(Photo courtesy of www.djacksonpoetics.com)

Poet, Pastor, and Peacemaker, Drew Jackson joins us to talk about his forthcoming book “God Speaks Through Wombs”. We also discuss his roles as a poet, a pastor, and a peacemaker. And, we dive deep into reclaiming scripture for the marginalized, the importance of recognizing what it means to move through this world in a Black body, and practical thoughts on honoring the process of noticing and being aware.

Mentioned in this episode:
https://www.pbs.org/show/black-church/
https://www.djacksonpoetics.com/
https://www.ivpress.com/god-speaks-through-wombs
https://www.hopeeastvillage.org/
https://www.madeforpax.org/

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(Photograph by Charlie McLoughlin -  available for purchase CLICK HERE)

We begin by discussing how Charlie McLoughlin got interested in astronomy and how his love of space has developed throughout his life. Then we dive deep into where he has taken his passion today. Gaze into the sky with newfound wonder and appreciation for the glowing stars in the sky.

Listen to the rings of Saturn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at3RXrUwMGg

Find Charlie’s art at: https://charliemcgloughlinartarchitecture.com/

Visit Delaware Valley Amateur Astronomers: https://www.dvaa.org/

Be generous on Charlie’s behalf at Urban Resources Development Corporation: http://buildgermantown.org/

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Jeff Tcatch is the Chief Impact Officer for the Rodale Institute and is responsible for expanding Rodale Institute's global influence in healing people and the planet by unlocking the transformational power of regenerative organic agriculture. In today’s episode, we chat about changing the planet through changing our relationship with soil. We also discuss what agriculture has to do with human rights, and how we can begin to embrace this new/old way of producing food that is in harmony with nature. Spoiler alert: it changes everything! 
Rodaleinstitute.org

Rachael falls in love with Cathy McCormick, lawyer, turned childbirth educator, turned doula, turned grandmother. (Elizabeth already knew and loved her.) Then, they hear from Cathy about some thin place experiences she has had with her own mother, her nana, and her daughter. 

Mentioned this week: https://www.philabundance.org/

https://www.thecitypulse.com/post/community-refrigerators

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Elizabeth tells Rachael about the deeper meaning behind the margins in her monthly word art. We needed a margin episode before we jumped right back into our interview episodes, so we used this episode to create some margins of our own. ​

In this week's mini-episode, Elizabeth shares more about her monthly ritual of using markers and paper to reflect on her plans, hopes, priorities and touchstones for the month ahead.  Here are several examples of the pieces she's created, including the very first one that set this practice in motion  . . . and just might be responsible for the inception of Everyday Thin Places! 

Happy Last Week of 2020! Next week is 2021 (?!?!?!?!?!) and we’re celebrating by looking back on 2020 and looking forward to 2021! 

Mentioned on episode!
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• Disney Dresses and Daisy
• The Umbrella Academy Dance 
• Sauerkraut Balls 

On episode 30, Rachael and Elizabeth talk about darkness. 

Featuring:

• First sips of coffee before the sun comes up
  
• Elizabeth’s experiences with birth in the darkness
  
• More thoughts about candles! (surprise!)
  
• Growth happening in the darkness
  
• Rachael’s idea to run the summer solstice half marathon in Anchorage, Alaska 
  
• The ritual of watching the sun set
  
• The coziness of hygge
  
• The difference between pain and suffering
  
• The light at the end of the tunnel
  
• Death as a tunnel of darkness toward a light
  
• The idea of a peaceful death happening in your sleep
  
• Our lifespan starting in the dark and ending in the dark
  
• Turning on sparkle lights as the sun goes down
  
• Elizabeth’s childhood in the cloudiest city and Rachael’s childhood in the sunniest city
  
• Sledding after dark with hot chocolate under the night sky
  
• Elizabeth snuggling with her kids in the dark
  

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Rachael Gallagher and Elizabeth Varaso are joined by Rev. Dr. Liam Robins to discuss Hanukkah, his history of faith, embracing Judaism as an adult, the “thin place” experience of lighting the Hanukkah candles, and much more.

Mentioned on this episode:
Lankenau Medical Center Spiritual Care: https://www.mainlinehealth.org/patient-services/spiritual-care

Main Line Youth Alliance: https://www.myaonline.org/

A warm welcome to Kaitin Shetler, poet extraordinaire and Rachael and Elizabeth’s new best friend. Kaitlin’s here to tell us about her poem, ‘Sometimes I Wonder’ going viral last winter, how the poem came to be, and the concept of “incarnation” in the Christmas story.

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Mentioned on this episode:

• Kaitlin Shetler Poetry: https://www.facebook.com/kaitlinhardyshetler

Sins Invalid: https://www.sinsinvalid.org/