Holy Shenanigans
180 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 days ago - ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsHoly Shenanigans shares stories that surprise, encourage, and sometimes even turn life upside down – all in the name of love. Your muse is Tara Lamont Eastman, a creative, feminist and pastor. Join her on a journey of unforgettable spiritual adventure that is always sacred but never stuffy.
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Why the Wild Goose Festival?
April 16, 2024 08:00 - 19 minutes - 13.4 MBWhy go to the Wild Goose Festival? Everyone's answer to this question is different. Some go for the music, others for the camping, some take in theological lectures, poetry slams, social justice forums, late night campfires, silent disco, art exhibits, book store and so much more! One thing follow Goose attenders can agree as their why in attending are the connections that are made - that carry on well after the festival ends. Listen in this week to learn more about the Wild Goose Festiva...
Into the Wild with Tony Jones
April 02, 2024 08:00 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MBThis week Tara discusses spirituality and nature with special guest Tony Jones. They reminisce about the the emergent church movement, the intersection of faith and nature, and even the role of dogs in spiritual journeys. Tony shares insights from his new book 'God of the Wild Places' and reflects on finding God in the wilderness. The conversation touches on the limitations of organized religion and the transformative power of reconnecting with the natural world. The episode concludes with ...
Writing as a Spiritual Practice with Rev. Dr. Eileen Campbell-Reed
March 19, 2024 08:00 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MBWriting is spiritual practice. Where do you begin, if you want to try it out? Pen. Pencil. Journal. Laptop. Yes, all of these tools can help with your writing practice, but first you need yourself and a community to support your practice. Rev. Dr. Eileen Campbell-Reed, is an academic entreprenuer and host of the Writing Table, who, in this week's episode, shares her own journey with writing as a spiritual practice. Who is Rev. Dr. Eileen Campbell- Reed? + Visiting Associate Professor...
Everything Good About God is True - with Rev. Bruce Reyes Chow
March 05, 2024 09:00 - 24 minutes - 16.6 MBIs Everything Good about God True? Join Rev. Tara Eastman and special guest Rev. Bruce Reyes Chow to discuss his new book to help the reader learn about a progressive, expansive, and generous Christianity Rev. Bruce believes that - "A better story of faith exists, and it has the capacity to heal the world--if we only embrace, articulate, and live it more courageously." What do you believe? Rev. Bruce is an active speaker and writer on topics of faith, culture, race, and technology. He...
#164 An Icon-ic Lent with Kristen Wheeler
February 20, 2024 09:00 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MBHow can this Lent be "Icon-ic"? Join Rev. Tara Lamont Eastman on a Lenten journey with Kristen Wheeler as they explore iconography as a spiritual practice. Questions To Ponder: How could engaging with Icons enrich your Lent? Your spiritual life? What is your "favorite" saint - and why? How do you engage in creativity as a spiritual practice? Kristen is a modern iconographer, fine art painter, creative photographer, inspired writer, vivid storyteller, and world explorer. From Kristen: "...
On the Road with Saint Brigid
February 06, 2024 09:00 - 12 minutes - 8.7 MBAre you ready for a road trip - with St. Brigid? February 1st marks St. Brigid's Feast Day that marks the turning of the winter season to spring. St. Brigid is the feminine patron Saint of Ireland whose life and work centered on caring for the poor and suffering. Some say that she was born on the literal threshold, setting the path of her work in the move and in the in-betweens. For several years, St. Brigid has been the source of many a holy shenanigan, for our host: Rev. Tara Lamont E...
Selah Season
January 23, 2024 09:00 - 16 minutes - 11.2 MBTara continues her thoughts about the value of sane spiritual practices with an opportunity to practice, "Selah" for yourself. This week's Scripture focus: Psalm 62. Questions for Discussion: 1. What Spiritual Practices do you enjoy? 2. Are your Spiritual Practices Active or more Contemplative? 3. Do you "Selah", before you Serve? 4. Do you think pause (Selah) should come before Service? Why or why not? 5. If you could give advice to a friend about the value of pause, what would say? 6....
