Fiction That Forms Us: Stories that Inspire Us and Practices that Help Us Change - Maisie Dobbs, Part 2 – The Spiritual Practices of Silence, Solitude, and Study

Maisie Dobbs, Part 2 – The Spiritual Practices of Silence, Solitude, and Study

01/16/23 • 54 min

Fiction That Forms Us: Stories that Inspire Us and Practices that Help Us Change

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.

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Maisie Dobbs, Part 1 – A Conversation about Maisie Dobbs

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, learned to pay attention to everything and everyone around her while she worked on a case, which enabled her to not only better understand situations but also sense people’s needs and move toward them as she awaited the revelation of truth.

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