“Courage—you develop courage by doing small things like just as if you wouldn’t want to pick up a 100-pound weight without preparing yourself.” —Maya Angelou. This is a different kind of courage: the courage to slow it way down and how to train for it.

Josh is the host and creator of the Invitation Podcast. He is a certified spiritual director, a retreat leader, and facilitator of contemplative prayer practices in prisons. In part of one of this interview, we talk about rediscovering the art of brewing beer, being human, and wakefulness.

Blessing changes our experience. Liturgy gives voice to groanings and prayer we don’t have the words to say. This episode is a meditation with readings of blessing for today’s struggles of pandemic and injustice.

Carolyn Arends is a recording artist, speaker, author, and college instructor. We talk about the ebb and flow of creative rhythms and bringing our doubts to God. We chat about:

• tending to your garden during exile as a creative person,

• and expressing emotions with God during disorientation through prayer and art,

In this episode, Alice and I talk about:

• What she's doing to make the arts accessible to all kids,

• How Hip hop lessons on Zoom are keeping students connected,

• What happened when coronavirus took the lives of 6 people in her church community,