Dwelling Place (Podcast)

Lakshmi Piette
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A podcast series interviewing Christian community members, leaders and founders to learn more about the blessings, challenges, practicalities and wisdom of Christian community living. lakshmipiette.substack.com

  1. S2E11 - Sorcha Connell

    Jan 21

    S2E11 - Sorcha Connell

    In this episode, Sorcha graces us with her sharp mind, gift for clear communication, and spiritual attentiveness as she reflects on her experience of living with several intentional Christian communities: Taizé (France), Poverello (Belgium), the St. Damien Community (Belgium), the Community of St. Anselm (London), and the Nazareth Community (London). Sorcha vividly describes each community, naming both their operational strengths and limitations. She also invites us into spirited and vulnerable conversation, exploring themes of longing, belonging, young adult community, discernment and long-term spiritual formation. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lakshmipiette.substack.com

    1h 36m

  2. Jan 3

    S2E10 24/7 Prayer | Order of the Mustard Seed | UK New Monasticism | Poeima - Pete Ward

    Pete Ward was heavily involved in the early stages of the now global 24/7 prayer movement and played a key part in developing the closely associated dispersed community, the Order of the Mustard Seed. Most recently, heeding to God’s call has led Pete and his wife, Andrea, to establish the Poeima community and retreat house in Loweswater, Cumbria. In this episode, Pete takes us on a spiritual journey, sharing his lifelong involvement in prayer movements and intentional Christian communities. We also discuss the past, present and future of new monsticism/intentional Christian community in the UK. Correction: At 38min I say the Nurturing Communities Network is an American network, when it is in fact international in scope. It’s well worth checking them out!! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lakshmipiette.substack.com

    1h 4m

  3. 01/28/2025

    S2E09 Englewood - Chris Smith & Joe Bowling

    Englewood Church is a 130-year-old church congregation on the Near Eastside of Indianapolis, IN (USA). Around the mid-1990s, the congregation transitioned to being intentionally locally rooted, with members deliberately relocating to be closer to the church. 80% of the congregation now live in the immediate neighbouring blocks to the church. Whilst not technically an intentional Christian community, Englewood are an incredibly inspiring witness of how intentional community can be fostered in a congregational context - a rare blend of the intentional and institutional being married together in really quite cool ways! Their intentionality around love of neighbour and neighbourhood has also born awe-inspiring fruits. Listen in to learn more about this hopeful, humble, energised, vocationally driven, church congregation with a huge heart for love of neighbour and neighbourhood community. You can subscribe to the mentioned Englewood Review of Books’ substack here :): [One of the two mics unfortunately ran out of storage 30min into the interview so apologies for the slightly inferior audio quality of the second half.] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lakshmipiette.substack.com

    1h 10m

  4. 01/21/2025

    S2E08 Amistad Catholic Worker - Mark Colville

    In this interview Mark shares of Amistad Catholic Worker’s 30 yr journey - from moving into the neighbourhood and sweeping the sidewalk to get to know people, to opening their backyard and house as a place of refuge and community for the formerly unhoused. Listen in for an exploration of homelessness in the US, what radical hospitality can look like today, and to hear the wisened reflections of a longtime communitarian. An inspiring and thought-provoking listening! More about Amistad CW can be read about here: https://amistadcw.wordpress.com/https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/tiny-homes-new-haven-homeless-backyard-encampment-18645323.php This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lakshmipiette.substack.com

    1h 3m
  5. S2E07 CRECHE - Isaac Everett

    01/18/2025

    S2E07 CRECHE - Isaac Everett

    CRECHE - the Charles River Episcopal Co-Housing Endeavor - is a “nonprofit organization that creates and supports a network of mixed-income, inter-generational co-housing communities in partnership with The Episcopal Church”. In providing church-affiliated community housing, CRECHE helps individuals secure long-term affordable housing amid the hostile Boston housing/rental market and provides opportunities to belong to, and be blessed by, long-term community living. By virtue of their stability and their wider commitment to community, CRECHE houses also nourish their congregations and work to improve and revitalise their neighbourhoods. Listen in to be inspired by CRECHE’s compelling model for church-affiliated community housing and to hear of the abundance of God through a number of Spirit-filled events. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lakshmipiette.substack.com

    59 min
  6. S2E06 The Difference in Our Dwellings

    10/15/2024

    S2E06 The Difference in Our Dwellings

    This October 2024 I had the utmost privilege and joy of attending the Nurturing Communities Network gathering on the beautiful sprawling grounds of Camp Loucon, Kentucky. I am incredibly grateful to the organisers for giving me the opportunity to present my research and to the many who expressed interest in my workshop. You have empowered me on this journey - thank you! I am always cautious of representing communities on their behalf and in this presentation I am only able to give very brief overviews. In editing the recording, I have also noticed areas where I have gotten details slightly incorrect, or retrospectively would have used different and better language. I ask for your grace and also highly recommend supplementing this presentation with the more detailed community overviews and interviews available here on Dwelling Place (you can use the search bar to find resources on a specific community). Please reach out using the comments section if you would like access to the accompanying PowerPoint presentation, comprising of summary slides and photos. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lakshmipiette.substack.com

    1h 2m

  7. 09/01/2024

    S2E05 Craig Lodge (Scotland) - Joe Black

    Craig Lodge is a House of Prayer, “a place of hospitality, healing and spiritual revival… with a special care for the formation of young people” and with “a vision that all people have the opportunity to encounter the saving love of God”. Craig Lodge also runs a 9-month formation programme for 18-30 year-olds, to equip, move, grow and empower “spirit-filled evangelizers for the renewal of the Church”. (Reflections on my experience of Craig Lodge can be read here.) In this Zoom interview, long-time family and staff member Joe Black powerfully communicates Craig Lodge’s witness as a House of Prayer and as a community of formation for young adults. This interview is steeped in the wisdom and power of prayer making for an incredibly inspiring and nourishing listen. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lakshmipiette.substack.com

    1h 11m

  8. 04/22/2024

    S2E04 Neighbourhood Community, Creative Activism, and Grace-full Reconciliation - Shane Claiborne

    “Shane Claiborne is a prominent speaker, activist, and best-selling author.  Shane worked with Mother Teresa in Calcutta, and founded The Simple Way in Philadelphia.  He heads up Red Letter Christians, a movement of folks who are committed to living "as if Jesus meant the things he said." Shane is a champion for grace which has led him to jail advocating for the homeless, and to places like Iraq and Afghanistan to stand against war. Now grace fuels his passion to end the death penalty and help stop gun violence.” ~ https://www.shaneclaiborne.com/bio/ Listen in on this talk, given at Earlham College, to be inspired by Shane’s intentional and local Christian community work, and national and international activism. Filled with joy, compassion and grace, with a generous sprinkling of humour, you are sure to find yourself uplifted and inspired by Shane’s striving to walk the way of Jesus. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lakshmipiette.substack.com

    1h 17m
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A podcast series interviewing Christian community members, leaders and founders to learn more about the blessings, challenges, practicalities and wisdom of Christian community living. lakshmipiette.substack.com

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  • Creator
    Lakshmi Piette
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    35
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Lakshmi Piette
  • Show Website
    Dwelling Place (Podcast)