Podcasts about New Monasticism

Rory McEntee is the the President and Executive Director of Charis Foundation for New Monasticism and Interspirituality, which he co-founded with Netanel Miles-Yépez and Adam Bucko. Rory holds a Ph.D. in Theological and Philosophical Studies in Religion from Drew University, has co-authored The New Monasticism: An Interspiritual Manifesto for Contemplative Living, and authored the forthcoming The Sacred/Secular Binary: Challenging the Divide in University Culture and Democratic Societies. In this episode, we look at the different ways in which people are ‘interspiritual' today and how interspirituality is not separate from historical religious traditions. We also explore the 'spiritual-but-not-religious,' an interspiritual path, the idea of ‘depth' in spirituality, the sacred/secular binary, and meeting God in everything. We then look at inter spiritual practice, the vertical and horizontal aspects of Charis Meditation, Charis Circles and the possibilities of interspiritual community, as well as the  Charis Snowmass Dialogues, and the twelve Charis Community Vows.Charis FoundationGolden Turtle SoundSupport the show

We are excited to kick off our first guest conversation of the season with Netanel Miles-Yépez. He is an artist, philosopher, religious scholar, and spiritual teacher deeply involved in the interspiritual movement. Netanel is also a co-founder of the Charis Foundation for New Monasticism and Interspirituality and has authored several books, including The End of Religion and Other Writings.As the head of the Inayati-Maimuni lineage of Sufism and a leading thinker in the interspiritual and new monasticism movements, he provides profound insights into spiritual identity and the blending of religious traditions.To connect with Netanel Miles-Yépez:Order his book: The End of Religion and Other Writingshttps://www.amazon.com/End-Religion-Other-Writings-Interreligious/dp/1960360000Listen to The New Monastics Podcast: https://charisinterspirituality.org/new-monastics-podcastThe Charis Foundation: https://charisinterspirituality.org/The Keating-Schachter Center for Interspirituality: https://www.naropa.edu/academics/schools-centers/keating-schachter-center-for-interspirituality/To connect further with us:Visit our website: www.contemplativeoutreach.orgFind us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/contemplativeoutreachltd/Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/contemplativeoutreachCheck out our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/coutreachTo learn more about Father Thomas Keating's guidelines for service and principles visit www.contemplativeoutreach.org/vision. Stream and Download the Opening Minds, Opening Hearts Podcast NOW for FREE on Apple Podcast, Google, Amazon and Spotify!