Star Words for 2024 with writer Rev. Katy Stenta
January 09, 2024 04:00 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MBWelcome to a brand new year of sacred (non-stuffy) Holy Shenanigans! This season is exciting, with opportunities for fresh starts, but can be a time of overwhelming pressure to persue perfection. Well meaning resolutions can go sideways - fueled by sales efforts of the “wellness industry” in service to capitalism. There is another way to engage in new beginnings in ways that feed out hearts, minds and souls. 2024 can be a time to attend to and offer yourself spiritual practices that are su...
Expectant Advent - Love with guest Carolyn Whitehead
December 26, 2023 09:00 - 19 minutes - 13.2 MBWeek 4 Advent into Christmas features special guest, Carolyn Whitehead, member of First Presbyterian Church of Jamestown NY, tells why her "aim is love" - in all things A Poem for Advent: Week Four: Love stuck The greatest of these four weeks of waiting is: love. With all the hope waking, peace-making and joy breaking, I need the glue of love to make this stick. Please stick. I don't want these gifts to disappear like grandma's frosted sugar cookies. But in that case, at least they woul...
Expectant Advent - Joy with guests Lydia & Eve Kushmal
December 19, 2023 09:00 - 15 minutes - 10.4 MBSpecial Guests, Lydia and Eve Kushmal, members of First Presbyterian Church of Jamestown NY, share what joy means to them in week three of HSP's 2023 Advent Series. Poem for Advent: Week Three JOY: Just, Outrageous, You! Joy is no wallflower. She, yes she, is bold , sassy and somewhat fearsome. Joy bursts into the room and won't stop grooving', till everyone is on the dance floor. Her name is short, but her actions are memorable; causing laughter to tears in only the best way. Joy is unst...
Expectant Advent - Peace with guest Dr. Chris Dahlie
December 12, 2023 09:00 - 23 minutes - 16.3 MBWelcome to Advent Week 2: Peace with special guest Dr. Chris Dahlie , of First Presbyterian Church of Jamestown, NY. Dr. Dahlie, wrestles with the call to live peacefully, advocates for better communication and recognizes the challenge this presents to humankind. How can authentic peace be pursued? To follow along with Holy Shenanigans Podcast - and daily posts of #expectantadvent inspiration - visit us at Instagram, TikTok and Facebook. BIO: Dr. Chris Dahlia currently is a visiting assis...
Expectant Advent: Hope with guest Janita Byars
December 05, 2023 09:00 - 19 minutes - 13.7 MBWelcome to Advent Week 1: Hope with special guest Janita Byars, member of First Presbyterian Church of Jamestown, NY. Janita, advocate of hope, shares why this asset is essential for Advent and every season! To follow along with Holy Shenanigans Podcast - and daily posts of #expectantadvent inspiration - visit us at Instagram, TikTok and Facebook. A poem for Advent Week One: Hope... Hope seems as light as a feather, but sparks all good, deep things that are yet to come. Hope is a glimm...
Gratitude Matters: Part 3 - A Place for the Child
November 28, 2023 09:00 - 24 minutes - 16.9 MBPart 3 of HSP's #gratitudematters series features and interview with Mary T. MacDonald (founder of A Children's Place) and current director, Molly Hanft, of A Children's Place Daycare. Mary shares the amazing origin story of the longest running daycare, housed in First Presbyterian Church of Jamestown, as Molly tells of how the program has continued to grow for over 50 years. A Children's Place Daycare is currently holding a fundraiser, "A Place For The Child": to purchase new napping ...
