Sophfronia Scott - Merton, Monks and Mystics (N266)

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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

4.7 • 689 Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2022

⏱️ 110 minutes

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In this episode we speak with author and director of creative writing at Alma College, . We speak with Sophfronia about how her faith has been shaped by the author, monk and mystic, Thomas Merton. Having struggled to connect with Merton through...

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Welcome back to Nomad Podcast. I'm Tim, and this is, I'm very pleased to say, Anna Robinson.
0:43.1	Hello. It's been a while since we've recorded together. I checked the old archive. It was October 21. So it's good to be with you again, Anna.
0:51.1	Yeah, it's lovely. Lovely to be back. How are you? What's going on?
0:54.6	Yeah, I'm good.
0:55.7	Just had a visit from a good friend, from Nottingham, actually.
0:59.3	Oh, really?
0:59.7	Which is lovely to have her and her two girls here.
1:03.3	Really nourishing, isn't it?
1:04.9	When you have people visit from afar.
1:07.0	That was a big travel commitment on their side, on it? Yeah, she made a big effort to come down.
1:12.2	Yeah, we had a lovely time, winter holiday in Cornwall.
1:15.0	Nice.
1:15.9	I appreciate this episode is going out in February,
1:19.3	but this is the first time I've spoken to you in 2022.
1:21.6	So any sort of New Year's resolutions we need to know about?
1:26.0	I'm not a big one for New Year's resolutions. You're a big reflector though
1:30.9	on life, aren't you? I thought you would be. Yeah, I am a big reflector. So I did a meditation before
1:37.9	Christmas and through that at the Advent retreat, I did a little exercise at the end, which about what you want for Christmas,
1:46.0	as it were. And the key thing for me was being more mindful, having a mindful Christmas.
1:50.2	And I'm actually going to take that into 2022. I want to be more mindful. I want to worry less.
1:56.7	And I want to be more present. And I want to live in there now.
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