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46 Part 2: Scaffold of Hope with Becky Eldredge: Practices for Dark Seasons (opens the original)
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What holds us when life becomes heavy? In this secondconversation, Deb Gregory and spiritual director Becky Eldredge explore how hope is sustained in the seasons when our interior movements go quiet. Ignatian spirituality teaches that discernment is never a solo practice — it is communal, embodied, and grounded in the ways God meets us through others. Becky reflects on the reality of dark seasons : times when prayer feels thin, energy disappears, and the nervous system contracts under the weight
45 Part 1: Embodied Discernment with Becky Eldredge: Noticing What Moves Us (opens the original)
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What does discernment have to do with the body? In this conversation, Deb Gregory and spiritual director Becky Eldredge explore the affective and holistic wisdom of Ignatian spirituality — a tradition where the whole person prays, listens, and discerns. Becky describes how interior movements show up not just in our thoughts but in our emotions, our breath, our posture, and the subtle shifts in energy that surface when we face a decision. Ignatian discernment invites us to pay attention to these
44 The Interior Wilderness: Noel Forlini Burt on Encountering God in the Desert (opens the original)
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Why I wanted to talk with Noel Noel is both an Old Testament scholar and a spiritualdirector — two threads that run through my own story. My early academic path was aimed toward becoming an Old Testament scholar, but my vocation ultimately led me into spiritual direction. Even so, my love for the Hebrew Bible has never faded. Talking with Noel gave me the chance to explore both the scholarly depth and the spiritual formation that emerge in the wilderness stories of Scripture. Key Themes we Discu
43 Brian Zahnd on Pilgrimage, Transformation, and Coming to See the Unseen Realm (opens the original)
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I’ll admit it—I was a bit nervous to talk about heaven with Brian Zahnd. Perhaps like you, I carry baggage from childhood images of gold streets and clouds, and I wasn’t sure where this conversation would go. But his stories of walking long long-distance pilgrimages like the Camino de Santiago opened such a grounded way of talking about heaven, embodiment, and the unseen world we move through every day. I really loved this conversation! What we get into Brian has walked multiple pilgrimages—40 m
42 Forest Bathing: Cultivating Connection with Nature and God with Kim Van Natta (opens the original)
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Forest Bathing: Cultivating Connection with Nature andGod with Kim Van Natta Discover how forest bathing—an intentional immersion innature—can deepen your spiritual life and boost your physical health. In this episode, Kim Van Natta, a spiritual director and certified forest therapy guide, shares insights on engaging all your senses outdoors to experience divine connection. Use code IVPOD25 for 25% off Spiritual Wayfinding: 33 Walking Meditations for Navigating Life with Embodied Wisdom Main top
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