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A Shoot from the Stump of Jesse
A Bible nerd's deep dive beyond the familiar Advent image
 • Mark Longhurst
48:22
An Ordinary Life, Fully Awake
Lerita Coleman Brown on Howard Thurman and everyday mysticism
 • Mark Longhurst
Is Good News Coming?
Advent and the Art of Preparation
 • Mark Longhurst
What Happens in Prayer is None of My Business
On releasing control, trusting divine mystery, and letting go of results
 • Mark Longhurst
Baptism and Identity in an Age of Extremism
Today I’d like to think about Christian baptism, and what it might mean for Christians to claim the power of baptismal “identity” today.
 • Mark Longhurst
Praying While Sick
What does it mean to pray when we are sick?
 • Mark Longhurst
49:15
Josue Perea on Contemplation, Blackness, and Culture
This lively episode is a conversation with my friend Josué Pereá—Director of the Black Lives and Contemplation Project through the Center for Spiritual…
 • Mark Longhurst
Everything in Its Right Place
Creation and the book of Job
 • Mark Longhurst
Mysticism and the Heart of Christian Faith
An excerpt from "The Holy Ordinary"
 • Mark Longhurst
the holy ordinary by Mark Longhurst
the holy ordinary by Mark Longhurst
Contemplative writing from the heart of everyday life. And other stuff, like a slow, mystical-political journey through the book of Revelation (yes, that book).
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