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Full Text of ReadingsMonday of the Third Week of Easter Lectionary: 273The Saint of the day is Saint Hilary of ArlesSaint Hilary of Arles' Story It's been said that youth is wasted on the young. In some ways, that was true for today's saint. Born in France in the early fifth century, Hilary came from an aristocratic family. In the course of his education he encountered his relative, Honoratus, who encouraged the young man to join him in the monastic life. Hilary did so. He continued to follow in the footsteps of Honoratus as bishop. Hilary was only 29 when he was chosen bishop of Arles. The new, youthful bishop undertook the role with confidence. He did manual labor to earn money for the poor. He sold sacred vessels to ransom captives. He became a magnificent orator. He traveled everywhere on foot, always wearing simple clothing. That was the bright side. Hilary encountered difficulty in his relationships with other bishops over whom he had some jurisdiction. He unilaterally deposed one bishop. He selected another bishop to replace one who was very ill–but, to complicate matters, did not die! Pope Saint Leo the Great kept Hilary a bishop but stripped him of some of his powers. Hilary died at 49. He was a man of talent and piety who in due time, had learned how to be a bishop. Reflection Saint Hilary teaches us to respect authority even if found in a young person. Age is not the issue: prudence and wisdom are. Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

In this episode, self-employed gardener Joe Roukin, otherwise known as Mr Plant Whisperer, joins me for a candid conversation about his experience as a married dad of two who is the primary carer in his family. Joe shares his unique perspective on how to strike the right balance between staying organised and ‘going with the flow', while tackling work-life pressures with a problem-solving mindset.He opens up about the role that patience plays in his pursuit of balance, and the effectiveness of sometimes "biting your tongue" to avoid conflict, especially when juggling career pursuits and family life. For someone who spends the majority of his working time outdoors, Joe and I discuss the impact that connecting with nature has on his sense of balance, and how the physical side of his job creates opportunities for him to reflect deeply on all aspects of his life – and how this enhances his sense of balance. For Joe, a former graphic designer turned teacher, being creative is the common denominator of his work and home-life ambitions. On this, Joe shares some practical advice for other creatives in pursuit of their balance. Joe's approach to working fatherhood is refreshingly authentic and pragmatic, and throughout our conversation we explore the notion of partners in a marriage supporting one another to achieve their desired goals, and a balance that works for each one individually. Tune in on Spotify, Apple or wherever you usually get your podcasts, for an inspiring and uplifting conversation, which covers:  

Full Text of ReadingsFeast of Saint John, Apostle and evangelist Lectionary: 697The Saint of the day is Saint John the EvangelistSaint John the Evangelist's Story It is God who calls; human beings answer. The vocation of John and his brother James is stated very simply in the Gospels, along with that of Peter and his brother Andrew: Jesus called them; they followed. The absoluteness of their response is indicated by the account. James and John “were in a boat, with their father Zebedee, mending their nets. He called them, and immediately they left their boat and their father and followed him” (Matthew 4:21b-22). For the three former fishermen—Peter, James and John—that faith was to be rewarded by a special friendship with Jesus. They alone were privileged to be present at the Transfiguration, the raising of the daughter of Jairus and the agony in Gethsemane. But John's friendship was even more special. Tradition assigns to him the Fourth Gospel, although most modern Scripture scholars think it unlikely that the apostle and the evangelist are the same person. John's own Gospel refers to him as “the disciple whom Jesus loved” (see John 13:23; 19:26; 20:2), the one who reclined next to Jesus at the Last Supper, and the one to whom Jesus gave the exquisite honor of caring for his mother, as John stood beneath the cross. “Woman, behold your son…. Behold, your mother” (John 19:26b, 27b). Because of the depth of his Gospel, John is usually thought of as the eagle of theology, soaring in high regions that other writers did not enter. But the ever-frank Gospels reveal some very human traits. Jesus gave James and John the nickname, “sons of thunder.” While it is difficult to know exactly what this meant, a clue is given in two incidents. In the first, as Matthew tells it, their mother asked that they might sit in the places of honor in Jesus' kingdom—one on his right hand, one on his left. When Jesus asked them if they could drink the cup he would drink and be baptized with his baptism of pain, they blithely answered, “We can!” Jesus said that they would indeed share his cup, but that sitting at his right hand was not his to give. It was for those to whom it had been reserved by the Father. The other apostles were indignant at the mistaken ambition of the brothers, and Jesus took the occasion to teach them the true nature of authority: “…[W]hoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave. Just so, the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many” (Matthew 20:27-28). On another occasion, the “sons of thunder” asked Jesus if they should not call down fire from heaven upon the inhospitable Samaritans, who would not welcome Jesus because he was on his way to Jerusalem. But Jesus “turned and rebuked them” (see Luke 9:51-55). On the first Easter, Mary Magdalene “ran and went to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them, ‘They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don't know where they put him'” (John 20:2). John recalls, perhaps with a smile, that he and Peter ran side by side, but then “the other disciple ran faster than Peter and arrived at the tomb first” (John 20:4b). He did not enter, but waited for Peter and let him go in first. “Then the other disciple also went in, the one who had arrived at the tomb first, and he saw and believed” (John 20:8). John was with Peter when the first great miracle after the Resurrection took place—the cure of the man crippled from birth—which led to their spending the night in jail together. The mysterious experience of the Resurrection is perhaps best contained in the words of Acts: “Observing the boldness of Peter and John and perceiving them to be uneducated, ordinary men, they [the questioners] were amazed, and they recognized them as the companions of Jesus” (Acts 4:13). The Apostle John is traditionally considered the author also of three New Testament letters and the Book of Revelation. His Gospel is a very personal account. He sees the glorious and divine Jesus already in the incidents of his mortal life. At the Last Supper, John's Jesus speaks as if he were already in heaven. John's is the Gospel of Jesus' glory. Reflection It is a long way from being eager to sit on a throne of power or to call down fire from heaven to becoming the man who could write: “The way we came to know love was that he laid down his life for us; so we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers” (1 John 3:16). Saint John the Evangelist is the Patron Saint of: Turkey Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

Full Text of ReadingsFriday of the Third Week of Advent Lectionary: 196The Saint of the day is Saint Dominic of SilosSaint Dominic of Silos' Story It's not the founder of the Dominicans we honor today, but there's a poignant story that connects both Dominics. Our saint today, Dominic of Silos, was born in Spain around the year 1000 into a peasant family. As a young boy he spent time in the fields, where he welcomed the solitude. He became a Benedictine priest and served in numerous leadership positions. Following a dispute with the king over property, Dominic and two other monks were exiled. They established a new monastery in what at first seemed an unpromising location. Under Dominic's leadership, however, it became one of the most famous houses in Spain. Many healings were reported there. About 100 years after Dominic's death, a young woman who experienced difficult pregnancies made a pilgrimage to his tomb. There Dominic of Silos appeared to her and assured her that she would bear another son. The woman was Joan of Aza, and the son she bore grew up to be the “other” Dominic—Dominic Guzman, the one who founded the Dominicans. For hundreds of years thereafter, the staff used by Saint Dominic of Silos was brought to the royal palace whenever a queen of Spain was in labor. That practice ended in 1931. Reflection Saint Dominic of Silos' connection with the Saint Dominic who founded the Dominican Order brings to mind the film Six Degrees of Separation: We are all connected it seems. God's providential care can bring people together in mysterious ways, but it all points to his love for each of us. Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

A Record-Breaking Adventure: Ocean Builders is on the brink of setting a new world record for underwater living, making this a landmark event in human exploration and endurance. This high-profile endeavor will captivate audiences worldwide, offering a front-row seat to history in the making. The narrative of pushing human limits and exploring new frontiers is inherently engaging, promising to draw in viewers who are fascinated by feats of human achievement. **A New Horizon in Sustainable Housing**: The SeaPod not only challenges the notion of where we can live but also how we can live sustainably. With its integration of cutting-edge EMF-safe technology and an eco-friendly design, it represents a significant leap towards redefining modern living spaces. This story highlights Ocean Builders' commitment to sustainability, showcasing how innovative architecture can harmonize with marine ecosystems, thus setting a precedent for future ocean-based habitats. **A Personal Connection with the Ocean**: The journey of individuals like Koch, who will live in these underwater environments, provides a personal and emotional narrative that resonates with audiences. This intimate connection with the ocean's depths not only entertains but educates, fostering a deeper public interest in oceanic preservation. It's an opportunity for viewers to vicariously experience the beauty and challenges of underwater life, potentially sparking a movement for greater environmental consciousness. **More Than a Story—It's a Movement**: This mission transcends the act of breaking a record; it's a pioneering step towards reimagining our relationship with nature. Ocean Builders is not just building homes; they are crafting a vision of a future where living harmoniously with the ocean is possible and sustainable. This story invites audiences to dream of a world where technology and nature coexist for mutual benefit. Exclusive interviews with the team and participants offer a unique chance to delve into this transformative journey, making it an essential narrative for media coverage, inspiring a global audience to envision and perhaps support such sustainable living solutions. This is more than news; it's an invitation to join in a movement that could redefine our living spaces and our approach to planetary stewardship. Dive in with us to explore this captivating and pioneering venture.

Send us a textHistory of distilleryJohn E FitzgeraldWorked as a treasury agent guarding the bonded warehousesWith access to great bottles, he would sneak in at night and steal sips of whiskey from the barrels.When it came time to bottle, some barrels were lighter than others and some thought them to be good barrelsThese became known as fitzgerald barrels, and later bottled and sold as old fitzgerald bottled in bondTruth in storyIt is said that fitz had a private still that he sold only to select peopleIn a later biography we learn he never distilled himself, but his work as a treasury agent has been provedHeaven hillHeaven hill acquired old fitz in 1999They released larceny in 2012 Named after the act that made John Fitzgerald famousHistory of heaven hill Distillery1934-The 5 Shapira Brothers were approached by Joseph L Beam and other investors to start a distilleryJoseph Beam was the first master distiller, and all master distillers since have been members of the beam family12/13/1935, first barrels began to be filled, Bourbon Falls is the first brand1996, Massive fire destroys the still and 90,000 barrels.  At one time the creek that supplied the water was on fire for 2 milesUntil 1999 brown-forman and jim beam let them use their facilitiesIn 1999 heaven hill purchased the Bernheim distillery and could start production againThe name heaven hillNamed after the former owner of the distillery site, William HeavenhillLegend is he was born in 1783 under a waterfall during an indian attackThe bottle6 years old 68% corn, 20% wheat, 12% malted barleySupport the showWebsite:www.whiskeychaserspod.comFacebook:https://www.facebook.com/whiskeychaserspodcastInsta:https://www.instagram.com/whiskeychaserspodcast/TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@whiskeychaserspodcastThanks For Listening! Tell a Friend!

Full Text of ReadingsWednesday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 475The Saint of the day is Saint John of CapistranoSaint John of Capistrano's Story It has been said the Christian saints are the world's greatest optimists. Not blind to the existence and consequences of evil, they base their confidence on the power of Christ's redemption. The power of conversion through Christ extends not only to sinful people but also to calamitous events. Imagine being born in the 14th century. One-third of the population and nearly 40 percent of the clergy were wiped out by the bubonic plague. The Western Schism split the Church with two or three claimants to the Holy See at one time. England and France were at war. The city-states of Italy were constantly in conflict. No wonder that gloom dominated the spirit of the culture and the times. John Capistrano was born in 1386. His education was thorough. His talents and success were great. When he was 26 he was made governor of Perugia. Imprisoned after a battle against the Malatestas, he resolved to change his way of life completely. At the age of 30 he entered the Franciscan novitiate and was ordained a priest four years later. John's preaching attracted great throngs at a time of religious apathy and confusion. He and 12 Franciscan brethren were received in the countries of central Europe as angels of God. They were instrumental in reviving a dying faith and devotion. The Franciscan Order itself was in turmoil over the interpretation and observance of the Rule of St. Francis. Through John's tireless efforts and his expertise in law, the heretical Fraticelli were suppressed and the “Spirituals” were freed from interference in their stricter observance. John of Capistrano helped bring about a brief reunion with the Greek and Armenian Churches. When the Turks captured Constantinople in 1453, John was commissioned to preach a crusade for the defense of Europe. Gaining little response in Bavaria and Austria, he decided to concentrate his efforts in Hungary. He led the army to Belgrade. Under the great General John Hunyadi, they gained an overwhelming victory, and the siege of Belgrade was lifted. Worn out by his superhuman efforts, Capistrano was an easy prey to an infection after the battle. He died on October 23, 1456. Reflection John Hofer, a biographer of John Capistrano, recalls a Brussels organization named after the saint. Seeking to solve life problems in a fully Christian spirit, its motto was: “Initiative, Organization, Activity.” These three words characterized John's life. He was not one to sit around. His deep Christian optimism drove him to battle problems at all levels with the confidence engendered by a deep faith in Christ. Saint John of Capistrano is Patron Saint of: Judges Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

Gina Livy's Facebook Lives from The Livy Method Fall 2024 Support Group hosted on Facebook. This is a recording of the Day 38, 9 AM live. You can find the full video hosted at:https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodfall2024Topics covered:What's it going to take for you to lose your weight Finally & Forever?Working through the Messy Middle and the insight your feelings can give youReasons why people can gain their weight backHave you committed to the 91 days?Don't miss the Tweak This Week at noonWays to troubleshoot the Facebook issue with commentsBe mindful of the “start again” mentalityThe importance of an accountability partnerEither your weight will drop, or your body will change - not bothA year-long plateau?! Don't miss Helen Landry's storyIt's so much more than calories in vs calories out - all the things that can impact weight lossIf you are mindlessly indulging, take some time to ask yourself whyHow to break it down to figure out what exactly you're struggling withThe importance of taking time to be proud of yourselfHow arthritis factors into weight lossDiscussing our new Menopause Add-OnHow health issues and hormones can affect weight lossIf you've made it this far, chances are you'll be here at the endTo learn more about The Livy Method, visit www.ginalivy.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Dan Neumann welcomes Nina Sossamon-Poghe to today's conversation. Nina has an interesting background as a U.S. gymnast, a News Anchor, and a Corporate Leader with a unique perspective on resilience, mental health, and well-being.   In this episode, Dan and Nina discuss an innovative concept, Excellence Exhaustion, while they define and analyze its significance. Nina also shares the “Resilience Route Navigator,” a framework designed to help high achievers combat Excellence Exhaustion.   Key Takeaways What is Excellence Exhaustion? Excellent Exhaustion is different from burnout. Nina likes to define burnout as the mental exhaustion resulting from doing the same thing repeatedly. Excellence exhaustion is the stress and anxiety experienced by high achievers who are driven to surpass their previous achievements. Constantly advancing technology and perpetual connectivity are drivers of Excellence Exhaustion. The Symptoms of Excellence Exhaustion are anxiety, mental fatigue, reduced motivation, and diminished productivity. The Resilience Route Navigator: The Resilience Route Navigator is a framework that helps high achievers combat Excellence Exhaustion through TIPS: Timeline, Isolate the Problem, People, and Story. Timeline thinking: This step is needed to acquire perspective. Whatever is happening to you, put it in the timeline of your life; check on the life that came before this moment and all the blank space ahead for the years yet to come. This exercise is also a great way to gain appreciation for all you have done in your journey so far. Isolate the Problem: Focus on your current situation and leave the past and the future out. At this stage, the present is the main event; this is the only area in which you can take action. People: Who is in this struggle with you? You are not alone. Seek the assistance of others who can assist you in navigating the current situation. Story: It is crucial that you choose the words you use to tell the story of what is going on in your life. Narrate the events in the most empowering and optimistic manner.   Mentioned in this Episode:   Want to Learn More or Get in Touch? Visit the website and catch up with all the episodes on AgileThought.com! Email your thoughts or suggestions to Podcast@AgileThought.com or Tweet @AgileThought using #AgileThoughtPodcast!  

Full Text of ReadingsMemorial of Saint Benedict, abbot Lectionary: 386The Saint of the day is Saint BenedictSaint Benedict’s Story It is unfortunate that no contemporary biography was written of a man who has exercised the greatest influence on monasticism in the West. Benedict is well recognized in the later Dialogues of Saint Gregory, but these are sketches to illustrate miraculous elements of his career. Benedict was born into a distinguished family in central Italy, studied at Rome, and early in life was drawn to monasticism. At first he became a hermit, leaving a depressing world—pagan armies on the march, the Church torn by schism, people suffering from war, morality at a low ebb. He soon realized that he could not live a hidden life in a small town any better than in a large city, so he withdrew to a cave high in the mountains for three years. Some monks chose Benedict as their leader for a while, but found his strictness not to their taste. Still the shift from hermit to community life had begun for him. He had an idea of gathering various families of monks into one “Grand Monastery” to give them the benefit of unity, fraternity, and permanent worship in one house. Finally he began to build what was to become one of the most famous monasteries in the world—Monte Cassino, commanding three narrow valleys running toward the mountains north of Naples. The Rule that gradually developed prescribed a life of liturgical prayer, study, manual labor, and living together in community under a common abbot. Benedictine asceticism is known for its moderation, and Benedictine charity has always shown concern for the people in the surrounding countryside. In the course of the Middle Ages, all monasticism in the West was gradually brought under the Rule of St. Benedict. Today the Benedictine family is represented by two branches: the Benedictine Federation encompassing the men and women of the Order of St. Benedict; and the Cistercians, men and women of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance. Reflection The Church has been blessed through Benedictine devotion to the liturgy, not only in its actual celebration with rich and proper ceremony in the great abbeys, but also through the scholarly studies of many of its members. Liturgy is sometimes confused with guitars or choirs, Latin or Bach. We should be grateful to those who both preserve and adapt the genuine tradition of worship in the Church. Saint Benedict is the Patron Saint of: EuropeKidney DiseaseMonasticsPoisoningSchoolchildren Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

In this episode Nicoleta explores dating and happiness with Mat Boggs, dating expert, speaker, best-selling author, from California USA Happiness as the differential between your expectation and realityJoy in what is happening in the present momentPeacefulness when you give up the resistance to what isLiving in an infinite field of goodnessChallenge as the seed of an equal and greater opportunityHelping thousands of women manifest their loveThe greater the challenge, the greater the opportunityA romantic at heart dreaming about finding the love of his lifeFrom heartbreak to awakeningOur results in life are the result of our level of awarenessThe secret of grandparents married for 63 yearsGrow a love abundance mindset and feel worthy of loveUse imagination to create a vision for your love and happinessSelf-love and self-compassion and a healthy attachment styleGrow a love abundance skillset for happy relationshipsManaging healthy masculine and feminine energyWhen the content of our life is the curriculum of our evolutionCollective openness towards healthy relationshipsOnline dating between the opportunity and the choice biasLove as the most rewarding businessWhen discouragement kills your love dreamsGive yourself the permission  to get the support you needEvery relationship moves you into the direction of your love storyIt only takes one and what if it's easy? Connect with Mat here: https://www.bti.com and https://www.bravethininginstitute.com

