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Sacred Ordinary Days with Jenn Giles Kemper explores faith where it hits the pavement of work, relationships, creativity, and real life. Inspired by Jenn’s curiosity and faith (and her work as a minister and spiritual director) we’re crafting a show to help you meaningfully explore your own life with Christ — and ultimately lead you to become more wholly human and more fully faithful. On Tuesdays, join us for a conversation with folks whose words, work, and witness have shaped our team’s und ...
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On Prayer: Imagination, Invitation, & the Voice of God with Fr. James Martin
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Rev. James Martin, SJ, is a Jesuit priest, best-selling author, and editor-at-large of America magazine. Father Jim, as he graciously lets us call him, joins Jenn Giles Kemper to explore why he believes prayer is, well, for everyone. In this warm and welcoming episode, Father Jim and Jenn discuss Ignatian spirituality, the power of imagination in o…
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On Soul Care: Prayer & Practice in African American Christianity with Barbara Peacock
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Experienced spiritual director and award-winning author Dr. Barbara Peacock joins Jenn to share the compelling, beautiful ways in which African American women and men throughout history have approached soul care, prayer, and spiritual direction. Dr. Peacock also gives a glimpse into how a great cloud of witnesses has shaped her vocation and persona…
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On Making: Awareness, Abundance, and Art with Makoto Fujimura
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World-renowned artist Makoto Fujimura, author of “Art + Faith: A Theology of Making,” draws from his deep well of reflections on creativity and the spiritual aspects of “making” in this poetic, inviting conversation with Jenn Giles Kemper. Experienced in the Japanese art of Kintsugi (mending broken ceramic with lacquer and gold to create something …
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What becomes of the brokenhearted? Pandemic-tide rages on. Our hearts are battered and bruised. Some of us have lost jobs. Others of us have lost loved ones. We wonder when we will get to share meals with neighbors again and worship together like we used to. We wonder if—and when—racial and economic injustices will be restored, redeemed, and reconc…
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What is hope to you? Something that gets you through the day? Or something elusive that feels just out of touch? In this fifth week of Sacred Ordinary Days communal prayer, Kayla Craig, liturgist-in-residence and podcast producer at Sacred Ordinary Days, hosts this time of reflection and prayer to help you on your journey of becoming more wholly hu…
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Naming our fears doesn’t make us weak—it makes us brave. Join us as we pray for the fears that so easily entangle us. How do we discern when our fear is our God-given intuition, protecting us? And how do we discern when it’s a lie taking root in our hearts, wrapping around us like a weed to prevent us from walking the path of love God intends for u…
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Beloved, when was the last time you rested? Like, truly shut everything down and simply...breathed? Sabbath can often feel like an admirable—but unrealistic—sentiment for our very full, very ordinary lives of taking out the trash, meeting the work deadlines, and scrambling to make (or order in) dinner. You’re a parent? Your kids need you. You’re on…
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Join us in our second week of prayer as we pray for the lonely. And really, when we’re doing that? We’re praying for all of us. In our human limitation, it’s difficult to fathom that the God of all things does not leave or forsake us, even in the moments we feel most desperately alone. Maybe you’ve felt misunderstood and all alone as you reflect on…
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A Communal Call for Prayer: Prayer for the Overwhelmed
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For the next six weeks, we’re inviting you into an intentional time of prayer with a series of bonus episodes. No perfect words or serene locales necessary. We’re praying from our glorious, unglamorous ordinary spaces — and in doing so — accepting the invitation to waltz with the Maker who delights in our very being. We’re still working on podcast …
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[Unedited] Tsh Oxenreider with Jenn Giles Kemper
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Listen to the unedited conversation between Tsh Oxenreider and Jenn Giles Kemper, available now! On Thursdays following a newly-released interview episode, we’re releasing the long-form conversation. We hope it feels like you are sitting in a chair at the table with us. As we were producing our latest episode, On Journeying: Travel, Traditions, and…
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On Journeying: Travel, Traditions, and Turning to the Psalms with Tsh Oxenreider
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Writer and travel guide Tsh Oxenreider joins host Jenn to talk about journeying through shadow and light during Advent — and using the Psalms to map the way. Tsh shares about navigating different faith traditions and forging a new path for herself — a path that, as it turns out, has been well-tread by centuries of Christians before her. Tsh and Jen…
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[Unedited] Scott Erickson with Jenn Giles Kemper
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Listen to the unedited conversation between Scott Erickson and Jenn Giles Kemper, available now! On Thursdays following a newly-released interview episode, we’re releasing the long-form conversation. We hope it feels like you are sitting in a chair at the table with us. As we were producing our episode of Sacred Ordinary Days with Jenn Giles Kemper…
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On Vulnerability: Prayer, Art, and Parenthood with Scott Erickson
