Bonus: Grounding Ourselves in Life and Resurrection

Turning to the Mystics with James Finley

Center for Action and Contemplation

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

In this bonus episode of Turning to The Mystics, as we enter Eastertide, Jim and Kirsten are focusing on an Easter message that will help us reflect on the truth of life and resurrection so that we might ground ourselves in that story during a time such as this with the ongoing pandemic. The transcript for this bonus episode can be found here. To learn more about James Finley, visit jamesfinley.org Turning to the Mystics is a podcast by the Center for Action and Contemplation. We'd love to hear your thoughts, comments or feedback. To do so, email us at [email protected] Have a question you’d like Jim or Kirsten to answer on a future episode? Email us: [email protected] or, send us a voicemail: cac.org/voicemail 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 cac.org/podcastsupport Thank you!

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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.
0:08.9	Greetings, I'm Jim Finley.
0:11.8	And I'm Kirsten Oates. Welcome to turning to the Mystics.
0:17.0	Welcome to another bonus episode of Turning to the Mystics with Jim Finley.
0:27.8	We're so glad you're with us.
0:30.0	We're recording this episode on Easter Monday and it's been a very strange holy week in Easter for us all
0:36.3	And yesterday Easter Sunday where we're normally invited to celebrate in community life and the risen Jesus.
0:44.0	Instead we're seeing on the news some of the worst days that we've faced in terms of death
0:51.0	from the coronavirus.
0:55.0	So in solidarity with people going through this experience,
1:00.0	Jim wanted to share an Easter message that will help us reflect on the truth of
1:09.2	resurrection, of life and resurrection, so we might ground ourselves in that story as we continue to
1:17.1	face this strange time, this sad time together. So Jim, thank you so much for taking the time to be with us.
1:26.6	Thank you, Christian. Yes, please we can have this session together.
1:38.0	Talk this session together. Talk this session, we would round out this series, at least for now, on how to be contemplatively
1:40.8	spiritually grounded in the midst of this pandemic that we're all going through and tying it in
1:46.7	liturgically to a holy week so how our faith can be that grounding place
1:52.4	for us.
1:54.0	And so I think last time I reflected on Veronica's Vale,
1:58.0	kind of the passion of Christ,
2:00.0	and tying that in poetically.
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