Things Not Seen Podcast

We speak with Chicago Tribune religion reporter Manya Brachear Pashman about her career and what she has learned in 15 years on the religion beat.

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Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 4:28pm CDT

We speak with Chicago Tribune religion reporter Manya Brachear Pashman about her career and what she has learned in 15 years on the religion beat.

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Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 4:28pm CDT

For 15 years, theologian Stanley Hauerwas has been writing letters to a young man about essential virtues. Now, he has shared those letters in a new book.

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Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 11:00am CDT

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

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Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 3:47pm CDT

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.

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Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 9:50pm CDT

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.

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Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 1:24pm CDT

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

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Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 12:07pm CDT

Our guest, Diana Butler Bass, returns to the show to discuss her new book, Grateful: The Transformative Power of Giving Thanks

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Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 9:50am CDT

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.

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Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 11:14am CDT

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.

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Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 9:03pm CDT