The Presence Project Podcast

• Attachment theory and the many obstacles to a life immersed in the Trinity's Love
• Honest conversation about detaching to attach in our marriages
• Understanding our attachment story and style in order to heal and live out of knowing you are God's beloved.
• The simple, but profound spiritual practices which have been a gift for Terry
• Experience Terry Wardle lead you into Jesus' Presence through Safe Place

Pre-order The Emmanuel Promise: Discovering the Security of a Life Held by God 

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Check out Healing Care Ministries amazing offerings HERE

Terry Wardle has written a treasure trove of incredible books including Identity Matters

and one of my favorites, Every Breath We Take, a book every Presence Project Listener will LOVE.

He also has a weekly podcast called Slingstones: Listen here.

The insecure anxious attached hope to get an "A" in Lent to try to be more worthy for God. They're afraid they have to clean themselves up before God wants to be in their presence.

The insecure avoidant attached like to keep things more intellectual, reading about someone else's Lent. If they have sin in their lives, they think they have to go at it alone.

The truth is that the Holy Spirit wants to be the One in charge of inviting us to new areas of increased freedom. He wants us to come to Him to become unbound. We were never meant to do this alone. 

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Neuroscience. Attachment theory. The stories that shape our image of God AND the spiritual practices that invite us to experience His tender love to build attachment. 

Just $11.39. Arrives April 30th

Writer 

Summer Gross @revsummerjoy on Instagram

The Presence Project on Patreon for monthly groups and online retreats

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http://www.summerjoygross.com

Jodi Grubbs @jodi.grubbs on Instagram

Live Slowly: A Gentle Invitation to Exhale ALSO on April 30th

Julianne Clayton: @juleclayton on Instagram

Listen to the Remind{h}er podcast here.

Bette Dickinson @bette_dickinson on Instagram

https://www.bettedickinson.com/

https://www.bettedickinson.com/all-art

Kris Camealy: @kriscamealy on Instagram

https://www.kriscamealy.com/

An illustration of her sweet mixed media makings

Kris’ podcast: Refine Retreat, the podcast

Maeve Gerboth: @maeve_gerboth on Instagram

Explore spiritual direction with Maeve.

Books and Resources:

Kate Bowler On Being with Krista Tippett: On Having a Body

https://onbeing.org/programs/kate-bowler-on-being-in-a-body/

Celtic Benedictions with J. Philip Newell

Jamie Winship: Fearless Living

Tanner Olson: Walking a Little Slower 

David Benner: Soulful Spirituality

John O’Donohue: Bless the Place Between Us 

Get Summer’s free resource to move through tangled emotions here.

Show Notes for Episode 66 with Alan Fadling:

Pre-order The Emmanuel Promise by Summer Gross for $11.39!!! HERE

Find A Year of Slowing Down: Daily Devotions for Unhurried Living by Alan Fadling HERE

Pre-order Alan Fadling's newest book, A Non Anxious Life: Experiencing the Peace of God's Presence which releases February 6th. Pre-Order here.

Buy Steve Macchia's accessible book on Rule of Life: Crafting a Rule of Life HERE.

Get Margaret Silf's book Inner Compass with chapters on Holy Desire HERE.

Join Summer's twice-monthly retreat, Table of the Beloved to work on our Rule of Life together HERE.

Get Summer's newsletter to receive mini-retreats through your inbox as well as more resources for your life as His Beloved HERE

Show Notes for Episode 66 with Alan Fadling:

Pre-order The Emmanuel Promise by Summer Gross for $11.39!!! HERE

Find A Year of Slowing Down: Daily Devotions for Unhurried Living by Alan Fadling HERE

Pre-order Alan Fadling's newest book, A Non Anxious Life: Experiencing the Peace of God's Presence which releases February 6th. Pre-Order here.

Buy Steve Macchia's accessible book on Rule of Life: Crafting a Rule of Life HERE.

Get Margaret Silf's book Inner Compass with chapters on Holy Desire HERE.

Join Summer's twice-monthly retreat, Table of the Beloved to work on our Rule of Life together HERE.