We meet mouth artist Henry Fraser from his studio to discuss his art and how his life story led to the award winning theatre play The Little Big Things. Based on the Sunday Times best-selling autobiography by Henry Fraser, The Little Big Things is a new British musical with an explosive theatrical pop soundtrack in a world premiere production. This uplifting and colourful new musical is a life-affirming reminder about the transformative power of family, and how sometimes it really is the little things which matter the most.An avid sportsman and academy player with a premiership Rugby club, Henry Fraser's life changed forever when in 2009 he had a diving accident. From that moment he had a new life to live as a tetraplegic and new circumstances to accept and adapt to. Henry's defiance and determination to prosper against devastating odds led to him wheeling himself out of hospital a whole year earlier than predicted. Today he is a successful artist, inspirational speaker and best-selling author.Follow @HenryFraser0 & the musical @TLBTmusical on Instagram and also @HenryFraser0 on X (Twitter).Visit his official website: https://henryfraserart.com/Go see Henry's play The Little Big Things in London at Soho Place: https://sohoplace.org/shows/the-little-big-thingsHenry's storyIt was July 18th 2009 when everything in my life changed. It was a glorious day. Blue sky, sunshine, friends all surrounded me on that golden beach. I ran into the sea thinking it was a good depth to dive forward turns out the sea bed kicked up slightly right in front of me. I collided head first and momentarily blacked out. I opened my eyes expecting to stand up, walk out the sea and join my friends. I opened my eyes floating in the sea completely unable to move. It's amazing to think that one little thing, one brief moment, can change everything.From that moment I had a new life to live. New circumstances to accept and adapt.Three weeks spent in a Portuguese hospital (they were incredible !) with surgeries to realign my dislocated fourth vertebrae. Two weeks in intensive care in the UK. Five and half more months in hospital before I was back in the real world again.In that time I've experienced so many things.In January of 2015 I taught myself how draw and paint by holding the utensils in my mouth.I had a sore on my back that meant I was bed bound for a few weeks.I was getting bored sitting in bed for days on end so I found an app on my iPad that I could use for drawing by holding a stylus in my mouth and touching the screen. I loved it.When my health had improved I was able to get it of bed and I taught myself how to draw and paint with actual pencils and paint by attaching the utensils to a mouth stick.As a young child I loved art. But as I grew up I fell out of love with the subject. I lost all my enthusiasm to create.Without my accident I never would have found that love I had as a kid.Adversity has given me a gift. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Full Text of ReadingsFeast of Saint John, Apostle and evangelist Lectionary: 697The Saint of the day is Saint John the EvangelistSaint John the Evangelist's Story It is God who calls; human beings answer. The vocation of John and his brother James is stated very simply in the Gospels, along with that of Peter and his brother Andrew: Jesus called them; they followed. The absoluteness of their response is indicated by the account. James and John “were in a boat, with their father Zebedee, mending their nets. He called them, and immediately they left their boat and their father and followed him” (Matthew 4:21b-22). For the three former fishermen—Peter, James and John—that faith was to be rewarded by a special friendship with Jesus. They alone were privileged to be present at the Transfiguration, the raising of the daughter of Jairus and the agony in Gethsemane. But John's friendship was even more special. Tradition assigns to him the Fourth Gospel, although most modern Scripture scholars think it unlikely that the apostle and the evangelist are the same person. John's own Gospel refers to him as “the disciple whom Jesus loved” (see John 13:23; 19:26; 20:2), the one who reclined next to Jesus at the Last Supper, and the one to whom Jesus gave the exquisite honor of caring for his mother, as John stood beneath the cross. “Woman, behold your son…. Behold, your mother” (John 19:26b, 27b). Because of the depth of his Gospel, John is usually thought of as the eagle of theology, soaring in high regions that other writers did not enter. But the ever-frank Gospels reveal some very human traits. Jesus gave James and John the nickname, “sons of thunder.” While it is difficult to know exactly what this meant, a clue is given in two incidents. In the first, as Matthew tells it, their mother asked that they might sit in the places of honor in Jesus' kingdom—one on his right hand, one on his left. When Jesus asked them if they could drink the cup he would drink and be baptized with his baptism of pain, they blithely answered, “We can!” Jesus said that they would indeed share his cup, but that sitting at his right hand was not his to give. It was for those to whom it had been reserved by the Father. The other apostles were indignant at the mistaken ambition of the brothers, and Jesus took the occasion to teach them the true nature of authority: “…[W]hoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave. Just so, the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many” (Matthew 20:27-28). On another occasion, the “sons of thunder” asked Jesus if they should not call down fire from heaven upon the inhospitable Samaritans, who would not welcome Jesus because he was on his way to Jerusalem. But Jesus “turned and rebuked them” (see Luke 9:51-55). On the first Easter, Mary Magdalene “ran and went to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them, ‘They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don't know where they put him'” (John 20:2). John recalls, perhaps with a smile, that he and Peter ran side by side, but then “the other disciple ran faster than Peter and arrived at the tomb first” (John 20:4b). He did not enter, but waited for Peter and let him go in first. “Then the other disciple also went in, the one who had arrived at the tomb first, and he saw and believed” (John 20:8). John was with Peter when the first great miracle after the Resurrection took place—the cure of the man crippled from birth—which led to their spending the night in jail together. The mysterious experience of the Resurrection is perhaps best contained in the words of Acts: “Observing the boldness of Peter and John and perceiving them to be uneducated, ordinary men, they [the questioners] were amazed, and they recognized them as the companions of Jesus” (Acts 4:13). The Apostle John is traditionally considered the author also of three New Testament letters and the Book of Revelation. His Gospel is a very personal account. He sees the glorious and divine Jesus already in the incidents of his mortal life. At the Last Supper, John's Jesus speaks as if he were already in heaven. John's is the Gospel of Jesus' glory. Reflection It is a long way from being eager to sit on a throne of power or to call down fire from heaven to becoming the man who could write: “The way we came to know love was that he laid down his life for us; so we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers” (1 John 3:16). Saint John the Evangelist is the Patron Saint of: Turkey Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

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Full Text of ReadingsMonday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 473The Saint of the day is Saint John of CapistranoSaint John of Capistrano's Story It has been said the Christian saints are the world's greatest optimists. Not blind to the existence and consequences of evil, they base their confidence on the power of Christ's redemption. The power of conversion through Christ extends not only to sinful people but also to calamitous events. Imagine being born in the 14th century. One-third of the population and nearly 40 percent of the clergy were wiped out by the bubonic plague. The Western Schism split the Church with two or three claimants to the Holy See at one time. England and France were at war. The city-states of Italy were constantly in conflict. No wonder that gloom dominated the spirit of the culture and the times. John Capistrano was born in 1386. His education was thorough. His talents and success were great. When he was 26 he was made governor of Perugia. Imprisoned after a battle against the Malatestas, he resolved to change his way of life completely. At the age of 30 he entered the Franciscan novitiate and was ordained a priest four years later. John's preaching attracted great throngs at a time of religious apathy and confusion. He and 12 Franciscan brethren were received in the countries of central Europe as angels of God. They were instrumental in reviving a dying faith and devotion. The Franciscan Order itself was in turmoil over the interpretation and observance of the Rule of St. Francis. Through John's tireless efforts and his expertise in law, the heretical Fraticelli were suppressed and the “Spirituals” were freed from interference in their stricter observance. John of Capistrano helped bring about a brief reunion with the Greek and Armenian Churches. When the Turks captured Constantinople in 1453, John was commissioned to preach a crusade for the defense of Europe. Gaining little response in Bavaria and Austria, he decided to concentrate his efforts in Hungary. He led the army to Belgrade. Under the great General John Hunyadi, they gained an overwhelming victory, and the siege of Belgrade was lifted. Worn out by his superhuman efforts, Capistrano was an easy prey to an infection after the battle. He died on October 23, 1456. Reflection John Hofer, a biographer of John Capistrano, recalls a Brussels organization named after the saint. Seeking to solve life problems in a fully Christian spirit, its motto was: “Initiative, Organization, Activity.” These three words characterized John's life. He was not one to sit around. His deep Christian optimism drove him to battle problems at all levels with the confidence engendered by a deep faith in Christ. Saint John of Capistrano is Patron Saint of: Judges Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

In a world of secrets and betrayal, Mary DeMuth found her voice through writing. But when she mustered the courage to share her story, she faced the unthinkable: rejection from loved ones. Now, she's on a mission to confront abuse within religious institutions, but will the church be ready to listen?This episode is sponsored by Better Health.My special guest is Mary DeMuthMary DeMuth is an accomplished writer and speaker with an extensive body of work, including almost 50 published books. Her latest release, the 90 Day Bible Reading Challenge, showcases her dedication to helping others restory their lives through the power of words. In addition to her literary achievements, Mary is a survivor of childhood abuse, and her book We Too sheds light on the complex issue of abuse within faith communities. Through her writing and advocacy, Mary has become a powerful voice for change, challenging religious institutions to address and prevent abuse. Her insights and personal experiences make her a highly respected figure in the field. With a wealth of knowledge and a genuine desire to empower survivors, Mary DeMuth is a guest whose expertise and story will resonate with listeners of "A World of Difference.""I kind of am the, I don't know, the crash test dummy of authors because I've tried everything and there was no romantic story about being discovered one day. It was just a hard slog." Mary DeMuthIn this episode, you will be able to:Discover the transformative power of writing as a tool for healing and self-expression in the aftermath of abuse within religious institutions.Learn about the unique challenges survivors face in finding support and understanding within the context of religious communities and institutions.Gain insight into the historical and contextual interpretation of the Bible, helping survivors navigate its teachings with a deeper understanding and perspective.Explore the importance of differentiating between descriptive and prescriptive passages in the Bible, empowering survivors to embrace the life-affirming messages and discard the harmful ones, often used to spiritually abuse them.Find inspiration and encouragement by hearing the stories of other survivors who have found healing, support, and empowerment, sparking hope for their own journey of recovery."So it was born out of just this frustration that I believe faith communities are some of the best places to heal from trauma and abuse, or they should be. So often they've become not only perpetrators of that kind of violence, but also secondary trauma of not believing, of blaming the victim. Oddly, for me, the church for me was a very healing place. I completely acknowledge that for many people, that is not the truth and not the case." Mary DeMuthGain insight into the unique challenges survivors face. Survivors of abuse within religious settings are confronted with a unique set of challenges. The expectation of religious institutions to serve as safe havens can often lead to greater harm when they fail to provide support and understanding. As Mary highlights, these systems are often ill-equipped to handle cases of abuse, making the journey toward healing more difficult for survivors. This episode provides a crucial look at these challenges and offers guidance for overcoming them.The resources mentioned in this episode are:Pause the podcast and listen at a time when there are no children around.Take care of yourself and pause the episode if you have experienced abuse or if you're having trouble processing your emotions.Visit www.BetterHelp.com/difference to get 10% off your first month of therapy.Sign up for a therapist on BetterHelp.com and get started on your healing journey.Check out Mary DeMuth's website at MaryDemuth.com for her literary work.Listen to Mary DeMuth's daily Prayer podcast with 4.5 million downloads, called Pray Everyday Show.Visit MaryDemuth.com/art for cards, prints, and other artsy fun.Explore Mary DeMuth's literary agency at MaryDemuthLiterary.com.Write and don't worry about perfection. Just get your words down on the page.Read Mary DeMuth's book We Too about the experience of being a survivor of abuse in a church faith-based space.Check out Mary DeMuth's newly released book, the 90 Day Bible Reading Challenge.Join her reading challenge: MaryDeMuth.com/BibleLearn more about the impact of spiritual, emotional, and psychological abuse in Mary DeMuth's writing and speaking at the Restore conference in Chicago Oct 12-14, where she and host Lori Adams-Brown will both be speaking. Register here: https://julieroys.com/restore-2023/Follow Mary at:Instagram,Threads,&Twitter:@MaryDeMuthFacebook:AuthorMaryDeMuth/Groups/90DaysBibleFollow A World of Difference at:https://www.twitter.com/@awodpodhttps://www.youtube.com/@aworldofdifferencehttps://www.instagram.com/aworldof.difference/https://www.linkedin.com/company/aworldofdifference/https://www.facebook.com/A-World-of-Difference-613933132591673/https://www.aworldofdifferencepodcast.comThe key moments in this episode are:00:00:00 - Introduction,00:05:00 - Becoming a Writer,00:09:37 - We Too,00:11:32 - Healing in the Church,00:13:30 - Impact and Takeaways,00:15:46 - The Cost of Silence,00:17:32 - Writing for Healing,00:19:17 - Facing Fear and Finding Strength,00:21:15 - Speaking Out and Facing Backlash,00:25:51 - The Burden of Fixing a Broken System,00:30:56 - The Difficulty of Leaving an Abusive Church,00:34:15 - God and Abusive Systems,00:35:53 - Lack of Trauma Awareness in Religious Contexts,00:37:01 - The Long Journey of Healing,00:39:08 - Gaining a New Perspective through Overseas Experience,00:45:51 - Recognizing the Importance of Context and Genre in Bible Reading,00:46:18 - Descriptive vs Prescriptive in Biblical Interpretation,00:47:01 - Challenging Misconceptions about Bathsheba's Blame,00:47:56 - Recognizing Abuse in the Biblical Narrative,00:49:04 - Finding Healing and Hope in Sharing Abuse Stories,The cost of silence is born in our bodies and our souls, our brains, and it comes out, it spills out like hot tea that's overflowing and it's not something you can really keep a lid on. - Lori Adams-BrownTimestamped summary of this episode:00:00:00 - Introduction,The episode deals with heavy topics such as abuse and listener discretion is advised. The host introduces the guest, Mary DeMuth, who is a literary agent, speaker, and author of nearly 50 books. They discuss writing and the journey of becoming a writer.00:05:00 - Becoming a Writer,Mary shares her journey of becoming a writer and offers advice to aspiring writers. She emphasizes the importance of just starting and giving oneself permission to write poorly at first. She also highlights the accessibility of publishing in today's digital age.00:09:37 - We Too,Mary explains that she was inspired to write "We Too" due to brokenness and pain within religious institutions. She believes that faith communities should be safe havens for healing, but often perpetrate abuse or contribute to secondary trauma. Mary shares her own positive experience with church as a healing place.00:11:32 - Healing in the Church,The host shares her recent experience at a church panel on abuse and healing. She mentions survivors who found healing within the church, despite their abusive experiences outside of it. They discuss the importance of creating safe spaces within religious institutions for survivors of trauma and abuse.00:13:30 - Impact and Takeaways,"We Too" has made a significant impact within the community, addressing the issue of abuse in religious contexts. Mary hopes readers will understand the need for churches to become safe havens and to prevent and heal from abuse. The conversation ends00:15:46 - The Cost of Silence,Mary discusses the impact of silence on our bodies and souls and emphasizes the importance of finding a way to share our stories, even if it's through writing. Writing can help process trauma and uncover deeper layers of healing.00:17:32 - Writing for Healing,Mary and the host discuss the power of writing in processing trauma and sharing one's story. Writing allows for a different level of reflection and can lead to unexpected insights and healing.00:19:17 - Facing Fear and Finding Strength,Mary shares her experience of writing a chapter about her abuse and confronting her fears of being disbelieved and rejected by her parents. Despite her fears coming true, she finds strength in standing up for herself and continues to write her story.00:21:15 - Speaking Out and Facing Backlash,The host shares her own experience of speaking out and facing backlash within the church. She discusses the fear of being slandered and the importance of speaking up for survivors of abuse. Mary reflects on her role in the Southern Baptist Convention and the challenges of trying to change a system.00:25:51 - The Burden of Fixing a Broken System,Mary talks about the difficulties of trying to change a broken system and the toll it takes on survivors. She emphasizes the need for healing and providing safe spaces for survivors, rather than expecting them to fix a broken system.00:30:56 - The Difficulty of Leaving an Abusive Church,Mary shares her experience of being in an abusive situation and the internal struggle she faced when deciding whether to stay or leave. She emphasizes the importance of recognizing when one has tried multiple times to repair a broken system but faced resistance each time, indicating that it may be time to leave.00:34:15 - God and Abusive Systems,Mary discusses the misconception that God wants individuals to stay in abusive systems. She highlights the importance of questioning leaders and systems and how the inability to question or challenge authority is a sign of a toxic and abusive situation. She encourages individuals to prioritize their well-being and safety.00:35:53 - Lack of Trauma Awareness in Religious Contexts,Mary points out that many religious systems are not trauma-informed, which can make it challenging for survivors of sexual abuse to find healing and support within a religious context. She highlights the need for more training in churches to address and understand trauma.00:37:01 - The Long Journey of Healing,Mary emphasizes that healing from trauma takes time and cannot be rushed. She shares her personal experience of assuming she had healed after being prayed for but later realizing that trauma can resurface in different stages of life. She encourages survivors to be patient with themselves.00:39:08 - Gaining a New Perspective through Overseas Experience,Mary reflects on her time spent overseas in France and how it shifted her perspective on Christian communities and the interpretation of scripture. She learned to00:45:51 - Recognizing the Importance of Context and Genre in Bible Reading,The Bible is a collection of ancient scriptures written by different people over many years. It is important to recognize the ancient context and different genres of the text when reading it. The guest believes that the Bible has something to say to us today.00:46:18 - Descriptive vs Prescriptive in Biblical Interpretation,Not everything in the Bible is prescriptive, some parts are descriptive. It is crucial to understand the difference between these two approaches when interpreting the text. The example of Bathsheba's story is given to illustrate this point.00:47:01 - Challenging Misconceptions about Bathsheba's Blame,The guest emphasizes that Bathsheba is not blamed in the Bible for the events that occurred with King David. The negative narratives and victim-blaming that have been perpetuated by some pastors are not supported by the plain reading of the text.00:47:56 - Recognizing Abuse in the Biblical Narrative,Although the word "abuse" may not be used in the Bible, the implications of abuse can be identified in certain narratives. The story of Bathsheba and King David serves as an example of the abuse of power and the consequences that follow.00:49:04 - Finding Healing and Hope in Sharing Abuse Stories,The guest shares her personal experience of sharing her story of abuse and the rejection she faced. She encourages others to find inspiration and hope in her storyIt's that thing you're most afraid of, that if you actually just are brave enough to face it and name the fear and just go forward anyway, even if you face everything you thought, somehow it catapults you into something so much bigger, and now you have this huge field to run and play in and be brave. - Lori Adams-Brown

