Living Poetry

Carla Funk | Gifts of Boredom Episode 40 "The Book of Knowledge" by Patrick Lane read at 17:20 Patrick Lane https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/patrick-lane "Fumbling Towards the Star" by Carla Funk read at 25:25 Mennonite Valley Girl: A Wayward Coming of Age by Carla Funk (2021) https://www.carlafunk.com/ IG @carla_funk Attention Restoration Theory (ART) (Kaplan, 1989, 1995) suggests that mental fatigue and concentration can be improved by time spent in, or looking at nature.

Corey Widmer | Be Still & Know I am Lost Episode 39 "Lost" David Wagoner poem read at 10:18 Traveling Light: Collected and New Poems (1999) Corey leads a brief Centering Prayer Practice Psalm 46: "Be still and know I am God." begins at 31:21 Corey Widmer: https://www.thirdrva.org/leadership-staff-directory/corey-widmer Intimacy with God: An Introduction to Centering Prayer by Thomas Keating (2009) The Wisdom of Your Body: Finding Healing, Wholeness, and Connection through Embodied Living by Hilary McBride (2021) Poetry of Presence: An Anthology of Mindfulness Poems edited by Phyllis Cole-Dai & Ruby R Wilson (2017)

Evan Cunningham | Laughing Over the Bass Solo Episode 38 "1960" by Billy Collins The Rain in Portugal: Poems by Billy Collins, 2016 poem read at 15:00 "Favorite Poet" by Evan Cunningham read at 26:10 "Introduction to Poetry" by Billy Collins https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46712/introduction-to-poetry The Apple that Astonished Paris by Billy Collins, 1988. The Legendary BILL EVANS TRIO 1960 Birdland Sessions f. Scott LeFaro, Paul Motian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eox5CRjcQW8

Gail Worsham Pitt | Let Doves Come Episode 37 "Let Evening Come" by Jane Kenyon, Otherwise, 1996 poem read at 6:36 https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46431/let-evening-come Dovehouse Ministries, Nashville, TN dovehouseministries.com First We Were Loved by Gail Worsham Pitt, 2017 Pray as You Go: https://prayasyougo.org/

Pádraig Ó Tuama, an Irish poet and theologian renowned for his conflict mediation, shares insights from his upcoming work, Kitchen Hymns. He discusses R.S. Thomas's explorations of silence and doubt, highlighting how poetic language can navigate the divine. Pádraig reflects on modern prayer as a practice of mutual consciousness rather than mere rhetoric. He connects kitchen rituals to spirituality and examines the creative potential of 'nothing.' With a focus on constructive conflict, he urges listeners to embrace transformative practices.

Vanessa Sadler | Kendrick Lamar: Dollars & Change Episode 35 contains explicit language and mature lyrical content Kendrick Lamar "How Much a Dollar Cost" from To Pimp a Butterfly https://open.spotify.com/search/how%20much%20a%20dollar%20cost Lyrics read throughout Vanessa Sadler: Abiding Story: https://www.abidinginstory.com/ IG: @vksadler The Allender Center podcast: Healing with Spiritual Direction, August 30, 2024 https://theallendercenter.org/2024/08/healing-with-spiritual-direction-with-vanessa-sadler/ https://dissectpodcast.com/2016/11/22/s1e13-how-much-a-dollar-cost-by-kendrick-lamar-from-to-pimp-a-butterfly/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CHow%20Much%20a%20Dollar%20Cost%3F%E2%80%9D%20will%20force%20Kendrick's%20hand,refuses%20due%20to%20his%20selfishness. Center for Spiritual Imagination: https://www.spiritualimagination.org/

Scott Sawyer | Chaotic Incidents & Detained Immigrants Episode 34 The House that Love Built by Sarah Jackson with Scott Sawyer, 2020 excerpt read at 18:12 Chuck Prophet, "It's a Good Day to Be Alive", from Wake the Dead, 2024 lyrics read at 26:25 "I Want Everything" Susan Haroutunian Cunningham poem read at 32:50 Earthly Fathers, A Memoir by Scott Sawyer, 2001 SJS Communications

Heather Stringer | A Healing Hum Episode 33 This episode contains material of a sensitive nature. "Hum, Hum" by Mary Oliver, A Thousand Mornings: Poems, 2013 poem read at 16:36 Life in Ritual https://www.lifeinritual.com/ IG: @life_in_ritual The Allender Center Blog: https://theallendercenter.org/author/hstringer/ Peter Levine, Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma, (1997) Maria Shriver Interviews the Famously Private Poet Mary Oliver, Oprah magazine: https://www.oprah.com/entertainment/maria-shriver-interviews-poet-mary-oliver Makers & Mystics podcast: Ritual Making & Performance Art with Heather Stringer https://www.makersandmystics.com/makersandmystics/2020/3/26/s7-e03-ritual-making-amp-performance-art-with-heather-stringer

Logan Baker | How to Kill Community Episode 32 "How do you create community?" by Tad Hargrave Tad Hargrave Substack: https://tadhargrave.substack.com/p/how-do-you-create-community-a-poem Poem read at: 12:11 Logan Baker: https://blueridgewilderness.com/who-we-are/our-team/logan-baker-lpc IG: @blueridgewilderness David Wilcox, "We Make the Way by Walking", The View from the Edge (2018) https://open.spotify.com/track/5l7iJR7kcyVUFSq8xtTKhX?si=21c9757de6bd4877 Henri Nouwen, Reaching Out: The Three Movements of the Spiritual Life (1986) Rainer Maria Rilke, "Duino Elegies: The Fourth Elegy" Port William & "The Membership"--fictional American rural town found in novels, short stories and some of poems of Wendell Berry.

Elise Kazanjian | More is Less Episode 31 Naomi Shiab Nye https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/naomi-shihab-nye Poem read at: 17:18 No More More More More by Elise Kazanjian Read at: 18:13 Persimmon Tree Online Journal https://persimmontree.org/spring-2025/the-poetry-of-naomi-shihab-nye/ "Gate A-4" Naomi Shihab Nye https://poets.org/poem/gate-4 "Musical Chairs and a Wide Swing" Susan Haroutunian Cunningham Passager Issue 75 Kathleen McClung https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/kathleen-mcclung Jane Hirshfield https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/jane-hirshfield Kevin Fagan The Lost and the Found: A True Story of Homelessness, Found Family, and Second Chances