Get Summer's newsletter to receive mini-retreats through your inbox as well as more resources for your life as His Beloved HERE

What if we were invited to savor the holidays, the moments of delight we initiated as well as the unforeseen joys, all as gifts from our Emmanuel?

For many, the holidays are full of reminders of pain and we either overschedule ourselves or numb, hoping not to pop up until after January 1st when all the painful nostalgia is over. Barb McMaster, a member of the Presence Project shares her practice of creating a delight list, the neuroscience of why it matters, and how we can experience God's joy in our joy.

Episode 65 show notes:

1. Pre-Order The Emmanuel Promise: Discovering the Security of a Life Held with God here from Baker Books. And friends, thank you. Your pre-orders are the way booksellers make decisions of what books to stock on their shelves.
2. FREE Savoring Christmas Delight Journal: Click here to start your journey to more joy this holiday
3. Need to know that God sees you in the middle of your heaviness this holiday? Click here for the FREE Workbook will walk you through. 
4. Barb McMaster, who was my conversation partner this episode, and a thoughtful and articulate guide, has created a podcast here.
5. You can join the Presence Project including the twice-monthly retreat called Table of the Beloved @ www.patreon.com/thepresenceproject 

How burning out from performance Christianity could actually save your life. AJ Sherrill teaches us how after burning out as a young church planter, he found a new rule of life based in contemplative prayer and discovered a depth to the Christian life he didn't know was available. And it all started with learning to slow down, and create rhythms of being with God throughout the day.

Show Notes:

1. A.J. Sherrill's website
2. AJ's book: Being with God: The Absurdity, Necessity, and Neurobiology of Contemplative Prayer just $10 on Amazon. A wonderful resource
3. Pre-order Summer's book: The Emmanuel Promise: Discovering the Security of a Life Held by God
4. Get on Summer's mini-retreat newsletter list to find out about groups and resources, including the upcoming Lectio Diving journal.
5. Receive free 21 page workbook helping you go from overwhelm to emotional resiliency by clicking here.

In episode 63, I invite you fireside for a lectio divina 101 chat and together we answer Jesus' invitation in John 21:9-13 to "Come, have breakfast."

Show Notes:

*Have Summer come lead at your gathering: presenceproject.ea@gmail.com

*Want to find out more about All Soul's Atlanta? Click here.

*Philip Yancey's article, The Death of Reading is Threatening the Soul. Read it here.

*Summer's future book, The Emmanuel Promise has a chapter about lectio divina and free corresponding lectio divina videos throughout. Pre-Order Summer's upcoming April 2024 book, The Emmanuel Promise by clicking here.

This statement by my spiritual direction professor, Robert Woodcock, peaked my curiosity: “We sometimes forget that there are two people in this relationship, us and God. We forget that we are in a relationship with a Person with feelings and hopes and dreams for our life together.  Sometimes we are brave enough to ask God what He thinks but rarely are we brave enough to ask God how He feels.” 

With lectio divina, we slow down the Scripture so we can get to know God's heart.

Show Notes:

Interested in finding out more about getting a 2 year spiritual direction certificate? healingcare.org/direction

Want to listen to Jesus' heart through John? Start in the sister podcast, The Slow Word Movement, here.

Want to join a group doing this LIVE? Join Table of the Beloved, patreon.com/thepresenceproject

Pre-order Summer's book on looking at how we've shaped our image of God through the lens of our attachment wounds here.

We've become such a fast culture. Becoming good soil for the word takes an intentional step. Otherwise, our time in scripture feels more like coming up to the drive thru window for fast food.

When I hear people say they can't "do" contemplative exercises, I wonder if they're giving their body time to ground first.

Show notes:

Want to sign up for the Saturday morning mini-retreat? Click here.

Interested in finding more lectio divina videos over on YouTube? Click here.

1. Join the Presence Project newsletter list and receive a free mini-retreat on the weekends here.

2. Find the Renovare episode with Richard Foster I quoted from here.

3. Go from emotional overwhelm to building resiliency with this free 21 pg workbook curated by Summer.

4. Pre-order Summer's upcoming spring 2023 book with Baker Publishing, 

The Emmanuel Promise: Discovering the Security of a Life Held by God here.

