The Invitation podcast is a 'little retreat' to help you hear and respond to the God's invitation to a deeper relationship with him. Each episode is a guided prayer and meditation led by Josh Banner, a certified spiritual director.
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The Invitation Podcast is hosted by Author and Pastor Luke Lezon. There is something life changing about receiving an invitation. Whether it's to listen to a podcast or to join into the story God is writing, the invitations we receive in life are an opportunity to respond to something that will change the trajectory of our lives. You've been cordially invited to make this podcast a part of your journey throughout your day-to-day life. Get ready for plenty of insightful, hilarious, and powerf ...
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Are you ready to take back all that energy you've given away to the world & pour it into yourself? Come hang out with me & let's do just that. I'm Mama Masen and I'm here to assist you in healing your old emotional pain & helping you reawaken to your Divinity! We’ll read books together, read tarot together (mostly hehe), learn from the greats, & awaken our own greatness. It's time to clear out the old emotional baggage that keeps you stuck & miserable so you can manifest your every dream! Yo ...
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The Great Fantasy Baseball Invitational is the greatest collection of fantasy analysts ever assembled. Each week Justin Mason talks to a different participant in the Invitational about their team and work in the fantasy industry.
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Dr. Mark Mayfield is the Founder and CEO of Mayfield Counseling Centers in Colorado Springs, and has a heart for this community and the personal growth of individuals. Using his experience and education, Dr. Mayfield takes a closer look at how we as individuals communicate with one another, and what we should be doing to develop stronger, more healthy relationships with each other. Dr. Mayfield and Trever Shirin discuss the importance of honest conversation about subjects that we often avoid ...
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In this series we run through the resources available to churches for 2022’s Christmas campaign, Follow the Star: The Great Invitation, as well as general tips and tricks on how to use digital media this Advent and Christmas. Following a series of difficult Christmases, churches across the Church of England are hoping that 2022 offers a chance to welcome people back to services and events that haven’t been possible recently. You can use this podcast, the Digital Labs blog and the Church of E ...
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My Soul Delights - An Invitation to Journey Together in our Catholic Faith No Matter where You are in the Journey.
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My Soul Delights is a Catholic podcast and programme exploring the beauty of our Christian faith and the way in which God's love restores and renews us. If you would like to get in contact, email msdcatholic@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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"Lord, teach me to care and not to care."It's been awhile since I needed to process with music. Found sounds here just outside my studio on a windy day. Here's our original release: https://ordinaryneighbors.bandcamp.com/album/the-necessary-darkAv Joshua Banner
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From Victims to Witnesses - Forum on Spiritual Direction No. 98
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In this episode six members of the School of Contemplative Listening respond to our conviction that spiritual direction can solve (almost) all the world's problems. This is an episode in our onrunning Forum on Spiritual Direction series.As we propose contemplative listening at the vital intersection of contemplation and justice, we are getting into…
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Our Deep Need for Listening - Forum on Spiritual Direction w/ Cami Beecroft Mann No. 97
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We all need help. We can all offer each other help. Cami has taught me so much about these things!This episode is a conversation Josh had with SOCL co-director, Cami Beecroft Mann in 2021. We consider this episode a prequel to the Forum on Spiritual Direction where Josh and Cami discuss the conviction that spiritual direction can solve (almost) all…
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On Becoming a Human Being Fully Alive - Makoto Fujimura No. 96
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Josh talks with painter, author, arts advocate Makoto Fujimura about the connections between creativity and prayer. To introduce Makoto Josh offers a reflection on Makoto as a 'worldly mystic,' how he offers for us in his paintings and writings ways to rediscover our own sacred yet earthly existence.The video referenced "Mako Fujimura's Golden Sea"…
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Getting Honest with God & Belonging to Myself w/ Kristi Hepp No. 95
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Josh talks with Kristi Hepp about her new record "In Between the Gardens." This is the third episode that maps Josh's history with Oklahoma City where Kristi originally hails from. The focus question of this episode is the focus question of Kristi's record, what is a human being fully alive? In this episode, we discuss whether we could make a recor…
