Sacred Ordinary Days with Jenn Giles Kemper

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On Journeying: Travel, Traditions, and Turning to the Psalms with Tsh Oxenreider Dec 22, 2020

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Writer and travel guide Tsh Oxenreider joins host Jenn to talk about journeying through shadow and light during Advent — and using the Psalms to map the way.

Tsh shares about navigating different faith traditions and forging a new path for herself — a path that, as it turns out, has been well-tread by centuries of Christians before her. Tsh and Jenn discuss spiritual pilgrimages, finding meaning from cultures outside their own, and sifting out gifts and graces in the Psalms. They also dive into book recommendations and their favorite seasonal songs, and Tsh reads an excerpt from her new book, Shadow & Light.

About the guest: Tsh Oxenreider is the bestselling author of several books, most recently Shadow & Light, a guide for the Advent season using Psalms as a prayer book, and At Home in the World, the story about her family’s year traveling around the world out of backpacks.

Why now: Popular culture would have us believe that the 12 Days of Christmas are simply a countdown calendar to December 25. But as Tsh points out, that’s not how the Christian calendar works. We celebrate Advent, and then Christmastide, with its 12 days of celebration stretching to January 5. Depending on your tradition or denomination, you may be wondering...if I’m holding back on Christmas traditions...what does that leave me with for Advent? Jenn and Tsh discuss.

Reflection point: How might more fully engaging in Advent as a season of preparation for Christmas allow us to lengthen your celebration of Christmas itself? As Jenn explores in this episode, perhaps in your answer, there’s a clue as to something you might do right now to go a bit deeper next Advent, too.

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About Sacred Ordinary Days with Jenn Giles Kemper: Sacred Ordinary Days with Jenn Giles Kemper explores faith where it hits the pavement of work, relationships, creativity, and real life. Inspired by Jenn’s curiosity and faith (and her work as a minister and spiritual director) we’re crafting a show to help you meaningfully explore your own life with Christ — and ultimately lead you to become more wholly human and more fully faithful. On Tuesdays, join us for a conversation with folks whose words, work, and witness have shaped our team’s understanding of God and practice of faith. (Plus, we’re featuring lots of good music, prompts for your reflection and practice, and plenty of invitations into a community of kindred spirits!)

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[Unedited] Scott Erickson with Jenn Giles Kemper Dec 17, 2020

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Listen to the unedited conversation between Scott Erickson and Jenn Giles Kemper, available now! On Thursdays following a newly-released interview episode, we’re releasing the long-form conversation. We hope it feels like you are sitting in a chair at the table with us.

As we were producing our episode of Sacred Ordinary Days with Jenn Giles Kemper with Scott, we realized something: There’s SO much that falls on the cutting room floor. As you’ll hear in this conversation with Scott, he and Jenn both dove much deeper into the exact places where vulnerability touches vocation, creativity, family life, and spiritual leadership.

You’ll hear more of his fun, funny, provocative nature come out -- including when Jenn accidentally prompted him to tell a vasectomy story. They talk about their families by name, prayer lives, evolving work as spiritual directors, the enneagram, making art, embarrassing moments, and how leaders (especially those in the Church) need to be living out what they’re teaching in private, personal ways...or as Scott succinctly says “smoking what you’re selling.”

For the shorter, produced version with narration from Jenn: Listen to On Vulnerability: Prayer, Art, and Parenthood with Scott Erickson. In that episode, we pull the treads of what it is to embrace vulnerability, and Jenn offers a prayer and a reflection question, too.

About the guest: Scott Erickson is a featured author in the Sacred Ordinary Days spiritual formation book shop, and his quirky, thoughtful words and art on prayer have been a favorite for our team and customers this year. (We’re thrilled to have added Scott’s newly released book, Honest Advent, to the shop, too.)

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On Vulnerability: Prayer, Art, and Parenthood with Scott Erickson Dec 15, 2020

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Artist and storyteller Scott Erickson joins host Jenn Giles Kemper to explore vulnerability through prayer, creativity, and parenthood. Jenn brings her natural curiosity and her experiences as a spiritual director to the chat, inviting listeners to ponder their own vulnerabilities in this season of Advent.

Throughout the episode, Scott and Jenn explore rekindling the wonder of God-with-Us. Scott shares about the “hauntings” he feels in his vocation and Jenn reveals which recent life experiences have been highlighting her own vulnerabilities at Sacred Ordinary Days -- and in her personal life, too.