In a world of secrets and betrayal, Mary DeMuth found her voice through writing. But when she mustered the courage to share her story, she faced the unthinkable: rejection from loved ones. Now, she's on a mission to confront abuse within religious institutions, but will the church be ready to listen?This episode is sponsored by Better Health.My special guest is Mary DeMuthMary DeMuth is an accomplished writer and speaker with an extensive body of work, including almost 50 published books. Her latest release, the 90 Day Bible Reading Challenge, showcases her dedication to helping others restory their lives through the power of words. In addition to her literary achievements, Mary is a survivor of childhood abuse, and her book We Too sheds light on the complex issue of abuse within faith communities. Through her writing and advocacy, Mary has become a powerful voice for change, challenging religious institutions to address and prevent abuse. Her insights and personal experiences make her a highly respected figure in the field. With a wealth of knowledge and a genuine desire to empower survivors, Mary DeMuth is a guest whose expertise and story will resonate with listeners of "A World of Difference.""I kind of am the, I don't know, the crash test dummy of authors because I've tried everything and there was no romantic story about being discovered one day. It was just a hard slog." Mary DeMuthIn this episode, you will be able to:Discover the transformative power of writing as a tool for healing and self-expression in the aftermath of abuse within religious institutions.Learn about the unique challenges survivors face in finding support and understanding within the context of religious communities and institutions.Gain insight into the historical and contextual interpretation of the Bible, helping survivors navigate its teachings with a deeper understanding and perspective.Explore the importance of differentiating between descriptive and prescriptive passages in the Bible, empowering survivors to embrace the life-affirming messages and discard the harmful ones, often used to spiritually abuse them.Find inspiration and encouragement by hearing the stories of other survivors who have found healing, support, and empowerment, sparking hope for their own journey of recovery."So it was born out of just this frustration that I believe faith communities are some of the best places to heal from trauma and abuse, or they should be. So often they've become not only perpetrators of that kind of violence, but also secondary trauma of not believing, of blaming the victim. Oddly, for me, the church for me was a very healing place. I completely acknowledge that for many people, that is not the truth and not the case." Mary DeMuthGain insight into the unique challenges survivors face. Survivors of abuse within religious settings are confronted with a unique set of challenges. The expectation of religious institutions to serve as safe havens can often lead to greater harm when they fail to provide support and understanding. As Mary highlights, these systems are often ill-equipped to handle cases of abuse, making the journey toward healing more difficult for survivors. This episode provides a crucial look at these challenges and offers guidance for overcoming them.The resources mentioned in this episode are:Pause the podcast and listen at a time when there are no children around.Take care of yourself and pause the episode if you have experienced abuse or if you're having trouble processing your emotions.Visit www.BetterHelp.com/difference to get 10% off your first month of therapy.Sign up for a therapist on BetterHelp.com and get started on your healing journey.Check out Mary DeMuth's website at MaryDemuth.com for her literary work.Listen to Mary DeMuth's daily Prayer podcast with 4.5 million downloads, called Pray Everyday Show.Visit MaryDemuth.com/art for cards, prints, and other artsy fun.Explore Mary DeMuth's literary agency at MaryDemuthLiterary.com.Write and don't worry about perfection. Just get your words down on the page.Read Mary DeMuth's book We Too about the experience of being a survivor of abuse in a church faith-based space.Check out Mary DeMuth's newly released book, the 90 Day Bible Reading Challenge.Join her reading challenge: MaryDeMuth.com/BibleLearn more about the impact of spiritual, emotional, and psychological abuse in Mary DeMuth's writing and speaking at the Restore conference in Chicago Oct 12-14, where she and host Lori Adams-Brown will both be speaking. Register here: https://julieroys.com/restore-2023/Follow Mary at:Instagram,Threads,&Twitter:@MaryDeMuthFacebook:AuthorMaryDeMuth/Groups/90DaysBibleFollow A World of Difference at:https://www.twitter.com/@awodpodhttps://www.youtube.com/@aworldofdifferencehttps://www.instagram.com/aworldof.difference/https://www.linkedin.com/company/aworldofdifference/https://www.facebook.com/A-World-of-Difference-613933132591673/https://www.aworldofdifferencepodcast.comThe key moments in this episode are:00:00:00 - Introduction,00:05:00 - Becoming a Writer,00:09:37 - We Too,00:11:32 - Healing in the Church,00:13:30 - Impact and Takeaways,00:15:46 - The Cost of Silence,00:17:32 - Writing for Healing,00:19:17 - Facing Fear and Finding Strength,00:21:15 - Speaking Out and Facing Backlash,00:25:51 - The Burden of Fixing a Broken System,00:30:56 - The Difficulty of Leaving an Abusive Church,00:34:15 - God and Abusive Systems,00:35:53 - Lack of Trauma Awareness in Religious Contexts,00:37:01 - The Long Journey of Healing,00:39:08 - Gaining a New Perspective through Overseas Experience,00:45:51 - Recognizing the Importance of Context and Genre in Bible Reading,00:46:18 - Descriptive vs Prescriptive in Biblical Interpretation,00:47:01 - Challenging Misconceptions about Bathsheba's Blame,00:47:56 - Recognizing Abuse in the Biblical Narrative,00:49:04 - Finding Healing and Hope in Sharing Abuse Stories,The cost of silence is born in our bodies and our souls, our brains, and it comes out, it spills out like hot tea that's overflowing and it's not something you can really keep a lid on. - Lori Adams-BrownTimestamped summary of this episode:00:00:00 - Introduction,The episode deals with heavy topics such as abuse and listener discretion is advised. The host introduces the guest, Mary DeMuth, who is a literary agent, speaker, and author of nearly 50 books. They discuss writing and the journey of becoming a writer.00:05:00 - Becoming a Writer,Mary shares her journey of becoming a writer and offers advice to aspiring writers. She emphasizes the importance of just starting and giving oneself permission to write poorly at first. She also highlights the accessibility of publishing in today's digital age.00:09:37 - We Too,Mary explains that she was inspired to write "We Too" due to brokenness and pain within religious institutions. She believes that faith communities should be safe havens for healing, but often perpetrate abuse or contribute to secondary trauma. Mary shares her own positive experience with church as a healing place.00:11:32 - Healing in the Church,The host shares her recent experience at a church panel on abuse and healing. She mentions survivors who found healing within the church, despite their abusive experiences outside of it. They discuss the importance of creating safe spaces within religious institutions for survivors of trauma and abuse.00:13:30 - Impact and Takeaways,"We Too" has made a significant impact within the community, addressing the issue of abuse in religious contexts. Mary hopes readers will understand the need for churches to become safe havens and to prevent and heal from abuse. The conversation ends00:15:46 - The Cost of Silence,Mary discusses the impact of silence on our bodies and souls and emphasizes the importance of finding a way to share our stories, even if it's through writing. Writing can help process trauma and uncover deeper layers of healing.00:17:32 - Writing for Healing,Mary and the host discuss the power of writing in processing trauma and sharing one's story. Writing allows for a different level of reflection and can lead to unexpected insights and healing.00:19:17 - Facing Fear and Finding Strength,Mary shares her experience of writing a chapter about her abuse and confronting her fears of being disbelieved and rejected by her parents. Despite her fears coming true, she finds strength in standing up for herself and continues to write her story.00:21:15 - Speaking Out and Facing Backlash,The host shares her own experience of speaking out and facing backlash within the church. She discusses the fear of being slandered and the importance of speaking up for survivors of abuse. Mary reflects on her role in the Southern Baptist Convention and the challenges of trying to change a system.00:25:51 - The Burden of Fixing a Broken System,Mary talks about the difficulties of trying to change a broken system and the toll it takes on survivors. She emphasizes the need for healing and providing safe spaces for survivors, rather than expecting them to fix a broken system.00:30:56 - The Difficulty of Leaving an Abusive Church,Mary shares her experience of being in an abusive situation and the internal struggle she faced when deciding whether to stay or leave. She emphasizes the importance of recognizing when one has tried multiple times to repair a broken system but faced resistance each time, indicating that it may be time to leave.00:34:15 - God and Abusive Systems,Mary discusses the misconception that God wants individuals to stay in abusive systems. She highlights the importance of questioning leaders and systems and how the inability to question or challenge authority is a sign of a toxic and abusive situation. She encourages individuals to prioritize their well-being and safety.00:35:53 - Lack of Trauma Awareness in Religious Contexts,Mary points out that many religious systems are not trauma-informed, which can make it challenging for survivors of sexual abuse to find healing and support within a religious context. She highlights the need for more training in churches to address and understand trauma.00:37:01 - The Long Journey of Healing,Mary emphasizes that healing from trauma takes time and cannot be rushed. She shares her personal experience of assuming she had healed after being prayed for but later realizing that trauma can resurface in different stages of life. She encourages survivors to be patient with themselves.00:39:08 - Gaining a New Perspective through Overseas Experience,Mary reflects on her time spent overseas in France and how it shifted her perspective on Christian communities and the interpretation of scripture. She learned to00:45:51 - Recognizing the Importance of Context and Genre in Bible Reading,The Bible is a collection of ancient scriptures written by different people over many years. It is important to recognize the ancient context and different genres of the text when reading it. The guest believes that the Bible has something to say to us today.00:46:18 - Descriptive vs Prescriptive in Biblical Interpretation,Not everything in the Bible is prescriptive, some parts are descriptive. It is crucial to understand the difference between these two approaches when interpreting the text. The example of Bathsheba's story is given to illustrate this point.00:47:01 - Challenging Misconceptions about Bathsheba's Blame,The guest emphasizes that Bathsheba is not blamed in the Bible for the events that occurred with King David. The negative narratives and victim-blaming that have been perpetuated by some pastors are not supported by the plain reading of the text.00:47:56 - Recognizing Abuse in the Biblical Narrative,Although the word "abuse" may not be used in the Bible, the implications of abuse can be identified in certain narratives. The story of Bathsheba and King David serves as an example of the abuse of power and the consequences that follow.00:49:04 - Finding Healing and Hope in Sharing Abuse Stories,The guest shares her personal experience of sharing her story of abuse and the rejection she faced. She encourages others to find inspiration and hope in her storyIt's that thing you're most afraid of, that if you actually just are brave enough to face it and name the fear and just go forward anyway, even if you face everything you thought, somehow it catapults you into something so much bigger, and now you have this huge field to run and play in and be brave. - Lori Adams-Brown

Full Text of ReadingsMemorial of Saint Benedict, Abbot Lectionary: 384The Saint of the day is Saint BenedictSaint Benedict’s Story It is unfortunate that no contemporary biography was written of a man who has exercised the greatest influence on monasticism in the West. Benedict is well recognized in the later Dialogues of Saint Gregory, but these are sketches to illustrate miraculous elements of his career. Benedict was born into a distinguished family in central Italy, studied at Rome, and early in life was drawn to monasticism. At first he became a hermit, leaving a depressing world—pagan armies on the march, the Church torn by schism, people suffering from war, morality at a low ebb. He soon realized that he could not live a hidden life in a small town any better than in a large city, so he withdrew to a cave high in the mountains for three years. Some monks chose Benedict as their leader for a while, but found his strictness not to their taste. Still the shift from hermit to community life had begun for him. He had an idea of gathering various families of monks into one “Grand Monastery” to give them the benefit of unity, fraternity, and permanent worship in one house. Finally he began to build what was to become one of the most famous monasteries in the world—Monte Cassino, commanding three narrow valleys running toward the mountains north of Naples. The Rule that gradually developed prescribed a life of liturgical prayer, study, manual labor, and living together in community under a common abbot. Benedictine asceticism is known for its moderation, and Benedictine charity has always shown concern for the people in the surrounding countryside. In the course of the Middle Ages, all monasticism in the West was gradually brought under the Rule of St. Benedict. Today the Benedictine family is represented by two branches: the Benedictine Federation encompassing the men and women of the Order of St. Benedict; and the Cistercians, men and women of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance. Reflection The Church has been blessed through Benedictine devotion to the liturgy, not only in its actual celebration with rich and proper ceremony in the great abbeys, but also through the scholarly studies of many of its members. Liturgy is sometimes confused with guitars or choirs, Latin or Bach. We should be grateful to those who both preserve and adapt the genuine tradition of worship in the Church. Saint Benedict is the Patron Saint of: EuropeKidney DiseaseMonasticsPoisoningSchoolchildren Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

Full Text of ReadingsFriday of the Fourth Week of Easter Lectionary: 283The Saint of the day is Saint Hilary of ArlesSaint Hilary of Arles' Story It's been said that youth is wasted on the young. In some ways, that was true for today's saint. Born in France in the early fifth century, Hilary came from an aristocratic family. In the course of his education he encountered his relative, Honoratus, who encouraged the young man to join him in the monastic life. Hilary did so. He continued to follow in the footsteps of Honoratus as bishop. Hilary was only 29 when he was chosen bishop of Arles. The new, youthful bishop undertook the role with confidence. He did manual labor to earn money for the poor. He sold sacred vessels to ransom captives. He became a magnificent orator. He traveled everywhere on foot, always wearing simple clothing. That was the bright side. Hilary encountered difficulty in his relationships with other bishops over whom he had some jurisdiction. He unilaterally deposed one bishop. He selected another bishop to replace one who was very ill–but, to complicate matters, did not die! Pope Saint Leo the Great kept Hilary a bishop but stripped him of some of his powers. Hilary died at 49. He was a man of talent and piety who in due time, had learned how to be a bishop. Reflection Saint Hilary teaches us to respect authority even if found in a young person. Age is not the issue: prudence and wisdom are. Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

Discussed in this Episode: Identify the client  Ensure there are no conflicts Get the credentials Know your client's story Identify the source of recovery Identify the ClientJust because they are a family member, does not mean they have the right to file the lawsuit. Ensure There are no ConflictsIf you're dealing with multiple people, make sure that they are on the same page. Family can be difficult, especially while ensuring a tragic event. Get the Credentials In addition to identifying the client, you also have to verify that they are who they say they are and have access to important information like the death certificate.Know Your Client's StoryIt's not just about financial damages, it's also about the loss of a person. Was that person well liked and respected by their family, friends, co-workers, etc? You must be able to tell their story in a way that shows how their absence negatively affects the people around them.Identify the Source of RecoveryIf there isn't any method of significant financial recovery, then you're doing you and your client a disservice.

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Full Text of ReadingsFeast of Saint John, Apostle and evangelist Lectionary: 697The Saint of the day is Saint John the EvangelistSaint John the Evangelist's Story It is God who calls; human beings answer. The vocation of John and his brother James is stated very simply in the Gospels, along with that of Peter and his brother Andrew: Jesus called them; they followed. The absoluteness of their response is indicated by the account. James and John “were in a boat, with their father Zebedee, mending their nets. He called them, and immediately they left their boat and their father and followed him” (Matthew 4:21b-22). For the three former fishermen—Peter, James and John—that faith was to be rewarded by a special friendship with Jesus. They alone were privileged to be present at the Transfiguration, the raising of the daughter of Jairus and the agony in Gethsemane. But John's friendship was even more special. Tradition assigns to him the Fourth Gospel, although most modern Scripture scholars think it unlikely that the apostle and the evangelist are the same person. John's own Gospel refers to him as “the disciple whom Jesus loved” (see John 13:23; 19:26; 20:2), the one who reclined next to Jesus at the Last Supper, and the one to whom Jesus gave the exquisite honor of caring for his mother, as John stood beneath the cross. “Woman, behold your son…. Behold, your mother” (John 19:26b, 27b). Because of the depth of his Gospel, John is usually thought of as the eagle of theology, soaring in high regions that other writers did not enter. But the ever-frank Gospels reveal some very human traits. Jesus gave James and John the nickname, “sons of thunder.” While it is difficult to know exactly what this meant, a clue is given in two incidents. In the first, as Matthew tells it, their mother asked that they might sit in the places of honor in Jesus' kingdom—one on his right hand, one on his left. When Jesus asked them if they could drink the cup he would drink and be baptized with his baptism of pain, they blithely answered, “We can!” Jesus said that they would indeed share his cup, but that sitting at his right hand was not his to give. It was for those to whom it had been reserved by the Father. The other apostles were indignant at the mistaken ambition of the brothers, and Jesus took the occasion to teach them the true nature of authority: “…[W]hoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave. Just so, the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many” (Matthew 20:27-28). On another occasion, the “sons of thunder” asked Jesus if they should not call down fire from heaven upon the inhospitable Samaritans, who would not welcome Jesus because he was on his way to Jerusalem. But Jesus “turned and rebuked them” (see Luke 9:51-55). On the first Easter, Mary Magdalene “ran and went to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them, ‘They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don't know where they put him'” (John 20:2). John recalls, perhaps with a smile, that he and Peter ran side by side, but then “the other disciple ran faster than Peter and arrived at the tomb first” (John 20:4b). He did not enter, but waited for Peter and let him go in first. “Then the other disciple also went in, the one who had arrived at the tomb first, and he saw and believed” (John 20:8). John was with Peter when the first great miracle after the Resurrection took place—the cure of the man crippled from birth—which led to their spending the night in jail together. The mysterious experience of the Resurrection is perhaps best contained in the words of Acts: “Observing the boldness of Peter and John and perceiving them to be uneducated, ordinary men, they [the questioners] were amazed, and they recognized them as the companions of Jesus” (Acts 4:13). The Apostle John is traditionally considered the author also of three New Testament letters and the Book of Revelation. His Gospel is a very personal account. He sees the glorious and divine Jesus already in the incidents of his mortal life. At the Last Supper, John's Jesus speaks as if he were already in heaven. John's is the Gospel of Jesus' glory. Reflection It is a long way from being eager to sit on a throne of power or to call down fire from heaven to becoming the man who could write: “The way we came to know love was that he laid down his life for us; so we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers” (1 John 3:16). Saint John the Evangelist is the Patron Saint of: Turkey Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

2022 was a rough, eventful, victorious, joyful, frustrating, upsetting, and beautiful just the same. This week, our Holiday Special Edition looks at three things we considered to be the "big gifts" under our special tree and great guests, reports and features this year, in addition to many others who made this year a joy. Under the tree: "Trans Women In Cars Getting Coffee" -- It began as our host Karleigh Webb being interviewed for a documentary, it ended up being a cool conversation with MMA's Alana McLaughlin. "Inviting In: The Rest of the Story" -- It was a major piece of our host's year. A homegoing, a homecoming, and a lot of love. But it wasn't done alone. Karleigh bring back noted activist Kamora Herrington on being on the wing of a special mission-within-a-mission "Amy Schneider: Winning" -- As she was owning Jeopardy as a contestant and in its vaulted Tournament of Champions. Amy Schneider became a pop culture sleeper hit. Karleigh goes one-on-one with one of the personalities of the year on what she did, how she lifted us up, and what she's going to do next. Also this week: The Stocking Stuffers of TSR 2022 Griner's getting back in the game! Karleigh's Last Call: Apologies are due Thank you, Trans Sporter Room Nation! Thank you for listening, checking out our additional content and for the growing support. There's more to come in 2022! Happy Holidays! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Full Text of ReadingsTuesday of the Fourth Week of Advent Lectionary: 196The Saint of the day is Saint Dominic of SilosSaint Dominic of Silos' Story It's not the founder of the Dominicans we honor today, but there's a poignant story that connects both Dominics. Our saint today, Dominic of Silos, was born in Spain around the year 1000 into a peasant family. As a young boy he spent time in the fields, where he welcomed the solitude. He became a Benedictine priest and served in numerous leadership positions. Following a dispute with the king over property, Dominic and two other monks were exiled. They established a new monastery in what at first seemed an unpromising location. Under Dominic's leadership, however, it became one of the most famous houses in Spain. Many healings were reported there. About 100 years after Dominic's death, a young woman who experienced difficult pregnancies made a pilgrimage to his tomb. There Dominic of Silos appeared to her and assured her that she would bear another son. The woman was Joan of Aza, and the son she bore grew up to be the “other” Dominic—Dominic Guzman, the one who founded the Dominicans. For hundreds of years thereafter, the staff used by Saint Dominic of Silos was brought to the royal palace whenever a queen of Spain was in labor. That practice ended in 1931. Reflection Saint Dominic of Silos' connection with the Saint Dominic who founded the Dominican Order brings to mind the film Six Degrees of Separation: We are all connected it seems. God's providential care can bring people together in mysterious ways, but it all points to his love for each of us. Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

