The Spacious Place, with Kari Levang

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Clinging to what is good! Pt 2 Nov 16, 2021

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God is forming us into new people. And the place of that formation is in the small moments of today. Tish Harrison Warren

Today we're going to start with the first two things that I have found to be vital pieces in the process of clinging to what is good in my own life. Paying attention, (which I believe is a cultivated art), is the first one and as we work at it, we get better and better, and before you know it, there is more of us to enter into the situations we find ourselves a part of. And discipline, although to many it sounds like a negative word, has been an extraordinarily helpful piece in my journey into clinging to what is good. Today we talk a lot about the importance of identifying your season, in order to set yourself up well!

Cling to what is good Pt 1 Nov 09, 2021

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Paul never forgets that we are embodied creatures. Everything we think, say or do, we do in a body. Presenting our bodies means staying aware each day that our body is the primary location in which we actually express our heart, soul, strength and mind.

Frank Crouch

In this episode I'll lay the foundation for our conversation around the invitation to Cling to what is good in Romans 12. We'll go back to the top of the chapter and find out how it gets practiced in our lives (in our actual bodies), and I will share some insights into how it's been a helpful rhythm for me to go back to over and over again.

Inviting God to help me, know me (taken from Ruth Haley Barton) Nov 02, 2021

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Intimacy can be hard. Especially when we haven't even figured out how to be ourselves with ourselves yet. But we don't need to dodge ourselves. We can do the slow work of paying attention and when we're ready, we'll can let others into the process with us. Psalm 139 is a great pathway to practice this kind of intimacy with the One who formed us. I'll share today a little about what this process has been like for me and maybe it'll give one of you courage to do enter in with Jesus and others in a new way.

Talking about clinging to what is good with Sand, Lanette and Laurine Oct 26, 2021

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The danger of coming to stay with me in our home in Central Oregon is that I will talk you into coming on the podcast and sharing things about your life:)

This week I'm chatting with three of my sweet friends around Romans 12:9—-Love must be sincere; hate what is evil and cling to what is good. Each of us have had some big challenges in life that have allowed for us to exercise these directives and their insights from their own lives is so good! I think you'll be able to find places to enter in as you listen to each of them share their experiences.

Cling to what is good, with Meg Oct 19, 2021

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You guys!—today as I talk with Meg about the passage in Romans 12:9 Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good, we find ourselves swimming in the delight of God's love. But more than that, we talk all about what the process has been— and continues to be like for both of us as we wrestle with the truth that we are totally loved and delighted in, simply because God cannot be anything other than a lover. Today you get in on our own beautiful mess of belief and doubt, sometimes right in the middle of our worship.

Saying 'YES' to rest! Oct 12, 2021

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Christ's invitation to the weary and heavy-laden is a call to begin life over again upon a new principle--upon His own principle. "Watch My way of doing things," He says. "Follow Me. Take life as I take it. Be meek and lowly, and you will find Rest." - Henry Drummond

Today we'll finish up our conversation around the Matthew 11 passage. We'll land on rest and spend some time talking about what the invitation to get away with God actually means for us, as the beloved of God. I just know that by the end of the podcast you'll be eager to turn it off and get away with Jesus for the rest that he offers.

Let's talk yokes. Oct 05, 2021

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Back in the middle of August we talked about the invitation to Come, to Jesus with our weary and burdened selves.(Matthew 11:28-30) Join me this week as we unpack some thoughts around the next step of this invitation--- and we'll start with yokes. Not jokes, but yokes:) We're gonna talk not only about what they are but what makes them helpful.

Following Jesus, even into uncomfortable solitude Sep 28, 2021

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Solitude is the place of purification and transformation, the place of the great struggle and the great encounter. Henri Nouwen

It's easy for us to romanticize what getting alone with God in solitude will be like. In this episode I'll share with you the discomfort and messiness of my time alone with Jesus and how it ultimately led me somewhere other than what I was hoping and expecting.

Clinging to what is good, in my own discomfort Sep 21, 2021

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Today is me sharing with you spontaneously about what it was like to cling to what was good in my own discomfort. Hopefully me sharing how terrible I felt and what the struggle was like, to choose a different way, will lead you to some encouragement. If nothing else, you'll know you're not alone in have an occasional hard day.

2.0 Following Jesus, clinging to what is Good Sep 14, 2021

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When we are in touch with God's joy and peace in us (clinging to what is good), then we become whole and holy persons. Like living torches we radiate the light and heat of God's compassionate love. Mark Yaconelli

This week we'll continue our conversation about clinging to what is good, but we'll fast forward to what that looks like for me today. I'll share some of the ways that I have continued this practice and hopefully give you some handles for your own lives in three important areas. Join me, as we keep showing up and living out our identity as God's beloved.

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