Latest Contemplative path Podcast Episodes
Changing Perception with Julia Brown
Chickmonks - October 02, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsToday’s guest is Julia Brown, an artist, entrepreneur, recovering fundamentalist Christian, and a living example of the mystical wisdom of the artist. Julia drops wisdom left and right in this conversation as she shares how she’s learned to navigate capitalism as an artist, and how her faith dir...
Rejection and the Kingdom of God
Chickmonks - September 26, 2020 20:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsA homily based on the following reading from the daily office lectionary in the Book of Common Prayer: Luke 4: 14-30 (NIV) Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside. He was teaching in their synagogues, and everyone praised him....
Heather and Betsy Talk About Sex: How did we get here?
Chickmonks - September 18, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsProfessor Betsy Coughlin is back for the first episode of "Heather and Betsy talk about sex," where Heather and Betsy talk about talking about sex. In this conversation we talk about the history of the Church, how we understand the Bible, and, spoiler alert: the patriarchal values that shaped b...
Lazarus
Chickmonks - September 10, 2020 09:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsDid you hear? I'm offering Individual spiritual guidance/coaching sessions. If you're craving a more meaningful path and a more fulfilling spiritual journey, consider working with me to discern next steps to clear the path for your bright future. It is truly the most life-giving part of my life ...
Reclaiming our bodies with Valerie Hernandez-Sigamani
Chickmonks - August 21, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsThis episode is a beautiful and vulnerable interview with my friend Valerie Hernandez-Sigamani. We cover big, important injustices in our experiences of Christianity and our hopes for what the future could be like for communities of people following Jesus, but doing it differently--especially ma...
The Crucifixion and the Divine Feminine
Chickmonks - July 30, 2020 09:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsThere is a love that is so strong, it is present even in the most isolating and agonizing darkness. This love has been represented in the feminine form for millennia across spiritual traditions, so it’s no surprise that the love that accompanied Jesus into his agony is represented by these three...
Living in imperfection with Rev. Emily Hook
Chickmonks - July 22, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsRev. Emily Hook and I grew up in Richmond, VA, both in Southern Baptist churches, and both had our own adult journeys into a contemplative, liturgical tradition. Emily tells her story on that path, and spoiler alert: she is now ordained to ministry in the Presbyterian Church. We scratched the ...
Growing through Presence with Shannon Hillenmeyer
Chickmonks - July 06, 2020 21:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsShannon Hillenmeyer, LCSW is a counselor at Rooted Counseling Center in Nashville, TN, a powerful and gentle spiritual leader, and is one of the most formative yoga teachers I’ve ever experienced, so I can’t wait for you all to hear from her today Our conversation was thwarted by internet conn...
Transforming the world with Rachel Zolensky
Chickmonks - June 19, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsThis conversation with Rachel Zolensky, and this will stir up all the things in you. Rachel is a social justice activist by trade and by conviction, but she’s also one of the most thoughtful, introspective people I’ve crossed paths with, and she has a gift for seeing and understanding the way th...
This is how we know what Love is
Chickmonks - June 06, 2020 15:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsA homily based on the daily office lectionary reading from the Book of Common Prayer: 1 John 3:9-18 The children of God and the children of the devil are revealed in this way: all who do not do what is right are not from God, nor are those who do not love their brothers and sisters. For this i...
Coping and healing with Allie Utley
Chickmonks - May 22, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsThis conversation with Allie Utley (PhD candidate in homiletics and liturgy at Vanderbilt University, professor at Presbyterian Theological Seminary) is very much about the Church as a whole—you’ll probably even learn some new vocabulary. But this conversation is also about what we do as members...
Try faith instead of judgment
Chickmonks - May 15, 2020 15:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsA homily based on the following daily office reading from the Book of Common Prayer: Matthew 7:1-12 “Do not judge, so that you may not be judged. For with the judgment you make you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get. Why do you see the speck in your neighbor’s e...
Finding Balance with Delaney McBride
Chickmonks - May 08, 2020 11:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsDelaney McBride is a massage therapist, registered yoga teacher, and personal cook, and has combined her skills and passions in an instagram account called Hand to Heart Wellness, where she promotes a balanced approach to health and wellness through connecting your mind, body, and gut. Definitel...
