Unhurried Living

(A blank section in the podcast was repaired mid-day Monday, June 4. Sorry for the inconvenience.) A conversation between Alan and Grammy nominated recording artist (and friend), Tim Timmons. Tim is also the Founder of 10,000 Minutes, a blog that reminds us that there are 10,080 minutes in a week. We may spend 80 minutes in church service week to week, but what about the other 10,000? What will it look like to follow Jesus all week long?

We are continuing our conversation on An Unhurried Life. We'll talk about the signs of hurry in every day life, the dynamics that accelerate our inner life and what good gets squeezed out when we are hurried inside.

It’s a fun episode today, because tomorrow is the fifth anniversary of Alan’s first book, An Unhurried Life. It is still gaining momentum and finding its audience. The word unhurried just really resonates with people. There’s a longing that people have, within our noisy, rushed culture, for a deep breath and a felt sense of peace.

Here's another prayerful practice you can use in the middle of a busy day to help you become present and remember that God is with you. We’ll envision ourselves on the ocean shore and I’ll share a few phrases from Psalm 42 and Psalm 145. So set aside what you are doing for a moment and let’s enter into the Ocean of God’s Love.

Join us on our podcast today as we talk about our "normal condition" and about living from within the source of it all...God Himself.

Spiritual friendship is a life-giving gift we give ourselves and others. We share a bit about what spiritual friendship can look like. We have a few friends that we meet with in different ways. Sometimes as couples, others in one-to-one conversations. We’d like to share the dynamcis of these friendships and how we benefit from this level of friendship.

Alan shares some thoughts from a recent sermon he preached on the theme of Jesus' Unhurried Way of Love.

We’ve tried the rules of improv out in our own friendship personally and as we do our work together. These rules have helped us to get unstuck on more than on occasion.

We’re talking about “Addiction” today. This isn’t so much about the substances, or relationships, or activities to which we find ourselves addicted. It’s more of a conversation about how the dynamics of addiction impact us.

What's it like to be a reservoir kind of person? Wouldn’t you like to live, relate and serve from a place of fullness, rather than continuing to pour out the last drop from your ever-emptying cup?

Engage with us as we talk about a dynamic that some will face in their spiritual journey, what John of the Cross called “The Dark Night of the Soul." It sounds kind of ominous and scary, but it’s actually just a place where our faith is given an opportunity for testing and refining.

It’s a season of noticing our thirsts, and then bringing our thirsts into the presence of God. A passage in the Bible that brings this into focus for us is Psalm 42. It’s a passage we want to talk about as we address our thirsts.

A visit to a museum provides the backdrop for a conversation on what it means to be an apprentice to a master.

In this mini-sode, we share eight simple ways you can bless people. These mini-ministries can be done as you live your real, day-to-day life. These are drawn from a resource Unhurried Living produced a year ago, called "Take Five: 17 Simple Ways to Serve Others."

How is it possible to pray for someone that deeply without having been given a specific prayer request? What would it look like for Jesus invite us into his thoughts, ideas and desires for another person? How can we cooperate with Him as we pray for our friends and family?