BIO: Ridhi Bahl is a leading Astrologer in India with a Ph.D. in Astrology and Vastu.STORY: It wasn't until Ridhi was found to have an ovarian tumor that she started taking her health seriously.LEARNING: Health is your biggest and best investment. If one door closes, another opens. Don't let self-pity get out of hand. “Man is a master of his own destiny. We have the power to change our own destiny.”Ridhi Bahl Guest profileRidhi Bahl is considered one of the top-notch Astrologers in India. She has done her Ph.D. in Astrology and Vastu. Her numerous years of experience and research in various branches of Astrology have given her a professional edge in Predictive Astrology, Mundane Astrology, and Medical Astrology. With intensive research in Vastu for over two decades, Ridhi has to her credit more than 5,000 case studies of successful Vastu amendments, including commercial, industrial, and residential projects. To add to her skills, she provides Vastu solutions without making structural changes.Worst investment everWhen Ridhi was young, she suffered from certain health conditions, leading to regular tests, medical checkups, and doctor visits. At times, day-to-day activities would be a challenge to her. Her health issues continued even after she graduated, did her masters in management, and started working a corporate job. Like any other young person in their 20s, Ridhi was full of dreams and aspirations despite having health issues.All along, astrology was always at the back of Ridhi's mind, but it was just a fascination to know the future. As all these things were simultaneously going on, Ridhi was under the impression that she'd made the right decisions for herself by doing an MBA and getting the right job. But there was some disconnect somewhere happening. Even though she was paid very well, was working for an excellent organization, and everything was picture perfect from the outside, from within, it was not. Ridhi felt unhappy. Something just wasn't feeling right. But she continued with life because everybody else around her thought her life was perfect.When Ridhi was 28 years, she gave birth to a son. This was when she was found to have an ovarian tumor. Even though the tumor was benign, the whole experience was life-changing. It took a nasty toll on her health to the point where she couldn't get out of bed. Ridhi had to quit her job. She felt like her life had come to a standstill, and nothing was going to move.Ridhi had a lot of why's, and nobody was able to give her answers to those y's. This was when she decided to get into astrology. Ridhi studied astrology and got the answers she was looking for.Lessons learnedHealth is your biggest and best investment. It's more important than wealth.If one door closes, another opens. So keep going even if certain things are not working as you want them to.When you put your mind to something, you can really do it.Andrew's takeawaysIf you're pushing yourself to a point where you're physically hurting yourself, you've got to stop. Life is not about that.Sometimes life is as simple as just being grateful for what you have.Don't let self-pity get out of hand because it can lead to psychosomatic problems.Actionable adviceHave faith in yourself. We, humans, have the immense capacity and capabilities to bring about a lot of changes. You have the power to change your destiny.No.1 goal for the next 12 monthsRidhi's number one goal for the next 12 months is to continue guiding people...

Day 19 “The first time I met the blues The Address: 229 Highway 8, Cleveland, Mississippi. The Story: It's called Dockery Farms. “Farms” is a rebrand. It was a back-breaking plantation in a small town in Mississippi. It's walking distance from where Fannie Lou Hamer picked cotton. It's a stone's throw from “the crossroads,” where a young Robert Johnson was rumored to have sold his soul for an unearthly cool. There, as the sun kissed the dusty sky goodbye, guitars played, feet stomped, and hips swayed. The long days of work were made magic by the masters of a new American art form called the Blues. Just one generation after Dockery Farms, hundreds of blues men and women amplified the stories of our people and became the soundtrack of struggle. That real pain was carried in the Great Migration to the blighted streets of the industrial north. Today, let's shine a light on the founders of the Blues. Many of them met on this very plantation: Charley Patton, Howlin' Wolf, and even “Pops” Staples of The Staple Singers worked there. But this is Black history, and it didn't just start on this farm. The truth is that the Blues was born in the hearts of the people of Africa. The Blues is their story and rhythms as they were brought to Mississippi. The Blues was therapy for their children on Beale Street in Memphis, and it brought laughter and reprieve to the hike joints of Kansas City, St. Louis, and Chicago. The Blues brought truth to the world. This episode will be electrifying as we walk and talk about the function of Blues music for Black people.

Dr. Pete Delannoy is a Ph.D biochemist, Nutrition Network Coach Practitioner, and Primal Health Coach. In 2016 he was diagnosed with gout and then later in 2019 Dr. Pete was diagnosed with prediabetes. Dr. Pete found his way to the low carb lifestyle and reversed his prediabetes and put gout in remission. Since then his mission has been to help other people suffering from metabolic diseases through education about LCHF and direct coaching. He has successfully helped clients reverse diabetes and improve cardiovascular disease and specializes in gout remission by using the power of the ketogenic lifestyle. Dr. Pete offers online courses and excellent coaching programs. Lastly, Dr. Pete is a world expert in fructose/uric acid biochemistry and how that drives gout and sugar addiction.On this Episode we Discussed-Introductions-Dr. Pete's Story-It's not about the Calories, It's how it's process that's driving the diseases. -Pre-Diabetes Diagnosis -25% of Gout Sufferers are T2D-The 3 Main Drivers of Metabolic Disease-Truth about Chronic Diseases that runs in the Family-Reversing Chronic Disease-Breaking down the cause of Chronic Disease-Fructose Can Drive Sugar Addiction-Our Relationship with Sugar-Truth about Gout and Uric Acid-My Awakening -Reversed My Pre-Diabetes in 52 Days-Treating Hyperuricemia -Coaching 1 on 1 with Dr. PeteGet Connected with Dr. Peter Dellanoywww.drpeteandt.comEmail Dr. Pete at peterdelannoy@drpeteandt.comAsk Dr. Pete: https://boomer-100.com/2022/01/03/ask-dr-pete/Take our Gout Remission Online Course for 50% off! https://makesme- healthy.samcart.com/products/dr-pete--ts-online-courses-copyI want Dr. Pete to coach me! Check out our programs: www.drpeteandt.comketo approved food list here. (PW:MAKESMEHEALTHYFOODLIST). https://boomer-100.com/2021/05/21/makesme- healthy-food-list/Facebook Gout Support Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/664610384163059Weekly Private Sugar Support https://discord.gg/g3bAbTJQFollow Ketones and Coffee PodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/keton.esncoffeePatreon: https://www.patreon.com/ketonesandcoffeepodcastYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyZia0TtezGqjGcXwXJhDoQSupport the show

We're so happy to be bringing you a story that Mr. Eric told along with our friend Jonathan Cormur on his podcast, Dorktales Storytime. Normally, we replay an old favorite once a month, so I hope you all enjoy this rare treat! Dorktales Storytime, hosted by voice actor Jonathan Cormur, is a podcast featuring slightly wacky and very geeky retellings of classic fairy tales with social-emotional lessons and the untold stories about the hidden heroes of history. The Story: It's the perfect day for pure play! Sherlock Nettlesbee, the great deducing squirrel detective, joins Jonathan and Mr. Redge in an afternoon of imagination and good old-fashioned make believe. When their cloud gazing doesn't cut it, Sherlock declares that “the Improv Game is afoot!” Can the trio find inspiration from Mary and her little lamb, Lula? Yes and…they're sure to find a whole-lotta playful, floofy fun everywhere they go! PARENTS, TEACHERS AND HOMESCHOOLERS: This story is about making time for imaginary play! Improvisation, or improv, is when you make up a story, or a scene, or a little bit of music on the spot. The ‘Yes And' game is when you listen to another person in your improv scene and agree with what they are saying—that's the ‘yes' part—and you use your own ideas to build on their thoughts—that's the ‘and' part. It's entertaining and very fun, plus it also encourages listening skills, collaboration and cooperation. Go to the episode webpage: https://jonincharacter.com/mary-had-a-little-yes-and Visit the Dorktales Storytime Podcast website: https://jonincharacter.com/dorktales-storytime-podcast/ CREDITS: Today's story was written by Amy Thompson, and edited by Molly Murphy. Eric O'Keeffe voiced Sherlock Nettlesbee and created the Mary and Lula story with Jonathan Cormur. Jonathan and Mr. Redge were performed by Jonathan Cormur. Sound recording and production by Jermaine Hamilton at Hamilton Studio Recordings. And don't forget to check out the final episode of the Good Words Podcast by our very own, Miss Lynn: goodwordspodcast.libsyn.com What If World is made by Eric and Karen O'Keeffe. A big thanks to our associate producer Miss Lynn. Our podcast art is by Jason O'Keefe and our theme song is by Craig Martinson. Advertise on What If World --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

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While talking to a friend about the documentary I mentioned in a previous episode called The Secret she pointed something out to me. The Secret features rich and famous interviewees like Jim Carey showing off their big-time-dreams-come-true, and these are people that it may be hard to relate to because their stories don't reflect… [POST IMAGE HERE]   [If your podcast app isn't showing the featured art for this episode above visit https://rebekahnemethy.com/artink27 to check it out.   Castbox and Podcast Addict are both apps I recommend that do show episode specific art.]     Links from the Show at a Glance:   Artist: Rebekah Nemethy Title of Art: String Light Bokeh at twilight Instagram: @rebekahnemethy   The article on the Least Stormy Cities in the US (https://www.currentresults.com/Weather-Extremes/US/calmest-cities.php)   Art Ink Submission Guidelines: rebekahnemethy.com/artinksubs       Art Ink Podcast Transcript:   [Intro:]   While talking to a friend about the documentary I mentioned in a previous episode called The Secret she pointed something out to me. The Secret features rich and famous interviewees like Jim Carey showing off their big-time-dreams-come-true, and these are people that it may be hard to relate to because their stories don't reflect the majority experience. They certainly didn't reflect my experience of the world.   And I want to say from the get-go that I'm not trying to judge The Secret in any way, because I'm incredibly grateful for it. I think it's amazing! But I feel strongly compelled to empower more people to embrace this mindset of conscious creation and what my friend helped me to realize is the power of the little bits of magick, that we might be able to actually relate to, to give us that initial proof we sometimes need to fully believe in our own power.   So today I'm going to share tiny, but undisputable, tales of real life magick. I'm excited to have a few of my own tales to tell, but I'm beyond thrilled to be able to share the experiences a couple of my closest friends have shared with me too.   But, before we get started, let's talk about our cover art for this episode.     [Art Description:]   Today I grabbed a photo from my own art library, because one of my favorite subjects to photograph are out of focus lights also known as bokeh to us photo nerds. This photo in particular was made in mid-winter, right at twilight. Photographers often talk about the esteemed golden hour when the sunlight casts beautiful light across the Earth just as it's going down, but on a thickly overcast day, golden hour is transformed into blue hour and that twilight hue in a winter sky is what fills the background of this image. Christmas lights are strung up across a railing in a wavelike pattern across the frame. Though, they are more like big yellow orbs, swollen from my intentional lack of focus.   There's nothing that looks so magickal to me as soft orbs of light. Little lights, big magick… which is a perfect way to introduce you to today's story:   Little Bits of Magick… enjoy.   [Story:]   It was Lauren's birthday, and she was headed to work when she realized she had just enough time to hit her favorite drive through coffee shop on the way. The café's app had alerted her that she had a birthday freebie coming her way, and she was happy to take them up on the offer. The universe seemed in perfect alignment, too, as there were only two cars in line, and Lauren pulled in and placed her order.   The first car quickly got their order and left, but the next one, the one that was just ahead of her… well… it was taking a bit longer for their order to come out. And as. the. minutes. ticked. by… Lauren started to get anxious. She was going to be late to work. Then, as the clock confirmed that she would indeed be late for sure now, she started to get frustrated.   “WTF did you order?” She muttered angrily to the car in front of her.   Finally, the car pulled away, and Lauren hastily pulled up to the window to get her coffee. But all her anger melted away when the girl at the window told her that she was all set, because the guy in front of her had already paid for her coffee.   When Lauren was telling me this story, late one night, on my birthday actually, she was expressing it with a lot of laughter but also with a splash of shame.   “I mean, I felt like such an ass… was he just being nice? Or did he see how angry I was getting and felt bad for holding me up with his massive order?” I mean, I'm paraphrasing, but she said something like that. And she felt some regret about not being able to say thank you, because he was already long gone.   But because we were talking about manifestation and how we create our reality earlier in our conversation, I tuned in right away to what happened. Did you catch it?   Lauren drove into that line already in the frequency of free coffee. It wasn't just a hopeful expectation, she knew, full stop, that she was getting a free coffee. So the universe matched that frequency with another free coffee.   And what Lauren told me next totally confirmed it, because later on, at work that very same day, she got another free coffee from a coworker. And was able to use that birthday freebie on her app later on that month.   So really, it doesn't matter if the guy bought her an apology coffee or a pay it forward kinda coffee, what counted, in this example at least, is that she knew she already had it.   This is why the rich seem to get richer and the poor seem to get poorer. Sometimes it's a challenge to change our frequency, because it's easier to stay stuck in old patterns. But if you start to pay attention, you may begin to see more and more what things, what energies, what frequencies are magnetized to you.   I was chatting with my friend Ania recently too and she told me another story that was pure magick.   She lives in dry, hot California, and has for the past decade or so, but originally she's from Poland, where there's a lot more rainfall and more frequent fluctuations in the weather. So naturally, when she was reminiscing with some friends one day, it came up in conversation how much Ania missed thunderstorms, which, by comparison, are a super rare occurrence where she lives now. In fact, according to this article on the Least Stormy Cities in the US, the top four cities with the fewest thunderstorms per year were San Francisco, San Diego, Sacramento, and Los Angeles all of which experience less than 5 days of storms per year.   Ania said something along the lines of, “I wish we'd get a thunderstorm soon.” But even though she said that, she wasn't holding her breath, because it was right smack in the middle of the dry season… maybe a few months from now she'd get her wish. Fat chance of it happening now though!   So Ania shrugged it off, and the conversation flowed onward.   Only a few hours later, out of nowhere… well can you guess what rolled on in? That's right, an earth shaking, grumbling, wind-thrashing thunderstorm that brought heavy rains and beautiful veins of lightning across the sky.   And Ania watched, front and center, as her wish from earlier literally came true before her eyes. The thunderstorm danced above her and she was exactly in the middle of it. A few lightning bolts hit so close that her house shook with thunder almost instantly. This was what made this experience so powerful to her; how close the storm got.   It was a most magickal moment, at least that's how it felt to me when she told me this story. I was grinning from ear to ear.   Ania was reminding me that nature is where we can witness those first, and sometimes most striking, manifestations come to life.   As a kid and in my teens I used to just sit outside in the woods; talk to nature. I'd literally ask questions aloud about my most pressing life issues… and the wind would answer me. It'd make noise up in the trees by rustling leaves, move my hair, brush my face. This still happens now, when I take the time to actually go out into nature.   But the other thing that stood out to me about Ania's story was her total and complete letting go of her wish. It wasn't like she was on her knees praying for rain and fearing her garden would suffer if she didn't get her prayers answered immediately. There was no desperation or expectations – she simply set her intention (even if unintentionally in this case haha) and she let it go.   But I want to get a little bit deeper about the letting go. The very nature of wanting something, to have a desire at all, emphasizes to the universe that we are in a state of lack, that we are lacking that thing we want. And so the universe gives us more of that lacking we're always feeling. This is why our manifestations pleasantly surprise us more often than not, because the magick that is most potent, the kind that creates quickly and powerfully, comes from a place of passionate curiosity.   And curiosity doesn't have attachments. Curiosity is more like, asking the universe: “What if?”   What if we could have a thunderstorm soon? Wouldn't that be amazing? Ah well, we'll see.   Rather than:   OMG, if it doesn't rain soon my yard will suffer or fires will do more damage than ever or (insert any other fear-driven thought/energy/emotion here).   Most of the time when we're trying to consciously manifest a desired result, we are holding on too tightly. And like a needy ex that keeps popping up on your phone, holding on like herpes just creates more resistance to actually receiving that thing.   So how do we create more consciously? How do we flip the switch so that we are magnetizing the energy we want more of instead of repelling it from us?   Be curious and playful and have fun.   Here's another example of some magick that happened in my own life recently that shows this playful curiosity at work.   I had been practicing pirouettes almost daily in my kitchen for a long time, probably a year or two, until I hurt myself, in an unrelated accident, and was forced to take a break from them. And then, by the time I was healed enough to try again, I kind of forgot about them for awhile. So when I finally realized hey, I should get back to those pirouettes, over a year had passed.   Yet, miraculously on my first attempt, I not only nailed it but I did a double! And then when I switched to my other foot, I did it again! It literally felt like someone else had taken control of my body and twirled me around perfectly like a ballerina in a music box. But then when I tried again after those two perfect double pirouettes, dozens of times between each foot, I was all over the place; teetering and stumbling. I couldn't even come close to those first two, flawless, attempts.   So the moment I got serious, and started focusing on the end result in the future instead of the curious playfulness of the present moment, well then all flow left my body and my desire, need, want for more perfect pirouettes started repelling my ability to do so. At the time those first two twirls felt like pure magick… but as I'm writing this I'm realizing that perhaps it's just pure presence that allows us to tap into that magick-like flow. Presence with a splash of curiosity and a sprinkling of playfulness. That is one powerful recipe for magick.   Ok because I promised you a more negative manifestation story, as in, how I unconsciously and inadvertently created my reality, I've got one more to share with you today. I think you'll get a kick out of it.   Nick bought an Amish Fireplace, it's an oxymoron of a thing, but we love it. It's basically an electric heater, that simulates a fire on front, and it's housed inside a beautifully carved, Amish-crafted mahogany wood case that we roll around our house as the seasons change. In the warmer months it's my night stand in the bedroom, and in winter we move it into the living room which is the coldest room in the house, with its big bay window and drafty front door.   Well when we decided to roll it on out into the living room a couple of winters ago, we knew that we had to use an extension cord to avoid tripping the breaker when both watching TV and using the fireplace at the same time. The year previous we kept tripping over the cable and eventually taped it down. So I reminded Nick to grab the Gaffer's tape as he was setting it all up.   Now you should know that I'm the perfectionist in our relationship, although I have been doing a lot of work to be more laid back, like Nick, and learn to let things go. But when I walked out into that living room I couldn't stop myself.   “Really?” I said. I remember it being an incredulous mixture of laughter and anger.   Instead of running the wires underneath the TV stand and along the wall, like I would have, taping it down across the entryway into the kitchen, he sloppily taped it in a long ugly line straight from the heater to the outlet. But even though I was prepared to let go of the messiness of it, I couldn't let go of the worst offense. We have one of those extension cords that has a thick end with room for three plugs, and Nick had taped that huge, outlet section of wire right in the middle of the path we walk the most.   “Come on Nick… are you serious? If I knew you were gonna do it like that I would have just done it myself.”   “What?” He asked as he came into the room.   “I'm gonna break my fucking toe on that thing! Why would you do it that way?!” But like I said, I really was working on my perfectionism and trying to lessen my nagginess factor, so after venting about it and laughing, I was like whatever, maybe I just need to let this go.   I don't remember if it was that day or the day after, but it wasn't long before I went strolling through the living room and kicked that thing so hard it was like I was in the world cup trying to score the winning goal. Instead of “Goal!” however I screamed out in pain and limped into the kitchen, tears involuntarily starting to form in the corners of my eyes.   Nick came running, and when he saw the look on my face he felt so bad he immediately started pulling up the tape to reroute the bulky mass to another location.   But I'd realized what had happened, and I couldn't be mad at him about it. “I totally manifested that,” I said with a bitter laugh.       [Conclusion:]   Hey there magick makers, I hope you enjoyed this episode as much as I enjoyed creating it, because the truth is I have a whole lot more where these came from. So many, in fact, I'm already planning a Little Bits of Magick Part 2 episode. What about you, though? Do you have any of your own bits of magick you'd like to share with us?   If so… you're about to get the deets on how you can submit your story.   Virtual hugs to Lauren and Ania for letting me share your stories, and of course a great big hug to you too dear listeners. Ta ta for now!

