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Cynthia Bourgeault - Centering Prayer (N199)

Nomad Podcast

Nomad

Deconstruction, Christian Mysticism, Post-evangelical, Liberation Theology, Progressive Christianity, Christianity, Mystical Christianity, Contemplative Spirituality, Religious Trauma Healing, Religion & Spirituality, Faith Shift, Reconstruction, Spiritual Direction, Embodied Spirituality, Evolving Faith

4.7689 Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2019

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

is a mystic, priest, and author, who is committed to teaching and spreading the recovery of Christian contemplative practices. So she’s the perfect guide for nomad’s ongoing exploration of contemplative practices.   She’s been a long-time...

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0:00.0

The

0:07.0

The Welcome back to Nomad podcast.

0:40.2

Good news. It's everyone's favorite ultramarathon running podcast co-host, Nick Thorley.

0:46.6

Hi.

0:47.3

So this is two episodes in a row for you.

0:48.9

This is probably the first time you've done this in like eight years, isn't it?

0:51.5

Yeah. It's weird.

0:52.7

Yeah. How do you feel?

0:53.8

I feel like I'm living in 2011.

0:55.7

It's good feeling. Well, no, there's no Netflix. I haven't got an iPhone yet.

1:01.2

Yeah, it's pretty terrible. It's a difficult time, isn't it? Yeah, it's really bad. People say

1:06.3

technology, it's like ruining things. It's not, it's making things loads better. So much better.

1:14.8

As we promised at the end of last episode with Christopher Collingwood,

1:19.2

which kind of proved mildly controversial, I'd say, that episode.

1:25.8

But we promised that we would have a conversation with Cynthia Bourgeois about centering prayer.

1:29.2

She's one of the leading advocates of centering prayer in the world,

1:30.6

and that's exactly what we're going to do today.

1:31.4

I'm going to have a word with her.

1:34.7

So I was hanging out with Cynthia for a few hours in Liverpool,

1:38.7

which I think that is the first episode we have done in Liverpool.

1:40.8

In fact, I think it's the first time I've been to Liverpool.

1:41.7

Really?

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