Podcast appearances and mentions of tara owens

Welcome back to Restoring the Soul with Michael John Cusick. In today's episode, Michael sits down with Tara Owens, author of Embracing the Body: Finding God in Our Flesh and Bone, for a rich conversation about the intersection of faith, embodiment, and the profound ways our physical selves connect us to God. Together, they explore how centuries of Christian teaching have shaped our views of the body, often separating the spiritual from the physical, and what it looks like to reclaim embodied living as part of spiritual wholeness.Tara shares deeply from her own story, reflecting on the journey toward befriending her body, wrestling with illness, and moving beyond inherited theologies that diminish the goodness of our physicality. Michael and Tara discuss the ongoing relevance of Jesus's embodiment—his exhaustion, pain, and friendships—and how this shapes our understanding of being human and spiritual.Touching on themes like Gnosticism, church history, touch deprivation in our society, and the real-life struggles of finding God amid physical limitations, this episode is a vulnerable invitation to embrace the sacredness of our skin and bones.Whether you're curious about embodiment, recovering from damaging messages about your body, or simply longing for a deeper spiritual connection, this conversation illuminates the wholeness available when we find God not despite our bodies but through them. Plus, Tara offers insights into her ministry, Anam Cara, and the role of spiritual direction in nurturing soulful friendship with God.Support the showENGAGE THE RESTORING THE SOUL PODCAST:- Follow us on YouTube - Tweet us at @michaeljcusick and @PodcastRTS- Like us on Facebook- Follow us on Instagram & Twitter- Follow Michael on Twitter- Email us at info@restoringthesoul.com Thanks for listening!

There are many ways God speaks to us, but our bodies, which He created and called "good" is one of those ways. And yet, we often ignore the signals our bodies give us. Our body is where the Spirit resides (I Corinthians 6:19). As Barbara Brown Taylor says, "....trust the body to enlighten the soul." What if we stop to ask what God is trying to tell us through our body's signals and functions? Quotes from: Eugene Peterson, Barbara Brown Taylor, Celeste Snowber Schroeder (Embodied Prayer), Tara Owens, and Jan Richardson (The Sanctuary of Women).For more information on integrative spiritual practices, go to breatheandbe.net.

Tara Owens joins Aaron Niequist to reflect on the why, what, and how of Spiritual Direction. Tara is the founder and executive director of Anam Cara Ministries where she has been companioning others for nearly 20 years as a certified spiritual director and supervisor.

r. Kathleen McManus, OP, a Sister of Saint Dominic of Blauvelt, New York, joins Maria Tattu Bowen, Vanessa Caruso, and Tara Owens to discuss deep incarnation and how this orientation to the world and the life of Christ transforms the ministry of supervision in profound and beautiful ways.

Maria Tattu Bowen and Tara Owens speak with Scott Quinn about the importance of navigating issues related to LGBTQIA+ directees and directors with compassion, contemplation, and love as spiritual direction supervisors.

Join us for this season's first engaging episode with Tara Owens, Maria Tattu Bowen, and Sharon Wada. Sharon has been passionate about spiritual formation ministry since her graduate days at Fuller Seminary. Her special interests include multi-ethnic issues and leadership development in church and non-profit ministries. In addition to teaching in the School of Spiritual Direction, Sharon gladly serves as co-director of Sustainable Faith along side Dave Nixon. We're thrilled to have such a gifted and articulate guest launching this season of supervision conversations.

In a deeply personal episode, Maria Tattu Bowen, Vanessa Caruso, and Tara Owens discuss the impact of illness (both chronic and acute) on the practice of spiritual direction and supervision. How do we discern how to hold our visible and invisible illnesses? How might they change or charge our practice in particular ways?

Hosts Vanessa Caruso and Tara Owens are joined by trauma therapist, spiritual director, and educator Tracy Busse to talk about trauma in spiritual direction and supervision, polyvagal theory, and how to practice in a trauma-informed way.

Co-hosts Maria Tattu Bowen, Vanessa Caruso, and Tara Owens discuss what makes the Together in the Mystery model of supervision unique and why it matters to spiritual direction and supervision practices so deeply.