--Story-- It was certainly a surprise when your husband had showed up at your doorstep with his teammates following wearily in tow, no likely confused as to where their team's archer was taking them. But, regardless of the grim scenario Clint Barton had just came from, he managed to keep his usual upbeat attitude, greeting you with a warm embrace as his teammates began to make themselves at home, with you and Clint hurrying off to find the few First Aid kits scattered around the farmhouse. After a meal had been prepared with the help of Nat and Steve - who knew Captain America was so good in the kitchen? - the exhausted Avengers had wandered off to any sort of bed your house had to offer. Needless to say, being the host of the superhero team, you and Clint had happily given up your shared bed and instead, headed outside to where you had pitched a tent that morning, having wanted a change, thinking the crickets might keep you company with your husband's absence. But, by some stroke of luck, he'd shown up when you needed him the most and you'd been there when his Team needed safe-haven the most. Settling into the rather small tent, a gentle rain hitting against the canvas surface, you sigh, flipping open the novel you'd stashed earlier and absentmindedly beginning to read, though the lines quickly blur through your fatigued gaze and frazzled thoughts. “Is Nat okay?” You muse aloud softly, your voice carrying over the rain and the small, dying campfire you'd both been seated around previously. "She seemed awfully shaken." Clint just sighs, rolling over on his side to face you, a frown etching his handsome features bathed in the warm glow of the lantern behind your heads. “Ultron has these allies, these uh, kids - punks, really. They carry a big damn stick. Nat took a serious hit. Someone's gonna have to teach them some manners.” You can't help but chuckle, a grin also toying on your husband's lips. “That someone being you?” The archer just rolls his eyes, shrugging. “You know, that team of yours… they certainly seem to be quite a mess - Tony and Steve certainly don't seem to get along.” Clint passes you a silent look of ‘you think?' before wordlessly urging you to continue. “Everyone just seems to be on completely different pages or on completely different books. They really do just seem to be a mess… and messes are never good.” The man laying at your side seems to grimace slightly, a look of sadness falling upon his face, a heavy sigh escaping his lips. “Yeah. Well, I guess they're my mess.” Passing him a reassuring glance and placing a kiss on his cheek, you snuggle up against his strong frame, hitting play on the old Walkman beside the lantern before turning it off, allowing the rain, the dying fire, the soft hum of crickets and the music to begin to lull you to sleep. But before you fall into the hands of sleep entirely, you distantly feel Clint pull you closer and whisper something you can't quite make out. And soon enough, you're both asleep - a rare moment of peace in the chaos that called life.

--Please Read!-- Just a friendly reminder that if you'd like to support the content I create, feel free to check out my Linktree! Any sort of monetary support goes DIRECTLY back into creating content that we all can enjoy! My Linktree: https://linktr.ee/Kaila_Falcon. --Story-- It had been one hell of a ride to get to this hidden village, once home to your best friend's Mother. But, thanks to Katy's "Asian Jeff Gordan" skills, as she would say, you all managed to make it in one piece. And now, as you're sitting by the water, looking out at the vast mountain range stretching before you, a rare sense of calm washes over you. The gentle wind, the lapping of the soft waves against the shore... The distant chirping of birds and hooting of either an owl or some other mystical creature, you're unsure. A gentle song plays on the breeze, lulling you into an almost tranquil state. And as the afternoon goes by, the more certain you are that when Wenwu shows up to burn this place to ashes, you will stand alongside Shang-Chi and fight to keep this beautifully peaceful place alive - no matter the cost. --Info-- I own no rights to any sounds used in this video! I simply just compiled them into this soundscape! The image is also not mine! This audio is great to play in the background to help sleep, study, or simply relax! --My Socials-- My Linktree (Containing the below socials + other neat stuff!) https://linktr.ee/Kaila_Falcon @Kaila_Falcon (Wattpad) https://www.wattpad.com/user/Kaila_Fa... @all_things_aviation (Spotify. My playlists!) https://open.spotify.com/user/all_thi... @Kaila_Falcon (Pinterest) https://www.pinterest.ca/Kaila_Falcon...

--Please Read!-- Just a friendly reminder that if you'd like to support the content I create, feel free to check out my Linktree! Any sort of monetary support goes DIRECTLY back into creating content that we all can enjoy! My Linktree: https://linktr.ee/Kaila_Falcon. --Story-- It had been some time since you'd arrived in the hidden city of Wakanda. Having been insistent that you stay behind while Bucky Barnes underwent treatment at the hands of the top Wakandan medical and scientific personnel - including the young woman you're watching absentmindedly now, greeting her brother with an enthusiastic handshake and a broad smile. Shuri and T'Challa, now King T'Challa to you, it would be presumed, had taken you in as one of their own - never failing to ensure you were comfortable. You allow their chatter to fade into the background as you work away at your own workstation you and Shuri had set up when you'd first arrived - adamant that in order to repay the great action of kindness from T'Challa, you learn as much about Wakandan technology so you might be of some use during your stay. Lost in your own little world, you barely flinch when a mannequin flies past where you sit, nearly taking you out in the process. “Not that hard, genius!” Your friend exclaims, hurrying toward you, ensuring you're unharmed with a momentary glance before retrieving the fake body her brother had struck. “You told me to strike it! You didn't say how hard!” T'Challa retorts. “I invite you to my lab and you just kick things around?” Chuckling to yourself, you sigh softly, once more focusing on your work and letting the sibling's chatter become a steady hum, accompanied by the mechanical hum of the lab itself, broken up occasionally by soft beeps and whirrs. It certainly is a unique environment, and nowhere near anything you would've had access to back home, but you're getting used to it. --Info-- I own no rights to any sounds used in this video! I simply just compiled them into this soundscape! The image is also not mine! This audio is great to play in the background to help sleep, study, or simply relax! --My Socials-- My Linktree (Containing the below socials + other neat stuff!) https://linktr.ee/Kaila_Falcon @Kaila_Falcon (Wattpad) https://www.wattpad.com/user/Kaila_Falcon @all_things_aviation (Spotify. My playlists!) https://open.spotify.com/user/all_things_aviation @Kaila_Falcon (Pinterest) https://www.pinterest.ca/Kaila_Falcon/boards/

--Please Read!-- Just a friendly reminder that if you'd like to support the content I create, feel free to check out my Linktree! Any sort of monetary support goes DIRECTLY back into creating content that we all can enjoy! My Linktree: https://linktr.ee/Kaila_Falcon. --Story-- It was a rather rainy evening to take a walk through the city streets of 21st Century Brooklyn and its surrounding area, but to the three people who were already as out of place in this time as it is, neither of them seemed to pay any mind. And, frankly, in your opinion, the sensation of the occasional drop of rain splashing onto your skin from the umbrella being held above you by a certain brown haired, blue eyed, metal armed, Super-Soldier and ex-assassin, is a welcome one - much better than being cooped up at the Compound all day doing nothing in particular. It had been Steve's idea to take this particular stroll down memory lane, claiming it might help Bucky feel a bit more at ease since his return from Wakanda. Which, by the two men's comforting chatter, you agree that his idea certainly seemed to be working. The walk progresses on, and soon enough, the three of you find yourselves at a small café, tucked away from the hustle and bustle of the main streets. It doesn't take you all long to silently slip into a booth at the rear of the quaint shop and order your warm beverages, the heat from the mug beginning to lull you to sleep - as is the rain pitter pattering against the window and the hum of the other customers chattering amongst themselves. It's a peaceful, almost perfect moment, and as you share a soft grin with Steve while Bucky hesitantly pulls you closer into his side, you allow yourself to feel much better than you have in a long time. Maybe taking a walk down memory lane doesn't hurt after all - especially when the memories are such precious and happy pieces of life. --Info-- I own no rights to any sounds used in this video! I simply just compiled them into this soundscape! The image is also not mine! This audio is great to play in the background to help sleep, study, or simply relax! --My Socials-- My Linktree (Containing the below socials + other neat stuff!) https://linktr.ee/Kaila_Falcon @Kaila_Falcon (Wattpad) https://www.wattpad.com/user/Kaila_Falcon @all_things_aviation (Spotify. My playlists!) https://open.spotify.com/user/all_things_aviation @Kaila_Falcon (Pinterest) https://www.pinterest.ca/Kaila_Falcon/boards/

