Solitude 05: Encountering Our God with Emily P. Freeman

Rule of Life

Practicing the Way

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 700 Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

In this podcast season so far, we’ve discussed two encounters that we may experience during solitude — an encounter with ourselves and an encounter with God. In this final interview of the season, John Mark Comer and Bryan Rouanzoin interview Emily P. Freeman about how solitude enables us to encounter the living God. Through this encounter, we can experience his presence, hear his voice, and witness his power personally.

Emily P. Freeman is the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of five books, including The Next Right Thing: A Simple, Soulful Practice for Making Life Decisions. As a spiritual director, podcast host, and workshop leader, her most important work is to help create soul space and offer spiritual companionship and discernment for anyone struggling with decision fatigue. Her work has been featured in Today Parents, Christianity Today, and Patheos. Emily holds a master’s degree in spiritual formation and leadership from Friends University where she also serves as a residency lecturer. She lives in North Carolina with her family. Find her work on her website, instagram, and her Substack, The Soul Minimalist.

This podcast accompanies the Solitude Practice, developed by Practicing the Way. Thanks to the generosity of The Circle, all our resources are free. To learn more about The Circle or to run a Practice with your church, community, or small group, visit https://www.practicingtheway.org/.

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0:00.0	We can't say when this huge decision comes on our plate that we didn't expect and aren't ready for,
0:05.6	we can't say, hold on, let me cultivate my character real quick so I can make this decision smartly.
0:10.3	It's like, no, that's our work all along is to begin to develop these practices so that when we're on the spot
0:17.1	and the moment of decision arrives, though we may not feel ready. In Christ, I believe we are ready.
0:23.1	We are ready when that moment comes.
0:31.9	You're listening to the Rule of Life podcast by practicing the way. In each season, we explore an ancient practice from
0:39.1	the way of Jesus and its relevance for the modern era. This is Season 4, Solitude. Good morning, Brian. How are you today?
1:10.0	I'm doing so well. Such a woke up, just excited to be with you both and to be on this call. For those listening, we are exploring this season of the Rule of Live podcast. We're exploring the practice of solitude, but it's really more of a simplified way of talking about three
1:29.8	cores of what we mean by solitude, which is solitude, silence, and stillness, which as we talked
1:37.2	about in one of our previous episodes, stillness is almost the thing that emerges when there's
1:42.5	a rhythm of solitude in silence.
1:44.3	It's the byproduct of posture.
1:46.9	And today we get to continue that conversation around solitude
1:51.1	and around the need for that space in the soul
1:54.3	for there to be deep encounter and growth
1:56.7	towards the likeness of Christ by having a conversation.
1:59.8	Music towards the likeness of Christ by having a conversation.
2:14.4	The solitude practice is a four-week experience designed to be run in your church, small group,
2:21.3	or community. It combines teaching, conversation, and spiritual exercises to introduce you to this ancient discipline for life with God.
2:23.3	If you come on the solitude practice, you will not just learn about solitude.
2:28.3	You will learn how to practice solitude.
2:31.3	The end goal is to integrate solitude more richly into your rule of life,
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