Gratitude Matters Part 2: Sleeping With Bread with guest Mary Bogan
November 21, 2023 09:00 - 45 minutes - 31.4 MBWhy does gratitude even matter? In this special Thanksgiving edition of Holy Shenanigans Podcast, Tara talks with her long-time blogging (yes blogging) friend Mary Bogan about the power of observing gratitude practices that began over 15 years ago. Our shared online gratitude practices (Click the green preceding text to read our Blog posts.) were sparked by the book, Sleeping With Bread, by Dennis, Shelia and Matthew Linn. We had no idea that our little Monday shared Blog would change t...
Gratitude Matters Part 1: Origin Story
November 07, 2023 09:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MBAs we turn the calendar into November we enter a season many connect with Thanksgiving and Gratitude. For years now, I have engaged in a gratitude practice throughout all of November. How do I engage in gratitude practices? I take photos of things I am grateful for. I share poems that bring me joy and hope. I share scripture that inspires me. This week I share my origin story of gratitude practice and how it connects to my appreciation of and writing of poetry. Would you like to join...
Jaded: But Still Loving Love with Author Marla Taviano
October 24, 2023 08:00 - 40 minutes - 28.1 MBEven when your "Jaded", you can't help yourself from loving love. This week's guest Marla Taviano is a poet and author of the book: 'Jaded: a poetic reckoning with white evangelical christian indoctrination' Marla Taviano (she/her) is into books, love, justice, globes, anti-racism, blue, gray, rainbows, and poems. She reads and writes for a living, wears her heart on her t-shirts, and is on a mission/quest/journey to live wholefarted (not a typo). She's the author of unbelieve and jade...
Powerful Parables with Lisa Combs of Best Friends Books
October 10, 2023 08:00 - 33 minutes - 22.7 MBHow do you create a more peaceful, happy world and peaceful happy kids? Through the power of parables and story and the help of children’s books that focus on development of positive social emotional skills: self awareness, relationship awareness, social awareness, emotional self management and responsible decision making. In episode 153, Tara talks with children's author Lisa Combs, from Best Friend Books, discusses the purpose of parables in the gospel of Matthew, and offers the fol...
Words of Wonder with Rev. Dr. Deborah Roof at Wild Goose Festival
September 26, 2023 08:00 - 25 minutes - 17.5 MBHoly Shenanigans Practioner Rev. Tara L. Eastman caught up with her colleague Rev. Dr. Deborah Roof at this summer’s Wild Goose Festival, to hear all about Words, Wonder and the Divine in You - a new book release. Deborah Roof, a queer Christian pastor, is an enthusiastic life-long learner and a passionate teacher. She is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ with a Master of Divinity degree from Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School and a Doctor of Ministry in Preaching f...
A Twenty Year Tale of Holy Shenanigans with Doug Pagitt and Rev. Tara L. Eastman
September 12, 2023 08:00 - 42 minutes - 29 MBCelebrate Holy Shenanigans Podcast's 3rd Birthday and 150th Episode in a conversation at The Wild Goose Festival 2023 with Doug Pagitt from Vote Common Good and Rev. Tara L. Eastman. In this episode, it's Doug's turn to ask Tara all about the sacred in everyday life and how over the last 20 years, she's been faithfully observing and practicing Holy Shenanigans. About Doug: Doug Pagitt is a possibility enthusiast. Through creative, entrepreneurial and generative efforts, he works to enlis...
Faith in Harm Reduction with Rev. Erica Poellot
August 29, 2023 08:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MBIn honor and remembrance of International Overdose Awareness Day, on August 31, 2023 this week's episode focuses on, "Faith In Harm Reduction " with special guest Rev. Erica M. Poellot, MSW, MDiv. Rev. Erica M. Poellot, serves as the Minister of Harm Reduction and Overdose Prevention Ministries for the National United Church of Christ and Executive Director of Faith in Harm Reduction. As a faith leader engaged in a long term healing process from substance use disorder, Erica founded `F...