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'I think capitalism is over, but the problem is we have nothing to replace it with. Here's when we need artists, and others, to tell us what kind of vision they have for a future that is different than that: a future of play and meaningful work would be one future that I think is not just utopic, but very possible. 'dr. todd dufresne, e21 conscient podcastVideo version:Transcriptione21 dufresne : capitalism is over, my conversation with philosopher Dr. Todd Dufresne about reality, grief, art and the climate crisis.Democracy of SufferingI think capitalism is over, but the problem is we have nothing to replace it with. Here's when we need artists, and others, to tell us what kind of vision they have for a future that is different than that: a future of play and meaningful work would be one future that I think is not just utopic, but very possible. So there's a possible future moving forward that could be much better than it is right now, but we're not going to get there without democracy of suffering as we're experiencing it now and will at least over the next 20, 30, 40 years until we figure this out, but we need to figure it out quickly.e22 westerkamp : slowing down through listening, my conversation with composer and listener Hildegard Westerkamp about acoustic ecology and the climate crisis.Some HopeWe need toallow for time to pass without any action, without any solutions and to just experience it. I think that a slowdown is an absolute - if there is any chance to survive - that kind of slowing down through listening and meditation and through not doing so much. I think there's some hope in that.e23 appadurai: what does a just transition look like?,my ‘soundwalk' conversation with climate activist Anjali Appadurai about the just transition and the role of the arts in the climate emergency.The deeper diseaseThe climate crisis and the broader ecological crisis is a symptom of the deeper disease, which is that rift from nature, that seed of domination, of accumulation, of greed and of the urge to dominate others through colonialism, through slavery, through othering – the root is actually othering – and that is something that artists can touch. That is what has to be healed, and when we heal that, what does the world on the other side of a just transition look like? I really don't want to believe that it looks like exactly this, but with solar. The first language that colonisation sought to suppress, which was that of indigenous people, is where a lot of answers are held.e24 weaving : the good, possible and beautiful, my conversation with artist jil p. weaving about community-engaged arts, public art, the importance of the local, etc.The roles that artists can playThe recognition, and finding ways to assist people, in an awareness of all the good, the possible and the beautiful and where those things can lead, is one of the roles that artists can specifically play. e25 shaw : a sense of purpose, my conversation with Australian climate activist Michael Shaw about support structures for ecogrief and the role of art.Listen to what the call is in youIt's a real blessing to feel a sense of purpose that in these times. It's a real blessing to be able to take the feelings of fear and grief and actually channel them somewhere into running a group or to making a film or doing your podcasts. I think it's important that people really tune in to find out what they're given to do at this time, to really listen to what the call is in you and follow it. I think there's something that's very generative and supportive about feeling a sense of purpose in a time of collapse.e26 klein : rallying through art, my conversation with climate emergency activist Seth Klein about his book A Good War : Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency, the newly formed Climate Emergency Unit and his challenge to artists to help rally us to this causeMy challenge to artists todayHere would be my challenge to artists today. We're beginning to see artists across many artistic domains producing climate and climate emergency art, which is important and good to see. What's striking to me is that most of it, in the main, is dystopian, about how horrific the world will be if we fail to rise to this moment. To a certain extent, that makes sense because it is scary and horrific, but here's what intrigued me about what artists were producing in the war is that in the main, it was not dystopian, even though the war was horrific. It was rallying us: the tone was rallying us. I found myself listening to this music as I was doing the research and thinking, World War II had a popular soundtrack, the anti-Vietnam war had a popular soundtrack. When I was a kid in the peace and disarmament movement, there was a popular soundtrack. This doesn't have a popular soundtrack, yet.é27 prévost : l'énergie créatrice consciente (in French), my conversation with sound artist, musician and radio producer Hélène Prévost about the state of the world and the role of artists in the ecological crisis.The less free art is, the less it disturbsIt is in times of crisis that solutions emerge and that would be my argument. It is in this solution to the crisis that, yes, there is a discourse that will emerge and actions that will emerge, but we can't see them yet. Maybe we can commission them, as you suggest: Can you make me a documentary on this? or Can you make me a performance that will illustrate this aspect? But for the rest, I think we must leave creative energy be free, but not unconscious. That's where education, social movements and education, or maybe through action. You see, and I'm going to contradict myself here, and through art, but not art that is servile, but art that is free. I feel like quoting Josée Blanchette in Le Devoirwho, a week ago, said 'the less free art is, the less it disturbs'.é28 ung : résilience et vulnérabilité (in French), my conversation with educator and philosopher Jimmy Ung about the notion of privilege, resilience, the role of the arts in facilitating intercultural dialogue and learning, education, social justice, etc. Practicing resilienceResilience, at its core, is having the ability to be vulnerable and I think often resilience is seen as the ability to not be vulnerable, and for me, the opposite, more like resilience is the ability to be vulnerable and to believe with hope. Maybe we have the ability to bounce back, to come back, to rise again, to be reborn? I think that's a way of practicing resilience, which is more and more necessary. Because if we want to move forward, if we want to learn and learn to unlearn, we will have to be vulnerable and therefore see resilience as the ability to be vulnerable.e29 loy, : the bodhisattva path my conversation with professor, writer and Zen teacher David Loy about the bodhisattva path, the role of storytelling, interdependence, nonduality and the notion of ‘hope' through a Buddhist lens.The ecological crisis as a kind of the karmaSome people would say, OK, we have a climate crisis, so we've got to shift as quickly as possible as we can from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy, which is right. But somehow the idea that by doing that we can just sort of carry on in the way that we have been otherwise is a misunderstanding. We have a much greater crisis here and what it fundamentally goes back to is this sense of separation from the earth, that we feel our wellbeing, therefore, is separate from the wellbeing of the earth and that therefore we can kind of exploit it and use it in any way we want. I think we can understand the ecological crisis as a kind of the karma built into that way of relating and exploiting the earth. The other really important thing, which I end up talking about more often, is I think Buddhism has this idea of the bodhisattva path, the idea that it's not simply that we want to become awakened simply for our own benefit, but much more so that we want to awaken in order to be a service to everyone. e30 maggs : art and the world after this, my conversation with cultural theorist David Maggs about artistic capacity, sustainability, value propositions, disruption, recovery, etc.Entanglements of relationshipsComplexity is the world built of relationships and it's a very different thing to engage what is true or real in a complexity framework than it is to engage in it, in what is a modernist Western enlightenment ambition, to identify the absolute objective properties that are intrinsic in any given thing. Everyone is grappling with the fact that the world is exhibiting itself so much in these entanglements of relationships. The arts are completely at home in that world. And so, we've been sort of under the thumb of the old world. We've always been a kind of second-class citizen in an enlightenment rationalist society. But once we move out of that world and we move into a complexity framework, suddenly the arts are entirely at home, and we have capacity in that world that a lot of other sectors don't have. What I've been trying to do with this report (Art and the World After This) is articulate the way in which these different disruptions are putting us in a very different reality and it's a reality in which we go from being a kind of secondary entertaining class to, maybe, having a capacity to sit at the heart of a lot of really critical problem-solving challenges.e31 morrow : artists as reporters, my conversation with composer, sound artist, performer, and innovator Charlie Morrow about the origins of the conscient podcast, music, acoustic ecology, art and climate, health, hope and artists as journalists. In tune with what's going on in the worldI think that artists are for the most part in tune with what's going on in the world. We're all reporters, somehow journalists, who translate our message into our art, as art is in my mind, a readout, a digested or raw readout of what it is that we're experiencing. Our wish to be an artist is in fact, in order to be able to spend our lives doing that process.é32 tsou : changer notre culture (in French), my conversation (in French) with musician and cultural diplomacy advisor Shuni Tsou about citizen engagement, cultural action, the ecological crisis, arts education, social justice, systemic change, equity, etc,Cultural change around climate actionCitizen engagement is what is needed for cultural change around climate action. It's really a cultural shift in any setting. When you want to make big systemic changes, you have to change the culture and arts and culture are good tools to change the culture.e33 toscano : what we're fighting for, my conversation podcaster and artist Peterson Toscano about the role of the arts in the climate crisis, LGBTQ+ issues, religion, the wonders of podcasting, impacts, storytelling, performance art, etc. Where the energy is in a storyIt's artists who not only can craft a good story, but also we can tell the story that's the hardest to tell and that is the story about the impacts of climate solutions. So it's really not too hard to talk about the impacts of climate change, and I see people when they speak, they go through the laundry list of all the horrors that are upon us and they don't realize it, but they're actually closing people's minds, closing people down because they're getting overwhelmed. And not that we shouldn't talk about the impacts, but it's so helpful to talk about a single impact, maybe how it affects people locally, but then talk about how the world will be different when we enact these changes. And how do you tell a story that gets to that? Because that gets people engaged and excited because you're then telling this story about what we're fighting for, not what we're fighting against. And that is where the energy is in a story.é34 ramade : l'art qui nous emmène ailleurs (in French), my conversation (in French) with art historian, critic, curator and art and environment expert Bénédicte Ramade on the climate emergency, nature, music, visual arts, ecological art, etc.With music, you can convey so many thingsI am thinking of artist-composers who write pieces based on temperature readings that are converted into musical notes. This is also how the issue of global warming can be transmitted, from a piece played musically translating a stable climate that is transformed and that comes to embody in music a climatic disturbance. It is extraordinary. Is felt by the music, a fact of composition, something very abstract, with a lot of figures, statistical curves. We are daily fed with figures and statistical curves about the climate. ‘They literally do nothing to us anymore'. But on a more sensitive level, with the transposition into music, if it is played, if it is interpreted, ah, suddenly, it takes us elsewhere. And when I talk about these works, sometimes people who are more scientific or museum directors are immediately hooked, saying ‘it's extraordinary with music, you can convey so many things.e35 salas : adapting to reality, my conversation with Spanish curator + producer Carmen Salas on reality, ecogrief, artists & the climate crisis, arts strategies, curating and her article Shifting ParadigmsArtists need help in this processI find that more and more artists are interested in understanding how to change their practice and to adapt it to the current circumstances. I really believe artists need help in this process. Like we all do. I'm not an environmental expert. I'm not a climate expert. I'm just a very sensitive human being who is worried about what we are leaving behind for future generations. So, I'm doing what I can to really be more ethical with my work, but I'm finding more and more artists who are also struggling to understand what they can do. I think when in a conversation between curators or producers like myself and people like you - thinkers and funders - to come together and to understand the current situation, to accept reality, then we can strategize about how we can put things into place and how we can provide more funding for different types of projects.e36 fanconi : towards carbon positive work, my conversation with theatre artist and art-climate activist Kendra Fanconi, artistic director of The Only Animal about the role of the arts in the climate emergency, carbon positive work, collaboration and artists mobilization.Ecological restorationBen Twist at Creative Carbon Scotland talks about the transformation from a culture of consumerism to a culture of stewardship and we are the culture makers so isn't that our job right now to make a new culture and it will take all of us as artists together to do that? …  It's not enough to do carbon neutral work. We want to do carbon positive work. We want our artwork to be involved with ecological restoration. What does that mean? I've been thinking a lot about that. What is theatre practice that actually gives back, that makes something more sustainable? That is carbon positive. I guess that's a conversation that I'm hoping to have in the future with other theatre makers who have that vision.é37 lebeau : l'art régénératif (in French), my conversation with Écoscéno co-founder and executive director Anne-Catherine Lebeau on collaboration, circular economies, the role of art in the climate crisis, moving from ‘Take Make Waste' to ‘Care Dare Share' and creating regenerative art.From 'Take Make Waste' to 'Care Dare Share'For me, it is certain that we need more collaboration. That's what's interesting. Moving from a 'Take Make Waste' model to 'Care Dare Share'. To me, that says a lot. I think we need to look at everything we have in the arts as a common good that we need to collectively take care of. Often, at the beginning, we talked in terms of doing as little harm as possible to the environment, not harming it, that's often how sustainable development was presented, then by doing research, and by being inspired, among other things, by what is done at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation in England, around circular economies, I realized that they talk about how to nourish a new reality. How do you create art that is regenerative? Art that feeds something.e38 zenith : arts as medicine to metabolize charge, my conversation with animist somatic practitioner, poet, philosopher, ecologist and clown Shante' Sojourn Zenith about reality, somatics, ecological grief, rituals, nature, performance and ecological imaginations.The intensity that's left in the systemArt is the medicine that actually allows us to metabolize charge. It allows us to metabolize trauma. It takes the intensity that's left in the system, and this goes all the way back to ritual. Art, for me, is a sort of a tributary coming off from ritual that is still sort of consensually allowed in this reality when the direct communication with nature through ritual was silenced, so it comes back to that wider river…e39 engle : the integral role of the arts in societal change, my conversation with urbanist Dr. Jayne Engle about participatory city planning, design, ecological crisis, sacred civics, artists and culture in societal and civilizational change.How change occursThe role of artists and culture is fundamental and so necessary, and we need so much more of it and not only on the side. The role of arts and culture in societal and civilizational change right now needs to be much more integral into, yes, artworks and imagination - helping us to culturally co-produce how we live and work together into the future and that means art works - but it also means artists perspectives into much more mainstream institutions, ideas, and thoughts about how change occurs.e40 frasz : integrated awakeness in daily life, my conversation with researcher and strategic thinker Alexis Frasz about ecological crisis, creative climate action, community arts, Buddhism, leadership and cross-sectoral arts practices. A lack of agencyThere is a lot of awareness and interest in making change and yet change still isn't really happening, at least not at the pace or scale that we need. It feels to me increasingly like there's not a lack of awareness, nor a lack of concern, or even a lack of willingness, but actually a lack of agency. I've been thinking a lot about the role of arts, and culture and creative practice in helping people not just wake up to the need for change, but actually undergo the entire transformational process from that moment of waking up (which you and I share a language around Buddhist practice). There's that idea that you can wake up in an instant but integrating the awakeness into your daily life is actually a process. It's an ongoing thing.e41 rae : a preparedness mindsetmy conversation with artist-researcher, facilitator and educator Jen Rae about art and emergency preparedness, community arts, reality, ecological grief, arts and climate emergency in Australia How artists step upThe thing about a preparedness mindset is that you are thinking into the future and so if one of those scenarios happens, you've already mentally prepared in some sort of way for it, so you're not dealing with the shock. That's a place as an artist that I feel has a lot of potential for engagement and for communication and bringing audiences along. When you're talking about realities, accepting that reality, has the potential to push us to do other things. It's great to hear about Canada Council changing different ways around enabling the arts and building capacity in the arts in the context of the climate emergency. It'll be interesting to see how artists step up.e42 rosen : when he climate threat becomes real, my conversation with architect Mark Rosen about what is enough, green buildings, how to change the construction industry, barriers and constraints in finding solutions to the climate crisis and deferred ecological debt.The idea of enoughThe idea of enough is very interesting to me. The idea that the planet doesn't have enough for us on our current trajectory is at the heart of that. The question of whether the planet has enough for everyone on the planet, if we change the way we do things is an interesting way. Can we sustain seven, eight, nine billion people on the planet if everyone's idea of enough was balanced with that equation? I don't know, but I think it's possible. I think that if we've shown nothing else as a species, as humans, it's adaptability and resiliency and when forced to, we can do surprisingly monumental things and changes when the threat becomes real to us.ConstraintsOne of the things that I find very interesting in my design process as an architect is that if you were to show me two possible building sites, one that is a green field wide open, with nothing really influencing the site flat, easy to build, and then you show me a second site that is a steep rock face with an easement that you can't build across. Inevitably, it seems to be that the site with more constraints results in a more interesting solution and the idea that constraints can be of benefit to the creative process is one that I think you can apply things that, on the surface, appear to be barriers instead of constraints. Capitalism, arguably, is one of those, if we say we can't do it because it costs too much, we're treating it as a barrier, as opposed to us saying the solution needs to be affordable, then it becomes a constraint and we can push against constraints and in doing so we can come up with creative solutions and so, one way forward, is to try and identify these things that we feel are preventing us from doing what we know we need to do and bringing them into our process as constraints, that influence where we go rather than prevent us from going where we need to go.e43 haley: climate as a cultural issue my conversation with British ecoartist David Haley about ecoart, climate change as a cultural issue, speaking truth to power, democracy, regeneration, morality, creating space and listening.Deep questions and listeningClimate change is actually a cultural issue, not a scientific issue. Science has been extremely good at identifying the symptoms and looking at the way in which it has manifest itself, but it hasn't really addressed any of the issues in terms of the causes. It has tried to use what you might call techno fix solution focused problem-based approaches to the situation, rather than actually asking deep questions and listening.A regenerative way of doing and thinkingGoing back to reality, one of the issues that we are not tackling is that we're taking a dystopian view upon individual activities that creates guilt, syndromes, and neuroses which of course means that the systems of power are working and in terms of actually addressing the power - of speaking truth to power - we need to name the names, we need to name Standard Oil, IG Farben who now call themselves ESSO, Chevron, Mobil, DuPont, BP, Bayer, Monsanto BASF, Pfizer and so on. These are the people that control the governments that we think we're voting for and the pretense of democracy that follows them. Until those organizations actually rescind their power to a regenerative way of doing and thinking, we're stuffed, to put pretty bluntly.Create the space for life to move onwardsWhat I have learned to do, and this is my practice, is to focus on making space. This became clear to me when I read, Lila : An inquiry into morals by Robert Pirsig. Towards the end of the book, he suggests that the most moral act of all, is to create the space for life to move onwards and it was one of those sentences that just rang true with me, and I've held onto that ever since and pursued the making of space, not the filling of it. When I say I work with ecology, I try to work with whole systems, ecosystems. The things within an ecosystem are the elements with which I try to work. I try not to introduce anything other than what is already there. In other words, making the space as habitat for new ways of thinking, habitat for biodiversity to enrich itself, habitat for other ways of approaching things. I mean, there's an old scientific adage about nature abhors a vacuum, and that vacuum is the space as I see it.e44 bilodeau : the arts are good at changing culture, my conversation with playwright and climate activist Chantal Bilodeau about theatre, cultural climate action, the role of art in the climate emergency and how to build audiences and networksLet's think about it togetherI think of the arts as planting a seed and activism as being the quickest way you can get from A to B. So activism is like, this is what we're going to do. We have to do it now. This is a solution. This is what we're working towards and there's all kinds of different solutions, but it's about action. The arts are not about pushing any one solution or telling people, this is what you need to do. It is about saying here's a problem. Let's think about it together. Let's explore avenues we could take. Let's think about what it means and what it means, not just, should I drive a car or not, but what it means, as in, who are we on this earth and what is our role? How do we fit in the bigger ecosystem of the entire planet? I think the arts are something very good to do that and they are good at changing a culture.e45 abbott : a compassionate, just and sustainable world, my conversation with filmmaker Jennifer Abbott about her film The Magnitude of all Things, reality, zen, compassion, grief, art and how to ensure a more compassionate, just and sustainable livable world.Untangling the delusionThe notion of reality and the way we grasp reality as humans is so deeply subjective, but it's also socially constructed, and so, as a filmmaker - and this is relevant because I'm also a Zen Buddhist - from both those perspectives, I try to explore what we perceive as reality to untangle and figure out in what ways are we being diluted? And in what ways do we have clear vision? And obviously the clearer vision we can have, the better actions we take to ensure a more compassionate, just and sustainable livable world. I'm all for untangling the delusion while admitting wholeheartedly that to untangle it fully is impossible.We're headed for some catastropheIn terms of why people are so often unable to accept the reality of climate change, I think it's very understandable, because the scale and the violence of it is just so vast, it's difficult to comprehend. It's also so depressing and enraging if one knows the politics behind it and overwhelming. I don't think we, as a species, deal with things that have those qualities very well and we tend to look away. I have a lot of compassion, including for myself, in terms of how difficult it is to come to terms with the climate catastrophe. It is the end of the world as we know it. We don't know what exactly the new world is going to look like, but we do know we're headed for some catastrophe. e46 badham : creating artistic space to think, my conversation with Dr Marnie Badham about art and social justice practice Australia and Canada, research on community-engaged arts, cultural measurement, education and how the arts create space for people to think through issues such as the climate emergency.There's a lot that the arts can doI think going forward, there's a lot that the arts can do. Philosophically art is one of the only places that we can still ask these questions, play out politics and negotiate ideas. Further, art isn't about communicating climate disaster, art is about creating space for people to think through some of these issues.e47 keeptwo : reconciliation to heal the earth, my conversation with Indigenous writer, editor, teacher and journalist Suzanne Keeptwo about Indigenous rights and land acknowledgements, arts education, cultural awareness and the role of art in the climate emergency.Original AgreementIn the work that I do and the book that I've just had published called, We All Go Back to the Land, it's really an exploration of that Original Agreement and what it means today. So I want to remind Indigenous readers of our Original Agreement to nurture and protect and honor and respect the Earth Mother and all of the gifts that she has for us and then to introduce that Original Agreement to non-indigenous Canadians or others of the world that so that we can together, as a human species, work toward what I call the ultimate act of reconciliation to help heal the earth.é48 danis : l'art durable (in French), my conversation with author and multidisciplinary artist Daniel Danis on sustainable art, consciousness, dreams, storytelling, territory, nature, disaster and the role of art in the ecological transitionImages of our shared ecology are bornIt's like saying that we make art, but it's an art that, all of a sudden, just like that, is offered. We don't try to show it, rather, we try to experience something and to make people experience things and therefore, without being in the zone of cultural mediation, but to be in a zone of experiences, of exchanges and therefore that I don't control. For example, in the theatre, a bubble in which I force the spectator to look and to focus only on what I am telling them, how can we tell ourselves about the planet? How can we tell ourselves about our terrestrial experiences, where we share a place between branches, clay, repair bandages and traces of the earth on a canvas or ourselves lying on the earth? No matter, all the elements that one could bring as possible traces of a shareable experience are present, and from there, all of a sudden, images of our shared ecology are born.Art must emit wavesFor me, a manifestation of art must emit waves and it is not seen, it is felt and therefore it requires the being - those who participate with me in my projects or myself on the space that I will manifest these objects there - to be in a porosity of my body that allows that there are waves that occur and necessarily, these waves the, mixed with the earth and that a whole set, we are in cooperation. It is sure that it has an invisible effect which is the wave, and which is the wave of sharing, of sharing, not even of knowledge, it is just the sharing of our existence on earth and how to be co-operators?e49 windatt : holistic messages, my conversation with Indigenous artist Clayton Windatt of about visual arts, Indigenous sovereignty, decolonization, the arts and social change, communications, artists rights, the climate emergency and hope.Make a changeWhat if you tasked the arts sector with how to make messages, not about the crisis, but on the shifts in behavior that are necessary on a more meaningful basis. When the pandemic began and certain products weren't on the shelves at grocery stores, but there was still lots of stuff. There were shortages, but there wasn't that much shortage. How much would my life really change if half the products in the store were just not here, right and half of them didn't come from all over in the world? Like they were just: whatever made sense to have it available here and just having less choice. How terrible would that be: kind of not. How can we change behavior on a more holistic level, and have it stick, because that's what we need to do right now, and I think the arts would be a great vehicle to see those messages hit everybody and make a change.e50 newton : imagining the future we want, my conversation with climate activist Teika Newton about climate justice, hope, science, nature, resilience, inter-connections and the role of the arts in the climate emergency.There are no limitsThere are so many amazing people across this country who are helping to make change and are holding such a powerful vision for what the future can be. We get trapped in thinking about the paradigm limit in which we currently live, we put bounds on what feels like reality and what feels possible. There are no limits, and the arts helps us to push against that limited set of beliefs and helps us to remember that the way that we know things to be right now is not fixed. We can imagine anything. We can imagine the future we want.We need to love the things around usI see that there are a lot of ways in which people in my community use the landscape in a disrespectful way. Not considering that that's someone's home and that a wild place is not just a recreational playground for humans. It's not necessarily a source of wealth generation. It's actually a living, breathing entity and a home to other things and a home to us as well. I find that all really troubling that there is that disconnection and it sometimes does make me despair about the future course that we're on. You know, if we can't take care of the place that sustains us, if we can't live with respect for not just our human neighbours, but our wilderness neighbors, I don't know how well we're going to fare in the future. We need to love the things around us in order to care for them.Feel connected to othersHaving the ability to come together as a community and participate in the collective act of creating and expressing through various media, whether that's song, the written word, poetry, painting, mosaic or mural making, so many different ways of expressing, I think are really, really valuable for keeping people whole grounded, mentally healthy and to feel connected to others. It's the interconnection among people that will help us to survive in a time of crisis. The deeper and more complex the web of connections, the better your chances of resilience.e51 hiser : the emotional wheel of climate, my conversation with educator Dr. Krista Hiser on research about climate education, post-apocalyptic and cli-fi literature, musical anthems, ungrading, art as an open space and the emotional wheel of the climate emergency.Help them see that realityWhat motivates me is talking to students in a way that they're not going to come back to me in 10 years with this look on their face, you know, Dr. Hiser, why didn't you tell me this? Why didn't you tell me? I want to be sure that they're going to leave the interaction that we get to have that they're going to leave with at least an idea that someone tried to help them see that reality.The last open spaceThe art space is maybe the last open space where that boxiness and that rigidity isn't as present.Knowledge intermediariesThe shift is that faculty are really no longer just experts. They are knowledge brokers or knowledge intermediaries. There's so much information out there. It's so overwhelming. There are so many different realities that faculty need to interact with this information and create experiences that translate information for students so that students can manage their own information.Not getting stuck in the griefThere's a whole range of emotions around climate emergency, and not getting stuck in the grief. Not getting stuck in anger. A lot of what we see of youth activists and in youth activism is that they get kind of burned out in anger and it's not a sustainable emotion. But none of them are emotions that you want to get stuck in. When you get stuck in climate grief, it is hard to get unstuck, so moving through all the different emotions — including anger and including hope — and that idea of an anthem and working together, those are all part of the emotion wheel that exists around climate change.e52 mahtani : listening and connecting, my conversation with composer Dr. Annie Mahtani about music, sound art, the climate emergency, listening, nature, uncertainty, festivals, gender parity and World Listening DayThat doesn't mean we should give upIf we can find ways to encourage people to listen, that can help them to build a connection, even if it's to a small plot of land near them. By helping them to have a new relationship with that, which will then expand and help hopefully savour a deeper and more meaningful relationship with our natural world, and small steps like that, even if it's only a couple of people at a time, that could spread. I think that nobody, no one person, is going to be able to change the world, but that doesn't mean we should give up. Exploration of our soundscapesFor the (BEAST) festival we wanted to look at what COVID has done to alter and adjust people's practice, the way that composers and practitioners have responded to the pandemic musically or through listening and also addressing the wider issues: what does it mean going forwards after this year, the year of uncertainty, the year of opportunity for many? What does it mean going forward to our soundscape, to our environmental practice and listening? We presented that goal for words, as a series of questions, you know, not expecting necessarily any answers, but a way in a way to address it and a way to explore and that's what the, the weekend of concerts and talks and workshops was this kind of exploration of our soundscapes, thinking about change and thinking about our future.e53 kalmanovitch : nurturing imagination, my conversation with musician Dr. Tanya Kalmanovitch about music, ethnomusicology, alberta tar sands, arts education, climate emergency, arts policy and how artistic practice can nurture imaginationThe content inside a silenceOne of the larger crises we face right now is actually a crisis of failure of imagination and one of the biggest things we can do in artistic practice is to nurture imagination. It is what we do. It's our job. We know how to do that. We know how to trade in uncertainty and complexity. We understand the content inside a silence, it's unlocking and speaking to ways of knowing and being and doing that when you start to try to talk about them in words, it is really challenging because it ends up sounding like bumper stickers, like ‘Music Builds Bridges'. I have a big problem with universalizing discourses in the arts, as concealing structures of imperialism and colonialism.GriefNormal life in North America does not leave us room for grief. We do not know how to handle grief. We don't know what to do with it. We push it away. We channel it, we contain it, we compartmentalize it. We ignore it. We believe that it's something that has an end, that it's linear or there are stages. We believe it's something we can get through. Whereas I've come to think a lot about the idea of living with loss, living with indeterminacy, living with uncertainty, as a way of awakening to the radical sort of care and love for ourselves, for our fellow living creatures for the life on the planet. I think about how to transform a performance space or a classroom or any other environment into a community ofcare. How can I create the conditions by which people can bear to be present to what they have lost, to name and to know what we have lost and from there to grieve, to heal and to act inthe fullest awareness of loss? Seeing love and loss as intimately intertwined.StorytellingMy idea is that there's a performance, which is sort of my offering, but then there's also a series of participatory workshops where community members can sound their own stories about where we've come from, how they're living today and the future in which they wish to live, what their needs are, what their griefs are. So here, I'm thinking about using oral history and storytelling as a practice that promotes ways of knowing, doing and healing … with storytelling as a sort of a participatory and circulatory mechanism that promotes healing. I have so much to learn from indigenous storytelling practices. Nature as musicWe are all every one of us musicians. When youchoose what song you wake up to on your alarm or use music to set a mood. You sing a catchy phrase to yourself or you sing a child asleep: you're making musical acts. Then extend that a little bit beyond that anthropocentric lens and hear a bird as a musician, a creek as a musician and that puts us into that intimate relationship with the environment again.AlbertaI guess this is plea for people to not think aboutoil sands issues as being Alberta issues, but as those being everyone everywhere issues, and not just because of the ecological ethical consequences ofthe contamination of the aquifer, what might happen if 1.4 trillion liters of toxic process water, if the ponds holding those rupture, what might happen next…That story will still be there, that land and the people, the animals and the plants, all those relationships will still be imperiled, right? So to remember, first of all, that it's not just an Alberta thing and that the story doesn't end just because Teck pulled it's Frontier mining proposal in February, 2020. The story always goes on. I want to honor the particular and the power of place and at the same time I want touplift the idea that we all belong to that place.e54 garrett : empowering artists, my conversation with theatre artist Ian Garrett about ethics, theatre, education, role of art in Climate Emergency, Sustainability in Digital Transformation & carbon footprint of Cultural Heritage sector. Complete guarantee of extinctionI don't want to confuse the end of an ecologically unsustainable, untenable way of civilization working in this moment with a complete guarantee of extinction. There is a future. It may look very different and sometimes I think the inability to see exactly what that future is – and our plan for it - can be confused for there not being one. I'm sort of okay with that uncertainty, and in the meantime, all one can really do is the work to try and make whatever it ends up being more positive. There's a sense of biophilia about it.A pile of burning tiresThe extreme thought experiment that I like to use in a performance context is: if you had a play in which the audience left with their minds changed about all of their activities, you could say that that is positive. But, if the set that it took place on was a pile of burning tires – which is an objectively bad thing to do for the environment – there is a conversation by framing it as an arts practice as to is there value in having that impact, because of the greater impact. And those sorts of complexities have sort of defined the fusion and different approaches in which to take; it's not just around metrics.Individual values towards sustainabilityThe intent of it [the Julie's Bicycle Creative Green Tools] is not like LEED in which you are getting certified because you have come up with a precise carbon footprint. It's a tool for, essentially, decision-making in that artistic context, that if you know this information, then you have a better way to consider critically the way that you are making and what you're making and how you are representing your values and those aspects, regardless of whether or not it is explicitly part of the work. And so there's lots of tools in which I've had the opportunity to have a relationship with which that are really about empowering artists, arts makers, arts collectives to be able to make those decisions so that their individual values towards sustainability – regardless of what they're actually making – can also be represented and that they can make choices that best represent those regardless of whether or not they're explicitly creating something for ‘earth day'.The separation of the artist from the personThe separation of the artist from the person and articulating as a profession is a unique thing, whereas an alternative to that could just be that we are expressive and artistic beings that seeks to create and have different talents but turning that into a profession is something that we've done to ourselves and so while we do that, we exist within systems, our cultural organizations exist within systems, that have impacts much farther outside of it so that a systems analysis approach is really important.é55 trépanier : un petit instant dans un espace beaucoup plus vaste (in French), my  conversation with indigenous artist France Trépanier about colonialism, indigenous cultures, ecological transition, time, art, listening, dreams, imagination and this brief moment…The responsibility to maintain harmonious relationshipsI think that with this cycle of colonialism, and what it has brought, that we are coming to the end of this century, and with hindsight, we will realize that it was a very small moment in a much larger space, and that we are returning to very deep knowledge. What does it mean to live here on this planet? What does it mean to have the possibility, but also the responsibility to maintain harmonious relationships? I say that the solution to the climate crisis is ‘cardiac'. It will go through the heart. We are talking about love of the planet. That's the work.Terra nulliusFor me, the challenge of the ecological issue or the ecological crisis in which we find ourselves is to understand the source of the problem and not just to put a band-aid on it, not just to try to make small adjustments to our ways of living, but to really look at the very nature of the problem. For me, I think that something happened at the moment of contact, at the moment when the Europeans arrived. They arrived with this notion of property. They talked about Terra Nullius, the idea that they could appropriate territories that were 'uninhabited' (I put quotation marks on uninhabited) and I think that was our first collision of worldviews.Eurocentric vision of artistic practicesIf we take a longer-term view of how the eurocentric view of artistic practices have imposed itself on the material practices of world cultures, this is going to be a very small moment in history. The idea of disciplines, the way in which the Eurocentric vision imposed categories and imposed a certain elitism of practices. The way it also declassified the material culture of the First Nations, or it was not possible, it was not art. Art objects became either artifacts or crafts. It was completely declassified, we didn't understand. I think the first people who came here didn't understand what was in front of them.The real tragedyThe artist Mike MacDonald was telling a story, Mike, who is a Mi'kmaq artist, who is with us now, but who has done remarkable work, a new media artist, he was telling a story once about one of the elders in his community, he was saying that the real tragedy of Canada, it's not that people have been prevented from speaking their language. The real tragedy is that the newcomers have not adopted the cultures here. So 'there have been great misunderstandings. Rewriting the worldI don't think we need to rewrite anything at all. I think we just need to pay attention and listen. We just need to shut up a little bit for a while. Because it's in the notion of authoring there is the word 'author' which presupposes the word authority and I'm not sure that's what we need right now. I think it's the opposite. I think we need to change our relationship to authority. We need to deconstruct that idea when we're being the decision makers or the masters of anything. I don't think that's the right approach. I think you have to listen. I'm not saying that we shouldn't imagine - I think that imagination is important in this attentive listening - but to think that we are going to rewrite is perhaps a little pretentious.é56 garoufalis-auger : surmonter les injustices (in French), my conversation with activist Anthony Garoufalis-Auger about sacrifice, injustices, strategies, activism, youth, art, culture, climate emergency and disaster SacrificeIt's going to take sacrifice and it's going to take a huge commitment to change things, so maybe getting out of our comfort zone will be necessary at this point in history. What's interesting is looking at the past and the history of humanity. It has taken a lot of effort to change things, but at least we have examples in history where we have come together to overcome injustices. We need to be inspired by this.We are really heading for disasterThe people around me, the vast majority, understand where we are with climate change. There is a complete disconnect with the reality that we see in our mass culture and in the news which is not a constructed reality. What science tells us is reality. We are really heading for disaster. é57 roy : ouvrir des consciences (in French), my conversation with artist Annie Roy on socially engaged art, grief, cultural politics, nature, how to open our consciousness, the digital and the place of art in our livesThe contribution of artIs being creative also about getting away from the world, pure to the source as it is, rather than just accepting that we're small and we should go back to the basics? I don't know if art brings us back to the essential versus brings us back to drifting completely. Maybe creativity or creation takes us so far away that we imagine ourselves living on Mars in a kind of platform that doesn't look like anything, or we won't need the birds, then the storms, then the this and that. We will have recreated a universe from scratch where it is good to live. That could be the contribution of art. I don't like this art too much.Opening consciousness If we are in reality and then we say to ourselves in the current world, it is necessary that it insufflate desire and power towards a better future. But it is not the artist who is going to decide and then that disturbs me. It bothers me to have a weight on my shoulders, to change the world while not having the power to do it, real. The power I have is to open consciousness, to see dreams in the minds of others and to instill seeds of possibility for a future.On the back of artThe artist is a being who lives in his contemporaneity, who absorbs the 'poop' in everything that happens and tries to transform it into something beautiful, then powerful for a springboard to go towards better. But we could leave it at that, in the sense that people, how do they use art in their lives? The artist may have all his wills, but what is the place of the art that we make in our lives? Because they are between four walls, in a museum or in very specific places. It's not always integrated into the flow of the day as something supernatural. It's a framed moment that we give away like we consume anything else. Then, if you consume art like anything else, like you go to the spa or you go shopping and then you buy a new pair of pants and then it feels good to have gone to a play. Wasn't that good? Yeah, it's cool but it's not going to go any further than anything other than a nice thrill that's going to last two or three hours and then you're going to get in your Hummer and go home all the same. I think that's putting a lot on the back of art.e58 huddart : the arts show us what is possible, my conversation with Stephen Huddart about dematerialization, nature, culture, capital, supporting grassroots activity, innovation and how the arts can show us what is possible.Existential crisisThis is now an existential crisis, and we have in a way, a conceptual crisis, but just understanding we are and what this is, this moment, all of history is behind us: every book you've ever read, every battle, every empire, all of that is just there, right, just right behind us. And now we, we are in this position of emerging awareness that in order to have this civilization, in some form, continue we have to move quickly, and the arts can help us do that by giving us a shared sense of this moment and its gravity, but also what's possible and how quickly that tipping point could be reached.DematerializationI think we have to more broadly, dematerialize and move from a more material culture to some more spiritual culture, a culture that is able to enjoy being here, that experiences an evolutionary shift towards connection with nature, with all of that it entails with the human beings and the enjoyment and celebration of culture and so I think those two perspectives that the arts have an essential and so important and yet difficult challenge before them.Gabrielle RoyLet's just say that on the previous $20 bill, there's a quote from Gabrielle Roy. It's in micro-type, but it basically says : 'how could we have the slightest chance of knowing each other without the arts'. That struck me when I read that and thought about the distances, that have grown up between us, the polarization, the prejudices, all of those things, and how the arts create this bridge between peoples, between lonely people, between dreamers and all people and that the arts have that ability to link us together in a very personal and profound and important ways. Capital A lot of my time is really now on how do we influence capital flows? How do we integrate the granting economy with all that it has and all of its limits with the rest of the economy: pension funds, institutional investors of various kinds, family offices and so on, because we need all of these resources to be lining up and integrated in a way that can enable grassroots activity to be seen, supported, nurtured, linked to the broader systems change that we urgently need, and that takes the big capital moving so that's a space that I'm currently exploring and I'm looking for ways to have that conversation.e59 pearl : positive tipping points, my conversation with arts organiser Judi Pearl about theatre, climate emergency, collaboration, arts leadership, intersection of arts and sustainability and the newly formed Sectoral Climate Arts Leadership for the Emergency (SCALE)That gathering placeIt's (SCALE, the Sectoral Climate Arts Leadership for the Emergency) a national round table for the arts and culture sector to mobilize around the climate emergency. A few months ago, you and I, and a few others were all having the same realization that while there was a lot of important work and projects happening at the intersection of arts and sustainability in Canada, there lacked some kind of structure to bring this work together, to align activities, to develop a national strategy, and to deeply, deeply question the role of arts and culture in the climate emergency and activate the leadership of the sector in terms of the mobilization that needs to happen in wider society. SCALE is really trying to become that gathering place that will engender that high level collaboration, which hopefully will create those positive tipping points.é60 boutet : a la recherche d'un esprit collectif (in French), my conversation with arts practice researcher Dr. Danielle Boutet on ecological consciousness, reality, activism, grief, art as a way of life, innovation and spiritualityUnconsciousCollectively, we are unconscious. We try to talk about ecological consciousness. If there is a collective psyche, which I believe there is, I do think there is a kind of collective mind, but it is a mind that is unconscious, that is not capable of seeing itself, of reflecting and therefore not capable of meditating, not capable of transforming itself, and therefore subject to its fears and its impulses. I am quite pessimistic about this, in the sense that ecological grief, all grief and all fear is repressed at the moment. There are activists shouting in the wilderness, screaming, and people are listening, but in a fog. It is not enough to bring about collective action. Therefore, our grieving is far from being done, collectively.Changing our relationship to nature We need to change our relationship to nature, our way of relating to others, and it's not the generalizing science that's going to tell us, it's this kind of science of the singular and the experience of each person. For me, it is really a great field of innovation, of research and I see that the artists go in this direction. You know, you and I have been watching the changes in the art world since the 1990s. I see it through the artists who talk about it more and more and integrate their reflection in their approach. How art can help humans evolveI hear a lot of people calling for artists to intervene and of artists also saying that something must be done, etc. I think that art is not a good vehicle for activism. I'm really sorry for all the people who are interested in this. I don't want to shock anyone, but sometimes it can risk falling into propaganda or ideology or a kind of facility that I am sorry about, in the sense that I think art can do so much more than that and go so much deeper than that. Art can help humans to evolve. It is at this level that I think that we can really have an action, but I think that we have always had this action, and it is a question of doing it again and again and again.e61sokoloski: from research to action, my conversation with arts leader Robin Sokoloski about cultural research, arts policy, climate emergency, community-engaged arts, creative solution making and how to create equitable and inclusive organizational structuresConnections to truly impact policyI think that there needs to be greater capacity within the art sector for research to action. When I say that the art sector itself needs to be driving policy. We need to have the tools, the understanding, the training, the connections to truly impact policy and one thing that Mass Cultureis really focused on at the moment is how do we first engage the sector in what are the research priorities and what needs to be investigated together and what that process looks like, but then how do you then take that research create it so that it drives change.Creative Solution MakingI'm very curious to see what the arts can do to convene us as a society around particular areas of challenges and interests that we're all feeling and needing to face. I think it's about bringing the art into a frame where we could potentially provide a greater sense of creative solution making instead of how we are sometimes viewed, which is art on walls or on stages. I think there's much more potential than that to engage the arts in society.Organizational StructuresWe do have the power as human beings to change human systems and so I think I'm very curious of working with people who are like-minded and who want to operate differently. I often use the organizational structure as an example of that because it is, as we all know is not a perfect model. We complain about it often and yet we always default to it. How can we come together, organize and, and bring ideas to life in different ways by changing that current system, make it more equitable, make it more inclusive, find ways of bringing people in and not necessarily having them commit, but have them come touch and go when they need to and I feel as though there'll be a more range of ideas brought to the table and just a more enriching experience and being able to bring solutions into reality by thinking of how our structures are set up and how we could do those things differently.  *END NOTES FOR ALL EPISODESHere is a link for more information on season 5. Please note that, in parallel with the production of the conscient podcast and it's francophone counterpart, balado conscient, I publish a Substack newsletter called ‘a calm presence' which are 'short, practical essays for those frightened by the ecological crisis'. To subscribe (free of charge) see https://acalmpresence.substack.com. You'll also find a podcast version of each a calm presence posting on Substack or one your favorite podcast player.Also. please note that a complete transcript of conscient podcast and balado conscient episodes from season 1 to 4 is available on the web version of this site (not available on podcast apps) here: https://conscient-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes.Your feedback is always welcome at claude@conscient.ca and/or on conscient podcast social media: Facebook, X, Instagram or Linkedin. I am grateful and accountable to the earth and the human labour that provided me with the privilege of producing this podcast, including the toxic materials and extractive processes behind the computers, recorders, transportation systems and infrastructure that made this production possible. Claude SchryerLatest update on April 2, 2024

