The Presence Project Podcast

Uncomplicating the Ignatian Examen & Reflecting w/ God as a Child If we are anxious or avoidantly attached, often as we move toward prayer, we sift and sort our stories ourselves, wondering which ones to tell God. We weigh our story and wonder if it is worthy. Will it hold his attention? Does it matter? Is it angsty or whiny? Am I showing enough faith or worship? If we grew up with an experience o...

I loved reading chapter 1 of The Emmanuel Promise for you. You can watch me read it to you over at YouTube HERE. PRE-ORDER The Emmanuel Promise: Discover the Security of a Life Held by God wherever you find your books. $11.39 and free shipping at Baker Publishing's own site HERE . At this price, you can be generous with your whole book group. Pre-Order on Amazon here. Then, get your pre-order gift...

This episode is DAY 1 of a private 7-Day podcast devotional called "Welcome Home," a gift for anyone who pre-orders The Emmanuel Promise.  Pre-order from Baker Publishing for $11.39 and free shipping here! Pre-order from Amazon here After pre-ordering, get your gifts and join the launch team here. The Emmanuel Promise is an invitation to set down shame and recognize that your attachment story, you...

The neural pathways for relationship are developed in the first three years of a person's life. This affects even our relationship with God and is at the heart of attachment theory. Therapist Maggie Rhine, the head of the Healing Care Center, tells the story of her struggle to gain a secure attachment after having multiple surgeries as an infant.  "Looking at our attachment stories is not dishonor...

Attachment theory and the many obstacles to a life immersed in the Trinity's Love Honest conversation about detaching to attach in our marriages Understanding our attachment story and style in order to heal and live out of knowing you are God's beloved. The simple, but profound spiritual practices which have been a gift for Terry Experience Terry Wardle lead you into Jesus' Presence through Safe P...

The insecure anxious attached hope to get an "A" in Lent to try to be more worthy for God. They're afraid they have to clean themselves up before God wants to be in their presence. The insecure avoidant attached like to keep things more intellectual, reading about someone else's Lent. If they have sin in their lives, they think they have to go at it alone. The truth is that the Holy Spirit wants t...

Preorder THE EMMANUEL PROMISE: Discover the Security of a Life Held by God Neuroscience. Attachment theory. The stories that shape our image of God AND the spiritual practices that invite us to experience His tender love to build attachment.  Just $11.39. Arrives April 30th   Writer  Summer Gross @revsummerjoy on Instagram The Presence Project on Patreon for monthly groups and online retreats The...

Show Notes for Episode 66 with Alan Fadling:   Pre-order The Emmanuel Promise by Summer Gross for  $11.39!!! HERE Find A Year of Slowing Down: Daily Devotions for Unhurried Living by Alan Fadling  HERE Pre-order Alan Fadling's newest book, A Non Anxious Life: Experiencing the Peace of God's Presence which releases February 6th.  Pre-Order here. Buy Steve Macchia's accessible book on Rule of Life:...

Show Notes for Episode 66 with Alan Fadling:   Pre-order The Emmanuel Promise by Summer Gross for $11.39!!! HERE Find A Year of Slowing Down: Daily Devotions for Unhurried Living by Alan Fadling  HERE Pre-order Alan Fadling's newest book, A Non Anxious Life: Experiencing the Peace of God's Presence which releases February 6th.  Pre-Order here. Buy Steve Macchia's accessible book on Rule of Life: C...

What if we were invited to savor the holidays, the moments of delight we initiated as well as the unforeseen joys, all as gifts from our Emmanuel? For many, the holidays are full of reminders of pain and we either overschedule ourselves or numb, hoping not to pop up until after January 1st when all the painful nostalgia is over. Barb McMaster, a member of the Presence Project shares her practice o...

How burning out from performance Christianity could actually save your life. AJ Sherrill teaches us how after burning out as a young church planter, he found a new rule of life based in contemplative prayer and discovered a depth to the Christian life he didn't know was available. And it all started with learning to slow down, and create rhythms of being with God throughout the day. Show Notes: A....

In episode 63, I invite you fireside for a lectio divina 101 chat and together we answer Jesus' invitation in John 21:9-13 to "Come, have breakfast."   Show Notes: *Have Summer come lead at your gathering: presenceproject.ea@gmail.com *Want to find out more about All Soul's Atlanta? Click here. *Philip Yancey's article, The Death of Reading is Threatening the Soul. Read it here. *Summer's future b...

