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Advent Nov 26, 2021

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Advent begins this weekend! Not ready? No big deal. Seth and Tsh talk about how they approach this season that starts the liturgical calendar with a lot of grace, simplicity, and anticipation of their favorite holiday traditions.

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Tsh’s 2021 Holiday Gift Guide

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Shadow & Light, Tsh’s Advent book

Sorrowland, by Rivers Solomon

Pride & Prejudice on audiobook, by Jane Austen & read by Rosamund Pike

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A Quick Note Nov 19, 2021

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Hey guys — this week Seth was traveling for work and Tsh was sick. So, unfortunately, there’s no episode because Seth was sans-mic and NOBODY wants to hear Tsh talking in the non-voice-of-a-voice she’s had (trust us).
We’ll be back next week with an episode for your day-after-Thanksgiving, right-before-Advent listening ears!

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The Second Story Nov 12, 2021

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In the last episode, Seth shared a sacramental story from his life. In this one, they continue their chat with Tsh sharing a sacramental story from hers. Because after all, most of the sacred stuff in life shows up in our ordinary moments.

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Tsh’s Rule of Life workshop

Typhoon’s new album, Sympathetic Magic

The Quotidian Mysteries: Laundry, Liturgy, & Women’s Work, by Kathleen Norris

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The First Story Nov 05, 2021

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Most of life is lived in the ordinary, so to see the sacred within it we need to pause and name it. This usually comes in the form of storytelling — when we tell family and friends the things that happen to us, we become more aware of the sacramentality n the most mundane things. For the next two episodes, Seth and Tsh each swap a story from their life to recognize and name what’s just beneath the layer. You’re invited to do the same, too, within your ordinary life.

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Coming Clean, Seth’s story of sobriety

Theology of Home, by Carrie Gress and Noelle Mering

Honestly, by Bari Weiss — especially the episode with Ross Douthat

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Autumn-ish Art-ing Oct 29, 2021

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In the last episode, Seth and Tsh chatted about what makes the art we love fall-ish. They continue the chat to talk about the flip side of that coin: what makes the creating of that art fall-ish? Art is a HUGE table here — yes, there’s writing and music-making, but there’s also homemaking, neighborliness, and doing our work well as forms of artistic expression. What does it look like to do these things in the autumnal season? What does it look like to live sacramentally as the leaves drop?

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The All of It, by Jeannette Haien

The Way Down documentary series

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Autumn-ish Artists Oct 22, 2021

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Stuff has a season, and that includes art. What makes music, movies, books, and visual art fall-ish? Seth and Tsh each share musicians, writers, and visual artists they’re digging as the temps dip and the colors change. Living sacramentally naturally includes living seasonally, so it makes sense to also shift what we read, watch, and listen to as the seasons change.

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Black Keys’ Delta Kream

Typhoon’s Sympathetic Magic and Offerings

Damien Rice’s My Favourite Faded Fantasy

Andrew Belle’s Nightshade and Black Bear

Cloud Cuckoo Land, by Anthony Doerr

Gerard Manley Hopkins’ poems

Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle

Sherlock Holmes on audiobook, read by Stephen Fry

A Hidden Life, by Terrence Malick

The Modern Saints, by Grace Morbitzer

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Talking to Our 20-Something Selves Oct 15, 2021

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If we knew then what we know now, would we be better off? Or is there something redeemable about the mistakes we all make when we’re younger? Seth and Tsh answer a listener question about any wisdom they might have for their slightly younger listeners — if they were in their twenties right now, this is what their forty-something selves would tell themselves.

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EmyoArtwork on Instagram

The new season of The Great British Bake-Off

Save $10 on your first Storyworth order at storyworth.com/drink

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Screen Fasts #2 Oct 08, 2021

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Continuing the conversation about screens, what does it look like in our homes to live sacramentally in a culture immersed in the digital world? There’s no one easy answer. Seth and Tsh, both parents of teens and tweens, talk with Erin Loechner about what this looks like for her, as a mom to three younger children.

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Erin Loechner’s website, Design for Mankind

Erin’s recent essay, Who We Follow

The Tech-Wise Family, by Andy Crouch

Digital Minimalism, by Cal Newport

The Sober Lush, by Amanda Eyre Ward and Jardine Libaire

East of Eden’s introduction, by John Steinbeck

Munk Debates

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Screen Fasts #1 Oct 01, 2021

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Seth and Tsh start a two-part conversation about what Seth is learning from a month-long digital detox (Tsh takes one every July, too, so she has her own experiences). What does it mean as writers and creators? Is it even possible to do good, profitable work and not be on social media? In short: what inconveniences are we willing to trade for a more beautiful life?

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Digital Minimalism and Deep Work, by Cal Newport

The Storm is Upon Us, by Mike Rothschild

Adorning the Dark and God of the Garden, by Andrew Peterson

Axel Vervoordt: Wabi Inspirations, by Tatsuro Miki

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Come to Italy With Us! Sep 24, 2021

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Buon venerdì! Seth and Tsh finally spill the beans… They’re leading a pilgrimage next summer to Italy, and EVERYONE is invited. Yep — that means you and your friends! They’d love to journey with you to a slice of land that’s not only known for its art and beauty, but it knows how to do beauty well. Tuscany is steeped in an artful way of life, and it’s one of their favorite places in the world. From the art to the architecture to the food to the farming to the people and the slower pace of life… Pilgrimage to Italy next summer to experience the via pulchritudinis.