# Mary Oliver

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Bad Religion: Straining Gnats & Swallowing Camels

Today, Mike, Suzie, and Tim unpack Matthew 23:23 and Jesus’ warning about straining out gnats while swallowing camels. They connect biblical interpretation to the fruit a community produces, arguing that justice, mercy, and faithfulness matter more than performative attention to minor rules. Mike …

Dream Weavers: Finding Meaning When Life Hits Hard in Midlife

Two women take the same hit. The same diagnosis, the same layoff, the same divorce nobody saw coming. One gets smaller and harder. The other somehow gets bolder. The difference was never the blow. It was the lens. In this solo episode of Butterfly Days, Tami Jorden shares five power shifts for Gen…

16 Simple Ways To Connect With Your Homeschool Kids The Best

Prefer to listen? This is part of Coming Home to Yourself, the current season of the Confident Homeschool Mom Podcast. Knowing how to connect with your homeschool kids starts with being with them, not just near them. Being near means sharing a room while your attention is on the laundry, your ph…

Surely the Lord Is In This Place

Ginger Gaines-Cirelli   I don't know about you, but for a really long time now, it has felt like all of us have wandered into an episode, a long episode, of The Twilight Zone. Things feel weird. They feel creepy and deeply unsettling. We've had a rude awakening. The institutions and protections t…

Unpack Your Bags

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Don't Just Pass Through | Growmentum Monday Fuel What if you're so focused on where you're going that you're missing where you are? The next deadline. The next promotion. The next milestone. Lea…

How I Have Honoured - Emma Pearson

“I think we’ll have deep excavation work to think about how I have honoured people who shaped me. Did I appropriately do that in my lifetime?” Emma Pearson   Emma Pearson and I talk about thresholds, the space between what has ended and what hasn’t yet begun. Emma has lived there herself. She los…

Missing My Mom

My dear mother, Janet Trostrud Walker died on Sunday evening, October 4. As she lie in hospice, after a full day of visitors, I played “Be Thou My Vision” on her out-of-tune baby grand piano. Then my sister Johanna read two Mary Oliver poems. And then my mom took her last breaths. She was 95 year…

SEASON FINALE: What Mae Knew | Ted Lasso, Mary Oliver and the Courage to Arrive

What if the scariest thing at the end of your life isn't dying, but realizing you only visited? In the Season 3 finale, Jeff looks back at a season of strangers who became friends, and at the answer nearly every guest gave their younger self: you are loved, you're going to be okay. Then he tells th…

#064 - I Watched Amanda Gorman's Masterclass (My Honest Review)

Wondering if Amanda Gorman’s Poetry MasterClass is genuinely worth your time and money? In this comprehensive review, Rachael from The Poetry Vessel Podcast dives deep into a 10-part breakdown of Gorman’s 16-lesson course, exploring everything from overcoming writer’s block and refining your edit…

680. A 22-Minute Guided Meditation on Mary Oliver's Poem, "I Worried"

Bright Bold & Real has produced a special community series - Mindful Community Collective, MC² - to refresh and heal. This guided meditation is perfect to rest your mind and give your week a sense of calm, grace, and flexibility. Consider this time an oasis for your mind and soul.