Hear the good news: you are loved! Christian spiritual counselor Miska Collier speaks words of wisdom & comfort to all who long for true acceptance.  Miska's talk was recorded at "Beat the Rush", our annual tea during sorority rush--but her insights speak deeply to us all.

Beat The Rush 2014: Knowing the Love & Light of God

Saint Ignatius believed that God could speak to us just as clearly in our imagination as through our thoughts and our memories. This exercise tries to bring the listener into a closer encounter with Jesus.

Music:
Allah L'a Ke (trad.) from Heartstrings by Daniel Berkman. Used under Creative Commons License via Magnatune.

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Imaginative Contemplation - Jesus Walks on Water

Wendell Berry reads a collection of his poems, included in the show "The Poetry of Creatures." 

How we see the world is how we value it, says Ellen Davis. And poetry is a way to rediscover the lost art of being creatures. An hour of learning and slowing down, with the "Mad Farmer" poems of Wendell Berry and a new way to take in the "poetry" of Genesis.

See more at www.onbeing.org/program/ellen-davis-and-wendell-berry-the-poetry-of-creatures/117

"Sabbaths - 1979, IV" by Wendell Berry

In part of  our Vintage series, Your.One.Life, we've asked friends to tell the stories of how they've found their way into their vocations and how they've experienced God's presence in that journey to find their callings in life.  

Dr. Jim Avery Jim Avery is the Chief Executive Officer at Hospice of the Piedmont and a Visiting Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Virginia.   Dr. Avery has been awarded the prestigious Roger C. Bone Award for National Leadership in End-of-Life Care, named “One of the 50 Most Powerful Physician Executives” and “One of the 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare” 

When not doing hospice, Dr. Avery loves hiking and walking and a few years ago walked up Mt. Kilimanjaro. He is married to the amazing Jan Avery and has three children.


James Avery of Hospice of the Piedmont tells his story

From the Grounds of the University of Virginia, Philip Yancey talks about how to live as a person of faith at the university.  An interview with Karen Wright Marsh, executive director of Theological Horizons, centered at the Bonhoeffer House, Charlottesville, Virginia.

Philip Yancey on the spiritual lives of college students: an interview with Karen Wright Marsh

Reading: Luke 23:34-38
Music: Kyrie, by The University of Johannesburg, from Missa de Meridiana Terra. © University of Johannesburg Choir. Used with permission. 

Day 2 - A Forgiving Heart

Patrick Coman talks with Will Marsh of Charlottesville's own Gold Connections ahead of the release of new EP Like A Shadow, plus audio clips of the band performing live at the Southern Cafe & Music Hall.

Beat The Rush 2014: Knowing the Love & Light of God

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