38. Connection Through Prayer - Thomas McConkie

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🗓️ 25 January 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we speak with Thomas McConkie on the subject of prayer.

Thomas brings a unique perspective, one that fuses a traditional idea of prayer with a more contemplative practice. He shares his insights on finding real connection to God through prayer, on the intersection of acceptance and seeking for specific outcomes, and perhaps most importantly, on how contemplative connection with God can help us rid ourselves of the "wrong ideas" that cause us pain.

We hope you enjoy this conversation!

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34:56 Prayer as Conversation
40:30 Thoughts on Fasting
46:13 The Role of Prayer in Faith Crisis

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0:54.0	Hi and welcome to the Faith Matters podcast,
0:58.0	this is Tim Chavez.
1:00.0	In this episode we speak with Thomas McConkey,
1:02.0	founder of the Lower Light School of Wisdom, and author of the book, Navigating Morgan Faith Crisis.
1:07.0	When Thomas came on our podcast for a conversation with Bill Turnbull last year, they touched on the subject of prayer, and how for Thomas,
1:14.6	prayer, mindfulness, and meditation are all very closely related.
1:18.6	Ever since we heard that conversation, Aubrey and I have both been trying to make our
1:21.8	own prayers more contemplative,
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