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Suffering & The Mystical Body of Christ w/ Charlie Hall No. 94
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What do we do with suffering? Why would we want to cooperate with the pain? How can suffering be helpful? There are many reasons to be concerned with the way organized religion handles these very vulnerable questions. In this episode, I talk with worship leader Charlie Hall, an old friend about these things. That we can engage such vulnerabilities …
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The Jesus Prayer & the Philokalia w/ Brock Bingaman No. 93
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This is a conversation I had with Brock Bingaman, pastor of All Saints Community Church in Oklahoma City, on the Jesus Prayer and a book he co-edited on the Philokalia. Brock is an old friend I was glad to reconnect with for this conversation. Maybe breath prayer could be especially helpful for your Lenten journey this year? Books recommended in th…
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Screwing Around With Our Dependencies in Lent No. 92
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This episode is a meditation on screwing with our dependencies in Lent.In the language of the Twelve Steps of addiction recovery: we are powerless over our drug of choice, and our lives as we know them are unmanageable. The purpose of Lent is to subvert our addictions that we might become more dependent upon the love of God. But we cannot do this e…
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Advent Meditations Pt VI Before God We Are Always Beginners No. 91
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This is the conclusion of a six-part series of Advent meditations using the Invitation prayer guide, 40 Ways to Spend 5 Minutes with God. In this episode, Josh reads from the end of the prayer guide a reflection on how before God we are always beginners. This prayer guide, first written in 2015 has been substantially re-written with new prayer prac…
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Advent Meditations Pt V Longing & Expectation in our SOUL No. 90
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Let's return to prayer, to longing and expectation with our strength during Advent.In this meditation, Josh offers a short meditation of praying with the soul. We attended to our bodies in the previous episode. We are bodies. We are also souls. This is the fifth of a six-part series of Advent meditations using the Invitation prayer guide, 40 Ways t…
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Advent Meditations Pt IV Longing & Expectation in our STRENGTH No. 89
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Let's return to prayer, to longing and expectation with our strength during Advent.In this meditation, Josh offers a short meditation of praying with our strength, in and through our bodies. This is the fourth of a six-part series of Advent meditations using the Invitation prayer guide, 40 Ways to Spend 5 Minutes with God.This prayer guide, first w…
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Advent Meditations Pt III Longing & Expectation in our MINDS No. 88
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Let's return to prayer, to longing and expectation in our MINDS during Advent.In this meditation, Josh offers a short meditation of praying with the heart. This is the second of a six-part series of Advent meditations using the Invitation prayer guide, 40 Ways to Spend 5 Minutes with God.This prayer guide, first written in 2015 has been substantial…
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Advent Meditations Pt II Longing & Expectation in our Hearts No. 87
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Let's return to prayer, to longing and expectation in our hearts during Advent.In this meditation, Josh offers a short meditation of praying with the heart. This is the second of a six-part series of Advent meditations using the Invitation prayer guide, 40 Ways to Spend 5 Minutes with God.This prayer guide, first written in 2015 has been substantia…
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Advent 2023 Meditations with New Prayer Guide! No. 86
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In this episode, Josh offers the first of a six-part series of Advent meditations using the Invitation prayer guide, 40 Ways to Spend 5 Minutes with God. This prayer guide, first written in 2015 has been substantially re-written. You can download a digital copy of the guide at https://theinvitationcenter.org/downloadsThe Invitation is a spiritualit…
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From Repentance to Reparations to Reconciliation to Repast w/ Greg Thompson Pt II No. 85
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Josh and Greg explore Greg's discernment to divest his ordination, leave local church ministry to explore different creative approaches to healing racism. Previously Greg had described his mission in the three elements of the political, the contemplative, and the convivial. Here in part two Greg casts the vision of moving from repentance to reparat…
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Getting Vulnerable w/ Greg Thompson Pt I No. 84