Tara Owens - Embracing The Body by Bill and Sandi Griffin

In this episode, Brandon interviews Tara Owens about spiritual direction. They talk about the ancient roots of spiritual direction in the church and how it differs from discipleship and counseling. They emphasize and explore how spiritual direction really does not have an agenda. A fundamental aspect of spiritual direction is trusting that God is present, desiring to be with you and that this is enough of an agenda. Spiritual direction isn't a replacement for other key aspects of Christian growth such as preaching, teaching, and evangelism. Rather, it is like a table leg that works alongside those things to bring stability and wholeness to our journey with God. Join us for the discussion and explore what Spiritual Direction really is all about.    Check out Anam Cara Ministries! Here's the poem that inspired Tara's earthworm metaphor! Earthworms by Lynn Unger

The tables are turned in this episode as one of our hosts, Tara, becomes the guest for a discussion of what it means to hold space for deconstruction in both the spiritual direction and supervision relationships. Joined in the host chair by Vanessa Caruso, Maria and Tara take time to unpack this important and present topic. Tara Owens, CSD, CSDS is the Executive Director of Anam Cara Ministries, and has been a spiritual director and supervisor for more than 15 years. She is the author of two books, Embracing the Body: Finding God In Our Flesh & Bone (IVP: 2015) and At Play In God's Creation: A Contemplative Coloring Book (Franciscan Media: 2017), teaches and trains spiritual directors through the Anam Cara Apprenticeship and lives in Colorado with her family.

Tara Owens is the founder and executive director of Anam Cara Ministries, where she has been accompanying others in their journeys with God for 15 years as a certified spiritual director and supervisor. Tara holds a Masters of Theological Studies in Spiritual Formation, combined with a certificate in Death, Dying & Grieving, from Tyndale Seminary, and the Advanced Certificate in Supervision from the Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education at Fordham University. Tara also teaches rabbinic Scripture study groups, educates spiritual directors, teaches in several spiritual direction programs across the U.S., and teaches a variety of spiritual formation courses. Tara was the Senior Editor of Conversations Journal for 7 years and has authored two books, Embracing the Body: Finding God in Our Flesh & Bone (IVP, 2015), and At Play In God's Creation: A Contemplative Coloring Book (Franciscan Media, 2016).In my conversation with Tara, we talk about soul friendship; what it is, how it impacts the world, why Tara refers to it as “living art,” and how soul friendship plays a crucial role in resisting culture. We also talk at length about Tara's book, Embracing the Body. Tara helps us move away from cultural trends of objectifying or criticizing our bodies, to instead befriend our bodies and see them as good. She reminds us that God speaks through our bodies, so often reminding us of His care and presence in the midst of our own embodiment.

The inaugural episode of the Three Association podcast, a supervision podcast with hosts Maria Bowen, Tara Owens, and Noel Cabigting.

In the book Prayer: 40 Days of Practice, I take a swing at unpacking the word “spiritual;” not an effort to redefine the word for all users, but an effort to expand its application to meet my own experience and expectation. I do so by way of a kind of allegory; one in which a young man visits a religious guide of some kind, I think I call him a priest in the actual chapter, and shares that something feels wrong in his connection with The Divine. He describes it as a kind of pain in his chest; one he experiences most keenly at night when he lays down to reflect on his day. After describing the discomfort in some detail, the young man expects a particular kind of “spiritual” response from his priest friend. But that priest friend reaches into his bag to retrieve an antacid, saying “Son, you have heartburn.”My hope is that the story expands a readers' take on what it means to think of themselves spiritually. That, instead of “spiritual” matters being those that are disembodied and separate from financial, social, physical, mental, or emotional ones, thinking spiritually is about seeing all those aspects of one's existence as integrated, sacred, and attended to by The One Who Holds All Things Together. And while the story presents a bit more prescriptive role from the priest, that expanded expectation regarding what is “spiritual” is part of the work of spiritual direction. And spiritual direction, as a practice and a profession, deserves a whole long look before we go simply and easily defining it. If living spiritually has to do with considering every square inch of my life worth the attention of God, then learning to practice that kind of life takes a very nuanced, very detailed, and (dare I say) very personal help. That has been the role of spiritual direction for me and one I have longed to play in the lives of others. I am currently apprenticed to Tara Owens who is a spiritual director and the founder of Man Cara Ministries. Her wisdom and experience have been on the revolutionary side of enriching for me and because I know my attempts at passing along the things (and the ways) I've come to see by way of her guidance, I visited her in Colorado Springs so that I could pass along our conversation. I think you'll dig it. Check it out. 