Youth Are Either Leading Or Leaving with Lyle Griner
August 15, 2023 08:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBThis week we celebrate the release of the book, "Youth Are Either Leading or Leaving", by Lyle Griner. To get your copy, go to: https://store.bookbaby.com/book/youth-are-either-leading-or-leaving Lyle Griner, is Executive Peer Ministry Leadership Director: A connoisseur of “Aha” moments as soulfully curious youth and families wrestle with the nuances of faith and life! A writer, teacher, youth minister, spiritual director, working across the country, with multiple denominations to help con...
Spiritual Companionship with Jon Carl Lewis at the Wild Goose Festival
August 01, 2023 08:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MBWelcome to episode #2 from the 2023 Wild Goose Festival - this week I visit with a new friend, Jon Carl Lewis, on the topic of Spiritual Direction/Companionship. Jon Carl Lewis is a spiritual companion dedicated to helping followers of Christ connect more deeply with Christ—and each other—so that they might live with abundant joy, loving God and their neighbor with all their heart, soul, mind, and strength. He lives in Trenton, NJ, with his husband of 27 years and Alfred the cat. He feels...
Reclaiming Rest with Kate H. Rademacher at the Wild Goose Festival
July 18, 2023 08:00 - 25 minutes - 17.3 MBWelcome to the Wildgoose Festival 2023, "Ignite"! One of my favorite parts of Wildgoose is the opportunity to connect with new and old friends, to be reminded of the importance of supportive relationships and to carry these connections home - long after the festival has wrapped up. Our first interview is with a new friend - Kate is the author of three books. Her newest book “Reclaiming Rest: The Promise of Sabbath, Solitude, and Stillness in a Restless World" is available now from all bo...
Stand on the Shoulders of Change with Spencer Burke
July 04, 2023 08:00 - 36 minutes - 25.4 MBIs Collaboration a "holy shenanigans"? Join Tara and Spencer Burke as they celebrate innovation and collaboration to foster wholeness for people and organizations. In the summer of 2022, spiritual innovator Spencer Burke, organized an Online Conference with 30 Spiritual Leaders called, "The Next Sunday Summit". Holy Shenanigans Podcast muse, Rev. Tara L. Eastman joined Spencer for a conversation about change, church, collaboration and innovation. Questions for further discussion: 1. Wh...
A Joyful Juneteenth with Special Guest Della Moore Ep. 144
June 20, 2023 08:00 - 19 minutes - 13.2 MBWhat does Juneteenth mean to you? For Ms. Della Moore, Juneteenth is a holiday for remembrance, reflection and living into BIPOC joy. Juneteenth, a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans since 2021. Juneteenth is also know as "Freedom Day", deriving its name from combining June and nineteenth. It is celebrated on the anniversary of the order by Major General Gordon Granger proclaiming freedom for enslaved people in Texas on June ...
A Joyful Juneteenth with Special Guest Della Moore
June 20, 2023 08:00 - 20 minutes - 13.8 MBWhat does Juneteenth mean to you? For Ms. Della Moore, Juneteenth is a holiday for remembrance, reflection and living into BIPOC joy. Juneteenth, a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans since 2021. Juneteenth is also know as "Freedom Day", deriving its name from combining June and nineteenth. It is celebrated on the anniversary of the order by Major General Gordon Granger proclaiming freedom for enslaved people in Texas on June ...
Two Pastors Celebrate Pride with the Rev. Holly Clark-Porter
June 06, 2023 08:00 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MBEpisode #143 of #HSP celebrates Pride month with the Rev. Holly Clark-Porter. Rev. Holly tells her personal story of what Pride means to her: Beginning with the history of Pride's origin at Stonewall, her coming out as a seminary student, meeting her spouse and their journey together as a publicly queer clergy couple. No matter if you are new to Queer Theology or already celebrate Pride, Rev. Holly invites all to let go and open our hearts to idea that... "love is the whole thing, we are ...