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In this episode Josh opens up a conversation with Greg Thompson about his book co-authored with Duke Kwon, Reparations: A Christian Call to Repentance & Repair. Yet in the process of attempting to create a conversation about healing the ravages of white supremacy, Josh is confronted with his own personal instability. Does he belong to himself enoug…
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Spiritual Friendship w/ Josh Bottomly Episode No. 83
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Josh has a conversation with his best friend about their 30+ years of spiritual friendship since they met at summer camp in middle school. This episode is a co-release with the Awakening, a worship/arts camp for high school students based at Hope College. Promo vid: https://youtu.be/6-aewn-cgIoFor more information about the Awakening: https://hope.…
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Forum on Spiritual Direction w/ Cami Beercroft Mann Ep 4a No. 82
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Part II of the third conversation between Cami Beercroft Mann and Josh Banner for the series, the Forum on Spiritual Direction. We continue to tease out the meaning of the thesis of this series that spiritual direction can solve (almost) all of our problems.Av Joshua Banner
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TGFBI | Episode 208: Getting to Know John Laghezza of The Athletic
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Justin Mason (@JustinMasonFWFB) sits down with John Laghezza (@JohnLaghezza) of The Athletic to discuss his TGFBI draft and his journey through the fantasy industry!Av Justin Mason
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TGFBI | Episode 207: Podapallooza 2023 (w/Kev Mahserejian, Brandon Kamerman, Villa, and Daniel Preciado)
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Kev Mahserejian, Brandon Kamerman, Villa, and Daniel Preciado discuss bounceback players! Bounceback Players Lucas Giolito Eloy Jimenez Trevor Rogers Luis Robert Jack Flaherty Cody Bellinger Alex Cobb Ozzie Albies Jose Berrios Nelson CruzAv Justin Mason
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TGFBI | Episode 206: Podapallooza 2023 (w/Erik Halterman, Mark Kieffer, and BrocNess Monster)
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Justin Mason is joined by Erik Halterman, Mark Kieffer, and BrocNess Monster to discuss draft strategies!Av Justin Mason
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TGFBI | Episode 205: Podapallooza 2023 (w/David Mendelson, Pierre Camus, Michael A. Stein, and Corbin Young)
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David Mendelson (DMendy02), Pierre Camus (@endgamepierre), Michael A. Stein (@fantasyjudgement) and Corbin Young (@Corbin_Young21) discuss hitting sleepers!Av Justin Mason
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TGFBI | Episode 204: Podapallooza 2023 (w/Joe Lowry, Jesse Roche, Nick Ritrivi, Eric Cross, and Bob Osgood)
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Joe Lowry (@JH00K), Jesse Roche (@Jaroche6), Nick Ritrivi (@NickyTapas71), Eric Cross (@EricCross04), and Bob Osgood (@bobosgood15) discuss prospects!Av Justin Mason
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TGFBI | Episode 203: Podapallooza 2023 (w/Howard Bender, Steve Gardner, Jordan Eisen, and Johnnie Black)
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Howard Bender (rotobuzzguy), Steve Gardner (@stevegardner), Jordan Eisen (fov_sports), and Johnnie Black (@jball0202) give bold predictions!Av Justin Mason
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TGFBI | Episode 202: Podapallooza 2023 (w/Bubba Entrekin, Jake Crumpler and Britton Allan)
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Bubba Entrekin (@Bdentrek), Jake Crumpler (@@jakecrumpler), and Britton Allan (@brittonallan) discuss busts for fantasy baseball!Av Justin Mason
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TGFBI | Episode 201: Podapallooza 2023 (w/Jake Halusker and Todd Whitestone)
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Justin Mason (@justinmasonfwfb) is joined by Jake Halusker (@thedustmite) and Todd Whitestone (@telestar7) to discuss NFBC Leagues! Todd's article on targets and FAAB: https://www.ftnfantasy.com/articles/FTN/86030/fantasy-baseball-roster-managementAv Justin Mason
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TGFBI | Episode 200: Podapallooza 2023 (w/Sam Wirshing, Michael Schneider, Bryson Ostepchuk and Drew Wheeler)
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Sam Wirshing (@SamFBB1), Michael Schneider (@mikecSchneider), Bryson Ostepchuk (@brysonck), and Drew Wheeler (@drewisokay) discuss prospects and dynasty!Av Justin Mason
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TGFBI | Episode 199: Podapallooza 2023 (w/Kris Olson and Lou Landers)
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Justin Mason (@justinmasonfwfb) is joined by Kris Olson (@KO_Reporter) and Lou Landers (@LandersTalks) to answer fantasy ethics questions!Av Justin Mason
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Forum on Spiritual Direction w/ Cami Beercroft Mann Ep 3 No. 81
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Part I of the third conversation between Cami Beercroft Mann and Josh Banner for the series, the Forum on Spiritual Direction. We continue to tease out the meaning of the thesis of this series that spiritual direction can solve (almost) all of our problems.There are a few spots open for those wanting to spend time engaging the Forum on Spiritual Di…