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This is WEEK 8 of our summer series The Roaring Summer of ‘21 Series: The Best of the Best! We have gone back thru all 5 of our seasons and come up with 10 episodes that have been our most listened to and will be airing those episodes over the next 10 weeks. Today is our 3rd most popular podcast, What is a Soul Friendship? Kaylene was joined by Special Guest Tara Owens in the episode.   SHOW NOTES Today we are talking about friendship. Not just any kind of friendship, but a spiritual, soul friendship. What is a soul friend? (In Gaelic it is known as Anam Cara). And how does it tie in to having a spiritual director? Listen in on this conversation with Kaylene and Tara Owens, founder of Anam Cara Ministry, and learn! RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE PODCAST Today's Guest - Tara Owens Tara was born in Montreal to British parents who moved to Canada for a better life for their growing family. Canadian by birth and British by blood, she has lived all over the US, and now lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Tara discerned the call to spiritual direction while completing a Master of Theological Studies in Spiritual Formation at Tyndale Seminary in Toronto. She was captured by the incredible privilege it is to companion someone as they discern the voice of the Loving Creator in their lives. Tara founded Anam Cara Ministries in 2007 as a place of where true soul friendship can be found. ‘Anam Cara' is an ancient Celtic word meaning ‘soul friend,' one of the essential qualities of a spiritual director. Suggestions on where to find a Spiritual Director: Your local church A local seminary Retreat Centers Anam Cara Ministry Potter's Inn Moment to Breathe - A Friendship Blessing by John O'Donohue - from his book Anam Cara: A Book Of Celtic Wisdom   SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate Here for an individual contribution or on Patreon to set up monthly support. SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Leave a comment below or send our co-host team a message at podcast@pottersinn.com

This is WEEK 2 of our summer series The Roaring Summer of ‘21 Series: The Best of the Best! We have gone back thru all 5 of our seasons and come up with 10 episodes that have been our most listened too and will be airing those episodes over the next 10 weeks. Today is our 9th most popular podcast, which was recorded at the beginning of the pandemic and originally aired in March 2020 and called Lamenting through the Pandemic.   SHOW NOTES How can we ever find words for all our groaning's stirring inside of us? Steve has an engaging and helpful conversation with Tara Owens about Grief, Lament, and the Pandemic. The podcast will offer a unique way to actually write your own lament--to get 'this' out of you.  We are offering Tara's guide on Lament “French Pantoum-An Exercise for Lament” in the RESOURCES below that is a guide to help you write your own personal lament. And please head over to our "Soul Care Conversation Facebook Page” and share your lament with us. SPECIAL GUEST TARA OWENS Tara was born in Montreal to British parents who moved to Canada for a better life for their growing family. Canadian by birth and British by blood, she has lived all over the US, and now lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Tara discerned the call to spiritual direction while completing a Master of Theological Studies in Spiritual Formation at Tyndale Seminary in Toronto. She was captured by the incredible privilege it is to companion someone as they discern the voice of the Loving Creator in their lives. Tara founded Anam Cara Ministries in 2007 as a place of where true soul friendship can be found. ‘Anam Cara' is an ancient Celtic word meaning ‘soul friend,' one of the essential qualities of a spiritual director. Anam Cara Ministries Tara also joined us in the conversation in Episode 21 on Soulful Friendships - LISTEN   RESOURCES French Pantoum-An Exercise for Lament - DOWNLOAD Head over to our "Soul Care Conversation Facebook Page” and share your lament with us. You can record it on video or make a post - whatever you feel comfortable with. Hard Times Require Furious Dancing by Alice Walker Joshua 5 (NIV) Creating Space for our Souls in a Critical Time - this is a new portion of the podcast where our hosts show how they are practicing soul care in the midst of chaos Today we will hear from Gwen on finding Beauty in watercolors      