Rev. William Barber and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove discuss the political, moral, and spiritual dimensions of poverty. Together, they co-authored White Poverty: How Exposing Myths About Race and Class Can Reconstruct American Democracy, and they're collaborators at the Center for Public Theology and Public Policy at Yale Divinity School.About Rev. William BarberBishop William J. Barber II, DMin, is a Professor in the Practice of Public Theology and Public Policy and Founding Director of the Center for Public Theology and Public Policy at Yale Divinity School. He serves as President and Senior Lecturer of Repairers of the Breach, Co-Chair of the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call For Moral Revival, Bishop with The Fellowship of Affirming Ministries, and has been Pastor of Greenleaf Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Goldsboro, NC, for the past 29 years.He is the author of four books: We Are Called To Be A Movement; Revive Us Again: Vision and Action in Moral Organizing; The Third Reconstruction: Moral Mondays, Fusion Politics, and The Rise of a New Justice Movement; and Forward Together: A Moral Message For The Nation.Bishop Barber served as president of the North Carolina NAACP from 2006-2017 and on the National NAACP Board of Directors from 2008-2020. He is the architect of the Forward Together Moral Movement that gained national acclaim in 2013 with its Moral Monday protests at the North Carolina General Assembly. In 2015, he established Repairers of the Breach to train communities in moral movement building through the Moral Political Organizing Leadership Institute and Summit Trainings (MPOLIS). In 2018, he co-anchored the relaunch of the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival— reviving the SCLC's Poor People's Campaign, which was originally organized by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., welfare rights leaders, workers' rights advocates, religious leaders, and people of all races to fight poverty in the U.S.A highly sought-after speaker, Bishop Barber has given keynote addresses at hundreds of national and state conferences, including the 2016 Democratic National Convention, the 59th Inaugural Prayer Service for President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, and the Vatican's conference on Pope Francis's encyclical “Laudato Si': On Care for Our Common Home.He is a 2018 MacArthur Foundation Genius Award recipient and a 2015 recipient of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Award and the Puffin Award.Bishop Barber earned a Bachelor's Degree from North Carolina Central University, a Master of Divinity from Duke University, and a Doctor of Ministry from Drew University with a concentration in Public Policy and Pastoral Care. He has had ten honorary doctorates conferred upon him.About Jonathan Wilson-HartgroveJonathan Wilson-Hartgrove is an author, preacher, and community-builder who has worked with faith-rooted movements for social change for more than two decades. He is the founder of School for Conversion, a popular education center in Durham, North Carolina, and co-founder of the Rutba House, a house of hospitality in Durham's Walltown neighborhood.Mr. Wilson-Hartgrove is the author of more than a dozen books, including the daily prayer guide, Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals, New Monasticism, The Wisdom of Stability, Reconstructing the Gospel, and Revolution of Values. He is a regular preacher and teacher in churches across the US and Canada and a member of the Red Letter Christian Communicators network.Show NotesCenter for Public Theology and Public Policy's ten-session online course: https://www.theologyandpolicy.yale.edu/inaugural-conferenceGet your copy of White Poverty: How Exposing Myths About Race and Class Can Reconstruct American Democracy: https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324094876Production NotesThis podcast featured Rev. William Barber and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, with Ryan McAnnally-LinzEdited and Produced by Evan RosaHosted by Evan RosaProduction Assistance by Kacie BarrettA Production of the Yale Center for Faith & Culture at Yale Divinity School https://faith.yale.edu/aboutSupport For the Life of the World podcast by giving to the Yale Center for Faith & Culture: https://faith.yale.edu/give

Week 1 of our Fall church-wide study, Trellis.   allsoulsfellowship.org/trellis

The subject tonight is Love And for tomorrow night as well, As a matter of fact I know of no better topic For us to discuss Until we all Die! - Hafiz Crisis, war, injustice, and violence have a certain logic—and social change processes working to address these challenges carry a similar, reactionary logic. How can love help us to step out of the perceived reality of “what is possible” in building peace during conflict? Turning points in conflicts and crises are often mysterious, require acts of enormous creativity, and a willingness to risk. Social change is an artistic act, mobilizing love and prophetic imagination–and it requires us to step into the mystery of the unknown that lies beyond the far too familiar landscape of violence. In this series, join Host Serena Bian in speaking with three people who bear witness to the best and worst of humanity, holding a courageous moral imagination. Working and witnessing the front lines of injustice, war, climate change, these peacebuilders, mystics, storytellers hold space for the miraculous to emerge, refusing to be bound by a perceived reality of “what is possible.” Weds, May 29 10am Pacific Time | Aljosie Aldrich Harding Tues, June 25, 10am Pacific Time | Kalyanee Mam Deepa Patel Deepa is a facilitator with a specialism in interdisciplinary collaboration and a passion for the arts, social justice, conversation, and living a contemplative life. She was born in Kenya to Indian parents and lives in England. This experience has shaped both her professional and personal life. Deepa has worked as a youth worker, in the field of cultural diversity, as a Live Music producer, and in music education with the BBC. Her current work is with The London College of Fashion, UNHCR, and the University of Sheffield in refugee camps in Jordan and Africa and with the Fetzer Institute on two projects, one on creating sacred space in the virtual world and the other on their shared spiritual heritage project. Deepa is a guide and teacher in the Inayatiyya (a Sufi lineage) and co-chair of the Inayatiyya International Board. She is also the chair of the Tamasha Theatre Company, an advisor to the Loss Foundation, a cancer and COVID bereavement support service, and to the Charis Foundation for New Monasticism and Interspirituality on their interfaith dialogue projects. Serena Bian Serena is pursuing a life that remains attentive to the tenderness of a snail's soft body and reverent to the miracle of its spiraled shell. Working with U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy, Serena serves as a Special Advisor and brings a spiritual and systemic understanding to the public health crisis of loneliness and isolation. As a chaplain-in-training, Serena is pursuing questions of how we chaplain the end of extractive systems that isolate communities from themselves and one another. She is involved with multi-generational, multi-spiritual communities like the Nuns and Nones, devoted to courage, peacebuilding, and love. She participates on the Board of Commonweal and CoGenerate. #newschoolcommonweal #commonweal #interfaith #peacebuilding #peace #