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Artist and storyteller Scott Erickson joins host Jenn Giles Kemper to explore vulnerability through prayer, creativity, and parenthood. Jenn brings her natural curiosity and her experiences as a spiritual director to the chat, inviting listeners to ponder their own vulnerabilities in this season of Advent. Throughout the episode, Scott and Jenn exp…
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The NEW Sacred Ordinary Days Podcast with Jenn Giles Kemper
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In this trailer, Jenn Giles Kemper, founder of Sacred Ordinary Days and host of this brand-new podcast, sits down to share a glimpse into how her team is crafting a show that will help you meaningfully explore your own life with Christ — and ultimately lead you to become more wholly human and more fully faithful. Here, you are welcome. Here, you be…
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RESOURCES REFERENCED: Insight Timer app Centering Prayer via Contemplative Outreach Blessing for Longing from To Bless The Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings by John O’Donohue BRING IT HOME What journey are you currently on, and who are your traveling companions today? Let us know on social media using the hashtag #sacredordinarydays. About Sacr…
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RESOURCES REFERENCED: Finding Purpose in Life: The Long Guide to Finding Your Life’s Work via The Meaning Movement The Calling Process: a step-by-step guide to finding purpose and pursuing your dream job by Dan Cumberland Let Your Life Speak: Listening to the Voice of Vocation by Parker Palmer To Be Told: God Invites You to CoAuthor Your Future by …
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RESOURCES REFERENCED: Two days left to sign up for the retreat! Get $5 off the Sacred Seasons liturgical wall calendar now through May 15 Purchase the 31 Days to a Meaningful Morning Course for just $20 May 16-June 1 Pre-order the academic edition of the Sacred Ordinary Days liturgical day planner and save $5 BRING IT HOME… How do you mark Pentecos…
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RESOURCES REFERENCED: Sabbath by Dan Allender (part of The Ancient Practices series) Even God Rested by Kim Thomas Sabbath as Resistance by Walter Brueggemann GO FURTHER Do you practice Sabbath? How do you cease and feast? Let us know on social media using the hashtag #sacredordinarydays. About Sacred Ordinary Days with Jenn Giles Kemper: Sacred Or…
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RESOURCES REFERENCED: Our recent webinar on daily practice, the Examen, and retreats, plus details on our own retreat this May! 25 Ways to Celebrate Life This Easter Season Feast! Real Food, Reflections, and Simple Living for the Christian Year by Haley Stewart A Homemade Year: The Blessings of Cooking, Crafting, and Coming Together by Jerusalem Ja…
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RESOURCES REFERENCED: Worldwide Labyrinth locator “Be Still and Know” prayer from Work of the People GO FURTHER What were your prayers like as a child and how have they changed or grown as you have changed and grown? What prayer practices are you playing with these days?Let us know on social media using the hashtag #sacredordinarydays. About Sacred…
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RESOURCES REFERENCED: Where Jesus Prayed by Danielle Shroyer (and Lacy's current Journey Book Club selection!) Prayers of the People Pop Resources The Brilliance, “Prayer of the People,” from the new album, Brother Better Life Bags Noonday Collection Kiva Micro-Loans Sama Group Revised Common Lectionary Google Calendar L’Arche International GO FURT…
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RESOURCES REFERENCED: Worldwide Labyrinth locator “Be Still and Know” prayer from Work of the People Plus how to practice Lectio Divina, everyday calls to prayer (5 surprising ways to encounter God hidden in your daily life), Lacy's prayer bead collection in the Journey Shop, and Lacy's post on almost buying a house and the meaning of prayer. GO FU…
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RESOURCES REFERENCED: Immortal Diamond: The Search for Our True Self by Richard Rohr (on the true self / false self and the current Journey Book Club selection!) Spiritual Director’s International Seek & Find Guide (Learn more about Lacy's spiritual direction services—available in person in Seattle as well as online via Skype—here) Robcast: Episode…
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RESOURCES REFERENCED: Creating a Rule of Life Course Spiritual Director’s International – Seek & Find Guide Rule of Life Pilgrim Principles by Lacy Clark Ellman 31 Days to a Meaningful Morning online course The Desire Map by Danielle LaPorte consolation vs. desolation Examen Practice download Examen / Ignatian resources: ignatianspirituality.com be…
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RESOURCES REFERENCED: Lacy's book, Pilgrim Principles: Journeying with Intention in Everyday Life The Liturgical Year: The Spiraling Adventure of Spiritual Life by Joan Chittister Door-chalking tradition Benediction music from Common Prayer GO FURTHER What are your thoughts on Epiphany, and how do you plan to mark it? What star is guiding you in th…
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Christmas + Christmastide + Celebration
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RESOURCES REFERENCED: Living the Christian Year Lectio divina how-to Verse for memorization and meditation “Give Me a Word” free course from Christine Valters Paintner GO FURTHER Tell us what your Christmas celebration is like. How did your family celebrate growing up? How do you live with grace in the tension between new traditions and old, other …
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If you'd like to read more of Jan Richardson's blessings, you can pick up her latest book Circle of Grace, which I shared the closing blessing from at the end of the episode. You can also join the Still Forming Advent Meditations group that our friend Christianne Squires has been leading, where she is offering meditations through the Advent season …
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RESOURCES REFERENCED: Sacred Seasons: a perpetual liturgical wall calendar Sacred Ordinary Days: a liturgical day planner Sacred Ordinary Days Workbook (free when you sign up here) Girl Meets God To Bless the Space Between Us BRING IT HOME What’s your experience of the Liturgical Calendar? Add your voice to the conversation in the Sacred Ordinary D…
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