Episodes
Tuesday Dec 21, 2021
Praying with Poetry, Redux
Tuesday Dec 21, 2021
Tuesday Dec 21, 2021
G.K. Chesterton once wrote, “The reason we fly from the city is not in reality that it is not poetical; it is that its poetry is too fierce, too fascinating and too practical in its demands.”*
In this 2021 finale podcast episode, we welcome back Fr. Steve Lantry, SJ for a special Advent/Christmas "Praying with Poetry" episode. Fr. Lantry explores with us how we can use poetry as a tool to enrich and deepen our prayer life. He guides us through three groups of poems (listed below) on the themes of Relationality, Paradox, and Challenge & Hope.
Poems cited:
- The Hidden Singer by Wendell Berry from A Part, 1980, or, Collected Poems, pp.207-8
- Love is the way messengers… by Rumi 1207-1273, from The Soul of Rumi, p. 33, translated by Coleman Barks & John Moyne
- When school and mosque and minaret... by Rumi, 1207-1273, from A Year with Rumi, p.233
- Those who think the heart is only in the chest... by Rumi, 1207-1274, from Rumi: Hidden Music, p. 54, translated by Azima Melita Kolin & Maryam Mafi
- everywhere, everywhere by Charles Bukowski, from What Matters Most Is How Well You Walk Through the Fire, p. 94
- One song by Rumi, 1207-1273,from A Year with Rumi, p. 214,rendered by Coleman Barks
- When We See God by Edward Hirsch
- Hope by Lisel Mueller, from Good Poems, p. 224, ed. by Garrison Keillor
- Sometimes by Sheenagh Pugh, from Good Poems, p. 215, ed. by Garrison Keillor
- We have fished all night… by Sr. Annette Moran, CSJ, from A Woman at the Well, p. 55, Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondolet, St. Louis Province, 2009
*Lunacy and Letters by G.K. Chesterton, p. 60
Tuesday Dec 14, 2021
Can You Imagine A Playground? The Canvas that is NYC
Tuesday Dec 14, 2021
Tuesday Dec 14, 2021
Can you see a playground amidst the countless smells, sights, and sounds of New York City?
Jeremy Del Rio, Executive Director of Thrive Collective, Leadership Foundation of NYC, joins us to describe how this vision of the City as a Playground is coming to life in the City that Never Sleeps.
He discusses the many ways in which Thrive Collective is uncovering and unleashing the beauty and creativity that already resides in the city through mural painting, education, mentoring, and nurturing collaborative spaces amongst the least likely of partners.
Thursday Dec 02, 2021
Can You Imagine a Playground? - A Just City
Thursday Dec 02, 2021
Thursday Dec 02, 2021
Can you imagine a city that is just? A city where everyone - regardless of background, birth family, race, or creed - receives what they need to fully thrive as human beings...
Justin Beene, President of the Leadership Foundation of Grand Rapids, Center for Community Transformation (GRCCT), joins us to explore the shape of God's justice in his city. Dr. Beene describes how GRCCT is seeking to extend opportunity in a city ranked amongst the worst economically for African-Americans.