Tending Gardens in Exile: Carolyn Arends :: On Pause [Eps 14]
Carolyn Arends is a recording artist, speaker, author, and college instructor. We talk about the ebb and flow of creative rhythms and bringing our doubts to God. Carolyn is the author of 3 books and 12 musical albums, many of them award-winning. She's also the Education Director at the Renovaré Institute for Christian Spiritual Formation. She lives near Vancouver, British Columbia, with her husband Mark and their two children.
We chat about:
tending to your garden during exile as a creative person,
trusting the creative wind to blow as a gift of grace,
setting the table and showing up to the work even when you don't feel inspired,
expressing emotions with God during disorientation through prayer and art,
and how to watch, wait, and listen with God.
She reads an excerpt from a sermon in Frederick Buechner’s book: The Magnificent Defeat. The sermon itself is called “Message in the Stars.”
She plays a song "There You Are" from the album Seize the Day and Other Stories. Please check out another recent song with video called "After This" at Carolyn's website: CarolynArends.com.
Find the Renovare institute at Renovare.org/Institute/.
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On Pause: Healing Words from Everyday Artists during Isolation is a special series to help creative people find groundedness, belonging, and courage during the coronavirus outbreak. I’ve asked artists to share words that are beacons of honesty, truth, and goodness to their souls during this time of distance as a global community on pause.
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