Coffeehouse Contemplative – Details, episodes & analysis

My sermon at Community Christian Church in North Canton, Ohio on August 25, 2024.

John 6:56-69

Music: "Reflections" by Wild Wonder

My sermon at West Park UCC in Cleveland on Sunday, August 18, 2024.

1 Kings 2:10-2, 3:3-14

Music: "Reflections" by Wild Wonder

My sermon at Community Christian Church in North Canton on Sunday, May 12th, 2024.

Acts 1:15-17, 21-26

Music: "Reflections" by Wild Wonder

Sometimes words are just words. But when we have stories, experiences, or personal connections to them, they become so much more. This includes the words and practices of Holy Week.

NEW BOOK: No Perfect Time: Brief Essays on Life and Faith

Music: "Reflections" by Wild Wonder

We have an internal voice that constantly tells us what we should be doing to make ourselves more worthy of love or acceptance. This voice may come from our family of origin, religious upbringing, or workplace environment, but it presses down upon us and stifles our joy and sense of meaning. What if we viewed the world in another way?

NEW BOOK: No Perfect Time: Brief Essays on Life and Faith

Prayer in Motion: Connecting with God in Fidgety Times

Luke 10:38-42

Music: "Reflections" by Wild Wonder

Having a big dream for a new beginning or a changed lifestyle sounds great in our heads, but beginning to pursue them is something else entirely. The reality of what we need to do to make the change we seek is often jarring and discouraging. Carving out smaller steps and habits is the way to get past these times of frustration or hesitation.

ALL MY BOOKS

Amie McNee website

Leaves from the Notebook of a Tamed Cynic by Reinhold Neibuhr

"Sunrise swims to cope with winter," Chicago Tribune

Atomic Habits by James Clear

Music: "Reflections" by Wild Wonder

We each have days that are personally meaningful to us. There are the more obvious ones like birthdays, relationship anniversaries, and holidays, but we each may also have days that we ourselves acknowledge and remember but that most others have no idea about unless we tell them. And yet marking those days is as important to us as the others, and maybe even moreso.

Episode 36: No Perfect Time

No Perfect Time: Brief Essays on Life and Faith

Coffeehouse Contemplative: Spiritual Direction for the Everyday

Luke 9:28-36

Music: "Reflections" by Wild Wonder

Pursuing your creative passion involves a certain amount of awkwardness, since you'll need time to develop yourself as a creator. But then when it comes time for the question of whether to share your creation with the world, that brings a new set of fears: of being laughed at, or rejected, or ignored. It can take a lot of courage to share your passion with others, but the possibility of finding your audience outweighs the risk of looking foolish.

Dare to Be Stupid by "Weird Al" Yankovic

Matthew 5:14-16

"Those Impious Galileans" by Jonathan D. Blundell

MY NEW BOOK: No Perfect Time: Brief Essays on Life and Faith

Music: "Reflections" by Wild Wonder

On March 7th, my new book, No Perfect Time: Brief Essays on Life and Faith, officially releases. I take time this week to talk about where it came from and why I'm publishing it the way that I am, as well as read two entries. I'm excited to share this new creative work with my expanding listener base.

No Perfect Time: Brief Essays on Life and Faith

Episode 35: Ash Wednesday

Episode 31: The Eject Button

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All my other books

Music: "Reflections" by Wild Wonder

Ash Wednesday--and the season of Lent in general--is known to be a time of humility, repentance, and being honest with ourselves about our shortcomings, mistakes, and mortality. With all that's going on in our world every day, why would we want to pile more on? This episode will explore the lesser desirable themes of the upcoming season, while also exploring their positive qualities (no, really, there are some).

Joel 2:12-17

Psalm 51

Reinhold Niebuhr - Time Magazine

Music: "Reflections" by Wild Wonder