David and Dorian sit down to discuss Saint Brigid and transition to a conversation about Indra's Net, and how the Universe is connected.

Find Yale Divinity School events here: https://www.theologyandpolicy.yale.edu/launch "Following over 30 years of ongoing public ministry, Bishop William J. Barber II, DMin, joined the faculty at Yale Divinity School and created the Center for Public Theology & Public Policy. From April 2 - April 6, 2023 the Center collaborated with partners across Yale to host a series of powerful events to mark and launch this historic work. On April 5, 2023, students, scholars, advocates, activists, economists, lawyers, and the community, convened at Yale Divinity School to learn more about the Center's mission and upcoming work. Bishop Barber moderated a roundtable discussion between scholars, economists, and impacted people - they examined the public policy issues of living wages and healthcare and offered a moral framework as a guide for cultivating solutions to these issues. Mr. Wilson-Hartgrove is an author, preacher, and community-builder who has worked with faith-rooted movements for social change for more than two decades. He is the founder of School for Conversion, a popular education center in Durham, North Carolina, and co-founder of the Rutba House, a house of hospitality in Durham's Walltown neighborhood.   Mr. Wilson-Hartgrove is the author of more than a dozen books, including the daily prayer guide, Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals, New Monasticism, The Wisdom of Stability, Reconstructing the Gospel, and Revolution of Values. He is a regular preacher and teacher in churches across the US and Canada and a member of the Red Letter Christian Communicators network." To help sustain our work, you can donate here To check out what RLC is up to, please visit us www.redletterchristians.org  Follow us on Twitter: @RedLetterXians Instagram: @RedLetterXians Follow Shane on Instagram: @shane.claiborne Twitter: @ShaneClaiborne Intro song by Common Hymnal: https://commonhymnal.com/   

David and Dorian sit down to continue their conversation about death. This is basically a continuation of Episode 13 "A Reconnaissance of Death."

David and Dorian are joined by Danny, Paul West's son, to honor his memory after he suddenly passed in December 2023. The second half of the episode are some stories in Paul's own words and voice.

David and Dorian discuss the idea of integrating different things around prayer into our current prayer life. We also visit how controversial the Sermon on the Mount is in some modern day churches.To find the Rosary that David talks about head to https://www.etsy.com/shop/ShellsRosaryRopes?ref=profile_header

David and Dorian discuss how fire is a representation of transformation in the 3 Abrahamic religions. The conversation evolves and looks at how the 3 religions also use light to represent the Divine.

David and Dorian use a Thomas Merton quote from the book Zen and the Birds of Appetite to dive into a deeper conversation about the importance of spiritual practices, and why they are important.

David and Dorian are back! They sit down and discuss the tension that exists between mourning/sadness and beauty/love. Part of their conversation is based on lyrics from the song Lovers in a Dangerous Time.

David and Dorian have a conversation around the miraculous and strange things that happen in the world, and how that can be interpreted in life. We end with St. Patrick's Breastplate prayer, and how that points toward the chaos that exists in the world.

