Other People’s Words, Episode 11: Works of Love, by Søren Kierkegaard
Other People’s Words, Episode 11: Works of Love, by Søren Kierkegaard
How do you define love? How do you describe it to someone else? Mark Joesting reads an excerpt from Søren Kierkegaard’s ... Read more
9 Oct 2021
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10mins
Other People’s Words Episode 10: Excerpt from “Letters to a Young Poet” by Rainer Maria Rilke
Other People’s Words Episode 10: Excerpt from “Letters to a Young Poet” by Rainer Maria Rilke
We are living a path blindly. Sarah Troedson Haynes relates how the advice from a revered figure gave her comfort and fr... Read more
10 Jun 2021
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10mins
Other People’s Words Episode 9: Excerpt from The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, by CS Lewis
Other People’s Words Episode 9: Excerpt from The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, by CS Lewis
Have you ever been un-dragoned? Jeremy Nilson reads an excerpt from The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the third book in Th... Read more
23 Apr 2021
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7mins
Other People’s Words Episode 8: Excerpt from “The Year of Magical Thinking,” by Joan Didion
Other People’s Words Episode 8: Excerpt from “The Year of Magical Thinking,” by Joan Didion
The Year of Magical Thinking is a memoir from Joan Didion, describing the time after her husband passed away. She gives ... Read more
22 Mar 2021
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10mins
Other People’s Words Episode 7: “Behind Each Number, One Beloved Face,” by Malcolm Guite
Other People’s Words Episode 7: “Behind Each Number, One Beloved Face,” by Malcolm Guite
“One death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic.” Versions of this quote, sometimes attributed to Joseph Stalin... Read more
7 Feb 2021
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5mins
Other People’s Words Episode 6: “A Wanderer,” by Hashim ZK.
Other People’s Words Episode 6: “A Wanderer,” by Hashim ZK.
Art can be visual, auditory, tactile, or kinetic. Dr. Edward Mathis tells us how a simple bike ride can be an expression... Read more
25 Jan 2021
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9mins
Other People’s Words Episode 5: “Variation on the Word ‘Sleep,'” by Margaret Atwood
Other People’s Words Episode 5: “Variation on the Word ‘Sleep,'” by Margaret Atwood
Words can take you down the same path multiple times to different destinations. Words are a time machine. In this episod... Read more
2 Jan 2021
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16mins
Other People’s Words Episode 4: “Prayer for My Children”
Other People’s Words Episode 4: “Prayer for My Children”
Janna Boomstra shares a Dutch poem called “Prayer for My Children” and how it has held power and comfort for her family,... Read more
6 Dec 2020
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5mins
Other People’s Words Episode 3: “The Slip,” by Wendell Berry
Other People’s Words Episode 3: “The Slip,” by Wendell Berry
Change, good or bad, has some element of loss. Learning how to mourn the loss and incorporate it into our experience is ... Read more
22 Nov 2020
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6mins
Other People’s Words Episode 2: “Praying” by Mary Oliver
Other People’s Words Episode 2: “Praying” by Mary Oliver
Sometimes prayers are rituals, said at specific times and in specific ways. Sometimes they are only a word or two said i... Read more
8 Nov 2020
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4mins