What can sitting in silence, solitude, and stillness teach us, and what does our body have to do with spiritual formation? Learn more on this episode, where Dr. Mimi Dixon, Renovaré Institute teacher and retired Presbyterian Pastor, and host Kristy Lahoda discuss how to remain calm and pay attention like Maisie Dobbs, in the book Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear, in the midst of life’s storms so that we can follow Jesus as he runs toward people in pain in order to be present to them with him.

What can we learn from the layers of hardships—our own and those of others—we encounter? Find out on this episode, where Dr. Mimi Dixon, Renovaré Institute teacher and retired Presbyterian Pastor, and host Kristy Lahoda discuss how Maisie Dobbs, in the book Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear, learns to pay attention to everything and everyone around her while she works on a case, which enables her to not only better understand situations but also sense people’s needs and move toward them as she awaits the revelation of truth.

What do virtual reality, obsessive devotion, and a billionaire have to do with spiritual formation? Join Meshach Kanyion, Senior Pastor at Church of the Savior United Methodist Church in Cincinnati, Ohio, and host Kristy Lahoda as they continue their discussion on the book Ready Player One by Ernest Cline and how we can become more Christlike through the spiritual discipline of study.

Is there anything we can learn from a video game? What about a book about a video game? Find out on this episode, where Meshach Kanyion, Senior Pastor at Church of the Savior United Methodist Church, and host Kristy Lahoda discuss how Wade Watts in the book Ready Player One by Ernest Cline learned that getting to know someone beyond the surface is helpful for understanding the world through their eyes.

How can welcoming the parts of us that aren’t like Jesus help us become more Christlike? Isn’t this a paradox? Find out on this episode, where author Helena Sorensen and host Kristy Lahoda discuss how to welcome what's part of us in the current moment and allow it to teach us. Join them as they discuss how Pennsylvania detective Mare Sheehan, in the HBO series Mare of Easttown written by Brad Ingelsby, learned to do this rather than bury it as she'd previously done, which allowed it to set up permanent residence.

What can we learn from a woman who reaches the limit of herself after compartmentalizing everything, believing she can and should take care of everyone since everyone expects her to be the hero? Find out on this episode, where author Helena Sorensen and host Kristy Lahoda discuss how the community depends on Pennsylvania detective Mare Sheehan, in the HBO series Mare of Easttown written by Brad Ingelsby, to solve a series of murders in the community and through it is forced to face her own buried grief.

What do simplicity, availability, and darkness have to do with spiritual formation? Find out on this episode, where Renovaré President Ted Harro and host Kristy Lahoda discuss how Bishop Bienvenu, from Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables, has understood what the good life really means and has lived it out.

What do silver candle sticks, flowers, and a bishop named Welcome have to do with spiritual formation? Find out on this episode, where Renovaré President, Ted Harro, joins host Kristy Lahoda as they discuss how Monseigneur Bienvenu, from Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables, becomes a virtuous man over time who spreads gentle goodness wherever he goes.