On The Transfiguration with Sarah Hinlicky Wilson

Sarah Hinlicky Wilson and I discuss the Transfiguration of Jesus Christ and her new book Seven Ways of Looking at the Transfiguration, which will be released August 6, 2024. Her website is www.sarahhinlickywilson.com

Rev. Dr. Sarah Hinlicky Wilson is Associate Pastor at Tokyo Lutheran Church and the Founder of Thornbush Press. She has written, edited, and contributed to numerous books of both theology and fiction and has published hundreds of articles. She hosts the podcasts Queen of the Sciences, Sarah Hinlicky Wilson Stories, and The Disentanglement Podcast, and writes the e-newsletter Theology & a Recipe.

She is the Founder of Thornbush Press, launched in 2020, and author of a number of books under its imprint: I Am a Brave Bridge, Sermon on the Mount: A Poetic Paraphrase, Small Catechism: Memorizing Edition, Pearly Gates: Parables from the Final Threshold, To Baptize or Not to Baptize: A Practical Guide for Clergy, and A-Tumblin’ Down.

The Mysticism of Martin Luther

 Guest: Professor Volker Leppin, Horace Tracy Pitkin Professor of Historical Theology at Yale Divinity School. He is a native of Germany, and a Reformation scholar

Show Notes

In the interview, Volker suggests people read Martin Luther’s Treatise on Christian Liberty also called the Freedom of a Christian. You can find many translations. Here is one for free online, though I prefer the version in Timothy Lull’s collection of Martin Luther’s Writing.

Volker Leppin Bio

Educated at the University of Marburg Heidelberg University, and the Theological Academic Year in Jerusalem program, Volker Leppin received a chair in Church History at the University of Jena (Thuringia, Germany) in 2000. Ten years later, he moved to the University of Tübingen in Southern Germany, where he held the chair in Church History and directed the Institute for Late Middle Ages and Reformation from 2010 to 2021. He is a member of the Academies of Sciences at Heidelberg, the Saxonian Academy of Sciences, and as well the European Academy of Arts and Sciences, Salzburg, Austria, three distinguished scholarly societies in Europe.

His biography of Martin Luther, Martin Luther. A Late Medieval Life, (Baker Academic,  2017) is also available in English. He has provided several critical text editions, e.g. William of Ockham, Dialogus. Part 2. Part 3, Tract 1, ed. with John Kilcullen, John Scott and Jan Ballweg (Oxford, 2011). In addition, he is the editor or co-editor of 53 books, and the author of more than 300 scholarly articles and chapters, altogether covering a broad range of interests from antiquity to the modern area.

Professor Leppin’s scholarship is particularly interested in medieval and Reformation studies. He argues that the Reformation should be understood as transforming the medieval world rather than a stark rupture. His work also focuses on the history of spirituality, mainly in mysticism. Accordingly, his most recent book is a history of Christian mysticism from the Bible to the 20th century: Ruhen in Gott (Rest in God).

https://divinity.yale.edu/faculty-and-research/yds-faculty/volker-leppin

Writing the Shadow with Joanna Penn

My Conversation with the host of the Creative Penn Podcast and author of her new book Writing the Shadow: Turning your Inner Darkness into Words

Last spring, I spent a few weeks exploring the shadow concept in theology and psychology. This week, we return to that essential and elusive topic through a conversation with author Joanna Penn. She has written a soon-to-be-released book titled Writing the Shadow: Turn your Inner Darkness into Words.

Several outstanding books describe Carl Jung's theory of the Shadow. They include Robert A. Johnson’s Owning Your Own Shadow and Robert Bly’s A Little Book on the Human Shadow, but this book belongs on the shelf with them. If you're widely read in Jungian Psychology, Writing the Shadow will not break new theoretical ground for you. But if you are looking for a way into Jung's concept of the shadow, you'll find this a delightful introduction. It's especially helpful in how Ms. Penn, who has degrees in both theology and psychology, makes accessing one's shadow a practical application. While the audience is primarily writers, I think the exercises and applications can benefit pastors, teachers, musicians and creative types.

As a reminder, the concept of the shadow pertains to the unconscious part of the personality, which contains repressed weaknesses, desires, and instincts. Every individual has a shadow, which often consists of everything the conscious self finds undesirable or unacceptable and, thus, pushes away or ignores. The shadow isn't inherently negative; it can also contain positive traits that have been repressed due to various societal or personal reasons. You’ll hear both Joanna and I reveal aspects of our own shadow in the interview below.

The Johnson and Bly books are excellent; both are short books packed with theory and good questions. In Writing the Shadow, Joanna Penn makes the shadow exploration work come alive. She describes her own life in revealing but appropriate ways. These vignettes tell a very human story and allow the reader to consider how shadow work might play out in their lives.

With its guiding questions and examples, this book can open up new worlds for anyone writing or creating. Each chapter includes reflection or discussion questions. This is a fine book for group study, especially for those interested in spiritual direction. If after listening to the interview and a book discussion interests you, drop me an email or reply to this post expressing your interest.

Carl Jung's theory of the shadow invites introspection and the courage to confront and integrate the lesser-known parts of ourselves. The process, while challenging, can lead to profound personal growth and a deeper understanding of the human psyche as well as a connection with the sacred in life. Joanna Penn reminds us that it can also be a source of creativity.

Joanna Penn, author of Writing the Shadow

Joanna (J.F.) Penn 

New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Thriller Author, Podcaster. Speaker. Award-winning Entrepreneur.

