Creative and Free Christina Hubbard

Poetry puts the past in perspective, positions us in the here and now, and propels us toward what is possible. Host Christina Hubbard shares three poems that have the power to sustain through trying times and give hope.

Poems include:


"Everything Will Be Alright" by Derek Mahon,
"Thanks" by T.S. Merwin, and
"For Those Who Have Far to Travel" by Jan Richardson.

To get podcast updates, poetry, helpful links on art and faith, and a FREE MEDITATION, subscribe to Christina's letter at christinahubbard.com. 


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We can learn to see God anywhere. Author and spiritual director Charlotte Donlon leads us in a spiritual practice called divine drawing. Using a story from her book The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other, Charlotte helps us engage our senses and memories to discover God in familiar places. Allow 20-30 minutes for the practice.

Charlotte is the artist of the month. Check our Part 1 and Part 2 of our interview: The Privilege of Shared Loneliness.

Links:

Charlotte’s book: The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other.

Find her at charlottedonlon.com and on Twitter and Instagram @charlottedonlon.

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What if your loneliness was space meant for God? Charlotte Donlon and I continue the conversation about sharing the universal burden of loneliness in Part 2. She also reads a chapter from her book: The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other.

Other things we talk about include:


Grief, loss, and Advent,
The joys of having books and family around,
Practical ways we can share loneliness with God and others,
Inviting God into our creative spaces,
How the arts help us to really see.

Links:

Charlotte’s book: The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other.

Find her at charlottedonlon.com and on Twitter and Instagram.

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There should be no only in lonely. Author, spiritual director, and podcast host, Charlotte Donlon believes its a privilege to share our stories of loneliness, including her own. She joins the podcast as artist of the month. We chat about her first book, The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other.

Other things we talk about include:


Becoming a writer later in life.
Paying attention to God during spiritual conversation.
When rejection launched her deeper into her own loneliness.
Her decision to live authentically with bipolar disorder.
How gratitude helps us grieve well.

Links:

Charlotte’s book: The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other.

Find her at charlottedonlon.com and on Twitter and Instagram.

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Compassion allows a person to suffer with another. As creative influencers, we have an amazing power to share bits of ourselves through our creations: a joy, a heartbreak, or even an open wound from which we are still trying to heal. 

This episode describes three ways the arts help us show compassion as wounded healers. 

A guided 5-minute breath prayer is included to help you experience God's compassion personally:

Inhale: Compassionate God

Exhale: You see me.

Inhale: Loving Father,

Exhale: You welcome me.

Inhale: Trusted Counselor,

Exhale: You hold me.

Inhale: Faithful Emmanuel,

Exhale: You stay with me.

Inhale: Gracious Healer,

Exhale: You restore me.

Links from this episode:

Image of Pope Francis with Vinicio Riva

CNN article on Vinicio Riva

Return of the Prodigal bronze sculpture by Charlie Mackesy






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"Courage---you develop courage by doing small things like just as if you wouldn’t want to pick up a 100-pound weight without preparing yourself. " -- Maya Angelou. This is a different kind of courage: the courage to slow it way down and how to train for it.

It's less about a big, bold leap and more about training one’s heart to make micro movements of faith. Imagine climbing a mountain, like a Colorado fourteener. You don’t typically just go out and hike one without preparation (especially if you’re from the Midwest). You train over time, day after day. You get stronger with small choices of effort and faith that propel you toward this goal to successfully climb a mountain.

The courage to slow down is to dare to move at an unhurried pace and take a breather in the face of a frenetic culture. Here are some ideas to help you press into the resistance.

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