The Blessing of Limitations with Kelly Kapic We live in an age of speed and overwhelm, where we often feel we are constantly expected to do more, move faster, work harder, brush past boundaries and limitations, and shave margins. When we inevitably fail to meet all demands, we are left feeling not only exhausted and
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Beauty from Darkness with Curt Thompson How do we seek, find and share hope and healing in hard times? In this fourth episode of our Advent Series, psychiatrist and author Curt Thompson and Trinity Forum President Cherie Harder discuss healing, grace, and reintegration — both for our individual and spiritual lives, and our shared life
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Time and Hope with James K.A. Smith In this third episode of our Advent Series, philosopher and author James K.A. Smith helps us consider what it means to be creatures that are bound and formed by time. Each of us is shaped by the stories that precede us: “I think to be a creature who
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Beauty and Wonder with Andrew Peterson In this second episode of our Advent Series, celebrated author and songwriter Andrew Peterson shares his insights about the importance of location and living responsibly and attentively in whatever specific place you inhabit. He discusses how deeper attentiveness to the beauty around us can awaken us to wisdom and
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Practicing Gratitude with Diana Butler Bass How do we practically cultivate and sustain a life marked by gratitude? We hosted Diana Butler Bass to explore the transformative, subversive power of gratitude for our personal lives and communities. Through her book, Grateful, cultural observer and theologian Diana Butler Bass untangled our conflicting cultural understandings of
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Waiting With Wisdom With Thanksgiving and the season of Advent approaching, The Trinity Forum is offering a new podcast series to help you think more deeply about ideas and practices related to gratitude, attention, anticipation, and what it means to behold beauty. We’ll talk with Diana Butler Bass about the meaning and practice of
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