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No Small Endeavor with Lee C. Camp

158: Naomi Shihab Nye: The Life Changing Benefits of Paying Attention (Best of NSE)

No Small Endeavor with Lee C. Camp

Lee Camp

Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy

4.8 • 556 Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

What do scientists and poets both agree on? On this show, we often host guests whose work is in scientific or concrete fields, such as psychology or sociology, which rely on experiments and research to come to helpful conclusions. But such conversations sometimes fall short of the wonder and beauty we experience in everyday life, and for such subjects, we turn to the poets. In this episode, award-winning poet Naomi Shihab Nye corroborates what researchers have confirmed—the benefits of paying attention. She shares abundant wisdom for living a good life through the lens of poetry. Her work has a quality that the best poetry has, that of paying rapt attention to small moments, making meaning and hope out of everyday wonders. Show Notes: Resources mentioned this episode Everything Comes Next by Naomi Shihab Nye PDF of Lee’s Interview Notes Transcription Link JOIN NSE+ Today! Our subscriber only community with bonus episodes, ad-free listening, and discounts on live shows Subscribe to episodes: Apple | Spotify | Amazon | Google | YouTubeFollow Us: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | YouTubeFollow Lee: Instagram | TwitterJoin our Email List: nosmallendeavor.com See Privacy Policy: Privacy Policy Amazon Affiliate Disclosure: Tokens Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi, friends, Annie F Downs here. If you've ever felt overwhelmed, distracted, or unsure where to

0:05.7

begin when it comes to reading scripture, I want to invite you to read the Gospels with me every

0:10.3

month. That's Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Every day on the Let's Read the Gospels podcast

0:15.8

is an invitation to slow down and spend intentional time with Jesus through Scripture.

0:21.3

I started reading through the Gospels in a month because I kept trying to read the whole Bible

0:25.3

in a year and would find myself getting behind and getting frustrated.

0:28.8

So I asked myself, what if I just started with the Gospels?

0:32.2

And it turns out I kept wanting to read them over and over, and it has changed my life.

0:37.6

If you do three chapters a day for 30 days, you get all four books read in a month, and we've

0:42.4

been doing that on the Let's Read the Gospels podcast for years now.

0:46.7

Every day on the Let's Read the Gospels podcast, we read three chapters, and then I end

0:51.5

with a prayer.

0:52.3

That's it.

0:52.8

It's simple, and each episode is around 15 minutes

0:55.5

of your day. Every month, we read a different version of the four Gospels and in different

1:00.4

order, so you can scroll back and pick your favorite, or you can just hit play on today's

1:04.8

episode and listen along with the version we've chosen for that month. I say it often because

1:10.2

I believe it. You don't have to

1:11.7

be in the Gospels every day to be changed, but every day you're in the Gospels will change you.

1:17.2

Subscribe today to the Let's Read the Gospels podcast and let's spend a month together reading about

1:21.8

Jesus's life and ministry on earth, the friendships, the parables, the sacrifices, the meals,

1:28.2

and the miracles.

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