Prayer Pod

Root + Branch Church

Prayer Pod takes you through a brief, guided time of prayer using poetry and the movement of music as guides. Each episode features original compositions and poems (often read by the poets themselves). Prayer can take many forms. Words whispered before bed as you drift off to sleep or screamed out of sheer frustration while driving alone in your car. Prayer can be silence, or movement, or song. Sometimes we might not know how to pray at all. At Root + Branch Church, we have found the words of poets to be helpful guides as we seek to speak the truths of lives in conversation with God. www.rootandbranchchurch.org

Episodes

  1. 07/04/2021

    Ep. 11 - Spirit

    Poems: Veni Creator by Czeslaw Milosz and The Summer Day by Mary Oliver Music: Tim Kim *Optimized for headphone listening

    8 min

  2. 01/31/2021

    Ep. 10 - A Common Destiny

    Poems: For the Anniversary of My Death by W.S. Merwin, Selection from Ecclesiastes 9 Music: Tim Kim *Headphones recommended   Prayer Pod is a guided prayer session of meditative practice, poetry, and music.

    8 min

  3. 11/24/2020

    Ep. 9 - Thanks

    Poem: Thanks by W. S. Merwin Music: Tim Kim *Headphones recommended   Prayer Pod is a guided prayer session of meditative practice, poetry, and music.

    6 min

  4. 11/01/2020

    Ep. 8 -Time

    Poem: Hymn to Time by Ursula K. Le Guin Music: Tim Kim  *Headphones recommended     Ursula K. Le Guin was an award winning writer of science fiction and poetry. She lived a remarkable life, and you can learn about her here or all over the internet.   Prayer Pod is a guided prayer session of meditative practice, poetry, and music.

    6 min

  5. 10/18/2020

    Ep. 7 - There Are Days We Live

    Poem: From Blossoms by Li-Young Lee Music: Tim Kim *Headphones recommended   Li-Young Lee is an award winning poet and the author of such collections as The City in Which I Love You and The Winged Seed: A Remembrance. For more about his life and work, check out the Poetry Foundation. Prayer Pod is a short, guided prayer session of meditative practice, poetry, and music.

    7 min

  6. 10/04/2020

    Ep. 6 - A Refrain

    Poem: Thank You Jesus by Teri Ellen Cross Davis  Music: Tim Kim & Jonathan Neidorf  *Headphones recommended   Find more of Teri’s work at www.poetsandparents.com. Twitter: @cross_davis Prayer Pod is a short, guided prayer session of meditative practice, poetry, and music.

    8 min

  7. 09/27/2020

    Ep. 5 - Fear

    Poem: What I Carried by Maggie Smith  Music: Patrick Derdall  *Headphones recommended   "What I Carried" from Good Bones, Tupelo Press, copyright 2017 Maggie Smith. Used with permission. Maggie Smith is the author of four books, most recently Good Bones (Tupelo Press, 2017) and the forthcoming Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change (One Signal/Simon & Schuster, 2020). Her poems and essays have appeared in the New York Times, Tin House, Poetry, The Believer, The New Yorker, the Washington Post, and the Paris Review. A freelance writer and editor, Smith is on the poetry faculty of Spalding University’s MFA program and serves as an Editor at Large for the Kenyon Review.  Prayer Pod is a short, guided prayer session of meditative practice, poetry, and music.

    8 min

  8. 09/20/2020

    Ep. 4 - Bread

    Poem: Bread by Richard Levine  Music: Tim Kim  Find more of Richard Levine's work on his website.  *Headphones recommended  Prayer Pod is a short, guided prayer session of meditative practice, poetry, and music.

    8 min

  9. 09/06/2020

    Ep.3 - Apocalypse

    Poem: The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On by Franny Choi  Music: Tim Kim  Franny Choi audio used with permission from the Poetry Foundation.  *Headphones recommended  Prayer Pod is a short, guided prayer session of meditative practice, poetry, and music.

    8 min

  10. 09/03/2020

    Ep. 2 - Lament & Confession

    Poem: Untitled by James Baldwin, A Memory by Saeed Jones  Music: Tim Kim  *Headphones recommended! (this episode in particular will sound weird without them)  As our country reckons with its deeply embedded history of racism and violence, this episode reflects on lament and confession.  Prayer Pod is a short, guided prayer session of meditative practice, poetry, and music.

    7 min

  11. 09/03/2020

    Ep. 1 - Elegy

    Poem: Elegy by Aracelis Girmay  Music: Tim Kim  *Headphones recommended   Prayer Pod is a short, guided prayer session of meditative practice, poetry, and music.

    6 min
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About

Prayer Pod takes you through a brief, guided time of prayer using poetry and the movement of music as guides. Each episode features original compositions and poems (often read by the poets themselves). Prayer can take many forms. Words whispered before bed as you drift off to sleep or screamed out of sheer frustration while driving alone in your car. Prayer can be silence, or movement, or song. Sometimes we might not know how to pray at all. At Root + Branch Church, we have found the words of poets to be helpful guides as we seek to speak the truths of lives in conversation with God. www.rootandbranchchurch.org

Information

  • Creator
    Root + Branch Church
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2021
  • Episodes
    11
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2020 All rights reserved.
  • Show Website
    Prayer Pod