JOIN US! Join the podcast discussion with others! Join our Soul Care Conversations Podcast Facebook Group for more discussion and community. SHOW NOTES How can we ever find words for all our groaning’s stirring inside of us? Steve has an engaging and helpful conversation with Tara Owens about Grief, Lament, and the Pandemic. The podcast will offer a unique way to actually write your own lament--to get 'this" out of you.  We are offering Tara’s guide on Lament “French Pantoum-An Exercise for Lament” in the RESOURCES below that is a guide to help you write your own personal lament. SPECIAL GUEST TARA OWENS Tara was born in Montreal to British parents who moved to Canada for a better life for their growing family. Canadian by birth and British by blood, she has lived all over the US, and now lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Tara discerned the call to spiritual direction while completing a Master of Theological Studies in Spiritual Formation at Tyndale Seminary in Toronto. She was captured by the incredible privilege it is to companion someone as they discern the voice of the Loving Creator in their lives. Tara founded Anam Cara Ministries in 2007 as a place of where true soul friendship can be found. ‘Anam Cara’ is an ancient Celtic word meaning ‘soul friend,’ one of the essential qualities of a spiritual director. Anam Cara Ministries Tara also joined us in the conversation in Episode 21 on Soulful Friendships - LISTEN RESOURCES French Pantoum-An Exercise for Lament - DOWNLOAD Head over to our "Soul Care Conversation Facebook Page” and share your lament with us. You can record it on video or make a post - whatever you feel comfortable with. Hard Times Require Furious Dancing by Alice Walker Joshua 5 (NIV) Creating Space for our Souls in a Critical Time - this is a new portion of the podcast where our hosts show how they are practicing soul care in the midst of chaos Today we will hear from Gwen on finding Beauty in watercolors

SHOW NOTES Today we are talking about friendship. Not just any kind of friendship, but spiritual, or soul friendship. What is a soul friend (in Gaelic known as Anam Cara)? And how does it tie in to having a spiritual director? Listen in on this conversation with Kaylene and Tara Owens, founder of Anam Cara Ministry, and learn! RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE PODCAST   Today’s Guest - Tara Owens Tara was born in Montreal to British parents who moved to Canada for a better life for their growing family. Canadian by birth and British by blood, she has lived all over the US, and now lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Tara discerned the call to spiritual direction while completing a Master of Theological Studies in Spiritual Formation at Tyndale Seminary in Toronto. She was captured by the incredible privilege it is to companion someone as they discern the voice of the Loving Creator in their lives. Tara founded Anam Cara Ministries (https://anamcara.com/) in 2007 as a place of where true soul friendship can be found. ‘Anam Cara’ is an ancient Celtic word meaning ‘soul friend,’ one of the essential qualities of a spiritual director.   Suggestions on where to find a Spiritual Director: Your local church A local seminary Retreat Centers Anam Cara Ministry (https://anamcara.com/spiritual-direction/) Potter’s Inn (https://www.pottersinn.com/)   Moment to Breathe - A Friendship Blessing by John O’Donohue - https://bit.ly/2md82uk (from John O’Donohue’s book Anam Cara: A Book Of Celtic Wisdom - https://amzn.to/2mg7mnK) 

What does Sabbath rest look like for modern society? Why do many of us struggle to develop healthy practices of rest and reflection? In this episode, Tara Owens, spiritual director and founder of Anam Cara Ministries, leads a discussion on the biblical model of Sabbath and how we can approach it today.