David and Dorian is joined by Jacob Neria to discuss the idea of rest. Not only a general sense of rest, but how rest is part of the contemplative life style.

David and Dorian revisit the topic of Centering/Listening prayer, similar to the Pathways to Presence series, but they are not referencing the book Open Mind, Open Heart by Thomas Keating in this episode. 

Join Swami Padmanabha and Rory McEntee—founder, President, and Executive Director of the Charis Foundation for New Monasticism & Interspirituality, and co-author of The New Monasticism: An Interspiritual Manifesto for Contemplative Living—as they discuss a new way of conceiving an ancient way of being. Expanding Raimon Panikkar's notion of “The Monk” as an archetype, this conversation invites a more inclusive accessibility to the total life commitment to one's spiritual transformation and journey that was previously reserved for restricted orders within a particular tradition, and recognizes new ways that that commitment can be lived out beyond the traditional form of “monasticism”. The flow of this river touched upon: the needs of teachers to have peers and not just students humanizing the over-expectations of traditional monastics how teachers offer student's energy back to them teacher helps you sort through what to let go, what to embrace, and how to integrate that into humanity monasticism as spiritual bypassing demystifying the mystic redefining obstacles the power of simplicity dichotomizing spiritual and material life not just adding meditation to our life but our life to our meditation being discouraged by the wrong expectations normalizing sexuality monks, new and traditional, need to deal with their sexuality interfaith vs inter spirituality intimate fellowship beyond borders and much much more… ▶ WATCH ON FACEBOOK ▶ WATCH ON YOUTUBE ▶ PURCHASE RADICAL PERSONALISM: Revival Manifesto for Proactive Devotion in hardcover, paperback, and/or Kindle formats on Amazon ▶ WRITE your REVIEW of RADICAL PERSONALISM ▶ CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION: Gaudiya Reform Forum on Facebook. ▶ FOR MORE INFO: SwamiPadmanabha.com

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David and Dorian sit town to discuss how busyness cultural and revival have infiltrated the church, as a direct result of Western culture. These two paradigms are not always sustainable, so how do we find our Center, hold it, in able to hear God's Whisper?

David and Dorian talk about the idea of being alone with God in nature, and other contexts, and how that opens up the ability to experience a Liminal Space.

David and Dorian sit down to discuss a quote from Ladislaus Boros regarding silence and the importance, and fading use, in today's Christianity.

David and Dorian are joined by Danny West. Danny tells us about his recent trip to Fort Worth, TX to see Greta Van Fleet. We explore how his fandom of the band has come to be and how it has informed his life. The back end of the conversation the three of us explore how live music and live events shape our life.

David & Dorian explore the idea of Shekhina and the etymology in regards to the word 'understanding'. They discuss how this plays into their spiritual evolution.

David and Dorian discuss the idea of modern isolation, and community in 2023. They also explore the idea of contemplative living to navigate the idea of isolation.

David and Dorian discuss the mystery and spiritual ideas surrounds the Trinity & Eucharist.

David and Dorian dive into part 6 of the continued series about Centering Prayer. We have been using the Open Mind, Open Heart by Thomas Keating.

David and Dorian discuss a Henri Nouwen quote from his book Discernment. We look at and breakdown what it takes to get to the place of claiming God's Unconditional Love.

David and Dorian discuss the current books David is writing. They explore some of the new challenges, and lessons learned from the previous book. June 2022 they had a conversation about creative blocks, or Walls of Fire, (see episode here https://share.transistor.fm/s/83bd065b) and this conversation is an unofficial continuation of that episode. Please visit https://www.dreamwalkerway.com and purchase a copy of David's book to help support these future books.

David and Dorian are once again joined by Jacob Neria. David and Jacob lay out how drumming became an important part of worship at Desert Rain, and how it has evolved over time.

David and Dorian discuss the sacred word that is used during Centering Prayer. We also explore the use of an image or breathing instead of a word. We also start of the episode by talking about Centering Prayer in general if you have missed previous Pathways to Presence episodes.