Celebrating Pride with the Rev. Holly Clark-Porter
June 06, 2023 08:00 - 27 minutes - 19 MBEpisode #143 of #HSP celebrates Pride month with the Rev. Holly Clark-Porter. Rev. Holly tells her personal story of what Pride means to her: Beginning with the history of Pride's origin at Stonewall, her coming out as a seminary student, meeting her spouse and their journey together as a publicly queer clergy couple. No matter if you are new to Queer Theology or already celebrate Pride, Rev. Holly invites all to let go and open our hearts to idea that... "love is the whole thing, we are ...
Hearts Ablaze
May 23, 2023 08:00 - 19 minutes - 13.4 MBThis Pentecost, as I think about the mighty, rushing wind that invoked the followers of Christ to speak and live lives of love - real love; I am on the lookout for signs of this love today - hearts ablaze for the sake of love. I think what is needed to not simply revive the Church to love - but reorient our focus, to Christ"s starting place to love. This Pentecost season, how can the "Church" live in ways that embody the parting words of Christ…"I give you a new commandment, that you love...
Creativity Crisis with Karen Chamis
May 16, 2023 08:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MBIn the wake of the global pandemic and long season that called the 'church" to be church in new and innovative ways - is creativity in a state of crisis or growth? Clergywoman and church consultant Rev. Dr. Karen Chamis invites churches and church leaders to move beyond dreaming - to bring dreams to fruition. Karen believes that creativity empowered is key to helping individuals and organizations to live in alignment with their purpose . Listen to a conversation with Karen and Tara, at the...
Hope & Healing in the Seneca Nation with Suzanne John Blacksnake
May 09, 2023 08:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBSpecial Guest Suzanne John Blacksnake, member of the Seneca Nation (Deer Clan) and Elder from Jimersontown Presbyterian Church. In Episode 140 of Holy Shenanigans Podcast, Suzanne shares the history of Seneca peoples, their complex relationship with Presbytery of WNY - as well as ways her church (Jimersontown Presbyterian Church) is working for healing and a hopeful future. She resides on the Allegany territory and grew up on the Allegany territory, later moving to Buffalo to attend Meda...
LIVE!
May 02, 2023 08:00 - 26 minutes - 18.6 MBLIVE is... Love, Intention, Verve and Ease. At least for Tara - for her it's a rule of life - or at least, and intention. How can learning what your strengths are, and leaning into them help you to LIVE? Listen for more on the power of questions, learning and leaning into your strengths - and truly LIVE-ing. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Wherever we come together we learn and grow by co-creating art, music, story, theater, ...
Spiritual Shepherding - What is Spiritual Direction with Spiritual Director Nancy Wagner
April 25, 2023 08:00 - 34 minutes - 24.1 MBWhat is spiritual shepherding? Learn the basics of spiritual direction from spiritual director Nancy Wagner. Nancy Wager is a Deacon on the Roster of Word and Service with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Nancy holds BS and MS degrees in Elementary Education from SUNY Cortland, a Master of Arts in Applied Theology degree from Wheeling Jesuit University and a certificate in Spiritual Formation from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. She is a Spiritual Director having receive...
Be An Impatiens?
April 18, 2023 08:00 - 18 minutes - 12.6 MBWaiting can lead to impatience OR impatiens. Impatiens? Tara tells a story of her childhood neighbor Ms. Estella and how the imptiens she grew, were a lesson of grace. Can we be more like impatens in our waiting? Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Wherever we come together we learn and grow by co-creating art, music, story, theater, and spectacle, engaging in a wide variety of robust, courageous conversations with each other a...
Seeking Thin Place with Worship Curator Lilly Lewin
April 11, 2023 08:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MBToday's guest Lilly Lewin is a worship curator, author, artist, and founder of Thinplace NASHVILLE, and Finding Your Thinplace. She creates sacred space prayer experiences and leads workshops and retreats on sabbath and prayer and pilgrimages to help people discover their thinplace..the place where they feel God’s pleasure and presence. Her passion is to help people of all ages engage God using all their senses and bring art & artists back to church. Lilly and her husband Rob live in Nashvi...