--Story-- It's a rainy evening wherever you and your Partner, none other than Bucky Barnes, have managed to find a secluded spot, out of the way enough that neither of you should be bothered, to park the small, low profile vehicle, you'd managed to nab off the street earlier with ease. It had served you both well, not raising any attention of any of the Super-Soldiers you'd just lost a fight to. Needless to say, both former Avengers were definitely out of practice after having been forced to re-adjust to living somewhat of a normal life after fighting alongside the rest of the Team in the Battle of Earth. And now, as you lay with your head resting softly on Bucky's chest, the steady sound of his heartbeat beginning to lull you into a light slumber, accompanied by the pitter patter of rain against the windows on either side of you and the occasional distant rumble of thunder, you can't help but feel at peace momentarily - a seemingly rare occurrence nowadays. However, when your Partner shifts slightly, bringing a hand to fiddle absentmindedly with your hair, you become slightly more awake, his genuinely concerned tone asking a soft “you okay?” pulling you from your thoughts. “Yeah,” You murmur, raising your gaze to meet his steely blue ones, glimmering down at you in the dim darkness. “Just thinking about how messed up everything with Nagel and the serum is, that's all. It just makes me wonder how many more people have to get hurt to make way for this hunk of metal.” At this, he scoffs slightly. “Well, it depends on who you ask. This hunk of metal saved a lot of lives.” Now it's your turn to frown, trickles of guilt falling into your tone. “I know, Buck. It's just… Super-Soldier serum in the 21st Century… In the hands of a group of radicalized, angry kids?” You pause, sighing heavily. “It just worries me. That's all.” A beat of silence between you both passes. “Maybe…” Bucky muses from above you, settling back into the makeshift bed you both had set up in the back seat of the vehicle. “You know,” You start once more, the silence becoming too thick for you to bear - even the rain and thunder seeming to drag on. “He talked about destroying the shield, right? Sarah talked him into giving it to the museum, but now… He's obviously made a mistake.” The man holding you just nods, a look of momentary vulnerability gracing his handsome features. “That shield represents a lot of things to a lot of people; including me.” You sigh, offering Bucky a small, reassuring smile. “I know it does. And when I heard Sam talking about destroying it… I just should've called in the first place… Then maybe we wouldn't be stuck where we are now.” Now it's Bucky's turn to smile, though it quickly turns into a shared look of distaste. “The world is upside down… We need a new Cap…” All you can do is nod in agreement, chuckling softly. “That we do. And Walker ain't gonna get very far against those Super-Soldiers, considering we got our butts whooped…” Another moment of silence passes, though this time, it's comfortable. “Let's take the shield and do this ourselves.” Your Partner determines softly, patting your head lightly before reaching across your form pressed against his and flicking on the portable radio - a smooth, relaxing jazz tune quickly filling the small space around you both. “I thought you'd never ask.” You grin sleepily, snuggling closer into Bucky's warm frame, allowing the sounds all around you to flood your senses, finally managing to pull you off into a well-earned slumber. --Info-- I own no rights to any sounds used in this video! I simply just compiled them into this soundscape! The image is also not mine! This audio is great to play in the background to help sleep, study, or simply relax! --My Socials-- My Linktree (Containing the below socials + other neat stuff!) https://linktr.ee/Kaila_Falcon