David and Dorian dive into the topic of Pentecost, the significance of it, the birth of the Holy Spirit, and how it fits into modern Christianity.

David and Dorian sit down and talk about the Road to Emmaus gospel story and transition to a John Andrew Gallery, Quaker author, quote about the inner and outer light taken from an article "Life of the Spirit" published in the Friends Journal. This is a Pre-Pentacost episode.

David and Dorian are joined by Jacob Neria to talk how craft informs the spiritual life and navigating the world as a "Ruined Monk". Here are the two previous episodes that Jacob has been on:The Still Point - https://share.transistor.fm/s/78ebd733Jacob's Road to Desert Rain - https://share.transistor.fm/s/a2ab605a

David and Dorian explore the idea of how the natural world and spiritual world overlap and inform each other. Many religious try to maintain a separation between the physical world and spirit world, we discuss why this might not work in and around one's spiritual evolution.NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 17Image Credit: NASA

David and Dorian continue their discussion on Centering Prayer. This month we break down the simple and practical starting point for Centering Prayer.

David and Dorian talk about the idea from John of the Cross about the Purgative way, Illuminative way, & Unitive way and how those three lend themselves to transformation.

David and Dorian talk about the idea of getting "stuck" in life and how that can inspire a beautiful new set of Questions. The conversation evolves to the point of talking about Howard Thurman's idea of the Inward Sea. Photo credit to David West.

David and Dorian start a conversation in and around the Gospel passage John 9. The blind man being healed and then land on an Annie Dillard passage about learning to see.

David and Dorian continue their conversation about centering prayer inspired from chapter 3 of Thomas Keating's Open Mind Open Heart. Today's chapter focuses on the history and evolution of centering prayers.

David and Dorian sit down and talk about the recent "He Gets Us" commercial campaign, and transition into the Asbury Revival. We look at the difference between the two, and focus the conversation on revival; past, present, and future.

David and Dorian sit down and discuss how Phyllis Tickle has impacted their spiritual walk individually, and breakdown her profound thoughts around the idea of Emergence Christianity. Below we have posted the two YouTube videos we mention throughout this episode.Part 1 - https://youtu.be/aG-GNvDeFV8Part 2 - https://youtu.be/2O0gyzU8Dn0Phyllis Tickle (photo by Teresa Hooper)

David and Dorian sit down and discuss the Sermon on the Mount. They look at how it has impacted their personal walk, how it has impacted the Christian world and has been forgotten at times.To see the ASL translation of Desolate Beauty - Click Here

David and Dorian continue their conversation about centering prayer inspired from chapter 2 of Thomas Keating's Open Mind Open Heart.

David and Dorian sit down and discuss Lent and how it fits into the liturgical calendar, and we end with discussing the significance of the Cross.

David and Dorian sit down and discuss the beatitudes, the spiritual significance and why they are ignored, at times, by popular Christianity.

David and Dorian sit down and discuss how sometimes people stop Spiritually seeking after they say the Jesus prayer, complete confirmation in the Catholic context, or other similar rituals. They explore that the path is a continued one, and an ever evolving one.

David and Dorian continue the Pathways to Presence series, this year using Father Thomas Keating's book Open Mind, Open Heart as the road map for their monthly discussion.

David and Dorian look at the relevance of religion now and moving forward. The conversation was anchored by an Einstein quote David had come across about religion.

On this episode of Opening Minds, Opening Hearts, we are excited to welcome a friend of Contemplative Outreach, Father Adam Bucko. He shares how Father Thomas Keating helped shape his work and inspired him to write his new book Let Your Heartbreak be Your Guide: Lessons in Engaged Contemplation. We discuss how trauma can change how one practices Centering Prayer and the discernment that comes with remaining silent or speaking out against social justice. Father Bucko also shares his experience working with homeless youth in New York City and leading The Center for Spiritual Imagination at the Episcopal Cathedral of the Incarnation.⁣⁣