HSP 135: Signs of Spring in the Broken & Beautiful with author Roger Hutchison
April 04, 2023 08:00 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MBWhat signs of Spring are you looking for? The Easter Season is here to bring gifts of renewal and hope - and the gift of a conversation with author Roger Hutchison regarding the publication and release of two new books, Sparrow's Prayer and The Art of Calm (April 19). Join Roger and Tara for a heart to heart about the broken and beautiful - as they see and hear signs of new life in sparrows, bluebirds and books. Roger Hutchison is an author, illustrator, educator, and director of Christ...
HSP 135: Signs of Spring in the Broken & Beautiful with author Roger Hutchinson
April 04, 2023 08:00 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MBWhat signs of Spring are you looking for? The Easter Season is here to bring gifts of renewal and hope - and the gift of a conversation with author Roger Hutchison regarding the publication and release of two new books, Sparrow's Prayer and The Art of Calm (April 19). Join Roger and Tara for a heart to heart about the broken and beautiful - as they see and hear signs of new life in sparrows, bluebirds and books. Roger Hutchison is an author, illustrator, educator, and director of Christ...
Signs of Spring in the Broken & Beautiful with author Roger Hutchison
April 04, 2023 08:00 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MBWhat signs of Spring are you looking for? The Easter Season is here to bring gifts of renewal and hope - and the gift of a conversation with author Roger Hutchison regarding the publication and release of two new books, Sparrow's Prayer and The Art of Calm (April 19). Join Roger and Tara for a heart to heart about the broken and beautiful - as they see and hear signs of new life in sparrows, bluebirds and books. Roger Hutchison is an author, illustrator, educator, and director of Christ...
Ask John Fong
March 28, 2023 08:00 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MBIn anticipation of Palm Sunday and Holy Week, P. Tara and John Fong discuss tools of spiritual vitality in times of change. John Fong is a Hybrid Church Growth Communications Consultant. A Synod of NE Innovation grant recipient, he is currently working with presbyteries and churches in three Synods. John uses church growth case studies, focuses on creating result/data-proven programs that help churches increase exposure, engagement, enhance overall communication, hybrid authenticity, and he...
Notes of Gratitude with David Horne
March 21, 2023 10:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBListen to "notes" of gratitude featuring David Horne - Minister of Music at Jamestown First Presbyterian Church. He arrived in WNY in 2018, to help care for his father, after serving as Choral Director and Chapel Organist at Tabor Academy, in Massachusetts. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Wherever we come together we learn and grow by co-creating art, music, story, theater, and spectacle, engaging in a wide variety of robust,...
Dawn Trautman: Does Gratitude Matter?
March 14, 2023 08:00 - 24 minutes - 17 MBThis week, Dawn Trautman and Tara share a conversation about graditude in the midst of Lent. How do Lent and graditude mix? In the grit of life does gratitude actually matter??? Who is Dawn? Dawn Trautman founded Big Picture Big Purpose in 2005 to coach ministry professionals, academics, and non-profit leaders into healthy change-makers in their personal and professional lives. What sets her apart from other coaches is her proprietary process called “Discern by Doing,” which helps people ...
A Walk With Grief & Gratitude
March 07, 2023 09:00 - 15 minutes - 10.7 MBHow can we, in grief-filled times, have our cups filled to overflowing? Could gratitude have something to do with resilient living? Tara looks to Psalm 23 and the research of Dr. Lucy Hone - and shares a personal account of walking with grief, with the help of gratitude. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Wherever we come together we learn and grow by co-creating art, music, story, theater, and spectacle, engaging in a wide varie...
