci Shaw's "Mary's Song."If you like this show, please subscribe, rate, and review! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As an editor, mentor, and friend, Luci Shaw has enjoyed deep creative partnerships with many writers, perhaps none so special as her relationship with the late Madeleine L’Engle. Despite differences, the two animated each other’s work in important ways. They coauthored three books—WinterSong, Friends for the Journey, and A Prayer Book for Spiritual Friends—and Luci suggested and then edited Madeleine’s seminal treatise on faith and writing, Walking on Water. Madeleine’s granddaughters, Charlotte Jones Voiklis and Léna Roy, have known Luci for years as a close friend of their family. Here they interview her about the role of community in the life of a writer and what it takes to forge and sustain friends for the long haul. Rewrite Radio is a production of the Calvin Center for Faith and Writing, located on the campus of Calvin College in Grand Rapids, MI. Theme music is June 11th by Andrew Starr. Additional sound design by Alejandra Crevier. You can find more information about the Center and its signature event, the Festival of Faith and Writing, online at ccfw.calvin.edu and festival.calvin.edu and on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Jeanne Murray Walker is a poet, playwright, memoirist, and teacher. Most recently, she co-edited with Luci Shaw a book of essays on the topic of ambition by members of the Chrysostom Society. We talked about her experience as an ambitious young woman in the era of the "mythical character" of Betty Crocker, ambition and motherhood, and the problems of ambition without direction or models of what to do with it. My own relationship with ambition is quite fraught in ways that might warrant a sequel to this, and this conversation gave me a ton to think about--I hope you find it equally thought-provoking! For show notes and additional resources, visit the episodes page at sarazarr.com Theme music by Dave Connis  

A message inspired by Luke 2:1 - 20 ...and Luci Shaw's poem "Mary's Song" Delivered at John Knox Presbyterian Church on December 24, 2007 Download what_if__a_meditation_for_christmas_eve.mp3