--Story-- It's a rainy evening in Washington, DC - an evening perfect for curling up with a good book and some music. However, as you set the needle on the record player, grab a nearby blanket and curl up into your usual reading nook, you just can't seem to focus on the words printed on the pages. Rather, your mind is elsewhere, wandering from thought to thought. So, you give up on your book, instead deciding to sit and wait for your fiancé, none other than Steve Rogers - Captain America himself - to finish getting cleaned up after another day of whatever his superhero work entails. As you wait, you begin to doze in and out of a half slumber, the sound of the rain pitter pattering against the open window and the nightly buzz of the city outside, accompanied by the gentle tune surrounding you doing a great job at relaxing every single one of your senses. You must've fallen asleep for a moment, because when you're awoken with a soft shake of your shoulders, a pair of familiarly strong hands placed on either side, you come to with a start. Steve is smiling down at you softly, a teasing glimmer in his blue eyes while you blink a few times, unable to comprehend what exactly you'd seemed to have missed out on. “Care to dance?” He murmurs aloud in question, taking your hand in his, waiting for your response. All you can do is nod, still slightly drowsy, as you're hauled to your feet and swept into the arms of your lover, pressed firmly against his strong frame, swaying the pair of you slowly around the living room to the music. Inwardly, you grin, your fatigued mind becoming a bit clearer. It would seem falling asleep was a great way to pass the time, after all. --Info-- I own no rights to any sounds used in this video! I simply just compiled them into this soundscape! The image is also not mine! This audio is great to play in the background to help sleep, study, or simply relax! --My Socials-- My Linktree (Containing the below socials + other neat stuff!) https://linktr.ee/Kaila_Falcon @Kaila_Falcon (Wattpad) https://www.wattpad.com/user/Kaila_Falcon @all_things_aviation (Spotify) https://open.spotify.com/user/all_things_aviation @Kaila_Falcon (Pinterest) https://www.pinterest.ca/Kaila_Falcon/boards/

--Story-- It's an early morning in Louisiana, so much so that as you blearily trail after the man who had so rudely awoken you from your slumber, the rising sun momentarily blinds you, earning a discontented groan from you. Nonetheless, you finally begin to come to as the morning progresses, the constant buzz of whatever upbeat tunes are playing on the radio that Bucky had decided to turn on in an attempt to drown out Sam, who had been continually scolding his friend for flirting with his sister the other day, keeping you awake as you work. The Wilson's family boat is a bit of a fixer-upper, that's for sure, as you duck below decks for what seems like the hundredth time in the span of a few minutes, continuing to troubleshoot the boat engine that's been deciding to just not cooperate at all. As time wears on and the three of you try every fix in the book, finally, after what seems like an eternity, the boat roars to life, sounding good as new. Definitely worth some celebration. -Info-- I own no rights to any sounds used in this video! I simply just compiled them into this soundscape! The image is also not mine! This audio is great to play in the background to help sleep, study, or simply relax! --My Socials-- My Linktree (Containing the below socials + other neat stuff!) https://linktr.ee/Kaila_Falcon @Kaila_Falcon (Wattpad) https://www.wattpad.com/user/Kaila_Falcon @all_things_aviation (Spotify) https://open.spotify.com/user/all_things_aviation @Kaila_Falcon (Pinterest) https://www.pinterest.ca/Kaila_Falcon/boards/

Warning: Sirens and gunfire sound effects used. --Story-- It's a rainy night in the streets of Madripoor, the occasional low rumble of thunder echoing off the cityscape surrounding you. You're tagging along with your two friends and Partners, Bucky Barnes and Sam Wilson. Baron Zemo, the same Zemo who had framed Bucky for the bombing of the UN and then went on to actually force the former Winter Soldier to have HYDRA's programming re-awoken, all so he could just escape as the chaos had unfolded, also a trailing along. Needless to say, when Bucky had first informed you of his intentions to free the criminal from jail, you had been skeptical, but understood why. Zemo knows people; knows all of HYDRA's secrets. And when dealing with a brand new breed of Super-Soldiers, it would only seem probable that the Baron might know something you didn't. So that's where you are now, walking down the sketchy streets of the lawless island, sticking rather close to Sam and Bucky, often slowing your strides to fall back with the former, mentally checking up on his well-being through his facial expressions as the walk continues deeper. The four of you wind up at an open-air bar of sorts, with Zemo making small talk with the bartender, Sam at his side, both you and Bucky hanging back aways, surveying the room. Things don't seem right. Though not unusual for a place like this to have its civilians all carrying a wide variety of firearms, everyone else seems on edge, almost as if they're just waiting for some sort of trouble to break out. As it turns out, the sirens coming closer are a tell-tale sign of what's to come. The four of you aren't exactly welcome here, with a sudden bounty placed on each of your heads. Becoming slightly panicked, both you and the former Winter Soldier share a nod with Sam, who harshly grabs Zemo's forearm, dragging him out of the bar after you both. The rain is coming down much heavier now, soaking your smaller figure in comparison to your comrade's, mentally cursing Zemo for only having the thinnest of feminine clothing stored on the private jet that had brought you all here. You don't have much time to sulk about the rain, however, as the abrupt clatter of gunfire pierces your senses, causing you to quickly get a move on, splashing through puddles as you run, trying to escape your pursuers. “I can't run in these heels!” You vaguely make out Sam's humored remark completely unsuitable for the situation you're currently in, continuing to run, Bucky keeping a steady pace at your side. Though when a sudden clamor of gunfire sounds from in front of you, the agonized cries of the people who had been chasing you falling dead to the ground, meets your ears, the three of you exchange bewildered glances, Zemo appearing from the shadows. Another figure steps out of the haze in front of you, leading the way with a pistol at the ready, steadily aimed at the Baron. “Drop it Zemo.” The newcomer seethes, removing her hood to reveal a surprisingly familiar face. “Sharon?” Bucky muses aloud from beside you, almost voicing your internal thoughts. All you can do is stand there, eying Zemo over carefully as your ally explains her situation, her own gaze following the Baron's every move. “Come on,” She mutters finally, holstering her sidearm in one swift motion, beckoning the four of you to follow. “I've got a place in hightown where you should be safe for a while.” So, that's exactly what you all agree upon, wordlessly following after your apparent savoir, the sounds of distant gunfire rising above the passing vehicles and rain and thunder. Maybe coming to Madripoor was a complete mistake, if this is the way it's gonna go.  --My Socials--  My Linktree (Containing my socials + other neat stuff!) https://linktr.ee/Kaila_Falcon 

--Story-- It's a rainy afternoon in 1940s New York - the first rainy day in a long while. People outside are embracing the weather, walking along as if they don't have a care in the world. But, you and your two best friends are lounging comfortably in your small bedroom, the only one with a working heater to keep the dampness away, while simply listening to the pitter patter of rain against the window and the sound of distant jazz music filtering through the radio in the living room. Before long however, the soft snores coming from beside you are a tell-tale sign that Bucky had finally fallen asleep, while the light scribbling of pencil and the flipping of paper keeps you company from where Steve is sitting, closest to the heater, sketching another likely stunning looking drawing. With a soft sigh of contentment, you snuggle against Bucky's chest and begin to relax, beginning to unwind after a busy morning of errands. --Info-- This audio is great to play in the background to help sleep, study, or simply relax! --My Socials-- @Kaila_Falcon (Wattpad) https://www.wattpad.com/user/Kaila_Falcon @all_things_aviation (Spotify) https://open.spotify.com/user/all_things_aviation @Kaila_Falcon (Pinterest) https://www.pinterest.ca/Kaila_Falcon/boards/

--Story-- It's a beautifully sunny morning on the front porch of the small house you and the love of your life had just moved into a while back. With the wind softly whistling through the grass, the birds chirping in the trees, the constant bubble of the nearby stream and the occasional chime of wind chimes, it is a rare moment of absolute peace that you soak up with every part of you while you rock back and forth in your rocking chair, sipping on the warm beverage in your hands. Though, when the familiar creak of the screen door opening, accompanied by an even more familiar series of footsteps reach your ears and pull you from your thoughts, you turn to face the newcomer with a broad smile. A rather disheveled and still sleepy looking Bucky Barnes offers you a small grin in reply, wordlessly extending a hand out to you, the soft sound of the usual record you two always dance to, filtering through the open doors and windows out to where you both are. Sharing yet another smirk, you place your hand in his and allow yourself to sway along to the tunes and his movements, your bodies pressed snugly together. As the first song begins to conclude, you sigh contentedly, the pace of the swaying winding down. Though, the man holding you doesn't let you go, instead, the pair of you continue to dance slowly, simply enjoying the presence of the other and the surrounding sounds of nature coming alive for the day, the warm sunshine a tell-tale sign that today is indeed going to be a pleasant one. --Info-- I own no rights to any sounds used in this video! I simply just compiled them into this soundscape! The image is also not mine! This audio is great to play in the background to help sleep, study, or simply relax! -My Socials-- @Kaila_Falcon (Wattpad) https://www.wattpad.com/user/Kaila_Falcon @all_things_aviation (Spotify) https://open.spotify.com/user/all_things_aviation @Kaila_Falcon (Pinterest) https://www.pinterest.ca/Kaila_Falcon/boards/

--Story-- It's a rainy evening on the mission you're on. So much so, that you and your Partners, none other than Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes, have been forced to hunker down for the night at a local coffee shop, the owner more than willing to let three Avengers stay in his shop for the night while the storm passes. He sets you three up in a fairly secluded corner at the back of the shop before hurrying off to tend to the seeming never ending flow of customers wandering in to also escape the rain, even at this time of night. For the first while, you read through some of the books that had been sitting on the table in front of you, glancing at Bucky every now and then, his fatigued features beginning to become evident, his eyes struggling to stay open. Steve, however, is still wide awake, the scribbling of pencil against paper enough evidence of that fact. Setting your book aside and letting the gentle sounds of the coffee shop around you fade into a soothing white noise, you snuggle closer to the brunet who is now snoring softly, arms crossed over his chest, eyes closed. Hopefully, tomorrow morning, the rain will have lessened up and the three of you will be able to continue your mission. But, as of right now, you're grateful at the momentary peaceful and easy environment. --Info-- I own no rights to any sounds used in this video! I simply just compiled them into this soundscape! The image is also not mine! This audio is great to play in the background to help sleep, study, or simply relax! --My Socials-- @Kaila_Falcon (Wattpad) https://www.wattpad.com/user/Kaila_Falcon @all_things_aviation (Spotify) https://open.spotify.com/user/all_things_aviation @Kaila_Falcon (Pinterest) https://www.pinterest.ca/Kaila_Falcon/boards/

--Story-- It's late. Later than usual. You're even already tucked into the bed that you and your fiancé, James Buchanan, better known to you and everyone else you know as “Bucky” Barnes, share in the small, one bedroom apartment you'd managed to find at a decent price in Brooklyn. It's quaint, but it certainly does the job. After all, a roof over your head is better than no roof at all. Bucky should be back from grabbing the mail - a chore both you and he had remembered had to be done the minute you began cleaning up from dinner. And now, as you lay in bed, waiting for his return, the muffled sounds of some late night talk show on the TV out in the living room reach your ears, the rain pattering against the open bedroom window, accompanied by the sounds of the city nightlife. The sound of keys against the front door and, seconds later, familiar footsteps and a soft sigh before the door closes, awakens you slightly. Bucky's familiar figure appears in the doorway to the room you're currently half-asleep in, a slight smirk tugging at the edges of his lips as he clambers into bed beside you, quickly settling in. Some time passes as you both lay there, simply enjoying the steady sound of the rain outside, your thoughts wandering. But, just as you're about to fall into a light slumber, the man lying beside you decides to roll out of bed and disappear from your view, his soft footsteps echoing after him. The sound of the TV is abruptly silenced, though is replaced by the familiar sound of the needle on the record player being dropped. And the next thing you know, a lighthearted, gentle vintage sounding tune filters through the air, Bucky back by your side in bed, snoring softly. Smiling to yourself, you snuggle closer to his form, finally allowing yourself to drift off into a well-deserved slumber. --Info-- I own no rights to any sounds used in this video! I simply just compiled them into this soundscape! The image is also not mine! This audio is great to play in the background to help sleep, study, or simply relax! --My Socials-- @Kaila_Falcon (Wattpad) https://www.wattpad.com/user/Kaila_Falcon @all_things_aviation (Spotify) https://open.spotify.com/user/all_things_aviation @Kaila_Falcon (Pinterest) https://www.pinterest.ca/Kaila_Falcon/boards/

--Story-- It had taken you and your Partner, none other than James Buchanan Barnes or better known to you as Bucky, quite some time to find the small safehouse deep within the snowy wilderness that had been detailed in your Mission folder. But, thankfully, you both managed to find the small log cabin in the forest's one and only clearing. Right away, you both had stumbled inside the small area, sighing gratefully at the already cut and split stack of firewood neatly stacked next to the fireplace. The both of you settle in as the wintry wind blows outside, making you shiver internally, even though you're curled up on the double cot acting as a makeshift bed in front of the crackling flames dancing in the fireplace, the book you'd decided to bring along with you on this particular Mission, in your hands. The sound of the chilly storm outside is dampened by the comforting sound of smooth jazz softly playing from the old, rather beat up iPod Bucky always carries, knowing that it helps you both relax after stressful Missions like these. Wordlessly, the sound of your Partner crawling under the blankets beside you pulls you from your thoughts. He takes some time to settle in, though you don't mind, beginning to read your novel, flipping pages every now and then. As time wears on, the sound of his light snoring from where he's laying beside you wanders to your ears, earning a soft smile from you. Silently, you tuck the book you'd been reading away and snuggle closer to his much larger and warmer frame, the sounds surrounding you quickly lulling you to sleep as well. --Info-- I own no rights to any sounds used in this video! I simply just compiled them into this soundscape! The image is also not mine! This audio is great to play in the background to help sleep, study, or simply relax! --My Socials-- @Kaila_Falcon (Wattpad) https://www.wattpad.com/user/Kaila_Falcon @all_things_aviation (Spotify) https://open.spotify.com/user/all_things_aviation @Kaila_Falcon (Pinterest) https://www.pinterest.ca/Kaila_Falcon/boards/

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We all get lost sometimes, the question is: are we worth finding? I share what I learned losing a pair of gloves. Story SummaryToday I share the story of losing a very needed and appreciated pair of gloves at hardware store. I was devastated and enlisted the help of store associates to help me find the gloves. I searched all over for about 10 minutes. 3 Truths About Lost SoulsAt the time of the lost gloves, I was preparing to teach a Sunday School lesson on Luke 15 which includes the parable of the Lost Sheep, the Lost Coin and the Prodigal son. As I walked out to my car that day a distinct impression came into my head: “You just spent 10 minutes looking for a $15 pair of gloves. Will you spend 10 minutes helping my lost sheep?” 1. We Each Have Tremendous Worth! We are worth more than gloves or sheep! We are worth loving and searching for. Isaiah 53:6, “All we like sheep have gone astray.” Religious leader M. Russell Ballard said, “Every soul is very precious to our Heavenly Father. We must never forget that through the atonement, the Lord Jesus Christ paid a great price for the redemption of each one of us. His suffering must not be in vain.”2. God loves us Perfectly! I believe the parable of the prodigal son teaches us so much about God's infinite love and mercy. We learn from this parable that: God doesn't want to control us or keep us from making foolish mistakes. He loves us and our agency, and so He watches. When we take the slightest turn to come back, he runs to us! Religious leader Jeffrey R. Holland said, “The tender image of this boy's anxious, faithful father running to meet him and showing him with kisses is one of the most moving and compassionate scenes in all holy writ. It tells every child of God, wayward or otherwise, how much God wants us back in the protection of His arms.”3. We Can All Rejoice Together! At the end of each parable, there is a great rejoicing which takes place—a celebration. Going back to my story of the lost glove. After searching with the store associates for 10 minutes, we found the gloves. I was so happy! Conclusion of StoryIt was on the way out to the car (with my gloves on my hand) that God began teaching me those 3 critical lessons: 1.    We each have tremendous worth—more that gloves, sheep, or coins. We are each worth looking for and finding. 2.    Now, I loved my gloves because they kept my hands warm in the cold. But God loves each of us perfectly and wants us to come home. He loves us when we are lost, and He loves us when we are found. 3.    And when we find lost gloves, sheep, coins or prodigals, We can all Rejoice Together! Any time a soul repents, it is worth celebrating. I celebrated with the store associates when my gloves were found—and they were only worth $15. The worth of souls is worth celebrating eternally. InvitationMy invitation to you today is to spend 10 minutes loving someone who needs a little love. Maybe that someone is you. Maybe that someone is a friend or a family member. God will inspire you to know who needs a little love. You can do this through a text, a phone call or maybe by dropping cookies on their doorstep. PromiseI promise that whoever is lost is loved and noticed by God. And in His own time and way, not only will gloves, sheep and coins be found, but so will souls be wrapped in His eternal embrace. #tamarakanderson #storiesofhopeinhardtimes #podcast #hope #God #hardtimes #lost #found #God #Bible #parable #Luke15 #prodigal #lostsheep #lostcoin #worth #love #rejoice You can find the full transcription of today's episode on my website: https://tamarakanderson.com/podcasts/3-truths-learned-from-lost-gloves (https://tamarakanderson.com/podcasts/3-truths-learned-from-lost-gloves)

Lauren's Story:It was a bittersweet experience to be diagnosed with stage four breast cancer at the age of 37.  The thought of my young children, and what this label will mean to them, overwhelmed me. At the same time, I felt empowered, in a way I had waited to be empowered my entire life.  I knew I had a cause to fight for. I knew there were hurting people, people who did not have the tools to escape the pain of their diagnosis, and because of my diagnosis, I would fully understand what was needed to serve, support and encourage them. As a young mother with metastatic cancer, I can understand the emotional burden that cancer brings into the life of a patient and his/her immediate family. Spouses carry a burden equal to that of the patient, while children analyze every stressful moment filled with fear. http://www.adventuretherapyfoundation.org/about-us/Cancer doesn't just weaken a body, it takes a significant emotional toll on family members. Adventure Therapy exists to give families impacted by cancer the opportunity to find emotional release in the outdoors. Walls and boundaries are minimized and the vastness of what lies beyond our limitations can be imagined in the wilderness.  Experiencing the mountains offers healing to the body and peace to the soul.This Summer, Lauren will launch RISE an app to provide support to patients facing a cancer diagnosis to connect with others sharing their diagnosis and local resources available that may help them navigate their cancer journey. Support the show

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