Look Up! (For Gratitude)
February 28, 2023 09:00 - 13 minutes - 9.04 MBThis Lent, I am looking up, thanks to a reminder this week thanks to some yellow balloons, old helium tanks and quick spaghetti. My spiritual practice this Lent, is to take a photo each day of small AND important things and post a note of gratitude for them on my Instagram page with the hashtag #gratitudematters AND #lent23 I invite you to join me in this Lenten Photo Practice celebrating the small AND important things of life with gratitude. Simply tag us with #holyshenaniganspodcast #...
Climb The Mountain Now! with Ample Movement Founder Andrea DiMaio
February 21, 2023 09:00 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MBRev. Tara shares a heart-to-heart conversation guest Andrea DiMaio on the unlikely intersections between changing the narrative around bodies, movement, exercise and outdoor representation of all bodies and traditions of the Lenten season. Don't miss this mountain-top experience that invites everyone to seek the dream of their life - and climb the mountain (or whatever you dream of) NOW! About our guest: Andrea DiMaio is the founder of Ample Movement, a Yoga For All ( Certified Instructor ...
Just Keep Going with Therese Taylor-Stinson
February 14, 2023 09:00 - 41 minutes - 28.5 MBTara welcomes Therese Taylor-Stinson, author of Walking the Way of Harriet Tubman: Public Mystic and Freedom Fighter (Broadleaf Books). They discuss public mysticism, internal liberation, and perseverance. About our guest: Therese Taylor-Stinson is a writer, spiritual director, ordained deacon, and ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church (USA). A graduate of the Shalem Institute and a member of the Shalem Society for Contemplative Leadership, she is also the Founding Managing Member of the...
Don't say Maybe.
February 07, 2023 09:00 - 18 minutes - 12.9 MBDo You Love Me? Check YES or NO Valentine's Day gives the opportunity to consider all the ways we can say, "Yes", "No" or "Maybe" to love - or welcome. Tara shares an experience of home insecurity, how the words of Christ inspire being on the side of welcome, and a lesson to never give up the search for love from the Mexican ritual of La Posada. (Inspired by writings of Clarissa Pinkola Estes' book: Untie the Strong Woman.) This Valentine's Day, will our Yeses to be Yes? Will our Nos t...
Stay Salty!
January 31, 2023 09:00 - 15 minutes - 10.4 MBWhat do you think it means to stay salty? To help us start to unpack this idea, Tara hits the streets as a roving podcaster to ask this question: "When you hear the phrase ' stay salty', what does it mean to you?" Sound Effects from Pixabay. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Wherever we come together we learn and grow by co-creating art, music, story, theater, and spectacle, engaging in a wide variety of robust, courageous conve...
Upside-Down Blessings
January 24, 2023 09:00 - 15 minutes - 10.6 MBHave you ever received an upside-down blessing? Upside-down blessings are a close cousin to a Holy Shenanigan - they are gifts of grace that take us off guard and give opportunities to learn a needed lesson. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Wherever we come together we learn and grow by co-creating art, music, story, theater, and spectacle, engaging in a wide variety of robust, courageous conversations with each other and with ...
Fishing For Community
January 17, 2023 09:00 - 16 minutes - 11.2 MBIt’s a new year to begin again and consider what this next trip around the sun might offer us. What do we need more of - less of … what are we fishing for? Join Tara on a fishing trip to fill the heart and soul of community! Thanks to Janita Byers for sharing her poetry with us today. Sound Effect from Pixabay. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Wherever we come together we learn and grow by co-creating art, music, story, theat...
Moving Week
January 10, 2023 09:00 - 15 minutes - 10.4 MBIt's moving week, but Tara takes a few minutes to ponder 3 1/2 Questions About Love with Ian the Sound Guy. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Wherever we come together we learn and grow by co-creating art, music, story, theater, and spectacle, engaging in a wide variety of robust, courageous conversations with each other and with thought leaders and artists from other communities. Listeners of Holy Shenanigans Podcast can use the...