Why now: In the Christian season of Advent, we remember the centuries the people of God waited for the long-prophesied Messiah, who eventually arrived through the birth of Jesus. The word Advent, in fact, means “coming” or “arrival.” It marks the beginning of the liturgical year because it is where the story begins.

Reflection point: How are you going to embrace something or someone that makes you feel exposed and vulnerable this week?

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About Sacred Ordinary Days with Jenn Giles Kemper: Sacred Ordinary Days with Jenn Giles Kemper explores faith where it hits the pavement of work, relationships, creativity, and real life. Inspired by Jenn’s curiosity and faith (and her work as a minister and spiritual director) we’re crafting a show to help you meaningfully explore your own life with Christ — and ultimately lead you to become more wholly human and more fully faithful. On Tuesdays, join us for a conversation with folks whose words, work, and witness have shaped our team’s understanding of God and practice of faith. (Plus, we’re featuring lots of good music, prompts for your reflection and practice, and plenty of invitations into a community of kindred spirits!)

Listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

The NEW Sacred Ordinary Days Podcast with Jenn Giles Kemper Nov 24, 2020

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In this trailer, Jenn Giles Kemper, founder of Sacred Ordinary Days and host of this brand-new podcast, sits down to share a glimpse into how her team is crafting a show that will help you meaningfully explore your own life with Christ — and ultimately lead you to become more wholly human and more fully faithful.
Here, you are welcome. Here, you belong.
Bring your questions along with your cup of tea or coffee and join Jenn at the table soon for Episode 1! Subscribe on your favorite podcast app, and we’ll see you soon.
In the meantime, we’re on Instagram and Facebook, and you can learn more at SacredOrdinaryDays.com.

Traveling Companions + Sending Jun 08, 2016

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RESOURCES REFERENCED:

Insight Timer app
Centering Prayer via Contemplative Outreach
Blessing for Longing from To Bless The Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings by John O’Donohue

BRING IT HOME

What journey are you currently on, and who are your traveling companions today? Let us know on social media using the hashtag #sacredordinarydays.

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Ordinary Time + Vocation May 25, 2016

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RESOURCES REFERENCED:

Finding Purpose in Life: The Long Guide to Finding Your Life’s Work via The Meaning Movement
The Calling Process: a step-by-step guide to finding purpose and pursuing your dream job by Dan Cumberland
Let Your Life Speak: Listening to the Voice of Vocation by Parker Palmer
To Be Told: God Invites You to CoAuthor Your Future by Dan Allender
Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer by Richard Rohr
Sacred Ordinary Days Planner

BRING IT HOME…

What are your thoughts on the season after Pentecost, Ordinary Time? How do you plan to mark it? Will you be exploring your own vocation or perhaps spending some time nurturing someone else’s sense of vocation and calling? Let us know on social media using the hashtag #sacredordinarydays.

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Pentecost + The Holy Spirit May 11, 2016

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BRING IT HOME…

How do you mark Pentecost? In what languages can you spread your Good News? What is burning within you? Let us know on social media using the hashtag #sacredordinarydays.

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Eastertide + Sabbath Apr 27, 2016

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RESOURCES REFERENCED:

Sabbath by Dan Allender (part of The Ancient Practices series)
Even God Rested by Kim Thomas
Sabbath as Resistance by Walter Brueggemann

GO FURTHER

Do you practice Sabbath? How do you cease and feast? Let us know on social media using the hashtag #sacredordinarydays.

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Eastertide + Celebration Apr 06, 2016

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RESOURCES REFERENCED:

Our recent webinar on daily practice, the Examen, and retreats, plus details on our own retreat this May!
25 Ways to Celebrate Life This Easter Season
Feast! Real Food, Reflections, and Simple Living for the Christian Year by Haley Stewart
A Homemade Year: The Blessings of Cooking, Crafting, and Coming Together by Jerusalem Jackson Greer
Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals by Shane Claiborne, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, and Enuma Okoro
Let Us Keep The Feast: Living the Church Year at Home edited by Jessica Snell
Circle of Grace: A Book of Blessings for the Seasons by Jan Richardson
Keeping the Feast: Metaphors for the Meal by Milton Brasher-Cunningham
This Must Be the Place: Reflections on Home by Milton Brasher-Cunningham

GO FURTHER

How are you planning to celebrate Easter not just as a day, but as an entire season? Let us know on social media using the hashtag #sacredordinarydays.

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Holy Week + Easter + Prayer Mar 23, 2016

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GO FURTHER

What were your prayers like as a child and how have they changed or grown as you have changed and grown? What prayer practices are you playing with these days?Let us know on social media using the hashtag #sacredordinarydays.

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