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St. Brigid, Buddah, and Lao Tzu Walk into a Podcast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqysH6oErL8 Host Jean P. Kelly and author Kenneth R. McIntosh discuss how understanding both Celtic & Eastern spirituality can liberate the Christian imagination. More from this Creative Audio guided meditation of author-read excerpt   About Kenneth McIntosh’s commitment to live the compassion of Christ has inspired three decades of service as pastor for six different…

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Navigate Rapids of Life with both Celtic & Taoist Guides

A meditation on how the intersection of teachings in Christianity and Eastern faiths offers strength of both the oak (Celtic spirituality) and the lotus (Eastern wisdom).

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Christ’s suffering inspires our compassion

The ability to see others with compassion must be cultivated, practiced, and intentional, says a twentieth-century mystic who became known for her capacity to hold and cherish the suffering of others.

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Visio Divina: Saintly Friendship Inspires Us

Artist, influencer, writer Grace Morbitzer offers a guided meditation using her modernized portrait of Sts. Clare and Francis of Assisi. In 5 simple steps, learn about a holy man and holy woman, at the same time connecting their lives to your own in a moment of mindfulness, meditation and deepening. Reflect on the nature of…

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Forgiveness is not simple, even in the Lord’s Prayer

The simplistic definition of forgiveness as an end of resentment doesn’t work for Jesus, and it should not necessarily work for us either.

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Video: The Complexities of Saying Sorry in Faith

What we get wrong in Christian and Catholic teachings about forgiveness.

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Video Interview: Spiritual Reading in Hebrew tradition

Scholar Amy-Jill Levine discusses what Christ teaches about contemporary social justice issues, equivalents of grace in Jewish tradition and why Christians must refrain from anti-Semetic interpretations of Jesus’s life.

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Christ’s teachings challenge all of us

Video: Kitchen Conversation about Food & Faith

Derrick Weston offers for meditation a reading from his book, The Just Kitchen. He shares his approach to spiritual reading and cooking with intention. Filmed at the 2024 Wildgoose Festival.

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