For authors and writers:

www.TheCreativePenn.com 

www.CreativePennBooks.com


Encountering Mystery with Dale Allison

Guest: Professor Dale Allison, Princeton Theological Seminary, author of many books on the New Testament. Most recent book and topic of our conversation is Encountering Mystery: Religious Experience in a Secular Age

Princeton professor Dr Dale Allison

Dale Allison Bio

Dale C. Allison, Jr. is the Richard J. Dearborn Professor of New Testament at Princeton Theological Seminary. He earned his MA and PhD from Duke University. His academic research and publications include the historical Jesus, the Gospel of Matthew, Second Temple Judaism, and the history of the interpretation and application of biblical texts. His book, Constructing Jesus, was selected as “Best Book Relating to the New Testament” for 2009–2010 by the Biblical Archaeology Society. His most recent books are The Resurrection of Jesus: Apologetics, Polemic, Historyand Encountering Mystery: Religious Experience in a Secular Age. He served for several years as the main New Testament editor for de Gruyter’s international Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception and has been on the editorial boards of multiple academic journals. On a more popular level, he has written books on George Harrison, religious experience, and death and what might lie beyond.

https://www.ptsem.edu/people/dale-c-allison-jr

Host: James Hazelwood, author, bishop, and spiritual companion, is the author of Weird Wisdom for the Second Half of Life and Everyday Spirituality: Discover a Life of Hope, Peace, and Meaning. His website is www.jameshazelwood.net

 

On Howard Thurman with Lerita Coleman Brown


Guest: Dr. Lerita Coleman Brown

Link to my Substack Article on Howard Thurman and Carl Jung

https://jameshazelwood.substack.com/p/howard-thurman-and-carl-jung

News

I was a guest on the Retirement Wisdom Podcast

Podcast Episode here

PSYCHE & EARTH -A Relationship in Crisis
https://www.civilizationintransition.com   
November 2–5, 2023
Santa Fe, New Mexico

Hartford International University

Eco-Spirituality Program

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Personal Updates

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My Weekly Newsletter with an Essay on Mysticism and Psychology

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Interview Guest & Links

Lerita Coleman Brown, author, speaker, heart and kidney transplant recipient, and former psychology professor. As a Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation graduate, I serve as a *spiritual director/companion retreat leader.

She lives in Stone Mountain, Georgia, USA, with my husband, and our family includes two grown children and one grandchild who resides in Dallas, Texas, and Baltimore, Maryland.

Author of a New Book on Howard Thurman, “What Makes Your Heart Sing: A Spiritual Walk with Howard Thurman.”

Lerita Coleman Brown's website https://leritacolemanbrown.com

Howard Thurman resources

On Dr Coleman Brown's website page https://leritacolemanbrown.com/?page_id=76262

PBS Documentary on Howard Thurman “Backs Against the Wall” https://youtu.be/wVl_irB59lM?t=2

Candler Emory University Thurman Audio Archives https://thurman.pitts.emory.edu/items/browse

Books by Howard Thurman mentioned in the Podcast

Doctor Coleman Brown’s new book What Makes Your Heart Sing 2023

 


James Hazelwood, author, bishop, and spiritual companion, is the author of Weird Wisdom for the Second Half of Life and Everyday Spirituality: Discover a Life of Hope, Peace, and Meaning. His website is www.jameshazelwood.net



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Episode 2 of Season 2 - The House Next Door and Pastor Dale Selover

Episode 83 or Episode 2 of Season 2

Guest: Rev Dale Selover, Spiritual Director at the House Next Door

News
Holy Land trip January 15 to 25, 2024
NY Jung on Hudson Event July 16 - 22

Where did the phrase gritty mysticism come from? Book Contemplating Christ: The Gospels and the Interior Life by Vincent Pizzuto

Discussion Guide for Weird Wisdom for the Second Half of Life is available now. The Study Guide can be found here - click here

Personal Updates

Emails and letters
Sue asks a question about John 14:6 and the seemingly exclusionary saying of Jesus “I am the Way, the Life, and the Truth; no one comes to the Father except through me.

I recently preached on this text at Redeemer Lutheran in Bangor, Maine, and they recorded the sermon on their Facebook page. It’s here, and the sermon begins at the 26-minute mark.

Write me at jim@jameshazelwood.net

Interview Guest

Pastor Dale Selover serves as the Director of The House Next Door, a Prince of Peace Lutheran Church ministry in Princeton Junction, NJ where she provides a spiritual direction and retreat ministry. Pastor Selover received her training as a spiritual director through Oasis Ministries for Spiritual Development. She is also on the teaching staff of Oasis Ministries for Spiritual Development.

Pastor Selover has been a pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America for over thirty years.  She has served congregations in New Jersey. She is a graduate of the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg and Gettysburg College.   Dale is married to Pastor Peter Froehlke. They are the proud parents of two daughters: Sara Grace and Hannah Ruth.

To contact Dale Selover, visit the House Next Door’s website:  www.housenextdoornj.org.

James Hazelwood, author, bishop, and spiritual companion, is the author of Weird Wisdom for the Second Half of Life and Everyday Spirituality: Discover a Life of Hope, Peace, and Meaning. His website is www.jameshazelwood.net

The Podcast is Back

April 29, 2023 Everyday Spirituality Podcast Show Notes

Yes, we are back after a two-year period of hibernation.

In this episode, I relaunch the show, describe the new format and play a throwback interview from November 202 with Jungian Analyst Jason Smith. 

In News & Notes

Dick Russell Biography of James Hillman Volume II releases May 30, 2023

The Life and Ideas of James Hillman: Volume II: Revisioning Psychology

News of the Passing of Rev Bob Haden, Founder of the Haden Institute

Obituary Here

Haden Institute Summer Conference on Dreams & Spirituality

With Joy Harjo, Catherine Meeks & John Phillip Newell

May 28 to June 2

My New Book, Weird Wisdom for the Second Half of Life

Released April 27, 2023

Interview Guest - Jason Smith, Jungian Analyst

Author of Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life

Host of the Digital Jung Podcast

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