We belong to Life, and Life belongs to us
Chickmonks - April 26, 2020 14:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsA homily based on the following reading from the daily office lectionary in the Book of Common Prayer: John 15:1-12 (HCSB) “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vineyard keeper. Every branch in Me that does not produce fruit He removes, and He prunes every branch that produces fruit so tha...
Taking a break with Betsy Coughlin
Chickmonks - April 07, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsBetsy Coughlin is an adjunct faculty member in the department of theology and religion at Belmont University in Nashville, TN, where she also earned her Bachelors in English and Religion, and received her M.Div from Boston University. In this conversation Betsy and I talk about her evolving fa...
The comparison crash
Chickmonks - March 31, 2020 17:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsA homily based on the following daily office reading from the Book of Common Prayer: Mark 9:30-41 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) They went on from there and passed through Galilee. He did not want anyone to know it; for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of Man is to ...
Accepting belovedness
Chickmonks - March 04, 2020 18:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsA homily preached from the following reading from the daily office lectionary from the Book of Common Prayer: Mark 1:1-13 (NRSV) The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. As it is written in the prophet Isaiah, “See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will p...
Grace and Opposition
Chickmonks - February 16, 2020 17:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsGrace or judgment, you get to choose. A homily preached from the following reading from the daily office lectionary of the Book of Common Prayer: John 7:53-8:20, NRSV Then each of them went home, while Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All th...
In the end, all is Light
Chickmonks - January 19, 2020 01:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsA homily preached from the following Daily Office lectionary reading from the Book of Common Prayer: John 3:16-21 (NRSV) “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. “Indeed, God did not send the Son into ...
Christmas is hard
Chickmonks - December 05, 2019 19:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsAt Christmas we encounter a lot of "shoulds" and disappointments. This is one of the reasons the idea of Advent is so powerful to me. The church calendar includes a 4-week period of longing. While the world around us hosts Christmas parties and celebrates the season, the church steps into a seas...
Nothing will be impossible for you
Chickmonks - November 21, 2019 21:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsA homily on the following Scriptures from the daily office lectionary In the Book of Common Prayer: Matthew 17:14-20 (NRSV) When they came to the crowd, a man came to him, knelt before him, and said, “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and he suffers terribly; he often falls i...
It isn't supposed to be this way
Chickmonks - November 13, 2019 17:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsA homily based on the following Scripture from the daily office lectionary of the Book of Common Prayer: John 9:18-41 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) The Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight until they called the parents of the man who had received his sig...
The risk of the kingdom
Chickmonks - November 06, 2019 18:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsA homily based on the following Book of Common Prayer daily office lectionary reading: Matthew 13:44-52 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which someone found and hid; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that fi...
Your life is good soil
Chickmonks - October 31, 2019 16:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsA homily based on the following Book of Common Prayer daily office reading: Matthew 13:1-9 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. Such great crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat there, while the whole crowd st...
The burden of certainty
Chickmonks - October 23, 2019 15:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsA homily based on the Book of Common Prayer daily office reading: Matthew 11:25-30 (NRSV) At that time Jesus said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants; yes, Father, for such wa...
A Love that lets us leave
Chickmonks - October 17, 2019 19:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsOne of my old favorite homilies from the (pre-podcast) Lenten season, based on BCP daily office readings: Jeremiah 2:1-13 (NRSV) The word of the Lord came to me, saying: Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem, Thus says the Lord: I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a ...
Healing begins in the spirit
Chickmonks - October 09, 2019 19:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsA homily based on the following daily office reading from the Book of Common Prayer: Matthew 9:1-8 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) And after getting into a boat he crossed the sea and came to his own town. And just then some people were carrying a paralyzed man lying on a bed. When Jesus ...
The vulnerability of desire
Chickmonks - October 02, 2019 19:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsHomily preached from the following Book of Common Prayer daily office reading: Matthew 7:1-12 “Do not judge, so that you may not be judged. For with the judgment you make you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get. Why do you see the speck in your neighbor’s eye, bu...
Being like Jesus
Chickmonks - September 26, 2019 19:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsHomily preached from the following Book of Common Prayer daily office readings: Matthew 5:27-48 [Jesus said,] “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart. I...
More than human, Less than human
Chickmonks - September 18, 2019 16:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsHomily preached from the following Book of Common Prayer daily office readings: 1 Corinthians 1:20-31 Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know G...
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