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Forum on Spiritual Direction w/ Cami Beercroft Mann Ep 2 No. 80
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This is our second full conversation of the Forum on Spiritual Direction where we continue to discern the focus question for discernment, "Can Spiritual Direction Solve (Almost) All of Our Problems?" Cami and I engage in an extended contemplative conversation to discern and tease out the dignifying nature of spiritual direction. This is to say we t…
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"Composting Failure" - Forum on Spiritual Direction No. 79
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Spiritual Direction Can Solve (almost) All of the World's Problems.Can it?This episode something of an experiment for the Forum on Spiritual Direction. As I have struggled to accept my own failures, I offer some of my weaknesses and questions with you as an opportunity to explore the focus question of this series: can spiritual direction solve (alm…
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Add and tag your Christmas services on AChurchNearYou.com, plus an Invitation to Share
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Millions of people will use A Church Near You this December - and 80% of visitors to the site are there for the first time. This offers a huge evangelism opportunity for local churches. You can use A Church Near You to promote your services and events this Christmas – all for free. All images and links can be found in the blog version of this episo…
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Forum On Spiritual Direction Intro w/ Cami Mann Pt 1b - NO. 78
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Part II of what we are now calling a "prelude" to our new series, The Forum on Spiritual Direction. We continue to discuss can direction solve (almost) all of the world's problems?In this episode we move from considering Josh to focus on Cami's story, how she came to the practice of direction and how her practice is especially trauma informed.You a…
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Get ready for Christmas with free downloads from the Resource Hub
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The Resource Hub on AChurchNearYou.com is now fully stocked with timesaving Advent and Christmas resources that could be useful for your church. This year there’s more available than ever before, including an improved Christmas social media graphic generator, Christmas music tracks and a Christmas card template. It’s all designed to help you invite…
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Forum On Spiritual Direction Intro w/ Cami Mann Pt 1a - NO. 77
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Spiritual Direction Can Solve (almost) All of the World's Problems.Can it?This is the first part of two episodes introducing our new series, the Invitation "Forum on Spiritual Direction' where Cami Mann and Josh Banner invite you into a long conversation to consider the vital, healing need of contemplative listening especially today. In this forum …
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Make the most of the growth in appetite for audio content, with your own ‘audiograms’ this Advent and Christmas. In this episode we give you a few ideas for how you can use audio this Advent and Christmas with the goal of getting more people into your churches. Descript can be downloaded here: https://www.descript.com/ And the blog is available her…
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When you need to call your energy back and refocus it on yourself, take 20 minutes for yourself and meditate with me. I feel low on energy at times as a mother, a partner, a creator...but once I give my energy to myself, I feel renewed. My hope is that this meditation does the same for you. If you need more support, check out my Alignment Guide and…
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Using the digital promo planner for your Christmas events
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Advent and Christmas is a great time to host services and events that draw people from beyond your regular congregation. However, knowing how to create an effective plan to promote an event digitally to new people can be tricky. Our simple digital promotion planner is here to help! In this episode we guide you through how to use the Digital Labs Di…
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Here is your weekly invitation to stop settling! There was a message this week about toxic relationships and toxic mentalities...too many of us have been settling in our lives because of old programming and poor focus. Learn in this episode about the power of your attention and how it's the key to receiving what you've been praying for/manifesting!…
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This week, we're exploring the collective unconscious with Tarot to uncover deep emotional blockages that need to be released! This way, you know what you're dealing with so you can create the experiences you actually desire. We'll even do a super quick EFT sesh at the very end so stay tuned! In this reading, we explore these 5 questions: 1. Which …
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