It's the Simple Show. You've got episode 26.

Hey, I'm Tish Oxen Rider, and you're listening to the podcast where we discuss the many ideas of unconventional living.

I'm a family-oriented writer, traveler, and entrepreneur, and you can follow

me on Twitter at Tish. That's Tsh, on Instagram at Tish Oxen Rider, or find the blog at theart

of Simple.net. Okay, this is a very special episode of The Simple Show, because this isn't a strictly

Christian or faith-based podcast. But as many of you already know, I am a Christian

personally. And while I know many of you listeners aren't, and I'm so glad you're here,

today's topic is about everyday spiritual practices. I think even people who don't necessarily

prescribe to my faith perspective can still glean wisdom out of this upcoming

conversation. So don't hang up the phone just yet. My guest is my friend Catherine Willis

Percy, who's not only a writer for the art of simple. She's also a pastor. Yet she's a mom to two

little kids. So she also personally knows the challenge of incorporating daily spiritual practices into real life.

I love that while she's a super smart cookie, she's also very much a normal person who gets reality.

We're going to talk about things like lectio devena, examine, praying with color.

Yep, that's a thing.

Meeting with spiritual directors.

Why the simple act of reading is a spiritual practice and why we need to celebrate truth and beauty equally.

I promise our chat isn't heady at all.

We do our best to cut through the Christianese and talk about what spiritual practices

look like for us normal people. Before we get going, I want to remind you that there's a fun way

you can be in charge of The Simple Show for an episode. You can ask me a question. If you have a

burning topic idea or a question you've always wanted to ask me, you can let me know.

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