It’s Holy Week and we’re coming up on my favorite day in the Christian calendar: Maundy Thursday. Although it’s not a popular day for evangelical services, it’s without a doubt the most transformational space - or liminal space - that I’ve encountered in a Church service. That particular service was held at the International Anglican Church in Colorado Springs. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve attended many incredible revival services over the years, but the IAC Maundy Thursday service is kind of the opposite of revival, but in the best sort of way. In this episode, Tara Owens and Jay Greener help me tell this Maundy Thursday story. We talk about the institution of the Lord’s Supper, the discomfort of footwashing and how the disorientation of betrayal (along with pastoral defrocking and abandonment) prepares our hearts for Easter. Rev. Canon Jay Greener serves as the Rector at Church of the Redeemer In Chicago. Before that he served in various ministry roles within churches and Christian organizations around the country. Jay is also a Canon, or Senior Priest, in the Shyira Diocese of the Anglican Church of Rwanda. Formerly a broadcaster, Jay is particularly interested in the many ways that we hear God, and communicate about God. He is a graduate of Wheaton College, Yale Divinity School, and the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, Worship and the Arts. Tara Owens opens up our imagination for Maundy Thursday through her own story, which she writes about in her book Embracing the Body: Finding God in Our Flesh and Bone. Tara is a writer, Spiritual Director and Founder of Anam Cara Ministries. She holds a TM in Spiritual Formation from Tyndale Seminary. Links: Visit Church of the Redeemer https://redeemernorthshore.org/ Listen to Jay’s Sermons https://redeemernorthshore.org/category/podcast/ Connect with Tara Owens at https://anamcara.com/ Read her book Embracing the Body:Finding God in Our Flesh and Bone http://www.ivpress.com/cgi-ivpress/book.pl/code=3593 Read More about Maundy Thursday from these Missio authors: Maundy Thursday: #TrulyHuman Love Comes Through The Cross by Seth Richardson https://www.missioalliance.org/maundy-thursday-trulyhuman-love-comes-through-the-cross/ Maundy Thursday, a New Commandment, & a Prayer by Mark Moore https://www.missioalliance.org/maundy-thursday-a-new-commandment-a-prayer/ Holy Saturday – The leadership of Christ into the Tomb by David Fitch https://www.missioalliance.org/holy-saturday-the-leadership-of-christ-into-the-tomb/ Music: Special Thanks to Kai Engle (www.kai-engel.com) for the generous use of these songs: Irsens Tale, July, Cendres, Run, Snowfall Intro, January, Morbid Imagination, Soli, Realness And thank you to these www.Freesound.org contributors: Sink Water Washing Splishing splashing open washbasin vanity basin by Ericssoundschmiede washing hands shake by lolux water pour by johnsonbrandediting washing hands by fabrizio84 squeezing sponde into bucket of water by Elliottmoo Doing the Dishes by Eelke Cloth flapping on a clothesline thickly by leonelmail Undress by Walter Odington Scrubbing Table by Bmcken Male Breathing by Falcons Shadow Runningstaircase by HerbertBoland Doorway by Dobroide Door Church Close by Instpectorj

What is God trying to do through your skin and bones? Spiritual director Tara Owens invites you to listen to your thoughts about your body in a way that draws you closer to God, calling you to explore how your spirituality is intimately tied to your physicality. Your body is not an inconvenience - - it is a place where you can meet the Holy Spirit in a new way.

Tara Owens is senior editor for Conversations Journal. She also provides spiritual direction through Anam Cara Ministries and is a part-time instructor for the Benedictine Spiritual Formation Program at Benet Hill Monastery. She, along with her husband and daughter, make their home in Colorado Springs. Tara focuses on a much neglected topic... The post Tara Owens-Episode 69 appeared first on Anita Lustrea.

The challenge of embodiment–we live like our brain and our body are separate.

Jim Schwab, AICP interviews James Buika from the Department of Planning for the County of Maui and Tara Owens from the University of Hawaii Sea Grant program about disaster recovery planning in Hawaii.

The StoryMen welcome author and Spiritual Director Tara Owens to discuss what it means to have bodies. We investigate why the Church struggles to embrace embodied existence, the power of touch, and why giving up contacts for Lent is more than a First...