This statement by my spiritual direction professor, Robert Woodcock, peaked my curiosity: "We sometimes forget that there are two people in this relationship, us and God. We forget that we are in a relationship with a Person with feelings and hopes and dreams for our life together.  Sometimes we are brave enough to ask God what He thinks but rarely are we brave enough to ask God how He feels."  Wi...

We've become such a fast culture. Becoming good soil for the word takes an intentional step. Otherwise, our time in scripture feels more like coming up to the drive thru window for fast food. When I hear people say they can't "do" contemplative exercises, I wonder if they're giving their body time to ground first. Show notes: Want to sign up for the Saturday morning mini-retreat?  Click here. Inte...

1. Join the Presence Project newsletter list and receive a free mini-retreat on the weekends here. 2. Find the Renovare episode with Richard Foster I quoted from here. 3. Go from emotional overwhelm to building resiliency with this free 21 pg workbook curated by Summer. 4. Pre-order Summer's upcoming spring 2023 book with Baker Publishing,  The Emmanuel Promise: Discovering the Security of a Life...

Let's make getting away with God on retreat Monday-morning-practical. How do you plan? What do you put in your suitcase? At its most basic, planning a retreat is creating time for unscheduled abiding with God. Let's start small. Lane Arnold, spiritual director and writing coach, has created resources for your retreat here.

Receive weekly mini-retreat newsletter by clicking here. Free 9 page examen workbook with classic and creative practices for reflection God's invitation scriptures: Isaiah 55:1-3, Song of Songs 2:13-15, Proverbs 9:4-5, Matthew 11:28-30 in The Message, Mark 1:17, Mark 6:31-32 Untamed Christian; Unleased Church by Terry Wardle Join Table of the Beloved here for LIVE zooms and four years of teachings

Episode 57, show notes: 1. Download worksheet for creating your own tray here. 2. Sign up for a weekly mini-retreat slipped into your inbox by clicking here. 3. Huberman lab podcast episode: Click here for The Science of Making and Breaking Habits: (Start at minute 24) 4. Presence Project Podcast: A Beginner's Guide to the Examen, click here. 5.  Nightly Examen: a 7 1/2 minute recording. Just push...

I've been noticing that what I need through transition has a pattern.  Tired? Feeling overwhelmed? Disoriented? I wonder if these stages will resonate with you. Please subscribe and leave a review. This helps other people find this free resource. If you'd like to have a full retreat based on this podcast episode, join Table of the Beloved at patreon.com/thepresenceproject . We'd love to have you!

If we take the time to Stand, Look, and Ask as God invites in Jeremiah 6:16, transition can be a place of powerful growth. There is often a great shifting in liminal spaces. As Madeleine L'Engle said, "I t's a good thing to have all the props pulled out from under us occasionally. It gives us some sense of what is rock under our feet and what is sand." It's not comfortable, but it IS an opportunit...

Advent gives us time to remember that THIS is not the end of the story. This is not the end of your story or your child's story, your marriage's story, the church's story, or our country's story. Christ, our Beloved and our Victor, WILL return. Truthfully, it's my favorite time of the church year. After all the hard news and the heaviness of the brokenness of our world, we get to turn our eyes upo...

Bette Dickinson tells the story of how saying "yes" to enfleshing God's message of the Magnificat became one painting, then twenty-five, and then an entire Advent devotional. She also gives us an inside view on how her inner achiever was set free from striving so the Spirit could truly flow through her.  Follow @bette_dickinson on instagram This is an Advent devotional you will return to again and...

We have a complicated relationship with desire and longing. Yes, our every cry is welcomed, but do we even want it to come up for daylight? Sometimes desire can feel vulnerable. Other times sharing can be a delight. What happens when we begin to recognize God has a new calling for us? In this episode I invited Beth Booram to teach us to listen to the first seeds of a God-given dream.

You've heard the phrase, "name it to tame it?" When we name our emotions, the heaviness around our feelings suddenly lifts. In this episode, Alison L. Bradley and I talk through page 5 of the workbook I created for you outlining a four-step process to emotional resiliency. In it I give multiple tools to name, ground, metabolize and then come to a place of rest in the Presence of God. These steps a...

Some of these thoughts on resilience from Melody Ries have been breakthroughs for me. Here you can learn from my mom's spiritual director and her profound story. Neuroscience and Redemption. This conversation is full of gold.