Let's make getting away with God on retreat Monday-morning-practical. How do you plan? What do you put in your suitcase? At its most basic, planning a retreat is creating time for unscheduled abiding with God. Let's start small.

Lane Arnold, spiritual director and writing coach, has created resources for your retreat here.

1. Receive weekly mini-retreat newsletter by clicking here.
2. Free 9 page examen workbook with classic and creative practices for reflection
3. God's invitation scriptures: Isaiah 55:1-3, Song of Songs 2:13-15, Proverbs 9:4-5, Matthew 11:28-30 in The Message, Mark 1:17, Mark 6:31-32
4. Untamed Christian; Unleased Church by Terry Wardle
5. Join Table of the Beloved here for LIVE zooms and four years of teachings

Episode 57, show notes:

1. Download worksheet for creating your own tray here.

2. Sign up for a weekly mini-retreat slipped into your inbox by clicking here.

3. Huberman lab podcast episode:

Click here for The Science of Making and Breaking Habits: (Start at minute 24)

4. Presence Project Podcast:

A Beginner’s Guide to the Examen, click here.

5. Nightly Examen: a 7 1/2 minute recording.

Just push play. I’ll lead you through by clicking here.

I've been noticing that what I need through transition has a pattern. Tired? Feeling overwhelmed? Disoriented? I wonder if these stages will resonate with you.

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If you'd like to have a full retreat based on this podcast episode, join Table of the Beloved at patreon.com/thepresenceproject. We'd love to have you!

If we take the time to Stand, Look, and Ask as God invites in Jeremiah 6:16, transition can be a place of powerful growth. There is often a great shifting in liminal spaces. As Madeleine L'Engle said, "It’s a good thing to have all the props pulled out from under us occasionally. It gives us some sense of what is rock under our feet and what is sand.” It's not comfortable, but it IS an opportunity.

Advent gives us time to remember that THIS is not the end of the story. This is not the end of your story or your child’s story, your marriage’s story, the church’s story, or our country’s story. Christ, our Beloved and our Victor, WILL return. Truthfully, it’s my favorite time of the church year. After all the hard news and the heaviness of the brokenness of our world, we get to turn our eyes upon Jesus, to gaze there, to Behold our God,

Join me for this 16-day audio Advent Journey to Behold our God and focus on the divinity of Christ through the scriptures and music of Handel's Messiah:

https://mailchi.mp/athirstforgod.com/messiahadvent

Bette Dickinson tells the story of how saying "yes" to enfleshing God's message of the Magnificat became one painting, then twenty-five, and then an entire Advent devotional. She also gives us an inside view on how her inner achiever was set free from striving so the Spirit could truly flow through her. 

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This is an Advent devotional you will return to again and again:

https://www.amazon.com/Making-Room-Advent-Devotions-Season/dp/1514004836/ref=asc_df_1514004836/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=564690296844&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=3158106950605108191&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9010784&hvtargid=pla-1643843137891&psc=1

We have a complicated relationship with desire and longing. Yes, our every cry is welcomed, but do we even want it to come up for daylight? Sometimes desire can feel vulnerable. Other times sharing can be a delight. What happens when we begin to recognize God has a new calling for us? In this episode I invited Beth Booram to teach us to listen to the first seeds of a God-given dream.

You've heard the phrase, "name it to tame it?" When we name our emotions, the heaviness around our feelings suddenly lifts. In this episode, Alison L. Bradley and I talk through page 5 of the workbook I created for you outlining a four-step process to emotional resiliency. In it I give multiple tools to name, ground, metabolize and then come to a place of rest in the Presence of God. These steps are validated by contemporary neurobiology and the Biblical invitation to lament.

Get your free 21-page, "I'm Feeling...Choose your Own Adventure Workbook" here: https://mailchi.mp/9669bd96e860/feeling-choose-adventure 

Follow Alison L. Bradley on instagram @alisonlbradley and at her enneagram themed instagram site: @9ish_andiknowit