A Coaching Session on the Way of a Pilgrim

Turning to the Mystics with James Finley

Center for Action and Contemplation

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

In this special episode, Jim and Kirsten review the season and offer a way for us to turn to the Jesus Prayer and the Way of a Pilgrim for guidance on our own spiritual path. Resource Section: A transcript for this episode can be found here. A download to the meditation within this episode will be available for download within a week. The book we will be using this season, The Way of a Pilgrim, can be found here. Connect with us: We'll return in two weeks with our listener questions episode. Additionally, thank you for sharing your stories of pilgrimage with us. We will be working on a special episode and will be airing this later this year. This podcast is made possible, thanks to the generosity of our donors. If you would love to support the ongoing work of the Center for Action and Contemplation and the continued work of our podcasts, you can donate at https://cac.org/support-cac/podcasts/ Thank you!

Transcript

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0:00.0	You're listening to a podcast by the Center for Action and Contemplation.
0:04.4	To learn more, visit cacac.org.
0:08.4	Greetings.
0:09.7	I'm Jim Finley.
0:11.3	And I'm Keston Oates. Welcome to turning to the mysteries.
0:16.0	Welcome everyone.
0:20.0	Welcome everyone to season 9 of turning to the Mystics where we've been
0:27.5	turning to the way of a pilgrim by an anonymous author and I'm here with Jim and today we're going to go have our coaching session
0:37.4	talking about how we might apply lessons learned from the way of a pilgrim. So Jim, welcome.
0:43.9	Thank you.
0:45.0	Yeah, I always look forward to these coaching sessions.
0:48.2	It helps people experientially,
0:50.5	you know, find their way in the actual practice and walk through the unfolding of things as they
0:56.4	and their fidelity to it. So I'm looking forward to our time together.
0:59.9	Yes, yes, me too, very much.
1:03.9	And in today's session, we're going to do three things.
1:07.3	Firstly, Jim is going to give some coaching
1:09.9	on how to approach the text. then I'll lead a meditation that Jim and I have put together using
1:16.4	words from the book.
1:18.7	And finally, Jim will act as my spiritual director as I share my experience of trying the prayer in the hopes that might help
1:25.8	anyone else who's trying the prayer on this season. So now I'll hand over to you
1:31.0	Jim.
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