Ep. 119 - Bunmi Laditan ”Dear God: Prayers to a God Who Listens”

The Deconstructionists

John Williamson

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 823 Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Guest Info/Bio:This week I welcome the amazing Bunmi Latidan. We talk all about her amazing new book on prayer and how we all struggle with it. Bunmi is a writer living in Quebec, Canada by way of northern California. Her writings include The Honest Toddler and Confessions of a Domestic failure and poetry such as Dear Mother and Dear God: Honest Prayers to a God Who Listens. Guest Publications: The Honest Toddler: A Child’s Guide To Parenting; Toddlers Are A**holes: It’s Not Your Fault; The Big Bed; Confessions of a domestic failure; Dear Mother: Poems on Motherhood; & Dear God: Honest Prayers to a God Who Listens. Guest Links:www.bunmiladitan.com Instagram: @honesttoddler Facebook: @BunmiKLaditan Special guest music on this episode provide by: James Levy Musical Guest/Music Links:https://orcd.co/jameslevyNYC?fbclid=IwAR2rt5_njPO_huomokxd343RoSE5yd51hr1McwPYNOhxBWz32HvD2b5fpA4Twitter: @Reputante Facebook: @Reputante Enjoy the music?Songs heard on this episode were “Heart and Dreams” & “Soldier” from the album, Soldier. “Songs of Love” & “What Do I Know?” from the album, Somebody. You can find James Levy’s music on iTunes, Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube, or anywhere good music is found!This episode of the Deconstructionists Podcast was edited by John Williamson and mixed and produced by Nicholas Rowe at National Audio Preservation Society: A full service recording studio and creative habitat, located in Heath, Ohio. Find them on Facebook and Twitter or visit their website for more information: www.nationalaudiopreservationsociety.weebly.com Stay on top of all of the latest at www.thedeconstructionists.com Go there to check out our blog, snag a t-shirt, or follow us on social mediaJoin our Patreon family here: www.patreon.com/deconstructionists Website by Ryan BattlesAll photos by Jared HevronLogos designed by Joseph Ernst & Stephen PfluigT-shirt designs by Joseph Ernst, Chad Flannigan, Colin Rigsby, and Jason Turner. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-deconstructionists/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	And I just remember this Bible verse that I came across, it said, I was talking about Jesus and saying that foxes have holes and birds have nests, but the son of man has nowhere to lay his head.
0:11.3	And knowing that he understood that, knowing that he knows what it feels like to be on the outside, he knows what it's like to be rejected.
0:19.3	And he knows what it's like to have the people
0:21.6	who you grew up with say you're not welcome here anymore.
0:25.4	And even though I never had that you're not welcome here anymore or anything like that, it's
0:29.6	dramatic.
0:30.6	Just knowing that he knows how that feels, it allows me to rest in him in a very
0:37.5	very real way.
0:41.0	Oh, what can I do?
0:42.7	All the lines they are blurring.
0:48.1	Because I believe in love.
0:52.5	I believe in love. I believe in love, I believe in, I believe in, I believe in, I believe in love. Welcome to the
1:04.0	Deconstructionist podcast. I'm your host, John Williamson, and we are back again to talk once again about prayer.
1:12.6	And there are a lot of books coming out this spring,
1:16.5	late winter, early spring, whatever this is right now,
1:20.0	on this topic.
1:21.1	And so there must be a lot of reasons to need to pray, apparently.
1:26.4	So I don't know if that's residual left over from 2020 or bleeding into 2021 or what,
1:33.5	but there's a lot of very interesting books, all slightly different from each other,
1:38.5	just in terms of the approach to the topic and even the approach to how to pray. And so like if you listen to our episode with
1:46.9	Sarah Bessie a little while back, her approach in the book was a collection by a bunch of really
1:54.6	amazing women who kind of again all sort of came about it a different way or from a different perspective,
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