Things Not Seen Podcast

Our guest helped write a book on an ancient Prayer Wheel, a wonderful tool for modern spirituality, hidden for centuries in the pages of a book Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jessica Mesman Griffith is a spiritual writer and curator of artistic communities for curious and wandering souls. We discuss her recent projects and events, as well as her own journey from brokenness to healing and community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We revisit an interview with Loyola University professor Jean-Pierre Fortin. We discuss his work to uncover moments of hope and grace during the atrocities of the Holocaust Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our guest Jordan Denari Duffner found a rejuvenated connection to her Catholic faith in an unlikely place: praying alongside her Muslim friends. We discuss her new book, Finding Jesus Among Muslims: How Loving Islam Makes Me a Better Catholic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our guest, Diana Butler Bass, returns to the show to discuss her new book, Grateful: The Transformative Power of Giving Thanks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Fontana has a vision to transform today's retiring executives into tomorrow's nonprofit leaders. He's using Ignatius Loyola's spiritual exercises to do it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host David Dault talks with Merton scholar Robert Hudson about the tumultuous final years of Catholic monk Thomas Merton. The story involves two love affairs - one with a young nurse, and the other with the music of Bob Dylan. Both deeply affected the course of Merton's life and writing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We talk with Jon Sweeney about his long friendship and new biography of the late Phyllis Tickle, who helped chronicle Emergence Christianity and popularize daily prayer practices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We speak to Rev. MaryAnn McKibben Dana about her new book, God, Improv, and the Art of Living. She discusses the philosophy of improvisation and how it can inform our decisions about life and faith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jean-Pierre Fortin studies the most awful moments of human history, to discover the stories of those who become the presence of God's grace in God-forsaken conditions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We talk with world-renowned Bible scholar John Dominic Crossan about a fifteen year detective story to find a missing understanding of Easter. Crossan and his wife, professional photographer Sarah Crossan, take a journey across the near east to discover images that rearrange western understandings of the Christian resurrection. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this powerful interview, Loyola University professor timone davis recounts her journey from doubt and anger back to a fiery faith Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We revisit a 2016 interview with Bishop Spong to mark the release of his new book, Unbelievable: Why Neither Ancient Creeds Nor the Reformation Can Produce a Living Faith Today Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jessica Mesman Griffith is a spiritual writer and curator of artistic communities for curious and wandering souls. We discuss her recent projects and events, as well as her own journey from brokenness to healing and community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We discuss Dr. Schmisek's book, The Rome of Peter and Paul, as well as the Institute for Pastoral Studies at Loyola University Chicago Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joel Hamernick moved with his family to a poor neighborhood in south Chicago with a lot of big ideas about how he could make things better. Over time, his neighbors taught him how to actually make a difference. This is a frank conversation about race, privilege, and the power of humble faith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fr. Gregory Boyle, SJ is the founder of Homeboy Industries in L.A. We talk about his three decades of work to heal the trauma of gang violence in the city, and discuss his new book, Barking at the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark Galli, editor in chief of Christianity Today, has written an accessible biography of Karl Barth, as an introduction for Evangelicals and others who might benefit from the work of this great theologian. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Antonio 'Ton' Sison is a theologian, film critic, and film maker. We talk to him about his new book, The Sacred Foodways of Film Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mahany's new book, Motherprayer, is a meditation on divine love, seen through the lens of mothering love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices