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We're kicking off a series of episodes for Advent--committing to pause for just five minutes daily to reflect on what it is to wait for the coming of Jesus during this season. Advent begins four Sundays before Christmas.

(By Lyndi Lee Markus)

Jodie leads through a practice based on the Beloved Prayer by Arthur LeClair.

Let's reflect on our souls and where courage might be an invitation from the Lord.

Jin leads a reflection on how much God delights in you!

We explore Jesus' breakfast with the disciples, and practice looking to His gaze instead of our own anxiety.

In this episode, we’ll take ourselves, our hopes, and our imaginations to the moment in Mark 2 when Jesus offered healing to the paralytic whose friends lowered him through a roof.

Together, let's explore tools for discernment through the practice of Examen and its application of consolation and desolation.

This episode’s imaginative practice invites God to communicate His loving intentions toward us as we seek to honestly observe how we are moving through this world, considering our pace and rhythms of life.

What does it mean that God created a world where our lives are inextricably bound to time? And how do we relate to a God who created time itself, meaning He’s outside it?

Let's explore together where our vocation comes from, and delve into John 1 with lectio divina

Janine Young leads us in a consideration of solitude through Lectio Divina.

Let's center ourselves and hold five minutes of silence together to see what God does with a quiet canvas.

Feeling busy? In the hustle of everyday life, sometimes we lose sight of what it is to be one whole, integrated human. Breath prayer is a way to center ourselves and drop into the present moment with the Holy Spirit.

How important are our physical bodies to our spiritual lives? David Rau leads us in a practice of inviting our bodies to be fully present with our minds and hearts through this prayerful body scan.

In our Navigator Hand illustration, it's the thumb, or meditation, that gives us the ability to hold tight to the joy of the Lord. Tammy Murden leads us in a meditation on Nehemiah 8:10.

Elizabeth Davies leads us through an exercise of gratitude toward our senses and God's provision.

Sometimes what we need is attunement: the knowledge that someone else is with us and for us. Immanuel journaling provides space and opportunity to see how Jesus meets us in those places.

Music provides a powerful connection point to the heart of God. In this original song by Mark Beazley, we'll practice using music as a practice that reveals the prayers of our own hearts.

The Welcoming Prayer leads us contemplatively to engage our bodies and invite God to speak to us as we notice our physical responses to unmet desires, loss, and other circumstances. What happens when we submit those responses to God?

Lectio divina, "holy reading," is an ancient practice that helps us connect our intellect, our observation, and our hearts. Alice Matagora leads us through a simple exploration of Philippians 4:8.

Jo Newell guides us in the ancient Ignatian practice of Examen–looking back over a period of time to help us pay attention to what God was doing in our days.

We'll explore "holy seeing" through a Visio Divina that examines Caravaggio's Entombment and John 19:38-42, considering what God might say about our longings and desires.

What defines your identity? David Brown leads us in a scriptural meditation on Ephesians 1:4-14, and facilitates space and suggestions for us to reflect on who God says we are.

Spiritual director Jo Newell leads us in a practice of trusting God with the weight of things we usually feel we must hold onto.

Janine Young facilitates a practice of "just stopping," taking a mini-Sabbath together to listen to what God might be saying.

Spiritual director Janine Young and Lyndi Lee Markus discuss the difference between spiritual practices and spiritual disciplines, as well as what it might mean for us to stop at the crossroads, take notice of what we see, and find rest in the "ancient way" (Jeremiah 6:16). As we turn our attention toward our soul health, we're launching this podcast of brief, facilitated spiritual practices to give us all a practical moment to pause, breathe, and listen to God as part of Overflow: A Guided Journey. You're invited!

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